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{
"sledgehammered":{
"as in stabbed , sledged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"scuffed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleep":{
"a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{
"examples":[
"neither of them has been getting much sleep since the baby was born"
],
"synonyms":[
"bed",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"repose",
"rest",
"resting",
"shut-eye",
"slumber",
"slumbering",
"snoozing",
"z's",
"zs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"drowse",
"forty winks",
"nap",
"siesta",
"snooze",
"wink",
"oversleeping",
"dreaming",
"rapid eye movement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness"
],
"antonyms":[
"consciousness",
"wake",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"the state of being dead":{
"examples":[
"a grieving widower longing to join his beloved wife in her eternal sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"dead",
"deadness",
"death",
"grave",
"lifelessness",
"nothingness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mortality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immortality",
"life span",
"lifetime"
],
"antonyms":[
"existence",
"life"
]
},
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"regretfully put their terminally ill dog to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dissolution",
"doom",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiry",
"fate",
"grave",
"great divide",
"passage",
"passing",
"quietus"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"martyrdom",
"self-destruction",
"self-murder",
"self-slaughter",
"suicide",
"annihilation",
"destruction",
"ending",
"extermination",
"ruin",
"assassination",
"execution",
"killing",
"massacre",
"slaughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existence",
"life",
"creation",
"genesis",
"origination",
"rise"
],
"antonyms":[
"birth",
"nativity"
]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip",
"found the night watchman sleeping at his post"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnap",
"doze",
"nap",
"rest",
"slumber",
"snooze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drop off",
"drowse (off)",
"nod off",
"oversleep",
"sleep in",
"dream",
"hibernate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"rise",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"copulate",
"mate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fool around",
"fornicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sleeping porches":{
"as in sunrooms , solaria":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"solaria",
"solariums",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"porte cocheres",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepless":{
"not sleeping or able to sleep":{
"examples":[
"lay sleepless with worry"
],
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"synonyms":[
"awake",
"insomniac",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"roused",
"rousted",
"wakened",
"about",
"astir",
"up",
"aware",
"conscious",
"revived",
"reawakened"
],
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"near antonyms":[
"dozy",
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized"
],
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"unawakened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sleepy":{
"desiring or needing sleep":{
"examples":[
"the sleepy children were carried up to bed"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozy",
"drowsy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"nodding",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restive",
"restless",
"sleepless",
"insomniac"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert",
"awake",
"conscious",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
]
},
"slow to move or act":{
"examples":[
"a sleepy little town on the coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"quiescent",
"sluggish",
"torpid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambitionless",
"apathetic",
"indolent",
"languorous",
"lazy",
"lazyish",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"slack",
"slothful",
"sluggard",
"sluggardly",
"dormant",
"inanimate",
"motionless",
"resting",
"sedentary",
"static",
"still",
"dead",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"drugged",
"asleep",
"drowsy",
"somnambulant",
"catatonic",
"comatose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busy",
"engaged",
"occupied",
"working",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vigorous",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assiduous",
"diligent",
"hardworking",
"industrious",
"sedulous"
],
"antonyms":[
"active"
]
},
"tending to cause sleep":{
"examples":[
"the sleepy drone of his voice made staying awake a challenge"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent",
"soporific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
]
},
"lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation":{
"examples":[
"a sleepy party that was mostly attended by the same boring people I work with"
],
"synonyms":[
"comatose",
"dead",
"slow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lethargic",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"off",
"vacant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abounding",
"overflowing",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"humming",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sleuthhounds":{
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"the fictional sleuthhound Miss Marple is notable for her age as well as for her understanding of human nature, both of them being rather advanced"
],
"synonyms":[
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"investigators",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators",
"shamuses",
"sherlocks",
"sleuths"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"shadows",
"tails",
"tracers",
"trackers",
"Federals",
"feds",
"G-men",
"narcs",
"narks",
"plainclothesmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleep in":{
"as in oversleep":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"oversleep",
"drop off",
"drowse (off)",
"nod off",
"dream",
"hibernate",
"catnap",
"doze",
"nap",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"snooze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arise",
"arouse",
"awake",
"rise",
"wake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleight of hand":{
"the art or skill of performing tricks or illusions for entertainment":{
"examples":[
"His masterful sleight of hand amazed the crowd."
