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"parti-colored", "piebald", "pied", "pinto", "flecked", "specked", "speckled", "spotted", "banded", "barred", "brindled", "brindle", "streaked", "striated", "bichrome", "bicolored", "bicolor", "dichromatic", "trichromatic", "tricolor", "tricolored", "two-tone", "two-toned" ], "near antonyms":[ "achromatic", "bleached", "decolorized", "faded", "washed-out", "dull", "faint", "gray", "grey", "neutral", "pale", "pallid", "unbrilliant" ], "antonyms":[ "colorless", "monochromatic", "monochromic", "monotone", "self-colored", "solid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multipart":{ "as in mixed , heterogeneous":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "composite", "compound", "heterogeneous", "mixed", "multibranched", "multifaceted", "multifarious", "varied", "baroque", "byzantine", "complex", "complicate", "complicated", "convoluted", "daedal", "elaborate", "intricate", "involute", "involved", "knotty", "labyrinthian", "labyrinthine", "sophisticated", "tangled", "overcomplex", "overcomplicated", "challenging", "difficult", "tough", "impenetrable", "incomprehensible", "inexplicable", "Kafkaesque", "unfathomable", "unintelligible" ], "near antonyms":[ "oversimplified", "simplified", "simplistic", "homogeneous", "uniform", "unvaried", "noncomplex", "noncomplicated", "plain", "simple", "uncomplicated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multiplex":{ "being of a large but indefinite number":{ "examples":[ "would sometimes experience multiplex moods in the course of a single day" ], "synonyms":[ "beaucoup", "legion", "many", "multifold", "multiple", "multitudinous", "numerous" ], "near synonyms":[ "countless", "innumerable", "numberless", "uncountable", "unnumbered", "untold", "several", "some", "miscellaneous", "mixed", "sundry", "various", "divers", "manifold", "multifarious", "myriad" ], "near antonyms":[ "countable", "limited" ], "antonyms":[ "few" ] }, "as in megaplex , plex":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "megaplex", "plex", 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"boomed", "jumped", "skyrocketed", "spiked", "bumped (up)", "ratcheted (up)", "racheted (up)", "blew up", "dilated", "distended", "inflated", "drew out", "elongated", "fleshed (out)", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "stretched", "developed", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "magnified", "complemented", "supplemented", "beefed (up)", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "maximized", "accumulated", "amassed", "collected", "followed up", "parlayed" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "shortened", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "cut back", "retrenched" ], "antonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "diminished", "downsized", "dwindled", "lessened", "lowered", "minified", "reduced", "subtracted (from)" ] }, "to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{ "examples":[ "with each attempt the problems multiplied" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerated", "accumulated", "appreciated", "ballooned", "boomed", "built 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], "synonyms":[ "accelerates", "accumulates", "appreciates", "balloons", "booms", "builds up", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "climbs", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "gains", "increases", "mounts", "mushrooms", "proliferates", "rises", "rolls up", "snowballs", "spreads", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "to bring forth offspring":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bears", "begets", "engenders", "genders", "generates", "gets", "has", "mothers", "parents", "produces", "sires", "hatches", "spawns" ], "synonyms":[ "breeds", "procreates", "propagates", "reproduces" ] }, "to make greater in size, amount, or number":{ "antonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "diminishes", "downsizes", "dwindles", "lessens", "lowers", "minifies", "reduces", "subtracts (from)" ], "examples":[ "the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviates", "abridges", "curtails", "shortens", "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "cuts back", "retrenches" ], "related":[ "booms", "jumps", "skyrockets", "spikes", "bumps (up)", "ratchets (up)", "rachets (up)", "blows up", "dilates", "distends", "inflates", "draws out", "elongates", "fleshes (out)", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "stretches", "develops", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "magnifies", "complements", "supplements", "beefs (up)", "reinforces", "reenforces", "strengthens", "maximizes", "accumulates", "amasses", "collects", "follows up", "parlays" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerates", "adds (to)", "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "boosts", "builds up", "compounds", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "extends", "hypes", "increases", "pumps up", "raises", "stokes", "supersizes", "swells", "ups" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "multitalented":{ "as in well-rounded , multiskilled":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "multiskilled", "well-rounded", "adaptable", "all-around", "all-round", "protean", "universal", "versatile", "general-purpose", "mixed-use", "multipurpose", "adroit", "clever", "deft", "dexterous", "dextrous", "handy", "slick", "sure-handed", "able", "ace", "adept", "experienced", "expert", "masterful", "proficient", "skilled", "skillful", "accomplished", "compleat", "complete", "consummate", "crack", "crackerjack", "good", "great", "master", "masterly", "practiced", "practised", "professed", "versed", "veteran", "virtuoso", "educated", "knowledgeable", "schooled", "taught", "trained", "tutored", "adjustable", "alterable", "changeable", "elastic", "flexible", "fluid", "malleable", "modifiable", "plastic", "pliable", "pliant", "supple", "variable" ], "near antonyms":[ "limited", "amateur", "inexperienced", "amateurish", "inexpert", "jackleg", "unprofessional", "unseasoned", "unskilled", "unskillful", "talentless", "ungifted", "untalented", "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "unable", "unfit", "unfitted", "unqualified", "weak" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multitude":{ "a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{ "examples":[ "awed by the multitude of stars in the night sky" ], "synonyms":[ "army", "bike", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "drove", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mass", "mob", "press", "rout", "scrum", "swarm", "throng" ], "near synonyms":[ "masses", "millions", "rabble", "rabblement", "riffraff", "gaggle", "heap", "mountain", "pile", "jam", "logjam" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the body of the community as contrasted with the elite":{ "examples":[ "the nation's idle rich frolicked while the multitude starved" ], "synonyms":[ "commoners", "commons", "crowd", "herd", "hoi polloi", "mass", "millions", "mob", "people", "plebeians", "plebs", "populace", "public", "rank and file" ], "near synonyms":[ "cattle", "proletariat", "rabble", "rabblement", "ragtag and bobtail", "riffraff", "rout", "scum", "tag, rag, and bobtail", "tagrag and bobtail", "trash", "unwashed", "bourgeoisie", "middle class" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentility", "gentlefolk", "gentlefolks", "gentry", "haute monde", "nobility", "patriciate", "peerage", "quality", "royalty", "society" ], "antonyms":[ "A-list", "aristocracy", "best", "choice", "corps d'elite", "cream", "elect", "elite", "fat", "flower", "pick", "pink", "pride", "upper crust" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "multiple sclerosis":{ "as in cerebral palsy , poliomyelitis":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cerebral palsy", "poliomyelitis", "palsy", "paralysis", "debilitation", "debility", "decrepitude", "enfeeblement", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "weakness", "infirmity", "lameness", "disability", "impairment", "diplegia", "hemiplegia", "paraplegia", "paresis", "quadriplegia", "spastic paralysis" ], "near antonyms":[ "mobility", "motility", "sensation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "multiyear":{ "as in multiday":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "multiday", "all-day", "all-night", "permanent", "longish", "overlong", "prolonged", "protracted", "aeonian", "aeonic", "endless", "everlasting", "interminable", "persistent", "extended", "far", "great", "lengthy", "long", "long-drawn-out", "long-drawn", "long-lived", "long-term", "marathon" ], "near antonyms":[ "brief", "little", "mini", "short", "shortish", "short-lived", "short-term", "abrupt", "sudden", "abbreviated", "condensed", "curtailed", "shortened", "ephemeral", "fleeting", "momentary", "transient", "transitory", "impermanent", "short-range" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mulls (over)":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "mull over the idea for a while and then let me know" ], "synonyms":[ "chews over", "cogitates", "considers", "contemplates", "debates", "deliberates", "entertains", "eyes", "kicks around", "meditates", "perpends", "ponders", "pores (over)", "questions", "revolves", "ruminates", "studies", "thinks (about or over)", "turns", "weighs", "wrestles 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"short-lived", "short-term", "abrupt", "sudden", "abbreviated", "condensed", "curtailed", "shortened", "ephemeral", "fleeting", "momentary", "transient", "transitory", "impermanent", "short-range" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multiplicity":{ "a considerable amount":{ "examples":[ "a multiplicity of suggestions for turning the company around" ], "synonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "basketful", "boatload", "bucket", "bunch", "bundle", "bushel", "carload", "chunk", "deal", "dozen", "fistful", "gobs", "good deal", "heap", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[ "atom", "crumb", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "fragment", "grain", "granule", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "mote", "nubbin", "particle", "ray", "scintilla", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit", "smatter", "smattering", "dash", "drop", "morsel", "shot", "piece", "portion", "section", "absence", "dearth", "famine", "lack", "paucity", "poverty", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want", "deficiency", "deficit", "inadequacy", "insufficiency", "meagerness", "scantiness", "scantness", "skimpiness" ], "antonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "handful", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "mouthful", "nip", "ounce", "peanuts", "pinch", "pittance", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "speck", "spot", "sprinkle", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "taste", "touch", "trace" ] }, "the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{ "examples":[ "Shakespeare's works seem to encompass the full multiplicity of human experience" ], "synonyms":[ "assortment", "diverseness", "diversity", "heterogeneity", "heterogeneousness", "manifoldness", "miscellaneousness", "multifariousness", "variety", "variousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "disparateness", "disparity", "dissimilarity", "distinction", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "otherness", "unlikeness" ], "near antonyms":[ "homogeneity", "homogeneousness", "likeness", "sameness", "similarity", "fewness", "paucity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "multiply":{ "to bring forth offspring":{ "examples":[ "rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity" ], "synonyms":[ "breed", "procreate", "propagate", "reproduce" ], "near synonyms":[ "bear", "beget", "engender", "gender", "generate", "get", "have", "mother", "parent", "produce", "sire", "hatch", "spawn" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make greater in size, amount, or number":{ "examples":[ "the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerate", "add (to)", "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "build up", "compound", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "extend", "hype", "increase", "pump up", "raise", "stoke", "supersize", "swell", "up" ], "near synonyms":[ "boom", "jump", "skyrocket", "spike", "bump (up)", "ratchet (up)", "rachet (up)", "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "draw out", "elongate", "flesh (out)", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "stretch", "develop", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "magnify", "complement", "supplement", "beef (up)", "reinforce", "reenforce", "strengthen", "maximize", "accumulate", "amass", "collect", "follow up", "parlay" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviate", "abridge", "curtail", "shorten", "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "cut back", "retrench" ], "antonyms":[ "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "diminish", "downsize", "dwindle", "lessen", "lower", "minify", "reduce", "subtract (from)" ] }, "to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{ "examples":[ "with each attempt the problems multiplied" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerate", "accumulate", "appreciate", "balloon", "boom", "build up", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "climb", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "gain", "increase", "mount", "mushroom", "proliferate", "rise", "roll up", "snowball", "spread", "swell", "wax" ], "near synonyms":[ "jump", "rocket", "skyrocket", "surge", "heighten", "intensify", "redouble", "blow up", "bulk", "distend", "inflate", "puff (up)", "crescendo", "crest", "peak" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contract", "decrease", "diminish", "dwindle", "lessen", "recede", "wane" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "multimillionaires":{ "as in billionaires , millionaires":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "billionaires", "gazillionaires", "millionaires", "multibillionaires", "zillionaires", "capitalists", "Croesuses", "deep pockets", "fat cats", "haves", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrats", "silk stockings", "moneymakers", "money-spinners", "magnates", "nabobs", "tycoons", "heiresses", "heirs", "jet-setters", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankrupts", "beggars", "have-nots", "paupers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "multilateral":{ "involving more than two groups or countries":{ "examples":[ "a multilateral treaty/agreement" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "external", "international", "multiculti", "multicultural", "multinational", "alien", "foreign", "nonnative", "strange", "imported", "introduced", "naturalized", "transplanted", "foreign-born", "nonindigenous", "distant", "far-off", "overseas", "remote" ], "near antonyms":[ "endemic", "local", "aboriginal", "indigenous", "domestic", "native" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multimillionaire":{ "as in billionaire , millionaire":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "billionaire", "gazillionaire", "millionaire", "multibillionaire", "zillionaire", "capitalist", "Croesus", "deep pocket", "fat cat", "have", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrat", "silk stocking", "moneymaker", "money-spinner", "magnate", "nabob", "tycoon", "heir", "heiress", "jet-setter", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankrupt", "beggar", "have-not", "pauper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "multibillionaires":{ "as in billionaires , multimillionaires":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "billionaires", "gazillionaires", "millionaires", "multimillionaires", "multi-millionaires", "zillionaires", "capitalists", "Croesuses", "deep pockets", "fat cats", "haves", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrats", "silk stockings", "moneymakers", "money-spinners", "magnates", "nabobs", "tycoons", "heiresses", "heirs", "jet-setters", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankrupts", "beggars", "have-nots", "paupers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mulcting":{ "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bilking", "bleeding", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "chousing", "conning", "cozening", "defrauding", "diddling", "doing", "doing in", "euchring", "fiddling", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "gaffing", "hosing", "hustling", "nobbling", "plucking", "reaming", "ripping off", "rooking", "screwing", "shaking down", "shortchanging", "shorting", "skinning", "skunking", "squeezing", "sticking", "stiffing", "stinging", "suckering", "swindling", "thimblerigging", "victimizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorting", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "clipping", "gouging", "nicking", "overcharging", "soaking", "exploiting", "milking", "deceiving", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "tricking", "roping (in)", "betraying", "bitching", "double-crossing", "bamboozling", "fast-talking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "multipurpose":{ "having more than one use or purpose":{ "examples":[ "multipurpose furniture", "The band practiced in the school's multipurpose room." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "general-purpose", "mixed-use", "adaptable", "all-around", "all-round", "protean", "universal", "versatile", "all-around", "all-round", "all-purpose", "unrestricted", "unspecialized", "adjustable", "alterable", "changeable", "elastic", "flexible", "fluid", "malleable", "modifiable", "plastic", "pliable", "pliant", "supple", "variable" ], "near antonyms":[ "limited", "restricted", "specialized" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multiculti":{ "as in international , multicultural":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "external", "international", "multicultural", "multilateral", "multinational", "alien", "foreign", "nonnative", "strange", "imported", "introduced", "naturalized", "transplanted", "foreign-born", "nonindigenous", "distant", "far-off", "overseas", "remote" ], "near antonyms":[ "endemic", "local", "aboriginal", "indigenous", "domestic", "native" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "multiplexes":{ "as in megaplexes , plexes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "megaplexes", "plexes", "'plexes", "nickelodeons", "art houses", "art theaters", "cinematheques", "cinemas", "playhouses", "theaters", "theatres", "fleapits", "grind houses", "drive-ins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "muliebrity":{ "the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of women":{ "examples":[ "with her warm hospitality and graceful manners, she demonstrated a refined 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"rise" ], "near antonyms":[ "abatement", "compressing", "compression", "condensation", "condensing", "constricting", "constriction", "contracting", "contraction", "diminishing", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "drop-off", "fall", "falloff", "lessening", "lowering", "reduction", "shrinkage", "shrinking", "retrenching", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "antonyms":[ "decrease" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mulling (over)":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "mull over the idea for a while and then let me know" ], "synonyms":[ "chewing over", "cogitating", "considering", "contemplating", "debating", "deliberating", "entertaining", "eyeing", "eying", "kicking around", "meditating", "perpending", "pondering", "poring (over)", "questioning", "revolving", "ruminating", "studying", "thinking (about or over)", "turning", "weighing", "wrestling (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "musing (upon)", "reflecting (on or upon)", "reminiscing", "analyzing", "exploring", "reviewing", "concluding", "reasoning", "second-guessing", "speculating (about)", "brooding (about or over)", "dwelling (on or upon)", "fixating (on or upon)", "fretting (about or over)", "obsessing (about or over)", "believing", "conceiving", "opining", "absorbing", "assimilating", "digesting", "drinking (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking", "slighting", "dismissing", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "multiplying":{ "to bring forth offspring":{ "examples":[ "rabbits multiply with proverbial rapidity" ], "synonyms":[ "breeding", "procreating", "propagating", "reproducing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearing", "begetting", "engendering", "gendering", "generating", "getting", "having", "mothering", "parenting", "producing", "siring", "hatching", "spawning" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make greater in size, amount, or number":{ "examples":[ "the booming economy multiplied the wealth of investors" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerating", "adding (to)", "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "building up", "compounding", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "extending", "hyping", "increasing", "pumping up", "raising", "stoking", "supersizing", "swelling", "upping" ], "near synonyms":[ "booming", "jumping", "skyrocketing", "spiking", "bumping (up)", "ratcheting (up)", "racheting (up)", "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "drawing out", "elongating", "fleshing (out)", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "stretching", "developing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "magnifying", "complementing", "supplementing", "beefing (up)", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "strengthening", "maximizing", "accumulating", "amassing", "collecting", "following up", "parlaying" ], "near antonyms":[ "abbreviating", "abridging", "curtailing", "shortening", "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "cutting back", "retrenching" ], "antonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "downsizing", "dwindling", "lessening", "lowering", "minifying", "reducing", "subtracting (from)" ] }, "to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{ "examples":[ "with each attempt the problems multiplied" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerating", "accumulating", "appreciating", "ballooning", "booming", "building up", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "climbing", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "gaining", "increasing", "mounting", "mushrooming", "proliferating", "rising", "rolling up", "snowballing", "spreading", "swelling", "waxing" ], "near synonyms":[ "jumping", "rocketing", "skyrocketing", "surging", "heightening", "intensifying", "redoubling", "blowing up", "bulking", "distending", "inflating", "puffing (up)", "crescendoing", "cresting", "peaking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contracting", "decreasing", "diminishing", "dwindling", "lessening", "receding", "waning" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mulcts":{ "a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{ "examples":[ "the loan shark usually imposed a mulct of an additional 20% on overdue payments" ], "synonyms":[ "damages", "fines", "forfeits", "forfeitures", "penalties" ], "near synonyms":[ "reparations", "assessments", "awards", "compensations", "indemnities" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "trying to mulct the insurance company for an accident that never happened" ], "synonyms":[ "beats", "bilks", "bleeds", "cheats", "chisels", "chouses", "cons", "cozens", "defrauds", "diddles", "does", "does in", "euchres", "fiddles", "fleeces", "flimflams", "gaffs", "hoses", "hustles", "nobbles", "plucks", "reams", "rips off", "rooks", "screws", "shakes down", "shortchanges", "shorts", "skins", "skunks", "squeezes", "sticks", "stiffs", "stings", "suckers", "swindles", "thimblerigs", "victimizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorts", "wrenches", "wrests", "wrings", "clips", "gouges", "nicks", "overcharges", "soaks", "exploits", "milks", "deceives", "dupes", "fools", "gulls", "tricks", "ropes (in)", "betrays", "bitches", "double-crosses", "bamboozles", "fast-talks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mulishness":{ "a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action":{ "examples":[ "cursed their mulishness for failing to own up to what seemed like an obvious mistake to him" ], "synonyms":[ "bullheadedness", "doggedness", "hardheadedness", "intransigence", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "obstinacy", "obstinateness", "opinionatedness", "pertinaciousness", "pertinacity", "pigheadedness", "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" ] }, "multifariousness":{ "the quality or state of being composed of many different elements or types":{ "examples":[ "the remarkable multifariousness of the conglomerate's commercial activities" ], "synonyms":[ "assortment", "diverseness", "diversity", "heterogeneity", "heterogeneousness", "manifoldness", "miscellaneousness", "multiplicity", "variety", "variousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "disparateness", "disparity", "dissimilarity", "distinction", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "otherness", "unlikeness" ], "near antonyms":[ "homogeneity", "homogeneousness", "likeness", "sameness", "similarity", "fewness", "paucity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "multimillionairess":{ "as in billionaire , millionaire":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "billionaire", "gazillionaire", "millionaire", "multibillionaire", "multimillionaire", "zillionaire", "magnate", "nabob", "tycoon", "heir", "heiress", "jet-setter", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e", "moneymaker", "money-spinner", "capitalist", "Croesus", "deep pocket", "fat cat", "have", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrat", "silk stocking" ], "near antonyms":[ "have-not", "pauper", "bankrupt", "beggar" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mulled":{ "as in reduced , pulverized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "close-grained", "comminuted", "ground", "micronized", "milled", "pestled", "pulverized", "reduced", "triturated", "filtered", "levigated", "refined", "buttery", "smooth", "velvety", "dusty", "fine", "floury", "powdery", "superfine", "ultrafine" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarse", "grained", "grainy", "granular", "granulated", "unfiltered", "unrefined", "earthy", "gravelly", "gritty", "sandy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce to fine particles":{ "examples":[ "the dentist was in the habit of mulling the mercury amalgam in the palm of his hand" ], "synonyms":[ "atomized", "beat", "brayed", "comminuted", "crushed", "disintegrated", "ground", "milled", "pounded", "powdered", "pulverized" ], "near synonyms":[ "grated", "kibbled", "crumbled", "crunched", "broke", "busted", "bust", "dashed", "fractured", "fragmented", "shattered", "smashed", "splintered", "micronized" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "multi-millionairesses":{ "as in billionaires , millionaires":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "billionaires", "gazillionaires", "millionaires", "multibillionaires", "multimillionaires", "multi-millionaires", "zillionaires", "magnates", "nabobs", "tycoons", "heiresses", "heirs", "jet-setters", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e", "moneymakers", "money-spinners", "capitalists", "Croesuses", "deep pockets", "fat cats", "haves", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrats", "silk stockings" ], "near antonyms":[ "have-nots", "paupers", "bankrupts", "beggars" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "multiplicities":{ "a considerable amount":{ "examples":[ "a multiplicity of suggestions for turning the company around" ], "synonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "basketfuls", "basketsful", "boatloads", "buckets", "bunches", "bundles", "bushels", "carloads", "chunks", "deals", "dozens", "dozen", "fistfuls", "gobs", "good deals", "heaps", "hundreds", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "myriads", "oodles", "packs", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "platefuls", "plenitudes", "plenties", "plentitudes", "potfuls", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "sheaves", "shiploads", "sights", "slews", "spates", "stacks", "stores", "tons", "truckloads", "volumes", "wads", "wealths", "yards" ], "near synonyms":[ "epidemics", "plagues", "rashes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "plethoras", "redundancies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "deluges", "floods", "overflows", "armies", "bevies", "crams", "crowds", "crushes", "droves", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "scores", "seas", "swarms", "throngs", "gazillions", "jillions", "kazillions", "millions", "million", "thousands", "trillions", "zillions" ], "near antonyms":[ "atoms", "crumbs", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "fragments", "grains", "granules", "iotas", "jots", "modicums", "molecules", "motes", "nubbins", "particles", "rays", "scintillas", "scraps", "shreds", "tittles", "whits", "smatterings", "smatters", "dashes", "drops", "morsels", "shots", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "absences", "dearths", "famines", "lacks", "paucities", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants", "deficiencies", "deficits", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies" ], "antonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "handfuls", "handsful", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "mouthfuls", "nips", "ounces", "peanuts", "pinches", "pittances", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "specks", "spots", "sprinkles", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "tastes", "touches", "traces" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mule":{ "as in coyote , gunrunner":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "coyote", "gunrunner", "bootlegger", "contrabandist", "courier", "runner", "smuggler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hinny":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hinny", "jack", "jennet", "jenny", "pack animal", "ass", "burro", "donkey", "jackass", "moke" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in cross , hybrid":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cross", "crossbred", "crossbreed", "hybrid", "intercross", "mongrel", "outcross", "half-bred" ], "near antonyms":[ "full-blood", "pureblood", "purebred", "thoroughbred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mulled (over)":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "mull over the idea for a while and then let me know" ], "synonyms":[ "chewed over", "cogitated", "considered", "contemplated", "debated", "deliberated", "entertained", "eyed", "kicked around", "meditated", "perpended", "pondered", "pored (over)", "questioned", "revolved", "ruminated", "studied", "thought (about or over)", "turned", "weighed", "wrestled (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "mused (upon)", "reflected (on or upon)", "reminisced", "analyzed", "explored", "reviewed", "concluded", "reasoned", "second-guessed", "speculated (about)", "brooded (about or over)", "dwelled (on or upon)", "dwelt (on or upon)", "fixated (on or upon)", "fretted (about or over)", "obsessed (about or over)", "believed", "conceived", "opined", "absorbed", "assimilated", "digested", "drank (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked", "slighted", "dismissed", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "rejected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "multifarious":{ "being of many and various kinds":{ "examples":[ "the multifarious interests and activities in which Benjamin Franklin immersed himself" ], "synonyms":[ "divers", "manifold", "myriad" ], "near synonyms":[ "multiform", "multiple", "multiplex", "multitudinous", "heterogeneous", "heterogenous", "miscellaneous", "mixed", "sundry", "various", "different", "diverse", "unlike", "varied" ], "near antonyms":[ "homogeneous", "homogenous", "monolithic", "unmixed", "unvaried", "alike", "identical", "same", "distinct", "distinctive", "individual", "separate", "alone", "lone", "only", "sole", "solitary", "singular", "unique" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }