dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/afi_MWT.json

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{
"aficionados":{
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"antonyms":[
"nonfans"
],
"examples":[
"an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirers",
"belittlers",
"carpers",
"critics",
"detractors"
],
"related":[
"groupies",
"admirers",
"amateurs",
"collectors",
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"authorities",
"experts",
"adherents",
"converts",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"votaries",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"exponents",
"friends",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"synonyms":[
"addicts",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanatics",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"maniacs",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"afield":{
"off the desired or intended path or course":{
"examples":[
"how did we get so far afield from the subject we intended to discuss?"
],
"synonyms":[
"amiss",
"astray",
"awry",
"wrong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"badly",
"faultily",
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"mistakenly",
"wrongly",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"unpromisingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"perfectly",
"auspiciously",
"favorably",
"promisingly",
"correctly",
"properly",
"rightly",
"appropriately",
"fittingly",
"suitably"
],
"antonyms":[
"aright",
"right",
"well"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"aficionado":{
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"an aficionado of the sci-fi series who has seen all the movies several times"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"afire":{
"being on fire":{
"examples":[
"looked down upon a tract of the forest, which was all afire"
],
"synonyms":[
"ablaze",
"aflame",
"alight",
"blazing",
"burning",
"combusting",
"conflagrant",
"fiery",
"flaming",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aglow",
"flaring",
"flickering",
"glowing",
"live",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"broiling",
"hot",
"piping hot",
"red-hot",
"roasting",
"scalding",
"scorching",
"searing",
"sizzling",
"burned",
"burnt",
"charred",
"incinerated",
"scorched",
"seared",
"singed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choked",
"damped",
"dead",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"snuffed (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"suffocated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}