],
"synonyms":[
"conjuring",
"hocus-pocus",
"legerdemain",
"magic",
"prestidigitation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"trickery"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"Financial sleight of hand allowed him to embezzle money from the company without anyone noticing."
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sled dog":{
"as in hunter , wolf dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandog",
"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog",
"bitch",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slew":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"we still have a slew of work to do on this project"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"felled",
"killed",
"took"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"took out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"got",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed",
"terminated",
"took out",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blew away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sleazily":{
"as in shabbily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"shabbily",
"chaotically",
"messily",
"untidily",
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily",
"slatternly",
"dowdily",
"sloppily",
"slovenly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smart",
"smartly",
"sprucely",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"spotlessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sleeper":{
"one who sleeps":{
"examples":[
"she's a light sleeper and usually wakes up when I get in late"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozer",
"slumberer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodder"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomniac",
"riser",
"waker"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slept out":{
"as in tented":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tented",
"bivouacked",
"camped (out)",
"encamped",
"bedded (down)",
"backpacked",
"caravanned",
"caravaned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleuths":{
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts"
],
"synonyms":[
"detectives",
"dicks",
"gumshoes",
"hawkshaws",
"investigators",
"operatives",
"private detectives",
"private eyes",
"private investigators",
"shamuses",
"sherlocks",
"sleuthhounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadows",
"tails",
"tracers",
"trackers",
"Federals",
"feds",
"G-men",
"narcs",
"narks",
"plainclothesmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleights of hand":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"Financial sleight of hand allowed him to embezzle money from the company without anyone noticing."
],
"synonyms":[
"artifices",
"devices",
"dodges",
"fetches",
"flimflams",
"gambits",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"juggles",
"knacks",
"plays",
"ploys",
"ruses",
"schemes",
"shenanigans",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluffs",
"end runs",
"feints",
"chicaneries",
"cozenages",
"crafts",
"crookeries",
"cunnings",
"deceptions",
"duperies",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"juggleries",
"legerdemains",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"frauds",
"gaffs",
"hoaxes",
"shams",
"swindles",
"blinds",
"fronts",
"smoke screens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"slept in":{
"as in overslept":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overslept",
"dropped off",
"drowsed (off)",
"nodded off",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hibernated",
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"napped",
"rested",
"slept",
"slumbered",
"snoozed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"rose",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slenderness":{
"as in slimness , scarcity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"minuteness",
"tininess",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness",
"petiteness",
"diminutiveness",
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude",
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"grossness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"extensiveness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"healthiness",
"liberality",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"weightiness",
"bulkiness",
"massiveness",
"voluminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepwear":{
"as in underwear , underclothes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"nightclothes",
"smallclothes",
"underclothes",
"underwear",
"activewear",
"loungewear",
"outerwear",
"playwear",
"sportswear",
"haberdashery",
"menswear",
"couture",
"pr\u00eat-\u00e0-porter",
"pret-a-porter",
"ready-to-wear",
"tailoring",
"civvies",
"civies",
"mufti",
"costume",
"ensemble",
"frock",
"garb",
"getup",
"guise",
"livery",
"outfit",
"tatters",
"foofaraw",
"frippery",
"gaudery",
"tawdry",
"trumpery",
"array",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"finery",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"pretties",
"regalia",
"trim",
"garderobe",
"wardrobe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleeping":{
"being in a state of suspended consciousness":{
"examples":[
"a roomful of sleeping preschoolers at a daycare center"
],
"synonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"slumbering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"dreaming",
"reposing",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"comatose",
"semiconscious",
"sleepwalking",
"somnambulant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aware",
"conscious",
"sleepless",
"aroused",
"astir",
"awakened",
"roused",
"up",
"wakened",
"reawakened",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[
"awake",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
]
},
"as in resting , dozing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dozing",
"resting",
