{ "fig":{ "the smallest amount or part imaginable":{ "examples":[ "they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "bubkes", "bupkes", "bupkus", "continental", "damn", "darn", "durn", "diddly", "diddly-squat", "doodley-squat", "doodly-squat", "ghost", "hoot", "iota", "jot", "lick", "modicum", "rap", "squat", "syllable", "tittle", "whit", "whoop" ], "near synonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "crumb", "dab", "driblet", "glimmer", "hint", "little", "mite", "nip", "ounce", "particle", "peanuts", "pin", "ray", "scrap", "scruple", "semblance", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snap", "speck", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "touch", "trace" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fight":{ "a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's 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"misunderstanding", "quarrel", "row", "spat", "squabble", "tangle", "tiff", "wrangle", "catfight" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "dustup", "fracas", "fray", "hassle", "scrap", "scrimmage", "scrum", "scuffle", "skirmish", "struggle", "tussle" ] }, "an inclination to fight or quarrel":{ "antonyms":[ "nonaggression", "pacifism" ], "examples":[ "a tough, streetwise kid with a lot of fight in him" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiaggression", "anti-imperialism", "antimilitarism", "affability", "amiability", "amicability", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness", "amenability", "complaisance", "placability" ], "related":[ "antagonism", "fierceness", "hostility", "hyperaggressiveness", "unfriendliness", "imperialism", "jingoism", "militarism", "acidity", "biliousness", "captiousness", "crankiness", "crossness", "disagreeableness", "fractiousness", "fretfulness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "orneriness", "peevishness", "pettishness", "petulance", "querulousness", "rudeness", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "aggressiveness", "assaultiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "defiance", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "militance", "militancy", "militantness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence" ] }, "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the couple have their share of fights , but they quickly get over them" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "clash", "run-in", "skirmish", "tangle", "tussle", "logomachy", "feud", "vendetta", "attack", "contention", "dissension", "dissention", "debate", "difference", "disputation", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "protestation", "affray", "fisticuffs", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "catfight" ], "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "challenge", "engage", "play", "jockey", "jostle", "maneuver", "go out", "try out", "train", "work" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "compete", "contend", "face off", "race", "rival", "vie" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexist", "get along", "accept", "agree", "assent", "concur", "consent" ], "related":[ "challenge", "dare", "defy", "clash", "contend", "contest", "tangle", "cavil", "fuss", "nitpick", "consider", "debate", "discuss", "kick", "object", "protest" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brabble", "brawl", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "row", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ] }, "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland" ], "near antonyms":[ "give up", "submit", "surrender" ], "related":[ "duel", "joust", "bang", "bash", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belt", "bludgeon", "bop", "buffet", "clobber", "hammer", "hit", "knock", "paste", "pound", "punch", "slam", "slap", "slog", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "strike", "swat", "swipe", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "whale", "box", "spar", "brawl", "grapple", "scuffle", "tussle", "wrestle", "bump", "collide" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash (with)", "combat", "scrimmage (with)", "skirmish (with)", "war (against)" ] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "antonyms":[ "bow (to)", "capitulate (to)", "give in (to)", "knuckle under (to)", "stoop (to)", "submit (to)", "succumb (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)" ], "examples":[ "I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "challenge", "contest", "contradict", "dispute", "baffle", "balk", "foil", "frustrate", "thwart", "check", "counter", "hinder", "obstruct", "stem" ], "synonyms":[ "buck", "defy", "oppose", "repel", "resist", "withstand" ] }, "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{ "antonyms":[ "advance", "cultivate", "encourage", "forward", "foster", "further", "nourish", "nurture", "promote" ], "examples":[ "a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice" ], "near antonyms":[ "abide", "bear", "endure", "suffer", "advocate", "back", "champion", "endorse", "indorse", "support", "uphold" ], "related":[ "baffle", "checkmate", "foil", "frustrate", "resist", "thwart", "withstand", "confront", "defy", "face", "meet" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "counter", "oppose", "oppugn" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fight shy of":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse." ], "synonyms":[ "avoid", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "finesse", "get around", "scape", "shake", "shirk", "shuffle (out of)", "shun", "weasel (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "miss", "avert", "deflect", "divert", "obviate", "parry", "prevent", "ward (off)", "ban", "bar", "debar", "eliminate", "except", "exclude", "preclude", "rule