{ "bodacious":{ "likely to attract attention":{ "examples":[ "the bodacious decor of the boutique hotel is intended to appeal to the young and the hip" ], "synonyms":[ "arresting", "bold", "brilliant", "catchy", "commanding", "conspicuous", "dramatic", "emphatic", "eye-catching", "flamboyant", "grabby", "kenspeckle", "marked", "noisy", "noticeable", "prominent", "pronounced", "remarkable", "showy", "splashy", "striking" ], "near synonyms":[ "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "observable", "perceptible", "recognizable", "visible", "outstanding", "salient", "distinguished", "eminent", "impressive", "notable", "noteworthy", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "flagrant", "glaring", "howling", "screaming", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "jazzy", "loud", "meretricious", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "ostentatious", "pretentious", "extravagant", "fancy", "florid", "glittery", "spectacular", "opulent", "ornate", "overdone", "overwrought", "absorbing", "engrossing", "enthralling", "fascinating", "interesting", "riveting" ], "near antonyms":[ "subtle", "concealed", "hidden", "shrouded", "dim", "faint", "obscure", "insignificant", "undistinguished", "unimportant", "modest", "unaffected", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "conservative", "plain", "quiet", "simple", "understated", "muted", "restrained", "subdued", "subtle", "toned-down", "unflashy" ], "antonyms":[ "inconspicuous", "unemphatic", "unflamboyant", "unnoticeable", "unobtrusive", "unremarkable", "unshowy" ] }, "having no exceptions or restrictions":{ "examples":[ "had the bodacious gall to tell me that he'd return my lawn mower when he felt like it" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "all-out", "arrant", "blank", "blooming", "categorical", "categoric", "clean", "complete", "consummate", "crashing", "damn", "damned", "dead", "deadly", "definite", "downright", "dreadful", "fair", "flat", "flat-out", "out-and-out", "outright", "perfect", "plumb", "profound", "pure", "rank", "regular", "sheer", "simple", "stark", "stone", "straight-out", "thorough", "thoroughgoing", "total", "unadulterated", "unalloyed", "unconditional", "unmitigated", "unqualified", "utter", "very" ], "near synonyms":[ "authentic", "classic", "genuine", "real", "veritable", "constant", "endless", "eternal", "perpetual", "undying", "unremitting", "extreme", "unrestricted", "confirmed", "habitual", "hopeless", "inveterate", "extraordinary", "frightful", "horrible", "huge", "main", "superlative", "supreme", "surpassing", "terrible", "terrific" ], "near antonyms":[ "doubtful", "dubious", "equivocal", "qualified", "questionable", "restricted", "uncertain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "sexually attractive":{ "examples":[ "a bodacious Hollywood couple always followed by paparazzi" ], "synonyms":[ "desirable", "dishy", "hot", "luscious", "sexy", "toothsome" ], "near synonyms":[ "foxy", "nubile", "hunky", "studly", "alluring", "seductive", "sultry", "vampish", "vampy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bodily":{ "of or relating to the human body":{ "examples":[ "the old man suffered from a number of bodily ailments" ], "synonyms":[ "animal", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "material", "physical", "somatic" ], "near synonyms":[ "anatomic", "anatomical", "physiological", "physiologic", "sensual", "sensuous", "hand-to-hand" ], "near antonyms":[ "cerebral", "inner", "intellectual", "mental", "psychological", "psychologic", "bodiless", "immaterial", "incorporeal", "insubstantial", "spiritual", "ethereal", "metaphysical", "psychic", "psychical" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmaterial", "nonphysical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "boding":{ "something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{ "examples":[ "among some ancient peoples, solar eclipses were often seen as celestial bodings of earthly calamities" ], "synonyms":[ "augury", "auspice", "foreboding", "foreshadowing", "omen", "portent", "prefiguring", "presage" ], "near synonyms":[ "forerunner", "harbinger", "herald", "precursor", "foretaste", "hint", "inkling", "intimation", "suggestion", "forewarning", "forecast", "foretelling", "prediction", "prognostication", "prophecy", "prophesy", "badge", "mark", "note", "token", "divination" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{ "examples":[ "her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school" ], "synonyms":[ "auguring", "foreboding", "forboding", "promising" ], "near synonyms":[ "forecasting", "foretelling", "predicting", "presaging", "prognosticating", "prophesying", "forewarning", "warning", "anticipating", "divining", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "betokening", "foreshadowing", "harbingering", "portending", "prefiguring", "presignifying", "indicating", "signifying", "alluding", "connoting", "hinting", "implying", "insinuating", "intimating", "suggesting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "body blow":{ "as in right , rabbit punch":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hand", "kick", "knee", "left", "one-two", "rabbit punch", "right", "right-hander", "roundhouse", "shiver", "sidewinder", "sucker punch", "swing", "uppercut", "counter", "counterblow", "counterpunch", "counterstroke", "cruncher", "kayo", "knockdown", "knockout", "KO", "bang", "bash", "bat", "beat", "belt", "biff", "blow", "bop", "box", "buffet", "bust", "chop", "clap", "clip", "clout", "crack", "cuff", "dab", "douse", "fillip", "hack", "haymaker", "hit", "hook", "knock", "larrup", "lash", "lick", "pelt", "pick", "plump", "poke", "pound", "punch", "rap", "slam", "slap", "slug", "smack", "smash", "sock", "spank", "stinger", "stripe", "stroke", "swat", "swipe", "switch", "thud", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "welt", "whack", "wham", "whop", "whap", "bastinado", "bastinade", "battering", "beating", "bludgeoning", "clobbering", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "drubbing", "hammering", "lambasting", "licking", "pasting", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "thrashing", "flogging", "walloping", "whip", "whipping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodiless":{ "not composed of matter":{ "examples":[ "ghosts are supposed to be bodiless" ], "synonyms":[ "ethereal", "formless", "immaterial", "incorporeal", "insubstantial", "nonmaterial", "nonphysical", "spiritual", "unbodied", "unsubstantial" ], "near synonyms":[ "metaphysical", "psychic", "psychical", "supernatural", "impalpable", "insensible", "intangible", "invisible", "airy", "diaphanous", "gaseous", "gossamery", "tenuous", "thin", "vaporous", "wispish" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "carnal", "fleshly", "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "noticeable", "observable", "palpable", "sensible", "tangible", "visible", "bulky", "heavy", "massive", "solid" ], "antonyms":[ "bodily", "corporeal", "material", "physical", "substantial" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bodkin":{ "as in dagger , machete":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bayonet", "bolo", "bowie knife", "cutlass", "dagger", "dirk", "jackknife", "machete", "pocketknife", "poniard", "sheath knife", "stiletto", "stylet", "switchblade", "switch knife", "yataghan", "cutter", "knife", "shank", "shiv", "cleaver", "hack", "rapier", "saber", "sabre", "steel", "sword", "scalpel" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "boded":{ "to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{ "examples":[ "her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school" ], "synonyms":[ "augured", "foreboded", "forboded", "promised" ], "near synonyms":[ "forecast", "forecasted", "foretold", "predicted", "presaged", "prognosticated", "prophesied", "forewarned", "warned", "anticipated", "divined", "foreknew", "foresaw", "betokened", "foreshadowed", "harbingered", "portended", "prefigured", "presignified", "indicated", "signified", "alluded", "connoted", "hinted", "implied", "insinuated", "intimated", "suggested" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "body":{ "the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{ "examples":[ "the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow" ], "synonyms":[ "brunt", "bulk", "chief", "core", "generality", "heft", "main", "mass", "staple", "weight" ], "near synonyms":[ "majority", "aggregate", "amount", "entirety", "quantum", "sum", "sum total", "total", "totality", "whole", "bottom", "essence", "essentiality", "marrow", "meat", "nature", "pith", "quintessence", "root", "soul", "stuff", "substance", "center", "heart", "hub", "kernel", "middle", "nucleus", "nut", "seat", "affair", "argument", "burden", "crux", "focus", "gist", "nub", "pitch", "point", "purport", "matter", "motif", "subject", "text", "theme", "topic" ], "near antonyms":[ "accessory", "accessary", "adjunct", "appendage", "extension", "offshoot", "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient", "division", "part", "piece", "section", "segment", "angle", "aspect", "facet", "feature", "quality", "side" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a distinct and separate portion of matter":{ "examples":[ "to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water" ], "synonyms":[ "mass" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggregate", "amount", "bulk", "quantity", "quantum", "volume", "item", "object", "thing", "material", "stuff", "substance", "entirety", "totality", "whole" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people acting together within a larger group":{ "examples":[ "feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union" ], "synonyms":[ "bloc", "block", "coalition", "faction", "party", "sect", "set", "side", "wing" ], "near synonyms":[ "splinter", "split", "crew", "gang", "pack", "team", "denomination", "persuasion", "schism", "scission", "caucus", "movement" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{ "examples":[ "a hangout where, it seems, much of the student body can be found on a Saturday night" ], "synonyms":[ "bunch", "circle", "clan", "clique", "community", "coterie", "coven", "crowd", "fold", "gal\u00e8re", "gang", "klatch", "klatsch", "lot", "network", "pack", "ring", "set" ], "near synonyms":[ "charmed circle", "elite", "in-group", "closed shop", "club", "college", "fellowship", "guild", "gild", "league", "organization", "society", "camp", "faction", "sect", "side", "tribe", "mess", "squad", "brotherhood", "fraternity", "order", "sisterhood", "sodality", "sorority", "commune", "alliance", "bloc", "coalition", "confederation", "congress", "council", "federation", "union" ], "near antonyms":[ "loner", "individualist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "the most intelligent body in this entire place" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "a body of security men accompany the president at all times" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "band", "batch", "battery", "boodle", "bunch", "cluster", "clutch", "consort", "constellation", "crop", "group", "grouping", "huddle", "knot", "lot", "parcel", "party", "passel" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembly", "collective", "congregation", "gathering", "muster", "organization", "circle", "clan", "clique", "coterie", "fellowship", "gang", "ring", "round", "set", "faction", "guild", "gild", "order", "school", "sect", "brigade", "crew", "outfit", "phalanx", "platoon", "posse", "task force", "team", "alliance", "bloc", "coalition", "confederacy", "confederation", "federation", "league", "union", "battalion", "squadron", "bevy", "brood", "covey" ], "near antonyms":[ "individual", "single" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to represent in visible form":{ "examples":[ "abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism" ], "synonyms":[ "embody", "epitomize", "express", "externalize", "incarnate", "incorporate", "instantiate", "manifest", "materialize", "personalize", "personify", "substantiate" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualize", "concretize", "realize", "exemplify", "illustrate", "image", "objectify", "symbolize", "typify" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "body blows":{ "as in rights , rabbit punches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hands", "kicks", "knees", "lefts", "one-twos", "rabbit punches", "right-handers", "rights", "roundhouses", "shivers", "sidewinders", "sucker punches", "swings", "uppercuts", "counterblows", "counter-blows", "counterpunches", "counters", "counterstrokes", "counter-strokes", "crunchers", "kayos", "knockdowns", "knockouts", "KOs", "bangs", "bashes", "bats", "beats", "belts", "biffs", "blows", "bops", "boxes", "buffets", "busts", "chops", "claps", "clips", "clouts", "cracks", "cuffs", "dabs", "douses", "fillips", "hacks", "haymakers", "hits", "hooks", "knocks", "larrups", "lashes", "licks", "pelts", "picks", "plumps", "pokes", "pounds", "punches", "raps", "slams", "slaps", "slugs", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "stingers", "stripes", "strokes", "swats", "swipes", "switches", "thuds", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "welts", "whacks", "whams", "whops", "whaps", "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batterings", "beatings", "drubbings", "lickings", "pastings", "thrashings", "wallopings", "whippings", "whips" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodyguard":{ "a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone":{ "examples":[ "They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "convoy", "defender", "escort", "honor guard", "custodian", "guard", "guardian", "keeper", "lookout", "minder", "picket", "sentinel", "sentry", "warden", "warder", "watch", "watcher", "watchman", "observer", "patrol", "spotter", "surveillant", "watchdog", "gatekeeper", "hack" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodying":{ "to represent in visible form":{ "examples":[ "abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism" ], "synonyms":[ "embodying", "epitomizing", "expressing", "externalizing", "incarnating", "incorporating", "instantiating", "manifesting", "materializing", "personalizing", "personifying", "substantiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualizing", "concretizing", "realizing", "exemplifying", "illustrating", "imaging", "objectifying", "symbolizing", "typifying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "body bags":{ "as in boxes , coffins":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "biers", "boxes", "caskets", "coffins", "palls", "sarcophagi", "sarcophaguses", "charnels", "charnel houses", "crypts", "sepulchres", "sepulchers", "sepultures", "tombs", "vaults", "urns" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "body languages":{ "movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings":{ "examples":[ "We could tell from his body language that he was nervous." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attentions", "attitudes", "carriages", "poises", "postures", "stances", "stations", "poses", "seats", "bearings", "behaviors", "conducts", "demeanors", "deportments", "airs", "poises", "presences", "aspects", "looks", "miens" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodement":{ "a declaration that something will happen in the future":{ "examples":[ "the continuing fascination with the obscure bodements of the 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus" ], "synonyms":[ "auguring", "augury", "cast", "forecast", "forecasting", "foretelling", "predicting", "prediction", "presaging", "prognosis", "prognostic", "prognosticating", "prognostication", "prophecy", "prophesy", "soothsaying", "vaticination" ], "near synonyms":[ "foreboding", "harbinger", "omen", "portent", "prevision", "prospectus", "sign", "anticipation", "foreknowledge", "foresight", "conjecture", "guess", "surmise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bode":{ "to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{ "examples":[ "her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school" ], "synonyms":[ "augur", "forebode", "forbode", "promise" ], "near synonyms":[ "forecast", "foretell", "predict", "presage", "prognosticate", "prophesy", "forewarn", "warn", "anticipate", "divine", "foreknow", "foresee", "betoken", "foreshadow", "harbinger", "portend", "prefigure", "presignify", "indicate", "signify", "allude", "connote", "hint", "imply", "insinuate", "intimate", "suggest" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bodybuilding":{ "as in athletics , gymnastics":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aerobics", "athletics", "body mechanics", "calisthenics", "gymnastics", "isometrics", "plyometrics", "slimnastics", "weight lifting", "activity", "conditioning", "exercise", "exertion", "training", "warm-up", "workout", "toning", "trimming", "physical therapy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodyguards":{ "a person or group of people whose job is to protect someone":{ "examples":[ "They entered the building surrounded by bodyguards ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "convoys", "defenders", "escorts", "honor guards", "custodians", "guardians", "guards", "keepers", "lookouts", "minders", "pickets", "sentinels", "sentries", "wardens", "warders", "watchers", "watches", "watchmen", "observers", "patrols", "spotters", "surveillants", "watchdogs", "gatekeepers", "hacks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodies":{ "the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{ "examples":[ "the body of the novel was quite good, even if the beginning was a bit slow" ], "synonyms":[ "brunts", "bulks", "chiefs", "cores", "generalities", "hefts", "mains", "masses", "staples", "weights" ], "near synonyms":[ "majorities", "aggregates", "amounts", "entireties", "quanta", "sums", "sum totals", "totalities", "totals", "wholes", "bottoms", "essences", "essentialities", "marrows", "meats", "natures", "piths", "quintessences", "roots", "souls", "stuff", "substances", "centers", "hearts", "hubs", "kernels", "middles", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "nuts", "seats", "affairs", "arguments", "burdens", "cruxes", "cruces", "foci", "focuses", "gists", "nubs", "pitches", "points", "purports", "matters", "motifs", "subjects", "texts", "themes", "topics" ], "near antonyms":[ "accessories", "accessaries", "adjuncts", "appendages", "extensions", "offshoots", "components", "constituents", "elements", "ingredients", "divisions", "parts", "pieces", "sections", "segments", "angles", "aspects", "facets", "features", "qualities", "sides" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a distinct and separate portion of matter":{ "examples":[ "to the early explorers the Atlantic was a gigantic and forbidding body of water" ], "synonyms":[ "masses" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggregates", "amounts", "bulks", "quanta", "quantities", "volumes", "items", "objects", "things", "materials", "stuff", "substances", "entireties", "totalities", "wholes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people acting together within a larger group":{ "examples":[ "feared that there was a body of extremists within the labor union" ], "synonyms":[ "blocks", "blocs", "coalitions", "factions", "parties", "sects", "sets", "sides", "wings" ], "near synonyms":[ "splinters", "splits", "crews", "gangs", "packs", "teams", "denominations", "persuasions", "schisms", "scissions", "caucuses", "movements" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially":{ "examples":[ "a hangout where, it seems, much of the student body can be found on a Saturday night" ], "synonyms":[ "bunches", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "communities", "coteries", "covens", "crowds", "folds", "gal\u00e8res", "gangs", "klatches", "klatsches", "lots", "networks", "packs", "rings", "sets" ], "near synonyms":[ "charmed circles", "elites", "in-groups", "closed shops", "clubs", "colleges", "fellowships", "guilds", "gilds", "leagues", "organizations", "societies", "camps", "factions", "sects", "sides", "tribes", "messes", "squads", "brotherhoods", "fraternities", "orders", "sisterhoods", "sodalities", "sororities", "communes", "alliances", "blocs", "coalitions", "confederations", "congresses", "councils", "federations", "unions" ], "near antonyms":[ "loners", "individualists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "the most intelligent body in this entire place" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "beings", "birds", "bods", "characters", "cookies", "creatures", "customers", "devils", "ducks", "eggs", "faces", "fish", "fishes", "guys", "heads", "human beings", "humans", "individuals", "lives", "men", "mortals", "parties", "people", "personages", "scouts", "slobs", "sorts", "souls", "specimens", "stiffs", "things", "wights" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominids", "homos", "humanoids", "brothers", "brethren", "fellowmen", "fellows", "neighbors", "celebrities", "personalities", "selves", "somebodies" ], "near antonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "brutes", "critters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "a body of security men accompany the president at all times" ], "synonyms":[ "arrays", "bands", "batches", "batteries", "boodles", "bunches", "clusters", "clutches", "consorts", "constellations", "crops", "groupings", "groups", "huddles", "knots", "lots", "parcels", "parties", "passels" ], "near synonyms":[ "assemblies", "collectives", "congregations", "gatherings", "musters", "organizations", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "coteries", "fellowships", "gangs", "rings", "rounds", "sets", "factions", "guilds", "gilds", "orders", "schools", "sects", "brigades", "crews", "outfits", "phalanxes", "phalanges", "platoons", "posses", "task forces", "teams", "alliances", "blocs", "coalitions", "confederacies", "confederations", "federations", "leagues", "unions", "battalions", "squadrons", "bevies", "broods", "coveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "individuals", "singles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to represent in visible form":{ "examples":[ "abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism" ], "synonyms":[ "embodies", "epitomizes", "expresses", "externalizes", "incarnates", "incorporates", "instantiates", "manifests", "materializes", "personalizes", "personifies", "substantiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualizes", "concretizes", "realizes", "exemplifies", "illustrates", "images", "objectifies", "symbolizes", "typifies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bod":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "I know several bods who work on Fleet Street" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "body bag":{ "as in box , coffin":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bier", "box", "casket", "coffin", "pall", "sarcophagus", "charnel", "charnel house", "crypt", "sepulchre", "sepulcher", "sepulture", "tomb", "vault", "urn" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodkins":{ "as in daggers , machetes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bayonets", "bolos", "bowie knifes", "bowie knives", "cutlasses", "daggers", "dirks", "jackknives", "machetes", "pocketknives", "poniards", "sheath knives", "stilettos", "stilettoes", "stylets", "switchblades", "switch knives", "yataghans", "cutters", "knives", "shanks", "shivs", "cleavers", "hacks", "rapiers", "sabers", "sabres", "steels", "swords", "scalpels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "body language":{ "movements or positions of the body that express a person's thoughts or feelings":{ "examples":[ "We could tell from his body language that he was nervous." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attention", "attitude", "carriage", "poise", "posture", "stance", "station", "pose", "seat", "bearing", "behavior", "conduct", "demeanor", "deportment", "air", "poise", "presence", "aspect", "look", "mien" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodied":{ "to represent in visible form":{ "examples":[ "abstract sculpture that bodies forth the artist's aesthetic of minimalism" ], "synonyms":[ "embodied", "epitomized", "expressed", "externalized", "incarnated", "incorporated", "instantiated", "manifested", "materialized", "personalized", "personified", "substantiated" ], "near synonyms":[ "actualized", "concretized", "realized", "exemplified", "illustrated", "imaged", "objectified", "symbolized", "typified" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "disembodied" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "body mechanics":{ "as in gymnastics , athletics":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aerobics", "athletics", "bodybuilding", "calisthenics", "gymnastics", "isometrics", "plyometrics", "slimnastics", "weight lifting", "activity", "conditioning", "exercise", "exertion", "training", "warm-up", "workout", "toning", "trimming", "physical therapy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodes":{ "to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{ "examples":[ "her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school" ], "synonyms":[ "augurs", "forebodes", "forbodes", "promises" ], "near synonyms":[ "forecasts", "foretells", "predicts", "presages", "prognosticates", "prophesies", "forewarns", "warns", "anticipates", "divines", "foreknows", "foresees", "betokens", "foreshadows", "harbingers", "portends", "prefigures", "presignifies", "indicates", "signifies", "alludes", "connotes", "hints", "implies", "insinuates", "intimates", "suggests" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bodings":{ "something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{ "examples":[ "among some ancient peoples, solar eclipses were often seen as celestial bodings of earthly calamities" ], "synonyms":[ "auguries", "auspices", "forebodings", "foreshadowings", "omens", "portents", "presages" ], "near synonyms":[ "forerunners", "harbingers", "heralds", "precursors", "foretastes", "hints", "inklings", "intimations", "suggestions", "forewarnings", "forecasts", "predictions", "prognostications", "prophecies", "prophesies", "badges", "marks", "notes", "tokens", "divinations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bodements":{ "a declaration that something will happen in the future":{ "examples":[ "the continuing fascination with the obscure bodements of the 16th-century astrologer Nostradamus" ], "synonyms":[ "auguries", "casts", "forecasts", "predictions", "prognoses", "prognostications", "prognostics", "prophecies", "prophesies", "soothsayings", "vaticinations" ], "near synonyms":[ "forebodings", "harbingers", "omens", "portents", "previsions", "prospectuses", "signs", "anticipations", "foreknowledges", "foresights", "conjectures", "guesses", "surmises" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bods":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "I know several bods who work on Fleet Street" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "beings", "birds", "bodies", "characters", "cookies", "creatures", "customers", "devils", "ducks", "eggs", "faces", "fish", "fishes", "guys", "heads", "human beings", "humans", "individuals", "lives", "men", "mortals", "parties", "people", "personages", "scouts", "slobs", "sorts", "souls", "specimens", "stiffs", "things", "wights" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominids", "homos", "humanoids", "brothers", "brethren", "fellowmen", "fellows", "neighbors", "celebrities", "personalities", "selves", "somebodies" ], "near antonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "brutes", "critters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }