{ "pigeonhole":{ "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shelve", "assort", "break down", "categorize", "class", "classify", "codify", "compartment", "compartmentalize", "digest", "distinguish", "distribute", "grade", "group", "peg", "place", "range", "rank", "relegate", "separate", "sort", "type", "array", "dispose", "draw up", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "systematize", "alphabetize", "catalog", "catalogue", "file", "index", "list", "refer", "identify", "recognize", "clump", "cluster", "colligate", "recategorize", "reclassify", "regroup", "subcategorize" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuse", "disarrange", "jumble", "lump", "mix (up)", "scramble", "misclassify", "missort", "mistype" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in cubbyhole , snuggery":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cubbyhole", "snuggery", "bay", "cabin", "cell", "chamber", "compartment", "cube", "cubicle", "alcove", "niche", "nook", "recess", "cabinet", "drawer", "locker", "cavity", "hole", "hollow", "booth", "box", "crib", "loge", "stall", "bunker", "crypt", "vault" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pigeonholed":{ "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shelved", "assorted", "broke down", "categorized", "classed", "classified", "codified", "compartmentalized", "compartmented", "digested", "distinguished", "distributed", "graded", "grouped", "pegged", "placed", "ranged", "ranked", "relegated", "separated", "sorted", "typed", "arrayed", "disposed", "drew up", "marshaled", "marshalled", "ordered", "organized", "systematized", "alphabetized", "cataloged", "catalogued", "filed", "indexed", "listed", "referred", "identified", "recognized", "clumped", "clustered", "colligated", "recategorized", "reclassified", "regrouped", "subcategorized" ], "near antonyms":[ "confused", "disarranged", "jumbled", "lumped", "mixed (up)", "scrambled", "misclassified", "missorted", "mis-sorted", "mistyped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigeonholes":{ "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shelves", "assorts", "breaks down", "categorizes", "classes", "classifies", "codifies", "compartmentalizes", "compartments", "digests", "distinguishes", "distributes", "grades", "groups", "pegs", "places", "ranges", "ranks", "relegates", "separates", "sorts", "types", "arrays", "disposes", "draws up", "marshals", "marshalls", "orders", "organizes", "systematizes", "alphabetizes", "catalogs", "catalogues", "files", "indexes", "lists", "refers", "identifies", "recognizes", "clumps", "clusters", "colligates", "recategorizes", "reclassifies", "regroups", "subcategorizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuses", "disarranges", "jumbles", "lumps", "mixes (up)", "scrambles", "misclassifies", "missorts", "mistypes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in cubbyholes , snuggeries":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cubbyholes", "snuggeries", "bays", "cabins", "cells", "chambers", "compartments", "cubes", "cubicles", "alcoves", "niches", "nooks", "recesses", "cabinets", "drawers", "lockers", "cavities", "holes", "hollows", "booths", "boxes", "cribs", "loges", "stalls", "bunkers", "crypts", "vaults" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "piggish":{ "having a huge appetite":{ "examples":[ "a piggish dog who ate anything left within reach" ], "synonyms":[ "edacious", "esurient", "gluttonous", "greedy", "hoggish", "rapacious", "ravenous", "swinish", "voracious" ], "near synonyms":[ "hearty", "wolfish", "devouring", "gobbling", "gorging", "gormandizing", "gulping", "insatiable", "unquenchable", "unslakable", "empty", "famished", "hungry", "peckish", "starved", "starving", "malnourished", "underfed", "undernourished" ], "near antonyms":[ "content", "full", "glutted", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied", "stuffed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pigmented":{ "as in colorful , colored":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "colored", "colorful", "blotted", "brindled", "brindle", "calico", "specked", "speckled", "streaked", "dotted", "peppered", "sprinkled", "checkered", "motley", "multicolored", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "varicolored", "variegated", "stippled", "shaded", "discolored", "dyed", "marked", "stained", "blotched", "blotchy", "dappled", "dapple", "marbled", "mottled", "piebald", "pied", "pinto", "splotched", "spotted", "flecked", "streaked", "bespattered", "spattered" ], "near antonyms":[ "monochromatic", "monochrome", "monochromic", "solid" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give color or a different color to":{ "examples":[ "pigmented varnishes" ], "synonyms":[ "bepainted", "colored", "dyed", "painted", "stained", "tinctured", "tinged", "tinted" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightened", "lightened", "darkened", "embrowned", "toned (down)", "checkered", "dappled", "daubed", "flecked", "marbled", "mottled", "patterned", "polychromed", "specked", "speckled", "streaked", "striated", "striped", "variegated" ], "near antonyms":[ "blanched", "bleached", "whitened" ], "antonyms":[ "decolorized" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "pigmenting":{ "to give color or a different color to":{ "examples":[ "pigmented varnishes" ], "synonyms":[ "bepainting", "coloring", "dyeing", "painting", "staining", "tincturing", "tingeing", "tinging", "tinting" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightening", "lightening", "darkening", "embrowning", "toning (down)", "checkering", "dappling", "daubing", "flecking", "marbling", "mottling", "patterning", "polychroming", "specking", "speckling", "streaking", "striating", "striping", "variegating" ], "near antonyms":[ "blanching", "bleaching", "whitening" ], "antonyms":[ "decolorizing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigtail":{ "as in dreadlock , cornrow":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cornrow", "dreadlock", "queue", "rickrack", "ricrac", "stripe", "braiding", "braid", "lace", "lacing", "plait", "plat" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigging out":{ "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food" ], "synonyms":[ "gorging", "gormandizing", "overeating", "swilling" ], "near synonyms":[ "devouring", "glutting", "sating", "stuffing", "surfeiting", "wolfing", "banqueting", "feasting", "regaling", "bolting", "cramming", "gulping", "guzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbling", "pecking", "picking", "tasting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigmy":{ "of a size that is less than average":{ "examples":[ "a pygmy elephant" ], "synonyms":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "dinky", "dwarfish", "fine", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "puny", "shrimpy", "slight", "small", "smallish", "subnormal", "toylike", "undersized", "undersize" ], "near synonyms":[ "dwarf", "toy", "runtish", "runty", "scrubby", "stunted", "bitty", "inappreciable", "infinitesimal", "little bitty", "micro", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "miniaturized", "minikin", "minim", "minuscule", "minute", "pinpoint", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "bite-size", "bite-sized", "capsule" ], "near antonyms":[ "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "massive", "voluminous", "boxcar", "Brobdingnagian", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantic", "gross", "Himalayan", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "healthy", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "broad", "wide", "boundless", "cosmic", "cosmical", "immeasurable", "incalculable", "infinite", "adequate", "enough", "sufficient" ], "antonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "husky", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "whacking", "whopping" ] }, "a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{ "examples":[ "hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty" ], "synonyms":[ "diminutive", "dwarf", "midget", "mite", "peewee", "runt", "scrub", "shrimp", "Tom Thumb" ], "near synonyms":[ "nubbin", "mini", "miniature", "bantam", "homunculus", "hop-o'-my-thumb", "manikin", "mannikin", "half-pint" ], "near antonyms":[ "whale", "whopper" ], "antonyms":[ "behemoth", "colossus", "giant", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "monster", "titan" ] }, "a person of no importance or influence":{ "examples":[ "regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies" ], "synonyms":[ "cipher", "dwarf", "half-pint", "insect", "insignificancy", "lightweight", "morsel", "nobody", "nonentity", "nothing", "nullity", "number", "pip-squeak", "shrimp", "snippersnapper", "twerp", "whippersnapper", "zero", "zilch" ], "near synonyms":[ "no-name", "noncelebrity", "least", "inferior", "mediocrity", "obscurity", "figurehead", "puppet" ], "near antonyms":[ "chief", "head", "lead", "leader", "celebrity", "luminary", "notable", "personality", "planet", "star", "superstar", "authority", "superior", "great power", "party", "power" ], "antonyms":[ "big shot", "big wheel", "bigwig", "eminence", "figure", "kahuna", "kingpin", "magnate", "nabob", "personage", "somebody", "VIP" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "pigeons":{ "one who is easily deceived or cheated":{ "examples":[ "a confidence man in search of another pigeon" ], "synonyms":[ "chumps", "dupes", "gulls", "mugs", "patsies", "pushovers", "saps", "soft touches", "suckers", "tools" ], "near synonyms":[ "cat's-paws", "marks", "targets", "victims", "schlemiels", "shlemiels", "butts", "derisions", "laughingstocks", "mockeries", "mocks", "boobies", "dodoes", "dodos", "fools", "geese", "half-wits", "jackasses", "lunatics", "monkeys", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nitwits", "simpletons", "simps", "turkeys", "yo-yos", "losers", "blockheads", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schlumps", "schnooks" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheaters", "cheats", "confidence men", "cozeners", "defrauders", "dodgers", "hoaxers", "sharks", "sharpers", "slickers", "swindlers", "tricksters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigpens":{ "a dirty or messy place":{ "examples":[ "your room is a pigpen \u2014so clean it up!" ], "synonyms":[ "dumps", "hellholes", "holes", "pigsties", "shambles", "sties", "styes" ], "near synonyms":[ "chaoses", "confusions", "disarrangements", "disarrays", "disorders", "disorganizations", "messes", "muddles", "musses", "havoc", "hells", "mare's nests", "mares' nests", "snake pits", "clutters", "jumbles", "litters", "mishmashes", "welters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigment":{ "a substance used to color other materials":{ "examples":[ "I'm running out of the black pigment" ], "synonyms":[ "color", "colorant", "coloring", "dye", "dyestuff", "stain" ], "near synonyms":[ "tint", "toner", "cast", "hue", "shade", "tinge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give color or a different color to":{ "examples":[ "pigmented varnishes" ], "synonyms":[ "bepaint", "color", "dye", "paint", "stain", "tincture", "tinge", "tint" ], "near synonyms":[ "brighten", "lighten", "darken", "embrown", "tone (down)", "checker", "dapple", "daub", "fleck", "marble", "mottle", "pattern", "polychrome", "speck", "speckle", "streak", "striate", "stripe", "variegate" ], "near antonyms":[ "blanch", "bleach", "whiten" ], "antonyms":[ "decolorize" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pig out":{ "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food" ], "synonyms":[ "gorge", "gormandize", "overeat", "swill" ], "near synonyms":[ "devour", "glut", "sate", "stuff", "surfeit", "wolf", "banquet", "feast", "regale", "bolt", "cram", "gulp", "guzzle" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibble", "peck", "pick", "taste" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "piggy":{ "as in greedy , insatiable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gluttonous", "gormandizing", "greedy", "hoggish", "insatiable", "piggish", "malnourished", "underfed", "undernourished", "rapacious", "ravenous", "voracious", "wolfish", "empty", "famished", "hungry", "peckish", "starved", "starving" ], "near antonyms":[ "full", "sated", "satiate", "satiated", "satisfied", "engorged", "glutted", "gorged", "overfed", "overfull", "overstuffed", "replete", "stuffed", "surfeited" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pigskin":{ "as in cowhide , calfskin":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "alligator", "antelope", "buckskin", "cabretta", "calfskin", "capeskin", "chamois", "cordovan", "cowhide", "crocodile", "deerskin", "doeskin", "goatskin", "horsehide", "kid", "kidskin", "lambskin", "morocco", "ostrich", "seal", "sharkskin", "sheepskin", "snakeskin", "coat", "fleece", "fur", "pelt", "nubuck", "patent leather", "suede", "hide", "leather", "skin" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigheaded":{ "sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{ "examples":[ "the kind of pigheaded person who seems to believe that facts only confuse an issue" ], "synonyms":[ "adamant", "adamantine", "bullheaded", "dogged", "hard", "hard-nosed", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inconvincible", "inflexible", "intransigent", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "opinionated", "ossified", "pat", "pertinacious", "perverse", "self-opinionated", "self-willed", "stiff-necked", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful" ], "near synonyms":[ "anal-retentive", "obsessive", "wayward", "wrongheaded", "determined", "hell-bent", "inexorable", "persistent", "relentless", "resolved", "set", "single-minded", "steadfast", "stouthearted", "tenacious", "unflinching", "firm", "hard-line", "hard-shell", "hard-shelled", "iron", "severe", "stern", "strict", "hidebound", "narrow-minded", "rigid", "bloody-minded", "cantankerous", "contrary", "cussed", "contumacious", "disobedient", "froward", "insubordinate", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "uncooperative", "ungovernable", "unmanageable", "unruly", "defiant", "insurgent", "mutinous", "indomitable", "invincible", "unconquerable", "confirmed", "inveterate", "unregenerate", "demanding", "exacting" ], "near antonyms":[ "docile", "obedient", "placable", "submissive", "tractable", "accepting", "persuadable", "receptive", "responsive", "willing", "governable", "manageable", "reasonable", "temperate", "slavish", "subservient" ], "antonyms":[ "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "compliant", "complying", "flexible", "pliable", "pliant", "relenting", "yielding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "pigsty":{ "a dirty or messy place":{ "examples":[ "the frat house was a pigsty the morning after the bacchanal" ], "synonyms":[ "dump", "hellhole", "hole", "pigpen", "shambles", "sty" ], "near synonyms":[ "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "disorder", "disorganization", "mess", "muddle", "muss", "havoc", "hell", "mare's nest", "snake pit", "clutter", "jumble", "litter", "mishmash", "welter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigeon":{ "one who is easily deceived or cheated":{ "examples":[ "a confidence man in search of another pigeon" ], "synonyms":[ "chump", "dupe", "gull", "mug", "patsy", "pushover", "sap", "soft touch", "sucker", "tool" ], "near synonyms":[ "cat's-paw", "mark", "target", "victim", "schlemiel", "shlemiel", "butt", "derision", "laughingstock", "mock", "mockery", "booby", "dodo", "fool", "goose", "half-wit", "jackass", "lunatic", "monkey", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nitwit", "simp", "simpleton", "turkey", "yo-yo", "loser", "blockhead", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "schlub", "shlub", "schlump", "schnook" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheat", "cheater", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "hoaxer", "shark", "sharper", "slicker", "swindler", "trickster" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigs out":{ "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food" ], "synonyms":[ "gorges", "gormandizes", "overeats", "swills" ], "near synonyms":[ "devours", "gluts", "sates", "stuffs", "surfeits", "wolfs", "banquets", "feasts", "regales", "bolts", "crams", "gulps", "guzzles" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbles", "pecks", "picks", "tastes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigged out":{ "to eat greedily or to excess":{ "examples":[ "one holiday when you're expected to pig out on junk food" ], "synonyms":[ "gorged", "gormandized", "overate", "swilled" ], "near synonyms":[ "devoured", "glutted", "sated", "stuffed", "surfeited", "wolfed", "banqueted", "feasted", "regaled", "bolted", "crammed", "gulped", "guzzled" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbled", "pecked", "picked", "tasted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pig":{ "one who eats greedily or too much":{ "examples":[ "all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs" ], "synonyms":[ "cormorant", "glutton", "gorger", "gormandizer", "gourmand", "hog", "overeater", "stuffer", "swiller" ], "near synonyms":[ "feaster", "trencherman", "muncher", "guzzler" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieter", "nibbler", "picker" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigeonholing":{ "to unfairly think of or describe (someone or something) as belonging to only a certain category":{ "examples":[ "She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shelving", "assorting", "breaking down", "categorizing", "classifying", "classing", "codifying", "compartmentalizing", "compartmenting", "digesting", "distinguishing", "distributing", "grading", "grouping", "pegging", "placing", "ranging", "ranking", "relegating", "separating", "sorting", "typing", "arraying", "disposing", "drawing up", "marshaling", "marshalling", "ordering", "organizing", "systematizing", "alphabetizing", "cataloging", "cataloguing", "filing", "indexing", "listing", "referring", "identifying", "recognizing", "clumping", "clustering", "colligating", "recategorizing", "reclassifying", "regrouping", "subcategorizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "confusing", "disarranging", "jumbling", "lumping", "mixing (up)", "scrambling", "misclassifying", "missorting", "mis-sorting", "mistyping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "pigs":{ "one who eats greedily or too much":{ "examples":[ "all-you-can-eat buffets seem to encourage some people to become shameless pigs" ], "synonyms":[ "cormorants", "gluttons", "gorgers", "gormandizers", "gourmands", "hogs", "hog", "overeaters", "stuffers", "swillers" ], "near synonyms":[ "feasters", "trenchermen", "munchers", "guzzlers" ], "near antonyms":[ "dieters", "nibblers", "pickers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigmentations":{ "the natural coloring of people, animals, or plants":{ "examples":[ "Chlorophyll causes the green pigmentation in plants." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coloration", "colorway", "cast", "color", "hue", "shade", "tincture", "tinge", "tint", "tone", "overtone", "undertone", "primary color", "secondary color", "tertiary color", "brightness", "chroma", "chromaticity", "contrast", "lightness", "saturation", "value" ], "near antonyms":[ "achromatism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigskins":{ "as in cowhides , calfskins":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "alligators", "antelope", "antelopes", "buckskins", "cabrettas", "calfskins", "capeskins", "chamois", "chamoix", "cordovans", "cowhides", "crocodiles", "deerskins", "doeskins", "goatskins", "horsehides", "kids", "kidskins", "lambskins", "moroccos", "ostriches", "seals", "sharkskins", "sheepskins", "snakeskins", "coats", "fleeces", "furs", "pelts", "nubucks", "patent leathers", "suedes", "hides", "leathers", "skins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigmentation":{ "the natural coloring of people, animals, or plants":{ "examples":[ "Chlorophyll causes the green pigmentation in plants." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coloration", "colorway", "cast", "color", "hue", "shade", "tincture", "tinge", "tint", "tone", "overtone", "undertone", "primary color", "secondary color", "tertiary color", "brightness", "chroma", "chromaticity", "contrast", "lightness", "saturation", "value" ], "near antonyms":[ "achromatism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigheadedness":{ "a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{ "examples":[ "thanks to your pigheadedness we missed our only chance to buy the house at a reasonable price" ], "synonyms":[ "bullheadedness", "doggedness", "hardheadedness", "intransigence", "mulishness", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "opinionatedness", "pertinaciousness", "pertinacity", "self-opinionatedness", "self-will", "stubbornness", "willfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "anal-retentiveness", "perverseness", "perversity", "waywardness", "wrongheadedness", "adamancy", "adamance", "determination", "implacability", "inexorability", "inflexibility", "inveteracy", "perseverance", "persistence", "persistency", "relentlessness", "resolve", "single-mindedness", "steadfastness", "stick-to-itiveness", "tenaciousness", "tenacity", "firmness", "hardness", "rigor", "rigorousness", "sternness", "strictness", "narrow-mindedness", "rigidity", "rigidness", "bloody-mindedness", "cantankerousness", "contrariness", "cussedness", "balkiness", "contumacy", "defiance", "disobedience", "frowardness", "immovability", "immovableness", "insubordination", "intractability", "obstreperousness", "rebelliousness", "recalcitrance", "recalcitrancy", "refractoriness", "unruliness" ], "near antonyms":[ "broad-mindedness", "open-mindedness", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "receptiveness", "receptivity", "acceptance", "acquiescence", "flexibility", "pliability", "pliableness", "pliancy", "pliantness", "compliance", "docility", "obedience", "subordinateness", "subordination", "submission", "surrender", "willingness", "yielding", "slavishness", "subservience", "subserviency" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigtails":{ "as in dreadlocks , cornrows":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cornrows", "dreadlocks", "queues", "rickracks", "ricracs", "stripes", "braidings", "braids", "laces", "lacings", "plaits", "plats" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigsties":{ "a dirty or messy place":{ "examples":[ "the frat house was a pigsty the morning after the bacchanal" ], "synonyms":[ "dumps", "hellholes", "holes", "pigpens", "shambles", "sties", "styes" ], "near synonyms":[ "chaoses", "confusions", "disarrangements", "disarrays", "disorders", "disorganizations", "messes", "muddles", "musses", "havoc", "hells", "mare's nests", "mares' nests", "snake pits", "clutters", "jumbles", "litters", "mishmashes", "welters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigmies":{ "a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{ "examples":[ "hummingbirds may be the pygmies of the avian world, but what they lack in size they make up for in beauty" ], "synonyms":[ "diminutives", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "midgets", "mites", "peewees", "runts", "scrubs", "shrimp", "shrimps", "Tom Thumbs" ], "near synonyms":[ "nubbins", "miniatures", "minis", "bantams", "homunculi", "hop-o'-my-thumbs", "manikins", "mannikins", "half-pints" ], "near antonyms":[ "whales", "whoppers" ], "antonyms":[ "behemoths", "colossi", "giants", "jumbos", "leviathans", "mammoths", "monsters", "titans" ] }, "a person of no importance or influence":{ "examples":[ "regrettably, most of the candidates for the party's nomination that year were political pygmies" ], "synonyms":[ "ciphers", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "half-pints", "insects", "insignificancies", "lightweights", "morsels", "nobodies", "nonentities", "nullities", "numbers", "pip-squeaks", "shrimp", "shrimps", "snippersnappers", "twerps", "whippersnappers", "zeros", "zeroes", "zilches" ], "near synonyms":[ "no-names", "noncelebrities", "leasts", "inferiors", "mediocrities", "obscurities", "figureheads", "puppets" ], "near antonyms":[ "chiefs", "heads", "leaders", "leads", "celebrities", "luminaries", "notables", "personalities", "planets", "stars", "superstars", "authorities", "superiors", "great powers", "parties", "powers" ], "antonyms":[ "big shots", "big wheels", "bigwigs", "eminences", "figures", "kahunas", "kingpins", "magnates", "nabobs", "personages", "somebodies", "VIPs" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "pigments":{ "a substance used to color other materials":{ "examples":[ "I'm running out of the black pigment" ], "synonyms":[ "colorants", "colorings", "colors", "dyes", "dyestuffs", "stains" ], "near synonyms":[ "tints", "toners", "casts", "hues", "shades", "tinges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give color or a different color to":{ "examples":[ "pigmented varnishes" ], "synonyms":[ "bepaints", "colors", "dyes", "paints", "stains", "tinctures", "tinges", "tints" ], "near synonyms":[ "brightens", "lightens", "darkens", "embrowns", "tones (down)", "checkers", "dapples", "daubs", "flecks", "marbles", "mottles", "patterns", "polychromes", "speckles", "specks", "streaks", "striates", "stripes", "variegates" ], "near antonyms":[ "blanches", "bleaches", "whitens" ], "antonyms":[ "decolorizes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "pigpen":{ "a dirty or messy place":{ "examples":[ "your room is a pigpen \u2014so clean it up!" ], "synonyms":[ "dump", "hellhole", "hole", "pigsty", "shambles", "sty" ], "near synonyms":[ "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "disorder", "disorganization", "mess", "muddle", "muss", "havoc", "hell", "mare's nest", "snake pit", "clutter", "jumble", "litter", "mishmash", "welter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "piggishness":{ "as in gluttony , gluttonousness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gluttonousness", "gluttony", "commercialism", "materialism", "possessiveness", "appetite", "craving", "desire", "drive", "hankering", "hunger", "itch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "ravenousness", "thirst", "voracity", "yearning", "yen", "acquisitiveness", "avarice", "avariciousness", "avidity", "avidness", "covetousness", "cupidity", "graspingness", "greed", "greediness", "mercenariness", "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "egoism", "egotism", "self-centeredness", "self-interest", "selfishness", "self-regard" ], "near antonyms":[ "contentment", "fulfillment", "fulfilment", "gratification", "satisfaction", "bounteousness", "bountifulness", "bounty", "charity", "generosity", "generousness", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "magnanimity", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "unselfishness", "altruism", "selflessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }