"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"leeched",
"begged",
"exploited",
"used"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeloaded",
"sponged"
]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"dawdled",
"moped",
"gypsied",
"hoboed",
"tramped",
"vagabonded",
"milled (about or around)",
"straggled",
"strayed"
],
"synonyms":[
"batted",
"cruised",
"drifted",
"floated",
"gadded (about)",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"kicked around",
"knocked (about)",
"maundered",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"ranged",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
]
},
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"edged",
"inched",
"wormed",
"ghosted",
"padded",
"tiptoed"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurked",
"moused",
"pussyfooted",
"shirked",
"skulked",
"slid",
"slipped",
"slunk",
"slinked",
"snaked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"stole"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"moocher":{
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
"examples":[
"unfortunately, too many people at the community potluck were moochers who didn't bring any food of their own"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodsucker",
"free rider",
"freeloader",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"parasite",
"sponge",
"sponger"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"idler",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man",
"cheapskate",
"miser",
"niggard",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benefactor",
"philanthropist",
"supporter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moonbeam":{
"as in sunbeam , sunburst":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sunbeam",
"sunburst",
"beam",
"ray",
"shaft",
"laser",
"spotlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moonshine":{
"illegally produced liquor":{
"examples":[
"during Prohibition, moonshine and \"bathtub gin\" were made secretly"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootleg",
"mountain dew",
"white lightning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathtub gin",
"red-eye",
"rotgut",
"alcohol",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"potable",
"rum",
"spirits",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moony":{
"as in dreamy , nostalgic":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mooring":{
"as in berth , slip":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"berth",
"slip",
"dock",
"float",
"jetty",
"landing",
"levee",
"pier",
"quai",
"quay",
"wharf",
"embarcadero",
"dockyard",
"marina",
"quayage",
"shipyard",
"wharfage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in port , anchorage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorage",
"port",
"oasis",
"cover",
"screen",
"asylum",
"bolt-hole",
"harbor",
"harborage",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"sanctuary",
"sanctum",
"shelter",
"abode",
"diggings",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"house",
"housing",
"lodging",
"lodgment",
"lodgement",
"pad",
"place",
"quarters",
"residence",
"rest",
"roof",
"cloister",
"closet",
"covert",
"den",
"hermitage",
"hideaway",
"hideout",
"lair",
"castle",
"fastness",
"fort",
"fortress",
"palisade",
"redoubt",
"stronghold",
"lean-to",
"lee",
"shed",
"windbreak"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"moored the boat to the dock"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"catching",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"hitching",
"securing",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"moot":{
"open to question or dispute":{
"examples":[
"it's a moot question what might have happened if the American colonies had not broken away from Great Britain"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"issuable",
"negotiable",
"questionable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contradictable",
"refutable",
"controversial",
"debated",
"disputed",
"dubious",
"iffy",
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"shaky",
"uncertain",
"academic",
"academical",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"ambiguous",
"equivocal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irrefutable",
"definite",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"absolute",
"clear",
"conclusive",
"decisive",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"antonyms":[
"accomplished",
"certain",
"hands-down",
"inarguable",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"irrefragable",
"positive",
"questionless",
"settled",
"sure",
"unanswerable",
"unarguable",
"unchallengeable",
"undebatable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable"
]
},
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"examples":[
"conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bring up",
"broach",
"introduce",
"place",
"raise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allude (to)",
"cite",
"mention",
"name",
"refer (to)",
"offer",
"propose",
"suggest",
"air",
"express",
"speak (of)",
"talk (about)",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"interject",
"interrupt",
"debate",
"discuss",
"thrash (out or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censor",
"hush (up)",
"quiet",
"silence",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"talk over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"moots":{
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censors",
"hushes (up)",
"quiets",
"silences",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"alludes (to)",
"cites",
"mentions",
"names",
"refers (to)",
"offers",
"proposes",
"suggests",
"airs",
"expresses",
"speaks (of)",
"talks (about)",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"interjects",
"interrupts",
"debates",