"slumbering",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"oversleeping",
"fatigue",
"tiredness",
"weariness",
"doziness",
"drowsiness",
"sleepiness",
"somnolence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness",
"wakefulness",
"awareness",
"consciousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip",
"found the night watchman sleeping at his post"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"slumbering",
"snoozing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropping off",
"drowsing (off)",
"nodding off",
"oversleeping",
"sleeping in",
"dreaming",
"hibernating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awaking",
"rising",
"waking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"copulating",
"mating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fooling around",
"fornicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sleazy":{
"having loose sexual morals":{
"examples":[
"a sleazy lothario who is always on the make"
],
"synonyms":[
"skanky",
"sluttish",
"slutty",
"trampy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"wanton",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly",
"celibate",
"chaste",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of low quality":{
"examples":[
"a sleazy yellow coat that was marked down to practically nothing and not worth even that"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined"
],
"antonyms":[
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
]
},
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
"examples":[
"these cheap, sleazy curtains would do a poor job of blocking those wintertime blasts of cold air"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"filmy",
"flimsy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"fine",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"diaphanous",
"sheer",
"transparent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"knockabout",
"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
],
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"several letters in the sleazy motel's neon \"vacancy\" sign had burned out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sleazeballs":{
"a person of low moral character":{
"examples":[
"don't post your private info and revealing pics online\u2014there are some real sleazeballs out there"
],
"synonyms":[
"sleazebags",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slatterns",
"tramps",
"degenerates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"reprobates",
"creeps",
"scumbags",
"scuzzballs",
"pettifoggers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"despite the constant rebuffs, the sleazeball at the bar kept hitting up people for drinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleazebag":{
"a person of low moral character":{
"examples":[
"the whole town is aware of the dishonest way those sleazebags run their business"
],
"synonyms":[
"sleaze",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slattern",
"tramp",
"degenerate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"reprobate",
"creep",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"pettifogger",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"a Mardi Gras celebration that was spoiled by a bunch of drunken sleazebags"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleeps out":{
"as in tents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tents",
"bivouacs",
"camps (out)",
"encamps",
"beds (down)",
"backpacks",
"caravans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleight":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"must have employed some sophisticated sleight to con that wary couple out of their money"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"fraud",
"gaff",
"hoax",
"sham",
"swindle",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"mental skill or quickness":{
"examples":[
"a brilliant new theory that pays tribute to his remarkable sleight of mind"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroitness",
"cleverness",
"dexterity",
"finesse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"faculty",
"knack",
"prowess",
"talent",
"competence",
"competency",
"efficiency",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"mindlessness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"ease and grace in physical activity":{
"examples":[
"a muscle-bound weight lifter known more for his might than his sleight"
],
"synonyms":[
"agility",
"deftness",
"dexterity",
"nimbleness",
"spryness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordination",
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"loose-jointedness",
"suppleness",
"handiness",
"sure-handedness",
"sure-footedness",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepovers":{
"as in homestays , field trips":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"field trips",
"homestays",
"sojourns",
"stays",
"tarries",
"visits",
"layovers",
"stopovers",
"stops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleeping porch":{
"as in sunroom , solarium":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"solarium",
"sunporch",
"sunroom",
"sun parlor",
"galilee",
"portico",
"porte cochere",
"gallery",
"lanai",
"piazza",
"porch",
"stoop",
"veranda",
"verandah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slept":{
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip",
"found the night watchman sleeping at his post"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnapped",
"dozed",
"napped",
"rested",
"slumbered",
"snoozed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dropped off",
"drowsed (off)",
"nodded off",
"overslept",
"slept in",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"hibernated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"aroused",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"rose",
"woke",
"waked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"copulated",
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"mated",
"did it",
"had sex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fooled around",
"fornicated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleeping out":{
"as in tenting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tenting",
"bivouacking",
"camping (out)",
"encamping",
"bedding (down)",
"backpacking",
"caravanning",
"caravaning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slews":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"we still have a slew of work to do on this project"
],
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"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"boatloads",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sledged":{
"as in sledgehammered , stabbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"scuffed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleuthhound":{
"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"the fictional sleuthhound Miss Marple is notable for her age as well as for her understanding of human nature, both of them being rather advanced"
],
"synonyms":[
"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"investigator",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator",
"shamus",
"sherlock",
"sleuth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadow",
"tail",
"tracer",
"tracker",
"fed",
"Federal",
"G-man",
"narc",
"nark",
"plainclothesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepwalking":{
"as in somnambulant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"somnambulant",
"comatose",
"semiconscious",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"dreaming",
"reposing",
"drowsy",
"nodding",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awake",
"sleepless",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake",
"aware",
"conscious",
"sleepless",
"aroused",
"astir",
"awakened",
"roused",
"up",
"wakened",
"reawakened",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sleigh beds":{
"as in bunk beds , couches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks",
"sacks",
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleazes":{
"a person of low moral character":{
"examples":[
"some sleaze will try to make a buck off of this tragedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"slimeballs",
"slimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slatterns",
"tramps",
"degenerates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"reprobates",
"creeps",
"scumbags",
"scuzzballs",
"pettifoggers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"a real sleaze who is constantly mooching off friends, and friends of friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleeked":{
"as in slicked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slicked",
"buffed",
"burnished",
"dressed",
"furbished",
"glossed",
"ground",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"shone",
"shined",
"smoothed",
"smoothened",
"coated",
"glazed",
"japanned",
"lacquered",
"varnished",
"faced",
"finished",
"veneered",
"brightened",
"filed",
"rasped",
"sandblasted",
"sanded",
"sandpapered",
"scoured",
"scraped",
"scrubbed",
"bobbed",
"boned",
"lapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughed (up)",
"roughened",
"ruffled",
"scuffed (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleeplessness":{
"the inability to obtain adequate sleep":{
"examples":[
"the prolonged bouts of sleeplessness were starting to affect his work"
],
"synonyms":[
"insomnia",
"wakefulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alertness",
"restlessness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drowsiness",
"sleepiness",
"narcolepsy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleeps":{
"the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{
"examples":[
"regretfully put their terminally ill dog to sleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"curtains",
"deaths",
"deceases",
"demises",
"dissolutions",
"dooms",
"ends",
"exits",
"expirations",
"expiries",
"fates",
"graves",
"great divides",
"passages",
"passings",
"quietuses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"martyrdoms",
"self-destructions",
"self-murders",
"self-slaughters",
"suicides",
"annihilations",
"destructions",
"endings",
"exterminations",
"ruins",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"killings",
"massacres",
"slaughters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"existences",
"lives",
"creations",
"geneses",
"originations",
"rises"
],
"antonyms":[
"births",
"nativities"
]
},
"to be in a state of sleep":{
"examples":[
"the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip",
"found the night watchman sleeping at his post"
],
"synonyms":[
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"naps",
"rests",
"slumbers",
"snoozes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drops off",
"drowses (off)",
"nods off",
"oversleeps",
"sleeps in",
"dreams",
"hibernates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"arouses",
"awakes",
"rises",
"wakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in sexual intercourse":{
"examples":[
"if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"copulates",
"mates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fools around",
"fornicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sleeping in":{
"as in oversleeping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"oversleeping",
"dropping off",
"drowsing (off)",
"nodding off",
"dreaming",
"hibernating",
"catnapping",
"dozing",
"napping",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"snoozing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"arousing",
"awaking",
"rising",
"waking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleeking":{
"as in slicking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slicking",
"buffing",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"furbishing",
"glossing",
"grinding",
"polishing",
"rubbing",
"shining",
"smoothening",
"smoothing",
"coating",
"glazing",
"japanning",
"lacquering",
"varnishing",
"facing",
"finishing",
"veneering",
"brightening",
"filing",
"rasping",
"sandblasting",
"sanding",
"sandpapering",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scrubbing",
"bobbing",
"boning",
"lapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"ruffling",
"scuffing (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleazeball":{
"a person of low moral character":{
"examples":[
"don't post your private info and revealing pics online\u2014there are some real sleazeballs out there"
],
"synonyms":[
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"slime",
"slimeball"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slattern",
"tramp",
"degenerate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"reprobate",
"creep",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"pettifogger",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"despite the constant rebuffs, the sleazeball at the bar kept hitting up people for drinks"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleigh bed":{
"as in bunk bed , couch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"daybed",
"feather bed",
"four-poster",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sofa",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack",
"sack",
"bedstead",
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepers":{
"one who sleeps":{
"examples":[
"she's a light sleeper and usually wakes up when I get in late"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozers",
"slumberers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insomniacs",
"risers",
"wakers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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},
"sleights":{
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
"examples":[
"must have employed some sophisticated sleight to con that wary couple out of their money"
],
"synonyms":[
"artifices",
"devices",
"dodges",
"fetches",
"flimflams",
"gambits",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"juggles",
"knacks",
"plays",
"ploys",
"ruses",
"schemes",
"shenanigans",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluffs",
"end runs",
"feints",
"chicaneries",
"cozenages",
"crafts",
"crookeries",
"cunnings",
"deceptions",
"duperies",
"duplicities",
"fakeries",
"juggleries",
"legerdemains",
"skulduggeries",
"skullduggeries",
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"frauds",
"gaffs",
"hoaxes",
"shams",
"swindles",
"blinds",
"fronts",
"smoke screens"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sledgehammers":{
"a large, heavy hammer with a long handle":{
"examples":[
"broke up the concrete using a sledgehammer"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batons",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"saps",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies",
"blackjacks",
"knobkerries",
"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stabs , sledges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"scuffs",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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},
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"examples":[],
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"slicks",
"buffs",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"furbishes",
"glosses",
"grinds",
"polishes",
"rubs",
"shines",
"smoothens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"coats",
"glazes",
"japans",
"lacquers",
"varnishes",
"faces",
"finishes",
"veneers",
"brightens",
"files",
"rasps",
"sandblasts",
"sandpapers",
"sands",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scrubs",
"bobs",
"bones",
"laps"
],
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"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"ruffles",
"scuffs (up)"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[],
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"oversleeps",
"drops off",
"drowses (off)",
"nods off",
"dreams",
"hibernates",
"catnaps",
"dozes",
"naps",
"rests",
"sleeps",
"slumbers",
"snoozes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arises",
"arouses",
"awakes",
"rises",
"wakes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"tent",
"bivouac",
"camp (out)",
"encamp",
"bed (down)",
"backpack",
"caravan"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"a person not on the police force who investigates criminal or illicit activity or searches for missing persons":{
"examples":[
"the popular TV sleuth lives a much more action-packed life than do his real-world counterparts"
],
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"detective",
"dick",
"gumshoe",
"hawkshaw",
"investigator",
"operative",
"private detective",
"private eye",
"private investigator",
"shamus",
"sherlock",
"sleuthhound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shadow",
"tail",
"tracer",
"tracker",
"fed",
"Federal",
"G-man",
"narc",
"nark",
"plainclothesman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a person of low moral character":{
"examples":[
"the whole town is aware of the dishonest way those sleazebags run their business"
],
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"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slatterns",
"tramps",
"degenerates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"reprobates",
"creeps",
"scumbags",
"scuzzballs",
"pettifoggers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"a Mardi Gras celebration that was spoiled by a bunch of drunken sleazebags"
],
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"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sledge":{
"as in sledgehammer , stab":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"scuff",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sledgehammer":{
"a large, heavy hammer with a long handle":{
"examples":[
"broke up the concrete using a sledgehammer"
],
"synonyms":[],
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"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy",
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tough , heavy-handed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"slash-and-burn",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in stab , sledge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"scuff",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sledging":{
"as in sledgehammering , stabbing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"scuffing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slender":{
"being of less than usual width":{
"examples":[
"graceful, slender table legs"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"skinny",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
"examples":[
"unsurprisingly, the aerobics instructor is slender and athletic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bony",
"boney",
"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"skinny",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"angular",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"anorectic",
"anoretic",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"wizened",
"meager",
"meagre",
"puny",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
]
},
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"examples":[
"people of slender means simply can't afford those prices"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sleepily":{
"as in lifelessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lifelessly",
"idly",
"inactively"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actively",
"assiduously",
"busily",
"diligently",
"industriously",
"laboriously",
"energetically",
"vigorously",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sleepwalkers":{
"as in noctambulists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"noctambulists",
"night riders",
"nightwalkers",
"nightclubbers",
"pub crawlers",
"nighthawks",
"night owls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sledges":{
"as in sledgehammers , stabs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"scuffs",
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sledgehammering":{
"as in stabbing , sledging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"scuffing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sleek":{
"having a shiny surface or finish":{
"examples":[
"a striking beauty with sleek raven hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffed",
"burnished",
"glistening",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"polished",
"rubbed",
"satin",
"satiny"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushed",
"eggshell",
"semigloss",
"semilustrous",
"silken",
"silky",
"slick",
"slippery",
"glassy",
"glazed",
"lacquered",
"shellacked",
"varnished",
"gleaming",
"glittering",
"reflective",
"shining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lackluster",
"unvarnished"
],
"antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"flat",
"lusterless",
"matte",
"mat",
"matt"
]
},
"as in slick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slick",
"buff",
"burnish",
"dress",
"furbish",
"gloss",
"grind",
"polish",
"rub",
"shine",
"smooth",
"smoothen",
"coat",
"glaze",
"japan",
"lacquer",
"varnish",
"face",
"finish",
"veneer",
"brighten",
"file",
"rasp",
"sand",
"sandblast",
"sandpaper",
"scour",
"scrape",
"scrub",
"bob",
"bone",
"lap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rough (up)",
"roughen",
"ruffle",
"scuff (up)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sleepiness":{
"the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{
"examples":[
"the truck driver keeps a thermos of coffee with him to stave off sleepiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"doziness",
"drowsiness",
"somnolence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatigue",
"tiredness",
"weariness",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"dozing",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"oversleeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awareness",
"consciousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sled dogs":{
"as in hunters , wolf dogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandogs",
"bird dogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"guide dogs",
"police dogs",
"working dogs",
"bitches",
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pooches",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepwalker":{
"as in noctambulist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"noctambulist",
"night rider",
"nightwalker",
"nightclubber",
"pub crawler",
"nighthawk",
"night owl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleaze":{
"a person of low moral character":{
"examples":[
"some sleaze will try to make a buck off of this tragedy"
],
"synonyms":[
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slattern",
"tramp",
"degenerate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"reprobate",
"creep",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"pettifogger",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"a real sleaze who is constantly mooching off friends, and friends of friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"that which is of low quality or worth":{
"examples":[
"the TV networks wouldn't be airing such sleaze if the public wasn't watching it"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheese",
"crapola",
"dreck",
"drek",
"junk",
"muck",
"rubbish",
"slop",
"slush",
"trash",
"tripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"camp",
"kitsch",
"claptrap",
"humbug",
"nonsense",
"bomb",
"clinker",
"clunker",
"dud",
"lemon",
"stinker",
"turkey",
"mess",
"muddle",
"shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sleepover":{
"as in homestay , field trip":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"field trip",
"homestay",
"sojourn",
"stay",
"tarry",
"visit",
"layover",
"stop",
"stopover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}