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], "near synonyms":[ "bob", "dangle", "suspend", "buoy", "balloon", "raft" ], "near antonyms":[ "dive", "lunge", "plunge", "dip", "immerse", "submerge", "submerse" ], "antonyms":[ "settle", "sink" ] }, "a journey over water in a vessel":{ "examples":[ "we went for a brief sail on the bay to relax" ], "synonyms":[ "crossing", "cruise", "passage", "voyage" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sail into":{ "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "examples":[ "The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong." ], "synonyms":[ "abuse", "assail", "attack", "bash", "belabor", "blast", "castigate", "excoriate", "jump (on)", "lambaste", "lambast", "potshot", "savage", "scathe", "slam", "trash", "vituperate" ], "near synonyms":[ "berate", "harangue", "harass", "harry", "revile", "scold", "whip", "blaspheme", "curse", "execrate", "imprecate", "profane", "affront", "insult", "slur", "asperse", "bad-mouth", "belittle", "blackguard", "disparage", "put down", "libel", "slander", "traduce", "vilify", "chastise", "chide", "criticize", "lace (into)", "rebuke", "reprimand", "fulminate", "lash (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "commend", "compliment", "hail", "laud", "praise" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to start work on energetically":{ "examples":[ "The students sailed into the new assignment right away." ], "synonyms":[ "attack", "dive (into)", "tackle", "wade (in or into)" ], "near synonyms":[ "address", "approach", "face", "buckle (down to)", "concentrate (on)", "focus (on)", "knuckle down (to)", "zero (in on)", "fall (to)", "pitch in", "plunge (in)", "settle (down)", "pursue", "take up", "undertake" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "evade", "shun", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "fiddle (around)", "fool", "idle", "lag", "mess", "monkey (around)", "play", "poke", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "sailer":{ "as in yacht , ketch":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brigantine", "bugeye", "ca\u00efque", "caravel", "catamaran", "catboat", "cat rig", "clipper", "corvette", "cutter", "frigate", "galleon", "galley", "junk", "keelboat", "ketch", "knockabout", "lugger", "outrigger", "pinnace", "piragua", "schooner", "shallop", "sharpie", "sharpy", "sloop", "square-rigger", "xebec", "yacht", "yawl", "bark", "dinghy", "sailboat", "windjammer", "bottom", "craft", "vessel" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailed":{ "to travel on water in a vessel":{ "examples":[ "I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily" ], "synonyms":[ "boated", "cruised", "ferried", "navigated", "shipped (out)", "voyaged" ], "near synonyms":[ "canoed", "kayaked", "yachted", "coasted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "examples":[ "sailed through the latest assignment" ], "synonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "brushed", "coasted", "cruised", "drifted", "flowed", "glided", "rolled", "skimmed", "slid", "slipped", "streamed", "swept", "whisked" ], "near synonyms":[ "flew", "raced", "rushed", "sped", "speeded" ], "near antonyms":[ "limped", "lumbered", "plodded", "stumbled", "trudged", "shambled", "shuffled", "stamped", "stomped", "stumped", "tramped", "labored", "toiled" ], "antonyms":[ "floundered", "struggled" ] }, "to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{ "examples":[ "a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze" ], "synonyms":[ "drifted", "floated", "glided", "hovered", "hung", "hanged", "poised", "rode", "rid", "swam", "wafted" ], "near synonyms":[ "bobbed", "dangled", "suspended", "buoyed", "ballooned", "rafted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dived", "dove", "lunged", "plunged", "dipped", "immersed", "submerged", "submersed" ], "antonyms":[ "sank", "sunk", "settled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "saintship":{ "the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{ "examples":[ "a man who always maintained that his mother's saintship was beyond question" ], "synonyms":[ "blessedness", "devoutness", "godliness", "holiness", "piety", "piousness", "sainthood", "saintliness", "sanctity" ], "near synonyms":[ "asceticism", "devotion", "morality", "prayerfulness", "religiousness", "spirituality", "priestliness", "goodness", "rectitude", "righteousness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness", "consecration", "sacredness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemousness", "irreverence", "sacrilegiousness", "depravedness", "depravity", "evilness", "heinousness", "monstrosity", "sinfulness", "vileness", "wickedness", "hypocrisy", "sanctimoniousness", "sanctimony" ], "antonyms":[ "godlessness", "impiety", "ungodliness", "unholiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailboat":{ "a boat equipped with one or more sails":{ "examples":[ "we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again" ], "synonyms":[ "bark", "dinghy", "windjammer" ], "near synonyms":[ "bugeye", "brigantine", "ca\u00efque", "caravel", "catamaran", "catboat", "cat rig", "clipper", "corvette", "cutter", "frigate", "galleon", "galley", "junk", "keelboat", "ketch", "knockabout", "lugger", "outrigger", "pinnace", "piragua", "sailer", "schooner", "shallop", "sharpie", "sharpy", "ship", "sloop", "square-rigger", "xebec", "yacht", "yawl", "bottom", "craft", "vessel" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sails into":{ "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "examples":[ "The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong." ], "synonyms":[ "abuses", "assails", "attacks", "bashes", "belabors", "blasts", "castigates", "excoriates", "jumps (on)", "lambastes", "lambasts", "potshots", "savages", "scathes", "slams", "trashes", "vituperates" ], "near synonyms":[ "berates", "harangues", "harasses", "harries", "reviles", "scolds", "whips", "blasphemes", "curses", "execrates", "imprecates", "profanes", "affronts", "insults", "slurs", "asperses", "bad-mouths", "belittles", "blackguards", "disparages", "puts down", "libels", "slanders", "traduces", "vilifies", "chastises", "chides", "criticizes", "laces (into)", "rebukes", "reprimands", "fulminates", "lashes (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaims", "commends", "compliments", "hails", "lauds", "praises" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to start work on energetically":{ "examples":[ "The students sailed into the new assignment right away." ], "synonyms":[ "attacks", "dives (into)", "tackles", "wades (in or into)" ], "near synonyms":[ "addresses", "approaches", "faces", "buckles (down to)", "concentrates (on)", "focuses (on)", "focusses (on)", "knuckles down (to)", "zeroes (in on)", "falls (to)", "pitches in", "plunges (in)", "settles (down)", "pursues", "takes up", "undertakes" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "evades", "shuns", "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "fiddles (around)", "fools", "idles", "lags", "messes", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "pokes", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "sailor":{ "one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{ "examples":[ "the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage" ], "synonyms":[ "gob", "hearty", "jack", "jack-tar", "mariner", "navigator", "salt", "sea dog", "seafarer", "seaman", "shipman", "swab", "swabbie", "swabby", "tar" ], "near synonyms":[ "coxswain", "crewman", "deckhand", "shipmate", "able-bodied seaman", "able seaman", "lubber", "powerboater", "sailboater", "lime-juicer", "limey" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sainthood":{ "the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{ "examples":[ "because of his years of dedicated service to the church, they considered him a perfect example of sainthood" ], "synonyms":[ "blessedness", "devoutness", "godliness", "holiness", "piety", "piousness", "saintliness", "saintship", "sanctity" ], "near synonyms":[ "asceticism", "devotion", "morality", "prayerfulness", "religiousness", "spirituality", "priestliness", "goodness", "rectitude", "righteousness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness", "consecration", "sacredness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemousness", "irreverence", "sacrilegiousness", "depravedness", "depravity", "evilness", "heinousness", "monstrosity", "sinfulness", "vileness", "wickedness", "hypocrisy", "sanctimoniousness", "sanctimony" ], "antonyms":[ "godlessness", "impiety", "ungodliness", "unholiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "saintliness":{ "the quality or state of being spiritually pure or virtuous":{ "examples":[ "true saintliness requires utter selflessness and devotion to others" ], "synonyms":[ "blessedness", "devoutness", "godliness", "holiness", "piety", "piousness", "sainthood", "saintship", "sanctity" ], "near synonyms":[ "asceticism", "devotion", "morality", "prayerfulness", "religiousness", "spirituality", "priestliness", "goodness", "rectitude", "righteousness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness", "consecration", "sacredness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemousness", "irreverence", "sacrilegiousness", "depravedness", "depravity", "evilness", "heinousness", "monstrosity", "sinfulness", "vileness", "wickedness", "hypocrisy", "sanctimoniousness", "sanctimony" ], "antonyms":[ "godlessness", "impiety", "ungodliness", "unholiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailed into":{ "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "examples":[ "The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong." ], "synonyms":[ "abused", "assailed", "attacked", "bashed", "belabored", "blasted", "castigated", "excoriated", "jumped (on)", "lambasted", "potshot", "savaged", "scathed", "slammed", "trashed", "vituperated" ], "near synonyms":[ "berated", "harangued", "harassed", "harried", "reviled", "scolded", "whipped", "blasphemed", "cursed", "execrated", "imprecated", "profaned", "affronted", "insulted", "slurred", "aspersed", "bad-mouthed", "belittled", "blackguarded", "disparaged", "put down", "libeled", "libelled", "slandered", "traduced", "vilified", "chastised", "chid", "chided", "criticized", "laced (into)", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "fulminated", "lashed (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaimed", "commended", "complimented", "hailed", "lauded", "praised" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to start work on energetically":{ "examples":[ "The students sailed into the new assignment right away." ], "synonyms":[ "attacked", "dived (into)", "dove (into)", "tackled", "waded (in or into)" ], "near synonyms":[ "addressed", "approached", "faced", "buckled (down to)", "concentrated (on)", "focused (on)", "focussed (on)", "knuckled down (to)", "zeroed (in on)", "fell (to)", "pitched in", "plunged (in)", "settled (down)", "pursued", "took up", "undertook" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "evaded", "shunned", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "idled", "lagged", "messed", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "poked", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "sailing":{ "as in hanging , gliding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "awash", "drifting", "gliding", "hanging", "hovering", "poised", "wafting", "free-floating", "buoyant", "floaty", "unsinkable", "afloat", "floating" ], "near antonyms":[ "sinking", "sunk", "aground", "high and dry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to travel on water in a vessel":{ "examples":[ "I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily" ], "synonyms":[ "boating", "cruising", "ferrying", "navigating", "shipping (out)", "voyaging" ], "near synonyms":[ "canoeing", "kayaking", "yachting", "coasting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "examples":[ "sailed through the latest assignment" ], "synonyms":[ "bowling", "breezing", "brushing", "coasting", "cruising", "drifting", "flowing", "gliding", "rolling", "skimming", "sliding", "slipping", "streaming", "sweeping", "whisking" ], "near synonyms":[ "flying", "racing", "rushing", "speeding" ], "near antonyms":[ "limping", "lumbering", "plodding", "stumbling", "trudging", "shambling", "shuffling", "stamping", "stomping", "stumping", "tramping", "laboring", "toiling" ], "antonyms":[ "floundering", "struggling" ] }, "to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{ "examples":[ "a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze" ], "synonyms":[ "drifting", "floating", "gliding", "hanging", "hovering", "poising", "riding", "swimming", "wafting" ], "near synonyms":[ "bobbing", "dangling", "suspending", "buoying", "ballooning", "rafting" ], "near antonyms":[ "diving", "lunging", "plunging", "dipping", "immersing", "submerging", "submersing" ], "antonyms":[ "settling", "sinking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sailboats":{ "a boat equipped with one or more sails":{ "examples":[ "we were stuck in the sailboat for an hour until the wind came up and we could move again" ], "synonyms":[ "barks", "dinghies", "windjammers" ], "near synonyms":[ "brigantines", "bugeyes", "ca\u00efques", "caravels", "catamarans", "catboats", "cat rigs", "clippers", "corvettes", "cutters", "frigates", "galleons", "galleys", "junk", "keelboats", "ketches", "knockabouts", "luggers", "outriggers", "pinnaces", "piraguas", "sailers", "schooners", "shallops", "sharpies", "ships", "sloops", "square-riggers", "xebecs", "yachts", "yawls", "bottoms", "crafts", "vessels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sails":{ "to travel on water in a vessel":{ "examples":[ "I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily" ], "synonyms":[ "boats", "cruises", "ferries", "navigates", "ships (out)", "voyages" ], "near synonyms":[ "canoes", "kayaks", "yachts", "coasts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "examples":[ "sailed through the latest assignment" ], "synonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "brushes", "coasts", "cruises", "drifts", "flows", "glides", "rolls", "skims", "slides", "slips", "streams", "sweeps", "whisks" ], "near synonyms":[ "flies", "races", "rushes", "speeds" ], "near antonyms":[ "limps", "lumbers", "plods", "stumbles", "trudges", "shambles", "shuffles", "stamps", "stomps", "stumps", "tramps", "labors", "toils" ], "antonyms":[ "flounders", "struggles" ] }, "to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{ "examples":[ "a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze" ], "synonyms":[ "drifts", "floats", "glides", "hangs", "hovers", "poises", "rides", "swims", "wafts" ], "near synonyms":[ "bobs", "dangles", "suspends", "buoys", "balloons", "rafts" ], "near antonyms":[ "dives", "lunges", "plunges", "dips", "immerses", "submerges", "submerses" ], "antonyms":[ "settles", "sinks" ] }, "a journey over water in a vessel":{ "examples":[ "we went for a brief sail on the bay to relax" ], "synonyms":[ "crossings", "cruises", "passages", "voyages" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sainted":{ "showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue":{ "examples":[ "renowned as theologian as well as for his work as medical missionary in Africa, Dr. Albert Schweitzer was widely regarded as one of the most sainted individuals of his time" ], "synonyms":[ "devout", "godly", "holy", "pious", "religious", "saintly" ], "near synonyms":[ "ascetic", "ascetical", "prayerful", "reverent", "reverential", "spiritual", "worshipful", "pietistic", "religiose", "beatified", "blessed", "blest", "canonized", "venerable", "angelic", "angelical", "cherubic", "chaste", "moral", "pure", "righteous", "upright", "virtuous" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemous", "desecrating", "irreverent", "profanatory", "profane", "sacrilegious", "nonreligious", "secular", "unspiritual", "worldly", "backsliding", "unfaithful", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "sinful", "sinning", "unrighteous", "wicked" ], "antonyms":[ "antireligious", "faithless", "godless", "impious", "irreligious", "ungodly", "unholy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sailors":{ "one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel":{ "examples":[ "the sailors were glad to be arriving in port after their long voyage" ], "synonyms":[ "gobs", "hearties", "jacks", "jack-tars", "mariners", "navigators", "salts", "sea dogs", "seafarers", "seamen", "shipmen", "swabbies", "swabs", "tars" ], "near synonyms":[ "coxswains", "crewmen", "deckhands", "shipmates", "able-bodied seamen", "able seamen", "lubbers", "powerboaters", "sailboaters", "lime-juicers", "limeys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "said uncle":{ "to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{ "examples":[ "The child begged for the toy so much that her parents finally cried uncle and bought it for Christmas." ], "synonyms":[ "blinked", "bowed", "budged", "capitulated", "conceded", "gave in", "knuckled under", "quit", "quitted", "relented", "submitted", "succumbed", "surrendered", "yielded" ], "near 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"scoundrel", "varlet", "villain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "said":{ "mentioned previously":{ "examples":[ "with said guidebook in hand, we set off to explore the city" ], "synonyms":[ "aforementioned", "aforesaid", "foregoing", "forenamed" ], "near synonyms":[ "above", "such", "antecedent", "anterior", "precedent", "preceding", "prior", "introductory", "preliminary", "erstwhile", "former", "whilom" ], "near antonyms":[ "below", "ensuing", "following", "subsequent", "succeeding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{ "examples":[ "why don't you just say what's on your mind?" ], "synonyms":[ "articulated", "brought out", "enunciated", "passed", "spoke", "stated", "talked", "told", "uttered", "verbalized", "vocalized" ], "near synonyms":[ "aired", "discussed", "gave", "looked", "shared", "sounded", "vented", "ventilated", "voiced", "blabbered", "blurted", "bolted", "got off", "shot", "advertised", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "declared", "posted", "proclaimed", "promulgated", "publicized", "published", "affirmed", "alleged", "asserted", "averred", "avouched", "avowed", "breathed", "chirped", "drawled", "gasped", "lipped", "mouthed", "murmured", "purred", "shouted", "spluttered", "spouted", "whispered", "clothed", "clad", "couched", "formulated", "formulized", "phrased", "put", "worded", "commented", "piped up (with)", "remarked", "ripped (out)", "snarled" ], "near antonyms":[ "stifled", "suppressed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to convey in appropriate or telling terms":{ "examples":[ "I'm not quite sure how to say this, but that's the worst essay I've ever read" ], "synonyms":[ "articulated", "clothed", "clad", "couched", "expressed", "formulated", "phrased", "put", "stated", "worded" ], "near synonyms":[ "crafted", "framed", "hinted", "implied", "insinuated", "intimated", "suggested", "paraphrased", "rephrased", "restated", "reworded", "summarized", "translated", "communicated", "disclosed", "spoke", "talked", "told", "uttered", "verbalized", "vocalized", "described", "rendered", "wrote up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give from memory":{ "examples":[ "say your prayers" ], "synonyms":[ "recited", "reeled off", "repeated" ], "near synonyms":[ "conned", "learned", "memorized", "studied", "declaimed", "mouthed", "orated", "spoke" ], "near antonyms":[ "read" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to take as true or as a fact without actual proof":{ "examples":[ "let's say , for the sake of argument, that this is true" ], "synonyms":[ "assumed", "hypothecated", "hypothesized", "postulated", "premised", "presumed", "presupposed", "supposed" ], "near synonyms":[ "accepted", "believed", "credited", "swallowed", "concluded", "deduced", "gathered", "inferred", "judged", "took", "conjectured", "figured", "guessed", "reckoned", "surmised", "suspected", "suspicioned", "thought", "conceived", "dreamed", "dreamt", "fancied", "imagined", "perceived", "preconceived", "speculated", "theorized", "affirmed", "alleged", "asserted", "averred", "avouched", "avowed", "claimed", "contended", "declared", "insisted", "maintained", "professed" ], "near antonyms":[ "challenged", "controverted", "disagreed (with)", "disbelieved", "discounted", "discredited", "disputed", "distrusted", "doubted", "mistrusted", "questioned", "wondered (about)", "denied", "disavowed", "disclaimed", "disowned", "rejected", "repudiated", "belied", "confuted", "disproved", "rebutted", "refuted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sailboater":{ "as in powerboater":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "powerboater", "able-bodied seaman", "able seaman", "lubber", "lime-juicer", "limey", "coxswain", "crewman", "deckhand", "shipmate", "gob", "hearty", "jack", "jack-tar", "mariner", "navigator", "sailor", "salt", "sea dog", "seafarer", "seaman", "shipman", "swab", "swabbie", "swabby", "tar" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "saints":{ "as in cherubs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cherubs", "cherubim", "babes", "colts", "cubs", "fledglings", "greenhorns", "ingenues", "ing\u00e9nues", "na\u00effs", "naifs", "newbies", "tenderfeet", "tenderfoots", "virgins", "softies", "weaklings", "wimps", "angels", "doves", "innocents", "lambs", "sheep", "dupes", "pigeons", "saps", "suckers" ], "near antonyms":[ "wolves", "bullies", "roughnecks", "rowdies", "toughs", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "slobs", "sharks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "devils", "knaves", "miscreants", "no-goods", "rapscallions", "rascals", "reprobates", "rogues", "scalawags", "scallywags", "scamps", "scoundrels", "varlets", "villains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailplane":{ "as in glider":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "glider", "biplane", "lightplane", "tilt-rotor", "towplane", "trimotor", "triplane", "amphibian", "seaplane", "bomber", "fighter", "jump jet", "torpedo bomber", "warplane", "aerospace plane", "rocket plane", "jet", "jetliner", "superjet", "supersonic", "supersonic transport", "trijet", "turbojet", "turboprop", "freighter", "tanker", "aerodyne", "aircraft", "air-cushion vehicle", "airframe", "airship", "ship", "tractor", "airliner", "air