out", "bypass", "circumvent", "skirt", "foil", "fox", "frustrate", "outfox", "outsmart", "outwit", "overreach", "thwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "court", "embrace", "pursue", "seek", "welcome", "catch", "contract", "incur" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fighting":{ "as in battling , warring":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "battling", "warring", "savage", "vicious", "acidic", "bearish", "bilious", "bristly", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "fractious", "fretful", "grouchy", "grumpy", "huffy", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "irascible", "irritable", "ornery", "peevish", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "querulous", "rude", "snappish", "snappy", "stroppy", "surly", "testy", "touchy", "ugly", "waspish", "antagonistic", "fierce", "hostile", "hot-tempered", "aggressive", "agonistic", "argumentative", "assaultive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "brawly", "chippy", "combative", "confrontational", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "feisty", "gladiatorial", "militant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "warlike" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonaggressive", "nonbelligerent", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "unbelligerent", "uncombative", "uncontentious", "anti-imperialist", "antimilitarist", "unwarlike", "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "complaisant", "conciliatory", "cordial", "easygoing", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "ingratiating", "kindhearted", "obliging", "pleasant", "sociable", "calm", "quiet", "relaxed", "serene", "tranquil", "benign", "gentle", "kindly", "mild" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in combat , warfare":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "combat", "warfare", "action", "battle", "engagement", "skirmish", "civil war", "cold war", "holy war", "limited war", "police action", "world war", "conflagration", "conflict", "hostilities", "hot war", "war" ], "near antonyms":[ "peace", "demilitarization", "demobilization", "disarmament", "pacification", "cease-fire", "truce", "calm", "peacefulness", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "examples":[ "a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "clashing (with)", "combating", "combatting", "scrimmaging (with)", "skirmishing (with)", "warring (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "dueling", "duelling", "jousting", "banging", "bashing", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belting", "bludgeoning", "bopping", "buffeting", "clobbering", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "boxing", "sparring", "brawling", "grappling", "scuffling", "tussling", "wrestling", "bumping", "colliding" ], "near antonyms":[ "giving up", "submitting", "surrendering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{ "examples":[ "a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "countering", "opposing", "oppugning" ], "near synonyms":[ "baffling", "checkmating", "foiling", "frustrating", "resisting", "thwarting", "withstanding", "confronting", "defying", "facing", "meeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "abiding", "bearing", "enduring", "suffering", "advocating", "backing", "championing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "supporting", "upholding" ], "antonyms":[ "advancing", "cultivating", "encouraging", "forwarding", "fostering", "furthering", "nourishing", "nurturing", "promoting" ] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "examples":[ "everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "competing", "contending", "facing off", "racing", "rivaling", "rivalling", "vying" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenging", "engaging", "playing", "jockeying", "jostling", "maneuvering", "going out", "trying out", "training", "working" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!" ], "synonyms":[ "altercating", "argufying", "arguing", "bickering", "brabbling", "brawling", "controverting", "disputing", "falling out", "hassling", "jarring", "quarreling", "quarrelling", "quibbling", "rowing", "scrapping", "spatting", "squabbling", "tiffing", "wrangling" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenging", "daring", "defying", "clashing", "contending", "contesting", "tangling", "caviling", "cavilling", "fussing", "nitpicking", "considering", "debating", "discussing", "kicking", "objecting", "protesting" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexisting", "getting along", "accepting", "agreeing", "assenting", "concurring", "consenting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "examples":[ "I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost" ], "synonyms":[ "bucking", "defying", "opposing", "repelling", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "near synonyms":[ "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "challenging", "contesting", "contradicting", "disputing", "baffling", "balking", "foiling", "frustrating", "thwarting", "checking", "countering", "hindering", "obstructing", "stemming" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bowing (to)", "capitulating (to)", "giving in (to)", "knuckling under (to)", "stooping (to)", "submitting (to)", "succumbing (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "fighting shy of":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse." ], "synonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "finessing", "getting around", "scaping", "shaking", "shirking", "shuffling (out of)", "shunning", "weaseling (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "missing", "averting", "deflecting", "diverting", "obviating", "parrying", "preventing", "warding (off)", "banning", "barring", "debarring", "eliminating", "excepting", "excluding", "precluding", "ruling