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"line", "merchandise", "wares", "handcraft", "handicraft", "aftereffect", "aftermath", "conclusion", "consequence", "corollary", "development", "effect", "issue", "outcome", "result", "resultant", "sequel", "sequence", "upshot", "by-product", "derivative", "offshoot", "offspring", "outgrowth", "residual", "side effect", "side reaction", "spin-off" ], "synonyms":[ "affair", "fruit", "handiwork", "output", "produce", "product", "production", "thing", "work", "yield" ] }, "the act or process of giving birth to children":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the mother's labor lasted for six hours" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "birth pang", "contraction", "pains", "pregnancy", "abortion", "miscarriage", "cesarean section", "caesarean section", "natural childbirth", "childbed", "confinement", "lying-in" ], "synonyms":[ "accouchement", "childbearing", "childbirth", "delivery", "parturition", "travail" ] }, "the active use of energy in producing a result":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a superhuman amount of labor must have gone into designing and building the pyramids of Egypt" ], "near antonyms":[ "adroitness", "ease", "facility", "fluency", "smoothness", "dormancy", "idleness", "inaction", "inactivity", "indolence", "inertia", "languor", "laziness", "quiescence" ], "related":[ "drudgery", "grind", "slog", "strain", "toil", "travail", "dint", "energy", "force", "might", "muscle", "power", "puissance", "attempt", "endeavor", "essay", "fling", "go", "pass", "shot", "stab", "trial", "try", "whack" ], "synonyms":[ "effort", "elbow grease", "exertion", "expenditure", "pains", "sweat", "trouble", "while", "work" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the young lawyer labored most of the weekend over the difficult legal brief" ], "near antonyms":[ "break", "ease (up)", "let up", "slacken", "bum", "chill", "dally", "dillydally", "footle", "goldbrick", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "lounge", "shirk", "slack (off)", "veg out", "bask", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest", "unwind", "dabble", "doodle", "fool around", "fribble", "goof (around)", "hang", "hang about", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "related":[ "apply (oneself)", "buckle (down)", "dig in", "hammer (away)", "knuckle down", "pitch in", "attack", "drive", "essay", "try", "exercise", "exert", "overexert", "overwork", "eke out", "grind (out)", "put out", "scrabble", "scratch", "trudge", "wade" ], "synonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "tug", "work" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "very hard or unpleasant work":{ "antonyms":[ "fun", "play" ], "examples":[ "a political dissident forced to do six months of hard labor in the salt mines as punishment" ], "near antonyms":[ "decompression", "ease", "leisure", "relaxation", "repose", "rest", "amusement", "dalliance", "diversion", "entertainment", "recreation", "sport", "dormancy", "idleness", "inactivity", "inertia", "inertness", "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging" ], "related":[ "spadework", "effort", "exertion", "pains", "struggle", "trouble", "chore", "duty", "job", "obligation", "responsibility", "routine", "tedium", "treadmill" ], "synonyms":[ "donkeywork", "drudge", "drudgery", "fatigue", "grind", "moil", "slavery", "sweat", "toil", "travail" ] } }, "laborers":{ "a person who does very hard or dull work":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "they could only find work as laborers unloading cargo ships" ], "near antonyms":[ "goldbricks", "shirkers", "idlers", "lazybones", "loafers", "slouches", "sluggards", "slugs" ], "related":[ "workhorses", "serfs" ], "synonyms":[ "dogsbodies", "drones", "drudgers", "drudges", "fags", "foot soldiers", "grubbers", "grubs", "grunts", "peons", "peones", "pluggers", "slaves", "sloggers", "toilers", "workers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lacerating":{ "as in stabbing , jagged":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cut (someone's flesh) deeply or roughly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The broken glass lacerated his feet.", "The patient's hand was severely lacerated ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "laceration":{ "a long deep cut":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the fall from the motocross bike left him with several lacerations from the sharp rocks" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "abrasion", "score", "scrape", "scratch", "injury", "wound", "crack", "fracture", "rupture", "snag" ], "synonyms":[ "gash", "incision", "rent", "rip", "slash", "slit", "tear" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lacing (into)":{ "as in blaming , criticizing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lackadaisically":{ "as in casually , listlessly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "lackey":{ "a person hired to perform household or personal services":{ "antonyms":[ "master", "mistress" ], "examples":[ "we sent the lackey out to get doughnuts for the office" ], "near antonyms":[ "boss", "captain", "chief", "foreman", "head", "headman", "helmsman", "kingpin", "leader", "taskmaster" ], "related":[ "butler", "footman", "groom", "houseboy", "houseman", "majordomo", "man", "manservant", "servitor", "valet", "handmaiden", "handmaid", "housekeeper", "housemaid", "lady-in-waiting", "maid", "maidservant", "wench", "woman", "assistant", "attendant", "companion", "factotum", "follower", "dogsbody", "drudge", "gofer", "gopher" ], "synonyms":[ "daily", "domestic", "flunky", "flunkey", "flunkie", "menial", "retainer", "servant", "steward" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lackluster":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "not having brightness, brilliance, or vitality":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a lackluster , dingy Main Street", "a lackluster performance", "His writing can be lackluster at times." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "lacquering":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "laden":{ "to place a weight or burden on":{ "antonyms":[ "disburden", "discharge", "disencumber", "unburden", "unlade", "unload" ], "examples":[ "laden a ship with emergency medical supplies" ], "near antonyms":[ "alleviate", "ease", "lighten", "relieve" ], "related":[ "clog", "clutter", "fill", "pack", "heap", "mound", "pile", "stack", "press", "weigh", "strain", "tax", "overburden", "overload", "overtax", "surcharge", "hamper", "handicap", "afflict", "oppress" ], "synonyms":[ "burden", "encumber", "freight", "lade", "load", "lumber", "saddle", "weight" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lading":{ "a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bill of lading is a document issued by a carrier that lists goods being shipped and specifies the terms of their transport" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "consignment", "boatload", "carload", "shipload", "trainload", "truckload", "wagonload", "ballast", "deadweight", "overload", "surcharge", "bale", "bundle", "pack", "package", "packet", "parcel", "shipment", "manifest", "body", "bulk", "mass" ], "synonyms":[ "burden", "cargo", "draft", "freight", "haul", "load", "loading", "payload", "weight" ] }, "to lift out with something that holds liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cook laded the stew into small bowls" ], "near antonyms":[ "pouring", "filling" ], "related":[ "bailing", "depleting", "draining", "eliminating", "emptying", "exhausting", "bleeding", "drawing (off)", "dishing", "slopping", "decanting", "drawing", "pumping", "siphoning", "syphoning", "suctioning" ], "synonyms":[ "bucketing", "dipping", "ladling", "scooping", "spooning" ] }, "to place a weight or burden on":{ "antonyms":[ "disburdening", "discharging", "disencumbering", "unburdening", "unlading", "unloading" ], "examples":[ "the trucks were heavily laden with produce for the market" ], "near antonyms":[ "alleviating", "easing", "lightening", "relieving" ], "related":[ "clogging", "cluttering", "filling", "packing", "heaping", "mounding", "piling", "stacking", "pressing", "weighing", "straining", "taxing", "overburdening", "overloading", "overtaxing", "surcharging", "hampering", "handicapping", "afflicting", "oppressing" ], "synonyms":[ "burdening", "encumbering", "freighting", "ladening", "loading", "lumbering", "saddling", "weighting" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lady-in-waiting":{ "as in abigail , maid-in-waiting":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lag":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "following all others of the same kind in order or time":{ "antonyms":[ "beginning", "earliest", "first", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "opening", "original", "pioneer", "primary", "starting" ], "examples":[ "we're now in the lag end of the project" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "premier", "superior" ], "related":[ "consequent", "ensuing", "eventual", "following", "succeeding", "conclusive", "crowning", "decisive", "definitive", "farthermost", "farthest", "furthermost", "furthest", "remotest", "lowermost", "lowest", "nethermost", "endmost", "extreme", "outermost", "outmost", "utmost", "penultimate" ], "synonyms":[ "bottommost", "closing", "concluding", "final", "hindmost", "last", "latest", "latter", "rearmost", "terminal", "terminating", "ultimate" ] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesce", "rally", "rebound", "recover", "recuperate", "gain" ], "related":[ "break down", "wear out", "yield", "degenerate", "deteriorate", "rot", "run down" ], "synonyms":[ "decay", "droop", "emaciate", "fade", "fail", "flag", "go", "languish", "sag", "sink", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt", "wither" ] }, "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barrel", "bolt", "career", "course", "dash", "fly", "hasten", "hotfoot (it)", "hurry", "race", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "scoot", "scud", "scurry", "speed", "tear", "whirl", "whisk", "whiz", "whizz", "zip" ], "examples":[ "the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "dart", "hump", "hurtle", "hustle", "scramble", "stampede", "gallop", "jog", "run", "sprint", "trot", "accelerate", "quicken", "speed (up)", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake" ], "related":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool around", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "amble", "ease", "inch", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stagger", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)", "filibuster", "procrastinate", "stall", "temporize" ], "synonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "dally", "dawdle", "delay", "diddle", "dillydally", "drag", "linger", "loiter", "lollygag", "lallygag", "mope", "poke", "shilly-shally", "tarry" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lagged":{ "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesced", "rallied", "rebounded", "recovered", "recuperated", "gained" ], "related":[ "broke down", "wore out", "yielded", "degenerated", "deteriorated", "ran down", "rotted" ], "synonyms":[ "decayed", "drooped", "emaciated", "faded", "failed", "flagged", "languished", "sagged", "sank", "sunk", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "went", "wilted", "withered" ] }, "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "bolted", "careered", "coursed", "dashed", "flew", "hastened", "hotfooted (it)", "hurried", "raced", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "scooted", "scudded", "scurried", "sped", "speeded", "tore", "whirled", "whisked", "whizzed", "zipped" ], "examples":[ "the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "darted", "humped", "hurtled", "hustled", "scrambled", "stampeded", "galloped", "jogged", "ran", "run", "sprinted", "trotted", "accelerated", "quickened", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook" ], "related":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "ambled", "eased", "inched", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "staggered", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)", "filibustered", "procrastinated", "stalled", "temporized" ], "synonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "diddled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "lingered", "loitered", "lollygagged", "lallygagged", "moped", "poked", "shilly-shallied", "tarried" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lagger":{ "someone who moves slowly or more slowly than others":{ "antonyms":[ "speedster" ], "examples":[ "after 10 hours, there weren't any spectators left to cheer on the laggers as they finished the marathon" ], "near antonyms":[ "go-getter", "hustler", "scrambler", "hurrier", "rusher", "speeder" ], "related":[ "latecomer", "idler", "lazybones", "loafer", "lounger", "slouch", "slug", "sluggard", "delayer", "procrastinator" ], "synonyms":[ "crawler", "dallier", "dawdler", "dragger", "laggard", "lingerer", "loiterer", "plodder", "slowpoke", "snail", "straggler" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lagoon":{ "an area of sea water that is separated from the ocean by a reef or sandbar":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Beyond the beach there was a picturesque blue lagoon ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "laid off":{ "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one" ], "near antonyms":[ "carried on", "continued", "followed through (with)", "kept up", "ran on", "advanced", "proceeded", "progressed", "actuated", "drove", "impelled", "propelled", "stirred" ], "related":[ "completed", "concluded", "finished", "closed (down)", "deactivated", "blockaded", "blocked", "dammed", "delayed", "detained", "held", "held back", "hindered", "impeded", "kiboshed", "obstructed", "stemmed", "called", "suspended", "arrested", "braked", "checked", "clamped down", "reined (in)", "squashed", "squelched", "stamped", "stanched", "staunched", "stunted", "suppressed", "turned back", "paused", "stayed", "suspended", "abolished", "aborted", "annulled", "demolished", "destroyed", "dissolved", "killed", "ruined", "scuttled", "snuffed" ], "synonyms":[ "broke", "broke off", "broke up", "canned", "ceased", "cut off", "cut out", "desisted (from)", "discontinued", "dropped", "ended", "gave over", "halted", "knocked off", "left off", "packed (up or in)", "quit", "quitted", "shut off", "stopped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "laid up":{ "to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges" ], "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" ], "related":[ "accumulated", "acquired", "amassed", "assembled", "collected", "concentrated", "garnered", "gathered", "picked up", "rounded up", "scraped (together)", "heaped", "piled", "stacked", "conserved", "husbanded", "preserved", "banked", "coffered", "deposited", "held", "kept", "reserved", "retained", "saved", "set by", "stocked", "withheld", "buried", "concealed", "ensconced", "secreted" ], "synonyms":[ "cached", "hoarded", "laid away", "laid by", "laid in", "put by", "salted away", "squirreled (away)", "squirrelled (away)", "stashed", "stockpiled", "stored", "stowed", "treasured" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lair":{ "a place set aside for sleeping":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "while he was on the road, he used the back compartment of his lorry as his lair" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bedstead", "futon", "mattress", "pallet", "bunk bed", "cot", "couch", "daybed", "feather bed", "four-poster", "hammock", "Murphy bed", "shakedown", "sleigh bed", "sofa", "sofa bed", "studio couch", "trundle bed", "water bed", "bassinet", "carry-cot", "cradle", "crib" ], "synonyms":[ "bed", "bunk", "doss", "hay", "kip", "pad", "rack", "sack" ] }, "a place where a person goes to hide or to avoid others":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the detectives tracked the thieves to their lair and arrested them" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blind", "cover", "nook", "recess", "hangout", "harbor", "harborage", "haunt", "haven", "redoubt", "refuge", "retreat", "shelter" ], "synonyms":[ "concealment", "covert", "den", "hermitage", "hideaway", "hideout", "hidey-hole", "hidy-hole", "nest" ] }, "the shelter or resting place of a wild animal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we found an abandoned fox's lair in the woods behind the barn" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "nest", "territory" ], "synonyms":[ "burrow", "den", "hole", "house", "lodge" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lake":{ "a large area of water that is surrounded by land":{ "examples":[ "They own a cottage on the lake .", "the shores of the lake" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lagoon", "loch", "lough", "pond", "reservoir", "tarn", "water hole", "billabong", "mere", "pool", "puddle", "stank", "well", "basin", "hole", "pothole", "sinkhole", "swimming pool" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lallygagging":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "bolting", "careering", "coursing", "dashing", "flying", "hastening", "hotfooting (it)", "hurrying", "racing", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "speeding", "tearing", "whirling", "whisking", "whizzing", "zipping" ], "examples":[ "accused the government of lollygagging while survivors of the earthquake continued to live in the most wretched conditions" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowling", "breezing", "darting", "humping", "hurtling", "hustling", "scrambling", "stampeding", "galloping", "jogging", "running", "sprinting", "trotting", "accelerating", "quickening", "speeding (up)", "catching up", "fast-forwarding", "outpacing", "outrunning", "outstripping", "overtaking" ], "related":[ "fiddling (around)", "fooling around", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging", "ambling", "easing", "inching", "lumbering", "plodding", "sauntering", "shuffling", "staggering", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing (down or up)", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling", "temporizing" ], "synonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "delaying", "diddling", "dillydallying", "dragging", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "moping", "poking", "shilly-shallying", "tarrying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lambastes":{ "to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "sanctions", "extols", "extolls", "lauds", "praises" ], "related":[ "admonishes", "chides", "remonstrates (with)", "reproves", "abuses", "assails", "attacks", "bad-mouths", "blames", "blasts", "censures", "condemns", "criticizes", "crucifies", "denounces", "disses", "excoriates", "faults", "harangues", "knocks", "laces (into)", "lashes", "pans", "reprehends", "reviles", "scourges", "slams", "vituperates", "belittles", "disparages", "mocks", "puts down", "ridicules", "scoffs", "scorns" ], "synonyms":[ "bastes", "bawls out", "berates", "calls down", "castigates", "chastises", "chews out", "dresses down", "flays", "hammers", "jaws", "keelhauls", "lectures", "rags", "rails (at or against)", "rants (at)", "rates", "reams (out)", "rebukes", "reprimands", "reproaches", "scolds", "scores", "tongue-lashes", "upbraids" ] }, "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaims", "commends", "compliments", "hails", "lauds", "praises" ], "related":[ "berates", "harangues", "harasses", "harries", "reviles", "scolds", "whips", "blasphemes", "curses", "execrates", "imprecates", "profanes", "affronts", "insults", "slurs", "asperses", "bad-mouths", "belittles", "blackguards", "disparages", "puts down", "libels", "slanders", "traduces", "vilifies", "chastises", "chides", "criticizes", "laces (into)", "rebukes", "reprimands", "fulminates", "lashes (out)" ], "synonyms":[ "abuses", "assails", "attacks", "bashes", "belabors", "blasts", "castigates", "excoriates", "jumps (on)", "potshots", "savages", "scathes", "slams", "trashes", "vituperates" ] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assails", "assaults", "attacks", "besets", "boxes", "busts", "chops", "clobbers", "clouts", "cracks", "cudgels", "cuffs", "descends (on or upon)", "hits", "jumps (on)", "knocks", "lams", "lays on", "pastes", "pounces (on or upon)", "punches", "raids", "rushes", "slams", "slaps", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "storms", "swats", "swipes", "thwacks", "whacks", "whams", "whomps", "blackjacks", "canes", "cowhides", "flagellates", "fustigates", "horsewhips", "leathers", "pistol-whips", "rawhides", "scourges", "straps", "gores", "lacerates", "wounds", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates" ], "synonyms":[ "bashes", "bastes", "bats", "batters", "beats", "belabors", "belts", "birches", "bludgeons", "buffets", "bungs up", "clubs", "curries", "does", "drubs", "fibs", "flogs", "hammers", "hides", "laces", "lashes", "lathers", "licks", "mauls", "messes (up)", "paddles", "pelts", "pommels", "pounds", "pummels", "punches out", "roughs (up)", "slates", "slogs", "switches", "tans", "thrashes", "threshes", "thumps", "tromps", "wallops", "whales", "whips", "whops", "whaps", "whups", "works over" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lambasting":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the director lambasted them mercilessly for forgetting their lines during the final dress rehearsal" ], "near antonyms":[ "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "sanctioning", "extolling", "lauding", "praising" ], "related":[ "admonishing", "chiding", "remonstrating (with)", "reproving", "abusing", "assailing", "attacking", "bad-mouthing", "blaming", "blasting", "censuring", "condemning", "criticizing", "crucifying", "denouncing", "dissing", "excoriating", "faulting", "haranguing", "knocking", "lacing (into)", "lashing", "panning", "reprehending", "reviling", "scourging", "slamming", "vituperating", "belittling", "disparaging", "mocking", "putting down", "ridiculing", "scoffing", "scorning" ], "synonyms":[ "basting", "bawling out", "berating", "calling down", "castigating", "chastising", "chewing out", "dressing down", "flaying", "hammering", "jawing", "keelhauling", "lecturing", "ragging", "railing (at or against)", "ranting (at)", "rating", "reaming (out)", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "scolding", "scoring", "tongue-lashing", "upbraiding" ] }, "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "movie critics across the country lambasted the film for its contrived plot" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "commending", "complimenting", "hailing", "lauding", "praising" ], "related":[ "berating", "haranguing", "harassing", "harrying", "reviling", "scolding", "whipping", "blaspheming", "cursing", "execrating", "imprecating", "profaning", "affronting", "insulting", "slurring", "aspersing", "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "blackguarding", "disparaging", "putting down", "libeling", "libelling", "slandering", "traducing", "vilifying", "chastising", "chiding", "criticizing", "lacing (into)", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "fulminating", "lashing (out)" ], "synonyms":[ "abusing", "assailing", "attacking", "bashing", "belaboring", "blasting", "castigating", "excoriating", "jumping (on)", "potshotting", "savaging", "scathing", "slamming", "trashing", "vituperating" ] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "like all westerns, this movie contains the requisite scene of saloon patrons lambasting each other" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "boxing", "busting", "chopping", "clobbering", "clouting", "cracking", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "cuffing", "descending (on or upon)", "hitting", "jumping (on)", "knocking", "lamming", "laying on", "pasting", "pouncing (on or upon)", "punching", "raiding", "rushing", "slamming", "slapping", "smacking", "smashing", "socking", "spanking", "storming", "swatting", "swiping", "thwacking", "whacking", "whamming", "whomping", "blackjacking", "caning", "cowhiding", "flagellating", "fustigating", "horsewhipping", "leathering", "pistol-whipping", "rawhiding", "scourging", "strapping", "goring", "lacerating", "wounding", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "synonyms":[ "bashing", "basting", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belaboring", "belting", "birching", "bludgeoning", "buffeting", "bunging up", "clubbing", "currying", "doing", "drubbing", "fibbing", "flogging", "hammering", "hiding", "lacing", "lashing", "lathering", "licking", "mauling", "messing (up)", "paddling", "pelting", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "punching out", "roughing (up)", "slating", "slogging", "switching", "tanning", "thrashing", "threshing", "thumping", "tromping", "walloping", "whaling", "whipping", "whopping", "whapping", "whupping", "working over" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lambskins":{ "as in calfskins , cowhides":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lamebrain":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ], "examples":[ "who's the lamebrain who put an empty coffee carafe back on a hot burner?" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "related":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ] }, "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "he offended a number of people with that insensitive, lamebrain comment" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "lames":{ "to cause severe or permanent injury to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we were afraid that the horse would be lamed by its horrible fall" ], "near antonyms":[ "cures", "heals", "rehabilitates", "remedies", "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "rejuvenates", "renews", "repairs", "restores" ], "related":[ "dismembers", "hamstrings", "hobbles", "paralyzes", "batters", "bruises", "bungs up", "mangles", "mauls", "roughs (up)", "gores", "lacerates", "wings", "wounds", "disfigures", "scars", "kneecaps", "breaks", "damages", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "bashes", "beats", "belts", "bludgeons", "buffets", "drubs", "hammers", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "licks", "pastes", "pelts", "pommels", "pounds", "pummels", "thumps", "bangs", "boxes", "hits", "punches", "slaps", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "swats", "swipes", "thrashes", "thwacks", "whacks", "flogs", "lashes", "wallops", "whips", "kills", "murders", "torments", "tortures" ], "synonyms":[ "cripples", "disables", "incapacitates", "maims", "mutilates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lamming":{ "to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time" ], "near antonyms":[ "abiding", "dwelling", "hanging around", "lingering", "remaining", "staying", "sticking around", "tarrying", "coming back", "returning" ], "related":[ "avoiding", "eluding", "evading", "losing", "shunning", "decamping", "departing", "eloping", "exiting", "going", "leaving", "moving", "pulling out", "quitting", "sallying (forth)", "shoving (off)", "taking off", "walking out", "disentangling", "extricating", "bringing off", "emancipating", "enfranchising", "freeing", "liberating", "loosening", "loosing", "manumitting", "redeeming", "releasing", "rescuing", "springing", "unbinding", "uncaging", "unchaining", "unfettering" ], "synonyms":[ "absconding", "breaking out (of)", "clearing out", "escaping", "fleeing", "flying", "getting out", "running away", "running off" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lams":{ "the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the prisoners were recaptured after only three days on the lam" ], "near antonyms":[ "captivities", "confinements", "immurements", "imprisonments", "incarcerations", "internments", "custodies", "detentions", "holdings", "holds", "retentions", "endangerments", "hazards", "imperilments", "jeopardies", "perils", "risks", "troubles" ], "related":[ "jailbreaks", "deliverances", "liberations", "redemptions", "releases", "rescues", "salvations", "close calls", "close shaves", "near misses" ], "synonyms":[ "breakouts", "breaks", "bunks", "escapes", "flights", "getaways", "routs", "slips" ] }, "to get free from a dangerous or confining situation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "let's lam out of this hellhole while there's still time" ], "near antonyms":[ "abides", "dwells", "hangs around", "lingers", "remains", "stays", "sticks around", "tarries", "comes back", "returns" ], "related":[ "avoids", "eludes", "evades", "loses", "shuns", "decamps", "departs", "elopes", "exits", "goes", "leaves", "moves", "pulls out", "quits", "sallies (forth)", "shoves (off)", "takes off", "walks out", "disentangles", "extricates", "brings off", "emancipates", "enfranchises", "frees", "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "manumits", "redeems", "releases", "rescues", "springs", "unbinds", "uncages", "unchains", "unfetters" ], "synonyms":[ "absconds", "breaks out (of)", "clears out", "escapes", "flees", "flies", "gets out", "runs away", "runs off" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lanai":{ "a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a low-slung Hawaiian beach house with an open-sided lanai to catch the tropical breezes" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "galilee", "portico", "sleeping porch", "solarium", "sunporch", "sunroom", "sun parlor", "porte cochere" ], "synonyms":[ "gallery", "piazza", "porch", "stoop", "veranda", "verandah" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lancing":{ "to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "doctors used to lance infected sores, so that they could drain clean" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "spindling", "perforating", "riddling", "bayoneting", "bayonetting", "dirking", "gimleting", "piking", "poniarding", "pronging", "quilling", "pinpricking", "poking", "pricking", "punching", "thrusting", "cutting", "knifing", "slicing" ], "synonyms":[ "goring", "harpooning", "impaling", "jabbing", "pecking", "picking", "piercing", "pinking", "puncturing", "running through", "skewering", "spearing", "spiking", "spitting", "stabbing", "sticking", "transfixing", "transpiercing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "land yachts":{ "as in gas-guzzlers":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "languages":{ "the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "\"love\" means \"nothing\" in the language of tennis" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "colloquialisms", "colloquials", "idioms", "localisms", "parlances", "pidgins", "provincialisms", "regionalisms", "speeches", "vernacularisms", "vernaculars", "slanguages", "bureaucrateses", "computereses", "cyberspeaks", "educationeses", "governmenteses", "journaleses", "technobabbles" ], "synonyms":[ "argots", "cants", "dialects", "jargons", "jives", "lingos", "lingoes", "patois", "patter", "shops", "shoptalk", "slangs", "terminologies", "vocabularies" ] }, "the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Great Britain, the United States, Australia, and other countries where English is the dominant language" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "acrolects", "argots", "cants", "colloquials", "dialects", "idiolects", "idioms", "jargons", "parlances", "patois", "patter", "pidgins", "slangs", "slanguages", "vernaculars", "colloquialisms", "localisms", "provincialisms", "regionalisms", "shibboleths", "vernacularisms", "terminologies", "coinages", "modernisms", "neologisms" ], "synonyms":[ "lingos", "lingoes", "mother tongues", "speeches", "tongues", "vocabularies" ] }, "the way in which something is put into words":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we're finding the language of the legal documents to be tough going" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "expressions", "formulations", "locutions", "enunciations", "phrases", "speeches", "styles", "utterances", "voices" ], "synonyms":[ "dictions", "phraseologies", "phrasings", "verbiages", "wordings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "languid":{ "lacking bodily energy or motivation":{ "antonyms":[ "ambitious", "animated", "energetic", "enterprising", "motivated" ], "examples":[ "a few languid dancers swayed about on the dance floor without much enthusiasm" ], "near antonyms":[ "active", "dynamic", "industrious", "kinetic", "avid", "eager", "enthusiastic", "keen", "lively", "pumped", "vivacious", "cheerful", "chipper", "perky", "up", "agog", "alert", "awake", "dapper", "open-eyed", "sleepless", "vigilant", "watchful", "wide-awake" ], "related":[ "indolent", "lazy", "slothful", "dull", "lethargic", "logy", "loggy", "sleepy", "sluggish", "torpid", "exhausted", "knackered", "tired", "weary", "feeble", "frail", "weak", "apathetic", "impassive", "indifferent", "phlegmatic", "stolid", "careless", "heedless", "thoughtless", "unwary", "inactive", "inert" ], "synonyms":[ "enervated", "lackadaisical", "languishing", "languorous", "limp", "listless", "spiritless" ] }, "lacking bodily strength":{ "antonyms":[ "mighty", "powerful", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ], "examples":[ "the tired athlete's languid movements on the tennis court" ], "near antonyms":[ "able-bodied", "athletic", "beefy", "brawny", "fit", "husky", "muscular", "sinewy", "strapping", "virile", "hard", "hardy", "lusty", "red-blooded", "robust", "sturdy", "tough", "fortified", "hardened", "inured", "strengthened", "toughened", "energetic", "energized", "invigorated", "vigorous", "vitalized", "hale", "healthy", "sound", "capable", "competent", "convalescing", "recovering", "recuperating" ], "related":[ "challenged", "disabled", "incapacitated", "invalid", "paralyzed", "broken-down", "decrepit", "impotent", "powerless", "breakable", "flimsy", "fragile", "dizzy", "groggy", "rocky", "unsteady", "woozy", "drained", "exhausted", "flagging", "tired", "weary", "worn-out", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "lame", "unsound", "resistless", "susceptible", "unresistant", "vulnerable", "yielding" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenic", "debilitated", "delicate", "down-and-out", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "faint", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "low", "prostrate", "prostrated", "sapped", "slight", "soft", "softened", "tender", "unsubstantial", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpish", "wimpy" ] }, "moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{ "antonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "hurrying", "lightning", "meteoric", "quick", "racing", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping" ], "examples":[ "the film's languid pace will not be to the taste of many moviegoers" ], "near antonyms":[ "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "related":[ "deliberate", "measured", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "lounging", "lingering", "loitering", "tarrying", "ambling", "heavy-footed", "inching", "plodding", "shuffling", "slow-footed", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling" ], "synonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "sluggish", "snail-paced", "snaillike", "tardy", "unhurried" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "languishes":{ "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "older people, especially, were languishing during the prolonged heat wave" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesces", "rallies", "rebounds", "recovers", "recuperates", "gains" ], "related":[ "breaks down", "wears out", "yields", "degenerates", "deteriorates", "rots", "runs down" ], "synonyms":[ "decays", "droops", "emaciates", "fades", "fails", "flags", "goes", "lags", "sags", "sinks", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts", "withers" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "languishing":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "lacking bodily energy or motivation":{ "antonyms":[ "ambitious", "animated", "energetic", "enterprising", "motivated" ], "examples":[ "his lingering sickness left him languishing and uninterested in his usual activities" ], "near 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heat sapped our strength, leaving us in a state of unaccustomed languor" ], "near antonyms":[ "energy", "vitality", "brawniness", "fitness", "heftiness", "huskiness", "lustiness", "muscularity", "virility", "hardness", "ruggedness", "stoutness", "sturdiness", "toughness", "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "wellness" ], "related":[ "decay", "decrepitude", "breakdown", "collapse", "prostration", "exhaustion", "fatigue", "lassitude", "weariness", "defenselessness", "helplessness", "impotence", "impuissance", "powerlessness", "effeteness", "softness", "tenderness", "disablement", "incapacitation", "invalidism", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impairment", "injury" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenia", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "enervation", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "fragility", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity", "languidness", "listlessness", "lowness", "weakness", "wimpiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "languorous":{ "lacking bodily energy or motivation":{ "antonyms":[ "ambitious", "animated", "energetic", "enterprising", "motivated" ], "examples":[ "the drummer's languorous playing caused the rest of the band to keep missing the beat" ], "near antonyms":[ "active", "dynamic", "industrious", "kinetic", "avid", "eager", "enthusiastic", "keen", "lively", "pumped", "vivacious", "cheerful", "chipper", "perky", "up", "agog", "alert", "awake", "dapper", "open-eyed", "sleepless", "vigilant", "watchful", "wide-awake" ], "related":[ "indolent", "lazy", "slothful", "dull", "lethargic", "logy", "loggy", "sleepy", "sluggish", "torpid", "exhausted", "knackered", "tired", "weary", "feeble", "frail", "weak", "apathetic", "impassive", "indifferent", "phlegmatic", "stolid", "careless", "heedless", "thoughtless", "unwary", "inactive", "inert" ], "synonyms":[ "enervated", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languishing", "limp", "listless", "spiritless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lanky":{ "being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the lanky basketball star was great at slam-dunking" ], "near antonyms":[ "beefy", "bulky", "chubby", "chunky", "heavyset", "pudgy", "squat", "stocky", "stout", "stubby", "stumpy", "sturdy", "thickset", "weighty", "muscle-bound", "corpulent", "fat", "fleshy", "full", "gross", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "portly", "roly-poly", "rotund", "round", "tubby" ], "related":[ "angular", "bony", "boney", "gaunt", "lank", "rawboned", "scraggy", "scrawny", "skinny", "lean", "slender", "slim", "spare", "thin", "racy", "reedy", "spidery", "stringy", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "willowy", "wiry", "spindle-legged", "spindle-shanked" ], "synonyms":[ "gangling", "gangly", "rangy", "spindling", "spindly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lap dog":{ "as in lackey , stooge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in puppy , pup":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in yes-man":{ "antonyms":[], 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shield" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "shingled" ], "synonyms":[ "overlaid", "overlapped", "overlay", "overspread" ] }, "to move with a splashing motion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a stiff breeze that was causing the lake waters to lap against the hull with some force" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "babbled", "bubbled", "gurgled", "rippled" ], "synonyms":[ "plashed", "sloshed", "splashed", "swashed" ] }, "to surround or cover closely":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "this recording of the symphony is sure to lap listeners in stereophonic bliss" ], "near antonyms":[ "bared", "denuded", "exposed", "stripped", "stript" ], "related":[ "curtained", "draped", "embedded", "imbedded", "encased", "swaddled", "blanketed", "overlaid", "overspread", "camouflaged", "cloaked", "disguised", "masked", "circled", "encircled", "enlaced", "enwound" ], "synonyms":[ "bosomed", "bowered", "circumfused", "cocooned", "embosomed", "embowered", "embraced", "enclosed", "inclosed", "encompassed", "enfolded", "enshrouded", "enswathed", "enveloped", "enwrapped", "invested", "involved", "mantled", "muffled", "shrouded", "swathed", "veiled", "wrapped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lapse":{ "a change in status for the worse usually temporarily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the scandal caused the president to suffer a dramatic lapse in popularity" ], "near antonyms":[ "status quo" ], "related":[ "disappointment", "frustration", "letdown", "comedown", "decline", "descent", "down", "downfall", "fall", "turnabout", "turnaround", "recession", "regression", "retrogression", "reversion", "relapse", "breakdown", "collapse", "crash", "meltdown", "ruin", "undoing" ], "synonyms":[ "knock", "reversal", "reverse", "setback" ] }, "an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his slip of the tongue about the mayor's name was an unfortunate lapse" ], "near antonyms":[ "accuracy", "correctness", "exactitude", "exactness", "preciseness", "precision", "strictness", "inerrancy", "infallibility", "perfection" ], "related":[ "bloomer", "blooper", "boner", "howler", "pratfall", "foul-up", "snafu", "misapprehension", "miscalculation", "miscomprehension", "misconception", "misconstruction", "misdescription", "misimpression", "misinterpretation", "misjudgment", "misreading", "misstatement", "misunderstanding" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "bobble", "boo-boo", "boob", "brick", "clanger", "clinker", "error", "fault", "flub", "fluff", "fumble", "gaff", "gaffe", "goof", "inaccuracy", "miscue", "misstep", "mistake", "oversight", "screwup", "slip", "slipup", "stumble", "trip" ] }, "the stopping of a process or activity":{ "antonyms":[ "continuance", "continuation" ], "examples":[ "wasn't bothered by the lapse of her membership at the health club" ], "near antonyms":[ "extension", "persistence", "prolongation" ], "related":[ "mop-up", "phaseout", "abeyance", "break", "interruption", "layoff", "letup", "moratorium", "pause", "standstill", "suspension" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "arrestment", "cease", "cessation", "check", "close", "closedown", "closure", "conclusion", "cutoff", "discontinuance", "discontinuation", "end", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "offset", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stay", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ] }, "to come to an end":{ "antonyms":[ "continue", "hang on", "persist" ], "examples":[ "the contract will lapse at the end of the year unless we renew" ], "near antonyms":[ "draw out", "extend", "prolong", "protract" ], "related":[ "desist (from)", "lay off (of)", "refrain (from)", "give over", "knock off", "pack (up or in)", "break down", "conk (out)", "cut out", "stall", "pause", "stay", "suspend", "abate", "peter (out)", "wind down" ], "synonyms":[ "break off", "break up", "cease", "close", "conclude", "dead-end", "determine", "die", "discontinue", "elapse", "end", "expire", "finish", "go", "halt", "leave off", "let up", "pass", "quit", "stop", "terminate", "wind up", "wink (out)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lapsing":{ "as in ceasing , ending":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to come to an end":{ "antonyms":[ "continuing", "hanging on", "persisting" ], "examples":[ "the contract will lapse at the end of the year unless we renew" ], "near antonyms":[ "drawing out", "extending", "prolonging", "protracting" ], "related":[ "desisting (from)", "laying off (of)", "refraining (from)", "giving over", "knocking off", "packing (up or in)", "breaking down", "conking (out)", "cutting out", "stalling", "pausing", "staying", "suspending", "abating", "petering (out)", "winding down" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking off", "breaking up", "ceasing", "closing", "concluding", "dead-ending", "determining", "discontinuing", "dying", "elapsing", "ending", "expiring", "finishing", "going", "halting", "leaving off", "letting up", "passing", "quitting", "stopping", "terminating", "winding up", "winking (out)" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "lark":{ "a time or instance of carefree fun":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the kids will have a grand lark at the carnival" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "caper", "escapade", "prank", "bender", "brannigan", "bum", "bust", "carouse", "souse", "splore", "toot", "antic", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "field day", "festivity", "merriment", "merrymaking", "enjoyment", "indulgence", "pleasure", "self-indulgence", "amusement", "diversion", "entertainment", "recreation" ], "synonyms":[ "binge", "fling", "frisk", "frolic", "gambol", "idyll", "idyl", "ploy", "revel", "rollick", "romp", "spree" ] }, "to play and run about happily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we would rather lark about in the summer than get part-time jobs" ], "near antonyms":[ "mope", "pout", "stew", "sulk" ], "related":[ "bound", "hop", "leap", "lope", "skip", "spring", "trip", "tumble", "curvet", "dance", "prance", "carouse", "revel", "roister", "carry on", "fool around", "horse around", "clown", "cut up", "joyride", "roughhouse", "skylark", "kite" ], "synonyms":[ "caper", "cavort", "disport", "frisk", "frolic", "gambol", "rollick", "romp", "sport" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lascivious":{ "depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{ "antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "G-rated", "nonobscene", "wholesome" ], "examples":[ "was criticized for making lascivious remarks that offended many in the group" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "staid", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian", "correct", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "acceptable", "agreeable", "desirable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "welcome", "appropriate", "becoming", "fit", "meet", "suitable", "immaculate", "perfect", "pure", "spotless", "virginal", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned" ], "related":[ "broad", "coarse-grained", "gamy", "gamey", "off", "off-color", "off-colored", "racy", "risqu\u00e9", "salacious", "salty", "suggestive", "barnyard", "earthy", "scatological", "immodest", "indecorous", "indelicate", "low", "unbecoming", "depraved", "kinky", "louche", "naughty", "perverse", "perverted", "wicked", "exceptionable", "objectionable", "unacceptable", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "abhorrent", "debasing", "disgusting", "loathsome", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "unpleasant", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "atrocious", "infamous", "abusive", "scurrilous", "hard-core", "soft", "soft-core" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "coarse", "crude", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "gross", "gutter", "impure", "indecent", "lewd", "locker-room", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "profane", "raunchy", "ribald", "smutty", "stag", "trashy", "unprintable", "vulgar", "wanton", "X-rated" ] }, "having a strong sexual desire":{ "antonyms":[ "frigid", "undersexed" ], "examples":[ "an expos\u00e9 about the lascivious playboy" ], "near antonyms":[ "celibate", "chaste", "decent", "immaculate", "modest", "moral", "pure", "virtuous", "monastic", "monkish", "maidenly", "virginal", "innocent", "lily-white", "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian" ], "related":[ "aroused", "excited", "easy", "fast", "loose", "promiscuous", "dissipated", "dissolute", "libertine", "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "decadent", "degenerate", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "dissipated", "dissolute", "immoral", "indecent" ], "synonyms":[ "concupiscent", "goatish", "horny", "hot", "hypersexual", "itchy", "lecherous", "lewd", "libidinous", "licentious", "lubricious", "lubricous", "lustful", "oversexed", "passionate", "randy", "salacious", "satyric", "wanton" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lasciviousness":{ "the quality or state of being obscene":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the minister preached a sermon against the lasciviousness that pervades so much of popular culture" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggery", "priggishness", "primness", "prudery", "prudishness", "puritanism", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "seemliness", "appropriateness", "fitness", "suitability", "suitableness", "perfection", "purity", "spotlessness" ], "related":[ "broadness", "earthiness", "gaminess", "raciness", "saltiness", "suggestiveness", "immodesty", "indecorousness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "unbecomingness", "lechery", "depravedness", "depravity", "kinkiness", "naughtiness", "perverseness", "perversion", "perversity", "pervertedness", "wickedness", "exceptionability", "objectionableness", "unacceptability", "undesirability", "reprehensibility", "reprehensibleness", "abusiveness", "scurrilousness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "infamy", "loathsomeness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repugnance", "repulsiveness", "distastefulness", "obnoxiousness", "unpleasantness" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdiness", "blueness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "dirt", "dirtiness", "filth", "filthiness", "foulness", "grossness", "impureness", "impurity", "indecency", "lewdness", "nastiness", "obscenity", "profanity", "raunch", "raunchiness", "ribaldry", "smut", "smuttiness", "vulgarity", "wantonness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lash":{ "a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a sailor punished for disobedience with lashes from the captain's whip" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "counter", "counterblow", "counterpunch", "counterstroke", "body blow", "hand", "kick", "knee", "left", "one-two", "rabbit punch", "right", "right-hander", "roundhouse", "shiver", "sidewinder", "sucker punch", "swing", "uppercut", "cruncher", "kayo", "knockdown", "knockout", "KO", "bastinado", "bastinade", "battering", "beating", "bludgeoning", "clobbering", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "drubbing", "hammering", "lambasting", "licking", "pasting", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "thrashing", "flogging", "walloping", "whip", "whipping" ], "synonyms":[ "bang", "bash", "bat", "beat", "belt", "biff", "blow", "bop", "box", "buffet", "bust", "chop", "clap", "clip", "clout", "crack", "cuff", "dab", "douse", "fillip", "hack", "haymaker", "hit", "hook", "knock", "larrup", "lick", "pelt", "pick", "plump", "poke", "pound", "punch", "rap", "slam", "slap", "slug", "smack", "smash", "sock", "spank", "stinger", "stripe", "stroke", "swat", "swipe", "switch", "thud", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "welt", "whack", "wham", "whop", "whap" ] }, "a long thin or flexible tool for striking":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the rider repeatedly struck the horse with the lash to force it to go faster" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "birch", "blacksnake", "bullwhip", "cat-o'-nine-tails", "cowhide", "crop", "hickory", "knout", "quirt", "rattan", "rawhide", "strap", "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "flail", "nightstick", "staff" ], "synonyms":[ "flogger", "scourge", "switch", "whip" ] }, "to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assail", "assault", "attack", "beset", "box", "bust", "chop", "clobber", "clout", "crack", "cudgel", "cuff", "descend (on or upon)", "hit", "jump (on)", "knock", "lam", "lay on", "paste", "pounce (on or upon)", "punch", "raid", "rush", "slam", "slap", "smack", "smash", "sock", "spank", "storm", "swat", "swipe", "thwack", "whack", "wham", "whomp", "blackjack", "cane", "cowhide", "flagellate", "fustigate", "horsewhip", "leather", "pistol-whip", "rawhide", "scourge", "strap", "gore", "lacerate", "wound", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate" ], "synonyms":[ "bash", "baste", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belabor", "belt", "birch", "bludgeon", "buffet", "bung up", "club", "curry", "do", "drub", "fib", "flog", "hammer", "hide", "lace", "lambaste", "lambast", "lather", "lick", "maul", "mess (up)", "paddle", "pelt", "pommel", "pound", "pummel", "punch out", "rough (up)", "slate", "slog", "switch", "tan", "thrash", "thresh", "thump", "tromp", "wallop", "whale", "whip", "whop", "whap", "whup", "work over" ] }, "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "knout", "quirt", "strap", "cut", "flick", "touch up", "blackjack", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "fustigate", "pistol-whip", "bang", "bop", "box", "bust", "clap", "clip", "clobber", "clout", "crack", "cuff", "hit", "knock", "lam", "paste", "punch", "slap", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "spank", "swat", "swipe", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "bash", "baste", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belabor", "belt", "bludgeon", "buffet", "bung", "drub", "fib", "hammer", "lace", "lambaste", "lambast", "lather", "lick", "mangle", "maul", "paddle", "pelt", "pommel", "pound", "pummel", "rough", "slate", "slog", "thresh", "thump", "tromp", "whop", "whap", "whup", "work over" ], "synonyms":[ "birch", "cowhide", "flagellate", "flail", "flog", "hide", "horsewhip", "leather", "rawhide", "scourge", "slash", "switch", "tan", "thrash", "whale", "whip" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lashings":{ "a considerable amount":{ "antonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "handful", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "mouthful", "nip", "ounce", "peanuts", "pinch", "pittance", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "speck", "spot", "sprinkle", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "taste", "touch", "trace" ], "examples":[ "we've prepared 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"whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "latitude":{ "an allowable margin of freedom or variation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the regulations regarding the pasteurization of dairy products don't allow for much latitude" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "license", "licence", "rein", "swing" ], "synonyms":[ "leeway", "slack", "space", "wiggle room" ] }, "the right to act or move freely":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the new laws gave the police more latitude in dealing with suspected criminals" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "authority", "clutch", "command", "control", "dominion", "grip", "hold", "mandate", "mastery", "power", "sway", "range", "room", "space", "blank check", "carte blanche" ], "synonyms":[ "authorization", "free hand", "freedom", "license", "licence", "run" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "laud":{ "public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an actor who in his lifetime received all the laud 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"vilify" ], "related":[ "bravo", "clap", "rise (to)", "ballyhoo", "approve", "commend", "endorse", "indorse", "favor", "recommend", "root (for)", "support", "celebrate", "emblazon", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "magnify", "sing", "adulate", "belaud", "flatter", "overpraise", "deify", "idolize" ], "synonyms":[ "acclaim", "accredit", "applaud", "cheer", "crack up", "hail", "praise", "salute", "tout" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the nation's people were expected to laud the dictator at every opportunity" ], "near antonyms":[ "blame", "censure", "reprehend", "reprobate", "criticize", "reprove", "admonish", "chide", "keelhaul", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproach", "castigate", "lambaste", "lambast" ], "related":[ "adore", "belaud", "deify", "idolize", "worship", "acclaim", "applaud", "commend", "compliment", "hail", "renown", "salute", "chant", "cheer", "eulogize", "rhapsodize", "cite", "flatter", "crack up", "recommend", "tout" ], "synonyms":[ "bless", "carol", "celebrate", "emblazon", "exalt", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "hymn", "magnify", "praise", "resound" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "laudable":{ "deserving of high regard or great approval":{ "antonyms":[ "censurable", "discreditable", "illaudable", "reprehensible" ], "examples":[ "you showed laudable restraint in dealing with that ridiculously demanding customer" ], "near antonyms":[ "base", "contemptible", "deplorable", "despicable", "detestable", "dirty", "infamous", "lousy", "nasty", "notorious", "pitiable", "pitiful", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sorry", "unlikable", "unworthy", "vile", "worthless", "wretched", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "low", "mean", "scandalous", "seamy", "shady", "shameful", "shocking", "sordid", "unethical", "unsavory" ], "related":[ "deserving", "worthy", "awesome", "distinctive", "distinguished", "excellent", "heady", "honorable", "impressive", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "redoubtable", "reputable", "respectable", "invaluable", "precious", "priceless", "valuable", "delightful", "enjoyable", "pleasing", "satisfying", "ethical", "good", "high-minded", "moral", "noble", "principled" ], "synonyms":[ "admirable", "applaudable", "commendable", "creditable", "estimable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "laudative":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "laudatory":{ "expressing or containing praise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a laudatory biography", "The play received mostly laudatory reviews." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lauding":{ "to declare enthusiastic approval of":{ "antonyms":[ "knocking", "panning", "slamming" ], "examples":[ "the critics have lauded the best-selling author's newest novel" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittling", "discommending", "disparaging", "putting down", "blaming", "censuring", "reprehending", "reprobating", "admonishing", "chiding", "criticizing", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "reproving", "castigating", "excoriating", "keelhauling", "lambasting", "skewering", "slagging", "vilifying" ], "related":[ "bravoing", "clapping", "rising (to)", "ballyhooing", "approving", "commending", "endorsing", "indorsing", "favoring", "recommending", "rooting (for)", "supporting", "celebrating", "emblazoning", "eulogizing", "extolling", "glorifying", "magnifying", "singing", "adulating", "belauding", "flattering", "overpraising", "deifying", "idolizing" ], "synonyms":[ "acclaiming", "accrediting", "applauding", "cheering", "cracking up", "hailing", "praising", "saluting", "touting" ] }, "to proclaim the glory of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the nation's people were expected to laud the dictator at every opportunity" ], "near antonyms":[ "blaming", "censuring", "reprehending", "reprobating", "criticizing", "reproving", "admonishing", "chiding", "keelhauling", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "castigating", "lambasting" ], "related":[ "adoring", "belauding", "deifying", "idolizing", "worshipping", "worshiping", "acclaiming", "applauding", "commending", "complimenting", "hailing", "renowning", "saluting", "chanting", "cheering", "eulogizing", "rhapsodizing", "citing", "flattering", "cracking up", "recommending", "touting" ], "synonyms":[ "blessing", "caroling", "carolling", "celebrating", "emblazoning", "exalting", "extolling", "glorifying", "hymning", "magnifying", "praising", "resounding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "laugh":{ "an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the child's frown turned into a laugh when he saw the clown" ], "near antonyms":[ "cry", "groan", "moan", "sob", "wail", "face", "frown", "grimace", "lower", "lour", "mouth", "pout", "scowl" ], "related":[ "crow", "whoop", "grin", "simper", "smile", "smirk" ], "synonyms":[ "belly laugh", "boff", "boffo", "boffola", "cachinnation", "cackle", "chortle", "chuckle", "giggle", "guffaw", "hee-haw", "horselaugh", "laughter", "snicker", "snigger", "titter", "twitter" ] }, "someone or something that is very funny":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that new sitcom is a laugh" ], "near antonyms":[ "bummer", "downer" ], "related":[ "boner", "howler", "crack", "gag", "jest", "joke", "pleasantry", "quip", "sally", "waggery", "wisecrack", "witticism", "caution", "sight" ], "synonyms":[ "hoot", "knee-slapper", "riot", "scream" ] }, "something said or done to cause laughter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the film comedy had a good laugh in just about every scene" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "funning", "joking", "wisecracking", "knee-slapper", "panic", "riot", "scream", "thigh-slapper", "antic", "buffoonery", "caper", "leg-pull", "monkeyshine(s)", "practical joke", "prank", "trick", "burlesque", "caricature", "lampoon", "mock", "mockery", "parody", "put-on", "riff", "banter", "kidding", "persiflage", "raillery", "repartee", "drollness", "facetiousness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humorousness", "comedy", "humor", "wit", "wordplay" ], "synonyms":[ "boff", "boffo", "boffola", "crack", "drollery", "funny", "gag", "giggle", "jape", "jest", "joke", "josh", "nifty", "one-liner", "pleasantry", "quip", "rib", "sally", "waggery", "wisecrack", "witticism", "yuk", "yuck", "yak", "yock" ] }, "to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you're going to try out for the football team? Don't make me laugh !" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "sniff", "snort", "catcall", "deride", "gibe", "jibe", "hoot", "insult", "jeer", "mock", "ridicule", "decry", "despise", "disdain", "scoff (at)", "scorn", "bad-mouth", "belittle", "disparage", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "put down", "heckle", "jive", "razz", "rib", "ride", "taunt", "tease", "torment" ], "synonyms":[ "smile", "sneer", "snicker", "snigger" ] }, "to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone laughed when the clown dramatically slipped and fell" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawl", "blubber", "cry", "sob", "weep", "howl", "squall", "wail", "yowl", "bleat", "pule", "whimper", "whine", "sniffle", "snivel", "groan", "moan", "sigh" ], "related":[ "grin", "smile" ], "synonyms":[ "break up", "cackle", "chortle", "chuckle", "crack up", "giggle", "hee-haw", "roar", "scream", "snicker", "titter", "twitter" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "laughing off":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near 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"water-soaked", "watery", "wet" ], "near antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "unwatered", "waterless", "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight", "baked", "dehydrated", "freeze-dried", "droughty", "parched", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "thirsty", "wrung" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to flow along or against":{ "examples":[ "the cold water from the stream gently laved her burned fingers" ], "synonyms":[ "bathed", "lapped", "lipped", "splashed", "washed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bubbled", "gurgled", "plashed", "rippled", "sloshed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "laving":{ "to flow along or against":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cold water from the stream gently laved her burned fingers" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bubbling", "gurgling", "plashing", "rippling", "sloshing" ], "synonyms":[ "bathing", "lapping", "lipping", "splashing", "washing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lavish":{ "going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount":{ "antonyms":[ "middling", "moderate", "modest", "reasonable", "temperate" ], "examples":[ "this lavish consumption of our natural resources simply cannot continue" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "minimal", "minimum" ], "related":[ "boundless", "endless", "immeasurable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbearable", "unjustifiable", "unwarranted", "improper", "inappropriate", "thick", "unseemly", "unrestrained" ], "synonyms":[ "baroque", "devilish", "excessive", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "extreme", "fancy", "immoderate", "inordinate", "insane", "intolerable", "overdue", "overextravagant", "overmuch", "overweening", "plethoric", "steep", "stiff", "towering", "unconscionable", "undue", "unmerciful" ] }, "pouring forth in great amounts":{ "antonyms":[ "dribbling", "trickling" ], "examples":[ "the lavish praise that the novel was receiving had some wondering if it could ever live up to readers' expectations" ], "near antonyms":[ "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "lacking", "scarce", "unsatisfactory", "wanting", "bare", "mere", "minimal" ], "related":[ "abounding", "abundant", "ample", "bounteous", "bountiful", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "extravagant", "luxuriant", "fat", "fecund", "fertile", "free", "munificent", "openhanded", "unsparing", "unstinting", "excessive", "immoderate", "redundant", "adequate", "complete", "enough", "sufficient" ], "synonyms":[ "copious", "galore", "gushing", "profuse", "riotous" ] }, "showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{ "antonyms":[ "ascetic", "ascetical", "austere", "humble", "no-frills", "spartan" ], "examples":[ "the lavish apartment even boasted a marble bathroom with gold-plated fixtures" ], "near antonyms":[ "economical", "frugal", "meager", "meagre", "spare", "stingy", "thrifty" ], "related":[ "costly", "dear", "expensive", "precious", "premium", "rich", "extravagant", "grandiose", "ostentatious", "pretentious", "showy", "august", "awesome", "awful", "baronial", "beautiful", "gorgeous", "grand", "heroic", "heroical", "imposing", "impressive", "kingly", "magnificent", "majestic", "monumental", "noble", "proud", "regal", "royal", "splendid", "stately", "comfortable", "cozy", "homelike", "homey", "homy", "snug" ], "synonyms":[ "Babylonian", "deluxe", "Lucullan", "Lucullian", "luxe", "luxuriant", "luxurious", "luxury", "opulent", "palace", "palatial", "plush", "plushy", "silken", "sumptuous" ] }, "to give readily and in large quantities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "doting parents lavishing lots of attention on their children" ], "near antonyms":[ "hold back", "keep", "reserve", "retain", "withhold" ], "related":[ "gush", "stream", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "overwhelm", "swamp", "bombard", "hail" ], "synonyms":[ "heap", "pour", "rain", "shower" ] }, "to use up carelessly":{ "antonyms":[ "conserve" ], "examples":[ "a great actor who lavished his talent in lousy movies" ], "near antonyms":[ "economize", "scrimp", "skimp", "preserve", "protect", "save", "hoard", "lay up" ], "related":[ "splurge", "consume", "deplete", "exhaust", "impoverish", "overspend", "shoot", "indulge", "overindulge", "disburse", "expend", "lay out" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "dissipate", "fiddle away", "fritter (away)", "lose", "misspend", "run through", "spend", "squander", "throw away", "trifle (away)", "waste" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "lay an egg":{ "to be unsuccessful":{ "antonyms":[ "click", "come off", "deliver", "go", "go over", "pan out", "succeed", "work out" ], "examples":[ "The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third." ], "near antonyms":[ "cook", "flourish", "prosper", "thrive", "prevail", "triumph", "win" ], "related":[ "flounder", "struggle", "decline", "sink", "skid", "slip", "slump", "wane", "crash", "crumble", "miscarry", "misfire", 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"topography" ], "related":[ "scenery", "ground", "land", "landform", "terrane", "terrene" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "largess":{ "something given to someone without expectation of a return":{ "examples":[ "the alumna's huge bequest was an unexpected largess" ], "synonyms":[ "bestowal", "comp", "donation", "donative", "fairing", "freebie", "freebee", "gift", "giveaway", "handsel", "lagniappe", "present", "presentation" ], "related":[ "alms", "benefaction", "beneficence", "benevolence", "charity", "contribution", "dole", "handout", "oblation", "offering", "philanthropy", "tithe", "box", "care package", "foy", "grant", "subsidy", "remembrance", "tribute", "valentine", "bonus", "boon", "windfall", "courtesy", "favor", "generosity", "sacrifice", "gratuity", "propine", "tip", "award", "prize", "reward", "dowry", "bequest", "legacy" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "loan", "bribe", "douceur", "peace offering", "sop" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the quality or state of 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"knee-deep", "swamped", "animated", "astir", "buzzing", "flourishing", "happening", "humming", "lively", "thriving", "vibrant", "absorbed", "concentrating", "engrossed", "focused", "focussed", "immersed", "intent", "preoccupied", "alive", "functional", "functioning", "going", "living", "operating", "operational", "operative", "running", "energetic", "vigorous", "hardworking", "indefatigable", "tireless", "untiring" ], "near antonyms":[ "free", "asleep", "dormant", "latent", "lifeless", "quiescent", "sleepy", "inert", "passive", "dead", "dull", "slow", "inoperative", "nonoperating" ], "antonyms":[ "idle", "inactive", "unbusy", "unemployed", "unoccupied" ] }, "requiring considerable physical or mental effort":{ "examples":[ "the laborious task of cleaning up the oil spill" ], "synonyms":[ "arduous", "Augean", "backbreaking", "challenging", "demanding", "difficult", "effortful", "exacting", "formidable", "grueling", "gruelling", "hard", "heavy", "hellacious", "herculean", "killer", "moiling", "murderous", "pick-and-shovel", "rigorous", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stiff", "strenuous", "sweaty", "tall", "testing", "toilsome", "tough", "uphill" ], "related":[ "abstract", "abstruse", "complex", "complicated", "elusive", "hairy", "insoluble", "intricate", "involved", "knotty", "opaque", "problematic", "problematical", "recondite", "serious", "spiny", "stubborn", "thorny", "ticklish", "tricky", "bruising", "burdensome", "exhausting", "labored", "onerous", "oppressive", "stressful", "taxing", "tight", "trying", "annoying", "bothersome", "distressing", "irksome", "troublesome", "vexatious", "grievous", "grim", "strict", "stringent", "brutal", "cruel", "inhuman", "painful" ], "near antonyms":[ "achievable", "clear", "doable", "elementary", "manageable", "uncomplicated", "comforting", "gentle", "painless", "relaxed", "smooth", "soothing", "accessible", "friendly", "idiotproof", "user-friendly" ], "antonyms":[ "cheap", "easy", "effortless", "facile", "light", "mindless", "simple", "soft", "undemanding" ] }, "requiring much time, effort, or careful attention":{ "examples":[ "that report is the product of months of laborious research" ], "synonyms":[ "arduous", "burdensome", "challenging", "demanding", "exacting", "grueling", "gruelling", "killing", "onerous", "persnickety", "taxing", "toilsome" ], "related":[ "difficult", "formidable", "hard", "herculean", "rough", "rugged", "stiff", "strenuous", "testing", "tough", "oppressive", "trying", "rigid", "rigorous", "severe", "stern", "strict", "stringent" ], "near antonyms":[ "easy", "effortless", "facile", "simple", "smooth" ], "antonyms":[ "light", "nondemanding", "unchallenging", "undemanding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "largesses":{ "something given to someone without expectation of a return":{ "examples":[ "the alumna's huge bequest was an unexpected largess" ], "synonyms":[ "bestowals", "comps", "donations", "donatives", "fairings", "freebies", "freebees", "gifts", "giveaways", "handsels", "lagniappes", "presentations", "presents" ], "related":[ "alms", "benefactions", "beneficences", "benevolences", "charities", "contributions", "doles", "handouts", "oblations", "offerings", "philanthropies", "tithes", "boxes", "care packages", "foys", "grants", "subsidies", "remembrances", "tributes", "valentines", "bonuses", "boons", "windfalls", "courtesies", "favors", "generosities", "sacrifices", "gratuities", "propines", "tips", "awards", "prizes", "rewards", "dowries", "bequests", "legacies" ], "near antonyms":[ "advances", "loans", "bribes", "douceurs", "peace offerings", "sops" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "laying in":{ "to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{ "examples":[ "be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter" ], "synonyms":[ "caching", "hoarding", "laying away", "laying by", "laying up", "putting by", "salting away", "squirreling (away)", "squirrelling (away)", "stashing", "stockpiling", "storing", "stowing", "treasuring" ], "related":[ "accumulating", "acquiring", "amassing", "assembling", "collecting", "concentrating", "garnering", "gathering", "picking up", "rounding up", "scraping (together)", "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" ] }, "last 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"assumed", "employed", "engaged", "feed", "hired", "paid", "placed", "recruited", "retained", "signed (up or on)", "took on" ], "near synonyms":[ "reemployed", "re-employed", "reengaged", "re-engaged", "rehired", "apprenticed", "contracted", "jobbed", "partnered", "subcontracted", "enlisted", "advanced", "promoted", "upgraded", "kept (on)", "headhunted", "scouted" ], "near antonyms":[ "furloughed", "laid off", "locked out" ], "antonyms":[ "axed", "canned", "discharged", "dismissed", "fired", "sacked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "latch (on or onto)":{ "as in take , snap (up)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "largest":{ "as in biggest , hugest":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "languishments":{ "as in declines , reductions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decadences", "decays", "declensions", "declines", "decreases", "degenerations", "descents", "deteriorations", "diminishments", "downgrades", "failings", "lapses", "reductions", "hindrances", "impediments", "stumbling blocks", "detriments", "disablements", "drawbacks", "glitches", "impairments", "shortcomings", "breakdowns", "collapses", "crashes", "setbacks" ], "near antonyms":[ "advancements", "advances", "breakthroughs", "enhancements", "improvements", "refinements", "quantum leaps", "ameliorations", "boosts", "increases", "meliorations", "upgrades", "uplifts", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "languidly":{ "as in casually , lazily":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "casually", "desultorily", "halfheartedly", "indolently", "lackadaisically", "lazily", "listlessly", "shiftlessly", "sluggishly", "spiritlessly", "tiredly", "wearily" ], "near antonyms":[ "amain", "arduously", "assiduously", "determinedly", "diligently", "doggedly", "hard", "hardly", "industriously", "intensely", "intensively", "intently", "laboriously", "mightily", "purposefully", "resolutely", "sedulously", "slavishly", "strenuously", "actively", "animatedly", "briskly", "busily", "dynamically", "energetically", "feverishly", "spiritedly", "vehemently", "vigorously", "zealously", "continuously", "ploddingly", "steadfastly", "steadily", "unabatedly", "unrelentingly", "unremittingly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "land":{ "a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{ "examples":[ "the whole land rose up in outrage over the tyrant's unconscionable cruelties" ], "synonyms":[ "commonwealth", "country", "nation", "sovereignty", "sovranty", "state" ], "near synonyms":[ "city-state", "microstate", "ministate", "nation-state", "domain", "dominion", "empire", "kingdom", "realm", "republic", "duchy", "dukedom", "emirate", "principality", "seigniory", "seignory", "sultanate", "democracy", "dictatorship", "monarchy", "monocracy", "oligarchy", "sovereign", "sovran", "theocracy", "client state", "colony", "condominium", "dependency", "mandate", "province", "settlement", "soil", "trust territory", "fatherland", "homeland", "motherland", "great power", "power", "sea power", "superpower", "world power", "welfare state" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a broad geographical area":{ "examples":[ "the land to the west was said to have incredibly rich soil and plentiful water" ], "synonyms":[ "belt", "corridor", "neck", "part(s)", "region", "tract", "zone" ], "near synonyms":[ "district", "domain", "latitude(s)", "range", "realm", "terrain", "territory", "neighborhood", "vicinity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{ "examples":[ "it's always good to be back on dry land after a long boat ride" ], "synonyms":[ "dirt", "dust", "earth", "ground", "soil", "terra firma" ], "near synonyms":[ "continent", "landmass", "zone", "island", "isthmus", "mainland", "peninsula" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to stop at or near a place along the shore":{ "examples":[ "the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth after exploring Cape Cod Bay" ], "synonyms":[ "anchor", "dock" ], "near synonyms":[ "berth", "moor", "tie up", "beach", "ground", "harbor", "arrive", "reach", "show up", "turn up", "debark", "disembark" ], "near antonyms":[ "embark", "launch", "sail" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get to a destination":{ "examples":[ "we landed at the hotel just before midnight" ], "synonyms":[ "appear", "arrive", "come", "get in", "get through", "show up", "turn up" ], "near synonyms":[ "fetch", "hit", "make", "reach", "pull in", "touch down", "debark", "disembark", "barge (in)", "blow in", "breeze (in)", "burst (in or into)", "waltz (in)", "check in", "clock (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "check out", "clock (out)", "flee", "vamoose" ], "antonyms":[ "go", "leave" ] }, "to go ashore from a ship":{ "examples":[ "the passengers on the cruise landed at St. George in Bermuda" ], "synonyms":[ "debark", "disembark" ], "near synonyms":[ "beach", "anchor", "dock", "put in" ], "near antonyms":[ "board", "get (on)", "weigh (anchor)" ], "antonyms":[ "embark" ] }, "to come to rest after descending from the air":{ "examples":[ "our plane is landing in 15 minutes, so we need to put all of our things away" ], "synonyms":[ "alight", "light", "perch", "roost", "settle", "touch down" ], "near synonyms":[ "belly-land", "crash-land" ], "near antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "climb", "rise", "float", "fly", "glide", "plane", "soar", "wing", "hang", "hover" ], "antonyms":[ "blast off", "take off" ] }, "to receive as return for effort":{ "examples":[ "because of his work on the boss's pet project, he landed a promotion as well as a raise" ], "synonyms":[ "acquire", "attain", "bag", "bring in", "capture", "carry", "come by", "draw", "earn", "gain", "garner", "get", "knock down", "make", "obtain", "procure", "pull down", "realize", "reap", "secure", "win" ], "near synonyms":[ "clear", "gross", "net", "accomplish", "achieve", "notch (up)", "score", "accumulate", "amass", "rack up", "catch", "pick up", "annex", "occupy", "take over", "reacquire", "reattain", "recapture", "regain", "remake" ], "near antonyms":[ "accord", "give", "grant", "pay", "give up", "hand over", "part (with)", "relinquish", "surrender", "yield" ], "antonyms":[ "forfeit", "lose" ] }, "to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{ "examples":[ "after struggling for half an hour, the fisherman finally landed a 10-pound bass" ], "synonyms":[ "bag", "capture", "catch", "collar", "cop", "corral", "get", "glom", "grab", "grapple", "hook", "nab", "nail", "net", "nobble", "rap", "seize", "snag", "snap (up)", "snare", "snatch", "trap" ], "near synonyms":[ "glove", "halter", "lasso", "rope", "apprehend", "arrest", "detain", "bay", "corner", "clasp", "clutch", "fasten (on)", "fist", "grasp", "grip", "hold", "latch (on or onto)", "secure", "rend", "wrest", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "entangle", "entrap", "mesh", "abduct", "kidnap", "spirit (away or off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "free", "liberate", "release", "drop", "loosen", "unhand" ], "antonyms":[ "miss" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lazied":{ "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "a good afternoon to spend lazying on the back porch" ], "synonyms":[ "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung about", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "kicked around", "kicked back", "lazed", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "vegged out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "messed", "monkeyed", "mucked", "piddled", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "dozed", "estivated", "aestivated", "hibernated", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "relaxed", "rested", "tarried", "ambled", "moseyed", "sauntered", "strolled", "swanned", "furloughed", "goldbricked", "malingered", "truanted" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "ground", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "applied", "buckled (down)", "exerted", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "laid-back":{ "having a relaxed, casual manner":{ "examples":[ "a laid-back fisherman, he didn't really care if he caught anything, being content to relax and enjoy the sunshine" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "breezy", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "low-pressure", "mellow" ], "near synonyms":[ "carefree", "casual", "d\u00e9gag\u00e9", "lackadaisical", "nonchalant", "unaffected", "unconcerned", "unfussy", "unperturbed", "untroubled", "unworried", "familiar", "homey", "homy", "informal", "flexible", "lax", "lenient", "permissive", "pliable", "pliant", "soft", "accessible", "approachable", "imperturbable", "nerveless", "unflappable", "unshakable", "amicable", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "genial", "hail-fellow-well-met", "hearty", "neighborly", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "near antonyms":[ "ceremonious", "decorous", "formal", "rigid", "strict", "anxious", "bothered", "distressed", "worried", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "skittish", "tense" ], "antonyms":[ "high-strung", "uptight" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "layman":{ "a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{ "examples":[ "the discussion about investing was geared more to the layman than to the professional investor" ], "synonyms":[ "amateur", "dabbler", "dilettante", "hobbyist", "nonexpert", "nonprofessional", "potterer", "putterer", "tinkerer" ], "near synonyms":[ "all-rounder", "generalist", "general practitioner", "jack-of-all-trades", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "authority", "expert", "pro", "professional", "specialist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "latitudes":{ "the right to act or move freely":{ "examples":[ "the new laws gave the police more latitude in dealing with suspected criminals" ], "synonyms":[ "authorizations", "freedoms", "free hands", "licenses", "licences", "runs" ], "near synonyms":[ "authorities", "clutches", "commands", "controls", "dominions", "grips", "holds", "mandates", "masteries", "powers", "sways", "ranges", "room", "spaces", "blank checks", "cartes blanches" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lamias":{ "as in vampires , hags":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hags", "vampires", "cacodemons", "demons", "daemons", "devils", "fiends", "ghosts", "ghoulies", "ghouls", "imps", "shaitans", "incubi", "incubuses", "nightmares", "succubi", "afreets", "afrits", "genies", "genii", "jinn", "jinns", "djinn", "djinns", "apparitions", "banshees", "bogeys", "bogies", "bugbears", "familiars", "familiar spirits", "geniuses", "genii", "phantasms", "fantasms", "phantoms", "poltergeists", "shades", "shadows", "specters", "spectres", "spirits", "spooks", "visions", "wraiths", "brownies", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "elves", "faeries", "fairies", "fays", "gnomes", "goblins", "gremlins", "hobgoblins", "kobolds", "leprechauns", "pixies", "pucks", "sprites", "trolls", "monsters", "ogres" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lags":{ "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "during the fourth quarter the whole team seemed to lag" ], "synonyms":[ "decays", "droops", "emaciates", "fades", "fails", "flags", "goes", "languishes", "sags", "sinks", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts", "withers" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks down", "wears out", "yields", "degenerates", "deteriorates", "rots", "runs down" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesces", "rallies", "rebounds", "recovers", "recuperates", "gains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "the tired puppy was lagging behind the rest of the pack" ], "synonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "dallies", "dawdles", "delays", "diddles", "dillydallies", "drags", "lingers", "loiters", "lollygags", "lallygags", "mopes", "pokes", "shilly-shallies", "tarries" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools around", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "ambles", "eases", "inches", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "staggers", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)", "filibusters", "procrastinates", "stalls", "temporizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "darts", "humps", "hurtles", "hustles", "scrambles", "stampedes", "gallops", "jogs", "runs", "sprints", "trots", "accelerates", "quickens", "speeds (up)", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes" ], "antonyms":[ "barrels", "bolts", "careers", "courses", "dashes", "flies", "hastens", "hotfoots (it)", "hurries", "races", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "scoots", "scuds", "scurries", "speeds", "tears", "whirls", "whisks", "whizzes", "zips" ] }, "as in slowdowns , pauses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "foot-draggings", "hesitations", "pauses", "setbacks", "slowdowns", "delays", "detainments", "detentions", "holdbacks", "holding patterns", "holdups", "waits", "deferments", "deferrals", "postponements", "reprieves", "respites" ], "near antonyms":[ "hastes", "rushes", "dispatches", "promptitudes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lamented":{ "to feel or express sorrow for":{ "examples":[ "she lamented the loss of her beloved pet to a degree that went way beyond words" ], "synonyms":[ "bemoaned", "bewailed", "deplored", "grieved (for)", "mourned", "wailed (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "elegized", "cried (for)", "keened", "moaned", "wept", "regretted", "rued", "bawled", "blubbered", "sobbed", "agonized", "bled", "hurt", "sorrowed", "suffered" ], "near antonyms":[ "beamed", "cheered", "grinned", "laughed", "smiled" ], "antonyms":[ "delighted", "exulted (in)", "gloried (in)", "joyed", "rejoiced (in)" ] }, "to feel sorry or dissatisfied about":{ "examples":[ "the youth lamented not having spent more time with his late grandfather" ], "synonyms":[ "bemoaned", "deplored", "regretted", "repented", "rued" ], "near synonyms":[ "ached (for)", "bewailed", "grieved (for)", "mourned", "sorrowed (for)" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted (in)", "enjoyed", "relished", "reveled (in)", "revelled (in)", "savored", "savoured" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lashed":{ "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "examples":[ "the cat's tail nervously lashed the table leg" ], "synonyms":[ "birched", "cowhided", "flagellated", "flailed", "flogged", "hided", "horsewhipped", "leathered", "rawhided", "scourged", "slashed", "switched", "tanned", "thrashed", "whaled", "whipped" ], "near synonyms":[ "knouted", "quirted", "strapped", "cut", "flicked", "touched up", "blackjacked", "caned", "clubbed", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "fustigated", "pistol-whipped", "banged", "bopped", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "clapped", "clapt", "clipped", "clobbered", "clouted", "cracked", "cuffed", "hit", "knocked", "lammed", "pasted", "punched", "slapped", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "spanked", "swatted", "swiped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged", "drubbed", "fibbed", "hammered", "laced", "lambasted", "lathered", "licked", "mangled", "mauled", "paddled", "pelted", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pounded", "pummeled", "pummelled", "roughed", "slated", "slogged", "threshed", "thumped", "tromped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "all night long sheets of rain lashed the windows" ], "synonyms":[ "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "birched", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged up", "clubbed", "curried", "did", "drubbed", "fibbed", "flogged", "hammered", "hided", "laced", "lambasted", "lathered", "licked", "mauled", "messed (up)", "paddled", "pelted", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pounded", "pummeled", "pummelled", "punched out", "roughed (up)", "slated", "slogged", "switched", "tanned", "thrashed", "threshed", "thumped", "tromped", "walloped", "whaled", "whipped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "chopped", "clobbered", "clouted", "cracked", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "cuffed", "descended (on or upon)", "hit", "jumped (on)", "knocked", "laid on", "lammed", "pasted", "pounced (on or upon)", "punched", "raided", "rushed", "slammed", "slapped", "smacked", "smashed", "socked", "spanked", "stormed", "swatted", "swiped", "thwacked", "whacked", "whammed", "whomped", "blackjacked", "caned", "cowhided", "flagellated", "fustigated", "horsewhipped", "leathered", "pistol-whipped", "rawhided", "scourged", "strapped", "gored", "lacerated", "wounded", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to prevent (someone or something) from moving freely by or as if by means of a line or cord":{ "examples":[ "The raft was made from several logs lashed together with a rope." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "leashed", "tethered", "banded", "bound", "tied", "trussed", "cinched", "corded", "roped", "strapped", "threaded", "wired", "girded", "girt", "girted", "interlaced", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "laced", "entangled", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled", "twisted", "coiled", "wound", "winded" ], "near antonyms":[ "unleashed", "untethered", "unbound", "untied", "undid", "unfastened", "unlaced", "unlashed", "unloosed", "unloosened", "unstrapped", "unstrung", "unthreaded", "disentangled", "unraveled", "unsnarled", "untangled", "untwined", "untwisted", "uncoiled", "unspooled", "unwound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "last ditches":{ "as in spots , hot waters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "corners", "fixes", "holes", "hot waters", "jams", "pinches", "predicaments", "scrapes", "spots", "deadlocks", "impasses", "stalemates", "eleventh hours", "last minutes", "conditions", "passes", "situations", "straits", "happenings", "landmarks", "milestones", "climaxes", "turning points", "contingencies", "possibilities", "boiling points", "breaking points", "clutches", "conjunctures", "crises", "crossroads", "crunches", "crunch times", "Dunkirks", "emergencies", "exigencies", "extremities", "flash points", "heads", "junctures", "tinderboxes", "zero hours" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "launchpads":{ "an area from which a rocket is launched \u2014 often used figuratively":{ "examples":[ "The TV cameras were focused on the launchpad as the time for liftoff approached.", "The program she hosted on local radio was the launchpad for her network career." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pads", "aerodromes", "airdromes", "airfields", "airports", "fields", "air bases", "air parks", "helipads", "heliports", "jetports", "airstrips", "landing fields", "landing strips", "runways" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "launders":{ "to remove objectionable parts from":{ "examples":[ "had to launder the quarterback's off-the-cuff's remarks before they could be quoted in the newspaper" ], "synonyms":[ "bowdlerizes", "censors", "cleans (up)", "expurgates", "red-pencils" ], "near synonyms":[ "cleanses", "purges", "purifies", "abbreviates", "blue-pencils", "edits", "shortens", "bleeps", "blips", "cuts (out)", "deletes", "excises", "expunges", "guts", "x's (out)", "blacks out", "represses", "silences", "suppresses", "censures", "condemns", "denounces", "examines", "reviews", "screens", "scrutinizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "authorizes", "sanctions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "landslide":{ "a large mass of rock or earth descending from a high place":{ "examples":[ "The heavy rains caused landslides in some areas." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "avalanche", "slide", "snowslide", "mudslide", "burst", "cataclysm", "cataract", "deluge", "discharge", "engulfment", "washout", "flood", "flood tide", "flush", "gush", "inundation", "Niagara", "outburst", "outflow", "outpouring", "overflow", "spate", "surge", "torrent", "current", "river", "stream", "tide", "alluvion", "bath", "flux", "inflow", "influx", "blizzard", "cascade", "waterfall" ], "near antonyms":[ "dribble", "drip", "trickle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }