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{
"abubble":{
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
],
"examples":[
"when the grandkids come to stay, the house is abubble with their chatter and horseplay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abundance":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"slew",
"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"
]
},
"an amount or supply more than sufficient to meet one's needs":{
"examples":[
"we have an abundance of food, so eat as much as you want"
],
"synonyms":[
"cornucopia",
"feast",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"plethora",
"superabundance",
"wealth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adequacy",
"competence",
"competency",
"sufficiency",
"ampleness",
"amplitude",
"liberality",
"excess",
"overdose",
"overflow",
"overkill",
"oversupply",
"redundancy",
"superfluity",
"superfluousness",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"copiousness",
"fecundity",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"opulence",
"richness",
"lavishness",
"luxuriance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarcity",
"barrenness",
"infertility",
"sterility"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"undersupply"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abutment":{
"as in attachment , articulation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in juxtaposition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abusing":{
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"brutalizing",
"bullying",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"kicking around",
"maltreating",
"manhandling",
"messing over",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
],
"related":[
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"burning",
"sandbagging",
"victimizing",
"wronging",
"beating (up)",
"messing (up)",
"roughing (up)",
"working (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"cherishing",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"babying",
"catering (to)",
"coddling",
"favoring",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bashing",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"lambasting",
"potshotting",
"savaging",
"scathing",
"slamming",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
"examples":[
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapplying",
"misemploying",
"misusing",
"perverting",
"profaning",
"prostituting"
],
"related":[
"degrading",
"twisting",
"mismanaging",
"corrupting",
"debasing",
"desecrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applying",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"respecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalizing (on)",
"cashing in (on)",
"exploiting",
"imposing (on or upon)",
"leveraging",
"milking",
"pimping",
"playing (on or upon)",
"using",
"working"
],
"related":[
"jerking around",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"fleecing",
"overcharging",
"skinning",
"soaking",
"sticking",
"commercializing",
"commodifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abundantly":{
"as in amply , copiously":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amply",
"copiously",
"healthily",
"plentifully",
"appreciably",
"noticeably",
"significantly",
"astronomically",
"big-time",
"broadly",
"colossally",
"considerably",
"enormously",
"extensively",
"greatly",
"highly",
"hugely",
"largely",
"massively",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"much",
"sizably",
"staggeringly",
"stupendously",
"tremendously",
"utterly",
"vastly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"modestly",
"fractionally",
"imperceptibly",
"infinitesimally",
"insignificantly",
"invisibly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"abut":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"skirt",
"touch",
"verge (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attach (to)",
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abused":{
"as in mistreated , maltreated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maltreated",
"mistreated",
"browbeaten",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"hectored",
"intimidated",
"abject",
"despairing",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"hopeless",
"crushed",
"downtrodden",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tyrannized"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"brutalized",
"bullied",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"kicked around",
"maltreated",
"manhandled",
"messed over",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"burned",
"burnt",
"sandbagged",
"victimized",
"wronged",
"beat (up)",
"messed (up)",
"roughed (up)",
"worked (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"cherished",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"babied",
"catered (to)",
"coddled",
"favored",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
],
"synonyms":[
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
"examples":[
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapplied",
"misemployed",
"misused",
"perverted",
"profaned",
"prostituted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"degraded",
"twisted",
"mismanaged",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"desecrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"applied",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"respected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalized (on)",
"cashed in (on)",
"exploited",
"imposed (on or upon)",
"leveraged",
"milked",
"pimped",
"played (on or upon)",
"used",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerked around",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"bled",
"cheated",
"fleeced",
"overcharged",
"skinned",
"soaked",
"stuck",
"commercialized",
"commodified"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abuts":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjoins",
"borders (on)",
"butts (on or against)",
"flanks",
"fringes",
"joins",
"marches (with)",
"neighbors",
"skirts",
"touches",
"verges (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaches (to)",
"communicates (with)",
"connects (with)",
"links (with)",
"bounds",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"fences",
"lines",
"margins",
"rims",
"surrounds",
"contacts",
"converges",
"meets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"abuser":{
"as in harasser , torturer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baiter",
"giber",
"jiber",
"harasser",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"oppressor",
"persecutor",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"torturer",
"antagonist",
"enemy",
"goon",
"hood",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"mug",
"punk",
"rough",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"tough",
"toughie",
"toughy",
"bully",
"bullyboy",
"hector",
"intimidator",
"cutthroat",
"felon",
"gangster",
"gunman",
"mobster",
"racketeer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abusive":{
"marked by harsh insulting language":{
"examples":[
"never one to believe that honorable people can disagree honorably, he invariably launches abusive attacks against anyone who dares to challenge him"
],
"synonyms":[
"contumelious",
"invective",
"opprobrious",
"scurrile",
"scurril",
"scurrilous",
"truculent",
"vitriolic",
"vituperative",
"vituperatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending",
"offensive",
"outrageous",
"outraging",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"foulmouthed",
"gross",
"indecent",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"potty-mouthed",
"vulgar",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"scornful",
"defamatory",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"scandalous",
"slanderous",
"maligning",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"spiteful",
"immoderate",
"intemperate",
"unbridled",
"unrestrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"moderate",
"temperate",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"civil",
"courteous",
"gracious",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"discreet",
"judicious",
"tempered",
"encomiastic",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"praiseful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abutments":{
"as in attachments , articulations":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"articulations",
"attachments",
"interconnections",
"intersections",
"seams",
"sutures",
"links",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"ties",
"concourses",
"confluences",
"meetings",
"connections",
"couplings",
"joinings",
"joins",
"joints",
"jointures",
"junctions",
"junctures",
"unions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crevices",
"fissures",
"gaps",
"rifts",
"separations"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abusers":{
"as in harassers , torturers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baiters",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"harassers",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"oppressors",
"persecutors",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"torturers",
"antagonists",
"enemies",
"goons",
"hoodlums",
"hoods",
"hooligans",
"mugs",
"punks",
"roughnecks",
"roughs",
"rowdies",
"ruffians",
"thugs",
"toughies",
"toughs",
"bullies",
"bullyboys",
"hectors",
"intimidators",
"cutthroats",
"felons",
"gangsters",
"gunmen",
"mobsters",
"racketeers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abundances":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"an abundance of flowers for the wedding",
"grew up with an abundance of cousins"
],
"synonyms":[
"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",
"slews",
"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"
]
},
"abuse":{
"harsh insulting language":{
"examples":[
"hometown fans hurled abuse at the visiting team"
],
"synonyms":[
"billingsgate",
"fulmination",
"invective",
"obloquy",
"scurrility",
"vitriol",
"vituperation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackguardism",
"blasphemy",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"profanity",
"epithet",
"insult",
"put-down",
"slur",
"expletive",
"swearword",
"aspersion",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"disparagement",
"revilement",
"vilification",
"castigation",
"chastisement",
"criticism",
"excoriation",
"opprobrium",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"broadside",
"diatribe",
"harangue",
"polemic",
"tirade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"endearments",
"felicitations",
"adulation",
"blarney",
"flattery",
"overpraise",
"soft soap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"incorrect or improper use":{
"examples":[
"naturally the furniture had received a lot of abuse from the 10 kids in the family"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapplication",
"misemployment",
"misusage",
"misuse",
"misutilization",
"perversion"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"mismanaging",
"ill-treatment",
"ill-usage",
"maltreatment",
"mistreatment",
"damage",
"destruction",
"ruin",
"spoiling",
"wrecking",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"desecration",
"profanation",
"prostitution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"application",
"employment",
"use",
"utilization"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"if you abuse your pet, he will always have an ugly disposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"brutalize",
"bully",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"manhandle",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"wrong",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"a demanding, difficult patient who constantly abuses the nurses and aides"
],
"synonyms":[
"assail",
"attack",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"jump (on)",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"potshot",
"savage",
"scathe",
"slam",
"trash",
"vituperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"harangue",
"harass",
"harry",
"revile",
"scold",
"whip",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"execrate",
"imprecate",
"profane",
"affront",
"insult",
"slur",
"asperse",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"blackguard",
"disparage",
"put down",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"chastise",
"chide",
"criticize",
"lace (into)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"fulminate",
"lash (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put to a bad or improper use":{
"examples":[
"if you abuse your baseball bat by using it to hammer nails, don't expect it to last long"
],
"synonyms":[
"misapply",
"misemploy",
"misuse",
"pervert",
"profane",
"prostitute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"degrade",
"twist",
"mismanage",
"corrupt",
"debase",
"desecrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apply",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"respect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take unfair advantage of":{
"examples":[
"abused his parents' trust, pilfering small amounts from them that he hoped they wouldn't notice"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalize (on)",
"cash in (on)",
"exploit",
"impose (on or upon)",
"leverage",
"milk",
"pimp",
"play (on or upon)",
"use",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerk around",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"fleece",
"overcharge",
"skin",
"soak",
"stick",
"commercialize",
"commodify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"abuzz":{
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"examples":[
"the classroom was abuzz with preparations for that evening's open house for the parents"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abubble",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"thriving",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"abutting":{
"having a border in common":{
"examples":[
"the new neighbors promptly erected fences between their property and the abutting properties"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"bordering",
"conterminous",
"contiguous",
"flanking",
"flush",
"fringing",
"joining",
"juxtaposed",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"approximate",
"close",
"closest",
"immediate",
"near",
"nearby",
"nearest",
"next-door",
"nigh",
"attached",
"communicating",
"connected",
"connecting",
"interconnecting",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"bounding",
"circumjacent",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"marginal",
"peripheral",
"tangent",
"tangential",
"ambient",
"encompassing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apart",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"discrete",
"free-standing",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"removed",
"separate",
"single",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"away",
"distant",
"far",
"faraway",
"far-off",
"farthest",
"remote",
"discontinuous",
"noncontinuous",
"broken up",
"disjoined",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"ramified",
"resolved",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unyoked"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonadjacent",
"noncontiguous"
]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjoining",
"bordering (on)",
"butting (on or against)",
"flanking",
"fringing",
"joining",
"marching (with)",
"neighboring",
"skirting",
"touching",
"verging (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaching (to)",
"communicating (with)",
"connecting (with)",
"linking (with)",
"bounding",
"embracing",
"encircling",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"fencing",
"lining",
"margining",
"rimming",
"surrounding",
"contacting",
"converging",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"abusiveness":{
"as in cruelty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cruelty",
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignance",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"jaundice",
"mean-spiritedness",
"rancor",
"resentment",
"despicableness",
"invidiousness",
"vengefulness",
"vindictiveness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"bitchery",
"bitchiness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"rancor",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"love",
"passion",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"amity",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"adoration",
"ardor",
"infatuation",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"abutted":{
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"our land abuts a nature preserve, so we see a lot of wildlife"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjoined",
"bordered (on)",
"butted (on or against)",
"flanked",
"fringed",
"joined",
"marched (with)",
"neighbored",
"skirted",
"touched",
"verged (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attached (to)",
"communicated (with)",
"connected (with)",
"linked (with)",
"bounded",
"embraced",
"encircled",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"fenced",
"lined",
"margined",
"rimmed",
"surrounded",
"contacted",
"converged",
"met"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}