"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"an old shack on the skirts of the town"
],
"synonyms":[
"borderlines",
"borders",
"boundaries",
"bounds",
"brims",
"circumferences",
"compasses",
"confines",
"edges",
"edgings",
"ends",
"frames",
"fringes",
"hems",
"margins",
"perimeters",
"peripheries",
"rims",
"skirtings",
"verges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambits",
"brinks",
"crests",
"curbs",
"cusps",
"lips",
"ceilings",
"maxima",
"maximums",
"demarcations",
"extents",
"limitations",
"measures",
"meres",
"restrictions",
"terminations",
"borderlands",
"frontiers",
"marches",
"outskirts",
"pales",
"selvages",
"laps",
"shores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"cores",
"hearts",
"inners",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"withins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult female human being":{
"examples":[
"met up with a couple of skirts at the diner"
],
"synonyms":[
"females",
"ladies",
"women"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dames",
"gentlewomen",
"madames",
"mesdames",
"madams",
"senoras",
"se\u00f1oras",
"babes",
"beauties",
"belles",
"damsels",
"dolls",
"gals",
"girls",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"lasses",
"lassies",
"mademoiselles",
"mesdemoiselles",
"maidens",
"maids",
"misses",
"senoritas",
"se\u00f1oritas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to avoid by going around":{
"examples":[
"skirted the construction zone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypasses",
"circumnavigates",
"circumvents",
"detours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leapfrogs",
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"flees",
"shakes",
"shuns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confronts",
"faces",
"meets",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"examples":[
"the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"gets around",
"shortcuts",
"sidesteps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"end-runs",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"outflanks",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"disobeys",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"assents (to)",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"observes"
]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the commercial district skirts the river's edge"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuts",
"adjoins",
"borders (on)",
"butts (on or against)",
"flanks",
"fringes",
"joins",
"marches (with)",
"neighbors",
"touches",
"verges (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attaches (to)",
"communicates (with)",
"connects (with)",
"links (with)",
"bounds",
"embraces",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"fences",
"lines",
"margins",
"rims",
"surrounds",
"contacts",
"converges",
"meets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a border for":{
"examples":[
"the wooden fence that skirts the construction site"
],
"synonyms":[
"borders",
"bounds",
"edges",
"frames",
"fringes",
"margins",
"rims"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hems",
"trims",
"circumscribes",
"defines",
"delineates",
"demarcates",
"outlines",
"silhouettes",
"sketches",
"traces",
"circles",
"compasses",
"encircles",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"environs",
"girdles",
"girths",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds",
"surrounds",
"walls",
"checks",
"confines",
"controls",
"curbs",
"limits",
"restrains",
"restricts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skittishness":{
"a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"because of the horse's skittishness and temperamental nature, only experienced riders should ride him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confidence",
"self-assurance",
"self-confidence",
"sureness",
"control",
"self-control",
"aplomb",
"calm",
"calmness",
"collectedness",
"composure",
"coolness",
"ease",
"easiness",
"equanimity",
"equilibrium",
"imperturbability",
"poise",
"repose",
"self-possession",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness"
],
"related":[
"agita",
"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"disquiet",
"feverishness",
"franticness",
"freneticism",
"hand-wringing",
"perturbation",
"restlessness",
"trepidation",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"upset",
"worry",
"nerves",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"butterflies",
"dither",
"heebie-jeebies",
"jimjams",
"jitters",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"willies"
],
"synonyms":[
"edginess",
"fidgetiness",
"fidgets",
"flightiness",
"jitteriness",
"jumpiness",
"restiveness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skit":{
"a short, funny story or performance":{
"examples":[
"One of the funniest skits in the show was about cheerleading."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skivvy":{
"a female domestic servant":{
"examples":[
"the pop star's image as a working-class hero strains credulity now that he owns a large estate with an army of cooks, butlers, and skivvies to attend to his every want"
],
"synonyms":[
"biddy",
"char",
"charwoman",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"house girl",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attendant",
"chambermaid",
"abigail",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid-in-waiting",
"au pair",
"nursemaid",
"domestic",
"menial",
"amah",
"ayah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skinner":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"he's proven himself to be a skinner of guys who are a lot smarter than you, so be wary of any deals you make with him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"finagler",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skimps":{
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"examples":[
"we must skimp and save if we are going to afford a vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"economizes",
"pinches",
"saves",
"scrimps",
"spares"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserves",
"husbands",
"maintains",
"manages",
"preserves",
"scrapes",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"retrenches",
"hoards",
"lays up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"splurges"
],
"antonyms":[
"wastes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skirmish (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"for years the Apache leader had been skirmishing with the Mexicans, who were responsible for his nickname, Geronimo"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"fight",
"scrimmage (with)",
"war (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"duel",
"joust",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bop",
"buffet",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bump",
"collide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skirmish":{
"a brief clash between enemies or rivals":{
"examples":[
"the candidates' first debate was only a skirmish in a very long campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush",
"encounter",
"hassle",
"run-in",
"scrape"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argument",
"fight",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"battle",
"brawl",
"fray",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"throughout the week of the convention, police engaged in skirmishes with some of the demonstrators"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in brawl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brawl",
"box",
"spar",
"bash",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"hit",
"punch",
"slug",
"strike",
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"contend",
"duel",
"fight",
"war (against)",
"grapple",
"rassle",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in explore , probe":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"snoop",
"grub (about)",
"poke (around)",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"peruse",
"study",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"frisk",
"pat down",
"shake down",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"search",
"sort (through)",
"troll"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skittery":{
"easily excited by nature":{
"examples":[
"chickadees are skittery creatures, so don't expect them to linger at the bird feeder"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"fiddle-footed",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"perturbable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"skies":{
"the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{
"examples":[
"the sky usually looks deep blue on a bright clear day"
],
"synonyms":[
"blues",
"firmaments",
"heavens",
"highs",
"welkins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"midairs",
"horizons",
"skylines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a dwelling place of perfect happiness for the soul after death":{
"examples":[
"a belief that warriors felled in battle will be raised to the sky"
],
"synonyms":[
"above",
"blisses",
"elysian fields",
"Elysiums",
"Elysia",
"empyreans",
"heavens",
"kingdom comes",
"New Jerusalems",
"paradises",
"Zions",
"Sions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glories",
"happy hunting grounds",
"nirvanas",
"promised lands",
"Valhallas",
"afterlives",
"afterworlds",
"hereafters",
"otherworlds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infernos",
"limbos",
"purgatories",
"netherworlds",
"underworlds",
"abysses",
"pits"
],
"antonyms":[
"Gehennas",
"hells",
"Pandemoniums",
"perditions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skirmishing (with)":{
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"for years the Apache leader had been skirmishing with the Mexicans, who were responsible for his nickname, Geronimo"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"warring (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueling",
"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinniness":{
"as in gauntness , scrawniness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"weediness",
"fitness",
"trimness",
"leanness",
"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity",
"weight",
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skidding":{
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"cratering",
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"diving",
"dropping",
"falling",
"lowering",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"sinking",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"drooping",
"dwindling",
"dying (down)",
"ebbing",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"moderating",
"subsiding",
"tapering off",
"waning",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"antonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"spiking",
"upping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skint":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"examples":[
"an area of London where skint punk rockers would hang out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"threadbare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"skimmer":{
"as in helmet , hood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spoon , scoop":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dipper",
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon",
"dessertspoon",
"soupspoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skive":{
"as in whittle":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"whittle",
"bob",
"clip",
"crop",
"cut",
"cut back",
"dock",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"pare",
"poll",
"prune",
"shave",
"shear",
"snip",
"trim",
"manicure",
"mow",
"pinch",
"stump",
"curtail",
"shorten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongate",
"extend",
"lengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skirrs":{
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
"examples":[
"the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations"
],
"synonyms":[
"explores",
"hunts",
"probes",
"prospects",
"searches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnoiters",
"reconnoitres",
"scouts",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"reveals",
"unearths",
"fathoms",
"plumbs",
"sounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skirt":{
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
"examples":[
"an old shack on the skirts of the town"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"borderline",
"bound",
"boundary",
"brim",
"circumference",
"compass",
"confines",
"edge",
"edging",
"end",
"frame",
"fringe",
"hem",
"margin",
"perimeter",
"periphery",
"rim",
"skirting",
"verge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambit",
"brink",
"crest",
"curb",
"cusp",
"lip",
"ceiling",
"maximum",
"demarcation",
"extent",
"limitation",
"measure",
"mere",
"restriction",
"termination",
"borderland",
"frontier",
"march",
"outskirts",
"pale",
"selvage",
"lap",
"shore"
],
"near antonyms":[
"center",
"core",
"heart",
"inner",
"inside",
"interior",
"middle",
"within"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an adult female human being":{
"examples":[
"met up with a couple of skirts at the diner"
],
"synonyms":[
"female",
"lady",
"woman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dame",
"gentlewoman",
"madam",
"madame",
"senora",
"se\u00f1ora",
"babe",
"beauty",
"belle",
"damsel",
"doll",
"gal",
"girl",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"lass",
"lassie",
"mademoiselle",
"maid",
"maiden",
"miss",
"senorita",
"se\u00f1orita"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to avoid by going around":{
"examples":[
"skirted the construction zone"
],
"synonyms":[
"bypass",
"circumnavigate",
"circumvent",
"detour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leapfrog",
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"flee",
"shake",
"shun"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confront",
"face",
"meet",
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"examples":[
"the new bill would make it harder for companies to skirt environmental regulations"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"get around",
"shortcut",
"sidestep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"duck",
"elude",
"end-run",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"outflank",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shun",
"disobey",
"disregard",
"flout",
"ignore",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accede (to)",
"acquiesce (to)",
"assent (to)",
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"antonyms":[
"comply (with)",
"follow",
"keep",
"obey",
"observe"
]
},
"to be adjacent to":{
"examples":[
"the commercial district skirts the river's edge"
],
"synonyms":[
"abut",
"adjoin",
"border (on)",
"butt (on or against)",
"flank",
"fringe",
"join",
"march (with)",
"neighbor",
"touch",
"verge (on)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attach (to)",
"communicate (with)",
"connect (with)",
"link (with)",
"bound",
"embrace",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"fence",
"line",
"margin",
"rim",
"surround",
"contact",
"converge",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to serve as a border for":{
"examples":[
"the wooden fence that skirts the construction site"
],
"synonyms":[
"border",
"bound",
"edge",
"frame",
"fringe",
"margin",
"rim"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hem",
"trim",
"circumscribe",
"define",
"delineate",
"demarcate",
"outline",
"silhouette",
"sketch",
"trace",
"circle",
"compass",
"encircle",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"environ",
"girdle",
"girth",
"loop",
"ring",
"round",
"surround",
"wall",
"check",
"confine",
"control",
"curb",
"limit",
"restrain",
"restrict"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skimmed (through)":{
"as in thumbed (through) , scanned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browsed",
"cruised",
"perused",
"scanned",
"surfed",
"thumbed (through)",
"inspected",
"sifted",
"studied",
"viewed",
"reinvestigated",
"delved (into)",
"dug (into)",
"examined",
"explored",
"inquired (into)",
"investigated",
"looked (into)",
"probed",
"researched"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinners":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"he's proven himself to be a skinner of guys who are a lot smarter than you, so be wary of any deals you make with him"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"finaglers",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skinny":{
"being of less than usual width":{
"examples":[
"the tree swing was supported only by a couple of skinny branches"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
"examples":[
"her grandmother was always insisting that she was too skinny and never tired of trying to force more food on her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bony",
"boney",
"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"angular",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"anorectic",
"anoretic",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"wizened",
"meager",
"meagre",
"puny",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
]
},
"information not generally available to the public":{
"examples":[
"a TV show that offers all the skinny on Tinseltown and the stars that light it up"
],
"synonyms":[
"411",
"book",
"dope",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"poop",
"scoop",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dish",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"story",
"hint",
"pointer",
"information",
"intelligence",
"news",
"tidings",
"word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancient history",
"open secret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"skims (through)":{
"as in thumbs (through) , scans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"cruises",
"peruses",
"scans",
"surfs",
"thumbs (through)",
"inspects",
"sifts",
"studies",
"views",
"reinvestigates",
"delves (into)",
"digs (into)",
"examines",
"explores",
"inquires (into)",
"investigates",
"looks (into)",
"probes",
"researches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinflints":{
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
"examples":[
"the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskates",
"churls",
"hunks",
"misers",
"niggards",
"penny-pinchers",
"pikers",
"scrooges",
"tightwads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarders",
"pack rats",
"savers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigals",
"profligates",
"spenders",
"spendthrifts",
"squanderers",
"wasters",
"wastrels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skitters":{
"to move quickly and lightly along a surface":{
"examples":[
"Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.",
"Mice skittered across the floor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"skips",
"dances",
"darts",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"flirts",
"flits",
"flitters",
"flutters",
"zips",
"dashes",
"flies",
"sails",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"sprints",
"zings",
"zooms",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"roams",
"wanders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floats",
"hangs",
"hovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skimmers":{
"as in helmets , hoods":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in spoons , scoops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dippers",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons",
"dessertspoons",
"soupspoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skims":{
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"examples":[
"I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"flips",
"leafs",
"riffles",
"thumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browses",
"dips",
"glances (at)",
"looks over",
"scans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pores (over)",
"studies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"examples":[
"a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"brushes",
"coasts",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"flows",
"glides",
"rolls",
"sails",
"slides",
"slips",
"streams",
"sweeps",
"whisks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flies",
"races",
"rushes",
"speeds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stumbles",
"trudges",
"shambles",
"shuffles",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"stumps",
"tramps",
"labors",
"toils"
],
"antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
]
},
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
"examples":[
"her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway"
],
"synonyms":[
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"shaves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps",
"contacts",
"scrapes",
"sideswipes",
"strikes",
"sweeps",
"swipes",
"touches",
"bounces",
"caroms",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skips",
"caresses",
"cuddles",
"fondles",
"loves",
"pats",
"pets",
"strokes",
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"clashes",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"punches",
"rams",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"swipes",
"thuds",
"thwacks",
"whacks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the rock just skimmed the surface of the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushes",
"grazes",
"nudges",
"rakes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bumps",
"contacts",
"hits",
"kisses",
"touches",
"sideswipes",
"reflects"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"he impatiently skimmed through the book, looking for the specific passage he remembered seeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browses",
"dips",
"glances",
"glimpses",
"glints",
"peeks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keeks",
"peeps",
"blinks",
"squints",
"looks over",
"peruses",
"rakes",
"scans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examines",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"questions",
"surveys",
"studies",
"views",
"peers",
"pries",
"gawks",
"goggles",
"rubbernecks",
"leers",
"ogles"
],
"antonyms":[
"gazes",
"stares"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skirmished":{
"as in brawled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brawled",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"bashed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"hit",
"punched",
"slugged",
"struck",
"battled",
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended",
"dueled",
"duelled",
"fought",
"warred (against)",
"grappled",
"rassled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in explored , probed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"explored",
"probed",
"prospected",
"snooped",
"grubbed (about)",
"poked (around)",
"browsed",
"glanced (over)",
"looked over",
"ascertained",
"descried",
"detected",
"determined",
"discovered",
"ferreted (out)",
"found",
"found out",
"got",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learned",
"located",
"ran down",
"scared up",
"tracked (down)",
"perused",
"studied",
"audited",
"checked (out)",
"examined",
"inspected",
"investigated",
"reviewed",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"frisked",
"patted down",
"shook down",
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"hunted (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured",
"searched",
"sorted (through)",
"trolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hid",
"abandoned",
"lost",
"ignored",
"neglected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skived":{
"as in whittled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"whittled",
"bobbed",
"clipped",
"cropped",
"cut",
"cut back",
"docked",
"lopped (off)",
"nipped",
"pared",
"polled",
"pruned",
"shaved",
"sheared",
"snipped",
"trimmed",
"manicured",
"mowed",
"pinched",
"stumped",
"curtailed",
"shortened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongated",
"extended",
"lengthened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinnies":{
"being of less than usual width":{
"examples":[
"the tree swing was supported only by a couple of skinny branches"
],
"synonyms":[
"fine",
"hairline",
"narrow",
"needlelike",
"paper-thin",
"slender",
"slim",
"slim-jim",
"thin",
"ultrathin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"attenuated",
"elongate",
"elongated",
"linear",
"bottleneck",
"close",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"squeezed",
"tight",
"tightened",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"shoestring",
"spindly",
"stalky",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"willowy",
"wispy",
"lank",
"spare"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunky",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stumpy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"bulky",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"thickish",
"widish"
],
"antonyms":[
"broad",
"fat",
"wide"
]
},
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
"examples":[
"her grandmother was always insisting that she was too skinny and never tired of trying to force more food on her"
],
"synonyms":[
"bony",
"boney",
"fatless",
"lean",
"lithe",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"svelte",
"thin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean-limbed",
"trim",
"sylphlike",
"willowy",
"angular",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"sinewy",
"wiry",
"lank",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"reedy",
"spindling",
"spindly",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"anorectic",
"anoretic",
"anorexic",
"cadaverous",
"emaciated",
"gaunt",
"haggard",
"pinched",
"skeletal",
"wasted",
"wizened",
"meager",
"meagre",
"puny",
"slight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chunky",
"fleshy",
"heavy",
"heavyset",
"stocky",
"stout",
"thick",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"brawny",
"burly",
"husky",
"dumpy",
"pudgy",
"roly-poly",
"squat",
"stubby",
"paunchy",
"potbellied",
"flabby",
"soft",
"buxom",
"zaftig",
"zoftig",
"full",
"hippy",
"round"
],
"antonyms":[
"chubby",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"rotund",
"tubby"
]
},
"information not generally available to the public":{
"examples":[
"a TV show that offers all the skinny on Tinseltown and the stars that light it up"
],
"synonyms":[
"411",
"book",
"dope",
"inside",
"lowdown",
"poop",
"scoop",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dish",
"gossip",
"rumor",
"story",
"hint",
"pointer",
"information",
"intelligence",
"news",
"tidings",
"word"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancient history",
"open secret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"skipped (out)":{
"as in got out , got (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skirred",
"bolted",
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinned":{
"as in furless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"furless",
"disrobed",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"divested",
"hairless",
"shaven",
"unprotected",
"displayed",
"revealed",
"bald",
"bare",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"naked",
"open",
"peeled",
"stripped",
"uncovered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"mantled",
"overgrown",
"overrun",
"overspread",
"bearded",
"hairy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them"
],
"synonyms":[
"barked",
"flayed",
"hulled",
"husked",
"peeled",
"shelled",
"shucked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"scaled",
"stripped",
"stript",
"pared"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"blew away",
"bombed",
"buried",
"clobbered",
"creamed",
"drubbed",
"dusted",
"flattened",
"pasted",
"routed",
"shellacked",
"skunked",
"smoked",
"smothered",
"snowed under",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"tromped",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"waxed",
"whipped",
"whomped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swept",
"upset",
"beat",
"bested",
"conquered",
"dispatched",
"hurdled",
"licked",
"mastered",
"overbore",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"threw",
"took",
"triumphed (over)",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"crushed",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"overpowered",
"overthrew",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"upended",
"vanquished",
"aced (out)",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outfought",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"transcended",
"edged (out)",
"nosed out",
"pipped",
"capped",
"excelled",
"flourished",
"scored",
"succeeded",
"broke",
"destroyed",
"did in",
"finished",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slaughtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"skirmishers":{
"as in contenders , challengers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"challengers",
"contenders",
"contestants",
"advocates",
"codefendants",
"co-defendants",
"defendants",
"plaintiffs",
"pleaders",
"fussers",
"nitpickers",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers",
"arguers",
"argufiers",
"bickerers",
"brawlers",
"debaters",
"disputants",
"disputers",
"fighters",
"quarrelers",
"quarrellers",
"scrappers",
"squabblers",
"wranglers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skittered":{
"to move quickly and lightly along a surface":{
"examples":[
"Dry leaves skittered over the sidewalk.",
"Mice skittered across the floor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"skipped",
"danced",
"darted",
"flicked",
"flickered",
"flirted",
"flitted",
"flittered",
"fluttered",
"zipped",
"dashed",
"flew",
"sailed",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"sprinted",
"zinged",
"zoomed",
"meandered",
"rambled",
"roamed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skiving":{
"as in whittling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"whittling",
"bobbing",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"docking",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"paring",
"polling",
"pruning",
"shaving",
"shearing",
"snipping",
"trimming",
"manicuring",
"mowing",
"pinching",
"stumping",
"curtailing",
"shortening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinflint":{
"a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{
"examples":[
"the team's owner is a skinflint whose penny-pinching ways keep the team from acquiring any real talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheapskate",
"churl",
"hunks",
"miser",
"niggard",
"penny-pincher",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"tightwad"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoarder",
"pack rat",
"saver"
],
"near antonyms":[
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spender",
"spendthrift",
"squanderer",
"waster",
"wastrel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skim":{
"to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner":{
"examples":[
"I'll just skim through a few styling magazines and see if something interesting catches my eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"flip",
"leaf",
"riffle",
"thumb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browse",
"dip",
"glance (at)",
"look over",
"scan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pore (over)",
"study"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"examples":[
"a lone hang glider skimming along just above the treetops"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"brush",
"coast",
"cruise",
"drift",
"flow",
"glide",
"roll",
"sail",
"slide",
"slip",
"stream",
"sweep",
"whisk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fly",
"race",
"rush",
"speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stumble",
"trudge",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"labor",
"toil"
],
"antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
]
},
"to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing":{
"examples":[
"her hand just barely skimmed the wall as she ran down the hallway"
],
"synonyms":[
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"shave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump",
"contact",
"scrape",
"sideswipe",
"strike",
"sweep",
"swipe",
"touch",
"bounce",
"carom",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skip",
"caress",
"cuddle",
"fondle",
"love",
"pat",
"pet",
"stroke",
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"clash",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"punch",
"ram",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"swipe",
"thud",
"thwack",
"whack"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the rock just skimmed the surface of the water"
],
"synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brush",
"graze",
"nudge",
"rake",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bump",
"contact",
"hit",
"kiss",
"touch",
"sideswipe",
"reflect"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a quick or hasty look":{
"examples":[
"he impatiently skimmed through the book, looking for the specific passage he remembered seeing"
],
"synonyms":[
"browse",
"dip",
"glance",
"glimpse",
"glint",
"peek"
],
"near synonyms":[
"keek",
"peep",
"blink",
"squint",
"look over",
"peruse",
"rake",
"scan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"examine",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"question",
"survey",
"study",
"view",
"peer",
"pry",
"gawk",
"goggle",
"rubberneck",
"leer",
"ogle"
],
"antonyms":[
"gaze",
"stare"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skives":{
"as in whittles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"whittles",
"bobs",
"clips",
"crops",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"docks",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"pares",
"polls",
"prunes",
"shaves",
"shears",
"snips",
"trims",
"manicures",
"mows",
"pinches",
"stumps",
"curtails",
"shortens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skipping":{
"to move with a light springing step":{
"examples":[
"children skipping along the woodland path"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"bounding",
"hopping",
"lolloping",
"loping",
"tripping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capering",
"frisking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"romping",
"skimming",
"skittering",
"jumping",
"leaping",
"vaulting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"trudging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to fail to attend":{
"examples":[
"the day was so nice that we decided to skip class and go to the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing off",
"cutting",
"missing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"passing over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"attending",
"showing up (for)"
]
},
"to strike and fly off at an angle":{
"examples":[
"the soap slipped out of my hand and went skipping across the bathroom floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brushing",
"grazing",
"nudging",
"raking",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bumping",
"contacting",
"hitting",
"kissing",
"touching",
"sideswiping",
"reflecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skip (out)":{
