dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ava_MWT.json

{
  "avalanches":{
    "a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place":{
      "examples":[
        "Much of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "landslides",
        "mudslides",
        "slides",
        "snowslides",
        "bursts",
        "cataclysms",
        "cataracts",
        "deluges",
        "discharges",
        "engulfments",
        "floods",
        "flood tides",
        "flushes",
        "gushes",
        "inundations",
        "Niagaras",
        "outbursts",
        "outflows",
        "outpourings",
        "overflows",
        "spates",
        "surges",
        "torrents",
        "washouts",
        "alluvions",
        "baths",
        "currents",
        "rivers",
        "streams",
        "tides",
        "fluxes",
        "inflows",
        "influxes",
        "blizzards",
        "cascades",
        "waterfalls"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dribbles",
        "drips",
        "trickles"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a sudden large amount of something that overwhelms":{
      "examples":[
        "After the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deluges",
        "floods",
        "flurries",
        "rushes",
        "spates",
        "surges",
        "volleys",
        "baths",
        "cataracts",
        "flood tides",
        "inundations",
        "Niagaras",
        "overflows",
        "torrents",
        "fluxes",
        "inflows",
        "influxes",
        "cloudbursts",
        "discharges",
        "flushes",
        "gushes",
        "outflows",
        "outpourings",
        "excesses",
        "gluts",
        "overabundances",
        "overages",
        "overkills",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupplies",
        "superabundances",
        "superfluities",
        "surfeits",
        "surpluses",
        "barrages",
        "blitzes",
        "blitzkriegs",
        "bombardments",
        "cannonades",
        "drumbeats",
        "drumfires",
        "fusillades",
        "hails",
        "salvos",
        "salvoes",
        "showers",
        "storms",
        "currents",
        "rivers",
        "streams",
        "tides",
        "engulfments",
        "blizzards",
        "cascades",
        "waterfalls"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "crunches",
        "dearths",
        "deficiencies",
        "deficits",
        "droughts",
        "drouths",
        "failures",
        "famines",
        "inadequacies",
        "insufficiencies",
        "lacks",
        "lacunae",
        "lacunas",
        "paucities",
        "pinches",
        "poverties",
        "scarcities",
        "shortages",
        "undersupplies",
        "wants",
        "dribbles",
        "drips",
        "trickles"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to fall down in a large mass":{
      "examples":[
        "The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crashes",
        "descends",
        "drops",
        "falls",
        "plummets",
        "plunges",
        "sinks",
        "skids",
        "tumbles",
        "slides",
        "slips",
        "deluges",
        "drowns",
        "engulfs",
        "floods",
        "gulfs",
        "inundates",
        "overflows",
        "overwhelms",
        "submerges",
        "submerses",
        "swamps",
        "flows",
        "flushes",
        "gushes",
        "pours",
        "sluices",
        "spouts",
        "spurts",
        "streams",
        "smothers",
        "overcomes",
        "overruns"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dehydrates",
        "dries",
        "parches",
        "drains"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "avaricious":{
    "having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{
      "examples":[
        "an avaricious scheme to con the elderly couple out of thousands of dollars"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acquisitive",
        "avid",
        "coveting",
        "covetous",
        "grabby",
        "grasping",
        "greedy",
        "mercenary",
        "moneygrubbing",
        "rapacious"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commercialistic",
        "materialistic",
        "philistine",
        "desirous",
        "eager",
        "itchy",
        "lickerish",
        "miserly",
        "hoggish",
        "piggish",
        "piggy",
        "swinish",
        "devouring",
        "gluttonous",
        "gobbling",
        "insatiable",
        "ravenous",
        "unquenchable",
        "voracious",
        "egocentric",
        "egoistic",
        "egoistical",
        "egotistic",
        "egotistical",
        "self-centered",
        "self-seeking",
        "discontent",
        "discontented",
        "malcontent",
        "unsatisfied",
        "begrudging",
        "grudging",
        "resentful"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "nonmaterialistic",
        "altruistic",
        "bounteous",
        "bountiful",
        "charitable",
        "freehanded",
        "generous",
        "greathearted",
        "handsome",
        "liberal",
        "magnanimous",
        "munificent",
        "openhanded",
        "openhearted",
        "selfless",
        "unselfish",
        "unsparing",
        "controlled",
        "moderate",
        "restrained",
        "temperate",
        "content",
        "sated",
        "satisfied"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "avatars":{
    "a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
      "examples":[
        "our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abstracts",
        "embodiers",
        "embodiments",
        "epitomes",
        "externalizations",
        "geniuses",
        "genii",
        "icons",
        "ikons",
        "images",
        "incarnations",
        "incorporations",
        "instantiations",
        "manifestations",
        "objectifications",
        "personifications",
        "personifiers"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "actualizations",
        "concretizations",
        "exemplifications",
        "personalizations",
        "realizations",
        "substantiations",
        "essences",
        "quintessences",
        "souls",
        "archetypes",
        "exemplars",
        "models",
        "paradigms",
        "patterns",
        "reincarnations"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "avalanche":{
    "a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place":{
      "examples":[
        "Much of the mountainside was covered by the avalanche ."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "landslide",
        "mudslide",
        "slide",
        "snowslide",
        "burst",
        "cataclysm",
        "cataract",
        "deluge",
        "discharge",
        "engulfment",
        "washout",
        "flood",
        "flood tide",
        "flush",
        "gush",
        "inundation",
        "Niagara",
        "outburst",
        "outflow",
        "outpouring",
        "overflow",
        "spate",
        "surge",
        "torrent",
        "current",
        "river",
        "stream",
        "tide",
        "alluvion",
        "bath",
        "flux",
        "inflow",
        "influx",
        "blizzard",
        "cascade",
        "waterfall"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dribble",
        "drip",
        "trickle"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a sudden large amount of something that overwhelms":{
      "examples":[
        "After the disaster, the town received an avalanche of letters and donations from supporters and well-wishers."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "deluge",
        "flood",
        "flurry",
        "rush",
        "spate",
        "surge",
        "volley",
        "bath",
        "cataract",
        "flood tide",
        "inundation",
        "Niagara",
        "overflow",
        "torrent",
        "flux",
        "inflow",
        "influx",
        "cloudburst",
        "discharge",
        "flush",
        "gush",
        "outflow",
        "outpouring",
        "excess",
        "glut",
        "overabundance",
        "overage",
        "overkill",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupply",
        "superabundance",
        "superfluity",
        "surfeit",
        "surplus",
        "barrage",
        "blitz",
        "blitzkrieg",
        "bombardment",
        "cannonade",
        "drumbeat",
        "drumfire",
        "fusillade",
        "hail",
        "salvo",
        "shower",
        "storm",
        "current",
        "river",
        "stream",
        "tide",
        "engulfment",
        "blizzard",
        "cascade",
        "waterfall"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "crunch",
        "dearth",
        "deficiency",
        "deficit",
        "drought",
        "drouth",
        "failure",
        "famine",
        "inadequacy",
        "inadequateness",
        "insufficiency",
        "lack",
        "lacuna",
        "paucity",
        "pinch",
        "poverty",
        "scantiness",
        "scarceness",
        "scarcity",
        "shortage",
        "undersupply",
        "want",
        "dribble",
        "drip",
        "trickle"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to fall down in a large mass":{
      "examples":[
        "The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crash",
        "descend",
        "drop",
        "fall",
        "plummet",
        "plunge",
        "sink",
        "skid",
        "tumble",
        "slide",
        "slip",
        "deluge",
        "drown",
        "engulf",
        "flood",
        "gulf",
        "inundate",
        "overflow",
        "overwhelm",
        "submerge",
        "submerse",
        "swamp",
        "flow",
        "flush",
        "gush",
        "pour",
        "sluice",
        "spout",
        "spurt",
        "stream",
        "smother",
        "overcome",
        "overrun"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dehydrate",
        "dry",
        "parch",
        "drain"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "avalanching":{
    "to fall down in a large mass":{
      "examples":[
        "The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crashing",
        "descending",
        "dropping",
        "falling",
        "plummeting",
        "plunging",
        "sinking",
        "skidding",
        "tumbling",
        "sliding",
        "slipping",
        "deluging",
        "drowning",
        "engulfing",
        "flooding",
        "gulfing",
        "inundating",
        "overflowing",
        "overwhelming",
        "submerging",
        "submersing",
        "swamping",
        "flowing",
        "flushing",
        "gushing",
        "pouring",
        "sluicing",
        "spouting",
        "spurting",
        "streaming",
        "smothering",
        "overcoming",
        "overrunning"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dehydrating",
        "drying",
        "parching",
        "draining"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "avant-gardists":{
    "as in trailblazers , forerunners":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "forerunners",
        "trailblazers",
        "groundbreakers",
        "pioneers",
        "precursors",
        "designers",
        "developers",
        "introducers",
        "innovators",
        "inventors",
        "originators",
        "avant-gardes",
        "cutting edges",
        "vanguards",
        "vans"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "establishments",
        "old guards"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "avant":{
    "being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
      "examples":[
        "readers of this very avant novel should not expect to find much in the way of traditional narrative structure"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advanced",
        "avant-garde",
        "cutting-edge",
        "progressive",
        "state-of-the-art"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "pioneering",
        "revolutionary",
        "trailblazing",
        "alternative",
        "antiestablishment",
        "nontraditional",
        "unconventional",
        "underground",
        "bizarre",
        "far-out",
        "outr\u00e9",
        "way-out",
        "fresh",
        "new",
        "novel",
        "original",
        "strange",
        "unaccustomed",
        "unfamiliar",
        "unheard-of",
        "unknown",
        "unprecedented",
        "contemporary",
        "current",
        "hot",
        "mod",
        "modern",
        "modernistic",
        "newfangled",
        "new-fashioned",
        "present-day",
        "red-hot",
        "space-age",
        "ultramodern",
        "up-to-date"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "conventional",
        "customary",
        "established",
        "orthodox",
        "traditional"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "availed":{
    "to provide with something useful or desirable":{
      "examples":[
        "all your begging will not avail you in the least"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advantaged",
        "benefited",
        "benefitted",
        "helped",
        "profited",
        "served"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "succeeded",
        "worked (for)",
        "wrought (for)",
        "aided",
        "assisted",
        "bettered",
        "improved",
        "contented",
        "delighted",
        "gladdened",
        "gratified",
        "pleased",
        "satisfied",
        "blessed",
        "blest"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hindered",
        "impeded",
        "damaged",
        "harmed",
        "hurt",
        "impaired",
        "injured",
        "afflicted",
        "distressed",
        "upset"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "avant-gardes":{
    "the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
      "examples":[
        "to the theater world's avant-garde , the melodrama seemed like a very old-fashioned play whose time had come and gone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cutting edges",
        "vanguards",
        "vans"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "undergrounds",
        "avant-gardists",
        "forerunners",
        "pioneers",
        "precursors",
        "trailblazers"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "establishments",
        "old guards"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "avant-garde":{
    "being or employing the latest concepts, styles, or techniques":{
      "examples":[
        "a very avant-garde artist whose works wouldn't even be considered art by many traditionalists"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advanced",
        "avant",
        "cutting-edge",
        "progressive",
        "state-of-the-art"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "pioneering",
        "revolutionary",
        "trailblazing",
        "alternative",
        "antiestablishment",
        "nontraditional",
        "unconventional",
        "underground",
        "bizarre",
        "far-out",
        "outr\u00e9",
        "way-out",
        "fresh",
        "new",
        "novel",
        "original",
        "strange",
        "unaccustomed",
        "unfamiliar",
        "unheard-of",
        "unknown",
        "unprecedented",
        "contemporary",
        "current",
        "hot",
        "mod",
        "modern",
        "modernistic",
        "newfangled",
        "new-fashioned",
        "present-day",
        "red-hot",
        "space-age",
        "ultramodern",
        "up-to-date"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "conventional",
        "customary",
        "established",
        "orthodox",
        "traditional"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "the innovators of new concepts, styles, and techniques especially in the arts":{
      "examples":[
        "to the theater world's avant-garde , the melodrama seemed like a very old-fashioned play whose time had come and gone"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "cutting edge",
        "van",
        "vanguard"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "underground",
        "avant-gardist",
        "forerunner",
        "pioneer",
        "precursor",
        "trailblazer"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "establishment",
        "old guard"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "avails":{
    "to provide with something useful or desirable":{
      "examples":[
        "all your begging will not avail you in the least"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "advantages",
        "benefits",
        "helps",
        "profits",
        "serves"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "succeeds",
        "works (for)",
        "aids",
        "assists",
        "betters",
        "improves",
        "contents",
        "delights",
        "gladdens",
        "gratifies",
        "pleases",
        "satisfies",
        "blesses"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hinders",
        "impedes",
        "damages",
        "harms",
        "hurts",
        "impairs",
        "injures",
        "afflicts",
        "distresses",
        "upsets"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "avarice":{
    "an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{
      "examples":[
        "the bank official's embezzlement was motivated by pure avarice"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "acquisitiveness",
        "avariciousness",
        "avidity",
        "avidness",
        "covetousness",
        "cupidity",
        "graspingness",
        "greed",
        "greediness",
        "mercenariness",
        "rapaciousness",
        "rapacity"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "commercialism",
        "materialism",
        "possessiveness",
        "gluttonousness",
        "gluttony",
        "piggishness",
        "appetite",
        "craving",
        "desire",
        "drive",
        "hankering",
        "hunger",
        "itch",
        "longing",
        "lust",
        "passion",
        "pining",
        "ravenousness",
        "thirst",
        "voracity",
        "yearning",
        "yen",
        "egoism",
        "egotism",
        "self-centeredness",
        "self-interest",
        "selfishness",
        "self-regard"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "contentment",
        "fulfillment",
        "fulfilment",
        "gratification",
        "satisfaction",
        "bounteousness",
        "bountifulness",
        "bounty",
        "charity",
        "generosity",
        "generousness",
        "largesse",
        "largess",
        "liberality",
        "magnanimity",
        "openhandedness",
        "openheartedness",
        "unselfishness",
        "altruism",
        "selflessness"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "avatar":{
    "a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
      "examples":[
        "our genial hosts, avatars of Southern hospitality"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "abstract",
        "embodier",
        "embodiment",
        "epitome",
        "externalization",
        "genius",
        "icon",
        "ikon",
        "image",
        "incarnation",
        "incorporation",
        "instantiation",
        "manifestation",
        "objectification",
        "personification",
        "personifier"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "actualization",
        "concretization",
        "exemplification",
        "personalization",
        "realization",
        "substantiation",
        "essence",
        "quintessence",
        "soul",
        "archetype",
        "exemplar",
        "model",
        "paradigm",
        "pattern",
        "reincarnation"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "availability":{
    "the state of being empty, available, or ready to be used, occupied, or taken":{
      "examples":[
        "The doctor's office said they had no availability until next month."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "clearness",
        "openness",
        "accessibility",
        "attainability",
        "availableness",
        "obtainability",
        "bareness",
        "emptiness",
        "vacancy",
        "vacantness",
        "vacuity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fullness",
        "fulness",
        "inaccessibility",
        "unattainability",
        "unavailability"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "avalanched":{
    "to fall down in a large mass":{
      "examples":[
        "The snow avalanched down the mountainside."
      ],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "crashed",
        "descended",
        "dropped",
        "fell",
        "plummeted",
        "plunged",
        "sank",
        "sunk",
        "skidded",
        "tumbled",
        "slid",
        "slipped",
        "deluged",
        "drowned",
        "engulfed",
        "flooded",
        "gulfed",
        "inundated",
        "overflowed",
        "overwhelmed",
        "submerged",
        "submersed",
        "swamped",
        "flowed",
        "flushed",
        "gushed",
        "poured",
        "sluiced",
        "spouted",
        "spurted",
        "streamed",
        "smothered",
        "overcame",
        "overran"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "dehydrated",
        "dried",
        "parched",
        "drained"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "availableness":{
    "as in accessibility , obtainability":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "accessibility",
        "attainability",
        "obtainability",
        "availability",
        "clearness",
        "openness",
        "bareness",
        "emptiness",
        "vacancy",
        "vacantness",
        "vacuity"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "fullness",
        "fulness",
        "inaccessibility",
        "unattainability",
        "unavailability"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "available":{
    "possible to get":{
      "examples":[
        "the nursery's orchids are available by mail order only",
        "fare information is readily available by using the toll-free number"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "accessible",
        "acquirable",
        "attainable",
        "obtainable",
        "procurable"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "getatable",
        "reachable",
        "appropriable",
        "purchasable",
        "rentable",
        "furnished",
        "provided",
        "supplied",
        "common",
        "omnipresent",
        "prevalent",
        "ubiquitous",
        "universal",
        "widespread",
        "free",
        "free-for-all",
        "open",
        "public",
        "unrestricted"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "limited",
        "off-limits",
        "restricted",
        "deficient",
        "lacking",
        "missing",
        "rare",
        "scarce",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "inaccessible",
        "unattainable",
        "unavailable",
        "unobtainable"
      ]
    },
    "capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose":{
      "examples":[
        "my car is available should you need a way to get to the mall"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "employable",
        "exploitable",
        "fit",
        "functional",
        "operable",
        "practicable",
        "serviceable",
        "usable",
        "useable",
        "useful"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "applicable",
        "relevant",
        "doable",
        "feasible",
        "viable",
        "workable",
        "reusable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[
        "impracticable",
        "inoperable",
        "nonfunctional",
        "unavailable",
        "unemployable",
        "unusable"
      ]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  }
}