taxi", "liner" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "saintly":{ "showing a devotion to God and to a life of virtue":{ "examples":[ "a saintly man who devoted his life to caring for the dying" ], "synonyms":[ "devout", "godly", "holy", "pious", "religious", "sainted" ], "near synonyms":[ "ascetic", "ascetical", "prayerful", "reverent", "reverential", "spiritual", "worshipful", "pietistic", "religiose", "beatified", "blessed", "blest", "canonized", "venerable", "angelic", "angelical", "cherubic", "chaste", "moral", "pure", "righteous", "upright", "virtuous" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasphemous", "desecrating", "irreverent", "profanatory", "profane", "sacrilegious", "nonreligious", "secular", "unspiritual", "worldly", "backsliding", "unfaithful", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "sinful", "sinning", "unrighteous", "wicked" ], "antonyms":[ "antireligious", "faithless", "godless", "impious", "irreligious", "ungodly", "unholy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sailboaters":{ "as in powerboaters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "powerboaters", "able-bodied seamen", "able seamen", "lubbers", "lime-juicers", "limeys", "coxswains", "crewmen", "deckhands", "shipmates", "gobs", "hearties", "jacks", "jack-tars", "mariners", "navigators", "sailors", "salts", "sea dogs", "seafarers", "seamen", "shipmen", "swabbies", "swabs", "tars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailplanes":{ "as in gliders":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gliders", "biplanes", "lightplanes", "tilt-rotors", "towplanes", "trimotors", "triplanes", "amphibians", "seaplanes", "bombers", "fighters", "jump jets", "torpedo bombers", "warplanes", "aerospace planes", "rocket planes", "jetliners", "jets", "superjets", "supersonics", "supersonic transports", "trijets", "turbojets", "turboprops", "freighters", "tankers", "aerodynes", "aircraft", "air-cushion vehicles", "airframes", "airships", "ships", "tractors", "airliners", "air taxis", "liners" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailers":{ "as in yachts , ketches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brigantines", "bugeyes", "ca\u00efques", "caravels", "catamarans", "catboats", "cat rigs", "clippers", "corvettes", "cutters", "frigates", "galleons", "galleys", "junk", "keelboats", "ketches", "knockabouts", "luggers", "outriggers", "pinnaces", "piraguas", "schooners", "shallops", "sharpies", "sloops", "square-riggers", "xebecs", "yachts", "yawls", "barks", "dinghies", "sailboats", "windjammers", "bottoms", "crafts", "vessels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sailing into":{ "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "examples":[ "The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong." ], "synonyms":[ "abusing", "assailing", "attacking", "bashing", "belaboring", "blasting", "castigating", "excoriating", "jumping (on)", "lambasting", "potshotting", "savaging", "scathing", "slamming", "trashing", "vituperating" ], "near synonyms":[ "berating", "haranguing", "harassing", "harrying", "reviling", "scolding", "whipping", "blaspheming", "cursing", "execrating", "imprecating", "profaning", "affronting", "insulting", "slurring", "aspersing", "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "blackguarding", "disparaging", "putting down", "libeling", "libelling", "slandering", "traducing", "vilifying", "chastising", "chiding", "criticizing", "lacing (into)", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "fulminating", "lashing (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "commending", "complimenting", "hailing", "lauding", "praising" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to start work on energetically":{ "examples":[ "The students sailed into the new assignment right away." ], "synonyms":[ "attacking", "diving (into)", "tackling", "wading (in or into)" ], "near synonyms":[ "addressing", "approaching", "facing", "buckling (down to)", "concentrating (on)", "focusing (on)", "focussing (on)", "knuckling down (to)", "zeroing (in on)", "falling (to)", "pitching in", "plunging (in)", "settling (down)", "pursuing", "taking up", "undertaking" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "evading", "shunning", "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "fiddling (around)", "fooling", "idling", "lagging", "messing", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "poking", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] } }