"discusses",
"thrashes (out or over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"brings up",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"places",
"raises"
]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"talks over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mooncalves":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"examples":[
"he was a helpless mooncalf when it came to making decisions about even the most trivial things"
],
"synonyms":[
"berks",
"boobies",
"charlies",
"charleys",
"cuckoos",
"ding-a-lings",
"dingbats",
"ding-dongs",
"dipsticks",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"featherheads",
"fools",
"geese",
"gits",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"ninnyhammers",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daredevils",
"madmen",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"dolts",
"donkeys",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"fatheads",
"ganders",
"goons",
"idiots",
"ignoramuses",
"ignorami",
"imbeciles",
"know-nothings",
"knuckleheads",
"morons",
"numskulls",
"numbskulls",
"pinheads",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks",
"stocks",
"featherbrains",
"scatterbrains",
"butts",
"dupes",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"monkeys",
"chumps",
"losers",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackbrains",
"crackpots",
"cranks",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"screwballs",
"weirdos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sages",
"thinkers",
"brains",
"geniuses",
"genii"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moonlight":{
"the light of the moon":{
"examples":[
"A figure appeared in the moonlight .",
"a moonlight cruise down the river"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daylight",
"sunlight",
"sunshine",
"blaze",
"flare",
"fluorescence",
"glare",
"gleam",
"glow",
"illumination",
"incandescence",
"luminescence",
"radiance",
"shine",
"flash",
"glimmer",
"glint",
"glitter",
"scintillation",
"shimmer",
"sparkle",
"twinkle",
"afterglow",
"aureole",
"aureola",
"aurora",
"beam",
"halo",
"ray",
"shaft",
"streak",
"stream",
"sunbeam",
"glisten",
"gloss",
"luster",
"lustre",
"polish",
"reflection",
"sheen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blackness",
"dark",
"darkness",
"dimness",
"dusk",
"duskiness",
"gloom",
"night",
"shadow"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moo":{
"as in meow , cluck":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bark",
"bay",
"bellow",
"blat",
"bleat",
"bray",
"cackle",
"calling",
"caterwaul",
"caw",
"cheep",
"chirp",
"cluck",
"coo",
"crake",
"croak",
"crow",
"grunt",
"honk",
"hoot",
"howl",
"low",
"meow",
"miaow",
"mew",
"neigh",
"oink",
"peep",
"quack",
"roar",
"screech",
"squall",
"squawk",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"trumpet",
"tu-whit tu-whoo",
"twitter",
"whinny",
"yap",
"yelp",
"yip",
"yowl",
"call",
"cry",
"note"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moored":{
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"moored the boat to the dock"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchored",
"caught",
"clamped",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"hitched",
"secured",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"implanted",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"lodged",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracted",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"tore (out)",
"uprooted",
"wrested",
"yanked"
],
"antonyms":[
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unfastened",
"unfixed",
"unloosed",
"unloosened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"moon":{
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
"examples":[
"we've been planning this big event for many moons"
],
"synonyms":[
"aeon",
"eon",
"age",
"blue moon",
"coon's age",
"cycle",
"donkey's years",
"eternity",
"forever",
"long",
"months"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infinity",
"lifetime"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flash",
"instant",
"jiffy",
"minute",
"moment",
"second",
"shake",
"split second",
"trice",
"twinkle",
"twinkling",
"wink",
"microsecond",
"nanosecond"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mooching":{
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
"examples":[
"he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeloading",
"sponging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leeching",
"begging",
"exploiting",
"using"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurking",
"mousing",
"pussyfooting",
"shirking",
"skulking",
"sliding",
"slinking",
"slipping",
"snaking",
"sneaking",
"stealing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"edging",
"inching",
"worming",
"ghosting",
"padding",
"tiptoeing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"batting",
"cruising",
"drifting",
"floating",
"gadding (about)",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"kicking around",
"knocking (about)",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"dawdling",
"moping",
"gypsying",
"hoboing",
"tramping",
"vagabonding",
"milling (about or around)",
"straggling",
"straying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mooch":{
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
"examples":[
"he's always mooching off of his friends, even though he can easily pay his own way"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeload",
"sponge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leech",
"beg",
"exploit",
"use"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
"examples":[
"I suspect she's mooching around in the background and keeping an eye on us"
],
"synonyms":[
"lurk",
"mouse",
"pussyfoot",
"shirk",
"skulk",
"slide",
"slink",
"slip",
"snake",
"sneak",
"steal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"edge",
"inch",
"worm",
"ghost",
"pad",
"tiptoe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"kids on vacation mooching about the house and looking for something to do"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"moola":{
"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":[
"we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moonless":{
"as in starless , sunless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"starless",
"sunless",
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"somber",
"sombre",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lightsome",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous",
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"moor":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"examples":[
"as she wanders the windswept moor , the novel's heroine vows that she will never marry the vicar"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"savanna",
"savannah",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
"examples":[
"a mysterious figure who was said to have haunted the moors of southwest England"
],
"synonyms":[
"bog",
"fen",
"marsh",
"marshland",
"mire",
"morass",
"muskeg",
"slough",
"slew",
"slue",
"swamp",
"swampland",
"wash",
"wetland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swale",
"quagmire",
"guck",
"gook",
"muck",
"mud",
"ooze",
"slime",
"slop",
"sludge",
"slush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"examples":[
"moored the boat to the dock"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchor",
"catch",
"clamp",
"fasten",
"fix",
"hitch",
"secure",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"implant",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"lodge",
"stuff",
"wedge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extract",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"tear (out)",
"uproot",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"antonyms":[
"loose",
"loosen",
"unfasten",
"unfix",
"unloose",
"unloosen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"moonshines":{
"illegally produced liquor":{
"examples":[
"during Prohibition, moonshine and \"bathtub gin\" were made secretly"
],
"synonyms":[
"bootlegs",
"mountain dews",
"white lightnings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathtub gins",
"red-eyes",
"rotguts",
"alcohols",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"potables",
"rums",
"spirits",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"serving all sorts of moonshine at the bar"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohols",
"aqua vitaes",
"ardent spirits",
"boozes",
"bottles",
"drinks",
"firewaters",
"grogs",
"hooches",
"inebriants",
"intoxicants",
"John Barleycorns",
"juices",
"liquors",
"lushes",
"potables",
"rums",
"sauces",
"spirits",
"stimulants",
"strong drinks",
"tipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitifs",
"bracers",
"chasers",
"digestifs",
"nightcaps",
"belts",
"loads",
"nips",
"pegs",
"pops",
"shooters",
"shots",
"slugs",
"snifters",
"snorts",
"tots",
"whets",
"cocktails",
"mixed drinks",
"ales",
"beers",
"brewages",
"brews",
"brewskis",
"home brews",
"malt liquors",
"microbrews",
"mums",
"nappies",
"meads",
"sakes",
"sakis",
"wines",
"barley-brees",
"barley-broos",
"brandies",
"gins",
"liqueurs",
"mao-tais",
"mescals",
"schnapps",
"tequilas",
"vodkas",
"whiskeys",
"whiskies",
"Dutch courages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mooting":{
"to present or bring forward for discussion":{
"examples":[
"conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bringing up",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"placing",
"raising"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluding (to)",
"citing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"offering",
"proposing",
"suggesting",
"airing",
"expressing",
"speaking (of)",
"talking (about)",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"interjecting",
"interrupting",
"debating",
"discussing",
"thrashing (out or over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censoring",
"hushing (up)",
"quieting",
"silencing",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"the issue of whether a person's nature or upbringing is more important continues to be mooted by experts and laymen alike"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"arguing",
"bandying",
"batting (around or back and forth)",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"talking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"moody":{
"frequently influenced by moods and especially bad moods":{
"examples":[
"teenagers are often both moody and changeable"
],
"synonyms":[
"temperamental"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capricious",
"changeable",
"changeful",
"fickle",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"freakish",
"impulsive",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"uncertain",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile",
"whimsical",
"pouty",
"sulky",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"crotchety",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"quick-tempered",
"short-tempered",
"snappish",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"testy",
"waspish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equable",
"even",
"immutable",
"inflexible",
"invariable",
"unalterable",
"unchangeable",
"changeless",
"constant",
"settled",
"stable",
"steady",
"unchanging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"moons":{
"a long or seemingly long period of time":{
"examples":[
"we've been planning this big event for many moons"
],
"synonyms":[
"aeons",
"eons",
"ages",
"blue moons",
"coon's ages",
"cycles",
"donkey's years",
"eternities",
"forevers",
"longs",
"months"
],
"near synonyms":[
"infinities",
"lifetimes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flashes",
"instants",
"jiffies",
"minutes",
"moments",
"seconds",
"shakes",
"split seconds",
"trices",
"twinkles",
"twinklings",
"winks",
"microseconds",
"nanoseconds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moorings":{
"as in berths , slips":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"berths",
"slips",
"docks",
"floats",
"jetties",
"landings",
"levees",
"piers",
"quais",
"quays",
"wharves",
"wharfs",
"embarcaderos",
"dockyards",
"marinas",
"quayages",
"shipyards",
"wharfages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ports , anchorages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchorages",
"ports",
"oases",
"covers",
"screens",
"asylums",
"bolt-holes",
"harborages",
"harbors",
"havens",
"refuges",
"retreats",
"sanctuaries",
"sanctums",
"sancta",
"shelters",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"houses",
"housings",
"lodgings",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"rests",
"roofs",
"cloisters",
"closets",
"coverts",
"dens",
"hermitages",
"hideaways",
"hideouts",
"lairs",
"castles",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"lean-tos",
"lees",
"sheds",
"windbreaks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mood":{
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
"examples":[
"losing my favorite sweater left me in a bad mood for the rest of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"feather",
"humor",
"mode",
"spirit",
"temper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"attitude",
"mind-set",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"heart",
"passion",
"sentiment",
"strain",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"opinion",
"expression",
"tone",
"vein",
"character",
"disposition",
"identity",
"individuality",
"makeup",
"mettle",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"temperament",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"there's a haunting mood of melancholy about the ruined old castle"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"ambience",
"ambiance",
"aroma",
"atmosphere",
"aura",
"climate",
"flavor",
"halo",
"karma",
"nimbus",
"note",
"odor",
"patina",
"smell",
"temper",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aureole",
"aureola",
"mystique",
"romance",
"genius loci",
"feel",
"feeling",
"sensation",
"sense",
"spirit",
"attribute",
"character",
"characteristic",
"image",
"mark",
"notion",
"peculiarity",
"picture",
"property",
"trait",
"color",
"illusion",
"overtone",
"semblance",
"suggestion",
"tone"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
"examples":[
"in his mood , the king spared no one his venomous tongue"
],
"synonyms":[
"anger",
"angriness",
"birse",
"choler",
"furor",
"fury",
"indignation",
"irateness",
"ire",
"lividity",
"lividness",
"mad",
"madness",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"wrathfulness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggravation",
"annoyance",
"exasperation",
"irritation",
"vexation",
"acrimoniousness",
"acrimony",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bile",
"biliousness",
"bitterness",
"contempt",
"embitterment",
"empoisonment",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"rancor",
"envy",
"jaundice",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"spite",
"vengefulness",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"belligerence",
"contentiousness",
"contrariness",
"crankiness",
"disputatiousness",
"hot-headedness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"orneriness",
"pugnaciousness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"querulousness",
"blowup",
"flare",
"flare-up",
"outburst",
"chafe",
"dander",
"dudgeon",
"huff",
"pet",
"rise",
"ruffle",
"temper",
"air rage",
"road rage",
"delirium",
"heat",
"passion",
"warmth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmness",
"forbearance",
"patience"
],
"antonyms":[
"delight",
"pleasure"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moolah":{
"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":[
"we dropped some serious moola on that home theater system"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"bucks",
"cabbage",
"cash",
"change",
"chips",
"coin",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"green",
"jack",
"kale",
"legal tender",
"lolly",
"long green",
"loot",
"lucre",
"money",
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moonstruck":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"police asked psychiatrists to put together a portrait of the moonstruck marksman who was responsible for the shootings"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
"antonyms":[
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"moods":{
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
"examples":[
"losing my favorite sweater left me in a bad mood for the rest of the day"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheers",
"feathers",
"humors",
"modes",
"spirits",
"tempers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angles",
"attitudes",
"mind-sets",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"slants",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"emotions",
"feelings",
"hearts",
"passions",
"sentiments",
"strains",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"opinions",
"expressions",
"tones",
"veins",
"characters",
"dispositions",
"identities",
"individualities",
"makeups",
"mettles",
"personalities",
"selfhoods",
"self-identities",
"temperaments",
"sensibilities",
"sensitivities"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a special quality or impression associated with something":{
"examples":[
"there's a haunting mood of melancholy about the ruined old castle"
