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"menageries", "miscellanea", "miscellanies", "mishmashes", "mixed bags", "montages", "motleys", "muddles", "olios", "olla podridas", "ollas podridas", "omnium-gatherums", "pastiches", "patchwork quilts", "patchworks", "potpourris", "ragbags", "ragouts", "rummages", "salads", "salmagundis", "shuffles", "smorgasbords", "stews", "tumbles", "varieties", "welters" ] }, "to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the toddler scrambled up the stairs" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "shimmies", "shinnies", "shins", "skins", "ascends", "breasts", "free-climbs", "gets up", "mounts", "scales", "summits", "surmounts", "claws", "sprawls", "struggles" ], "synonyms":[ "clambers", "climbs", "scrabbles", "swarms" ] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "antonyms":[ "arranges", "arrays", "disposes", "draws up", "marshals", "marshalls", "orders", "organizes", "ranges", "regulates", "straightens (up)", "tidies" ], "examples":[ "scrambled the letters of the word" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligns", "alines", "lines", "lines up", "queues", "classifies", "codifies", "methodizes", "systematizes", "systemizes", "adjusts", "fixes", "grooms", "makes up", "spruces (up)", "unscrambles" ], "related":[ "embroils", "entangles", "snarls", "tangles", "agitates", "perturbs", "stirs (up)", "unsettles", "clutters" ], "synonyms":[ "confuses", "deranges", "disarranges", "disarrays", "discomposes", "dishevels", "disjoints", "dislocates", "disorders", "disorganizes", "disrupts", "disturbs", "hashes", "jumbles", "messes (up)", "mixes (up)", "muddles", "musses", "rumples", "shuffles", "tousles", "tumbles", "upsets" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrap":{ "an unused or unwanted piece or item typically of small size or value":{ "examples":[ "only a scrap of silk was left on the sewing table after they had finished the project" ], "synonyms":[ "end", "fag end", "leftover", "oddment", "remainder", "remnant", "stub" ], "near synonyms":[ "leavings", "odds and ends", "pickings", "refuse", "remains", "residual", "residue", "scraping(s)", "stump", "vestige", "balance", "rest", "chip", "flake", "fragment", "piece", "sliver", "splinter", "ribbon(s)", "shred", "tatter" ], "near antonyms":[ "whole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a broken or irregular part of something that often remains incomplete":{ "examples":[ "a scrap of paper fluttered to the floor" ], "synonyms":[ "bit", "fraction", "fragment", "piece" ], "near synonyms":[ "cantle", "shred", "tatter", "end", "leftover", "oddment", "remainder", "remnant", "stub", "portion", "section", "segment", "chip", "flake", "shard", "shatter", "shiver", "sliver", "splinter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving", "atom", "crumb", "dribble", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "mote", "nubbin", "nugget", "particle", "patch", "scruple", "snip", "snippet", "speck", "tittle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a very small piece":{ "examples":[ "brushed away a scrap of lint" ], "synonyms":[ "atom", "bit", "crumb", "dribble", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "mote", "nubbin", "nugget", "particle", "patch", "scruple", "snip", "snippet", "speck", "tittle" ], "near synonyms":[ "ace", "dab", "dash", "driblet", "drop", "fraction", "haet", "halfpenny", "ha'penny", "iota", "jot", "kenning", "lick", "minim", "mite", "modicum", "nutshell", "ounce", "pinch", "shred", "smatter", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "spot", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "taste", "touch", "trace", "whisper", "whit", "bite", "mouthful", "nibble", "tidbit", "titbit", "fragment", "part", "portion", "section", "chip", "flake", "shard", "shiver", "sliver", "splinter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving", "smithereens" ], "near antonyms":[ "chunk", "gob", "hunk", "lump", "slab", "abundance", "barrel", "bucket", "bushel", "deal", "heaps", "loads", "mass", "mountain", "peck", "pile", "pot", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "scads", "stack", "volume", "wad", "wealth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "discarded or useless material":{ "examples":[ "the rest of this stuff is just scrap , so sweep it up and throw it away" ], "synonyms":[ "chaff", "deadwood", "debris", "dreck", "drek", "dross", "dust", "effluvium", "effluvia", "garbage", "junk", "litter", "offal", "offscouring", "raffle", "refuse", "riffraff", "rubbish", "spilth", "trash", "truck", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "crud", "sewage", "slop", "swill", "wash", "detritus", "remains", "rubble", "ruins", "dump", "scrap heap", "lumber", "odds and ends", "trumpery", "flotsam", "jetsam", "wreckage", "castoff", "cull", "discard", "hand-me-down", "reject", "throwaway", "nothing", "straw", "two bits" ], "near antonyms":[ "catch", "gem", "goody", "goodie", "jewel", "pearl", "plum", "prize", "treasure", "treasure trove", "trove", "valuable", "booty", "find", "salvage" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "examples":[ "the state legislature's annual scrap over the budget" ], "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "clash", "run-in", "skirmish", "tangle", "tussle", "logomachy", "feud", "vendetta", "attack", "contention", "dissension", "dissention", "debate", "difference", "disputation", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "protestation", "affray", "fisticuffs", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "catfight" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{ "examples":[ "several drunken revelers were involved in a scrap outside of the nightclub" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "dustup", "fight", "fracas", "fray", "hassle", "scrimmage", "scrum", "scuffle", "skirmish", "struggle", "tussle" ], "near synonyms":[ "pitched battle", "rough-and-tumble", "affray", "battle royal", "brawl", "broil", "donnybrook", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "mix-up", "ruckus", "ruction", "blows", "fistfight", "fisticuffs", "grapple", "handgrips", "punch-out", "punch-up", "slugfest", "confrontation", "duel", "face-off", "joust", "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "falling-out", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "row", "spat", "squabble", "tangle", "tiff", "wrangle", "catfight" ], "near antonyms":[ "truce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brabble", "brawl", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "fight", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "row", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenge", "dare", "defy", "clash", "contend", "contest", "tangle", "cavil", "fuss", "nitpick", "consider", "debate", "discuss", "kick", "object", "protest" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexist", "get along", "accept", "agree", "assent", "concur", "consent" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "examples":[ "we've decided to scrap the second car" ], "synonyms":[ "cashier", "cast (off)", "chuck", "deep-six", "discard", "ditch", "dump", "eighty-six", "86", "exorcise", "exorcize", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "junk", "lay by", "lose", "pitch", "reject", "shed", "shuck (off)", "slough (off)", "sluff (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "toss", "unload" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandon", "abdicate", "desert", "forsake", "dismiss", "kick out", "abolish", "annihilate", "eliminate", "eradicate", "expunge", "exterminate", "extinguish", "extirpate", "liquidate", "remove", "root (out)", "stamp (out)", "wipe out" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopt", "embrace", "take on", "employ", "use", "utilize", "hold", "hold back", "keep", "retain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague" ], "synonyms":[ "abandon", "abort", "call", "call off", "cancel", "cry off", "drop", "recall", "repeal", "rescind", "revoke", "scrub" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogate", "annul", "invalidate", "nullify", "void", "write off", "recant", "retract", "take back", "withdraw", "countermand", "reverse", "roll back", "break off", "discontinue", "end", "halt", "stop", "terminate", "hold back", "interrupt", "suspend", "give up", "relinquish", "surrender" ], "near antonyms":[ "engage", "pledge", "promise", "begin", "commence", "initiate", "start", "take on", "take up", "undertake" ], "antonyms":[ "continue", "keep" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrapbook":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrape (together)":{ "as in pick up , collect":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accumulate", "acquire", "amass", "assemble", "collect", "concentrate", "garner", "gather", "pick up", "round up", "cache", "hoard", "lay away", "lay by", "lay in", "lay up", "put by", "salt away", "squirrel (away)", "stash", "stockpile", "store", "stow", "treasure", "heap", "pile", "stack", "conserve", "husband", "preserve", "bank", "coffer", "deposit", "hold", "keep", "reserve", "retain", "save", "set by", "stock", "withhold", "bury", "conceal", "ensconce", "secrete" ], "near antonyms":[ "cast", "discard", "ditch", "dump", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "throw away", "throw out", "unload", "consume", "squander", "use up", "waste", "hand out", "hand over", "relinquish", "surrender", "blow", "dissipate", "fritter (away)", "lavish", "misspend", "run through", "spend", "deplete", "exhaust", "expend", "impoverish", "dispel", "disperse", "dissipate", "scatter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrapes (out)":{ "as in squeezes , ekes out":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scratching (out)":{ "to compose and set down on paper the words of":{ "examples":[ "scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front" ], "synonyms":[ "authoring", "penning", "scribbling", "writing" ], "near synonyms":[ "casting", "composing", "crafting", "drafting", "drawing up", "formulating", "framing", "preparing", "recasting", "redrafting", "revising", "rewriting", "lettering", "printing", "typewriting", "typing", "recording", "taking down", "transcribing", "autographing", "penciling (in)", "pencilling (in)", "registering", "signing", "couching", "expressing", "phrasing", "putting", "wording" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{ "examples":[ "scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one" ], "synonyms":[ "blue-penciling", "canceling", "cancelling", "crossing (out)", "deleing", "deleting", "editing (out)", "eliding", "killing", "striking (out)", "stroking (out)", "x-ing (out)", "x'ing (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "blotting out", "effacing", "eradicating", "erasing", "expunging", "obliterating", "rooting (out)", "rubbing out", "wiping out", "bleeping", "blipping", "clipping", "cutting", "excising", "removing", "bowdlerizing", "censoring", "cleaning (up)", "expurgating", "laundering", "redacting", "red-penciling", "abbreviating", "cropping", "shortening", "blacking out", "repressing", "silencing", "suppressing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screened":{ "as in culled , winnowed (out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "culled", "picked over", "weeded (out)", "winnowed (out)", "exclusive", "fashionable", "cherry-picked", "choice", "chosen", "elect", "favored", "favorite", "first-line", "handpicked", "picked", "preferred", "select", "selected" ], "near antonyms":[ "average", "common", "commonplace", "ordinary", "run-of-the-mill" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "examples":[ "attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwarked", "covered", "defended", "fenced", "fended", "forfended", "guarded", "kept", "protected", "safeguarded", "secured", "shielded", "warded" ], "near synonyms":[ "averted", "prevented", "opposed", "resisted", "withstood", "battled", "contended", "fought", "warred", "conserved", "preserved", "saved", "buffered", "palisaded", "picketed", "walled" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombarded", "stormed", "beset", "besieged", "overran", "capitulated", "caved", "submitted", "yielded" ], "antonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked" ] }, "to keep secret or shut off from view":{ "examples":[ "bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street" ], "synonyms":[ "belied", "blanketed", "blotted out", "cloaked", "concealed", "covered", "curtained", "disguised", "enshrouded", "hid", "masked", "obscured", "occulted", "papered over", "shrouded", "suppressed", "veiled" ], "near synonyms":[ "buried", "camouflaged", "covered (up)", "smothered", "gilded", "gilt", "glossed (over)", "varnished", "whitewashed", "beclouded", "bedimmed", "befogged", "blocked", "clouded", "darkened", "eclipsed", "obstructed", "occluded", "overcast", "overshadowed", "shaded" ], "near antonyms":[ "brought out", "presented", "clarified", "illuminated", "advertised", "aired", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "got out", "proclaimed", "publicized", "published", "spread" ], "antonyms":[ "bared", "disclosed", "displayed", "divulged", "exposed", "revealed", "showed", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "unveiled" ] }, "to pass through a filter":{ "examples":[ "you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities" ], "synonyms":[ "filtered", "strained" ], "near synonyms":[ "leached", "percolated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to place a protective layer over":{ "examples":[ "screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun" ], "synonyms":[ "covered", "shielded" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloaked", "clothed", "clad", "veiled", "draped", "palled", "canopied", "capped", "crowned", "disguised", "masked", "obscured" ], "near antonyms":[ "bared", "exposed", "uncovered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "screw up":{ "an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{ "examples":[ "clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "bobble", "boo-boo", "boob", "brick", "clanger", "clinker", "error", "fault", "flub", "fluff", "fumble", "gaff", "gaffe", "goof", "inaccuracy", "lapse", "miscue", "misstep", "mistake", "oversight", "slip", "slipup", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloomer", "blooper", "boner", "howler", "pratfall", "foul-up", "snafu", "misapprehension", "miscalculation", "miscomprehension", "misconception", "misconstruction", "misdescription", "misimpression", "misinterpretation", "misjudgment", "misreading", "misstatement", "misunderstanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "accuracy", "correctness", "exactitude", "exactness", "preciseness", "precision", "strictness", "inerrancy", "infallibility", "perfection" ], "antonyms":[] }, "someone who bungles an effort":{ "examples":[ "don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party" ], "synonyms":[ "blunderbuss", "blunderer", "botcher", "bumbler", "bungler", "butcher", "fumbler" ], "near synonyms":[ "incompetent", "muddler" ], "near antonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "expert", "maestro", "master", "virtuoso", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "boob", "err", "flub", "fluff", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mess (up)", "slip up", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "nod", "bobble", "botch", "bungle", "butcher", "foozle", "mangle", "mishandle", "muff", "murder", "miscalculate", "misconceive", "miscount", "miscue", "misdeem", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mistake", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misunderstand" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "bobble", "boggle", "bollix (up)", "boot", "botch", "bugger (up)", "bumble", "bungle", "butcher", "dub", "flub", "fluff", "foozle", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mangle", "mess (up)", "muck up", "muff", "murder" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunder", "gum (up)", "muddle", "piffle", "blemish", "blight", "damage", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "mutilate", "ruin", "spoil", "vitiate", "destroy", "wreck", "mishandle", "mismanage" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "help", "improve", "meliorate", "rectify", "refine", "reform", "remedy", "doctor", "fix", "patch", "recondition", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "screwball":{ "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "she's always off on some screwball plan" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "near synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ] }, "a person of odd or whimsical 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"nonconformists", "quixotes", "coots", "geezers", "curios", "rarities", "freaks", "fantasticoes", "fantasts" ], "near antonyms":[ "conformers", "conformists", "followers", "sheep" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screwed":{ "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine" ], "synonyms":[ "contorted", "deformed", "distorted", "misshaped", "squinched", "tortured", "warped" ], "near synonyms":[ "defaced", "disfigured", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "coiled", "curled", "looped", "spiraled", "spiralled", "twined", "wound", "winded", "wreathed" ], "near antonyms":[ "straightened", "unbent", "uncurled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilked", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "choused", "conned", "cozened", "defrauded", "did", "diddled", "did in", "euchred", "fiddled", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "gaffed", "hosed", "hustled", "mulcted", "nobbled", "plucked", "reamed", "ripped off", "rooked", "shook down", "shortchanged", "shorted", "skinned", "skunked", "squeezed", "stiffed", "stuck", "stung", "suckered", "swindled", "thimblerigged", "victimized" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorted", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "clipped", "gouged", "nicked", "overcharged", "soaked", "exploited", "milked", "deceived", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "tricked", "roped (in)", "betrayed", "bitched", "double-crossed", "bamboozled", "fast-talked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screws":{ "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine" ], "synonyms":[ "contorts", "deforms", "distorts", "misshapes", "squinches", "tortures", "warps" ], "near synonyms":[ "defaces", "disfigures", "wrenches", "wrests", "wrings", "coils", "curls", "loops", 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"sparkling" ], "near antonyms":[ "besmirched", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "grubby", "smirched", "soiled", "spotted", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleaned", "dingy", "greasy", "grimy", "mucky", "muddy", "unwashed", "defiled", "germy", "polluted", "tainted", "unsterile", "unsterilized", "blackened", "discolored" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in scraped , sanded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "rasped", "sandblasted", "sanded", "sandpapered", "scoured", "scraped", "soapy", "waxy", "coated", "glazed", "waxed", "brushed", "buffed", "burnished", "glossed", "ground", "polished", "rubbed", "shined", "greased", "greasy", "lubricated", "oiled", "slick", "slicked", "slippery", "slippy", "slithery" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarsened", "rough", "roughened", "scuffed", "uneven" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall" ], 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"scatterings", "smatterings", "smatters", "doses", "shots", "chips", "flakes", "fragments", "shards", "shivers", "slivers", "smithereens", "splinters", "tatters", "clippings", "parings", "shavings" ], "synonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "crumbs", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "nips", "ounces", "particles", "peanuts", "rays", "scintillas", "shades", "shadows", "shreds", "skoshes", "smacks", "smells", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "snaps", "soup\u00e7ons", "sparks", "spatters", "specks", "splashes", "spots", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "touches", "traces" ] }, "a very small piece":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "left just a scruple of asparagus on the plate" ], "near antonyms":[ "chunks", "gobs", "hunks", "lumps", "slabs", "abundances", "barrels", "buckets", "bushels", "deals", "heaps", "loads", "masses", "mountains", "pecks", "piles", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "scads", "stacks", "volumes", "wads", "wealths" ], "related":[ "aces", "dabs", "dashes", "driblets", "drops", "fractions", "haets", "halfpence", "halfpennies", "ha'pennies", "iotas", "jots", "kennings", "licks", "minims", "mites", "modicums", "nutshells", "ounces", "pinches", "shreds", "smatters", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "spots", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "tastes", "touches", "traces", "whispers", "whits", "bites", "mouthfuls", "nibbles", "tidbits", "titbits", "fragments", "parts", "portions", "sections", "chips", "flakes", "shards", "shivers", "slivers", "splinters", "clippings", "parings", "shavings", "smithereens" ], "synonyms":[ "atoms", "bits", "crumbs", "dribbles", "flecks", "flyspecks", "grains", "granules", "molecules", "morsels", "motes", "nubbins", "nuggets", "particles", "patches", "scraps", "snippets", "snips", "specks", "tittles" ] }, "an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams" ], "near antonyms":[ "aplombs", "assurances", "certainties", "certitudes", "confidences", "convictions", "self-confidences" ], "related":[ "consciences", "distrust", "doubts", "dubieties", "incertitudes", "misdoubts", "mistrust", "reservations", "skepticism", "suspicions", "uncertainties", "reluctances", "demurs", "fusses", "objections", "protests", "questions", "remonstrances", "aversions", "disinclinations", "indispositions", "reluctances", "guilts", "regrets", "remorses", "self-reproaches", "shames", "contritions", "penitences", "repentances" ], "synonyms":[ "compunctions", "misgivings", "qualms" ] }, "to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{ "antonyms":[ "dives (in)", "plunges (in)" ], "examples":[ "a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities" ], "near antonyms":[ "decides", "budges", "stirs", "advances", "continues" ], "related":[ "haws", "hems", "dallies", "dawdles", "delays", "lingers", "pauses", "procrastinates", "waits", "backs down", "chickens (out)", "considers", "debates", "deliberates", "ponders", "weighs", "oscillates", "sways", "equivocates", "hedges", "pussyfoots", "waffles" ], "synonyms":[ "balances", "dithers", "falters", "halts", "hangs back", "hesitates", "shilly-shallies", "staggers", "teeters", "vacillates", "wavers", "wobbles", "wabbles" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrupulous":{ "guided by or in accordance with one's sense of right and wrong":{ "antonyms":[ "cutthroat", "dishonest", "dishonorable", "immoral", "unconscionable", "unethical", "unjust", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous" ], "examples":[ "an exemplar of morality who was scrupulous in all of his dealings" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "evil", "evil-minded", "immoral", "indecent", "sinful", "unrighteous", "wicked", "unreliable", "untrustworthy", "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "degenerate", "depraved", "dissolute", "perverted", "reprobate", "atrocious", "infamous", "villainous", "base", "low", "mean", "vicious", "vile", "iniquitous", "nefarious" ], "related":[ "decent", "good", "righteous", "right-minded", "straight", "upright", "virtuous", "dutiful", "observant", "respectful", "overconscientious", "reliable", "responsible", "solid", "tried-and-true", "true", "trustworthy", "trusty", "esteemed", "law-abiding", "reputable", "respected", "upstanding", "worthy" ], "synonyms":[ "conscientious", "conscionable", "ethical", "honest", "honorable", "just", "moral", "principled" ] }, "taking, showing, or involving great care and effort":{ "antonyms":[ "careless" ], "examples":[ "a scrupulous attention to detail is evident in all of his reporting" ], "near antonyms":[ "cursory", "halfhearted", "heedless", "inattentive", "incautious", "mindless", "regardless", "unguarded", "unsafe", "unwary", "lax", "neglectful", "negligent", "slipshod", "sloppy", "slovenly", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "uncritical", "undemanding", "undiscriminating", "bold", "impetuous", "rash", "reckless", "apathetic", "indifferent", "lackadaisical", "lazy", "lazyish" ], "related":[ "assiduous", "diligent", "indefatigable", "persevering", "sedulous", "exhaustive", "thorough", "thoroughgoing", "alert", "attentive", "observant", "vigilant", "watchful", "accurate", "exact", "precise", "strict", "critical", "demanding", "discriminating", "exacting", "fastidious", "finicky", "particular", "cautious", "chary", "circumspect", "gingerly", "guarded", "heedful", "mindful", "wary", "deliberate", "plodding", "slow", "studied", "thoughtful", "all-out", "determined", "dogged", "intensive", "patient", "tenacious", "tireless", "zealous" ], "synonyms":[ "careful", "conscientious", "fussy", "loving", "meticulous", "painstaking" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scriveners":{ "a person who creates a written work":{ "examples":[ "the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom" ], "synonyms":[ "authors", "litterateurs", "litt\u00e9rateurs", "penmen", "pens", "scribes", "writers" ], "related":[ "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "ghostwriters", "hacks", "hatchet men", "scribblers", "wordmongers", "biographers", "hagiographers", "autobiographers", "memoirists", "memorialists", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists", "dramatists", "playwrights", "scenarists", "screenwriters", "scriptwriters", "prosaists", "prosateurs", "prosers", "bards", "poets", "rhymers", "versifiers", "bloggers", "columnists", "journalists", "newspapermen", "paragraphers", "reporters", "sportswriters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ] }, "one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{ "examples":[ "the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener" ], "synonyms":[ "amanuenses", "calligraphers", "copyists", "penmen", "scribes" ], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrape (up or together)":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "eke (out)", "scrounge", "squeeze", "wrest", "wring" ], "related":[ "acquire", "attain", "draw", "earn", "gain", "land", "obtain", "procure", "secure" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "scrimmaging (with)":{ "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "examples":[ "growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "clashing (with)", "combating", "combatting", "fighting", "skirmishing (with)", "warring (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "dueling", "duelling", "jousting", "banging", "bashing", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belting", "bludgeoning", "bopping", "buffeting", "clobbering", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "boxing", "sparring", "brawling", "grappling", "scuffling", "tussling", "wrestling", "bumping", "colliding" ], "near antonyms":[ "giving up", "submitting", "surrendering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "script":{ "the form or style of a particular person's writing":{ "examples":[ "has a neat, careful script with delicate loops" ], "synonyms":[ "hand", "handwriting", "penmanship" ], "related":[ "cacography", "hen scratch", "hen track", "scratch", "scrawl", "scribble", "backhand", "copperplate", "cursive", "print", "running hand", "autograph", "John Hancock", "John Henry", "signature" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the written form of a story prepared for film production":{ "examples":[ "sold two scripts to the movie studio" ], "synonyms":[ "scenario", "screenplay" ], "related":[ "shooting script", "story", "text" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "writing done by hand":{ "examples":[ "sending a thank-you note in script \u2014and not just an e-mail\u2014is the only proper way to express one's gratitude" ], "synonyms":[ "calligraphy", "handwriting", "longhand", "manuscript", "penmanship" ], "related":[ "lettering", "phonography", "shorthand", "steno", "stenography" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "print", "type", "typewriting" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scribes":{ "one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{ "examples":[ "variations between the different manuscripts attest to the fallibility of the scribes who transmitted them" ], "synonyms":[ "amanuenses", "calligraphers", "copyists", "penmen", "scriveners" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an official whose job is to keep records":{ "examples":[ "the scribe keeps the minutes of the club's meetings" ], "synonyms":[ "clerks", "registers", "registrars", "secretaries" ], "near 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"versifiers", "bloggers", "columnists", "journalists", "newspapermen", "paragraphers", "reporters", "sportswriters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ] }, "to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{ "examples":[ "carefully scribed two lines into the wood" ], "synonyms":[ "grooves", "scores", "seams" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrades", "files", "grazes", "mills", "rasps", "scarifies", "scratches", "bevels", "chamfers", "flutes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scratchy":{ "having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{ "examples":[ "scratchy shrubbery that's intended to keep kids and pets off the old man's property" ], "synonyms":[ "brambly", "prickly", "thistly", "thorny" ], "near synonyms":[ "burred", "bristly", "coarse", "jagged", "rough" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "causing an unpleasant tingling sensation":{ "examples":[ "the wool pants are so scratchy that I can't stand to wear them" ], "synonyms":[ "irritating", "itchy", "prickly" ], "near synonyms":[ "coarse", "harsh", "rough" ], "near antonyms":[ "silken", "silky", "soft", "soothing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "harsh and dry in sound":{ "examples":[ "her voice was scratchy from a cold" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "croaking", "croaky", "grating", "gravel", "gravelly", "gruff", "hoarse", "husky", "rasping", "raspy", "rusty", "throaty" ], "near synonyms":[ "growling", "growly", "guttural", "abrasive", "cacophonous", "discordant", "grinding", "jarring", "rough", "scraping", "scratching", "cawing", "raucous", "screeching", "squawking", "strident", "choked", "cracked", "strained", "strangled", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentle", "gliding", "golden", "liquid", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "soothing", "sweet", "tender", "satiny", "silken", "smooth", "soft", "velvety", "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "melodic", "melodious", "musical" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scratched (out)":{ "to compose and set down on paper the words of":{ "examples":[ "scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front" ], "synonyms":[ "authored", "penned", "scribbled", "wrote" ], "near synonyms":[ "cast", "composed", "crafted", "drafted", "drew up", "formulated", "framed", "prepared", "recast", "redrafted", "revised", "rewrote", "lettered", "printed", "typed", "typewrote", "recorded", "took down", "transcribed", "autographed", "penciled (in)", "pencilled (in)", "registered", "signed", "couched", "expressed", "phrased", "put", "worded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{ "examples":[ "scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one" ], "synonyms":[ "blue-penciled", "canceled", "cancelled", "crossed (out)", "deled", "deleted", "edited (out)", "elided", "killed", "stroked (out)", "struck (out)", "x-ed (out)", "x'd (out)", "xed (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "blotted out", "effaced", "eradicated", "erased", "expunged", "obliterated", "rooted (out)", "rubbed out", "wiped out", "bleeped", "blipped", "clipped", "cut", "excised", "removed", "bowdlerized", "censored", "cleaned (up)", "expurgated", "laundered", "redacted", "red-penciled", "abbreviated", "cropped", "shortened", "blacked out", "repressed", "silenced", "suppressed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scribbled":{ "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving" ], "synonyms":[ "scratched", "scrawled", "squiggled" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodled", "jotted (down)", "inked", "inscribed", "lettered", "penciled", "pencilled", "penned", "printed", "wrote" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to compose and set down on paper the words of":{ "examples":[ "he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door" ], "synonyms":[ "authored", "penned", "scratched (out)", "wrote" ], "near synonyms":[ "cast", "composed", "crafted", "drafted", "drew up", "formulated", "framed", "prepared", "recast", "redrafted", "revised", "rewrote", "lettered", "printed", "typed", "typewrote", "recorded", "took down", "transcribed", "autographed", "penciled (in)", "pencilled (in)", "registered", "signed", "couched", "expressed", "phrased", "put", "worded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrabble":{ "a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{ "examples":[ "it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "fight", "fray", "struggle", "throes" ], "near synonyms":[ "effort", "exertion", "labor", "pains", "trouble", "work", "drudgery", "grind", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "strife", "tussle", "war", "warfare", "attempt", "endeavor", "essay", "try" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{ "examples":[ "we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea" ], "synonyms":[ "clamber", "climb", "scramble", "swarm" ], "near synonyms":[ "shimmy", "shin", "shinny", "skin", "ascend", "breast", "free-climb", "get up", "mount", "scale", "summit", "surmount", "claw", "sprawl", "struggle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{ "examples":[ "he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents" ], "synonyms":[ "feel", "fish", "fumble", "grope" ], "near synonyms":[ "grabble", "cast about", "hunt", "look", "reach", "seek (out)", "capture", "clutch", "corral", "get", "grab", "nab", "nail", "seize", "snatch", "comb", "dig (through)", "dredge", "rake", "ransack", "rifle", "rummage", "scour" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scramble":{ "to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{ "examples":[ "the toddler scrambled up the stairs" ], "synonyms":[ "clamber", "climb", "scrabble", "swarm" ], "near synonyms":[ "shimmy", "shin", "shinny", "skin", "ascend", "breast", "free-climb", "get up", "mount", "scale", "summit", "surmount", "claw", "sprawl", "struggle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "scrambled the letters of the word" ], "synonyms":[ "confuse", "derange", "disarrange", "disarray", "discompose", "dishevel", "disjoint", "dislocate", "disorder", "disorganize", "disrupt", "disturb", "hash", "jumble", "mess (up)", "mix (up)", "muddle", "muss", "rumple", "shuffle", "tousle", "tumble", "upset" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroil", "entangle", "snarl", "tangle", "agitate", "perturb", "stir (up)", "unsettle", "clutter" ], "near antonyms":[ "align", "aline", "line", "line up", "queue", "classify", "codify", "methodize", "systematize", "systemize", "adjust", "fix", "groom", "make up", "spruce (up)", "unscramble" ], "antonyms":[ "arrange", "array", "dispose", "draw up", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "range", "regulate", "straighten (up)", "tidy" ] }, "an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{ "examples":[ "a scramble of pens and pencils in the desk drawer" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerate", "agglomeration", "alphabet soup", "assortment", "botch", "clutter", "collage", "crazy quilt", "farrago", "gallimaufry", "grab bag", "gumbo", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jambalaya", "jumble", "jungle", "litter", "mac\u00e9doine", "medley", "m\u00e9lange", "menagerie", "miscellanea", "miscellany", "mishmash", "mixed bag", "montage", "motley", "muddle", "olio", "olla podrida", "omnium-gatherum", "pastiche", "patchwork", "patchwork quilt", "potpourri", "ragbag", "ragout", "rummage", "salad", "salmagundi", "shuffle", "smorgasbord", "stew", "tumble", "variety", "welter" ], "near synonyms":[ "detritus", "notions", "oddments", "odds and ends", "sundries", "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomerate", "conglomeration", "catchall", "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "blend", "combination", "commixture", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "mix-up", "bollix", "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "disorder", "dog's breakfast", "mess", "morass", "shambles", "imbroglio", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrutinize":{ "to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{ "examples":[ "the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected" ], "synonyms":[ "audit", "check (out)", "con", "examine", "inspect", "overlook", "oversee", "review", "scan", "survey", "view" ], "near synonyms":[ "notice", "observe", "watch", "comb", "peruse", "pore (over)", "analyze", "dissect", "parse", "delve (into)", "explore", "investigate", "plumb", "probe", "research", "study", "categorize", "classify", "pick over", "reinspect", "rereview", "resurvey" ], "near antonyms":[ "skim", "miss" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrupulosity":{ "as in scrupulousness , high-mindedness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "high-mindedness", "honor", "incorruptibility", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "right-mindedness", "scrupulousness", "character", "decency", "goodness", "honesty", "integrity", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "righteousness", "rightness", "uprightness", "virtue", "virtuousness", "appropriateness", "correctness", "decorousness", "decorum", "etiquette", "fitness", "propriety", "seemliness", "ethics", "morals" ], "near antonyms":[ "badness", "evil", "evildoing", "immorality", "iniquity", "sin", "villainy", "wickedness", "impropriety", "indecency", "indecorum", "indiscretion", "debauchery", "degeneracy", "degradation", "depravity", "perversion", "pervertedness", "sinfulness", "crookedness", "dishonesty", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "lowness", "meanness", "viciousness", "vileness", "corruption" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screaming meemies":{ "a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{ "examples":[ "had the screaming meemies on his wedding day" ], "synonyms":[ "butterflies", "dither", "heebie-jeebies", "jimjams", "jitters", "nerves", "shakes", "shivers", "whim-whams", "willies" ], "near synonyms":[ "cold sweat", "creeps", "fidgets", "goose bumps", "agitation", "anxiety", "fear", "hysteria", "uneasiness", "frazzle", "nervous breakdown", "edginess", "jumpiness", "skittishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "aplomb", "calm", "composure", "equanimity", "imperturbability", "self-possession", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "scruffily":{ "as in shabbily , sleazily":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shabbily", "sleazily", "messily", "mussily", "untidily", "dingily", "dirtily", "filthily", "foully", "grubbily", "nastily", "slatternly", "dowdily", "inelegantly", "sloppily", "slovenly" ], "near antonyms":[ "dashingly", "nattily", "sharply", "smartly", "snappily", "sprucely", "neatly", "orderly", "tidily", "trimly", "elegantly", "fashionably", "modishly", "stylishly", "swankily" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "screwup":{ "an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{ "examples":[ "clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "bobble", "boo-boo", "boob", "brick", "clanger", "clinker", "error", "fault", "flub", "fluff", "fumble", "gaff", "gaffe", "goof", "inaccuracy", "lapse", "miscue", "misstep", "mistake", "oversight", "slip", "slipup", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloomer", "blooper", "boner", "howler", "pratfall", "foul-up", "snafu", "misapprehension", "miscalculation", "miscomprehension", "misconception", "misconstruction", "misdescription", "misimpression", "misinterpretation", "misjudgment", "misreading", "misstatement", "misunderstanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "accuracy", "correctness", "exactitude", "exactness", "preciseness", "precision", "strictness", "inerrancy", "infallibility", "perfection" ], "antonyms":[] }, "someone who bungles an effort":{ "examples":[ "don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party" ], "synonyms":[ "blunderbuss", "blunderer", "botcher", "bumbler", "bungler", "butcher", "fumbler" ], "near synonyms":[ "incompetent", "muddler" ], "near antonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "expert", "maestro", "master", "virtuoso", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "boob", "err", "flub", "fluff", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mess (up)", "slip up", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "nod", "bobble", "botch", "bungle", "butcher", "foozle", "mangle", "mishandle", "muff", "murder", "miscalculate", "misconceive", "miscount", "miscue", "misdeem", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mistake", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misunderstand" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "bobble", "boggle", "bollix (up)", "boot", "botch", "bugger (up)", "bumble", "bungle", "butcher", "dub", "flub", "fluff", "foozle", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mangle", "mess (up)", "muck up", "muff", "murder" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunder", "gum (up)", "muddle", "piffle", "blemish", "blight", "damage", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "mutilate", "ruin", "spoil", "vitiate", "destroy", "wreck", "mishandle", "mismanage" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "help", "improve", "meliorate", "rectify", "refine", "reform", "remedy", "doctor", "fix", "patch", "recondition", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scripts":{ "the form or style of a particular person's writing":{ "examples":[ "has a neat, careful script with delicate loops" ], "synonyms":[ "hands", "handwritings", "penmanships" ], "near synonyms":[ "cacographies", "hen scratches", "hen tracks", "scratches", "scrawls", "scribbles", "backhands", "copperplates", "cursives", "prints", "running hands", "autographs", "John Hancocks", "John Henrys", "signatures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the written form of a story prepared for film production":{ "examples":[ "sold two scripts to the movie studio" ], "synonyms":[ "scenarios", "screenplays" ], "near synonyms":[ "shooting scripts", "stories", "texts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "writing done by hand":{ "examples":[ "sending a thank-you note in script \u2014and not just an e-mail\u2014is the only proper way to express one's gratitude" ], "synonyms":[ "calligraphies", "handwritings", "longhands", "manuscripts", "penmanships" ], "near synonyms":[ "letterings", "phonographies", "shorthands", "stenographies", "stenos" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "prints", "types", "typewritings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screech":{ "to cry out loudly and emotionally":{ "examples":[ "the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away" ], "synonyms":[ "howl", "scream", "shriek", "shrill", "squall", "squeal", "yell", "yelp" ], "near synonyms":[ "bay", "caterwaul", "keen", "squawk", "wail", "yawp", "yaup", "yowl", "bawl", "call", "cry", "holler", "shout", "thunder", "vociferate" ], "near antonyms":[ "murmur", "mutter", "whisper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in howl , squeal":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bark", "bay", "bellow", "blat", "bleat", "bray", "cackle", "calling", "caterwaul", "caw", "cheep", "chirp", "cluck", "coo", "crake", "croak", "crow", "grunt", "honk", "hoot", "howl", "low", "meow", "miaow", "mew", "moo", "neigh", "oink", "peep", "quack", "roar", "squall", "squawk", "squeak", "squeal", "trumpet", "tu-whit tu-whoo", "twitter", "whinny", "yap", "yelp", "yip", "yowl", "call", "cry", "note" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrawny":{ "very thin in a way that is not attractive or healthy":{ "examples":[ "He changed from a scrawny kid to a brawny teen in just over a year.", "The only plants in their yard were a couple of scrawny bushes." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "angular", "rawboned", "scraggy", "sinewy", "wiry", "bony", "boney", "fatless", "lean", "lithe", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "spare", "svelte", "thin", "clean-limbed", "trim", "sylphlike", "willowy", "lank", "lanky", "rangy", "reedy", "spindling", "spindly", "stringy", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "anorectic", "anoretic", "anorexic", "cadaverous", "emaciated", "gaunt", "haggard", "pinched", "skeletal", "wasted", "wizened", "meager", "meagre", "puny", "slight" ], "near antonyms":[ "beefy", "bulky", "chunky", "fleshy", "heavy", "heavyset", "stocky", "stout", "thick", "thickset", "weighty", "brawny", "burly", "husky", "dumpy", "pudgy", "roly-poly", "squat", "stubby", "paunchy", "potbellied", "flabby", "soft", "buxom", "zaftig", "zoftig", "full", "hippy", "round", "chubby", "corpulent", "fat", "gross", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "portly", "rotund", "tubby" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scraggly":{ "having an uneven edge or outline":{ "examples":[ "a scraggly little tree" ], "synonyms":[ "broken", "craggy", "jagged", "ragged", "scraggy" ], "near synonyms":[ "saw-toothed", "serrate", "serrated", "harsh", "rough", "roughened", "rugged", "bumpy", "coarse", "irregular", "nonuniform" ], "near antonyms":[ "regular", "uniform", "flat", "flush", "level", "plane" ], "antonyms":[ "clean", "even", "smooth", "soft", "unbroken" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scrunch":{ "to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{ "examples":[ "scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry" ], "synonyms":[ "crinkle", "crumple", "rumple", "wrinkle" ], "near synonyms":[ "corrugate", "crease", "crimp", "fold", "pleat", "pucker", "ruck", "crisp", "ripple", "ruffle", "contract", "furrow", "knit", "mess (up)", "muss (up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "even", "iron", "press", "straighten", "unfold", "neaten", "tidy" ], "antonyms":[ "flatten", "iron out", "smooth", "smoothen", "uncrumple" ] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass" ], "synonyms":[ "couch", "crouch", "huddle", "hunch", "hunker (down)", "squat", "squinch" ], "near synonyms":[ "curl up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{ "examples":[ "scrunched loose gravel with every footstep" ], "synonyms":[ "crunch", "gnash", "grate", "grind", "grit", "scrape" ], "near synonyms":[ "creak", "groan", "moan", "rasp", "scratch", "whine", "clash", "collide", "jangle", "jar" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scriptwriters":{ "as in playwrights , screenwriters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dramatists", "playwrights", "scenarists", "screenwriters", "authors", "litterateurs", "litt\u00e9rateurs", "penmen", "pens", "scribes", "scriveners", "writers", "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "ghostwriters", "hacks", "hatchet men", "scribblers", "wordmongers", "biographers", "hagiographers", "autobiographers", "memoirists", "memorialists", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthors", "nonwriters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrupled":{ "to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{ "examples":[ "a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities" ], "synonyms":[ "balanced", "dithered", "faltered", "halted", "hesitated", "hung back", "shilly-shallied", "staggered", "teetered", "vacillated", "wavered", "wobbled", "wabbled" ], "near synonyms":[ "hawed", "hemmed", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "lingered", "paused", "procrastinated", "waited", "backed down", "chickened (out)", "considered", "debated", "deliberated", "pondered", "weighed", "oscillated", "swayed", "equivocated", "hedged", "pussyfooted", "waffled" ], "near antonyms":[ "decided", "budged", "stirred", "advanced", "continued" ], "antonyms":[ "dived (in)", "dove (in)", "plunged (in)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrimmages":{ "a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{ "examples":[ "the two players got into a scrimmage off the court and got suspended" ], "synonyms":[ "battles", "clashes", "combats", "conflicts", "contests", "dustups", "fights", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "hassles", "scraps", "scrums", "scuffles", "skirmishes", "struggles", "tussles" ], "near synonyms":[ "pitched battles", "rough-and-tumbles", "affrays", "battles royal", "battle royals", "battles royale", "battle royales", "brawls", "broils", "donnybrooks", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "mix-ups", "ruckuses", "ructions", "blows", "fistfights", "fisticuffs", "grapples", "handgrips", "punch-outs", "punch-ups", "slugfests", "confrontations", "duels", "face-offs", "jousts", "altercations", "argle-bargles", "arguments", "argy-bargies", "contretemps", "controversies", "cross fires", "disagreements", "disputes", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "rows", "spats", "squabbles", "tangles", "tiffs", "wrangles", "catfights" ], "near antonyms":[ "truces" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screeching":{ "having a high musical pitch or range":{ "examples":[ "the screeching blast of the factory whistle hurt my ears" ], "synonyms":[ "high-pitched", "piping", "shrieking", "shrill", "squeaking", "squeaky", "treble", "whistling" ], "near synonyms":[ "peeping", "thin", "tinny", "earsplitting", "nasal", "penetrating", "piercing", "sharp", "strident", "squealing", "whining", "whiny", "whiney", "yapping", "yelping" ], "near antonyms":[ "gruff", "hoarse", "husky", "rough", "smoky", "smokey" ], "antonyms":[ "bass", "deep", "grave", "low", "throaty" ] }, "to cry out loudly and emotionally":{ "examples":[ "the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away" ], "synonyms":[ "howling", "screaming", "shrieking", "shrilling", "squalling", "squealing", "yelling", "yelping" ], "near synonyms":[ "baying", "caterwauling", "keening", "squawking", "wailing", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling", "bawling", "calling", "crying", "hollering", "shouting", "thundering", "vociferating" ], "near antonyms":[ "murmuring", "muttering", "whispering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "screamer":{ "as in moaner , weeper":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bawler", "bleater", "moaner", "squawker", "wailer", "weeper", "baby", "bellyacher", "complainer", "crybaby", "fussbudget", "fusser", "fusspot", "griper", "grumbler", "kvetch", "kvetcher", "sniveler", "whiner", "crab", "grump", "malcontent" ], "near antonyms":[ "happy camper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrawled":{ "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off" ], "synonyms":[ "scratched", "scribbled", "squiggled" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodled", "jotted (down)", "inked", "inscribed", "lettered", "penciled", "pencilled", "penned", "printed", "wrote" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrounging":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[ "scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills" ], "synonyms":[ "eking (out)", "scraping (up or together)", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiring", "attaining", "drawing", "earning", "gaining", "landing", "obtaining", "procuring", "securing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "Scripture":{ "a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{ "examples":[ "one of the greatest commandments from Scripture is \"Love thy neighbor\"" ], "synonyms":[ "Bible", "Book", "Good Book", "Holy Writ" ], "near synonyms":[ "Polyglot" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrabbles":{ "a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{ "examples":[ "it'll be a long scrabble to pull ourselves out of poverty" ], "synonyms":[ "battles", "fights", "frays", "struggles", "throes" ], "near synonyms":[ "efforts", "exertions", "labors", "pains", "troubles", "works", "drudgeries", "grinds", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "combats", "conflicts", "contests", "strifes", "tussles", "warfares", "wars", "attempts", "endeavors", "essays", "tries" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{ "examples":[ "we scrabbled up a sand dune to get a better view of the sea" ], "synonyms":[ "clambers", "climbs", "scrambles", "swarms" ], "near synonyms":[ "shimmies", "shinnies", "shins", "skins", "ascends", "breasts", "free-climbs", "gets up", "mounts", "scales", "summits", "surmounts", "claws", "sprawls", "struggles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{ "examples":[ "he frantically scrabbled through the storage chest looking for the needed documents" ], "synonyms":[ "feels", "fishes", "fumbles", "gropes" ], "near synonyms":[ "grabbles", "casts about", "hunts", "looks", "reaches", "seeks (out)", "captures", "clutches", "corrals", "gets", "grabs", "nabs", "nails", "seizes", "snatches", "combs", "digs (through)", "dredges", "rakes", "ransacks", "rifles", "rummages", "scours" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrappiness":{ "an inclination to fight or quarrel":{ "examples":[ "his natural scrappiness serves him well as an aggressive defense attorney" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "aggressiveness", "assaultiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "defiance", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "fight", "militance", "militancy", "militantness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "truculence" ], "near synonyms":[ "antagonism", "fierceness", "hostility", "hyperaggressiveness", "unfriendliness", "imperialism", "jingoism", "militarism", "acidity", "biliousness", "captiousness", "crankiness", "crossness", "disagreeableness", "fractiousness", "fretfulness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "orneriness", "peevishness", "pettishness", "petulance", "querulousness", "rudeness", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiaggression", "anti-imperialism", "antimilitarism", "affability", "amiability", "amicability", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness", "amenability", "complaisance", "placability" ], "antonyms":[ "nonaggression", "pacifism" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screenings":{ "as in screens , lattices":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "grilles", "grills", "lattices", "screens", "wireworks", "webbings", "webs", "bobbinets", "Brussels laces", "filigrees", "fishnets", "laces", "marquisettes", "tulles", "meshes", "nets", "nettings", "networks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screeched":{ "to cry out loudly and emotionally":{ "examples":[ "the toddler screeched in anger when her stuffed rabbit was taken away" ], "synonyms":[ "howled", "screamed", "shrieked", "shrilled", "squalled", "squealed", "yelled", "yelped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bayed", "caterwauled", "keened", "squawked", "wailed", "yawped", "yauped", "yowled", "bawled", "called", "cried", "hollered", "shouted", "thundered", "vociferated" ], "near antonyms":[ "murmured", "muttered", "whispered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screenplays":{ "the written form of a story prepared for film production":{ "examples":[ "each actor will be given a copy of the screenplay to study" ], "synonyms":[ "scenarios", "scripts" ], "near synonyms":[ "shooting scripts", "stories", "texts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrutiny":{ "a close look at or over someone or something in order to judge condition":{ "examples":[ "his performance on the football field is seemingly unaffected by the media's intense scrutiny of his tumultuous personal life" ], "synonyms":[ "audit", "check", "checkup", "examination", "going-over", "inspection", "look-see", "review", "scan", "survey", "view" ], "near synonyms":[ "analysis", "assay", "close-up", "deconstruction", "dissection", "exploration", "investigation", "probe", "research", "study", "inquisition", "interrogation", "once-over", "perusal", "recheck", "reinspection", "resurvey", "observation", "surveillance", "watch", "checkout", "test-drive", "trial run" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a fixed intent look":{ "examples":[ "began to squirm under the penetrating scrutiny of the judge" ], "synonyms":[ "aspect", "eye", "gape", "gaze", "regard", "stare" ], "near synonyms":[ "glare", "glower", "contemplation", "fixation", "attention", "observance", "observation", "surveillance", "watch", "examination", "inspection", "perusal", "study", "survey" ], "near antonyms":[ "blink", "flash", "glance", "glimpse", "peek", "peep", "sight", "stime", "oeillade", "ogle", "browse", "scan" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scratches":{ "a harsh grating sound":{ "examples":[ "the scratch of metal on metal is not a good sound for a car to make" ], "synonyms":[ "creaks", "grinds", "jars", "rasps", "scrapes" ], "near synonyms":[ "clangors", "clangs", "clanks", "clashes", "jangles", "scuffs", "croaks", "gargles", "blasts", "bleats", "brays", "screeches" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{ "examples":[ "scratched his arm on a branch" ], "synonyms":[ "abrades", "grazes", "scrapes", "scuffs" ], "near synonyms":[ "barks", "skins", "chafes", "frets", "galls", "claws", "cuts", "lacerates", "bruises", "contuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "polishes", "smooths", "smoothes", "softens", "waxes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{ "examples":[ "the branches of the willow tree scratch against the windowpane whenever the wind blows" ], "synonyms":[ "grates", "grinds", "rasps", "scrapes" ], "near synonyms":[ "rubs", "groans", "whines" ], "near antonyms":[ "glides", "skates", "slides" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "scratched a quick doodle in the margins" ], "synonyms":[ "scrawls", "scribbles", "squiggles" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodles", "jots (down)", "inks", "inscribes", "letters", "pencils", "pens", "prints", "writes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scraping(s)":{ "as in residue , leavings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "leavings", "odds and ends", "pickings", "refuse", "remains", "residual", "residue", "stump", "vestige", "end", "fag end", "leftover", "oddment", "remainder", "remnant", "scrap", "stub", "balance", "rest", "chip", "flake", "fragment", "piece", "sliver", "splinter", "ribbon(s)", "shred", "tatter" ], "near antonyms":[ "whole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scribbler":{ "as in hack , ghostwriter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "wordmonger", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "biographer", "hagiographer", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "author", "litterateur", "litt\u00e9rateur", "pen", "penman", "scribe", "scrivener", "writer", "fabulist", "fictioneer", "fictionist", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist", "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "scriptwriter", "prosaist", "prosateur", "proser" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scraping (together)":{ "as in picking up , collecting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accumulating", "acquiring", "amassing", "assembling", "collecting", "concentrating", "garnering", "gathering", "picking up", "rounding up", "caching", "hoarding", "laying away", "laying by", "laying in", "laying up", "putting by", "salting away", "squirreling (away)", "squirrelling (away)", "stashing", "stockpiling", "storing", "stowing", "treasuring", "heaping", "piling", "stacking", "conserving", "husbanding", "preserving", "banking", "coffering", "depositing", "holding", "keeping", "reserving", "retaining", "saving", "setting by", "stocking", "withholding", "burying", "concealing", "ensconcing", "secreting" ], "near antonyms":[ "casting", "discarding", "ditching", "dumping", "flinging (off or away)", "jettisoning", "throwing away", "throwing out", "unloading", "consuming", "squandering", "using up", "wasting", "handing out", "handing over", "relinquishing", "surrendering", "blowing", "dissipating", "frittering (away)", "lavishing", "misspending", "running through", "spending", "depleting", "exhausting", "expending", "impoverishing", "dispelling", "dispersing", "dissipating", "scattering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrimps":{ "to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{ "examples":[ "had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house" ], "synonyms":[ "economizes", "pinches", "saves", "skimps", "spares" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserves", "husbands", "maintains", "manages", "preserves", "scrapes", "cuts back", "cuts down", "retrenches", "hoards", "lays up" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows", "dissipates", "fritters (away)", "lavishes", "misspends", "runs through", "spends", "squanders", "throws away", "splurges" ], "antonyms":[ "wastes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screws around":{ "to be sexually unfaithful":{ "examples":[ "he hired a private detective because he thought his wife was screwing around" ], "synonyms":[ "cheats", "philanders", "steps out" ], "near synonyms":[ "cats (around)", "fools around", "fornicates", "plays (around)", "tomcats (around)", "womanizes", "copulates", "couples", "lies", "makes out", "mates", "sleeps", "lusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scraped (by or through)":{ "as in carried on , scrounged":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carried on", "contrived", "scrounged", "coped", "did", "fared", "got along", "got by", "got on", "made out", "managed", "shifted", "lasted", "survived", "eked out", "scraped (out)", "squeezed", "wrested", "wrung", "afforded", "swung" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "failed", "fell short", "fizzled", "floundered", "declined", "petered (out)", "slumped", "waned", "gave up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "scrimmage (with)":{ "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "examples":[ "growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash (with)", "combat", "fight", "skirmish (with)", "war (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "duel", "joust", "bang", "bash", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belt", "bludgeon", "bop", "buffet", "clobber", "hammer", "hit", "knock", "paste", "pound", "punch", "slam", "slap", "slog", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "strike", "swat", "swipe", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "whale", "box", "spar", "brawl", "grapple", "scuffle", "tussle", "wrestle", "bump", "collide" ], "near antonyms":[ "give up", "submit", "surrender" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrappers":{ "a person who takes part in a dispute":{ "examples":[ "both movie critics are real scrappers , so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated" ], "synonyms":[ "arguers", "argufiers", "bickerers", "brawlers", "debaters", "disputants", "disputers", "fighters", "quarrelers", "quarrellers", "squabblers", "wranglers" ], "near synonyms":[ "advocates", "codefendants", "co-defendants", "defendants", "plaintiffs", "pleaders", "challengers", "contenders", "contestants", "skirmishers", "fussers", "nitpickers", "pettifoggers", "quibblers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrimmage":{ "a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{ "examples":[ "the two players got into a scrimmage off the court and got suspended" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "dustup", "fight", "fracas", "fray", "hassle", "scrap", "scrum", "scuffle", "skirmish", "struggle", "tussle" ], "near synonyms":[ "pitched battle", "rough-and-tumble", "affray", "battle royal", "brawl", "broil", "donnybrook", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "mix-up", "ruckus", "ruction", "blows", "fistfight", "fisticuffs", "grapple", "handgrips", "punch-out", "punch-up", "slugfest", "confrontation", "duel", "face-off", "joust", "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "falling-out", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "row", "spat", "squabble", "tangle", "tiff", "wrangle", "catfight" ], "near antonyms":[ "truce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrub":{ "a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{ "examples":[ "that scrub of a mutt turned out to be the smartest dog we ever had" ], "synonyms":[ "diminutive", "dwarf", "midget", "mite", "peewee", "pygmy", "pigmy", "runt", "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" ] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall" ], "synonyms":[ "abandon", "abort", "call", "call off", "cancel", "cry off", "drop", "recall", "repeal", "rescind", "revoke", "scrap" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogate", "annul", "invalidate", "nullify", "void", "write off", "recant", "retract", "take back", "withdraw", "countermand", "reverse", "roll back", "break off", "discontinue", "end", "halt", "stop", "terminate", "hold back", "interrupt", "suspend", "give up", "relinquish", "surrender" ], "near antonyms":[ "engage", "pledge", "promise", "begin", "commence", "initiate", "start", "take on", "take up", "undertake" ], "antonyms":[ "continue", "keep" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "screws up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "messes (up)", "slips up", "stumbles", "trips" ], "near synonyms":[ "nods", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "foozles", "mangles", "mishandles", "muffs", "murders", "miscalculates", "misconceives", "miscounts", "miscues", "misdeems", "misgauges", "misjudges", "mistakes", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misunderstands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "boggles", "bollixes (up)", "boots", "botches", "buggers (up)", "bumbles", "bungles", "butchers", "dubs", "flubs", "fluffs", "foozles", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "mangles", "messes (up)", "mucks up", "muffs", "murders" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunders", "gums (up)", "muddles", "piffles", "blemishes", "blights", "damages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "mutilates", "ruins", "spoils", "vitiates", "destroys", "wrecks", "mishandles", "mismanages" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "helps", "improves", "meliorates", "rectifies", "refines", "reforms", "remedies", "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scramblers":{ "as in hustlers , go-getters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "go-getters", "hustlers", "speedsters", "hurriers", "rushers", "speeders" ], "near antonyms":[ "crawlers", "dalliers", "dawdlers", "draggers", "laggards", "laggers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "plodders", "slowpokes", "snails", "stragglers", "latecomers", "idlers", "lazybones", "loafers", "loungers", "slouches", "sluggards", "slugs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrubby":{ "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "examples":[ "changed into an old flannel shirt and a scrubby pair of jeans to clean out the garage" ], "synonyms":[ "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "dumpy", "grungy", "mangy", "mean", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "decaying", "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scrappy":{ "feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{ "examples":[ "she was a scrappy girl despite\u2014or, perhaps, because of\u2014her small size" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "agonistic", "argumentative", "assaultive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "brawly", "chippy", "combative", "confrontational", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "feisty", "gladiatorial", "militant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "truculent", "warlike" ], "near synonyms":[ "antagonistic", "fierce", "hostile", "hot-tempered", "acidic", "bearish", "bilious", "bristly", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "fractious", "fretful", "grouchy", "grumpy", "huffy", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "irascible", "irritable", "ornery", "peevish", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "querulous", "rude", "snappish", "snappy", "stroppy", "surly", "testy", "touchy", "ugly", "waspish", "savage", "vicious", "battling", "fighting", "warring" ], "near antonyms":[ "anti-imperialist", "antimilitarist", "unwarlike", "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "complaisant", "conciliatory", "cordial", "easygoing", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "ingratiating", "kindhearted", "obliging", "pleasant", "sociable", "calm", "quiet", "relaxed", "serene", "tranquil", "benign", "gentle", "kindly", "mild" ], "antonyms":[ "nonaggressive", "nonbelligerent", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "unbelligerent", "uncombative", "uncontentious" ] }, "given to arguing":{ "examples":[ "a pair of scrappy movie critics who can never agree on anything" ], "synonyms":[ "argumentative", "contentious", "controversial", "disputatious", "polemical", "polemic", "quarrelsome" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggressive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "gladiatorial", "militant", "pugnacious", "truculent", "warlike", "feisty", "fractious", "surly", "balky", "contrary", "ornery", "perverse", "restive", "wayward", "disobedient", "froward", "insubordinate", "intractable", "recalcitrant", "refractory", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "pigheaded", "resistant", "self-opinionated", "self-willed", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "uncooperative", "unreasonable", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful", "acidic", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "captious", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "fretful", "grouchy", "grumpy", "huffy", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "pettish", "petulant", "querulous", "rude", "snappish", "snappy", "splenetic", "testy", "touchy", "waspish", "battling", "fighting", "warring" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "cordial", "easygoing", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "ingratiating", "pleasant", "sociable", "acquiescent", "agreeable", "amenable", "complaisant", "compliant", "complying", "conciliatory", "cooperative", "obliging", "docile", "obedient", "submissive", "tractable", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scrag":{ "as in butcher , whack":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bump off", "butcher", "cut down", "finish", "get", "ice", "knock off", "murder", "neutralize", "off", "put away", "rub out", "snuff", "take out", "waste", "whack", "carry off", "claim", "croak", "destroy", "dispatch", "do in", "fell", "kill", "slay", "take", "annihilate", "blot out", "decimate", "kill off", "massacre", "mow", "slaughter", "smite", "assassinate", "execute", "martyr", "terminate", "euthanize", "euthanatize", "put down", "suicide" ], "near antonyms":[ "animate", "raise", "restore", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revive", "nurture" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in strangle , choke":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "choke", "garrote", "garotte", "strangle", "suffocate", "throttle", "asphyxiate", "smother", "stifle" ], "near antonyms":[ "restore", "resuscitate", "revive" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrape (by or through)":{ "as in carry on , scrounge":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carry on", "contrive", "scrounge", "cope", "do", "fare", "get along", "get by", "get on", "make out", "manage", "shift", "last", "survive", "eke out", "scrape (out)", "squeeze", "wrest", "wring", "afford", "swing" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapse", "fail", "fall short", "fizzle", "flounder", "decline", "peter (out)", "slump", "wane", "give up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "screenwriter":{ "as in playwright , scriptwriter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "scriptwriter", "author", "litterateur", "litt\u00e9rateur", "pen", "penman", "scribe", "scrivener", "writer", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "biographer", "hagiographer", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "fabulist", "fictioneer", "fictionist", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor", "nonwriter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrap heap":{ "as in dump":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dump", "detritus", "remains", "rubble", "ruins", "lumber", "odds and ends", "trumpery", "crud", "sewage", "slop", "swill", "wash", "flotsam", "jetsam", "wreckage", "chaff", "deadwood", "debris", "dreck", "drek", "dross", "dust", "effluvium", "effluvia", "garbage", "junk", "litter", "offal", "offscouring", "raffle", "refuse", "riffraff", "rubbish", "scrap", "spilth", "trash", "truck", "waste", "castoff", "cull", "discard", "hand-me-down", "reject", "throwaway", "nothing", "straw", "two bits" ], "near antonyms":[ "catch", "gem", "goody", "goodie", "jewel", "pearl", "plum", "prize", "treasure", "treasure trove", "trove", "valuable", "booty", "find", "salvage" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scragging":{ "as in butchering , whacking":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bumping off", "butchering", "cutting down", "finishing", "getting", "icing", "knocking off", "murdering", "neutralizing", "offing", "putting away", "rubbing out", "snuffing", "taking out", "wasting", "whacking", "carrying off", "claiming", "croaking", "destroying", "dispatching", "doing in", "felling", "killing", "slaying", "taking", "annihilating", "blotting out", "decimating", "killing off", "massacring", "mowing", "slaughtering", "smiting", "assassinating", "executing", "martyring", "terminating", "euthanizing", "euthanatizing", "putting down", "suiciding" ], "near antonyms":[ "animating", "raising", "restoring", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "reviving", "nurturing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in strangling , choking":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "choking", "garroting", "garotting", "strangling", "suffocating", "throttling", "asphyxiating", "smothering", "stifling" ], "near antonyms":[ "restoring", "resuscitating", "reviving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrip":{ "as in paper money , dead presidents":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dead presidents", "paper money", "banknote", "bill", "greenback", "note", "buck", "dollar", "simoleon", "smacker", "C-note", "fifty", "fin", "five", "fiver", "hundred", "one", "sawbuck", "ten", "tenner", "twenty", "two", "cash", "chips", "currency", "dough", "legal tender", "lucre", "money", "pelf", "check", "draft", "money order" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screwing up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it" ], "synonyms":[ "blundering", "boobing", "erring", "flubbing", "fluffing", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "lousing up", "messing (up)", "slipping up", "stumbling", "tripping" ], "near synonyms":[ "nodding", "bobbling", "botching", "bungling", "butchering", "foozling", "mangling", "mishandling", "muffing", "murdering", "miscalculating", "misconceiving", "miscounting", "miscuing", "misdeeming", "misgauging", "misgaging", "misjudging", "mistaking", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misunderstanding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "bobbling", "boggling", "bollixing (up)", "booting", "botching", "buggering (up)", "bumbling", "bungling", "butchering", "dubbing", "flubbing", "fluffing", "foozling", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "lousing up", "mangling", "messing (up)", "mucking up", "muffing", "murdering" ], "near synonyms":[ "blundering", "gumming (up)", "muddling", "piffling", "blemishing", "blighting", "damaging", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "mutilating", "ruining", "spoiling", "vitiating", "destroying", "wrecking", "mishandling", "mismanaging" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "helping", "improving", "meliorating", "rectifying", "refining", "reforming", "remedying", "doctoring", "fixing", "patching", "reconditioning", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrapbooks":{ "as in albums , notebooks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "albums", "notebooks", "scratch pads", "booklets", "pamphlets", "notepads", "pads", "tablets" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screwed up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it" ], "synonyms":[ "blundered", "boobed", "erred", "flubbed", "fluffed", "fouled up", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "messed (up)", "slipped up", "stumbled", "tripped" ], "near synonyms":[ "nodded", "bobbled", "botched", "bungled", "butchered", "foozled", "mangled", "mishandled", "muffed", "murdered", "miscalculated", "misconceived", "miscounted", "miscued", "misdeemed", "misgauged", "misgaged", "misjudged", "mistook", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misunderstood" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "bobbled", "boggled", "bollixed (up)", "booted", "botched", "buggered (up)", "bumbled", "bungled", "butchered", "dubbed", "flubbed", "fluffed", "foozled", "fouled up", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "mangled", "messed (up)", "mucked up", "muffed", "murdered" ], "near synonyms":[ "blundered", "gummed (up)", "muddled", "piffled", "blemished", "blighted", "damaged", "flawed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "mutilated", "ruined", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "destroyed", "wrecked", "mishandled", "mismanaged" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "helped", "improved", "meliorated", "rectified", "refined", "reformed", "remedied", "doctored", "fixed", "patched", "reconditioned", "renovated", "repaired", "revamped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrawl":{ "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off" ], "synonyms":[ "scratch", "scribble", "squiggle" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodle", "jot (down)", "ink", "inscribe", "letter", "pen", "pencil", "print", "write" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in scribble , scratch":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cacography", "hen scratch", "hen track", "scratch", "scribble", "hand", "handwriting", "penmanship", "script", "backhand", "copperplate", "cursive", "print", "running hand", "autograph", "John Hancock", "John Henry", "signature" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "screening (off)":{ "as in curtaining (off)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "curtaining (off)", "barricading", "barring", "blockading", "blocking (off)", "closing (off)", "guarding", "walling (off)", "diking", "fencing", "gating", "hedging", "bolting", "locking", "obstructing" ], "near antonyms":[ "opening", "unbarring", "reopening", "unblocking", "unbolting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrape (out)":{ "as in squeeze , eke out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "eke out", "squeeze", "wrest", "wring", "last", "survive", "afford", "swing", "carry on", "contrive", "scrape (by or through)", "scrounge", "cope", "do", "fare", "get along", "get by", "get on", "make out", "manage", "shift" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapse", "fail", "fall short", "fizzle", "flounder", "decline", "peter (out)", "slump", "wane", "give up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scribed":{ "to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{ "examples":[ "carefully scribed two lines into the wood" ], "synonyms":[ "grooved", "scored", "seamed" ], "near synonyms":[ "abraded", "filed", "grazed", "milled", "rasped", "scarified", "scratched", "beveled", "bevelled", "chamfered", "fluted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screaming":{ "arousing a strong and usually superficial interest or emotional reaction":{ "examples":[ "screaming headlines about the latest showbiz scandal" ], "synonyms":[ "catchpenny", "gee-whiz", "lurid", "sensational", "sensationalist", "sensationalistic" ], "near synonyms":[ "catchy", "colorful", "juicy", "racy", "suggestive", "dramatic", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "theatrical", "theatric", "coarse", "vulgar", "gory", "shocking" ], "near antonyms":[ "innocuous", "inoffensive", "tame", "dignified", "formal", "proper", "restrained" ], "antonyms":[ "nonsensational" ] }, "causing or intended to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "a screaming picture of everyone making silly faces" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "chucklesome", "comedic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "humoristic", "humorous", "hysterical", "hysteric", "killing", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "clownish", "knockabout", "slapstick", "slapsticky", "zany", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "snickery", "jocular", "playful", "waggish", "campy", "jokey", "joky", "priceless", "rich", "whimsical", "witty", "wry", "blithesome", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "mad", "merry", "mirthful" ], "near antonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "serious", "severe", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty", "affecting", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "tragic", "tragical", "lachrymose", "mournful", "sad", "sorrowful", "tearful", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[ "humorless", "lame", "unamusing", "uncomic", "unfunny", "unhumorous", "unhysterical" ] }, "to cry out loudly and emotionally":{ "examples":[ "we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge" ], "synonyms":[ "howling", "screeching", "shrieking", "shrilling", "squalling", "squealing", "yelling", "yelping" ], "near synonyms":[ "baying", "caterwauling", "keening", "squawking", "wailing", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling", "bawling", "calling", "crying", "hollering", "shouting", "thundering", "vociferating" ], "near antonyms":[ "murmuring", "muttering", "whispering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{ "examples":[ "you'll scream when you see the outfit that she's wearing" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking up", "cackling", "chortling", "chuckling", "cracking up", "giggling", "hee-hawing", "laughing", "roaring", "snickering", "tittering", "twittering" ], "near synonyms":[ "grinning", "smiling" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawling", "blubbering", "crying", "sobbing", "weeping", "howling", "squalling", "wailing", "yowling", "bleating", "puling", "whimpering", "whining", "sniffling", "sniveling", "snivelling", "groaning", "moaning", "sighing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "angry residents screamed that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm" ], "synonyms":[ "beefing", "bellyaching", "bitching", "bleating", "carping", "caterwauling", "complaining", "crabbing", "croaking", "fussing", "griping", "grizzling", "grouching", "grousing", "growling", "grumbling", "grumping", "hollering", "inveighing", "keening", "kicking", "kvetching", "maundering", "moaning", "murmuring", "muttering", "nagging", "repining", "squawking", "squealing", "wailing", "whimpering", "whinging", "whingeing", "whining", "yammering", "yawping", "yauping", "yowling" ], "near synonyms":[ "objecting (to)", "protesting", "quarreling (with)", "quarrelling (with)", "caviling", "cavilling", "quibbling", "fretting", "stewing", "worrying", "blubbering", "crying", "sobbing", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "lamenting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "bearing", "countenancing", "enduring", "taking", "tolerating", "applauding", "cheering", "commending" ], "antonyms":[ "crowing", "delighting", "rejoicing" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "scram":{ "as in abscond , scarper":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abscond", "clear out", "decamp", "elope", "escape", "get (away)", "get out", "lam", "light out", "make off", "mizzle", "scarper", "scat", "skip (out)", "skirr", "bolt", "break", "bug out", "flee", "fly", "hightail (it)", "retreat", "run", "run away", "run off", "skedaddle" ], "near antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "abide", "dwell", "hang around", "linger", "remain", "stay", "stick around", "tarry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scruffy":{ "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "examples":[ "dressed in scruffy old clothes to clean out the garage" ], "synonyms":[ "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "dumpy", "grungy", "mangy", "mean", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "decaying", "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scrimp":{ "to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{ "examples":[ "had to scrimp and save for years in order to be able to afford a house" ], "synonyms":[ "economize", "pinch", "save", "skimp", "spare" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserve", "husband", "maintain", "manage", "preserve", "scrape", "cut back", "cut down", "retrench", "hoard", "lay up" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow", "dissipate", "fritter (away)", "lavish", "misspend", "run through", "spend", "squander", "throw away", "splurge" ], "antonyms":[ "waste" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screamed":{ "to cry out loudly and emotionally":{ "examples":[ "we screamed when the roller coaster began its 30-foot plunge" ], "synonyms":[ "howled", "screeched", "shrieked", "shrilled", "squalled", "squealed", "yelled", "yelped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bayed", "caterwauled", "keened", "squawked", "wailed", "yawped", "yauped", "yowled", "bawled", "called", "cried", "hollered", "shouted", "thundered", "vociferated" ], "near antonyms":[ "murmured", "muttered", "whispered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{ "examples":[ "you'll scream when you see the outfit that she's wearing" ], "synonyms":[ "broke up", "cackled", "chortled", "chuckled", "cracked up", "giggled", "hee-hawed", "laughed", "roared", "snickered", "tittered", "twittered" ], "near synonyms":[ "grinned", "smiled" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawled", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "wept", "howled", "squalled", "wailed", "yowled", "bleated", "puled", "whimpered", "whined", "sniffled", "sniveled", "snivelled", "groaned", "moaned", "sighed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{ "examples":[ "angry residents screamed that their neighborhood still hadn't been plowed a week after the snowstorm" ], "synonyms":[ "beefed", "bellyached", "bitched", "bleated", "carped", "caterwauled", "complained", "crabbed", "croaked", "fussed", "griped", "grizzled", "grouched", "groused", "growled", "grumbled", "grumped", "hollered", "inveighed", "keened", "kicked", "kvetched", "maundered", "moaned", "murmured", "muttered", "nagged", "repined", "squawked", "squealed", "wailed", "whimpered", "whined", "whinged", "yammered", "yawped", "yauped", "yowled" ], "near synonyms":[ "objected (to)", "protested", "quarreled (with)", "quarrelled (with)", "caviled", "cavilled", "quibbled", "fretted", "stewed", "worried", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "bemoaned", "bewailed", "deplored", "lamented" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "bore", "countenanced", "endured", "tolerated", "took", "applauded", "cheered", "commended" ], "antonyms":[ "crowed", "delighted", "rejoiced" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrubland":{ "as in thicket , chaparral":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brake", "brushwood", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "grove", "stand", "thicket", "forest", "forestland", "timber", "timberland", "wood(s)", "woodland", "greenwood", "wildwood", "woodlot", "arboretum", "plantation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrawling":{ "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "scrawled a quick note, stuck it in their mailbox, and hurried off" ], "synonyms":[ "scratching", "scribbling", "squiggling" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodling", "jotting (down)", "inking", "inscribing", "lettering", "penciling", "pencilling", "penning", "printing", "writing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scraping (out)":{ "as in squeezing , eking out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "eking out", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing", "lasting", "surviving", "affording", "swinging", "carrying on", "contriving", "scraping (by or through)", "scrounging", "coping", "doing", "faring", "getting along", "getting by", "getting on", "making out", "managing", "shifting" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsing", "failing", "falling short", "fizzling", "floundering", "declining", "petering (out)", "slumping", "waning", "giving up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrapper":{ "a person who takes part in a dispute":{ "examples":[ "both movie critics are real scrappers , so their on-air discussions of the latest releases are often heated" ], "synonyms":[ "arguer", "argufier", "bickerer", "brawler", "debater", "disputant", "disputer", "fighter", "quarreler", "quarreller", "squabbler", "wrangler" ], "near synonyms":[ "advocate", "codefendant", "defendant", "plaintiff", "pleader", "challenger", "contender", "contestant", "skirmisher", "fusser", "nitpicker", "pettifogger", "quibbler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrambler":{ "as in hustler , go-getter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "go-getter", "hustler", "speedster", "hurrier", "rusher", "speeder" ], "near antonyms":[ "crawler", "dallier", "dawdler", "dragger", "laggard", "lagger", "lingerer", "loiterer", "plodder", "slowpoke", "snail", "straggler", "latecomer", "idler", "lazybones", "loafer", "lounger", "slouch", "slug", "sluggard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scribing":{ "to mark with or as if with a line or groove":{ "examples":[ "carefully scribed two lines into the wood" ], "synonyms":[ "grooving", "scoring", "seaming" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrading", "filing", "grazing", "milling", "rasping", "scarifying", "scratching", "beveling", "bevelling", "chamfering", "fluting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrunches":{ "to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{ "examples":[ "scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry" ], "synonyms":[ "crinkles", "crumples", "rumples", "wrinkles" ], "near synonyms":[ "corrugates", "creases", "crimps", "folds", "pleats", "puckers", "rucks", "crisps", "ripples", "ruffles", "contracts", "furrows", "knits", "messes (up)", "musses (up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "evens", "irons", "presses", "straightens", "unfolds", "neatens", "tidies" ], "antonyms":[ "flattens", "irons out", "smoothens", "smooths", "smoothes", "uncrumples" ] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass" ], "synonyms":[ "couches", "crouches", "huddles", "hunches", "hunkers (down)", "squats", "squinches" ], "near synonyms":[ "curls up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{ "examples":[ "scrunched loose gravel with every footstep" ], "synonyms":[ "crunches", "gnashes", "grates", "grinds", "grits", "scrapes" ], "near synonyms":[ "creaks", "groans", "moans", "rasps", "scratches", "whines", "clashes", "collides", "jangles", "jars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scribblers":{ "as in hacks , ghostwriters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ghostwriters", "hacks", "hatchet men", "wordmongers", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "biographers", "hagiographers", "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths", "autobiographers", "memoirists", "memorialists", "authors", "litterateurs", "litt\u00e9rateurs", "penmen", "pens", "scribes", "scriveners", "writers", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists", "dramatists", "playwrights", "scenarists", "screenwriters", "scriptwriters", "prosaists", "prosateurs", "prosers" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "screens":{ "means or method of defending":{ "examples":[ "the target will be difficult to reach as it is behind a screen of anti-aircraft batteries" ], "synonyms":[ "aegises", "egises", "ammunitions", "armors", "bucklers", "covers", "defenses", "guards", "protections", "safeguards", "securities", "shields", "walls", "wards" ], "near synonyms":[ "armaments", "arms", "munitions", "weaponries", "weapons", "fortresses", "forts", "palisades", "strongholds" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressions", "assaults", "attacks", "offenses", "offences", "offensives" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "examples":[ "attack helicopters were called in to help screen the troops from further attacks" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwarks", "covers", "defends", "fences", "fends", "forfends", "guards", "keeps", "protects", "safeguards", "secures", "shields", "wards" ], "near synonyms":[ "averts", "prevents", "opposes", "resists", "withstands", "battles", "contends", "fights", "wars", "conserves", "preserves", "saves", "buffers", "palisades", "pickets", "walls" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombards", "storms", "besets", "besieges", "overruns", "capitulates", "caves", "submits", "yields" ], "antonyms":[ "assails", "assaults", "attacks" ] }, "to keep secret or shut off from view":{ "examples":[ "bushes screened the swimming pool from passersby on the street" ], "synonyms":[ "belies", "blankets", "blots out", "cloaks", "conceals", "covers", "curtains", "disguises", "enshrouds", "hides", "masks", "obscures", "occults", "papers over", "shrouds", "suppresses", "veils" ], "near synonyms":[ "buries", "camouflages", "covers (up)", "smothers", "gilds", "glosses (over)", "varnishes", "whitewashes", "beclouds", "bedims", "befogs", "blocks", "clouds", "darkens", "eclipses", "obstructs", "occludes", "overcasts", "overshadows", "shades" ], "near antonyms":[ "brings out", "presents", "clarifies", "illuminates", "advertises", "airs", "broadcasts", "gets out", "proclaims", "publicizes", "publishes", "spreads" ], "antonyms":[ "bares", "discloses", "displays", "divulges", "exposes", "reveals", "shows", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "unmasks", "unveils" ] }, "to pass through a filter":{ "examples":[ "you should screen the cooking oil to remove impurities" ], "synonyms":[ "filters", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "leaches", "percolates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to place a protective layer over":{ "examples":[ "screened his eyes with his hand to block the sun" ], "synonyms":[ "covers", "shields" ], "near synonyms":[ "cloaks", "clothes", "veils", "drapes", "palls", "canopies", "caps", "crowns", "disguises", "masks", "obscures" ], "near antonyms":[ "bares", "exposes", "uncovers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "screens (off)":{ "as in curtains (off)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "curtains (off)", "barricades", "bars", "blockades", "blocks (off)", "closes (off)", "guards", "walls (off)", "dikes", "fences", "gates", "hedges", "bolts", "locks", "obstructs" ], "near antonyms":[ "opens", "unbars", "reopens", "unblocks", "unbolts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scraping (up or together)":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "eking (out)", "scrounging", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiring", "attaining", "drawing", "earning", "gaining", "landing", "obtaining", "procuring", "securing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "scrutinizes":{ "to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{ "examples":[ "the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected" ], "synonyms":[ "audits", "checks (out)", "cons", "examines", "inspects", "overlooks", "oversees", "reviews", "scans", "surveys", "views" ], "near synonyms":[ "notices", "observes", "watches", "combs", "peruses", "pores (over)", "analyzes", "dissects", "parses", "delves (into)", "explores", "investigates", "plumbs", "probes", "researches", "studies", "categorizes", "classifies", "picks over", "reinspects", "rereviews", "resurveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "skims", "misses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scratch pads":{ "as in pads , notebooks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "notepads", "pads", "tablets", "albums", "notebooks", "scrapbooks", "booklets", "pamphlets" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrounges":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[ "scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills" ], "synonyms":[ "ekes (out)", "scrapes (up or together)", "squeezes", "wrests", "wrings" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquires", "attains", "draws", "earns", "gains", "lands", "obtains", "procures", "secures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrapes (by or through)":{ "as in carries on , scrounges":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carries on", "contrives", "scrounges", "copes", "does", "fares", "gets along", "gets by", "gets on", "makes out", "manages", "shifts", "lasts", "survives", "ekes out", "scrapes (out)", "squeezes", "wrests", "wrings", "affords", "swings" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapses", "fails", "falls short", "fizzles", "flounders", "declines", "peters (out)", "slumps", "wanes", "gives up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "scraped":{ "as in scrubbed , sanded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "rasped", "sandblasted", "sanded", "sandpapered", "scoured", "scrubbed", "soapy", "waxy", "coated", "glazed", "waxed", "brushed", "buffed", "burnished", "glossed", "ground", "polished", "rubbed", "shined", "greased", "greasy", "lubricated", "oiled", "slick", "slicked", "slippery", "slippy", "slithery" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarsened", "rough", "roughened", "scuffed", "uneven" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{ "examples":[ "the rusty old gate scrapes against the pavement whenever anyone opens it" ], "synonyms":[ "grated", "ground", "rasped", "scratched" ], "near synonyms":[ "rubbed", "groaned", "whined" ], "near antonyms":[ "glided", "skated", "slid" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{ "examples":[ "she scraped her knee when she fell down" ], "synonyms":[ "abraded", "grazed", "scratched", "scuffed" ], "near synonyms":[ "barked", "skinned", "chafed", "fretted", "galled", "clawed", "cut", "lacerated", "bruised", "contused" ], "near antonyms":[ "polished", "smoothed", "softened", "waxed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{ "examples":[ "she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention" ], "synonyms":[ "crunched", "gnashed", "grated", "gritted", "ground", "scrunched" ], "near synonyms":[ "creaked", "groaned", "moaned", "rasped", "scratched", "whined", "clashed", "collided", "jangled", "jarred" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "screwy":{ "different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{ "examples":[ "the counterfeit bills are poorly done and would look screwy to even the untrained eye" ], "synonyms":[ "bizarre", "bizarro", "cranky", "crazy", "curious", "eccentric", "erratic", "far-out", "funky", "funny", "kinky", "kooky", "kookie", "odd", "off-kilter", "off-the-wall", "offbeat", "out-of-the-way", "outlandish", "outr\u00e9", "peculiar", "quaint", "queer", "queerish", "quirky", "remarkable", "rum", "spaced-out", "strange", "wacky", "whacky", "way-out", "weird", "weirdo", "wild" ], "near synonyms":[ "aberrant", "abnormal", "addlepated", "flaky", "extraordinary", "fantastic", "fantastical", "freak", "freakish", "freaky", "phantasmagoric", "phantasmagorical", "phenomenal", "atypical", "rare", "singular", "uncommon", "uncustomary", "unique", "unusual", "unwonted", "conspicuous", "notable", "noticeable", "outstanding", "prominent", "salient", "striking", "atrocious", "outrageous", "shocking", "crotchety", "idiosyncratic", "nonconformist", "nonmainstream", "out-there", "unconventional", "unorthodox", "baffling", "bewildering", "confounding", "mystifying", "perplexing", "puzzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "average", "commonplace", "everyday", "garden", "normal", "ordinary", "prosaic", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "standard", "typical", "unexceptional", "unremarkable", "usual", "workaday", "conformist", "conservative", "conventional", "expected", "familiar", "knee-jerk", "predictable", "common", "customary", "frequent", "habitual", "regular", "wonted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "I was accosted on the downtown street by a woman who seemed to be a bit screwy in the head" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scrutinizing":{ "to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{ "examples":[ "the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected" ], "synonyms":[ "auditing", "checking (out)", "conning", "examining", "inspecting", "overlooking", "overseeing", "reviewing", "scanning", "surveying", "viewing" ], "near synonyms":[ "noticing", "observing", "watching", "combing", "perusing", "poring (over)", "analyzing", "dissecting", "parsing", "delving (into)", "exploring", "investigating", "plumbing", "probing", "researching", "studying", "categorizing", "classifying", "picking over", "reinspecting", "rereviewing", "re-reviewing", "resurveying" ], "near antonyms":[ "skimming", "missing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrunching":{ "to create (as by crushing) an irregular mass of creases in":{ "examples":[ "scrunched up the shirt and tossed it in the laundry" ], "synonyms":[ "crinkling", "crumpling", "rumpling", "wrinkling" ], "near synonyms":[ "corrugating", "creasing", "crimping", "folding", "pleating", "puckering", "rucking", "crisping", "rippling", "ruffling", "contracting", "furrowing", "knitting", "messing (up)", "mussing (up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "evening", "ironing", "pressing", "straightening", "unfolding", "neatening", "tidying" ], "antonyms":[ "flattening", "ironing out", "smoothening", "smoothing", "uncrumpling" ] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "the climbers scrunched down on the leeward side of a large boulder and waited for the storm to pass" ], "synonyms":[ "couching", "crouching", "huddling", "hunching", "hunkering (down)", "squatting", "squinching" ], "near synonyms":[ "curling up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{ "examples":[ "scrunched loose gravel with every footstep" ], "synonyms":[ "crunching", "gnashing", "grating", "grinding", "gritting", "scraping" ], "near synonyms":[ "creaking", "groaning", "moaning", "rasping", "scratching", "whining", "clashing", "colliding", "jangling", "jarring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrawniness":{ "as in gauntness , weediness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gauntness", "skinniness", "weediness", "fitness", "trimness", "leanness", "reediness", "slenderness", "slimness", "svelteness", "thinness" ], "near antonyms":[ "adiposity", "chubbiness", "corpulence", "corpulency", "embonpoint", "fat", "fatness", "fattiness", "fleshiness", "grossness", "obesity", "plumpness", "portliness", "pudginess", "pursiness", "rotundity", "weight", "bulkiness", "heaviness", "huskiness", "stoutness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrammed":{ "as in absconded , scarpered":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absconded", "cleared out", "decamped", "eloped", "escaped", "got (away)", "got out", "lammed", "lit", "lighted out", "made off", "mizzled", "scarpered", "scatted", "skipped (out)", "skirred", "bolted", "broke", "bugged out", "fled", "flew", "hightailed (it)", "ran", "run", "ran away", "ran off", "retreated", "skedaddled" ], "near antonyms":[ "bearded", "braved", "confronted", "dared", "defied", "faced", "abided", "abode", "dwelled", "dwelt", "hung around", "lingered", "remained", "stayed", "stuck around", "tarried" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scraped (out)":{ "as in squeezed , eked out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "eked out", "squeezed", "wrested", "wrung", "lasted", "survived", "afforded", "swung", "carried on", "contrived", "scraped (by or through)", "scrounged", "coped", "did", "fared", "got along", "got by", "got on", "made out", "managed", "shifted" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "failed", "fell short", "fizzled", "floundered", "declined", "petered (out)", "slumped", "waned", "gave up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrags":{ "as in butchers , whacks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bumps off", "butchers", "cuts down", "finishes", "gets", "ices", "knocks off", "murders", "neutralizes", "offs", "puts away", "rubs out", "snuffs", "takes out", "wastes", "whacks", "carries off", "claims", "croaks", "destroys", "dispatches", "does in", "fells", "kills", "slays", "takes", "annihilates", "blots out", "decimates", "kills off", "massacres", "mows", "slaughters", "smites", "assassinates", "executes", "martyrs", "terminates", "euthanizes", "euthanatizes", "puts down", "suicides" ], "near antonyms":[ "animates", "raises", "restores", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revives", "nurtures" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in strangles , chokes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chokes", "garrotes", "garottes", "strangles", "suffocates", "throttles", "asphyxiates", "smothers", "stifles" ], "near antonyms":[ "restores", "resuscitates", "revives" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scratches (out)":{ "to compose and set down on paper the words of":{ "examples":[ "scratched out a poem for his beloved wife on the home front" ], "synonyms":[ "authors", "pens", "scribbles", "writes" ], "near synonyms":[ "casts", "composes", "crafts", "drafts", "draws up", "formulates", "frames", "prepares", "recasts", "redrafts", "revises", "rewrites", "letters", "prints", "types", "typewrites", "records", "takes down", "transcribes", "autographs", "pencils (in)", "registers", "signs", "couches", "expresses", "phrases", "puts", "words" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it":{ "examples":[ "scratched out the old phone number and wrote in the new one" ], "synonyms":[ "blue-pencils", "cancels", "crosses (out)", "deles", "deletes", "edits (out)", "elides", "kills", "strikes (out)", "strokes (out)", "x's (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "blots out", "effaces", "eradicates", "erases", "expunges", "obliterates", "roots (out)", "rubs out", "wipes out", "bleeps", "blips", "clips", "cuts", "excises", "removes", "bowdlerizes", "censors", "cleans (up)", "expurgates", "launders", "redacts", "red-pencils", "abbreviates", "crops", "shortens", "blacks out", "represses", "silences", "suppresses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screw":{ "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "examples":[ "screwed up his face at the taste of the medicine" ], "synonyms":[ "contort", "deform", "distort", "misshape", "squinch", "torture", "warp" ], "near synonyms":[ "deface", "disfigure", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "coil", "curl", "loop", "spiral", "twine", "wind", "wreathe" ], "near antonyms":[ "straighten", "unbend", "uncurl" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "managed to screw his siblings out of their share of the inheritance" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ], "near synonyms":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrimmaged (with)":{ "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "examples":[ "growing up in the inner city he had often scrimmaged with neighborhood toughs" ], "synonyms":[ "battled", "clashed (with)", "combated", "combatted", "fought", "skirmished (with)", "warred (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "dueled", "duelled", "jousted", "banged", "bashed", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belted", "bludgeoned", "bopped", "buffeted", "clobbered", "hammered", "hit", "knocked", "pasted", "pounded", "punched", "slammed", "slapped", "slogged", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "struck", "swatted", "swiped", "thumped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "whaled", "boxed", "sparred", "brawled", "grappled", "scuffled", "tussled", "wrestled", "bumped", "collided" ], "near antonyms":[ "gave up", "submitted", "surrendered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scratch":{ "a harsh grating sound":{ "examples":[ "the scratch of metal on metal is not a good sound for a car to make" ], "synonyms":[ "creak", "grind", "jar", "rasp", "scrape" ], "near synonyms":[ "clang", "clangor", "clank", "clash", "jangle", "scuff", "croak", "gargle", "blast", "bleat", "bray", "screech" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{ "examples":[ "she treated her buddies to a drink whenever she had the scratch for it" ], "synonyms":[ "bread", "bucks", "cabbage", "cash", "change", "chips", "coin", "currency", "dough", "gold", "green", "jack", "kale", "legal tender", "lolly", "long green", "loot", "lucre", "money", "moola", "moolah", "needful", "pelf", "shekels", "sheqels", "shekelim", "shekalim", "sheqalim", "tender", "wampum" ], "near synonyms":[ "coinage", "specie", "dead presidents", "folding money", "paper money", "scrip", "banknote", "cashier's check", "check", "draft", "money order", "note", "promissory note", "bill", "dollar", "greenback", "bankroll", "capital", "finances", "funds", "roll", "wad", "wallet", "chump change", "dibs", "dime", "mite", "peanuts", "pittance", "shoestring", "big bucks", "bomb", "boodle", "bundle", "earth", "fortune", "king's ransom", "megabucks", "mint", "packet", "pile", "pot", "abundance", "means", "opulence", "riches", "treasure", "wealth", "resources", "wherewithal", "mad money", "petty cash", "pin money", "pocket money", "spending money" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{ "examples":[ "scratched his arm on a branch" ], "synonyms":[ "abrade", "graze", "scrape", "scuff" ], "near synonyms":[ "bark", "skin", "chafe", "fret", "gall", "claw", "cut", "lacerate", "bruise", "contuse" ], "near antonyms":[ "polish", "smooth", "soften", "wax" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{ "examples":[ "the branches of the willow tree scratch against the windowpane whenever the wind blows" ], "synonyms":[ "grate", "grind", "rasp", "scrape" ], "near synonyms":[ "rub", "groan", "whine" ], "near antonyms":[ "glide", "skate", "slide" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "scratched a quick doodle in the margins" ], "synonyms":[ "scrawl", "scribble", "squiggle" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodle", "jot (down)", "ink", "inscribe", "letter", "pen", "pencil", "print", "write" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrounge":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[ "scrounged up the money to pay his dental bills" ], "synonyms":[ "eke (out)", "scrape (up or together)", "squeeze", "wrest", "wring" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquire", "attain", "draw", "earn", "gain", "land", "obtain", "procure", "secure" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrivener":{ "a person who creates a written work":{ "examples":[ "the roomful of unsung scriveners that it takes to churn out a weekly sitcom" ], "synonyms":[ "author", "litterateur", "litt\u00e9rateur", "pen", "penman", "scribe", "writer" ], "near synonyms":[ "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "biographer", "hagiographer", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "fabulist", "fictioneer", "fictionist", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist", "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "scriptwriter", "prosaist", "prosateur", "proser", "bard", "poet", "rhymer", "versifier", "blogger", "columnist", "journalist", "newspaperman", "paragrapher", "reporter", "sportswriter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonauthor" ] }, "one who writes from dictation or copies manuscripts":{ "examples":[ "the details of the contract were worked out by a lawyer, I being involved with it merely as a scrivener" ], "synonyms":[ "amanuensis", "calligrapher", "copyist", "penman", "scribe" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrambling":{ "to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{ "examples":[ "the toddler scrambled up the stairs" ], "synonyms":[ "clambering", "climbing", "scrabbling", "swarming" ], "near synonyms":[ "shimmying", "shinning", "shinnying", "skinning", "ascending", "breasting", "free-climbing", "getting up", "mounting", "scaling", "summiting", "surmounting", "clawing", "sprawling", "struggling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "scrambled the letters of the word" ], "synonyms":[ "confusing", "deranging", "disarranging", "disarraying", "discomposing", "disheveling", "dishevelling", "disjointing", "dislocating", "disordering", "disorganizing", "disrupting", "disturbing", "hashing", "jumbling", "messing (up)", "mixing (up)", "muddling", "mussing", "rumpling", "shuffling", "tousling", "tumbling", "upsetting" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroiling", "entangling", "snarling", "tangling", "agitating", "perturbing", "stirring (up)", "unsettling", "cluttering" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligning", "alining", "lining", "lining up", "queuing", "queueing", "classifying", "codifying", "methodizing", "systematizing", "systemizing", "adjusting", "fixing", "grooming", "making up", "sprucing (up)", "unscrambling" ], "antonyms":[ "arranging", "arraying", "disposing", "drawing up", "marshaling", "marshalling", "ordering", "organizing", "ranging", "regulating", "straightening (up)", "tidying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "screwlike":{ "turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{ "examples":[ "performed a screwlike dive into the pool" ], "synonyms":[ "coiling", "corkscrew", "helical", "involute", "spiral", "winding" ], "near synonyms":[ "circular", "curling", "curving", "swirly", "twisting" ], "near antonyms":[ "lineal", "linear", "right", "straight" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "scraped (up or together)":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "eked (out)", "scrounged", "squeezed", "wrested", "wrung" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquired", "attained", "drew", "earned", "gained", "landed", "obtained", "procured", "secured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "scraped (together)":{ "as in picked up , collected":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accumulated", "acquired", "amassed", "assembled", "collected", "concentrated", "garnered", "gathered", "picked up", "rounded up", "cached", "hoarded", "laid away", "laid by", "laid in", "laid up", "put by", "salted away", "squirreled (away)", "squirrelled (away)", "stashed", "stockpiled", "stored", "stowed", "treasured", "heaped", "piled", "stacked", "conserved", "husbanded", "preserved", "banked", "coffered", "deposited", "held", "kept", "reserved", "retained", "saved", "set by", "stocked", "withheld", "buried", "concealed", "ensconced", "secreted" ], "near antonyms":[ "cast", "discarded", "ditched", "dumped", "flung (off or away)", "jettisoned", "threw away", "threw out", "unloaded", "consumed", "squandered", "used up", "wasted", "handed out", "handed over", "relinquished", "surrendered", "blew", "dissipated", "frittered (away)", "lavished", "misspent", "ran through", "spent", "depleted", "exhausted", "expended", "impoverished", "dispelled", "dispersed", "dissipated", "scattered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scruple":{ "a very small amount":{ "examples":[ "went about her business without even a scruple of suspicion" ], "synonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "crumb", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "nip", "ounce", "particle", "peanuts", "ray", "scintilla", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smack", "smell", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snap", "soup\u00e7on", "spark", "spatter", "speck", "splash", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "touch", "trace" ], "near synonyms":[ "hoot", "iota", "jot", "minim", "minimum", "modicum", "semblance", "syllable", "tittle", "vestige", "whit", "atom", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "mote", "nubbin", "patch", "scrap", "dash", "drop", "pinch", "part", "portion", "section", "bite", "nibble", "taste", "handful", "scattering", "smatter", "smattering", "dose", "shot", "chip", "flake", "fragment", "shard", "shiver", "sliver", "smithereens", "splinter", "tatter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "boatload", "bucket", "bundle", "bushel", "deal", "fistful", "gobs", "heaps", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "oodles", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plenty", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "stack", "wad", "wealth", "volume", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overflow", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "chunk", "hunk", "lump", "slab" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a very small piece":{ "examples":[ "left just a scruple of asparagus on the plate" ], "synonyms":[ "atom", "bit", "crumb", "dribble", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "mote", "nubbin", "nugget", "particle", "patch", "scrap", "snip", "snippet", "speck", "tittle" ], "near synonyms":[ "ace", "dab", "dash", "driblet", "drop", "fraction", "haet", "halfpenny", "ha'penny", "iota", "jot", "kenning", "lick", "minim", "mite", "modicum", "nutshell", "ounce", "pinch", "shred", "smatter", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "spot", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "taste", "touch", "trace", "whisper", "whit", "bite", "mouthful", "nibble", "tidbit", "titbit", "fragment", "part", "portion", "section", "chip", "flake", "shard", "shiver", "sliver", "splinter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving", "smithereens" ], "near antonyms":[ "chunk", "gob", "hunk", "lump", "slab", "abundance", "barrel", "bucket", "bushel", "deal", "heaps", "loads", "mass", "mountain", "peck", "pile", "pot", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "scads", "stack", "volume", "wad", "wealth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do":{ "examples":[ "the survey showed that many students had few scruples about cheating on papers or exams" ], "synonyms":[ "compunction", "misgiving", "qualm" ], "near synonyms":[ "conscience", "distrust", "doubt", "dubiety", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "mistrust", "reservation", "skepticism", "suspicion", "uncertainness", "uncertainty", "qualmishness", "unease", "uneasiness", "reluctance", "unwillingness", "demur", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "question", "remonstrance", "aversion", "disinclination", "indisposition", "reluctance", "unwillingness", "guilt", "regret", "remorse", "self-reproach", "shame", "contrition", "penitence", "repentance" ], "near antonyms":[ "aplomb", "assurance", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{ "examples":[ "a tabloid journalist who has never scrupled to reveal the most intimate details about the lives of celebrities" ], "synonyms":[ "balance", "dither", "falter", "halt", "hang back", "hesitate", "shilly-shally", "stagger", "teeter", "vacillate", "waver", "wobble", "wabble" ], "near synonyms":[ "haw", "hem", "dally", "dawdle", "delay", "linger", "pause", "procrastinate", "wait", "back down", "chicken (out)", "consider", "debate", "deliberate", "ponder", "weigh", "oscillate", "sway", "equivocate", "hedge", "pussyfoot", "waffle" ], "near antonyms":[ "decide", "budge", "stir", "advance", "continue" ], "antonyms":[ "dive (in)", "plunge (in)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scraping":{ "as in rough , grinding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abrasive", "cacophonous", "discordant", "grinding", "jarring", "rough", "scratching", "growling", "growly", "guttural", "cawing", "raucous", "screeching", "squawking", "strident", "coarse", "croaking", "croaky", "grating", "gravel", "gravelly", "gruff", "hoarse", "husky", "rasping", "raspy", "rusty", "scratchy", "throaty", "choked", "cracked", "strained", "strangled", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentle", "gliding", "golden", "liquid", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "soothing", "sweet", "tender", "satiny", "silken", "smooth", "soft", "velvety", "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "melodic", "melodious", "musical" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in pinching , scrimping":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cheapness", "closeness", "meanness", "miserliness", "parsimony", "penuriousness", "pinching", "selfishness", "stinginess", "tightness", "ungenerosity", "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing", "cutting back" ], "near antonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "generousness", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "munificence", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness", "beneficence", "charity", "kindliness", "selflessness", "kindness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to pass roughly and noisily over or against a surface":{ "examples":[ "the rusty old gate scrapes against the pavement whenever anyone opens it" ], "synonyms":[ "grating", "grinding", "rasping", "scratching" ], "near synonyms":[ "rubbing", "groaning", "whining" ], "near antonyms":[ "gliding", "skating", "sliding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to damage by rubbing against a sharp or rough surface":{ "examples":[ "she scraped her knee when she fell down" ], "synonyms":[ "abrading", "grazing", "scratching", "scuffing" ], "near synonyms":[ "barking", "skinning", "chafing", "fretting", "galling", "clawing", "cutting", "lacerating", "bruising", "contusing" ], "near antonyms":[ "polishing", "smoothing", "softening", "waxing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound":{ "examples":[ "she scraped her fingernails across the chalkboard to get everyone's attention" ], "synonyms":[ "crunching", "gnashing", "grating", "grinding", "gritting", "scrunching" ], "near synonyms":[ "creaking", "groaning", "moaning", "rasping", "scratching", "whining", "clashing", "colliding", "jangling", "jarring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrooges":{ "a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{ "examples":[ "her father is a real scrooge and refuses to pay her way through college, even though he can easily afford it" ], "synonyms":[ "cheapskates", "churls", "hunks", "misers", "niggards", "penny-pinchers", "pikers", "skinflints", "tightwads" ], "near synonyms":[ "hoarders", "pack rats", "savers" ], "near antonyms":[ "prodigals", "profligates", "spenders", "spendthrifts", "squanderers", "wasters", "wastrels" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scriptwriter":{ "as in playwright , screenwriter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "author", "litterateur", "litt\u00e9rateur", "pen", "penman", "scribe", "scrivener", "writer", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "biographer", "hagiographer", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "fabulist", "fictioneer", "fictionist", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor", "nonwriter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrapped":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "the young couple often scrapped about money and their very disparate spending habits" ], "synonyms":[ "altercated", "argued", "argufied", "bickered", "brabbled", "brawled", "controverted", "disputed", "fell out", "fought", "hassled", "jarred", "quarreled", "quarrelled", "quibbled", "rowed", "spatted", "squabbled", "tiffed", "wrangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenged", "dared", "defied", "clashed", "contended", "contested", "tangled", "caviled", "cavilled", "fussed", "nitpicked", "considered", "debated", "discussed", "kicked", "objected", "protested" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexisted", "got along", "accepted", "agreed", "assented", "concurred", "consented" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "examples":[ "we've decided to scrap the second car" ], "synonyms":[ "cashiered", "cast (off)", "chucked", "deep-sixed", "discarded", "ditched", "dumped", "eighty-sixed", "86'd", "exorcised", "exorcized", "flung (off or away)", "jettisoned", "junked", "laid by", "lost", "pitched", "rejected", "shed", "shucked (off)", "sloughed (off)", "sluffed (off)", "threw away", "threw out", "tossed", "unloaded" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandoned", "abdicated", "deserted", "forsook", "dismissed", "kicked out", "abolished", "annihilated", "eliminated", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extinguished", "extirpated", "liquidated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopted", "embraced", "took on", "employed", "used", "utilized", "held", "held back", "kept", "retained" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "we scrapped our plans to go to Paris, and set out the next day for Prague" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "aborted", "called", "called off", "canceled", "cancelled", "cried off", "dropped", "recalled", "repealed", "rescinded", "revoked", "scrubbed" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogated", "annulled", "invalidated", "nullified", "voided", "wrote off", "recanted", "retracted", "took back", "withdrew", "countermanded", "reversed", "rolled back", "broke off", "discontinued", "ended", "halted", "stopped", "terminated", "held back", "interrupted", "suspended", "gave up", "relinquished", "surrendered" ], "near antonyms":[ "engaged", "pledged", "promised", "began", "commenced", "initiated", "started", "took on", "took up", "undertook" ], "antonyms":[ "continued", "kept" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrambled":{ "to move (as up or over something) often with the help of the hands in holding or pulling":{ "examples":[ "the toddler scrambled up the stairs" ], "synonyms":[ "clambered", "climbed", "scrabbled", "swarmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "shimmied", "shinned", "shinnied", "skinned", "ascended", "breasted", "free-climbed", "got up", "mounted", "scaled", "summited", "surmounted", "clawed", "sprawled", "struggled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "scrambled the letters of the word" ], "synonyms":[ "confused", "deranged", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "discomposed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disjointed", "dislocated", "disordered", "disorganized", "disrupted", "disturbed", "hashed", "jumbled", "messed (up)", "mixed (up)", "muddled", "mussed", "rumpled", "shuffled", "tousled", "tumbled", "upset" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroiled", "entangled", "snarled", "tangled", "agitated", "perturbed", "stirred (up)", "unsettled", "cluttered" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligned", "alined", "lined", "lined up", "queued", "classified", "codified", "methodized", "systematized", "systemized", "adjusted", "fixed", "groomed", "made up", "spruced (up)", "unscrambled" ], "antonyms":[ "arranged", "arrayed", "disposed", "drew up", "marshaled", "marshalled", "ordered", "organized", "ranged", "regulated", "straightened (up)", "tidied" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scrutinized":{ "to look over closely (as for judging quality or condition)":{ "examples":[ "the project's time constraints make it impossible for the programmers to scrutinize every line of code, so some bugs should be expected" ], "synonyms":[ "audited", "checked (out)", "conned", "examined", "inspected", "overlooked", "oversaw", "reviewed", "scanned", "surveyed", "viewed" ], "near synonyms":[ "noticed", "observed", "watched", "combed", "perused", "pored (over)", "analyzed", "dissected", "parsed", "delved (into)", "explored", "investigated", "plumbed", "probed", "researched", "studied", "categorized", "classified", "picked over", "reinspected", "rereviewed", "re-reviewed", "resurveyed" ], "near antonyms":[ "skimmed", "missed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "scraping (by or through)":{ "as in carrying on , scrounging":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carrying on", "contriving", "scrounging", "coping", "doing", "faring", "getting along", "getting by", "getting on", "making out", "managing", "shifting", "lasting", "surviving", "eking out", "scraping (out)", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing", "affording", "swinging" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsing", "failing", "falling short", "fizzling", "floundering", "declining", "petering (out)", "slumping", "waning", "giving up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "scrapes (up or together)":{ "to get with great difficulty":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "ekes (out)", "scrounges", "squeezes", "wrests", "wrings" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquires", "attains", "draws", "earns", "gains", "lands", "obtains", "procures", "secures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "screamers":{ "as in moaners , weepers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bawlers", "bleaters", "moaners", "squawkers", "wailers", "weepers", "babies", "bellyachers", "complainers", "crybabies", "fussbudgets", "fussers", "fusspots", "gripers", "grumblers", "kvetchers", "kvetches", "snivelers", "whiners", "crabs", "grumps", "malcontents" ], "near antonyms":[ "happy campers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scribble":{ "to write or draw hastily or carelessly":{ "examples":[ "she scribbled a quick note on the pad by the door before leaving" ], "synonyms":[ "scratch", "scrawl", "squiggle" ], "near synonyms":[ "doodle", "jot (down)", "ink", "inscribe", "letter", "pen", "pencil", "print", "write" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to compose and set down on paper the words of":{ "examples":[ "he scribbled a quick note to his wife and taped it to the front door" ], "synonyms":[ "author", "pen", "scratch (out)", "write" ], "near synonyms":[ "cast", "compose", "craft", "draft", "draw up", "formulate", "frame", "prepare", "recast", "redraft", "revise", "rewrite", "letter", "print", "type", "typewrite", "record", "take down", "transcribe", "autograph", "pencil (in)", "register", "sign", "couch", "express", "phrase", "put", "word" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in scratch , scrawl":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cacography", "hen scratch", "hen track", "scratch", "scrawl", "hand", "handwriting", "penmanship", "script", "backhand", "copperplate", "cursive", "print", "running hand", "autograph", "John Hancock", "John Henry", "signature" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "scrapings":{ "as in residue , leavings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "leavings", "odds and ends", "pickings", "refuse", "remains", "residual", "residue", "stump", "vestige", "end", "fag end", "leftover", "oddment", "remainder", "remnant", "scrap", "stub", "balance", "rest", "chip", "flake", "fragment", "piece", "sliver", "splinter", "ribbon(s)", "shred", "tatter" ], "near antonyms":[ "whole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrupulousness":{ "strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{ "examples":[ "the admirable scrupulousness with which they performed every step of the experiment" ], "synonyms":[ "care", "carefulness", "closeness", "conscientiousness", "heed", "heedfulness", "meticulosity", "meticulousness", "pains" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertence", "advertency", "attention", "concentration", "focus", "observance", "observation", "alertness", "mindfulness", "vigilance", "watchfulness", "dutifulness", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "punctiliousness", "responsibility", "bother", "effort", "painstaking", "trouble", "exactness", "particularity", "precision" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadvertence", "inadvertency", "inattention", "inobservance" ], "antonyms":[ "heedlessness", "inattentiveness", "negligence" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "scrubbing":{ "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "the outdoor art project was scrubbed when the organizers found out they needed permission from city hall" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoning", "aborting", "calling", "calling off", "canceling", "cancelling", "crying off", "dropping", "recalling", "repealing", "rescinding", "revoking", "scrapping" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogating", "annulling", "invalidating", "nullifying", "voiding", "writing off", "recanting", "retracting", "taking back", "withdrawing", "countermanding", "reversing", "rolling back", "breaking off", "discontinuing", "ending", "halting", "stopping", "terminating", "holding back", "interrupting", "suspending", "giving up", "relinquishing", "surrendering" ], "near antonyms":[ "engaging", "pledging", "promising", "beginning", "commencing", "initiating", "starting", "taking on", "taking up", "undertaking" ], "antonyms":[ "continuing", "keeping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }