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{
"virgins":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
],
"examples":[
"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"related":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"novitiates",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"viridity":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"a heroine beset by the vacuous viridity that is so typical of romance novels"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virile":{
"of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men":{
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
],
"examples":[
"men were once expected to be interested only in such virile activities as hunting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"metrosexual",
"unmacho",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"emasculated",
"impotent",
"weakened",
"androgynous",
"neuter"
],
"related":[
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho",
"ultramasculine",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"Amazonian",
"butch"
],
"synonyms":[
"male",
"man-size",
"man-sized",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"virility":{
"the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men":{
"examples":[
"many cultures value virility as a sign of power"
],
"synonyms":[
"machismo",
"macho",
"manhood",
"manliness",
"masculinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maleness",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"girlishness",
"femaleness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"effeminacy",
"effeteness",
"emasculation"
],
"antonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtueless":{
"as in evil , immoral":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"pure",
"sinless",
"white",
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"virtues":{
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"examples":[
"the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtues",
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"excellencies",
"graces",
"merits",
"values"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantages",
"edges",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"superiorities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishes",
"defects",
"failings",
"faults",
"flaws",
"drawbacks",
"minuses",
"negatives"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiencies",
"demerits",
"disvalues"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtuous":{
"conforming to a high standard of morality or virtue":{
"examples":[
"virtuous behavior is its own reward"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"nice",
"right",
"right-minded",
"righteous",
"straight",
"true",
"upright"
],
"near synonyms":[
"correct",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"high-minded",
"noble",
"principled",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"exemplary",
"legitimate",
"esteemed",
"law-abiding",
"menschy",
"reputable",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy",
"blameless",
"clean",
"guiltless",
"immaculate",
"incorrupt",
"incorrupted",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"unobjectionable",
"angelic",
"angelical",
"lily-white",
"pure",
"scrupulous",
"spotless",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"goody-goody",
"moralistic",
"pharisaical",
"rectitudinous",
"sanctimonious",
"self-righteous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"villainous",
"base",
"low",
"mean",
"vicious",
"vile",
"blameworthy",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable",
"evil",
"evil-minded",
"immoral",
"indecent",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unrighteous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"virtuousness":{
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"once a cleric's virtuousness is seriously called into doubt, he loses his authority as a moral leader"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtue"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virgin":{
"never having had sexual relations":{
"examples":[
"encouraged the virgin youths to remain chaste"
],
"synonyms":[
"maiden",
"virginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chaste",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"innocent",
"untouched",
"abstinent",
"celibate",
"continent",
"unmarried",
"unwed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{
"examples":[
"the state's only remaining virgin forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"mint",
"pristine",
"span-new",
"virginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unaltered",
"unblemished",
"unbruised",
"uncontaminated",
"undamaged",
"undefiled",
"unharmed",
"unhurt",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unpolluted",
"unsoiled",
"unspoiled",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untouched",
"unworn",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broken",
"bruised",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"defiled",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"faded",
"shopworn",
"used",
"well-worn",
"worn",
"contaminated",
"polluted",
"spoiled",
"hand-me-down",
"secondhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"stale"
]
},
"free from any trace of the coarse or indecent":{
"examples":[
"his photographs of nudes have such a virgin purity about them that only a prude would find them objectionable"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaste",
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"pure",
"vestal",
"virginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lily-white",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unsoiled",
"unspotted",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untarnished",
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"cultivated",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"harmless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defiled",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"tarnished",
"improper",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"ribald",
"unseemly",
"crude",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"unrefined"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"immodest",
"impure",
"indecent",
"obscene",
"smutty",
"unchaste",
"unclean",
"vulgar"
]
},
"existing without human habitation or cultivation":{
"examples":[
"a vast expanse of virgin territory"
],
"synonyms":[
"natural",
"uncultivated",
"untamed",
"wild"
],
"near synonyms":[
"native",
"uninhabited",
"unpeopled",
"unsettled",
"overgrown",
"spontaneous",
"untended",
"waste",
"undeveloped",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"howling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inhabited",
"developed",
"seminatural"
],
"antonyms":[
"cultivated",
"tamed"
]
},
"coming before all others in time or order":{
"examples":[
"the political analyst's virgin effort at a cloak-and-dagger thriller"
],
"synonyms":[
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"original",
"pioneer",
"premier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ancient",
"early",
"primal",
"primary",
"prime",
"primeval",
"primitive",
"primordial",
"antecedent",
"preceding",
"previous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advanced",
"late",
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"following",
"subsequent",
"succeeding",
"penultimate"
],
"antonyms":[
"final",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
]
},
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a virgin in the world of comedy clubs, he's still learning to deal with hecklers"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"novitiate",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"virtually":{
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"fell in love with a man who was virtually penniless"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"somewhere",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"virtuality":{
"as in potentiality":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"potentiality",
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"want",
"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality"
],
"near antonyms":[
"actuality",
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"existence",
"reality",
"subsistence",
"thingness",
"genuineness",
"realness",
"activity",
"animation",
"life"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtuosos":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a violin virtuoso"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"artists",
"authorities",
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dab hands",
"dabs",
"experts",
"fiends",
"geeks",
"gurus",
"hands",
"hotshots",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"meisters",
"past masters",
"proficients",
"scholars",
"sharks",
"sharps",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"professionals",
"pros",
"consultants",
"hired guns",
"specialists",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"craftsmen",
"journeymen",
"all-rounders",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance men",
"mistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"beginners",
"neophytes",
"novices",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"laymen",
"nonprofessionals"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurs",