"as in get out , get (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abscond",
"clear out",
"decamp",
"elope",
"escape",
"get (away)",
"get out",
"lam",
"light out",
"make off",
"mizzle",
"scarper",
"scat",
"scram",
"skirr",
"bolt",
"break",
"bug out",
"flee",
"fly",
"hightail (it)",
"retreat",
"run",
"run away",
"run off",
"skedaddle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beard",
"brave",
"confront",
"dare",
"defy",
"face",
"abide",
"dwell",
"hang around",
"linger",
"remain",
"stay",
"stick around",
"tarry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skipping (out)":{
"as in getting out , getting (away)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absconding",
"clearing out",
"decamping",
"eloping",
"escaping",
"getting (away)",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"lighting out",
"making off",
"mizzling",
"scarpering",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skirring",
"bolting",
"breaking",
"bugging out",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"hightailing (it)",
"retreating",
"running",
"running away",
"running off",
"skedaddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skilled":{
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a delicate brain operation requiring the services of a highly skilled surgeon"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran",
"virtuoso"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adroit",
"clever",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"handy",
"slick",
"sure-handed",
"gifted",
"talented",
"polished",
"refined",
"effective",
"effectual",
"efficient",
"workmanlike",
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"employable",
"fit",
"fitted",
"habile",
"qualified",
"knowledgeable",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"well-rounded",
"long-term",
"old",
"multiskilled",
"multitalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"unable",
"unfit",
"unfitted",
"unqualified",
"weak",
"artless",
"crude",
"rude",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inefficient",
"talentless",
"ungifted",
"untalented",
"ignorant",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"beginning",
"green",
"inexperienced",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"primitive",
"rough",
"unpolished",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"unprofessional",
"unseasoned",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"skills":{
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
"examples":[
"he had acquired valuable skills during his life at sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops",
"experience",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"moxie",
"proficiency",
"savvy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"background",
"command",
"mastery",
"acquaintance",
"conversance",
"familiarity",
"intimacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"unawareness",
"unfamiliarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexperience"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skidded":{
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"examples":[
"the local economy skidded when the last manufacturing plant moved away"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skinning":{
"as in cheating , swindling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"swindling",
"extortion",
"fleecing",
"gouging",
"highway robbery",
"overcharging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove the natural covering of":{
"examples":[
"I prefer not to skin potatoes before mashing them"
],
"synonyms":[
"barking",
"flaying",
"hulling",
"husking",
"peeling",
"shelling",
"shucking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"scaling",
"stripping",
"paring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"got his revenge on the dirty swindler who had skinned him"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"examples":[
"we simply got skinned in the interoffice softball tournament"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"skirred":{
"to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{
"examples":[
"the film company will soon skirr the area looking for locations"
],
"synonyms":[
"explored",
"hunted",
"probed",
"prospected",
"searched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reconnoitered",
"reconnoitred",
"scouted",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"revealed",
"unearthed",
"fathomed",
"plumbed",
"sounded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skimped":{
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"examples":[
"we must skimp and save if we are going to afford a vacation this summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"economized",
"pinched",
"saved",
"scrimped",
"spared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conserved",
"husbanded",
"maintained",
"managed",
"preserved",
"scraped",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"retrenched",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"splurged"
],
"antonyms":[
"wasted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"skill(s)":{
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
"examples":[
"he had acquired valuable skills during his life at sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops",
"experience",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"moxie",
"proficiency",
"savvy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"background",
"command",
"mastery",
"acquaintance",
"conversance",
"familiarity",
"intimacy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"unawareness",
"unfamiliarity"
],
"antonyms":[
"inexperience"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"skillfulness":{
"subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something":{
"examples":[
"the skillfulness with which she handled that touchy situation is indeed admirable"