out", "bypassing", "circumventing", "skirting", "foiling", "foxing", "frustrating", "outfoxing", "outsmarting", "outwitting", "overreaching", "thwarting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming", "catching", "contracting", "incurring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "figments":{ "a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{ "examples":[ "unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination" ], "synonyms":[ "chimeras", "conceits", "daydreams", "delusions", "dreams", "fancies", "fantasies", "phantasies", "hallucinations", "illusions", "nonentities", "phantasms", "fantasms", "pipe dreams", "unrealities", "visions" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignes fatui", "mirages", "will-o'-the-wisps", "brainchildren", "ideas", "concoctions", "fables", "fabrications", "fictions", "inventions", "visualizations", "cloud-cuckoo-lands", "cloudlands", "Shangri-las", "utopias", "daymares", "nightmares" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities", "facts", "realities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that is the product of the imagination":{ "examples":[ "thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers" ], "synonyms":[ "fables", "fabrications", "fantasies", "phantasies", "fictions", "inventions" ], "near synonyms":[ "anecdotes", "anecdota", "narratives", "novels", "stories", "tales", "yarns", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "fibs", "lies", "mendacities", "misrepresentations", "prevarications", "untruths", "whoppers", "make-believe" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities" ], "antonyms":[ "facts", "materialities", "realities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figurehead":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figure out":{ "to find an answer for through reasoning":{ "examples":[ "a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out" ], "synonyms":[ "answer", "break", "crack", "dope (out)", "puzzle (out)", "resolve", "riddle (out)", "solve", "unravel", "unriddle", "work", "work out" ], "near synonyms":[ "conclude", "decide", "deduce", "gather", "infer", "judge", "reason", "clear (up)", "iron out", "straighten (out)", "unscramble", "untangle", "untie", "assume", "conjecture", "divine", "guess", "presume", "speculate", "decipher", "decode" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fig leafs":{ "as in Trojan horses , Potemkin villages":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Potemkin villages", "Trojan horses", "blinds", "concealers", "screens", "shields", "camouflages", "disguises", "facades", "fa\u00e7ades", "faces", "veneers", "blankets", "cloaks", "copes", "coverings", "covers", "covertures", "cover-ups", "curtains", "hoods", "mantles", "masks", "palls", "penumbrae", "penumbras", "robes", "shrouds", "veils", "wraps", "glosses", "varnishes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figurative":{ "expressing one thing in terms normally used for another":{ "examples":[ "the figurative use of \"allergy\" to mean \"a feeling of dislike\"" ], "synonyms":[ "extended", "figural", "metaphoric", "metaphorical", "tropical", "tropological" ], "near synonyms":[ "Aesopian", "Aesopic", "allegorical", "emblematic", "emblematical", "symbolic", "symbolical", "catachrestic", "catachrestical", "sylleptic", "euphemistic", "nonliteral", "veritable" ], "near antonyms":[ "literal", "nonsymbolic" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfigurative", "nonmetaphorical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "figured on":{ "to have in mind as a purpose or 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"faced" ], "near antonyms":[ "factored (out)" ], "antonyms":[ "discounted", "disregarded" ] }, "to place reliance or trust":{ "examples":[ "She figures on her friends to come through when she needs them." ], "synonyms":[ "calculated", "counted", "depended", "leaned", "reckoned", "relied" ], "near synonyms":[ "committed", "confided", "entrusted", "intrusted", "trusted" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusted", "mistrusted", "questioned", "suspected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "figurines":{ "a small statue":{ "examples":[ "his collection of figurines includes toy soldiers from every war that America has fought" ], "synonyms":[ "figures", "statuettes" ], "near synonyms":[ "dollies", "dolls", "hand puppets", "marionettes", "puppets", "busts", "figureheads", "carvings", "models", "sculptures", "dummies", "forms", "manikins", "mannikins", "mannequins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "colossi" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fight songs":{ "as in drinking songs":{ "examples":[], 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"warriors" ], "near synonyms":[ "servicewomen", "carabineers", "carabiniers", "cavaliers", "cavalrymen", "cuirassiers", "dragoons", "doughboys", "footmen", "foot soldiers", "grunts", "infantrymen", "commandos", "commandoes", "raiders", "jarheads", "marines", "rangers", "artillerymen", "cannoneers", "gunners", "mortarmen", "musketeers", "riflemen", "archers", "crossbowmen", "lancers", "pikemen", "spearmen", "Confederates", "Continentals", "Federals", "GIs", "GI's", "guardsmen", "militiamen", "minutemen", "counterguerrillas", "counterguerillas", "guerrillas", "guerillas", "irregulars", "paramilitaries", "partisans", "partizans", "combatants", "noncombatants", "lifers", "veterans", "warhorses", "conscripts", "draftees", "enrollees", "recruits", "reservists", "champions", "knights", "diggers", "gallowglasses", "gendarmes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "civilians" ] }, "one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists":{ "examples":[ "a program at the community center for 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