"inexperts",
"nonexperts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtuoso":{
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"examples":[
"a virtuoso performance of a piano concerto"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"workmanlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
]
},
"having or showing exceptional knowledge, experience, or skill in a field of endeavor":{
"examples":[
"a virtuoso director, he is known for using every resource and technique known to film to tell a story"
],
"synonyms":[
"accomplished",
"ace",
"adept",
"compleat",
"complete",
"consummate",
"crack",
"crackerjack",
"educated",
"experienced",
"expert",
"good",
"great",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"professed",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"versed",
"veteran"
],
"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"
]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a violin virtuoso"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"fiend",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"whiz",
"wizard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"virulently":{
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
"examples":[
"an organization that is even more virulently bigoted than others of its kind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"wickedly"
],
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"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"virtu":{
"as in ephemera , curiosa":{
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"curiosa",
"ephemera",
"curio",
"curiosity",
"exotic",
"objet d'art",
"objet",
"oddity",
"oddment",
"rarity",
"found object",
"objet trouv\u00e9",
"marvel",
"prodigy",
"rara avis",
"rare bird",
"wonder",
"abnormality",
"anomaly",
"freak",
"monster",
"monstrosity",
"malformation",
"mutant",
"mutation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virulency":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"the virulency of his critical judgments became the stuff of Broadway legend"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtus":{
"as in trumperies , bijouteries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bijouteries",
"bric-a-brac",
"gimcrackeries",
"trinketries",
"trumperies",
"baubles",
"bibelots",
"curios",
"curiosities",
"doodads",
"gauds",
"gewgaws",
"geegaws",
"gimcracks",
"kickshaws",
"knickknacks",
"nicknacks",
"novelties",
"ornamentals",
"tchotchkes",
"trinkets",
"bagatelles",
"trifles",
"figurines",
"objets d'art",
"objets",
"ornaments",
"keepsakes",
"mementos",
"mementoes",
"souvenirs",
"conversation pieces",
"collectibles",
"collectables",
"collector's items"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virago":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-ax",
"battle-axe",
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virginity":{
"as in honor , innocence":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"honor",
"innocence",
"virtue",
"modesty",
"purity",
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chasteness",
"chastity",
"continence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debauchery",
"lechery",
"licentiousness",
"venery",
"wenching",
"whoring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"viragoes":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-axes",
"dragon ladies",
"furies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"shrews",
"termagants",
"vixens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"scolds",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"viragos":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"fairy tales that typically portray stepmothers as viragoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle-axes",
"dragon ladies",
"furies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"shrews",
"termagants",
"vixens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"scolds",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virulent":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"examples":[
"the virulent look on her face warned me that she was about to say something unkind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vicious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"virtuosic":{
"as in virtuoso , masterful":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professional",
"virtuoso",
"able",
"accomplished",
"capable",
"competent",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"gifted",
"habile",
"handsome",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"educated",
"fitted",
"initiated",
"knowledgeable",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"versed",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"ambidextrous",
"versatile",
"well-rounded",
"finished",
"polished",
"slick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"dilettante",
"dilettantish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful",
"curbstone",
"self-taught",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"virus":{
"as in disease , cancer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cancer",
"contagion",
"disease",
"bane",
"poison",
"toxic",
"toxin",
"venom",
"fungicide",
"germicide",
"herbicide",
"insecticide",
"microbicide",
"pesticide",
"toxicant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidote",
"antivenin",
"antivenom",
"mithridate",
"cure",
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"panacea"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtue":{
"a quality that gives something special worth":{
"examples":[
"the virtue of wool as a clothing material is that it can provide insulation from the cold even when wet"
],
"synonyms":[
"cardinal virtue",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"grace",
"merit",
"value"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"superiority"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemish",
"defect",
"failing",
"fault",
"flaw",
"drawback",
"minus",
"negative"
],
"antonyms":[
"deficiency",
"demerit",
"disvalue"
]
},
"conduct that conforms to an accepted standard of right and wrong":{
"examples":[
"a lady of honor and virtue"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"decency",
"goodness",
"honesty",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-mindedness",
"honor",
"incorruptibility",
"irreproachability",
"irreproachableness",
"right-mindedness",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"appropriateness",
"correctness",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"fitness",
"propriety",
"seemliness",
"ethics",
"morals"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impropriety",
"indecency",
"indecorum",
"indiscretion",
"debauchery",
"degeneracy",
"degradation",
"depravity",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"sinfulness",
"crookedness",
"dishonesty",
"underhandedness",
"unscrupulousness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"corruption"
],
"antonyms":[
"badness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"immorality",
"iniquity",
"sin",
"villainy",
"wickedness"
]
},
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
"examples":[
"a military hero whose virtue inspired a nation"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottle",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"daringness",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"gutsiness",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intestinal fortitude",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"pecker",
"prowess",
"stoutness",
"valor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"pluckiness",
"spunk",
"temper",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"stomach",
"tenacity",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"cheek",
"cojones",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cold feet",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"mousiness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"ineffectualness",
"hesitation",
"indecision",
"indecisiveness",
"irresolution"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"poltroonery",
"spinelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virtuosi":{
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"examples":[
"a violin virtuoso"
],
"synonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"artists",
"authorities",
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dab hands",
"dabs",
"experts",
"fiends",
"geeks",
"gurus",
"hands",
"hotshots",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"meisters",
"past masters",
"proficients",
"scholars",
"sharks",
"sharps",
"whizzes",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"professionals",
"pros",
"consultants",
"hired guns",
"specialists",
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans",
"craftsmen",
"journeymen",
"all-rounders",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance men",
"mistresses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentices",
"beginners",
"neophytes",
"novices",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"laymen",
"nonprofessionals"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateurs",
"inexperts",
"nonexperts"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"virulence":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"I was surprised by the virulence of the criticism"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}