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"nothing", "zero" ], "related":[ "big boy", "big cheese", "bigfoot", "biggie", "big gun", "big shot", "big wheel", "bigwig", "fat cat", "figure", "heavy", "heavyweight", "honcho", "kahuna", "main man", "mover and shaker", "nabob", "nawab", "notable", "personage", "pooh-bah", "poo-bah", "supremo", "VIP", "celebrity", "personality", "star", "superstar", "deity", "demigod", "god" ], "synonyms":[ "baron", "captain", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "king", "lion", "magnate", "mogul", "monarch", "Napoleon", "prince", "tycoon" ] }, "the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "at this point all that we can do is put our fate in the hands of the Lord" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "Allah", "Almighty", "Author", "Creator", "deity", "Divinity", "Eternal", "Everlasting", "Father", "God", "Godhead", "Jehovah", "King", "Maker", "Providence", "Supreme Being", "Yahweh", "Jahveh", "Yahveh" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "load":{ "a considerable 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"epidemic", "plague", "rash", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "plethora", "redundancy", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "deluge", "flood", "overflow", "army", "bevy", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "drove", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mob", "multitude", "press", "score", "sea", "swarm", "throng", "gazillion", "jillion", "kazillion", "million", "thousands", "trillion", "zillion" ], "synonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "basketful", "boatload", "bucket", "bunch", "bundle", "bushel", "carload", "chunk", "deal", "dozen", "fistful", "gobs", "good deal", "heap", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "multiplicity", "myriad", "oodles", "pack", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plateful", "plenitude", "plentitude", "plenty", "pot", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "sheaf", "shipload", "sight", "slew", "spate", "stack", "store", "ton", "truckload", "volume", "wad", "wealth", "yard" ] }, "a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hoisted a load of grain on the truck going to Florida" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "consignment", "boatload", "carload", "shipload", "trainload", "truckload", "wagonload", "ballast", "deadweight", "overload", "surcharge", "bale", "bundle", "pack", "package", "packet", "parcel", "shipment", "manifest", "body", "bulk", "mass" ], "synonyms":[ "burden", "cargo", "draft", "freight", "haul", "lading", "loading", "payload", "weight" ] }, "to place a weight or burden on":{ "antonyms":[ "disburden", "discharge", "disencumber", "unburden", "unlade", "unload" ], "examples":[ "students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work" ], "near antonyms":[ "alleviate", "ease", "lighten", "relieve" ], "related":[ "clog", "clutter", "fill", "pack", "heap", "mound", "pile", "stack", "press", "weigh", "strain", "tax", "overburden", "overload", "overtax", "surcharge", "hamper", "handicap", "afflict", "oppress" ], "synonyms":[ "burden", "encumber", "freight", "lade", "laden", "lumber", "saddle", "weight" ] }, "to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{ "antonyms":[ "clear", "empty", "evacuate", "vacate", "void" ], "examples":[ "she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat" ], "near antonyms":[ "lighten", "deplete", "drain", "eliminate", "exhaust", "bleed", "draw (off)", "clean", "flush", "purge", "scour", "sweep" ], "related":[ "drench", "flood", "glut", "swamp", "bloat", "bulk", "crowd", "crush", "mat", "press", "ram", "shove", "squash", "squeeze", "refill", "refresh", "reload", "repack", "replenish", "overcharge", "overfill", "overflow", "saturate", "honeycomb", "penetrate" ], "synonyms":[ "brim", "charge", "cram", "fill", "heap", "jam", "jam-pack", "pack", "stuff" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "load up on":{ "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He was loading up on shrimp at the party." ], "near antonyms":[ "nibble", "peck", "pick", "taste" ], "related":[ "devour", "glut", "sate", "stuff", "surfeit", "wolf", "banquet", "feast", "regale", "bolt", "cram", "gulp", "guzzle" ], "synonyms":[ "gorge", "gormandize", "overeat", "pig out", "swill" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "loaded":{ "being under the influence of a recreational drug":{ "antonyms":[ "sober", "straight" ], "examples":[ "wasted his life getting loaded and watching TV all day" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstemious", "abstinent", "clean", "temperate", "clearheaded", "cool", "level", "steady" ], "related":[ "addicted", "hooked" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "blitzed", "bombed", "high", "hopped-up", "ripped", "spaced-out", "spaced", "stoned", "strung out", "wasted", "wiped out", "zonked", "zonked-out" ] }, "being under the influence of alcohol":{ "antonyms":[ "sober", "straight" ], "examples":[ "the departing party guest was loaded , so we held his car keys until he had sobered up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstemious", "abstinent", "dry", "temperate", "teetotal", "clearheaded", "cool", "level", "steady" ], "related":[ "maudlin", "beery", "befuddled", "bleary-eyed", "crapulous", "dopey", "dopy", "rocky", "strung out", "stupefied", "debauched", "dissipated", "dissolute", "alcoholic", "bibulous", "dipsomaniacal" ], "synonyms":[ "besotted", "blasted", "blind", "blitzed", "blotto", "bombed", "boozy", "canned", "cockeyed", "crocked", "drunk", "drunken", "fried", "gassed", "hammered", "high", "impaired", "inebriate", "inebriated", "intoxicated", "juiced", "lit", "lit up", "looped", "oiled", "pickled", "pie-eyed", "plastered", "potted", "ripped", "sloshed", "smashed", "sottish", "soused", "sozzled", "squiffed", "squiffy", "stewed", "stiff", "stinking", "stoned", "tanked", "tiddly", "tight", "tipsy", "wasted", "wet", "wiped out" ] }, "containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{ "antonyms":[ "bare", "blank", "devoid", "empty", "stark", "vacant", "void" ], "examples":[ "the department stores were loaded with goods for the holiday shopping season" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "short", "shortish", "shy", "wanting", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted" ], "related":[ "overcrowded", "overfilled", "overflowing", "overfull", "overladen", "overloaded", "overstuffed", "abounding", "flush", "fraught", "replete", "rife", "swarming", "teeming" ], "synonyms":[ "brimful", "brimming", "bursting", "chock-full", "chockful", "chockablock", "crammed", "crowded", "fat", "filled", "full", "jam-packed", "jammed", "packed", "stuffed" ] }, "having goods, property, or money in abundance":{ "antonyms":[ "destitute", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "needy", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken" ], "examples":[ "the guy in the fancy foreign sports car obviously was loaded" ], "near antonyms":[ "unaffluent", "deprived", "disadvantaged", "hand-to-mouth", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "beggared", "broke", "indebted", "insolvent", "pauperized", "ruined", "skint", "depressed", "pinched", "reduced", "straitened", "low", "short" ], "related":[ "better-off", "comfortable", "propertied", "prosperous", "substantial", "successful", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving", "advantaged", "blessed", "blest", "privileged" ], "synonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "fat-cat", "flush", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-endowed", "well-fixed", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ] }, "to place a weight or burden on":{ "antonyms":[ "disburdened", "discharged", "disencumbered", "unburdened", "unladed", "unloaded" ], "examples":[ "students complaining that their teachers were loading them with work" ], "near antonyms":[ "alleviated", "eased", "lightened", "relieved" ], "related":[ "clogged", "cluttered", "filled", "packed", "heaped", "mounded", "piled", "stacked", "pressed", "weighed", "strained", "taxed", "overburdened", "overloaded", "overtaxed", "surcharged", "hampered", "handicapped", "afflicted", "oppressed" ], "synonyms":[ "burdened", "encumbered", "freighted", "laded", "ladened", "lumbered", "saddled", "weighted" ] }, "to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{ "antonyms":[ "cleared", "emptied", "evacuated", "vacated", "voided" ], "examples":[ "she loaded her plate at the buffet with as much food as she could carry and with more than any sane person should eat" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightened", "depleted", "drained", "eliminated", "exhausted", "bled", "drew (off)", "cleaned", "flushed", "purged", "scoured", "swept" ], "related":[ "drenched", "flooded", "glutted", "swamped", "bloated", "bulked", "crowded", "crushed", "matted", "pressed", "rammed", "shoved", "squashed", "squeezed", "refilled", "refreshed", "reloaded", "repacked", "replenished", "overcharged", "overfilled", "overflowed", "saturated", "honeycombed", "penetrated" ], "synonyms":[ "brimmed", "charged", "crammed", "filled", "heaped", "jammed", "jam-packed", "packed", "stuffed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "loafed":{ "to spend time doing nothing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the kind of sultry August afternoon that makes you just want to loaf" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "ground", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "applied", "buckled (down)", "exerted", "put out" ], "related":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "messed", "monkeyed", "mucked", "piddled", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "dozed", "estivated", "aestivated", "hibernated", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "relaxed", "rested", "tarried", "ambled", "moseyed", "sauntered", "strolled", "swanned", "furloughed", "goldbricked", "malingered", "truanted" ], 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"aestivating", "hibernating", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "poking", "relaxing", "resting", "tarrying", "ambling", "moseying", "sauntering", "strolling", "swanning", "furloughing", "goldbricking", "malingering", "truanting" ], "synonyms":[ "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "droning", "footling", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging about", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "kicking around", "kicking back", "lazing", "lazying", "lolling", "lounging", "vegging out" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "loams":{ "a type of soil that is good for growing plants":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loathes":{ "to dislike strongly":{ "antonyms":[ "loves" ], "examples":[ "I simply loathe tapioca pudding" ], "near antonyms":[ "desires", "fancies", "favors", "likes", "prefers", "enjoys", "relishes", "admires", "adores", "approves (of)", "esteems", "hallows", "idolizes", "reveres", "venerates", "worships", "cherishes", "prizes", "treasures" ], "related":[ "deplores", "deprecates", "disapproves (of)", "discountenances", "disdains", "disfavors", "scorns" ], "synonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "despises", "detests", "execrates", "hates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loathing":{ "a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sight of his mortal enemy getting that undeserved promotion filled him with loathing" ], "near antonyms":[ "appetite", "bent", "fancy", "favor", "fondness", "like", "liking", "love", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "preference", "propensity", "relish", "shine", "taste", "use" ], "related":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "antipathy", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "allergy", "averseness", "disapproval", "disfavor", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "displeasure" ], "synonyms":[ "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "nausea", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion" ] }, "a very strong dislike":{ "antonyms":[ "affection", "devotion", "fondness", "love" ], "examples":[ "I have an uncompromising loathing for anyone who would deliberately harm an animal" ], "near antonyms":[ "appetite", "inclination", "liking", "admiration", "adoration", "veneration", "worship", "acceptance", "tolerance", "passion", "relish", "taste" ], "related":[ "cattiness", "despite", "despitefulness", "hatefulness", "invidiousness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "spite", "spitefulness", "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "odium", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "contempt", "disdain", "enmity", "grudge", "hostility", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "scorn", "bile", "jaundice", "rancor", "spleen", "venom", "virulence", "vitriol" ], "synonyms":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "detestation", "execration", "hate", "hatred" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to dislike strongly":{ "antonyms":[ "loving" ], "examples":[ "I simply loathe tapioca pudding" ], "near antonyms":[ "desiring", "fancying", "favoring", "liking", "preferring", "enjoying", "relishing", "admiring", "adoring", "approving (of)", "esteeming", "hallowing", "idolizing", "revering", "venerating", "worshipping", "worshiping", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring" ], "related":[ "deploring", "deprecating", "disapproving (of)", "discountenancing", "disdaining", "disfavoring", "scorning" ], "synonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "loathings":{ "a dislike so strong as to cause stomach upset or queasiness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sight of his mortal enemy getting that undeserved promotion filled him with loathing" ], "near antonyms":[ "appetites", "bents", "fancies", "favors", "likes", "likings", "loves", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "preferences", "propensities", "relishes", "shines", "tastes", "uses" ], "related":[ "abhorrences", "abominations", "antipathies", "execrations", "hates", "hatreds", "allergies", "disapprovals", "disfavors", "disinclinations", "dislikes", "displeasures" ], "synonyms":[ "aversions", "disgusts", "distastes", "horrors", "nauseas", "repugnances", "repulsions", "revulsions" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lob":{ "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bowl", "dart", "flip", "gun", "hook", "pass", "roll", "shoot", "buck", "eject", "impel", "precipitate", "project", "propel", "rifle", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapult", "chuck", "dash", "fire", "fling", "heave", "hurl", "hurtle", "launch", "loft", "peg", "pelt", "pitch", "sling", "throw", "toss" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lobbed":{ "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he lightly lobbed the errant ball over the fence to the waiting schoolboy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bowled", "darted", "flipped", "gunned", "hooked", "passed", "rolled", "shot", "bucked", "ejected", "impelled", "precipitated", "projected", "propelled", "rifled", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapulted", "chucked", "dashed", "fired", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "hurtled", "launched", "lofted", "pegged", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lobby":{ "a centrally located room in a building that serves as a gathering or waiting area or as a passageway into the interior":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "our tour group met downstairs in the lobby of the hotel before going out to dinner" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "entranceway", "entry", "entryway", "hallway", "vestibule", "concourse", "corridor", "gallery", "passageway", "antechamber", "anteroom", "chamber", "waiting room" ], "synonyms":[ "foyer", "hall" ] }, "the entrance room of a building":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the ticket booth is located in the theater's outer lobby" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "antechamber", "anteroom", "lounge", "waiting room", "door", "doorway", "entrance", "portal", "threshold" ], "synonyms":[ "entranceway", "entry", "entryway", "foyer", "hall", "hallway", "vestibule" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lobotomizing":{ "to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality":{ "antonyms":[ "bracing", "energizing", "enlivening", "invigorating", "quickening", "stimulating", "vitalizing", "vivifying" ], "examples":[ "fear of saying anything controversial has so lobotomized this book on geopolitics that it fails to say anything at all" ], "near antonyms":[ "arousing", "rousing", "stirring", "charging", "electrifying", "galvanizing", "exciting", "fermenting", "firing", "fomenting", "inciting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "instigating", "kindling", "provoking", "sparking", "triggering", "whipping (up)", "abetting", "boosting", "buoying", "cheering", "emboldening", "fortifying", "heartening", "inspiring", "lifting", "reactivating", "reanimating", "reawakening", "reawaking", "recharging", "reenergizing", "re-energizing", "refreshing", "regenerating", "rejuvenating", "rekindling", "renewing", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "revitalizing", "reviving" ], "related":[ "burning out", "debilitating", "doing in", "draining", "enfeebling", "exhausting", "fatiguing", "sapping", "tuckering (out)", "undermining", "weakening", "wearing", "wearing out", "daunting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "synonyms":[ "castrating", "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "dehydrating", "desiccating", "devitalizing", "enervating", "gelding", "petrifying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loca":{ "a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "headquarters", "happy hunting ground", "hive", "hotbed", "hot spot", "playground", "playland", "kernel", "nub", "pith", "deep", "thick", "essence", "quintessence", "soul", "attraction", "lodestone", "loadstone", "magnet", "polestar" ], "synonyms":[ "axis", "base", "capital", "center", "central", "core", "cynosure", "epicenter", "eye", "focus", "ground zero", "heart", "hub", "mecca", "navel", "nerve center", "nexus", "nucleus", "omphalos", "seat" ] }, "the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "scene", "precinct", "region", "section", "sector", "here", "there" ], "synonyms":[ "emplacement", "locale", "locality", "location", "place", "point", "position", "site", "spot", "venue", "where" ] 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"discovered", "dredged (up)", "dug out", "dug up", "ferreted (out)", "found", "found out", "got", "hit (on or upon)", "hunted (down or up)", "learned", "nosed out", "ran down", "rooted (out)", "routed (out)", "rummaged", "scared up", "scouted (up)", "tracked (down)", "turned up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lock (up)":{ "to put in or as if in prison":{ "examples":[ "if they catch you, they're going to lock you up and throw away the key!" ], "synonyms":[ "commit", "confine", "immure", "imprison", "incarcerate", "intern", "jail", "jug" ], "near synonyms":[ "constrain", "limit", "restrain", "restrict", "shut", "bar", "gate", "apprehend", "arrest", "bust", "capture", "catch", "detain", "nab", "pick up", "pinch", "seize", "impress", "shanghai", "hold", "impound", "keep", "bind", "enchain", "fetter", "handcuff", "manacle", "shackle", "trammel" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipate", "enfranchise", "manumit", "unbind", "uncage", "unchain", "unfetter" ], "antonyms":[ "discharge", "free", "liberate", "release" ] }, "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{ "examples":[ "the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups" ], "synonyms":[ "bastille", "big house", "bridewell", "brig", "calaboose", "can", "clink", "cooler", "coop", "guardroom", "hock", "hold", "hoosegow", "jail", "jailhouse", "joint", "jug", "nick", "pen", "penitentiary", "pokey", "prison", "quod", "slam", "slammer", "stir", "stockade", "tolbooth" ], "near synonyms":[ "bull pen", "cage", "cell", "hole", "tank", "block", "ward", "glasshouse", "guardhouse", "hulk(s)", "concentration camp", "gulag", "labor camp", "prison camp", "stalag", "work camp", "dungeon", "keep", "oubliette", "reformatory", "reform school", "training school" ], "near antonyms":[ "outside" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "locker":{ "a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the enlisted man usually stored his uniform in his locker at the foot of his bed" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "carton", "crate", "footlocker", "sea chest", "coffer", "lockbox", "safe", "safe-deposit box", "strongbox", "coffin", "compartment", "vault", "canteen", "caisson", "hope chest", "minaudi\u00e8re", "bandbox", "hatbox", "jewel box", "snuffbox", "tinderbox" ], "synonyms":[ "bin", "box", "caddy", "case", "casket", "chest", "trunk" ] }, "a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a down-at-the heels health club where most of the lockers look to be unusable" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bookcase", "breakfront", "chest", "china closet", "credence", "credenza", "\u00e9tag\u00e8re", "etagere", "secretary", "showcase", "taboret", "tabouret", "vitrine", "cuddy", "dresser", "pie safe", "armoire", "clothespress", "garderobe", "wardrobe", "cabinetry", "shelving" ], "synonyms":[ "buffet", "cabinet", "closet", "console", "cupboard", "hutch", "press", "sideboard" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, 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"louche", "naughty", "perverse", "perverted", "wicked", "exceptionable", "objectionable", "unacceptable", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "abhorrent", "debasing", "disgusting", "loathsome", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "unpleasant", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "atrocious", "infamous", "abusive", "scurrilous", "hard-core", "soft", "soft-core" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "coarse", "crude", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "gross", "gutter", "impure", "indecent", "lascivious", "lewd", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "profane", "raunchy", "ribald", "smutty", "stag", "trashy", "unprintable", "vulgar", "wanton", "X-rated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "locks":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "one that is certain to succeed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the governor is regarded as a lock for his party's presidential nomination" ], "near antonyms":[ "dark horses", "long shots" ], "related":[ "certainties", "inevitabilities", "eventualities", "foregone conclusions" ], "synonyms":[ "cinches", "shoo-ins", "slam dunks", "sure things" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lockstep":{ "an established and often automatic or monotonous series of actions followed when engaging in some activity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "followed the lockstep that had been in his family for generations: prep school, Ivy League university, job on Wall Street" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "daily dozen", "regimen", "housekeeping", "custom", "fashion", "habit", "practice", "practise", "trick", "wont", "approach", "manner", "method", "procedure", "strategy", "style", "tack", "technique", "way", "design", "plan", "program", "scheme", "convention", "policy", "tradition" ], "synonyms":[ "drill", "grind", "groove", "pattern", "rote", "routine", "rut", "treadmill" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loco":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "examples":[ "that dog's plumb loco , just running around in circles all day long" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "related":[ "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" ], "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", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ] }, "to cause to go insane or as if insane":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "years of living alone had clearly locoed the old rancher" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "quiet", "relax", "settle", "soothe", "tranquilize", "tranquillize" ], "related":[ "agitate", "bother", "confuse", "discompose", "disquiet", "distract", "disturb", "perturb", "unsettle", "upset", "annoy", "irritate", "vex" ], "synonyms":[ "crack", "craze", "derange", "frenzy", "madden", "unbalance", "unhinge", "unstring" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "locus":{ "a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an area of the Southwest that has been the locus of a number of New Agey movements" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "headquarters", "happy hunting ground", "hive", "hotbed", "hot spot", "playground", "playland", "kernel", "nub", "pith", "deep", "thick", "essence", "quintessence", "soul", "attraction", "lodestone", "loadstone", "magnet", "polestar" ], "synonyms":[ "axis", "base", "capital", "center", "central", "core", "cynosure", "epicenter", "eye", "focus", "ground zero", "heart", "hub", "mecca", "navel", "nerve center", "nexus", "nucleus", "omphalos", "seat" ] }, "the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the locus of brightness occurs where the rays of sunlight converge in front of the lens" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "scene", "precinct", "region", "section", "sector", "here", "there" ], "synonyms":[ "emplacement", "locale", "locality", "location", "place", "point", "position", "site", "spot", "venue", "where" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lodestar":{ "a guiding or motivating purpose or principle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a society seemingly with unbridled greed as its only lodestar" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "benchmark", "criterion", "grade", "mark", "measure", "par", "standard", "touchstone", "yardstick", "aim", "ambition", "aspiration", "dream", "goal", "intention", "object", "objective", "purpose", "target" ], "synonyms":[ "compass", "cynosure", "direction", "focus", "polestar" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lodge":{ "a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "when we go on our country vacation, we always stay at this little lodge in the middle of nowhere" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "B and B", "bed-and-breakfast", "guesthouse", "apartment hotel", "accommodations", "lodgings", "rest", "court", "motel", "motor court", "motor inn", "motor lodge", "resort", "spa", "tourist court", "youth hostel", "camp", "campground", "bunkhouse", "dorm", "dormitory", "boardinghouse", "lodging house", "rooming house", "doss-house", "fleabag", "flophouse" ], "synonyms":[ "auberge", "caravansary", "caravanserai", "hospice", "hostel", "hostelry", "hotel", "inn", "public house", "tavern" ] }, "an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "every summer we rent a small fishing lodge by the lake" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dacha", "summerhouse", "bungalow", "cot", "hut", "shack", "shanty" ], "synonyms":[ "bach", "cabin", "camp", "chalet", "cottage" ] }, "the meeting place of an organization":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "den", "hangout", "haunt", "hideaway", "hideout", "lair", "camp", "headquarters", "conventicle", "hall", "house", "meetinghouse" ], "synonyms":[ "club", "clubhouse" ] }, "the shelter or resting place of a wild animal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the family of beavers built a lodge near the narrow point of the river" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "nest", "territory" ], "synonyms":[ "burrow", "den", "hole", "house", "lair" ] }, "to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deploy", "emplace", "fix", "locate", "park", "plant", "position", "set", "situate", "station", "anchor", "bivouac", "camp", "camp (out)", "burrow", "curl up", "dig in", "harbor", "house" ], "synonyms":[ "ensconce", "install", "nestle", "perch", "roost", "settle" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "evict" ], "related":[ "ensconce", "home", "roost", "secure", "shed", "stable", "tent", "barrack", "bed (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodate", "bestow", "billet", "bivouac", "board", "bunk", "camp", "chamber", "domicile", "encamp", "harbor", "house", "put up", "quarter", "roof", "room", "shelter", "take in" ] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "antonyms":[ "dislodge", "root (out)", "uproot" ], "examples":[ "the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminate", "eradicate", "eject", "expel", "detach", "disconnect", "disengage", "remove" ], "related":[ "imbue", "infuse", "instill", "beat (into)", "drive (into)", "establish", "place", "put", "settle", "stick" ], "synonyms":[ "bed", "embed", "imbed", "enroot", "entrench", "intrench", "fix", "impact", "implant", "ingrain", "engrain", "root" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lodged":{ "firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{ "antonyms":[ "insecure", "loose" ], "examples":[ "the rusty, old bolts were so well lodged that a power wrench was needed to extract them" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "dislodged", "freed", "loosened", "unattached", "unbound", "undone", "unfastened", "unsecured", "movable", "moveable", "yielding" ], "related":[ "bonded", "cemented", "glued", "anchored", "clamped", "embedded", "imbedded", "entrenched", "intrenched", "impacted", "implanted", "attached", "bound", "fastened", "secured", "immovable", "unyielding" ], "synonyms":[ "fast", "firm", "frozen", "jammed", "set", "snug", "stuck", "tight", "wedged" ] }, "to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deployed", "emplaced", "fixed", "located", "parked", "planted", "positioned", "set", "situated", "stationed", "anchored", "bivouacked", "camped", "camped (out)", "burrowed", "curled up", "dug in", "harbored", "housed" ], "synonyms":[ "ensconced", "installed", "nestled", "perched", "roosted", "settled" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejected", "evicted" ], "related":[ "ensconced", "homed", "roosted", "secured", "shedded", "stabled", "tented", "barracked", "bedded (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodated", "bestowed", "billeted", "bivouacked", "boarded", "bunked", "camped", "chambered", "domiciled", "encamped", "harbored", "housed", "put up", "quartered", "roofed", "roomed", "sheltered", "took in" ] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "antonyms":[ "dislodged", "rooted (out)", "uprooted" ], "examples":[ "the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminated", "eradicated", "ejected", "expelled", "detached", "disconnected", "disengaged", "removed" ], "related":[ "imbued", "infused", "instilled", "beat (into)", "drove (into)", "established", "placed", "put", "settled", "stuck" ], "synonyms":[ "bedded", "embedded", "imbedded", "enrooted", "entrenched", "intrenched", "fixed", "impacted", "implanted", "ingrained", "engrained", "rooted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "lodging":{ "a place to sleep and related amenities for the temporary use of a tourist or traveler":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "lodging was whatever budget motel we could find for each leg of our trip" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "berth", "shelter", "crash pad" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodation", "lodgment", "lodgement" ] }, "a room or set of rooms in a private house or a block used as a separate dwelling place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I've rented lodgings in the old boardinghouse downtown" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bed-sitter", "bedsit", "bed-sitting-room", "cohousing", "condo", "condominium", "duplex", "duplex apartment", "efficiency", "efficiency apartment", "flatlet", "floor-through", "garden apartment", "granny flat", "maisonette", "penthouse", "railroad flat", "salon", "saloon", "studio", "studio apartment", "triplex", "walk-up", "gallery", "wing", "apartment building", "apartment house", "tenement house" ], "synonyms":[ "apartment", "diggings", "digs", "flat", "suite", "tenement" ] }, "the place where one lives":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "food and lodging are two of the largest expenses of living in the city" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "accommodations", "housing", "nest", "residency", "shelter", "bungalow", "cabin", "casita", "chalet", "cottage", "duplex", "ranch", "ranch house", "saltbox", "semi", "split level", "townhome", "town house", "tract house", "triplex", "apartment", "apartment house", "condo", "condominium", "flat", "tenement", "tenement house", "walk-up", "penthouse", "salon", "suite", "barracks", "billet", "boardinghouse", "dorm", "dormitory", "flophouse", "lodging house", "lodgment", "lodgement", "room(s)", "rooming house", "castle", "ch\u00e2teau", "countryseat", "estate", "hall", "manor", "manor house", "mansion", "McMansion", "palace", "villa", "farmhouse", "grange", "hacienda", "homestead", "double-wide", "houseboat", "house trailer", "mobile home", "motor home", "recreational vehicle", "RV", "trailer", "hermitage", "manse", "parsonage", "rectory", "vicarage", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "shack", "shanty" ], "synonyms":[ "abode", "diggings", "domicile", "dwelling", "fireside", "habitation", "hearth", "hearthstone", "home", "house", "pad", "place", "quarters", "residence", "roof" ] }, "to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "deploying", "emplacing", "fixing", "locating", "parking", "planting", "positioning", "setting", "situating", "stationing", "anchoring", "bivouacking", "camping", "camping (out)", "burrowing", "curling up", "digging in", "harboring", "housing" ], "synonyms":[ "ensconcing", "installing", "nestling", "perching", "roosting", "settling" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "evicting" ], "related":[ "ensconcing", "homing", "roosting", "securing", "shedding", "stabling", "tenting", "barracking", "bedding (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodating", "bestowing", "billeting", "bivouacking", "boarding", "bunking", "camping", "chambering", "domiciling", "encamping", "harboring", "housing", "putting up", "quartering", "roofing", "rooming", "sheltering", "taking in" ] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "antonyms":[ "dislodging", "rooting (out)", "uprooting" ], "examples":[ "the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminating", "eradicating", "ejecting", "expelling", "detaching", "disconnecting", "disengaging", "removing" ], "related":[ "imbuing", "infusing", "instilling", "beating (into)", "driving (into)", "establishing", "placing", "putting", "settling", "sticking" ], "synonyms":[ "bedding", "embedding", "imbedding", "enrooting", "entrenching", "intrenching", "fixing", "impacting", "implanting", "ingraining", "engraining", "rooting" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lofted":{ "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bowled", "darted", "flipped", "gunned", "hooked", "passed", "rolled", "shot", "bucked", "ejected", "impelled", "precipitated", "projected", "propelled", "rifled", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapulted", "chucked", "dashed", "fired", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "hurtled", "launched", "lobbed", "pegged", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loftier":{ "as in higher , upper":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "loftiness":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "we were offended by the new club member's air of loftiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", 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"irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sluiced", "clammy", "damp", "dampish", "dank", "humid", "moist", "semimoist", "wettish", "boggy", "miry", "seepy", "sloppy", "squashy" ], "synonyms":[ "awash", "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "water-soaked", "watered", "waterlogged", "watery", "wet" ] }, "to make a written note of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the station captain logged the arrest and then left for home" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chronicled", "minuted", "transcribed", "enregistered", "entered", "inscribed", "chalked (up)", "notched", "scored" ], "synonyms":[ "jotted (down)", "marked", "noted", "put down", "recorded", "registered", "reported", "set down", "took down", "wrote down" ] }, "to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an actor who has logged a record number of Academy Award nominations in the course 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"overfatigued", "overtaxed", "overworked", "broken-down", "run-down", "debilitated", "enervate", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "weakened", "drowsy", "heavy", "sleepy", "lethargic", "sluggish" ], "synonyms":[ "all in", "aweary", "beat", "beaten", "bleary", "burned-out", "burnt-out", "bushed", "dead", "done", "drained", "exhausted", "fatigued", "jaded", "knackered", "limp", "played out", "pooped", "prostrate", "spent", "tapped out", "tired", "tuckered (out)", "washed-out", "wearied", "weary", "wiped out", "worn", "worn-out" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "logical":{ "according to the rules of logic":{ "antonyms":[ "illegitimate", "illogical", "incoherent", "inconsequent", "inconsequential", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable", "unsound", "weak" ], "examples":[ "the lawyer won the case with a logical argument about the motives of the suspect" ], "near antonyms":[ "casuistic", "casuistical", "eristic", "eristical", "fallacious", "misleading", "sophistic", "sophistical", "specious", "unarticulated", "unscientific", "absurd", "cockeyed", "crazy", "daffy", "fatuous", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "insane", "loony", "looney", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "simpleminded", "stupid", "weak-minded", "witless", "senseless", "thoughtless", "uncompelling", "unconvincing" ], "related":[ "a posteriori", "a priori", "syllogistic", "cognitive", "empirical", "empiric", "defendable", "defensible", "justifiable", "maintainable", "supportable", "sustainable", "tenable" ], "synonyms":[ "analytic", "analytical", "coherent", "consequent", "good", "rational", "reasonable", "sensible", "sound", "valid", "well-founded", "well-grounded" ] }, "based on sound reasoning or information":{ "antonyms":[ "groundless", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "nonsensical", "nonvalid", "unfounded", "uninformed", "unjustified", "unreasonable", "unreasoned", "unsound" ], "examples":[ "that's the logical choice under the circumstances" ], "near antonyms":[ "unsubstantiated", "unsupported", "unwarranted", "flimsy", "implausible", "unconvincing", "weak", "fallacious", "false", "misguided", "misled" ], "related":[ "actual", "real", "true", "certain", "sure", "certified", "validated", "verified", "confirmed", "corroborated", "substantiated", "cogent", "convincing", "colorable", "credible", "plausible" ], "synonyms":[ "commonsense", "commonsensible", "commonsensical", "firm", "good", "hard", "informed", "just", "justified", "levelheaded", "rational", "reasonable", "reasoned", "sensible", "sober", "solid", "valid", "well-founded" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "logjam":{ "a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the presence of an ambulance on the side of the highway created a logjam of rubberneckers who just had to have a look" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "tangle", "gridlock", "lock", "congestion", "traffic", "crawl", "delay", "slowdown", "stoppage" ], "synonyms":[ "backup", "bottleneck", "jam", "jam-up", "snarl", "tailback", "tie-up" ] }, "a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "efforts to break the logjam in the talks between union and management" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dead end", "bind", "bottleneck", "corner", "dilemma", "fix", "hole", "jam", "morass", "pickle", "pinch", "plight", "predicament", "quagmire", "quandary", "spot", "difficulty", "problem" ], "synonyms":[ "deadlock", "gridlock", "halt", "impasse", "Mexican standoff", "stalemate", "standoff", "standstill" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "logomachy":{ "as in battle royal , cross fire":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle", "affray", "fisticuffs", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "clash", "run-in", "skirmish", "tangle", "tussle", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "protestation", "attack", "contention", "dissension", "dissention", "debate", "difference", "disputation", "feud", "vendetta", "catfight" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "logrolling":{ "as in dickering , haggling":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "logy":{ "depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{ "antonyms":[ "unwearied" ], "examples":[ "the next morning I was feeling logy , having stayed up half the night" ], "near antonyms":[ "fresh", "refreshed", "rejuvenated", "relaxed", "rested", "revitalized", "active", "energetic", "invigorated", "peppy", "strengthened", "strong", "tireless", "vitalized", "weariless" ], "related":[ "overfatigued", "overtaxed", "overworked", "broken-down", "run-down", "debilitated", "enervate", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "weakened", "drowsy", "heavy", "sleepy", "lethargic", "sluggish" ], "synonyms":[ "all in", "aweary", "beat", "beaten", "bleary", "burned-out", "burnt-out", "bushed", "dead", "done", "drained", "exhausted", "fatigued", "jaded", "knackered", "limp", "played out", "pooped", "prostrate", "spent", "tapped out", "tired", "tuckered (out)", "washed-out", "wearied", "weary", "wiped out", "worn", "worn-out" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "loiters":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barrels", "bolts", "careers", "courses", "dashes", "flies", "hastens", "hotfoots (it)", "hurries", "races", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "scoots", "scuds", "scurries", "speeds", "tears", "whirls", "whisks", "whizzes", "zips" ], "examples":[ "don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "darts", "humps", "hurtles", "hustles", "scrambles", "stampedes", "gallops", "jogs", "runs", "sprints", "trots", "accelerates", "quickens", "speeds (up)", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes" ], "related":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools around", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "ambles", "eases", "inches", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "staggers", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)", "filibusters", "procrastinates", "stalls", "temporizes" ], "synonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "dallies", "dawdles", "delays", "diddles", "dillydallies", "drags", "lags", "lingers", "lollygags", "lallygags", "mopes", "pokes", "shilly-shallies", "tarries" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loll":{ "to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{ "examples":[ "the heads of the flowers lolled on their stems in the blistering heat" ], "synonyms":[ "droop", "flag", "hang", "sag", "swag", "wilt" ], "near synonyms":[ "slouch", "slump", "cave (in)", "collapse", "crumple", "drop", "fall", "sink", "subside", "yield" ], "near antonyms":[ "distend", "stiffen", "rise", "straighten", "unbend", "uncurl" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "examples":[ "farmhands lolling about in the shade and taking a break from the midday sun" ], "synonyms":[ "bask", "kick back", "lounge", "relax", "repose", "rest" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum", "goldbrick", "hang", "hang about", "hang around", "idle", "loaf", "slack (off)", "veg out" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "exercise", "work out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "some members of the decorating committee were hard at work, and others were just lolling about" ], "synonyms":[ "bum", "chill", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drone", "footle", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "hang about", "idle", "kick around", "kick back", "laze", "lazy", "loaf", "lounge", "veg out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool", "mess", "monkey", "muck", "piddle", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "doze", "estivate", "aestivate", "hibernate", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "relax", "rest", "tarry", "amble", "mosey", "saunter", "stroll", "swan", "furlough", "goldbrick", "malinger", "truant" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grind", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "apply", "buckle (down)", "exert", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loller":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lolling":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to be limp from lack 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(off)", "vegging out" ], "synonyms":[ "basking", "kicking back", "lounging", "relaxing", "reposing", "resting" ] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some members of the decorating committee were hard at work, and others were just lolling about" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudging", "grinding", "grubbing", "humping", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "working", "applying", "buckling (down)", "exerting", "putting out" ], "related":[ "fiddling (around)", "fooling", "messing", "monkeying", "mucking", "piddling", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling", "dozing", "estivating", "aestivating", "hibernating", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "poking", "relaxing", "resting", "tarrying", "ambling", "moseying", "sauntering", "strolling", "swanning", "furloughing", "goldbricking", "malingering", "truanting" ], "synonyms":[ "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "droning", "footling", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging about", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "kicking around", "kicking back", "lazing", "lazying", "loafing", "lounging", "vegging out" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lollygag":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barrel", "bolt", "career", "course", "dash", "fly", "hasten", "hotfoot (it)", "hurry", "race", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "scoot", "scud", "scurry", "speed", "tear", "whirl", "whisk", "whiz", "whizz", "zip" ], "examples":[ "accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "dart", "hump", "hurtle", "hustle", "scramble", "stampede", "gallop", "jog", "run", "sprint", "trot", "accelerate", "quicken", "speed (up)", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake" ], "related":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool around", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "amble", "ease", "inch", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stagger", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)", "filibuster", "procrastinate", "stall", "temporize" ], "synonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "dally", "dawdle", "delay", "diddle", "dillydally", "drag", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "mope", "poke", "shilly-shally", "tarry" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lollygags":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barrels", "bolts", "careers", "courses", "dashes", "flies", "hastens", "hotfoots (it)", "hurries", "races", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "scoots", "scuds", "scurries", "speeds", "tears", "whirls", "whisks", "whizzes", "zips" ], "examples":[ "accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "darts", "humps", "hurtles", "hustles", "scrambles", "stampedes", "gallops", "jogs", "runs", "sprints", "trots", "accelerates", "quickens", "speeds (up)", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes" ], "related":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools around", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "ambles", "eases", "inches", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "staggers", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)", "filibusters", "procrastinates", "stalls", "temporizes" ], "synonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "dallies", "dawdles", "delays", "diddles", "dillydallies", "drags", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "mopes", "pokes", "shilly-shallies", "tarries" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lone ranger":{ "a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{ "antonyms":[ "conformer", "conformist" ], "examples":[ "something of a lone ranger among anthropologists, she does her research without either a lending hand or an eye toward trendy topics" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherent", "follower", "supporter", "sheep" ], "related":[ "freethinker", "character", "codger", "crackbrain", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "freak", "kook", "nut", "oddball", "screwball", "weirdo", "eight ball", "misfit", "outsider", "aberrant", "anomaly" ], "synonyms":[ "bohemian", "boho", "counterculturist", "deviant", "enfant terrible", "free spirit", "heretic", "iconoclast", "individualist", "lone wolf", "loner", "maverick", "nonconformer", "nonconformist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lone-wolf":{ "a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{ "antonyms":[ "conformer", "conformist" ], "examples":[ "a lone wolf in the art world, he has his own style and paints only to please himself" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherent", "follower", "supporter", "sheep" ], "related":[ "freethinker", "character", "codger", "crackbrain", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "freak", "kook", "nut", "oddball", "screwball", "weirdo", "eight ball", "misfit", "outsider", "aberrant", "anomaly" ], "synonyms":[ "bohemian", "boho", "counterculturist", "deviant", "enfant terrible", "free spirit", "heretic", "iconoclast", "individualist", "lone ranger", "loner", "maverick", "nonconformer", "nonconformist" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "loner":{ "a person who does not conform to generally accepted standards or customs":{ "antonyms":[ "conformer", "conformist" ], "examples":[ "that guy in tech support is a loner , and never wants to hang out with the rest of us" ], "near antonyms":[ "adherent", "follower", "supporter", "sheep" ], "related":[ "freethinker", "character", "codger", "crackbrain", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "freak", "kook", "nut", "oddball", "screwball", "weirdo", "eight ball", "misfit", "outsider", "aberrant", "anomaly" ], "synonyms":[ "bohemian", "boho", "counterculturist", "deviant", "enfant terrible", "free spirit", "heretic", "iconoclast", "individualist", "lone ranger", "lone wolf", "maverick", "nonconformer", "nonconformist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "long suit":{ "something for which a person shows a special talent":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "one-on-one politicking is her long suit" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "area", "arena", "bailiwick", "business", "circle", "demesne", "department", "discipline", "domain", "fief", "fiefdom", "field", "line", "precinct", "province", "realm", "sphere", "terrain", "element", "aptitude", "aptness", "bent", "faculty", "flair", "genius", "gift", "knack", "talent", "pursuit", "racket", "vocation", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency" ], "synonyms":[ "forte", "m\u00e9tier", "metier", "speciality", "specialty", "strong suit", "thing" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, 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"intellectualistic", "nerdish", "nerdy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "long-lived":{ "being of advanced years and especially past middle age":{ "antonyms":[ "young", "youthful" ], "examples":[ "that sequoia tree is especially long-lived , having reached an age generally estimated to be at least 3,000 years" ], "near antonyms":[ "ageless", "youngish", "adolescent", "immature", "juvenile", "preteen", "puerile", "minor", "underage", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "raw", "babyish", "childish", "childlike", "infantile", "infantine", "kiddish" ], "related":[ "centenarian", "nonagenarian", "octogenarian", "septuagenarian", "sexagenarian", "oldish", "adult", "grown-up", "mature", "middle-aged", "pensioned", "retired", "superannuated", "matriarchal", "patriarchal", "venerable", "anile", "decrepit", "doddering", "senile", "spavined", "tottery", "overage", "overaged" ], "synonyms":[ "aged", "aging", "ageing", "ancient", "elderly", "geriatric", "old", "older", "over-the-hill", "senescent", "senior", "unyoung" ] }, "lasting for a considerable time":{ "antonyms":[ "brief", "little", "mini", "short", "shortish", "short-lived", "short-term" ], "examples":[ "much to the relief of his parents, the youth's interest in the piano proved to be long-lived" ], "near antonyms":[ "abrupt", "sudden", "abbreviated", "condensed", "curtailed", "shortened", "ephemeral", "fleeting", "momentary", "transient", "transitory", "impermanent", "short-range" ], "related":[ "aeonian", "aeonic", "endless", "everlasting", "interminable", "persistent", "longish", "overlong", "prolonged", "protracted", "permanent", "all-day", "all-night", "multiday", "multiyear" ], "synonyms":[ "extended", "far", "great", "lengthy", "long", "long-drawn-out", "long-drawn", "long-term", "marathon" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "longhair":{ "a person with strong intellectual interests":{ "antonyms":[ "anti-intellectual", "lowbrow", "philistine" ], "examples":[ "long-standing tension between the townies and the longhairs at the elite college" ], "near antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "half-wit", "imbecile", "moron", "nitwit", "pinhead", "simpleton" ], "related":[ "blue", "bluestocking", "Brahmin", "mandarin", "sage", "intellectualizer", "pseud", "brain", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "synonyms":[ "double-dome", "geek", "highbrow", "intellectual", "intellectualist", "nerd" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "longings":{ "a strong wish for something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "by four o'clock in the afternoon, I usually experience a strong longing for chocolate" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disgust", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "distaste", "hatred", "loathing", "nausea", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "apathy", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "related":[ "compulsion", "impulse", "impulsion", "will", "zeal", "liking", "love", "taste", "weakness", "eagerness", "impatience", "want", "wish", "necessity", "need", "requirement", "obsession", "acquisitiveness", "avarice", "avariciousness", "avidity", "covetousness", "cupidity", "greed", "greediness", "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "caco\u00ebthes", "mania" ], "synonyms":[ "appetency", "appetite", "craving", "desire", "drive", "hankering", "hunger", "itch", "jones", "letch", "lust", "passion", "pining", "thirst", "thirstiness", "urge", "yearning", "yen" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "longish":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "longitudinally":{ "as in lengthwise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "longsome":{ "as in boring , unnewsworthy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "look (at)":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Let's look at what we're dealing with here." ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "slight", "dismiss", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "reject" ], "related":[ "muse (upon)", "reflect (on or upon)", "reminisce", "analyze", "explore", "review", "conclude", "reason", "second-guess", "speculate (about)", "brood (about or over)", "dwell (on or upon)", "fixate (on or upon)", "fret (about or over)", "obsess (about or over)", "believe", "conceive", "opine", "absorb", "assimilate", "digest", "drink (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "chew over", "cogitate", "consider", "contemplate", "debate", "deliberate", "entertain", "eye", "kick around", "meditate", "mull (over)", "perpend", "ponder", "pore (over)", "question", "revolve", "ruminate", "study", "think (about or over)", "turn", "weigh", "wrestle (with)" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of 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"exploration", "investigation", "probe", "research", "study", "inquisition", "interrogation", "once-over", "perusal", "recheck", "reinspection", "resurvey", "observation", "surveillance", "watch", "checkout", "test-drive", "trial run" ], "synonyms":[ "audit", "check", "checkup", "examination", "going-over", "inspection", "review", "scan", "scrutiny", "survey", "view" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "look-sees":{ "a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "gave the painting a preliminary look-see to determine whether it could possibly be a genuine old master" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "analyses", "assays", "close-ups", "deconstructions", "dissections", "explorations", "investigations", "probes", "researches", "studies", "inquisitions", "interrogations", "once-overs", "perusals", "rechecks", "reinspections", "resurveys", "observations", "surveillances", "watches", "checkouts", "test-drives", "trial runs" ], "synonyms":[ "audits", "checks", "checkups", "examinations", "goings-over", "inspections", "reviews", "scans", "scrutinies", "surveys", "views" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "looking on":{ "as in staring , gazing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "looks (at)":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Let's look at what we're dealing with here." ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "slights", "dismisses", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "rejects" ], "related":[ "muses (upon)", "reflects (on or upon)", "reminisces", "analyzes", "explores", "reviews", "concludes", "reasons", "second-guesses", "speculates (about)", "broods (about or over)", "dwells (on or upon)", "fixates (on or upon)", "frets (about or over)", "obsesses (about or over)", "believes", "conceives", "opines", "absorbs", "assimilates", "digests", "drinks (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "chews over", "cogitates", "considers", "contemplates", "debates", "deliberates", "entertains", "eyes", "kicks around", "meditates", "mulls (over)", "perpends", "ponders", "pores (over)", "questions", "revolves", "ruminates", "studies", "thinks (about or over)", "turns", "weighs", "wrestles (with)" ] }, "to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I found her at the mall looking at the new outfits on the mannequins" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overpasses", "passes over", "misses", "overlooks" ], "related":[ "identifies", "makes out", "picks out", "picks up", "attends (to)", "considers", "heeds", "marks", "minds", "studies", "watches", "examines", "inspects", "scans", "scrutinizes", "surveys", "glances (at)", "glimpses", "peers (at)" ], "synonyms":[ "beholds", "catches", "descries", "discerns", "distinguishes", "espies", "eyes", "notes", "notices", "observes", "perceives", "regards", "remarks", "sees", "sights", "spies", "spots", "views", "witnesses" ] }, "type":[ "phrase", "verb" ] }, "looks at":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Let's look at what we're dealing with here." ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks", "slights", "dismisses", "pooh-poohs", "poohs", "rejects" ], "related":[ "muses (upon)", "reflects (on or upon)", "reminisces", "analyzes", "explores", "reviews", "concludes", "reasons", "second-guesses", "speculates (about)", "broods (about or over)", "dwells (on or upon)", "fixates (on or upon)", "frets (about or over)", "obsesses (about or over)", "believes", "conceives", "opines", "absorbs", "assimilates", "digests", "drinks (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "chews over", "cogitates", "considers", "contemplates", "debates", "deliberates", "entertains", "eyes", "kicks around", "meditates", "mulls (over)", "perpends", "ponders", "pores (over)", "questions", "revolves", "ruminates", "studies", "thinks (about or over)", "turns", "weighs", "wrestles (with)" ] }, "to make note of 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"dwindle", "ebb", "fade", "fall", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "vanish", "wane", "fall back", "pass", "recede", "retreat", "withdraw" ], "related":[ "advance", "approach", "close in", "draw on", "gather", "near", "hang", "hover", "lower", "lour", "menace", "overhang", "threaten" ], "synonyms":[ "brew", "impend" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "looms":{ "to be about to happen":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead" ], "near antonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "de-escalates", "dies down", "diminishes", "disappears", "dwindles", "ebbs", "fades", "falls", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "vanishes", "wanes", "falls back", "passes", "recedes", "retreats", "withdraws" ], "related":[ "advances", "approaches", "closes in", "draws on", "gathers", "nears", "hangs", "hovers", "lowers", "lours", "menaces", "overhangs", "threatens" ], "synonyms":[ "brews", "impends" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loon":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ], "examples":[ "the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "related":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ] }, "one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "giggled like a loon at his own jokes" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "madman", "abnormal", "deviant", "monomaniac", "mythomaniac", "neurotic", "obsessive", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "psychotic", "schizo", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopath", "character", "codger", "crack", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "fantastic", "flake", "kook", "oddball", "oddity", "original", "quiz", "screwball", "tyke", "tike", "weirdo", "zany", "case", "patient" ], "synonyms":[ "bug", "crackbrain", "crazy", "fool", "fruitcake", "head case", "loony", "lunatic", "maniac", "nut", "nutcase", "nutter", "psycho", "psychopath", "sickie", "sicko", "wacko", "whacko" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loony":{ "having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "examples":[ "I probably sound like a loony talking to myself like I do" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "related":[ "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" ], "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 tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ] }, "one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his insistence that aliens were monitoring his thoughts forced us to conclude that he was in fact a loony" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "madman", "abnormal", "deviant", "monomaniac", "mythomaniac", "neurotic", "obsessive", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoid", "psychotic", "schizo", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopath", "character", "codger", "crack", "crackpot", "crank", "eccentric", "fantastic", "flake", "kook", "oddball", "oddity", "original", "quiz", "screwball", "tyke", "tike", "weirdo", "zany", "case", "patient" ], "synonyms":[ "bug", "crackbrain", "crazy", "fool", "fruitcake", "head case", "loon", "lunatic", "maniac", "nut", "nutcase", "nutter", "psycho", "psychopath", "sickie", "sicko", "wacko", "whacko" ] }, "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ], "examples":[ "that's got to be the looniest idea I've ever heard" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "related":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "loony tunes":{ "having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "examples":[ "anyone living alone in that remote cabin would be sure to go loony tunes" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "related":[ "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" ], "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", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "loosened up":{ "to free from obstruction or difficulty":{ "antonyms":[ "complicated" ], "examples":[ "hoped that adding a second lane would loosen up traffic on that street" ], "near antonyms":[ "hindered", "impeded", "retarded", "aggravated", "worsened", "perplexed", "sophisticated" ], "related":[ "accelerated", "expedited", "hastened", "hurried", "quickened", "rushed", "sped", "speeded", "advanced", "forwarded", "furthered", "promoted", "abetted", "aided", "assisted", "helped", "improved", "disentangled", "straightened (out)", "untangled", "simplified", "streamlined" ], "synonyms":[ "eased", "facilitated", "greased", "smoothed", "unclogged" ] }, "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "antonyms":[ "tensed (up)" ], "examples":[ "a high-pressure job that makes it hard for him to loosen up even on weekends" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "unbent", "basked", "kicked back", "lolled", "lounged", "reposed", "rested", "bummed", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "lazed", "loafed", "vegetated", "vegged out", "zoned out", "alleviated", "comforted", "eased", "relieved", "calmed", "composed", "cooled", "quieted", "settled" ], "synonyms":[ "chilled", "chilled out", "decompressed", "de-stressed", "mellowed (out)", "relaxed", "unwound", "wound down", "winded down" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loosens":{ "to make less taut":{ "antonyms":[ "strains", "stretches", "tenses", "tensions", "tightens" ], "examples":[ "the lead climber loosened the climbing rope so that the other climber could have more room to maneuver" ], "near antonyms":[ "attaches", "binds", "fastens", "ties", "constrains", "restrains" ], "related":[ "detaches", "frees", "unbinds", "undoes", "unfastens", "unties" ], "synonyms":[ "eases", "relaxes", "slackens", "slacks" ] }, "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "antonyms":[ "binds", "confines", "enchains", "fetters", "restrains" ], "examples":[ "the dog ran after the squirrel after he was loosened from the post" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels", "commits", "immures", "imprisons", "incarcerates", "interns", "jails", "locks (up)", "conquers", "enslaves", "subdues", "subjugates" ], "related":[ "bails (out)", "delivers", "paroles", "ransoms", "redeems", "rescues", "saves", "disembarrasses", "disencumbers", "disengages", "disentangles", "extricates", "unshackles" ], "synonyms":[ "discharges", "disenthralls", "disenthrals", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "enlarges", "frees", "liberates", "looses", "manumits", "releases", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters" ] }, "to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{ "antonyms":[ "bridles", "checks", "constrains", "contains", "controls", "curbs", "governs", "holds", "inhibits", "regulates", "reins (in)", "restrains", "smothers", "tames" ], "examples":[ "once he got to know us better, his inhibitions loosened a bit" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffs", "manacles", "shackles", "trammels", "binds", "confines", "enchains", "fetters", "halters", "hampers" ], "related":[ "discharges", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "frees", "liberates", "manumits", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters", "unmoors", "unshackles", "airs", "expresses", "takes out", "vents" ], "synonyms":[ "looses", "releases", "uncorks", "unleashes", "unlocks", "unloosens", "unlooses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "looted":{ "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "broke in", "burglarized", "ripped off", "stole (from)", "combed", "hunted", "raked", "rifled", "rummaged", "harried", "raided", "ravished" ], "synonyms":[ "despoiled", "marauded", "pillaged", "plundered", "ransacked", "sacked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loots":{ "to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the bandits looted the archaeological dig before riding off into the night" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "breaks in", "burglarizes", "rips off", "steals (from)", "combs", "hunts", "rakes", "rifles", "rummages", "harries", "raids", "ravishes" ], "synonyms":[ "despoils", "marauds", "pillages", "plunders", "ransacks", "sacks" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "valuables stolen or taken by force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the burglar was caught when he foolishly stopped to examine the loot from the robbery" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "prizes", "catches", "hauls", "takes", "treasures", "pilferages", "windfalls" ], "synonyms":[ "booties", "pillages", "plunders", "spoils", "swags" ] } }, "lop (off)":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the hair stylist started by lopping off several inches from her long tresses, before beginning to shape what was left" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongate", "extend", "lengthen" ], "related":[ "skive", "whittle", "manicure", "mow", "pinch", "stump", "curtail", "shorten" ], "synonyms":[ "bob", "clip", "crop", "cut", "cut back", "dock", "nip", "pare", "poll", "prune", "shave", "shear", "snip", "trim" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lopes":{ "as in bounces , skips":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to move with a light springing step":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the jogger happily loped along, just enjoying the fresh morning air" ], "near antonyms":[ "lumbers", "plods", "trudges" ], "related":[ "capers", "frisks", "gambols", "romps", "skims", "skitters", "jumps", "leaps", "vaults" ], "synonyms":[ "bounces", "bounds", "hops", "lollops", "skips", "trips" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lopping (off)":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the hair stylist started by lopping off several inches from her long tresses, before beginning to shape what was left" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongating", "extending", "lengthening" ], "related":[ "skiving", "whittling", "manicuring", "mowing", "pinching", "stumping", "curtailing", "shortening" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbing", "clipping", "cropping", "cutting", "cutting back", "docking", "nipping", "paring", "polling", "pruning", "shaving", "shearing", "snipping", "trimming" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lops (off)":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the hair stylist started by lopping off several inches from her long tresses, before beginning to shape what was left" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongates", "extends", "lengthens" ], "related":[ "skives", "whittles", "manicures", "mows", "pinches", "stumps", "curtails", "shortens" ], "synonyms":[ "bobs", "clips", "crops", "cuts", "cuts back", "docks", "nips", "pares", "polls", "prunes", "shaves", "shears", "snips", "trims" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lord (it over)":{ "to assume or treat with an air of superiority":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "waiters at that fancy restaurant like to lord it over the customers, acting like they're doing them a favor just being there" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cold-shoulder", "cut", "high-hat", "slight", "snub", "queen (it over)" ], "synonyms":[ "condescend", "patronize", "talk down (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lordliness":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "examples":[ "the lordliness of his manner really got on his colleagues' nerves, as he had no real authority over them" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness" ], "related":[ "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lords":{ "a man of high birth or social position":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "lords and ladies arriving at the palace" ], "near antonyms":[ "boors", "churls", "cottars", "cotters", "fellahin", "fellaheen", "peasants", "peons", "peones", "commoners", "plebeians", "plebs", "proletarians", "toilers" ], "related":[ "country gentlemen", "squires", "cavaliers", "chevaliers", "knights", "dons", "hidalgos", "nabobs", "nawabs", "seigneurs", "seigniors", "sheikhs", "sheiks", "baronets", "barons", "counts", "dukes", "earls", "esquires", "marchesi", "margraves", "marquesses", "marquises", "marquis", "masters", "princelets", "princelings", "princes", "rajas", "viscounts", "lordships", "sires" ], "synonyms":[ "gentlemen", "grandees", "milords", "noblemen", "peers" ] }, "a person of rank, power, or influence in a particular field":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as lords of the local real estate scene, they own nearly all of the city's prime pieces of property" ], "near antonyms":[ "half-pints", "lightweights", "small-timers", "inferiors", "subordinates", "underlings", "nobodies", "zeros", "zeroes" ], "related":[ "big boys", "big cheeses", "bigfeet", "bigfoots", "biggies", "big guns", "big shots", "big wheels", "bigwigs", "fat cats", "figures", "heavies", "heavyweights", "honchos", "kahunas", "main men", "movers and shakers", "nabobs", "nawabs", "notables", "personages", "pooh-bahs", "poo-bahs", "supremos", "VIPs", "celebrities", "personalities", "stars", "superstars", "deities", "demigods", "gods" ], "synonyms":[ "barons", "captains", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "lions", "magnates", "moguls", "monarchs", "Napoleons", "princes", "tycoons" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lordship":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lose one's heart (to)":{ "to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{ "antonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe" ], "examples":[ "I was a salesman before I lost my heart to woodworking." ], "near antonyms":[ "antagonize", "displease", "disapprove (of)", "disfavor", "dislike", "disgust", "nauseate", "repel", "repulse", "revolt", "sicken", "turn off" ], "related":[ "adulate", "canonize", "deify", "idealize", "idolize", "revere", "reverence", "venerate", "delight (in)", "dote (on)" ], "synonyms":[ "adore", "cherish", "love", "worship" ] }, "type":[] }, "loser":{ "something that has failed":{ "antonyms":[ "blockbuster", "hit", "smash", "success", "winner" ], "examples":[ "the first movie in the series was good, but all the sequels have been losers" ], "near antonyms":[ "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dandy", "jim-dandy", "phenomenon" ], "related":[ "also-ran", "disappointment", "dog", "has-been", "near miss", "botch", "hash", "mess", "muddle", "shambles", "nonevent", "nonstarter" ], "synonyms":[ "bomb", "bummer", "bust", "catastrophe", "clinker", "clunker", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "disaster", "dud", "failure", "fiasco", "fizzle", "flop", "frost", "lemon", "miss", "shipwreck", "turkey", "washout" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "losing":{ "to be unable to find or have at hand":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I always lose my keys" ], "near antonyms":[ "enjoying", "having", "holding", "keeping", "occupying", "owning", "possessing", "retaining", "descrying", "detecting", "finding", "locating", "running down", "scaring up", "scouting (up)", "tracking (down)" ], "related":[ "forgetting", "missing", "overlooking", "passing over" ], "synonyms":[ "mislaying", "misplacing" ] }, "to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{ "antonyms":[ "nailing (down)", "winning" ], "examples":[ "if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs" ], "near antonyms":[ "conquering", "prevailing (over)", "triumphing (over)" ], "related":[ "forfeiting" ], "synonyms":[ "dropping" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopting", "embracing", "taking on", "employing", "using", "utilizing", "holding", "holding back", "keeping", "retaining" ], "related":[ "abandoning", "abdicating", "deserting", "forsaking", "dismissing", "kicking out", "abolishing", "annihilating", "eliminating", "eradicating", "expunging", "exterminating", "extinguishing", "extirpating", "liquidating", "removing", "rooting (out)", "stamping (out)", "wiping out" ], "synonyms":[ "cashiering", "casting (off)", "chucking", "deep-sixing", "discarding", "ditching", "dumping", "eighty-sixing", "86ing", "exorcising", "exorcizing", "flinging (off or away)", "jettisoning", "junking", "laying by", "pitching", "rejecting", "scrapping", "shedding", "shucking (off)", "sloughing (off)", "sluffing (off)", "throwing away", "throwing out", "tossing", "unloading" ] }, "to undergo defeat":{ "antonyms":[ "conquering", "prevailing", "triumphing", "winning" ], "examples":[ "she really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens" ], "near antonyms":[ "flourishing", "prospering", "succeeding", "thriving" ], "related":[ "faltering", "tanking", "throwing", "forfeiting", "bombing", "collapsing", "cracking (up)", "failing", "flopping", "flunking", "folding", "foundering", "missing", "striking out", "washing out" ], "synonyms":[ "bowing out", "falling" ] }, "to use up carelessly":{ "antonyms":[ "conserving" ], "examples":[ "we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys" ], "near antonyms":[ "economizing", "scrimping", "skimping", "preserving", "protecting", "saving", "hoarding", "laying up" ], "related":[ "splurging", "consuming", "depleting", "exhausting", "impoverishing", "overspending", "shooting", "indulging", "overindulging", "disbursing", "expending", "laying out" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "dissipating", "fiddling away", "frittering (away)", "lavishing", "misspending", "running through", "spending", "squandering", "throwing away", "trifling (away)", "wasting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lost (to)":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lost ground":{ "to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{ "antonyms":[ "advanced" ], "examples":[ "We need a new strategy because we keep losing ground to the other team." ], "near antonyms":[ "bearded", "braved", "brazened", "breasted", "confronted", "dared", "defied", "faced", "outbraved" ], "related":[ "fled", "flew", "flinched", "recoiled", "shrank", "shrunk", "chickened (out)", "bowed out", "backed down", "backpedaled", "backtracked", "climbed down", "detached", "disengaged", "disentangled", "pulled away", "abandoned", "departed", "evacuated", "left", "quit", "quitted", "vacated", "went" ], "synonyms":[ "backed away", "dropped back", "fell back", "pulled out", "receded", "retired", "retreated", "withdrew" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "lost one's cool":{ "to become very angry":{ "antonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "simmered down" ], "examples":[ "He lost his cool when he couldn't beat the game." ], "near antonyms":[ "chilled out", "cooled (off or down)", "relaxed", "hushed", "quieted (down)" ], "related":[ "angered", "fulminated", "raged", "ranted", "raved", "snapped", "snarled", "sputtered", "stormed", "teed off", "vented", "vituperated", "bristled", "burned", "burnt", "foamed", "fumed", "glared", "glowered", "seethed", "sizzled", "smoldered", "smouldered", "steamed", "warmed", "burst", "bursted", "exploded", "flared (out)", "flashed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "maddened" ], "synonyms":[ "blew up", "flared (up)", "flipped (out)" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "loud":{ "as in loudly , flamboyantly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "excessively showy":{ "antonyms":[ "conservative", "quiet", "understated", "unflamboyant", "unflashy" ], "examples":[ "his loud Hawaiian shirt made his face look especially pale" ], "near antonyms":[ "appropriate", "fitting", "proper", "inconspicuous", "muted", "restrained", "subdued", "toned (down)", "unobtrusive", "elegant", "graceful", "tasteful", "modest", "plain", "simple", "unpretentious" ], "related":[ "excessive", "extravagant", "fulsome", "hammy", "overdone", "over-the-top", "overwrought", "pretentious", "baroque", "bedizened", "ornate", "fancy", "snazzy", "zooty", "blaring", "bright", "florid", "glaring", "glittery", "overbright", "spectacular", "graceless", "inelegant", "lurid", "tacky", "tasteless", "tawdry", "tinselly", "vulgar" ], "synonyms":[ "flamboyant", "flaring", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "noisy", "ostentatious", "razzle-dazzle", "splashy", "swank", "swanky" ] }, "marked by a high volume of sound":{ "antonyms":[ "gentle", "low", "soft" ], "examples":[ "loud music that could be heard all over the neighborhood" ], "near antonyms":[ "dead", "quiet", "silent", "still", "stilly", "ultraquiet", "calm", "dreamy", "peaceful", "restful", "serene", "soothing", "tranquil", "hushed", "muffled", "muted", "softened", "toned (down)" ], "related":[ "brazen", "dinning", "discordant", "noisy", "obstreperous", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "vociferous", "grating", "harsh", "overloud", "sharp", "shrill", "squealing", "strident" ], "synonyms":[ "blaring", "blasting", "booming", "clamorous", "clangorous", "deafening", "earsplitting", "piercing", "plangent", "resounding", "ringing", "roaring", "slam-bang", "sonorous", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "lounger":{ "as in loafer , slouch":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in love seat , t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lounges":{ "a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the kids were stretched out on the lounge watching TV" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "loungers", "love seats", "recamiers", "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates", "daybeds", "sofa beds", "studio couches", "banquettes", "benches", "ottomans" ], "synonyms":[ "chesterfields", "couches", "davenports", "divans", "settees", "sofas", "squabs" ] }, "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "grubs", "humps", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs (away)", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "slogs", "strains", "strives", "struggles", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "works", "exercises", "works out" ], "related":[ "bums", "goldbricks", "hangs", "hangs about", "hangs around", "idles", "loafs", "slacks (off)", "vegges out", "veges out" ], "synonyms":[ "basks", "kicks back", "lolls", "relaxes", "reposes", "rests" ] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "grinds", "grubs", "humps", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "works", "applies", "buckles (down)", "exerts", "puts out" ], "related":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools", "messes", "monkeys", "mucks", "piddles", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "dozes", "estivates", "aestivates", "hibernates", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "relaxes", "rests", "tarries", "ambles", "moseys", "saunters", "strolls", "swans", "furloughs", "goldbricks", "malingers", "truants" ], "synonyms":[ "bums", "chills", "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drones", "footles", "goofs (off)", "hacks (around)", "hangs about", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "kicks around", "kicks back", "lazes", "lazies", "loafs", "lolls", "vegges out", "veges out" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lounging (around or about)":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "lousy":{ "arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{ "antonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy" ], "examples":[ "why, you lousy cheater!" ], "near antonyms":[ "high-minded", "honest", "honorable", "noble", "principled", "redoubtable", "reputable", "right-minded", "scrupulous", "upright", "ethical", "good", "moral", "right", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "related":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "condemnable", "detestable", "execrable", "hateful", "loathsome", "odious", "disgusting", "reptilian", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "revulsive", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "shameful", "base", "ignoble", "low", "shabby", "sordid", "squalid", "vile", "blamable", "censurable", "reprehensible", "reproachable", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous" ], "synonyms":[ "cheap", "contemptible", "cruddy", "deplorable", "despicable", "dirty", "grubby", "lame", "mean", "nasty", "paltry", "pitiable", "pitiful", "ratty", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sneaking", "sorry", "wretched" ] }, "extremely unsatisfactory":{ "antonyms":[ "bitchin'", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "wonderful" ], "examples":[ "the restaurant served a lousy meal that we shouldn't have had to pay for" ], "near antonyms":[ "choice", "excellent", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate", "premium", "prime", "superior", "adequate", "sufficient", "acceptable", "satisfactory" ], "related":[ "bad", "deficient", "inferior", "off", "poor", "substandard", "wanting", "contemptible", "miserable", "shameful", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "low-grade", "mediocre", "reprehensible", "second-rate", "bum", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "abominable", "damnable", "fiendish", "odious", "vile" ], "synonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "dismal", "execrable", "horrible", "punk", "rotten", "sucky", "terrible", "wretched" ] }, "falling short of a standard":{ "antonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "fine", "OK", "okay", "passable", "respectable", "satisfactory", "standard", "tolerable" ], "examples":[ "I actually play a pretty lousy game of tennis" ], "near antonyms":[ "classic", "classical", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "choice", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "excellent", "exceptional", "fabulous", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-test", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "perfect", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "sufficient", "average", "borderline", "fair", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "so-so", "unexceptional", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "related":[ "abysmal", "atrocious", "awful", "bitchin'", "brutal", "damnable", "deplorable", "detestable", "disastrous", "dreadful", "execrable", "gnarly", "horrendous", "horrible", "pathetic", "stinky", "sucky", "terrible", "unspeakable", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "egregious", "flagrant", "gross", "bum", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "junky", "lesser", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "reprehensible", "rotten", "rubbishy", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "trashy", "abominable", "odious", "vile", "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimp", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "miscreant", "scurrilous", "villainous", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bastard", "bush", "bush-league", "crummy", "crumby", "deficient", "dissatisfactory", "ill", "inferior", "lame", "off", "paltry", "poor", "punk", "sour", "suboptimal", "subpar", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wack", "wanting", "wretched", "wrong" ] }, "of low quality":{ "antonyms":[ "excellent", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "good", "high-grade", "superior", "top-notch" ], "examples":[ "a tacky store selling lousy souvenirs" ], "near antonyms":[ "elegant", "handsome", "tasteful", "handcrafted", "polished", "refined" ], "related":[ "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "indifferent", "lackluster", "second-class", "brummagem", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "kitsch", "kitschy", "meretricious", "ostentatious", "showy", "splashy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bargain-basement", "bum", "cheap", "cheapjack", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "el cheapo", "execrable", "gimcrack", "inferior", "junky", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "miserable", "poor", "rotten", "rubbishy", "schlock", "schlocky", "shlock", "shlocky", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "terrible", "trashy", "trumpery", "wretched" ] }, "possessing or covered with great numbers or amounts of something 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were supposedly inspired by his feelings for his beloved wife" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadulterated", "unvarnished", "antisentimental", "cynical", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hardheaded" ], "related":[ "dreamy", "misty-eyed", "moonstruck", "moony", "nostalgic", "starry-eyed", "feel-good", "fuzzy", "melodramatic", "soap-operatic", "soapy", "sudsy", "flat", "insipid", "soft-boiled", "tasteless", "vapid", "watery", "cutesy", "twee" ], "synonyms":[ "chocolate-box", "cloying", "corny", "drippy", "fruity", "gooey", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "novelettish", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "slushy", "soppy", "soupy", "spoony", "spooney", "sticky", "sugarcoated", "sugary", "wet" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "loving":{ "feeling or showing love":{ "antonyms":[ "unloving" ], "examples":[ "they were a loving family, supporting each other when times were bad" ], "near antonyms":[ "aloof", "antisocial", "cold-eyed", "cool", "detached", "distant", "dry", "frosty", "hard-hearted", "indifferent", "offish", "pitiless", "remote", "reserved", "standoffish", "unbending", "uncaring", "unfeeling", "disaffected", "unconcerned", "uninvolved", "cold", "frigid", "unfriendly", "callous", "cold-blooded", "hard-boiled", "heartless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "soulless", "unromantic", "unsentimental" ], "related":[ "caring", "compassionate", "considerate", "cordial", "doting", "forgiving", "friendly", "humane", "kind", "understanding", "warmhearted", "ardent", "fervent", "impassioned", "passionate", "warm", "amatory", "amorous", "erotic", "erotical", "enamored", "infatuated", "lovesick", "lovey-dovey", "mushy", "romantic", "sappy", "sentimental", "brotherly", "fatherly", "motherly", "sisterly" ], "synonyms":[ "adoring", "affectionate", "devoted", "fond", "tender", "tenderhearted" ] }, "taking, showing, or involving great care and effort":{ "antonyms":[ "careless" ], "examples":[ "the homemade costume clearly showed the loving work that had gone into it" ], "near antonyms":[ "cursory", "halfhearted", "heedless", "inattentive", "incautious", "mindless", "regardless", "unguarded", "unsafe", "unwary", "lax", "neglectful", "negligent", "slipshod", "sloppy", "slovenly", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "uncritical", "undemanding", "undiscriminating", "bold", "impetuous", "rash", "reckless", "apathetic", "indifferent", "lackadaisical", "lazy", "lazyish" ], "related":[ "assiduous", "diligent", "indefatigable", "persevering", "sedulous", "exhaustive", "thorough", "thoroughgoing", "alert", "attentive", "observant", "vigilant", "watchful", "accurate", "exact", "precise", "strict", "critical", "demanding", "discriminating", "exacting", "fastidious", "finicky", "particular", "cautious", "chary", "circumspect", "gingerly", "guarded", "heedful", "mindful", "wary", "deliberate", "plodding", "slow", "studied", "thoughtful", "all-out", "determined", "dogged", "intensive", "patient", "tenacious", "tireless", "zealous" ], "synonyms":[ "careful", "conscientious", "fussy", "meticulous", "painstaking", "scrupulous" ] }, "to feel passion, devotion, or tenderness for":{ "antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing" ], "examples":[ "a husband who loves his wife more than anything" ], "near