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"mellow", "melodic", "sweet", "blending", "chiming", "flowing", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "canorous", "euphonic", "euphonious", "harmonious", "harmonizing", "melodious", "musical", "symphonic", "symphonious", "tuneful" ], "near antonyms":[ "discordant", "disharmonious", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "tuneless", "unmelodious", "unmusical", "blaring", "clanging", "clashing", "clattering", "grating", "harsh", "jangling", "jarring", "metallic", "raspy", "raucous", "scratching", "screeching", "shrill", "squeaky", "strident", "disagreeable", "unpleasant", "unpleasing", "atonal", "off-key" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "song":{ "a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{ "examples":[ "she sang a little-known song for the talent show" ], "synonyms":[ "ballad", "ditty", "jingle", "lay", "lyric", "vocal" ], "near synonyms":[ "anthem", "cantata", "canticle", "carol", "chorale", "hymn", "noel", "psalm", "spiritual", "dirge", "lament", "requiem", "threnody", "hallelujah", "paean", "aria", "art song", "barcarole", "barcarolle", "blues", "chanson", "chant", "chantey", "chanty", "shanty", "chorus", "croon", "descant", "discant", "folk song", "glee", "lullaby", "madrigal", "motet", "part-song", "pop", "rocker", "round", "roundelay", "serenade", "standard", "drinking song", "fight song", "torch song", "cover", "medley", "remix" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{ "examples":[ "the songs of Shakespeare" ], "synonyms":[ "lyric", "poem", "rune", "verse" ], "near synonyms":[ "rhyme", "rime", "ballad", "lay", "anacreontic", "clerihew", "dithyramb", "eclogue", "elegy", "English sonnet", "epic", "epigram", "epode", "epopee", "epos", "georgic", "idyll", "idyl", "jingle", "lament", "limerick", "madrigal", "ode", "pastoral", "pastorale", "psalm", "rondeau", "rondel", "rondelle", "rondelet", "sonnet", "triolet", "villanelle", "haiku", "senryu", "tanka", "blank verse", "free verse", "minstrelsy", "poesy", "poetry", "versification", "vers libre" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{ "examples":[ "whistle a song as accompaniment to your work" ], "synonyms":[ "air", "lay", "melody", "strain", "tune", "warble" ], "near synonyms":[ "descant", "discant", "cadence", "measure", "meter", "rhythm", "ballad", "ditty", "hymn", "lyric", "madrigal" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a very small sum of money":{ "examples":[ "developers bought the land for a song" ], "synonyms":[ "chicken feed", "chump change", "dime", "hay", "mite", "peanuts", "pin money", "pittance", "shoestring", "two cents" ], "near synonyms":[ "petty cash", "pocket money", "spending money" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankroll", "capital", "funds", "means", "wherewithal", "opulence", "pelf", "riches", "treasure", "wealth", "heap", "pile", "pot", "bonanza", "mine", "treasure trove", "treasury" ], "antonyms":[ "big buck(s)", "boodle", "bundle", "fortune", "king's ransom", "megabuck(s)", "mint", "wad" ] }, "writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{ "examples":[ "a hero honored in song and story" ], "synonyms":[ "minstrelsy", "poesy", "poetry", "verse" ], "near synonyms":[ "rhyme", "rime", "blank verse", "free verse", "vers libre" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "prose" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sonant":{ "as in pronounced , articulated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "articulated", "enunciated", "pronounced", "oral", "spoken", "uttered", "vocal", "voiced", "breathed", "chirped", "drawled", "gasped", "intoned", "mouthed", "mumbled", "murmured", "muttered", "purred", "shouted", "spluttered", "sputtered", "squeaked", "whispered" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonvocal", "inarticulate", "mute", "quiet", "silent", "unexpressed", "unsaid", "unspoken", "unuttered", "unvoiced", "surd", "voiceless" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sonorous":{ "marked by a high volume of sound":{ "examples":[ "a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance" ], "synonyms":[ "blaring", "blasting", "booming", "clamorous", "clangorous", "deafening", "earsplitting", "loud", "piercing", "plangent", "resounding", "ringing", "roaring", "slam-bang", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "near synonyms":[ "brazen", "dinning", "discordant", "noisy", "obstreperous", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "vociferous", "grating", "harsh", "overloud", "sharp", "shrill", "squealing", "strident" ], "near antonyms":[ "dead", "quiet", "silent", "still", "stilly", "ultraquiet", "calm", "dreamy", "peaceful", "restful", "serene", "soothing", "tranquil", "hushed", "muffled", "muted", "softened", "toned (down)" ], "antonyms":[ "gentle", "low", "soft" ] }, "marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{ "examples":[ "a baritone with a particularly sonorous voice" ], "synonyms":[ "golden", "orotund", "plangent", "resonant", "resounding", "reverberant", "reverberating", "reverberative", "ringing", "rotund", "round", "vibrant" ], "near synonyms":[ "deep", "full", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "plummy", "rich", "loud", "powerful", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "near antonyms":[ "cavernous", "hollow", "faint", "low", "murmurous", "muted", "smothered", "soft", "weak", "thin", "tinny" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "songster":{ "one who sings":{ "examples":[ "one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era" ], "synonyms":[ "caroler", "caroller", "singer", "vocalist", "vocalizer", "voice" ], "near synonyms":[ "belter", "crooner", "harmonizer", "hummer", "warbler", "yodeler", "serenader", "cantor", "chanter", "chorister", "chansonnier", "chanteuse", "songstress", "bard", "troubadour" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "son":{ "as in daughter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "daughter", "by-product", "derivative", "offshoot", "outgrowth", "spin-off", "descendant", "descendent" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancestor", "antecedent", "archetype", "daddy", "foregoer", "forerunner", "granddaddy", "grandaddy", "precursor", "predecessor", "prototype", "model", "original", "originator", "sire" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in child , heir":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "child", "heir", "inheritor", "successor", "offspring", "issue", "posterity", "progeny", "seed" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancestry", "birth", "blood", "bloodline", "breeding", "descent", "extraction", "family tree", "genealogy", "line", "lineage", "origin", "parentage", "pedigree", "stock", "strain", "heredity", "succession", "family", "house" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sonnies":{ "a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{ "examples":[ "come over here, sonny , and help me clean up" ], "synonyms":[ "boychicks", "boychiks", "boyos", "boys", "callants", "laddies", "lads", "nippers", "shavelings", "shavers", "striplings", "tads", "youths" ], "near synonyms":[ "adolescents", "juveniles", "kiddies", "kiddos", "kids", "minors", "moppets", "teenagers", "tweens", "younglings", "youngsters", "gamins", "guttersnipes", "hobbledehoys", "imps", "squirts", "urchins", "whippersnappers", "schoolboys", "toddlers", "tots", "tykes", "tikes", "mama's boys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songfests":{ "as in hootenannies , jams":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ceilidhs", "ceilis", "hootenannies", "jams", "jam sessions", "sings", "recitals", "symphonies", "festivals", "fetes", "f\u00eates", "shindigs", "performances", "presentations", "concerts", "musicales" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songsmiths":{ "a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{ "examples":[ "among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status" ], "synonyms":[ "songwriters", "tunesmiths" ], "near synonyms":[ "cocomposers", "co-composers", "composers", "melodists", "musicians", "symphonists", "arrangers", "orchestrators", "orchestraters", "scorers", "librettists", "lyricists", "lyrists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "song and dance":{ "language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions":{ "examples":[ "instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability" ], "synonyms":[ "bafflegab", "double-talk", "gibberish", "gobbledygook", "gobbledegook", "rigmarole", "rigamarole" ], "near synonyms":[ "bureaucratese", "computerese", "educationese", "governmentese", "legalese", "Pentagonese", "psychobabble", "technobabble", "bombast", "fustian", "gas", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "hype", "oratory", "rhetoric", "wind" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sonneteers":{ "as in lyricists , epigrammatizers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "epigrammatists", "epigrammatizers", "lyricists", "rhymers", "scops", "troubadours", "rhapsodes", "rhapsodists", "poets laureate", "poet laureates", "poetesses", "bards", "minstrels", "muses", "poetasters", "poets", "rhymesters", "rimesters", "versifiers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songbooks":{ "as in songsters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "songsters", "breviaries", "missals", "Psalters", "antiphonals", "antiphonaries", "hymnals", "hymnaries", "hymnbooks", "psalmodies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "son of man":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "They couldn't believe this son of man survived so long in the desert." ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "songsters":{ "one who sings":{ "examples":[ "one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era" ], "synonyms":[ "carolers", "carollers", "singers", "vocalists", "vocalizers", "voices" ], "near synonyms":[ "belters", "crooners", "harmonizers", "hummers", "warblers", "yodelers", "serenaders", "cantors", "chanters", "choristers", "chansonniers", "chanteuses", "songstresses", "bards", "troubadours" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songs":{ "a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{ "examples":[ "she sang a little-known song for the talent show" ], "synonyms":[ "ballads", "ditties", "jingles", "lays", "lyrics", "vocals" ], "near synonyms":[ "anthems", "cantatas", "canticles", "carols", "chorales", "hymns", "noels", "psalms", "spirituals", "dirges", "laments", "requiems", "threnodies", "hallelujahs", "paeans", "arias", "arie", "art songs", "barcaroles", "barcarolles", "blues", "chansons", "chanteys", "chanties", "shanties", "chants", "choruses", "croons", "descants", "discants", "folk songs", "glees", "lullabies", "madrigals", "motets", "part-songs", "pops", "rockers", "roundelays", "rounds", "serenades", "standards", "drinking songs", "fight songs", "torch songs", "covers", "medleys", "remixes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{ "examples":[ "the songs of Shakespeare" ], "synonyms":[ "lyrics", "poems", "runes", "verses" ], "near synonyms":[ "rhymes", "rimes", "ballads", "lays", "anacreontics", "clerihews", "dithyrambs", "eclogues", "elegies", "English sonnets", "epics", "epigrams", "epodes", "epopees", "eposes", "georgics", "idylls", "idyls", "jingles", "laments", "limericks", "madrigals", "odes", "pastorales", "pastorals", "psalms", "rondeaux", "rondelets", "rondelles", "rondels", "sonnets", "triolets", "villanelles", "haiku", "senryu", "tankas", "blank verses", "free verses", "minstrelsies", "poesies", "poetries", "versifications", "vers libres" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{ "examples":[ "whistle a song as accompaniment to your work" ], "synonyms":[ "airs", "lays", "melodies", "strains", "tunes", "warbles" ], "near synonyms":[ "descants", "discants", "cadences", "measures", "meters", "rhythms", "ballads", "ditties", "hymns", "lyrics", "madrigals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{ "examples":[ "a hero honored in song and story" ], "synonyms":[ "minstrelsies", "poesies", "poetries", "verses" ], "near synonyms":[ "rhymes", "rimes", "blank verses", "free verses", "vers libres" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "proses" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songstress":{ "as in chanteuse":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chanteuse", "chansonnier", "bard", "troubadour", "cantor", "chanter", "chorister", "serenader", "crooner", "harmonizer", "hummer", "warbler", "yodeler", "belter", "caroler", "caroller", "singer", "songster", "vocalist", "vocalizer", "voice" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songbook":{ "as in songster":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "songster", "breviary", "missal", "Psalter", "antiphonal", "antiphonary", "hymnal", "hymnary", "hymnbook", "psalmody" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sons of guns":{ "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "They weren't sure how that son of a gun even got the job." ], "synonyms":[ "bastards", "beasts", "bleeders", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimeballs", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "loudmouths", "vulgarians", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "sonneteer":{ "as in lyricist , epigrammatizer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "epigrammatist", "epigrammatizer", "lyricist", "rhymer", "scop", "troubadour", "rhapsode", "rhapsodist", "poet laureate", "poetess", "bard", "minstrel", "muse", "poet", "poetaster", "rhymester", "rimester", "versifier" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "songwriter":{ "a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{ "examples":[ "he's both a singer and a songwriter" ], "synonyms":[ "songsmith", "tunesmith" ], "near synonyms":[ "cocomposer", "composer", "melodist", "musician", "symphonist", "arranger", "orchestrator", "orchestrater", "scorer", "librettist", "lyricist", "lyrist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }