"a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"carried water from the well in a bucket"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cauldrons",
"kettles",
"pots",
"canteens",
"flagons",
"jars",
"jugs",
"pitchers",
"bails",
"hods",
"tanks",
"tubs",
"vats",
"holders",
"receptacles",
"vessels"
],
"synonyms":[
"pails"
]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pours",
"fills"
],
"related":[
"bails",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"empties",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"dishes",
"slops",
"decants",
"draws",
"pumps",
"siphons",
"syphons",
"suctions"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"lades",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"rocks",
"sways",
"swings",
"chatters",
"quavers",
"shivers",
"thrills",
"trembles",
"twitches",
"dodders",
"wavers",
"flickers",
"fluctuates",
"flutters",
"oscillates",
"undulates",
"waves",
"beats",
"palpitates",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"pulsates",
"pulses",
"throbs"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"convulses",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"joggles",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"judders",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shudders",
"vibrates",
"wobbles",
"wabbles"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bucking":{
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"the car bucked and stalled"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitching",
"hoicking",
"jerking",
"jolting",
"twitching",
"yanking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping",
"jouncing",
"lurching",
"pitching",
"staggering",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"jogging",
"joggling",
"shaking",
"dragging",
"lugging",
"pulling",
"tugging",
"plucking",
"tweaking",
"grabbing",
"ripping",
"snapping (up)",
"snatching",
"tearing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
],
"synonyms":[
"defying",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"handing",
"handing over",
"passing",
"reaching",
"transferring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relaying",
"bearing",
"carrying",
"fingering",
"handling",
"pawing",
"ceding",
"delivering",
"giving",
"giving up",
"releasing",
"relinquishing",
"rendering",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucking up":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightening",
"cheering (up)",
"lightening",
"looking up",
"perking (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoicing",
"livening (up)",
"reviving",
"beaming",
"glowing",
"radiating",
"sparkling",
"encouraging",
"gladdening",
"heartening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairing",
"desponding",
"brooding",
"fretting",
"moping"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkening",
"saddening"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing up",
"buoying (up)",
"cheering (up)",
"chirking (up)",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"steeling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animating",
"enlivening",
"invigorating",
"enforcing",
"fortifying",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"assuring",
"reassuring",
"boosting",
"energizing",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"provoking",
"quickening",
"rallying",
"stimulating",
"stirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"saddening",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"hamstringing",
"undermining",
"weakening",
"intimidating",
"psyching (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckle":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflate",
"rise",
"swell"
],
"related":[
"deflate",
"flatten",
"melt",
"melt down",
"break",
"break down",
"conk (out)",
"crash",
"die",
"fail",
"give out",
"stall",
"burst",
"shatter",
"smash",
"splinter",
"split",
"crack",
"crumble",
"pop",
"snap"
],
"synonyms":[
"cave (in)",
"collapse",
"crumple",
"founder",
"give",
"go",
"go out",
"implode",
"tumble",
"yield"
]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"idle",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"readdress",
"reapply",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)",
"busy",
"commit",
"concern",
"engage",
"involve",
"exert",
"exhaust",
"put out",
"spend",
"strain",
"stress",
"tax",
"trouble",
"wear out",
"carry on",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"grind",
"hump",
"hustle",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug (away)",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"apply",
"bend",
"devote",
"give"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckled (down to)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckles (down)":{
"as in pitches in , digs in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (oneself)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucks up":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightens",
"cheers (up)",
"lightens",
"looks up",
"perks (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoices",
"livens (up)",
"revives",
"beams",
"glows",
"radiates",
"sparkles",
"encourages",
"gladdens",
"heartens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despairs",
"desponds",
"broods",
"frets",
"mopes"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkens",
"saddens"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears up",
"buoys (up)",
"cheers (up)",
"chirks (up)",
"emboldens",
"encourages",
"heartens",
"inspires",
"inspirits",
"steels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animates",
"enlivens",
"invigorates",
"enforces",
"fortifies",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"assures",
"reassures",
"boosts",
"energizes",
"excites",
"galvanizes",
"provokes",
"quickens",
"rallies",
"stimulates",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"depresses",
"saddens",
"debilitates",
"enfeebles",
"hamstrings",
"undermines",
"weakens",
"intimidates",
"psychs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunts",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckskin":{
"as in deerskin , cowhide":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alligator",
"antelope",
"cabretta",
"calfskin",
"capeskin",
"chamois",
"cordovan",
"cowhide",
"crocodile",
"deerskin",
"doeskin",
"goatskin",
"horsehide",
"kid",
"kidskin",
"lambskin",
"morocco",
"ostrich",
"pigskin",
"seal",
"sharkskin",
"sheepskin",
"snakeskin",
"coat",
"fleece",
"fur",
"pelt",
"nubuck",
"patent leather",
"suede",
"hide",
"leather",
"skin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chestnut , palomino":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bay",
"black",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"equid",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buckskins":{
"as in deerskins , cowhides":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alligators",
"antelope",
"antelopes",
"cabrettas",
"calfskins",
"capeskins",
"chamois",
"chamoix",
"cordovans",
"cowhides",
"crocodiles",
"deerskins",
"doeskins",
"goatskins",
"horsehides",
"kids",
"kidskins",
"lambskins",
"moroccos",
"ostriches",
"pigskins",
"seals",
"sharkskins",
"sheepskins",
"snakeskins",
"coats",
"fleeces",
"furs",
"pelts",
"nubucks",
"patent leathers",
"suedes",
"hides",
"leathers",
"skins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in chestnuts , blacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bays",
"blacks",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"equids",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buckle (down)":{
"as in pitch in , dig in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckboard":{
"as in caroche , barouche":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hackney",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buckle (down to)":{
"as in focus (on) , concentrate (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"attack",
"dive (into)",
"tackle",
"wade (in or into)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckboards":{
"as in caroches , barouches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hackneys",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buckling (down)":{
"as in pitching in , digging in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (oneself)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckles (under)":{
"as in knuckles under":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knuckles under",
"acquiesces (to)",
"concedes (to)",
"gives over (to)",
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"indulges",
"wallows",
"bows",
"caves (in)",
"gives in",
"submits",
"succumbs",
"surrenders",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[
"holds off",
"resists",
"battles",
"breasts",
"combats",
"confronts",
"counters",
"defies",
"faces",
"fights",
"meets",
"objects",
"opposes",
"repels",
"thwarts",
"withstands",
"rejects",
"bridles",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"restrains",
"stifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucketed":{
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"laded",
"ladled",
"scooped",
"spooned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed",
"depleted",
"drained",
"eliminated",
"emptied",
"exhausted",
"bled",
"drew (off)",
"dished",
"slopped",
"decanted",
"drew",
"pumped",
"siphoned",
"syphoned",
"suctioned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poured",
"filled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"examples":[
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"convulsed",
"jerked",
"jiggled",
"joggled",
"jolted",
"jounced",
"juddered",
"quaked",
"quivered",
"shook",
"shuddered",
"vibrated",
"wobbled",
"wabbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rocked",
"swayed",
"swung",
"chattered",
"quavered",
"shivered",
"thrilled",
"trembled",
"twitched",
"doddered",
"wavered",
"flickered",
"fluctuated",
"fluttered",
"oscillated",
"undulated",
"waved",
"beat",
"palpitated",
"pit-a-patted",
"pitter-pattered",
"pulsated",
"pulsed",
"throbbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckeroos":{
"a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range":{
"examples":[
"a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowboys",
"cowhands",
"cowmen",
"cowpokes",
"cowpunchers",
"waddies",
"wranglers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cowgirls",
"caballeros",
"gauchos",
"vaqueros",
"horsemen",
"horsewomen",
"cattlemen",
"ranchers",
"stockmen",
"cowherds",
"drovers",
"herders",
"herdsmen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bucolic":{
"of, relating to, associated with, or typical of open areas with few buildings or people":{
"examples":[
"a bucolic region where farms are still common"
],
"synonyms":[
"country",
"pastoral",
"rural",
"rustic",
"rustical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backwoods",
"backwoodsy",
"countrified",
"countryfied",
"provincial",
"agrarian",
"agricultural",
"nonurban",
"semirural"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citified",
"urbanized",
"metro",
"metropolitan",
"municipal",
"nonagricultural",
"nonfarm"
],
"antonyms":[
"urban"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"buckaroo":{
"a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range":{
"examples":[
"a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowboy",
"cowhand",
"cowman",
"cowpoke",
"cowpuncher",
"waddy",
"waddie",
"wrangler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cowgirl",
"caballero",
"gaucho",
"vaquero",
"horseman",
"horsewoman",
"cattleman",
"rancher",
"stockman",
"cowherd",
"drover",
"herder",
"herdsman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bucks":{
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"the car bucked and stalled"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitches",
"hoicks",
"jerks",
"jolts",
"twitches",
"yanks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps",
"jounces",
"lurches",
"pitches",
"staggers",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"joggles",
"jogs",
"shakes",
"drags",
"lugs",
"pulls",
"tugs",
"plucks",
"tweaks",
"grabs",
"rips",
"snaps (up)",
"snatches",
"tears",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
],
"synonyms":[
"defies",
"fights",
"opposes",
"repels",
"resists",
"withstands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battles",
"combats",
"contends (with)",
"challenges",
"contests",
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"baffles",
"balks",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"thwarts",
"checks",
"counters",
"hinders",
"obstructs",
"stems"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bows (to)",
"capitulates (to)",
"gives in (to)",
"knuckles under (to)",
"stoops (to)",
"submits (to)",
"succumbs (to)",
"surrenders (to)",
"yields (to)"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"reaches",
"transfers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relays",
"bears",
"carries",
"fingers",
"handles",
"paws",
"cedes",
"delivers",
"gives",
"gives up",
"releases",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckler":{
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"ammunition",
"armor",
"cover",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"security",
"shield",
"wall",
"ward"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arm",
"armament",
"munitions",
"weapon",
"weaponry",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"stronghold"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggression",
"assault",
"attack",
"offense",
"offence",
"offensive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buckling":{
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"foundering",
"giving",
"going",
"going out",
"imploding",
"tumbling",
"yielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflating",
"flattening",
"melting",
"melting down",
"breaking",
"breaking down",
"conking (out)",
"crashing",
"dying",
"failing",
"giving out",
"stalling",
"bursting",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"splintering",
"splitting",
"cracking",
"crumbling",
"popping",
"snapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflating",
"rising",
"swelling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"applying",
"bending",
"devoting",
"giving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressing",
"reapplying",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)",
"busying",
"committing",
"concerning",
"engaging",
"involving",
"exerting",
"exhausting",
"putting out",
"spending",
"straining",
"stressing",
"taxing",
"troubling",
"wearing out",
"carrying on",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"grinding",
"humping",
"hustling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging (away)",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"idling",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucket":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"made buckets of money in the stock market"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"boatload",
"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"
]
},
"a round container that is open at the top and outfitted with a handle":{
"examples":[
"carried water from the well in a bucket"
],
"synonyms":[
"pail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cauldron",
"kettle",
"pot",
"canteen",
"flagon",
"jar",
"jug",
"pitcher",
"bail",
"hod",
"tank",
"tub",
"vat",
"holder",
"receptacle",
"vessel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"lade",
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"empty",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"dish",
"slop",
"decant",
"draw",
"pump",
"siphon",
"syphon",
"suction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pour",
"fill"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"examples":[
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"convulse",
"jerk",
"jiggle",
"joggle",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"judder",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shudder",
"vibrate",
"wobble",
"wabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rock",
"sway",
"swing",
"chatter",
"quaver",
"shiver",
"thrill",
"tremble",
"twitch",
"dodder",
"waver",
"flicker",
"fluctuate",
"flutter",
"oscillate",
"undulate",
"wave",
"beat",
"palpitate",
"pit-a-pat",
"pitter-patter",
"pulsate",
"pulse",
"throb"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckles":{
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"crumples",
"founders",
"gives",
"goes",
"goes out",
"implodes",
"tumbles",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflates",
"flattens",
"melts",
"melts down",
"breaks",
"breaks down",
"conks (out)",
"crashes",
"dies",
"fails",
"gives out",
"stalls",
"bursts",
"shatters",
"smashes",
"splinters",
"splits",
"cracks",
"crumbles",
"pops",
"snaps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflates",
"rises",
"swells"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"applies",
"bends",
"devotes",
"gives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdresses",
"reapplies",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)",
"busies",
"commits",
"concerns",
"engages",
"involves",
"exerts",
"exhausts",
"puts out",
"spends",
"strains",
"stresses",
"taxes",
"troubles",
"wears out",
"carries on",
"pitches in",
"plunges (in)",
"grinds",
"humps",
"hustles",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs (away)",
"works"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"idles",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in twists , loops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"convolutions",
"flexures",
"folds",
"loops",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twists",
"windings",
"coils",
"curlicues",
"curlycues",
"curls",
"incurvatures",
"reflections",
"circles",
"ringlets",
"rings",
"rounds",
"declines",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"slopes",
"kinks",
"warps",
"corners",
"turnoffs",
"angles",
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"bows",
"crooks",
"curvatures",
"curves",
"inflections",
"turns",
"winds",
"doglegs",
"hairpins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckled":{
"to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure":{
"examples":[
"the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks"
],
"synonyms":[
"caved (in)",
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"foundered",
"gave",
"imploded",
"tumbled",
"went",
"went out",
"yielded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deflated",
"flattened",
"melted",
"melted down",
"broke",
"broke down",
"conked (out)",
"crashed",
"died",
"failed",
"gave out",
"stalled",
"burst",
"bursted",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"splintered",
"split",
"cracked",
"crumbled",
"popped",
"snapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inflated",
"rose",
"swelled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention":{
"examples":[
"buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"applied",
"bent",
"devoted",
"gave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"readdressed",
"reapplied",
"knuckled down",
"settled (down)",
"set (to)",
"busied",
"committed",
"concerned",
"engaged",
"involved",
"exerted",
"exhausted",
"put out",
"spent",
"strained",
"stressed",
"taxed",
"troubled",
"wore out",
"carried on",
"pitched in",
"plunged (in)",
"ground",
"humped",
"hustled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged (away)",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"idled",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucklers":{
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"a strong and free press is our best buckler against tyranny"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"ammunitions",
"armors",
"covers",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"screens",
"securities",
"shields",
"walls",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armaments",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponries",
"weapons",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"strongholds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buckled (under)":{
"as in knuckled under":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"knuckled under",
"acquiesced (to)",
"conceded (to)",
"gave over (to)",
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"indulged",
"wallowed",
"bowed",
"caved (in)",
"gave in",
"submitted",
"succumbed",
"surrendered",
"yielded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"held off",
"resisted",
"battled",
"breasted",
"combated",
"combatted",
"confronted",
"countered",
"defied",
"faced",
"fought",
"met",
"objected",
"opposed",
"repelled",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"rejected",
"bridled",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"restrained",
"stifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buck up":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"brighten",
"cheer (up)",
"lighten",
"look up",
"perk (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoice",
"liven (up)",
"revive",
"beam",
"glow",
"radiate",
"sparkle",
"encourage",
"gladden",
"hearten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despair",
"despond",
"brood",
"fret",
"mope"
],
"antonyms":[
"darken",
"sadden"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear up",
"buoy (up)",
"cheer (up)",
"chirk (up)",
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"inspire",
"inspirit",
"steel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"assure",
"reassure",
"boost",
"energize",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"rally",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralize",
"depress",
"sadden",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"hamstring",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"intimidate",
"psych (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunt",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckled (down)":{
"as in pitched in , dug in":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buccaneer":{
"someone who engages in robbery of ships at sea":{
"examples":[
"buccaneers preyed upon treasure-laden ships in the Caribbean for nearly three hundred years"
],
"synonyms":[
"corsair",
"freebooter",
"pirate",
"rover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"despoiler",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"raider",
"robber",
"privateer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"buck":{
"a man extremely interested in his clothing and personal appearance":{
"examples":[
"a vain buck who spends an hour before the bathroom mirror every morning"
],
"synonyms":[
"beau",
"Beau Brummell",
"dandy",
"dude",
"fop",
"gallant",
"jay",
"lounge lizard",
"macaroni",
"pretty boy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coxcomb",
"fancy Dan",
"popinjay",
"blade",
"cavalier",
"dasher",
"clotheshorse",
"exquisite",
"swell"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult male human being":{
"examples":[
"found some strong young bucks to help move her furniture"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"bloke",
"cat",
"chap",
"chappie",
"dude",
"fella",
"fellow",
"galoot",
"gent",
"gentleman",
"guy",
"hombre",
"jack",
"joe",
"joker",
"lad",
"male",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"master",
"mister",
"sir",
"buddy",
"buster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a U.S. currency bill representing 100 cents":{
"examples":[
"dropped a buck in the collection basket"
],
"synonyms":[
"bone",
"clam",
"dollar",
"one",
"smacker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greenback",
"dead presidents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{
"examples":[
"hoping to win some major bucks at the slot machines"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"moola",
"moolah",
"needful",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"shekels",
"sheqels",
"shekelim",
"shekalim",
"sheqalim",
"tender",
"wampum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coinage",
"specie",
"dead presidents",
"folding money",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"banknote",
"cashier's check",
"check",
"draft",
"money order",
"note",
"promissory note",
"bill",
"dollar",
"greenback",
"bankroll",
"capital",
"finances",
"funds",
"roll",
"wad",
"wallet",
"chump change",
"dibs",
"dime",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"big bucks",
"bomb",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"earth",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabucks",
"mint",
"packet",
"pile",
"pot",
"abundance",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"resources",
"wherewithal",
"mad money",
"petty cash",
"pin money",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or cause to move with a sharp quick motion":{
"examples":[
"the car bucked and stalled"
],
"synonyms":[
"hitch",
"hoick",
"jerk",
"jolt",
"twitch",
"yank"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump",
"jounce",
"lurch",
"pitch",
"stagger",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"jog",
"joggle",
"shake",
"drag",
"lug",
"pull",
"tug",
"pluck",
"tweak",
"grab",
"rip",
"snap (up)",
"snatch",
"tear",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"examples":[
"bucked the trend to outdo everyone else and just wore the same clothes they had in previous years"
],
"synonyms":[
"defy",
"fight",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
]
},
"to shift possession of (something) from one person to another":{
"examples":[
"buck each box to the next person in line, and the last person will stack them in the storeroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"reach",
"transfer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"relay",
"bear",
"carry",
"finger",
"handle",
"paw",
"cede",
"deliver",
"give",
"give up",
"release",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"buckling (down to)":{
"as in focusing (on) , concentrating (on)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"concentrating (on)",
"focusing (on)",
"focussing (on)",
"knuckling down (to)",
"zeroing (in on)",
"addressing",
"approaching",
"facing",
"falling (to)",
"pitching in",
"plunging (in)",
"settling (down)",
"attacking",
"diving (into)",
"tackling",
"wading (in or into)",
"pursuing",
"taking up",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"evading",
"shunning",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"idling",
"lagging",
"messing",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"poking",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"buckeroo":{
"a hired hand who tends cattle or horses at a ranch or on the range":{
"examples":[
"a rip-roaring buckaroo of the Old West"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowboy",
"cowhand",
"cowman",
"cowpoke",
"cowpuncher",
"waddy",
"waddie",
"wrangler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cowgirl",
"caballero",
"gaucho",
"vaquero",
"horseman",
"horsewoman",
"cattleman",
"rancher",
"stockman",
"cowherd",
"drover",
"herder",
"herdsman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bucked up":{
"to become glad or hopeful":{
"examples":[
"buck up , kids, it's not so bad as you're making it out to be"
],
"synonyms":[
"brightened",
"cheered (up)",
"lightened",
"looked up",
"perked (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rejoiced",
"livened (up)",
"revived",
"beamed",
"glowed",
"radiated",
"sparkled",
"encouraged",
"gladdened",
"heartened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"despaired",
"desponded",
"brooded",
"fretted",
"moped"
],
"antonyms":[
"darkened",
"saddened"
]
},
"to fill with courage or strength of purpose":{
"examples":[
"a surprise presidential visit to buck up the troops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore up",
"buoyed (up)",
"cheered (up)",
"chirked (up)",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"inspired",
"inspirited",
"steeled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated",
"enlivened",
"invigorated",
"enforced",
"fortified",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"assured",
"reassured",
"boosted",
"energized",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"provoked",
"quickened",
"rallied",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"depressed",
"saddened",
"debilitated",
"enfeebled",
"hamstrung",
"undermined",
"weakened",
"intimidated",
"psyched (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"daunted",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bucketing":{
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
"examples":[
"bucketing water from the well, we raced to put out the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"lading",
"ladling",
"scooping",
"spooning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailing",
"depleting",
"draining",
"eliminating",
"emptying",
"exhausting",
"bleeding",
"drawing (off)",
"dishing",
"slopping",
"decanting",
"drawing",
"pumping",
"siphoning",
"syphoning",
"suctioning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pouring",
"filling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{
"examples":[
"getting the troops into the bucketing landing craft proved to be challenging"