antonyms":[ "antagonizing", "displeasing", "disapproving (of)", "disfavoring", "disliking", "disgusting", "nauseating", "repelling", "repulsing", "revolting", "sickening", "turning off" ], "related":[ "adulating", "canonizing", "deifying", "idealizing", "idolizing", "reverencing", "revering", "venerating", "delighting (in)", "doting (on)" ], "synonyms":[ "adoring", "cherishing", "worshipping", "worshiping" ] }, "to hold dear":{ "antonyms":[ "disvaluing" ], "examples":[ "patriots who loved their country well enough to die for it" ], "near antonyms":[ "undervaluing", "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "disdaining", "high-hatting", "scorning", "scouting", "slighting", "sniffing (at)", "snubbing", "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "decrying", "deprecating", "depreciating", "disparaging", "kissing off", "minimizing", "putting down", "writing off", "abandoning", "forgetting", "neglecting" ], "related":[ "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "grooving (on)", "liking", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "admiring", "apprizing", "esteeming", "regarding", "respecting", "reverencing", "revering", "venerating", "enshrining", "memorializing", "adoring", "caressing", "doting (on)", "idolizing", "worshipping", "worshiping" ], "synonyms":[ "appreciating", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ] }, "to take pleasure in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I love playing Frisbee in the summer rain" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "detesting", "disliking", "hating", "loathing", "condemning", "despising", "scorning" ], "related":[ "admiring", "appreciating", "cherishing", "revering", "venerating", "worshipping", "worshiping", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing", "devouring", "drinking (in)", "eating (up)", "feasting (on)", "doting (on)", "idolizing", "cottoning (to)", "favoring", "preferring", "indulging (in)", "luxuriating (in)", "wallowing (in)" ], "synonyms":[ "adoring", "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "getting off (on)", "grooving (on)", "liking", "rejoicing (in)", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "savoring", "savouring" ] }, "to touch or handle in a tender or loving manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the baby responded to my caresses and kisses by loving me right back" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "billing", "canoodling", "cuddling", "necking", "nestling", "nosing", "nuzzling", "snuggling", "spooning", "feeling up", "pawing", "cradling", "embracing", "enfolding", "hugging", "bouncing", "dandling", "kneading", "massaging", "babying", "coddling", "indulging", "mollycoddling", "pampering", "spoiling" ], "synonyms":[ "caressing", "fondling", "gentling", "patting", "petting", "stroking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "low-end":{ "costing little":{ "antonyms":[ "costly", "dear", "deluxe", "expensive", "high", "high-ticket", "precious", "premium", "pricey", "pricy", "spendy", "valuable" ], "examples":[ "a low-end stereo system that's good enough for casual listening" ], "near antonyms":[ "increased", "inflated", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "overpriced", "prohibitive", "prohibitory", "steep", "stiff", "superexpensive", "ultraexpensive", "unreasonable", "invaluable", "priceless", "luxurious" ], "related":[ "cheapish", "moderate", "discount", "discounted", "fire-sale", "lowered", "reduced", "wholesale", "valueless", "worthless", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "synonyms":[ "affordable", "bargain-basement", "budget", "cheap", "cheapie", "cheapo", "chintzy", "cut-price", "cut-rate", "dime-store", "dirt cheap", "el cheapo", "inexpensive", "low", "popular", "reasonable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "low-life":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ], "examples":[ "photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "related":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "lumpen", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "low-spiritedly":{ "as in dejectedly , abjectly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "lower":{ "a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he turned to see the scornful lower on her face" ], "near antonyms":[ "grin", "laugh", "smile" ], "related":[ "flinch", "squinch", "wince", "growl", "snarl", "rictus", "simper", "smirk", "scoff", "sneer", "glare", "glower", "look", "stare" ], "synonyms":[ "face", "frown", "grimace", "moue", "mouth", "mow", "mug", "pout", "scowl", "snoot" ] }, "having not so great importance or rank as another":{ "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "major", "more", "primary", "prime", "senior", "superior", "superordinate" ], "examples":[ "a lower position in the company" ], "near antonyms":[ "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate" ], "related":[ "little", "mean", "small", "minute", "petty", "jerkwater", "one-horse", "second-class", "second-rate", "two-bit", "associate", "auxiliary", "secondary", "subsidiary" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "junior", "less", "lesser", "minor", "smaller", "subordinate" ] }, "situated lower down":{ "antonyms":[ "higher", "superior", "upper" ], "examples":[ "this book goes on the lower shelf" ], "near antonyms":[ "highest", "uppermost", "overhanging", "overhead" ], "related":[ "lowest", "nethermost", "underlying" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "nether" ] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "antonyms":[ "lift", "pick up", "raise" ], "examples":[ "workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flatten", "floor", "level", "knock down", "knock over", "strike down", "topple", "plop", "plunk down", "bobble", "bungle", "foozle", "fumble", "immerse", "sink", "submerge" ], "synonyms":[ "depress", "drop", "throw", "throw down" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "antonyms":[ "appreciate", "enhance", "mark up", "upgrade" ], "examples":[ "over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloat", "blow up", "inflate", "overestimate", "overprice", "overrate", "overvalue", "add", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "balloon", "boost", "compound", "dilate", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "heighten", "increase", "maximize", "multiply", "raise", "swell", "up" ], "related":[ "debase", "demonetize", "underestimate", "underprice", "underrate", "undervalue", "abridge", "compress", "contract", "de-escalate", "deflate", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "moderate", "shrink" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuate", "break", "cheapen", "depreciate", "depress", "devaluate", "devalue", "downgrade", "mark down", "reduce", "sink", "write down", "write off" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "lift", "mount", "rise", "soar", "spike", "up" ], "examples":[ "prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mushroom", "pick up", "snowball", "swell", "wax" ], "related":[ "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "die (down)", "diminish", "droop", "dwindle", "ebb", "lessen", "let up", "moderate", "subside", "taper off", "wane", "recede", "retreat" ], "synonyms":[ "crash", "crater", "decline", "descend", "dip", "dive", "drop", "fall", "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "sink", "skid", "tumble" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ], "examples":[ "the noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "related":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "drop (off)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ] }, "to look with anger or disapproval":{ "antonyms":[ "beam", "grin", "smile" ], "examples":[ "the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gape", "gaze", "ogle", "stare", "grimace", "pout", "sulk", "growl", "snarl", "sneer", "snigger" ], "synonyms":[ "frown", "glare", "gloom", "glower", "scowl" ] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "raise" ], "examples":[ "decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "swell", "elongate", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "add (to)", "complement", "supplement", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "redouble" ], "related":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "abbreviate", "abridge", "clip", "crop", "curtail", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "dock", "nick", "pare", "prune", "retrench", "shorten", "slash", "trim", "truncate", "whittle", "deflate", "shrink", "minimize", "moderate", "modify", "modulate", "qualify" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decrease", "dent", "deplete", "diminish", "downscale", "downsize", "drop", "dwindle", "ease", "knock down", "lessen", "reduce" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "canonize", "deify", "elevate", "exalt" ], "examples":[ "how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "boast", "celebrate", "cheer", "cite", "commend", "compliment", "congratulate", "decorate", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "fete", "f\u00eate", "hail", "honor", "laud", "praise", "salute", "tout", "acknowledge", "recognize", "highlight", "play up", "spotlight", "dignify", "ennoble", "enshrine", "ensky", "enthrone", "glorify", "magnify", "advance", "boost", "lift", "promote", "raise", "upgrade", "uplift", "idealize", "romanticize" ], "related":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "mortify", "nonplus", "rattle", "belittle", "castigate", "criticize", "cry down", "decry", "depreciate", "detract", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "ridicule", "write off", "bad-mouth", "defame", "defile", "libel", "malign", "slander", "affront", "insult", "censure", "condemn", "damn", "denounce", "execrate", "reprehend", "reprobate" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "chasten", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "humble", "humiliate", "shame", "sink", "smirch", "take down" ] }, "to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{ "antonyms":[ "brighten", "cheer (up)", "lighten", "perk (up)" ], "examples":[ "the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "frown", "scowl", "glare", "stare", "brood", "mope", "pet", "pout", "sulk", "anger", "bristle", "fume", "rage", "steam", "storm", "intimidate", "menace", "threaten" ], "synonyms":[ "darken", "gloom", "glower" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lower-class":{ "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ], "examples":[ "they were finally earning enough to get out of the lower-class tax bracket" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "related":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "low-life", "lowborn", "lowly", "lumpen", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lowering":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "covered over by clouds":{ "antonyms":[ "clear", "cloudless" ], "examples":[ "the lowering sky made us think twice about going to the park" ], "near antonyms":[ "sunlit", "sunny", "sunshiny", "brightened", "brilliant", "dazzling", "illuminated", "illumined", "lit", "lighted", "lightened", "radiant", "shiny" ], "related":[ "bedimmed", "befogged", "blackened", "darkened", "darksome", "dim", "dimmed", "dulled", "dusky", "misty", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "overshadowed", "sunless", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "dark", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouded", "clouded", "cloudy", "dull", "hazed", "hazy", "heavy", "overcast", "overclouded" ] }, "harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{ "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "gentle", "mild", "nonintimidating", "tender" ], "examples":[ "we chose our next words carefully, mindful of the lowering expression on his face" ], "near antonyms":[ "bland", "meek", "mellow", "soft", "soothing", "easy", "quiet", "tranquil", "agreeable", "bright", "cheerful", "inviting", "pleasant", "pleasing", "sweet", "glad", "happy", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "playful", "scatterbrained", "silly" ], "related":[ "bleak", "cold", "hostile", "inhospitable", "inimical", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "adamant", "bound", "determined", "firm", "intent", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "steadfast", "unflinching", "fixed", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "ironhanded", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "self-willed", "set", "stiff", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful", "immutable", "unchangeable", "black", "cheerless", "dark", "gloomy", "glum", "joyless", "melancholic", "moody", "morose", "sulky", "sullen", "surly", "brooding", "grave", "humorless", "melancholy", "serious", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty" ], "synonyms":[ "austere", "dour", "fierce", "flinty", "forbidding", "grim", "gruff", "intimidating", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stark", "steely", "stern", "ungentle" ] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "antonyms":[ "lifting", "picking up", "raising" ], "examples":[ "workmen slowly lowered the heavy statue into place" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flattening", "flooring", "leveling", "levelling", "knocking down", "knocking over", "striking down", "toppling", "plopping", "plunking down", "plonking down", "bobbling", "bungling", "foozling", "fumbling", "immersing", "sinking", "submerging" ], "synonyms":[ "depressing", "dropping", "throwing", "throwing down" ] }, "to diminish the price or value of":{ "antonyms":[ "appreciating", "enhancing", "marking up", "upgrading" ], "examples":[ "over time, inflation lowers incomes and savings in terms of actual buying power" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloating", "blowing up", "inflating", "overestimating", "overpricing", "overrating", "overvaluing", "adding", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "ballooning", "boosting", "compounding", "dilating", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "heightening", "increasing", "maximizing", "multiplying", "raising", "swelling", "upping" ], "related":[ "debasing", "demonetizing", "underestimating", "underpricing", "underrating", "undervaluing", "abridging", "compressing", "contracting", "de-escalating", "deflating", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "moderating", "shrinking" ], "synonyms":[ "attenuating", "breaking", "cheapening", "depreciating", "depressing", "devaluating", "devaluing", "downgrading", "marking down", "reducing", "sinking", "writing down", "writing off" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "lifting", "mounting", "rising", "soaring", "spiking", "upping" ], "examples":[ "prices of the new type of televisions lowered considerably as competition and sales increased" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mushrooming", "picking up", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing" ], "related":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "drooping", "dwindling", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "subsiding", "tapering off", "waning", "receding", "retreating" ], "synonyms":[ "crashing", "cratering", "declining", "descending", "dipping", "diving", "dropping", "falling", "nose-diving", "plummeting", "plunging", "sinking", "skidding", "tumbling" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ], "examples":[ "the noise of the jet engine lowered as the plane disappeared in the distance" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "related":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dropping (off)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ] }, "to look with anger or disapproval":{ "antonyms":[ "beaming", "grinning", "smiling" ], "examples":[ "the motorist lowered at the jerk who had cut in front of her" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gaping", "gazing", "ogling", "staring", "grimacing", "pouting", "sulking", "growling", "snarling", "sneering", "sniggering" ], "synonyms":[ "frowning", "glaring", "glooming", "glowering", "scowling" ] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "raising" ], "examples":[ "decided to lower his career ambitions to something more achievable" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "swelling", "elongating", "extending", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "adding (to)", "complementing", "supplementing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "redoubling" ], "related":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "abbreviating", "abridging", "clipping", "cropping", "curtailing", "cutting", "cutting back", "cutting down", "docking", "nicking", "paring", "pruning", "retrenching", "shortening", "slashing", "trimming", "truncating", "whittling", "deflating", "shrinking", "minimizing", "moderating", "modifying", "modulating", "qualifying" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "denting", "depleting", "diminishing", "downscaling", "downsizing", "dropping", "dwindling", "easing", "knocking down", "lessening", "reducing" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "canonizing", "deifying", "elevating", "exalting" ], "examples":[ "how could you lower yourself by passing off someone else's work as your own?" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "boasting", "celebrating", "cheering", "citing", "commending", "complimenting", "congratulating", "decorating", "eulogizing", "extolling", "feting", "f\u00eating", "hailing", "honoring", "lauding", "praising", "saluting", "touting", "acknowledging", "recognizing", "highlighting", "playing up", "spotlighting", "dignifying", "ennobling", "enshrining", "enskying", "enthroning", "glorifying", "magnifying", "advancing", "boosting", "lifting", "promoting", "raising", "upgrading", "uplifting", "idealizing", "romanticizing" ], "related":[ "abashing", "confounding", "confusing", "discomfiting", "disconcerting", "discountenancing", "embarrassing", "fazing", "flustering", "mortifying", "nonplussing", "nonplusing", "rattling", "belittling", "castigating", "criticizing", "crying down", "decrying", "depreciating", "detracting", "diminishing", "discounting", "disparaging", "minimizing", "putting down", "ridiculing", "writing off", "bad-mouthing", "defaming", "defiling", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slandering", "affronting", "insulting", "censuring", "condemning", "damning", "denouncing", "execrating", "reprehending", "reprobating" ], "synonyms":[ "abasing", "chastening", "cheapening", "debasing", "degrading", "demeaning", "discrediting", "disgracing", "dishonoring", "fouling", "humbling", "humiliating", "shaming", "sinking", "smirching", "taking down" ] }, "to take on a gloomy or forbidding look":{ "antonyms":[ "brightening", "cheering (up)", "lightening", "perking (up)" ], "examples":[ "the sky lowered overhead, threatening a fierce thunderstorm" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "frowning", "scowling", "glaring", "staring", "brooding", "moping", "petting", "pouting", "sulking", "angering", "bristling", "fuming", "raging", "steaming", "storming", "intimidating", "menacing", "threatening" ], "synonyms":[ "darkening", "glooming", "glowering" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lowest":{ "being the least in amount, number, or size possible":{ "antonyms":[ "biggest", "full", "greatest", "hugest", "largest", "maximum", "most", "top", "topmost", "utmost" ], "examples":[ "I play my radio at the lowest volume, but the neighbors still complain about the noise" ], "near antonyms":[ "highest" ], "related":[ "fewer", "lesser", "low", "minor", "modest", "slight", "small", "smaller", "infinitesimal", "micro", "subminimal", "ultramicro", "irreducible" ], "synonyms":[ "fewest", "littlest", "minimal", "minimum", "minutest", "slightest", "smallest", "tiniest" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lowlife":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ], "examples":[ "photographs of the low-life residents of postwar Paris" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "related":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "lumpen", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed", "vulgar" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "lowlifes":{ "as in scoundrels , villains":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loyalties":{ "adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{ "antonyms":[ "disloyalty", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "inconstancy", "infidelity", "perfidiousness", "perfidy", "treachery", "unfaithfulness" ], "examples":[ "there was no denying that dog's loyalty to his master" ], "near antonyms":[ "alienation", "disaffection", "estrangement", "separation" ], "related":[ "affection", "fondness", "determination", "firmness", "resolution", "dependability", "reliability", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness" ], "synonyms":[ "adhesion", "allegiance", "attachment", "commitment", "constancy", "dedication", "devotedness", "devotion", "faith", "faithfulness", "fastness", "fealty", "fidelity", "piety", "steadfastness", "troth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lowbred":{ "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "examples":[ "having been brought up in a genteel family, she began to resent her fianc\u00e9's lowbred ways" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ], "related":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lose (to)":{ "as in give up , go down":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "looming":{ "giving signs of immediate occurrence":{ "examples":[ "some economists see a looming collapse of the stock market" ], "synonyms":[ "imminent", "impending", "pending", "threatening" ], "related":[ "approaching", "coming", "forthcoming", "future", "near", "nearing", "oncoming", "upcoming", "brewing", "gathering", "likely", "possible", "probable", "inevitable", "unavoidable", "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "lowering", "menacing", "ominous", "portentous", "anticipated", "awaited", "expected", "foreseen", "predicted" ], "near antonyms":[ "distant", "far-off", "remote", "eventual", "ultimate", "bygone", "former", "past", "late", "recent" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be about to happen":{ "examples":[ "he tried to take a proactive approach to dealing with the problems that loomed ahead" ], "synonyms":[ "brewing", "impending" ], "related":[ "advancing", "approaching", "closing in", "drawing on", "gathering", "nearing", "hanging", "hovering", "lowering", "louring", "menacing", "overhanging", "threatening" ], "near antonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "disappearing", "dwindling", "dying down", "ebbing", "fading", "falling", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "vanishing", "waning", "falling back", "passing", "receding", "retreating", "withdrawing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "lotuslands":{ "an often imaginary place or state of utter perfection and happiness":{ "examples":[ "the tropical resort's advertising depicts it as a lotusland of luxury and indolence" ], "synonyms":[ "Camelots", "Cockaignes", "Edens", "Elysiums", "Elysia", "empyreans", "fantasylands", "heavens", "never-never lands", "New Jerusalems", "nirvanas", "paradises", "promised lands", "Shangri-las", "utopias", "Zions", "Sions" ], "related":[ "arcadias", "dreamlands", "dreamworlds", "fairylands", "wonderlands", "blisses", "euphorias", "joys" ], "near antonyms":[ "fool's paradises" ], "antonyms":[ "anti-utopias", "dystopias", "hells" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lout":{ "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "watch where you're going, you big lout !" ], "synonyms":[ "clod", "clodhopper", "gawk", "hulk", "lubber", "lug", "lump", "Neanderthal", "oaf", "palooka" ], "related":[ "chump", "loser", "schlemiel", "shlemiel", "turkey", "slouch", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "blunderer", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dum-dum", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "galoot", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simp", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo", "anthropoid", "ape", "beast", "boor", "brute", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "louse", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "tyke", "tike", "villain", "booby", "fool", "goose", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "rascal", "rogue", "scamp" ], "near antonyms":[ "brain", "brainiac", "genius", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "Howard's rude behavior at the country club earned him a reputation as a lout" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "beast", "bleeder", "blighter", "boor", "bounder", "bugger", "buzzard", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "dog", "fink", "heel", "hound", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "pill", "rat", "rat fink", "reptile", "rotter", "schmuck", "scum", "scumbag", "scuzzball", "skunk", "sleaze", "sleazebag", "sleazeball", "slime", "slimeball", "slob", "snake", "so-and-so", "sod", "stinkard", "stinker", "swine", "toad", "varmint", "vermin" ], "related":[ "barbarian", "brute", "caveman", "Neanderthal", "savage", "loudmouth", "vulgarian", "lowlife", "miscreant", "rascal", "rogue", "roughneck", "scab", "scamp", "scoundrel", "villain", "wretch", "booby", "doofus", "fool", "jackass", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nit", "nitwit", "nut", "schmo", "schmoe", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "dink", "dolt", "dope", "dork", "goon", "half-wit", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "turkey", "brat", "insolent", "nuisance", "pest", "snip", "snob", "snoot", "snot", "dweeb", "nerd" ], "near antonyms":[ "hero", "heroine", "idol", "role model", "gentleman", "lady", "angel", "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lost one's lunch":{ "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{ "examples":[ "After riding the rollercoaster, I felt like I was going to lose my lunch ." ], "synonyms":[ "barfed", "gagged", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "puked", "retched", "spewed", "spit up", "spat up", "threw up", "upchucked", "vomited" ], "related":[ "disgorged", "regurgitated", "ejected", "expelled", "nauseated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "lost it":{ "to yield to mental or emotional stress":{ "examples":[ "She lost it when she was told there would be yet another delay." ], "synonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "cracked", "flipped (out)", "freaked (out)", "melted down", "wigged (out)" ], "related":[ "choked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "lotted":{ "to give as a share or portion":{ "examples":[ "everyone is lotted opportunities in life, and it's their responsibility to take them" ], "synonyms":[ "allocated", "allotted", "allowed", "apportioned", "assigned", "distributed", "rationed" ], "related":[ "admeasured", "administered", "dealt", "dispensed", "divided", "doled out", "handed out", "measured", "meted (out)", "metered", "parceled (out)", "parcelled (out)", "parted", "portioned", "prorated", "shared (out)", "split", "accorded", "awarded", "gave", "granted", "earmarked", "reserved", "chipped in", "contributed", "donated", "reallocated", "reapportioned", "reassigned", "redistributed" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudged", "denied", "deprived (of)", "kept", "retained", "stinted", "withheld", "appropriated", "arrogated", "confiscated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loafers":{ "a lazy person":{ "examples":[ "an incorrigible loafer who never accomplished anything" ], "synonyms":[ "couch potatoes", "deadbeats", "do-nothings", "drones", "idlers", "layabouts", "lazybones", "lotus-eaters", "slouches", "slugabeds", "sluggards", "slugs" ], "related":[ "bums", "good-for-nothings", "ne'er-do-wells", "crawlers", "creepers", "dawdlers", "laggards", "putterers", "slowpokes", "snails", "stick-in-the-muds", "stragglers", "clock-watchers", "goldbricks", "malingerers", "shirkers", "slackers", "dalliers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "lollers", "loungers", "saunterers", "delayers", "procrastinators", "dropouts", "quitters" ], "near antonyms":[ "achievers", "comers", "highfliers", "highflyers", "live wires", "powerhouses" ], "antonyms":[ "doers", "go-aheads", "go-getters", "hummers", "hustlers", "self-starters" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loosed":{ "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "examples":[ "the archers loosed a great volley of arrows at the foot soldiers charging towards them" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "discharged", "fired", "shot", "squeezed off" ], "related":[ "launched", "projected", "blazed (at)", "sniped (at)", "cast", "catapulted", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "hurtled", "lobbed", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to find emotional release for":{ "examples":[ "do not loose your pent-up frustrations on the next person who happens by" ], "synonyms":[ "released", "took out", "unleashed", "vented" ], "related":[ "acted out", "aired", "expressed", "stated", "ventilated", "voiced" ], "near antonyms":[ "controlled", "governed", "handled", "managed", "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "contained", "curbed", "held back", "pulled in", "quelled", "reined (in)", "restrained", "smothered", "tamed", "allayed", "lulled", "quieted", "soothed", "stilled", "choked", "inhibited", "muffled", "pocketed", "repressed", "stifled", "strangled", "swallowed" ], "antonyms":[ "bottled (up)", "repressed", "suppressed" ] }, "to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{ "examples":[ "the ranchers loosed the horses from their stables and into the paddock" ], "synonyms":[ "discharged", "disenthralled", "disenthraled", "emancipated", "enfranchised", "enlarged", "freed", "liberated", "loosened", "manumitted", "released", "sprang", "sprung", "unbound", "uncaged", "unchained", "unfettered" ], "related":[ "bailed (out)", "delivered", "paroled", "ransomed", "redeemed", "rescued", "saved", "disembarrassed", "disencumbered", "disengaged", "disentangled", "extricated", "unshackled" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffed", "manacled", "shackled", "trammeled", "trammelled", "committed", "immured", "imprisoned", "incarcerated", "interned", "jailed", "locked (up)", "conquered", "enslaved", "subdued", "subjugated" ], "antonyms":[ "bound", "confined", "enchained", "fettered", "restrained" ] }, "to set free (from a state of being held in check)":{ "examples":[ "the storm loosed its full fury when it hit the coastline at high tide" ], "synonyms":[ "loosened", "released", "uncorked", "unleashed", "unlocked", "unloosed", "unloosened" ], "related":[ "discharged", "emancipated", "enfranchised", "freed", "liberated", "manumitted", "sprang", "sprung", "unbound", "uncaged", "unchained", "unfettered", "unmoored", "unshackled", "aired", "expressed", "took out", "vented" ], "near antonyms":[ "handcuffed", "manacled", "shackled", "trammeled", "trammelled", "bound", "confined", "enchained", "fettered", "haltered", "hampered" ], "antonyms":[ "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "contained", "controlled", "curbed", "governed", "held", "inhibited", "regulated", "reined (in)", "restrained", "smothered", "tamed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lovelessness":{ "as in hatred , hate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lounge":{ "a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{ "examples":[ "the kids were stretched out on the lounge watching TV" ], "synonyms":[ "chesterfield", "couch", "davenport", "divan", "settee", "sofa", "squab" ], "related":[ "lounger", "love seat", "recamier", "t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate", "daybed", "sofa bed", "studio couch", "banquette", "bench", "ottoman" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to refrain from labor or exertion":{ "examples":[ "the construction workers spent their break lounging in the shade behind the building" ], "synonyms":[ "bask", "kick back", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest" ], "related":[ "bum", "goldbrick", "hang", "hang about", "hang around", "idle", "loaf", "slack (off)", "veg out" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "exercise", "work out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "after putting in tons of overtime at the office, all we wanted to do on vacation was lounge around" ], "synonyms":[ "bum", "chill", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drone", "footle", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "hang about", "idle", "kick around", "kick back", "laze", "lazy", "loaf", "loll", "veg out" ], "related":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool", "mess", "monkey", "muck", "piddle", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "doze", "estivate", "aestivate", "hibernate", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "relax", "rest", "tarry", "amble", "mosey", "saunter", "stroll", "swan", "furlough", "goldbrick", "malinger", "truant" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grind", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "apply", "buckle (down)", "exert", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lowbrow":{ "lacking in refinement or good taste":{ "examples":[ "at office gatherings his lowbrow humor often embarrassed his coworkers" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "common", "crass", "crude", "gross", "ill-bred", "illiberal", "incult", "insensible", "low", "lowbred", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "roughneck", "rude", "rugged", "tasteless", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ], "related":[ "boorish", "churlish", "cloddish", "clownish", "loutish", "ungentlemanly", "clumsy", "lubberly", "lumpish", "oafish", "inconsiderate", "indelicate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "countrified", "countryfied", "provincial", "rustic", "rustical", "unsophisticated", "graceless", "inelegant", "tacky", "animallike", "barbaric", "barbarous", "uncivilized", "mannerless", "unmannered", "unmannerly" ], "near antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "courtly", "patrician", "elegant", "graceful", "restrained", "considerate", "gracious", "sensitive", "thoughtful", "citified", "sophisticated", "urbane" ], "antonyms":[ "civilized", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "polished", "refined", "smooth", "tasteful", "ultrarefined", "well-bred" ] }, "a person who is chiefly interested in material comfort and is hostile or indifferent to art and culture":{ "examples":[ "the town's lowbrows think that the school's music program is a complete waste of taxpayers' money" ], "synonyms":[ "materialist", "philistine" ], "related":[ "Babbitt", "capitalist", "plutocrat", "bastard", "boob", "boor", "bounder", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "fink", "heel", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "lout", "rat", "rat fink", "rotter", "scum", "scumbag" ], "near antonyms":[ "highbrow", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "brain", "genius" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "lonesome":{ "sad from lack of companionship or separation from others":{ "examples":[ "a lonesome kitten left at the pound by its hard-hearted owners" ], "synonyms":[ "desolate", "forlorn", "lonely", "lorn" ], "related":[ "friendless", "abandoned", "deserted", "forgotten", "forsaken", "neglected", "rejected", "alone", "lone", "solitary", "solo", "unaccompanied", "only", "sole" ], "near antonyms":[ "accompanied", "attended", "escorted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "not being in the company of others":{ "examples":[ "a lonesome cypress tree on a rocky, windswept point" ], "synonyms":[ "alone", "lone", "lonely", "single", "solitary", "solo", "unaccompanied" ], "related":[ "unattended", "unchaperoned", "forlorn", "friendless", "cloistered", "disassociated", "hermetic", "hermetical", "insulated", "isolate", "isolated", "remote", "retired", "secluded", "withdrawn", "quarantined", "segregated", "separated", "sequestered", "separate", "unattached", "unconnected", "unlinked", "detached", "disconnected", "disjointed", "dissociated", "disunited", "divided", "fractionated", "abandoned", "adrift", "deserted", "desolate", "forgotten", "forsaken", "lorn", "neglected" ], "near antonyms":[ "attended", "chaperoned", "escorted", "adjacent", "adjoining", "communicating", "contiguous", "neighboring", "next-door", "attached", "connected", "coupled", "linked" ], "antonyms":[ "accompanied" ] }, "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "examples":[ "the playground seems especially lonesome now that there are no young children in the neighborhood" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ], "related":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lockups":{ "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{ "examples":[ "the firm conviction that juvenile offenders should never be held in adult lockups" ], "synonyms":[ "bastilles", "big houses", "bridewells", "brigs", "calabooses", "cans", "clinks", "coolers", "coops", "guardrooms", "hocks", "holds", "hoosegows", "jailhouses", "jails", "joints", "jugs", "nicks", "penitentiaries", "pens", "pokeys", "prisons", "quods", "slammers", "slams", "stirs", "stockades", "tolbooths" ], "related":[ "bull pens", "cages", "cells", "holes", "tanks", "blocks", "wards", "glasshouses", "guardhouses", "hulks", "concentration camps", "gulags", "labor camps", "prison camps", "stalags", "work camps", "dungeons", "keeps", "oubliettes", "reformatories", "reform schools", "training schools" ], "near antonyms":[ "outsides" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lopped (off)":{ "to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{ "examples":[ "the hair stylist started by lopping off several inches from her long tresses, before beginning to shape what was left" ], "synonyms":[ "bobbed", "clipped", "cropped", "cut", "cut back", "docked", "nipped", "pared", "polled", "pruned", "shaved", "sheared", "snipped", "trimmed" ], "related":[ "skived", "whittled", "manicured", "mowed", "pinched", "stumped", "curtailed", "shortened" ], "near antonyms":[ "elongated", "extended", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loathsome":{ "causing intense displeasure, disgust, or resentment":{ "examples":[ "we traced the foul smell to a pile of loathsome garbage by the back wall" ], "synonyms":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "disgusting", "distasteful", "dreadful", "evil", "foul", "fulsome", "gross", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "nasty", "nauseating", "nauseous", "noisome", "noxious", "obnoxious", "obscene", "odious", "offensive", "rancid", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "scandalous", "shocking", "sickening", "ugly" ], "related":[ "exceptionable", "objectionable", "brackish", "disagreeable", "dislikable", "dislikeable", "unpleasant", "contemptible", "despicable", "detestable", "hard", "hateful", "unhealthy", "unsavory", "unwholesome", "execrable", "lousy", "miserable", "atrocious", "frightful", "ghastly", "grim", "grisly", "gruesome", "grewsome", "heinous", "horrific", "horrifying", "lurid", "macabre", "monstrous", "nightmarish", "sick", "sickish", "sickly", "terrible", "unspeakable", "vile", "off-putting", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "barbarous", "unchristian", "uncivilized", "ungodly", "unholy", "distressing", "disturbing", "upsetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptable", "agreeable", "alluring", "appealing", "attractive", "blessed", "blest", "congenial", "darling", "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "delightsome", "desirable", "dreamy", "dulcet", "enjoyable", "felicitous", "gratifying", "heavenly", "inviting", "likable", "likeable", "luscious", "nice", "palatable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "pleasurable", "satisfying", "savory", "savoury", "sweet", "welcome", "unexceptionable", "unobjectionable", "healthful", "healthy", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[ "innocuous", "inoffensive" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "long (for)":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "I long for the day when cancer is but a distant and unpleasant memory" ], "synonyms":[ "ache (for)", "covet", "crave", "desiderate", "desire", "die (for)", "hanker (for or after)", "hunger (for)", "itch (for)", "jones (for)", "lust (for or after)", "pant (after)", "pine (for)", "repine (for)", "salivate (for)", "sigh (for)", "thirst (for)", "want", "wish (for)", "yearn (for)", "yen (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoil (for)", "adore", "delight (in)", "dig", "enjoy", "fancy", "groove (on)", "like", "love", "relish", "revel (in)", "favor", "prefer", "admire", "appreciate", "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe", "decline", "refuse", "reject", "spurn" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "losing (to)":{ "as in giving up , going down":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "falling", "giving up", "going down", "going under", "collapsing", "failing", "flopping", "flunking", "folding", "washing out" ], "near antonyms":[ "beating", "besting", "conquering", "defeating", "dispatching", "doing down", "getting", "getting around", "licking", "mastering", "overbearing", "overcoming", "overmatching", "prevailing (over)", "skunking", "stopping", "subduing", "surmounting", "taking", "trimming", "triumphing (over)", "upending", "winning (against)", "worsting", "sweeping", "edging (out)", "nosing out", "pipping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "longing (for)":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "I long for the day when cancer is but a distant and unpleasant memory" ], "synonyms":[ "aching (for)", "coveting", "craving", "desiderating", "desiring", "dying (for)", "hankering (for or after)", "hungering (for)", "itching (for)", "jonesing (for)", "lusting (for or after)", "panting (after)", "pining (for)", "repining (for)", "salivating (for)", "sighing (for)", "thirsting (for)", "wanting", "wishing (for)", "yearning (for)", "yenning (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoiling (for)", "adoring", "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "grooving (on)", "liking", "loving", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "favoring", "preferring", "admiring", "appreciating", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "declining", "refusing", "rejecting", "spurning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "loses":{ "to be unable to find or have at hand":{ "examples":[ "I always lose my keys" ], "synonyms":[ "mislays", "misplaces" ], "near synonyms":[ "forgets", "misses", "overlooks", "passes over" ], "near antonyms":[ "enjoys", "has", "holds", "keeps", "occupies", "owns", "possesses", "retains", "descries", "detects", "finds", "locates", "runs down", "scares up", "scouts (up)", "tracks (down)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{ "examples":[ "if the team loses this game, they're out of the play-offs" ], "synonyms":[ "drops" ], "near synonyms":[ "forfeits" ], "near antonyms":[ "conquers", "prevails (over)", "triumphs (over)" ], "antonyms":[ "nails (down)", "wins" ] }, "to undergo defeat":{ "examples":[ "she really hates to lose at anything, and inevitably throws tantrums when it happens" ], "synonyms":[ "bows out", "falls" ], "near synonyms":[ "falters", "tanks", "throws", "forfeits", "bombs", "collapses", "cracks (up)", "fails", "flops", "flunks", "folds", "founders", "misses", "strikes out", "washes out" ], "near antonyms":[ "flourishes", "prospers", "succeeds", "thrives" ], "antonyms":[ "conquers", "prevails", "triumphs", "wins" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "examples":[ "we told the recent grad to lose the flashy shirts and dress conservatively for the job interview" ], "synonyms":[ "cashiers", "casts (off)", "chucks", "deep-sixes", "discards", "ditches", "dumps", "eighty-sixes", "86es", "exorcises", "exorcizes", "flings (off or away)", "jettisons", "junks", "lays by", "pitches", "rejects", "scraps", "sheds", "shucks (off)", "sloughs (off)", "sluffs (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "tosses", "unloads" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandons", "abdicates", "deserts", "forsakes", "dismisses", "kicks out", "abolishes", "annihilates", "eliminates", "eradicates", "expunges", "exterminates", "extinguishes", "extirpates", "liquidates", "removes", "roots (out)", "stamps (out)", "wipes out" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopts", "embraces", "takes on", "employs", "uses", "utilizes", "holds", "holds back", "keeps", "retains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to use up carelessly":{ "examples":[ "we lost a good hour while he tried to find his keys" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "dissipates", "fiddles away", "fritters (away)", "lavishes", "misspends", "runs through", "spends", "squanders", "throws away", "trifles (away)", "wastes" ], "near synonyms":[ "splurges", "consumes", "depletes", "exhausts", "impoverishes", "overspends", "shoots", "indulges", "overindulges", "disburses", "expends", "lays out" ], "near antonyms":[ "economizes", "scrimps", "skimps", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "hoards", "lays up" ], "antonyms":[ "conserves" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "louse up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "boob", "err", "flub", "fluff", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "mess (up)", "screw up", "slip up", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "nod", "bobble", "botch", "bungle", "butcher", "foozle", "mangle", "mishandle", "muff", "murder", "miscalculate", "misconceive", "miscount", "miscue", "misdeem", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mistake", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misunderstand" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ 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"logic", "ratiocination", "reason", "reasoning", "sense", "convincingness", "persuasiveness", "syllogism", "synthesis", "analysis", "dissection", "deduction", "induction", "argumentation", "disputation" ], "near antonyms":[ "illogic", "incoherence", "absurdity", "brainlessness", "insanity", "irrationality", "nonsensicalness", "preposterousness", "senselessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lollygagging":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions" ], "synonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "delaying", "diddling", "dillydallying", "dragging", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "moping", "poking", "shilly-shallying", "tarrying" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddling (around)", "fooling around", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging", "ambling", "easing", "inching", "lumbering", "plodding", "sauntering", "shuffling", "staggering", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing (down or up)", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling", "temporizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowling", "breezing", "darting", "humping", "hurtling", "hustling", "scrambling", "stampeding", "galloping", "jogging", "running", "sprinting", "trotting", "accelerating", "quickening", "speeding (up)", "catching up", "fast-forwarding", "outpacing", "outrunning", "outstripping", "overtaking" ], "antonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "bolting", "careering", "coursing", "dashing", "flying", "hastening", "hotfooting (it)", "hurrying", "racing", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "speeding", "tearing", "whirling", "whisking", "whizzing", "zipping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "louses up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "messes (up)", "screws up", "slips up", "stumbles", "trips" ], "near synonyms":[ "nods", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "foozles", "mangles", "mishandles", "muffs", "murders", "miscalculates", "misconceives", "miscounts", "miscues", "misdeems", "misgauges", "misjudges", "mistakes", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misunderstands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom\u2014the seams show too much" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "boggles", "bollixes (up)", "boots", "botches", "buggers (up)", "bumbles", "bungles", "butchers", "dubs", "flubs", "fluffs", "foozles", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "mangles", "messes (up)", "mucks up", "muffs", "murders", "screws up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunders", "gums (up)", "muddles", "piffles", "blemishes", "blights", "damages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "mutilates", "ruins", "spoils", "vitiates", "destroys", "wrecks", "mishandles", "mismanages" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "helps", "improves", "meliorates", "rectifies", "refines", "reforms", "remedies", "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lodges":{ "a place that provides rooms and usually a public dining room for overnight guests":{ "examples":[ "when we go on our country vacation, we always stay at this little lodge in the middle of nowhere" ], "synonyms":[ "auberges", "caravansaries", "caravanserais", "caravanserai", "hospices", "hostelries", "hostels", "hotels", "inns", "public houses", "taverns" ], "near synonyms":[ "B and Bs", "bed-and-breakfasts", "guesthouses", "apartment hotels", "accommodations", "lodgings", "rests", "courts", "motels", "motor courts", "motor inns", "motor lodges", "resorts", "spas", "tourist courts", "youth hostels", "campgrounds", "camps", "bunkhouses", "dormitories", "dorms", "boardinghouses", "lodging houses", "rooming houses", "doss-houses", "fleabags", "flophouses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an often small house for recreational or seasonal use":{ "examples":[ "every summer we rent a small fishing lodge by the lake" ], "synonyms":[ "baches", "cabins", "camps", "chalets", "cottages" ], "near synonyms":[ "dachas", "summerhouses", "bungalows", "cots", "huts", "shacks", "shanties" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the meeting place of an organization":{ "examples":[ "the Masons meet at the lodge every Thursday evening" ], "synonyms":[ "clubhouses", "clubs" ], "near synonyms":[ "dens", "hangouts", "haunts", "hideaways", "hideouts", "lairs", "camps", "headquarters", "conventicles", "halls", "houses", "meetinghouses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the shelter or resting place of a wild animal":{ "examples":[ "the family of beavers built a lodge near the narrow point of the river" ], "synonyms":[ "burrows", "dens", "holes", "houses", "lairs" ], "near synonyms":[ "nests", "territories" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "examples":[ "the landlord can legally lodge up to 20 people in his apartment building at one time" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodates", "bestows", "billets", "bivouacs", "boards", "bunks", "camps", "chambers", "domiciles", "encamps", "harbors", "houses", "puts up", "quarters", "roofs", "rooms", "shelters", "takes in" ], "near synonyms":[ "ensconces", "homes", "roosts", "secures", "sheds", "stables", "tents", "barracks", "beds (down)" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejects", "evicts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to establish or place comfortably or snugly":{ "examples":[ "our pet guinea pig lodged himself in the far corner of his cage and simply refused to come out" ], "synonyms":[ "ensconces", "installs", "nestles", "perches", "roosts", "settles" ], "near synonyms":[ "deploys", "emplaces", "fixes", "locates", "parks", "plants", "positions", "sets", "situates", "stations", "anchors", "bivouacs", "camps", "camps (out)", "burrows", "curls up", "digs in", "harbors", "houses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "the gunman had managed to lodge a bullet in my back, just inches from my spine" ], "synonyms":[ "beds", "embeds", "imbeds", "enroots", "entrenches", "intrenches", "fixes", "impacts", "implants", "ingrains", "engrains", "roots" ], "near synonyms":[ "imbues", "infuses", "instills", "beats (into)", "drives (into)", "establishes", "places", "puts", "settles", "sticks" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminates", "eradicates", "ejects", "expels", "detaches", "disconnects", "disengages", "removes" ], "antonyms":[ "dislodges", "roots (out)", "uproots" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "loons":{ "one having or showing a severely disordered or abnormal state of mind":{ "examples":[ "giggled like a loon at his own jokes" ], "synonyms":[ "bugs", "crackbrains", "crazies", "fools", "fruitcakes", "head cases", "loonies", "lunatics", "maniacs", "nutcases", "nuts", "nutters", "psychopaths", "psychos", "sickies", "sickos", "wackos", "whackos" ], "near synonyms":[ "madmen", "abnormals", "deviants", "monomaniacs", "mythomaniacs", "neurotics", "obsessive-compulsives", "obsessives", "paranoids", "psychotics", "schizophrenics", "sociopaths", "characters", "codgers", "crackpots", "cracks", "cranks", "eccentrics", "fantastics", "flakes", "kooks", "oddballs", "oddities", "originals", "quizzes", "screwballs", "tykes", "tikes", "weirdos", "zanies", "cases", "patients" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "the loons at the grocery store had put the potato chips at the bottom of the bag" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loadstones":{ "something that attracts interest":{ "examples":[ "the young woman's wealth unfortunately made her a lodestone for fortune hunters" ], "synonyms":[ "attractions", "draws", "magnets" ], "near synonyms":[ "capitals", "centers", "cynosures", "epicenters", "meccas", "poles", "polestars", "allurements", "allures", "baits", "enticements", "fascinations", "lures", "temptations", "turn-ons", "appeals", "calls", "incentives", "inducements", "persuasions", "spurs", "stimuli", "curiosities", "sights", "spectacles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "loiter":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "don't loiter in this neighborhood after dark" ], "synonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "dally", "dawdle", "delay", "diddle", "dillydally", "drag", "lag", "linger", "lollygag", "lallygag", "mope", "poke", "shilly-shally", "tarry" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool around", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "amble", "ease", "inch", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stagger", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)", "filibuster", "procrastinate", "stall", "temporize" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "dart", "hump", "hurtle", "hustle", "scramble", "stampede", "gallop", "jog", "run", "sprint", "trot", "accelerate", "quicken", "speed (up)", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake" ], "antonyms":[ "barrel", "bolt", "career", "course", "dash", "fly", "hasten", "hotfoot (it)", "hurry", "race", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "scoot", "scud", "scurry", "speed", "tear", "whirl", "whisk", "whiz", "whizz", "zip" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }