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{
"ganders":{
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"suggested that they take a gander at the display of classic cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"eyes",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"looks",
"peeks",
"peeps",
"regards",
"sights",
"views"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gapes",
"gazes",
"glares",
"leers",
"ogles",
"stares",
"side-glances",
"squinnies",
"squints",
"coups d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"the village's chief of police was an ineffectual albeit pleasant gander"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"boneheads",
"bubbleheads",
"chowderheads",
"chuckleheads",
"clodpolls",
"clodpoles",
"clots",
"clucks",
"clunks",
"cretins",
"cuddies",
"deadheads",
"dim bulbs",
"dimwits",
"dips",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dullards",
"dumbbells",
"dumbheads",
"dum-dums",
"dummies",
"dummkopfs",
"dunces",
"dunderheads",
"fatheads",
"golems",
"goofs",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"hammerheads",
"hardheads",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"jackasses",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"lamebrains",
"loggerheads",
"loons",
"lumps",
"lunkheads",
"meatheads",
"momes",
"morons",
"mugs",
"mutts",
"naturals",
"nimrods",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"noddies",
"noodles",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"oafs",
"pinheads",
"prats",
"ratbags",
"sapheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schnooks",
"simpletons",
"stocks",
"stupes",
"stupids",
"thickheads",
"turkeys",
"woodenheads",
"yahoos",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boobies",
"buffoons",
"fools",
"geese",
"loonies",
"lunatics",
"madmen",
"nuts",
"zanies",
"losers",
"gawks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"villains"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellects",
"intellectuals",
"sages",
"thinkers",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"polymaths",
"Renaissance men",
"sharpies"
],
"antonyms":[
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gang up":{
"as in team (up) , hang together":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"ally",
"associate",
"band (together)",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband",
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gang up (on)":{
"as in swarm , mob":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rush",
"mob",
"swarm",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"bushwhack",
"charge",
"descend (on or upon)",
"go in (on)",
"jump (on)",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"raid",
"rush",
"set on",
"sic",
"sick",
"storm",
"strike",
"trash",
"turn (on)",
"mug",
"rob",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"bang away (at)",
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gangbanger":{
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
"examples":[
"the argument that the DEA needs to focus more on the kingpins of the drug trade and less on the gangbangers in the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangsta",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gangsta":{
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
"examples":[
"the short, violence-filled life of an inner-city gangsta"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gangly":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"examples":[
"a gangly teenager who was born to play varsity basketball"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gangsters":{
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
"examples":[
"Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"bullies",
"gangbangers",
"gangstas",
"goons",
"gorillas",
"hoodlums",
"hoods",
"hooligans",
"mobsters",
"mugs",
"plug-uglies",
"punks",
"roughnecks",
"rowdies",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"toughies",
"toughs",
"yobbos",
"yobboes",
"yobs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutthroats",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"assassins",
"bandits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"brigands",
"criminals",
"crooks",
"desperadoes",
"desperados",
"felons",
"gunmen",
"highwaymen",
"lawbreakers",
"mafiosi",
"malefactors",
"offenders",
"outlaws",
"perpetrators",
"perps",
"pirates",
"pickpockets",
"racketeers",
"robbers",
"swindlers",
"thieves",
"vandals",
"juvenile delinquents",
"tearaways"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ganging up":{
"as in teaming (up) , hanging together":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caballing",
"collaborating",
"hanging together",
"teaming (up)",
"allying",
"associating",
"banding (together)",
"clubbing",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"cooperating",
"federating",
"leaguing",
"uniting",
"incorporating",
"organizing",
"unionizing",
"affiliating",
"amalgamating",
"combining",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"converging",
"grouping",
"joining",
"merging",
"knotting",
"linking",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dissolving",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"segregating",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"falling out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ganging up (on)":{
"as in swarming , mobbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushing",
"mobbing",
"swarming",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"bushwhacking",
"charging",
"descending (on or upon)",
"going in (on)",
"jumping (on)",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"setting on",
"siccing",
"sicking",
"storming",
"striking",
"trashing",
"turning (on)",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"banging away (at)",
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ganged":{
"as in joined , grouped":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"ran",
"run",
"sorted",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gangs":{
"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"bands",
"brigades",
"companies",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"platoons",
"squads",
"teams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battalions",
"corps",
"troops",
"forces",
"hosts",
"posses",
"stables",
"troupes",
"administrations",
"departments",
"help",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"the whole gang went out for pizza",
"the school's computer hackers had their own little gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"communities",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"folds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"rings",
"sets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circles",
"elites",
"in-groups",
"closed shops",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"fellowships",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"leagues",
"organizations",
"societies",
"camps",
"factions",
"sects",
"sides",
"tribes",
"messes",
"squads",
"brotherhoods",
"fraternities",
"orders",
"sisterhoods",
"sodalities",
"sororities",
"communes",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederations",
"congresses",
"councils",
"federations",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loners",
"individualists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
"examples":[
"politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabals",
"conspiracies",
"crews",
"Mafias",
"mobs",
"rings",
"syndicates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunches",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"covens",
"crowds",
"gal\u00e8res",
"lots",
"networks",
"packs",
"sets",
"juntas",
"oligarchies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in joins , groups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"associates",
"chums",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"fraternizes",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"pals (around)",
"runs",
"sorts",
"travels",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gangling":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"examples":[
"the riders at the barn just loved the gangling newborn colt"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gangsterism":{
"as in racketeering , hooliganism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hooliganism",
"racketeering",
"outlawry",
"malfeasance",
"misconduct",
"crime",
"criminality",
"lawbreaking",
"lawlessness",
"wrongdoing",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sin",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"malefaction",
"misdeed",
"misdoing",
"offense",
"offence",
"transgression",
"trespass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ganger":{
"as in gaffer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gaffer",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"boss",
"boss man",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"forewoman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"honcho",
"jefe",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"mistress",
"taskmaster",
"taskmistress",
"figurehead",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"employer",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"czarina",
"tsarina",
"tzarina",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"princess",
"queen",
"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"top gun",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"micromanager"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ganged up":{
"as in teamed (up) , hung together":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"allied",
"associated",
"banded (together)",
"clubbed",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gangs up (on)":{
"as in swarms , mobs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
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"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
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"rushes",
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"sics",
"sicks",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
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"forays",
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"overruns"
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"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"as in teams (up) , hangs together":{
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"cabals",
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"clubs",
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"confederates",
"conjoins",
"cooperates",
"federates",
"leagues",
"unites",
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"organizes",
"unionizes",
"affiliates",
"amalgamates",
"combines",
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"consolidates",
"converges",
"groups",
"joins",
"merges",
"knots",
"links",
"ties",
"weds"
],
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"breaks up",
"disbands",
"detaches",
"disengages",
"dissolves",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"parts",
"segregates",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"falls out"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in gaffers":{
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"gaffers",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"bosses",
"boss men",
"captains",
"chiefs",
"foremen",
"forewomen",
"headmen",
"heads",
"helmsmen",
"honchos",
"jefes",
"kingpins",
"leaders",
"masters",
"mistresses",
"taskmasters",
"taskmistresses",
"figureheads",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"employers",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups",
"barons",
"czarinas",
"tsarinas",
"tzarinas",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"princesses",
"queens",
"big cheeses",
"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
"top guns",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"micromanagers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a gang of neighborhood residents spent the weekend cleaning up the park"
],
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"army",
"band",
"brigade",
"company",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"platoon",
"squad",
"team"
],
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"battalion",
"corps",
"troop",
"force",
"host",
"posse",
"stable",
"troupe",
"administration",
"department",
"help",
"personnel",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{
"examples":[
"the whole gang went out for pizza",
"the school's computer hackers had their own little gang"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"community",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"fold",
"gal\u00e8re",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"ring",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmed circle",
"elite",
"in-group",
"closed shop",
"club",
"college",
"fellowship",
"guild",
"gild",
"league",
"organization",
"society",
"camp",
"faction",
"sect",
"side",
"tribe",
"mess",
"squad",
"brotherhood",
"fraternity",
"order",
"sisterhood",
"sodality",
"sorority",
"commune",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederation",
"congress",
"council",
"federation",
"union"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loner",
"individualist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group involved in secret or criminal activities":{
"examples":[
"politicians promising to stop the growth of inner-city gangs"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabal",
"conspiracy",
"crew",
"Mafia",
"mob",
"ring",
"syndicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunch",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"coven",
"crowd",
"gal\u00e8re",
"lot",
"network",
"pack",
"set",
"junta",
"oligarchy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in join , group":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"attach",
"band",
"bond",
"club",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"connect",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"get along",
"get on",
"group",
"interrelate",
"join",
"knot",
"league",
"link",
"mingle",
"mix",
"rally",
"relate",
"side",
"socialize",
"team",
"tie",
"wed",
"associate",
"chum",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"fraternize",
"hang (around or out)",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"sort",
"travel",
"befriend",
"friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"cold-shoulder",
"shun",
"snub",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gangrene":{
"a pervasive moral or social decay":{
"examples":[
"a society beset by moral gangrene"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filth",
"rot",
"squalor",
"abjection",
"corruption",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"debauchery",
"decadence",
"decadency",
"degeneracy",
"degenerateness",
"degeneration",
"degradation",
"demoralization",
"depravity",
"dissipatedness",
"dissipation",
"dissoluteness",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"rakishness",
"turpitude",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goodness",
"morality",
"righteousness",
"virtue"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ganged up (on)":{
"as in swarmed , mobbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bum-rushed",
"mobbed",
"swarmed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"bushwhacked",
"charged",
"descended (on or upon)",
"jumped (on)",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"raided",
"rushed",
"set on",
"sicced",
"sicked",
"stormed",
"struck",
"trashed",
"turned (on)",
"went in (on)",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"banged away (at)",
"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gantlets":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"before being adopted, school textbooks must often run the gauntlet of several local and state committees"
],
"synonyms":[
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"fires",
"ordeals",
"trials"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptisms",
"initiations",
"adversities",
"afflictions",
"asperities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"privations",
"tragedies",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"vicissitudes",
"woes",
"acid tests",
"litmus tests",
"challenges",
"complications",
"difficulties",
"griefs",
"grievances",
"hardships",
"rigors",
"annoyances",
"discomforts",
"inconveniences",
"nuisances"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gander":{
"an instance of looking especially briefly":{
"examples":[
"suggested that they take a gander at the display of classic cars"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"eye",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"look",
"peek",
"peep",
"regard",
"sight",
"view"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gape",
"gaze",
"glare",
"leer",
"ogle",
"stare",
"side-glance",
"squinny",
"squint",
"coup d'oeil"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a stupid person":{
"examples":[
"the village's chief of police was an ineffectual albeit pleasant gander"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ganging":{
"as in joining , grouping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"sorting",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gantlet":{
"a test of faith, patience, or strength":{
"examples":[
"before being adopted, school textbooks must often run the gauntlet of several local and state committees"
],
"synonyms":[
"cross",
"crucible",
"fire",
"ordeal",
"trial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baptism",
"initiation",
"adversity",
"affliction",
"asperity",
"misadventure",
"mischance",
"misfortune",
"mishap",
"privation",
"tragedy",
"tribulation",
"trouble",
"vicissitude",
"woe",
"acid test",
"litmus test",
"challenge",
"complication",
"difficulty",
"grief",
"grievance",
"hardship",
"rigor",
"annoyance",
"discomfort",
"inconvenience",
"nuisance"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gangster":{
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
"examples":[
"Al Capone remains one of the most notorious gangsters in American history"
],
"synonyms":[
"bully",
"gangbanger",
"gangsta",
"goon",
"gorilla",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mobster",
"mug",
"plug-ugly",
"punk",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"yob",
"yobbo"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutthroat",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"assassin",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"brigand",
"criminal",
"crook",
"desperado",
"felon",
"gunman",
"highwayman",
"lawbreaker",
"mafioso",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"outlaw",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"pirate",
"pickpocket",
"racketeer",
"robber",
"swindler",
"thief",
"vandal",
"juvenile delinquent",
"tearaway"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gangbusters":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"most of the pop singers in the competition were anything but gangbusters"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"as in lawmen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lawmen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"criminals",
"crooks",
"culprits",
"lawbreakers",
"malefactors",
"miscreants",
"offenders",
"misdemeanants",
"accomplices",
"principals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"gandy dancer":{
"as in hack , laborer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drudge",
"grub",
"hack",
"jobber",
"laborer",
"navvy",
"toiler",
"assistant",
"cog",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"yes-man",
"nine-to-fiver",
"wage earner",
"wage slave",
"wageworker",
"workingman",
"workingwoman",
"workman",
"workwoman",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"hireling",
"jobholder",
"retainer",
"worker",
"associate",
"colleague",
"coworker",
"temp",
"temporary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"employer",
"gaffer",
"boss",
"superior",
"supervisor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}