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"noun" ] }, "means":{ "to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{ "examples":[ "the national anthem means various things to various people" ], "synonyms":[ "denotes", "expresses", "imports", "intends", "signifies", "spells" ], "near synonyms":[ "connotes", "implies", "suggests", "adds up (to)", "amounts (to)", "hints", "infers", "insinuates", "intimates", "embodies", "epitomizes", "personifies", "represents", "symbolizes", "symbols", "adverts", "alludes (to)", "cites", "instances", "mentions", "refers (to)", "specifies", "touches (on or upon)", "designates", "indicates", "points (to)", "signals", "announces", "declares", "proclaims", "elucidates", "explains" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be of importance":{ "examples":[ "your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me" ], "synonyms":[ "counts", "imports", "matters", "signifies", "weighs" ], "near synonyms":[ "affects", "concerns", "influences", "sways", "adds up (to)", "amounts (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], 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"expedient", "measure", "move", "shift", "step" ], "near synonyms":[ "act", "action", "deed", "doing", "feat", "thing", "course", "procedure", "proceeding", "process", "accomplishment", "achievement", "attainment", "coup", "exploit", "success", "triumph", "activity", "affair", "business", "dealing", "enterprise", "event", "attempt", "crack", "endeavor", "essay", "fling", "go", "initiative", "operation", "pass", "shot", "stab", "trial", "try", "undertaking", "whack", "effort", "exertion", "labor", "pains", "trouble", "while", "work", "project", "proposal", "proposition", "makeshift", "resort", "resource", "stopgap", "countermeasure", "countermove", "counterstep" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something used to achieve an end":{ "examples":[ "the ends don't justify the means" ], "synonyms":[ "agency", "agent", "instrument", "instrumentality", "machinery", "medium", "ministry", "organ", "vehicle" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinant", "expedient", "factor", "influence", 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"tough", "loser", "lowlife", "ne'er-do-well", "stinker", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel", "innocent", "saint", "hero" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measure":{ "an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{ "examples":[ "such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances" ], "synonyms":[ "expedient", "means", "move", "shift", "step" ], "near synonyms":[ "act", "action", "deed", "doing", "feat", "thing", "course", "procedure", "proceeding", "process", "accomplishment", "achievement", "attainment", "coup", "exploit", "success", "triumph", "activity", "affair", "business", "dealing", "enterprise", "event", "attempt", "crack", "endeavor", "essay", "fling", "go", "initiative", "operation", "pass", "shot", "stab", "trial", "try", "undertaking", "whack", "effort", "exertion", "labor", "pains", "trouble", "while", "work", "project", "proposal", "proposition", "makeshift", "resort", "resource", "stopgap", "countermeasure", "countermove", "counterstep" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter":{ "examples":[ "each day prisoners were given only a small measure of rice to live on" ], "synonyms":[ "amount", "quantity", "quantum", "volume" ], "near synonyms":[ "coefficient", "degree", "body", "portion", "many", "number" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{ "examples":[ "during the Renaissance, man came to be viewed as the measure of all things" ], "synonyms":[ "bar", "barometer", "benchmark", "criterion", "gold standard", "grade", "mark", "metric", "par", "standard", "touchstone", "yardstick" ], "near synonyms":[ "case", "example", "instance", "average", "norm", "rule", "acme", "apex", "meridian", "peak", "pinnacle", "summit", "zenith" ], "near antonyms":[ "aberration", "abnormality", "deviation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the recurrent pattern formed by a series of sounds having a regular rise and fall in 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antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{ "examples":[ "for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together" ], "synonyms":[ "gauge", "gage", "scale", "span" ], "near synonyms":[ "weigh", "calibrate", "caliper", "quantify", "quantitate", "lay off", "mark (off)", "calculate", "cipher", "compute", "figure", "reckon", "work out", "appraise", "assess", "conjecture", "estimate", "evaluate", "guess", "guesstimate", "judge", "suppose", "valuate", "value", "add up", "sum", "tally", "total", "ascertain", "determine", "discover", "dope (out)", "figure out", "find out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "examples":[ "he carefully measured his response to the provocative question" ], "synonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "contain", "control", "curb", "govern", "hold", "inhibit", "keep", "pull in", "regulate", "rein (in)", "restrain", "rule", "tame" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottle (up)", "choke (back)", "hold back", "mince", "muffle", "pocket", "repress", "sink", "smother", "squelch", "stifle", "strangle", "suppress", "swallow", "arrest", "interrupt", "stop", "block", "hamper", "handcuff", "hinder", "impede", "obstruct", "gag", "muzzle", "silence" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberate", "loose", "loosen", "unleash", "air", "express", "take out", "vent" ], "antonyms":[ "lose" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "measureless":{ "being or seeming to be without limits":{ "examples":[ "the bodies of the fallen sailors were consigned to the measureless depths of the sea" ], "synonyms":[ "bottomless", "boundless", "endless", "fathomless", "horizonless", "illimitable", "immeasurable", "immensurable", "indefinite", "infinite", "limitless", "unbounded", "unfathomable", "unlimited" ], "near synonyms":[ "abysmal", "countless", "incalculable", "incomputable", "inestimable", "innumerable", "unmeasured", "exhaustless", "inexhaustible", "extensive", "far-flung", "immense", "vast" ], "near antonyms":[ "fathomable", "measurable", "depthless", "shallow", "superficial" ], "antonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "confined", "definite", "finite", "limited", "restricted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "measuring up (to)":{ "to come near or nearer to in character or quality":{ "examples":[ "he always worried about measuring up to his older brother" ], "synonyms":[ "approaching", "approximating", "comparing (with)", "stacking up (against or with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding up (to)", "amounting (to)", "coming (to)", "duplicating", "equaling", "equalling", "matching", "mirroring", "paralleling", "reflecting", "bordering (on)", "touching (on)", "verging (on)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meat":{ "animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner" ], "near 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"related":[ "course", "direction", "drift", "tenor", "body", "content", "substance", "hypothesis", "proposition", "purport", "subject", "theme", "thesis" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom line", "bull's-eye", "centerpiece", "core", "crux", "essence", "gist", "heart", "kernel", "keynote", "meat and potatoes", "net", "nub", "nubbin", "nucleus", "pith", "pivot", "point", "root", "sum" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meats":{ "animal and especially mammal tissue used as food":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we need to go shopping; there's only enough meat in the freezer for one more dinner" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "games", "poultries", "red meats", "variety meats" ], "synonyms":[ "flesh" ] }, "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he dances all around it without ever addressing the meat of the issue" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "courses", "directions", "drifts", "tenors", "bodies", "contents", "substances", "hypotheses", "propositions", "purports", "subjects", "themes", "theses" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom lines", "bull's-eyes", "bullseyes", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "gists", "hearts", "kernels", "keynotes", "meat and potatoes", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "pivots", "points", "roots", "sums" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medal":{ "a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the display case held an impressive array of military medals from World War II" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "decoration", "honor", "crown", "insignia", "laurel", "ribbon", "title", "bronze", "gold", "silver", "badge", "button", "chevron", "clasp", "cockade", "color", "ensign", "rosette", "star", "distinction", "award", "prize", "trophy", "citation", "commendation" ], "synonyms":[ "medallion", "order" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meddle":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well" ], "synonyms":[ "butt in", "interfere", "interlope", "intermeddle", "intrude", "mess", "muck (about or around)", "nose", "obtrude", "poke", "pry", "snoop" ], "near synonyms":[ "intercede", "interpose", "intervene", "barge (in)", "chisel (in)", "encroach", "infringe", "invade", "trespass", "fiddle", "fool", "monkey", "play", "tamper" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meddler":{ "a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{ "examples":[ "a meddler who stayed up all night watching the neighbors" ], "synonyms":[ "busybody", "buttinsky", "buttinski", "interferer", "interloper", "intermeddler", "intruder", "kibitzer", "kibbitzer", "nosey parker" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaper", "gawker", "gawper", "gazer", "peeper", "peeping Tom", "prier", "pryer", "rubberneck", "rubbernecker", "snoop", "snooper", "spy", "blabber", "discloser", "gossip", "gossiper", "prattler", "quidnunc", "revealer", "teller", "betrayer", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale", "snake", "sneak", "informant", "informer", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meddlesome":{ "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{ "examples":[ "meddlesome neighbors kept asking the couple when they were going to have children" ], "synonyms":[ "busy", "interfering", "intruding", "intrusive", "meddling", "nosy", "nosey", "obtrusive", "officious", "presuming", "presumptuous", "protrusive", "prying", "pushing", "pushy", "snoopy" ], "near synonyms":[ "bold", "brazen", "bumptious", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "rude", "invading", "trespassing", "curious", "inquisitive", "annoying", "harassing", "pestiferous", "overbearing", "superserviceable" ], "near antonyms":[ "hands-off", "uninvolved", "quiet", "reclusive", "reserved", "reticent", "retiring", "silent", "taciturn", "withdrawn", "inhibited", "restrained", "subdued" ], "antonyms":[ "unobtrusive" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mediaeval":{ "having passed its time of use or usefulness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "get rid of that medieval kerosene stove\u2014it stinks and it's dangerous" ], "near antonyms":[ "contemporary", "current", "mod", "modern", "new", "newfangled", "new-fashioned", "present-day", "recent", "ultramodern", "up-to-date", "up-to-the-minute", "fresh", "modernized", "refurbished", "remodeled", "renewed", "functional", "operable", "operational", "workable", "active", "alive", "busy", "employed", "functioning", "operating", "operative" ], "related":[ "aging", "ageing", "obsolescent", "discarded", "disused", "inoperable", "unusable", "unworkable", "useless", "dead", "defunct", "expired", "extinct", "vanished", "dormant", "fallow", "free", "idle", "inactive", "inert", "inoperative", "latent", "ancient", "antediluvian", "antique", "dateless", "fusty", "musty", "old", "oldfangled", "old-fashioned", "old-time", "retro", "vintage", "aged", "age-old", "hoary", "venerable", "atavistic", "bygone", "erstwhile", "former", "historic", "historical", "late", "old-world", "past" ], "synonyms":[ "antiquated", "archaic", "dated", "d\u00e9mod\u00e9", "demoded", "fossilized", "kaput", "kaputt", "moribund", "mossy", "moth-eaten", "neolithic", "Noachian", "obsolete", "out-of-date", "outdated", "outmoded", "outworn", "pass\u00e9", "prehistoric", "prehistorical", "rusty", "Stone Age", "superannuated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "medial":{ "occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{ "antonyms":[ "extreme", "farthest", "farthermost", "furthermost", "furthest", "outermost", "outmost", "remotest", "utmost" ], "examples":[ "four is the medial number between one and seven" ], "near antonyms":[ "outer", "peripheral" ], "related":[ "equidistant", "inmost", "inner", "innermost", "nearest", "betwixt and between", "borderline", "gray", "grey", 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"second-guessing", "speculating (about)", "brooding (about or over)", "dwelling (on or upon)", "fixating (on or upon)", "fretting (about or over)", "obsessing (about or over)", "believing", "conceiving", "opining", "absorbing", "assimilating", "digesting", "drinking (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking", "slighting", "dismissing", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed" ], "synonyms":[ "aiming", "allowing", "aspiring", "calculating", "contemplating", "designing", "going", "intending", "looking", "meaning", "planning", "proposing", "purporting", "purposing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreaming", "hoping", "wishing", "considering", "debating", "mulling (over)", "pondering", "attempting", "endeavoring", "striving", "struggling", "trying", "plotting", "scheming", "accomplishing", "achieving", "effecting", "executing", "performing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meditations":{ "long or deep thinking about spiritual matters":{ "examples":[ "the busy executive devotes an hour a day to quiet meditation" ], "synonyms":[ "contemplations" ], "near synonyms":[ "brown studies", "introspections", "muses", "reflections", "retrospections", "reveries", "studies", "trances", "woolgatherings", "cogitations", "deliberations", "musings", "ruminations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meditative":{ "given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{ "antonyms":[ "unreflective" ], "examples":[ "I've been in a meditative mood all day" ], "near antonyms":[ "featherbrained", "flighty", "flippant", "frivolous", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "scatterbrained", "brainless", "mindless", "silly", "thoughtless", "unthinking" ], "related":[ "introspective", "retrospective", "self-reflective", "earnest", "grave", "sedate", "serious", "serious-minded", "severe", "sober", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "weighty", "philosophical", "philosophic", "analytic", "analytical", "logical", "rational", "deliberate", "purposeful", "absentminded", "abstracted", "preoccupied" ], "synonyms":[ "broody", "cogitative", "contemplative", "melancholy", "musing", "pensive", "reflective", "ruminant", "ruminative", "thoughtful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "meekly":{ "in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{ "examples":[ "the dominant personality, he is always taking advantage of his so-called best friend, who just meekly accepts it" ], "synonyms":[ "abjectly", "deferentially", "hat in hand", "humbly", "lowly", "meanly", "modestly", "sheepishly", "submissively" ], "near synonyms":[ "obsequiously", "servilely", "subserviently", "fearfully", "mousily", "timidly", "bashfully", "diffidently", "self-deprecatingly", "shyly", "timorously", "civilly", "courteously", "politely", "respectfully", "suppliantly" ], "near antonyms":[ "fearlessly", "discourteously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impertinently", "rashly", "recklessly", "saucily", "bitchily", "impolitely", "impudently", "rudely", "uncivilly", "ungraciously" ], "antonyms":[ "arrogantly", "audaciously", "boldly", "brashly", "brazenly", "contemptuously", "haughtily", "huffily", "imperiously", "loftily", "pompously", "presumptuously", "pretentiously", "pridefully", "proudly", "scornfully", "self-importantly", "superciliously", "swaggeringly", "uppishly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "meekness":{ "the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{ "antonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ], "examples":[ "like most other things, meekness is best practiced in moderation" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressiveness", "assertiveness", "attitude", "audaciousness", "boldness", "brashness", "brassiness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "cockiness", "cocksureness", "forwardness", "overconfidence", "swagger", "swash", "temerity", "impertinence", "impudence", "insolence", "nerve", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "chest-thumping", "self-applause", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-glorification", "self-importance", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "vaingloriousness", "vanity", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "flamboyance", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "showiness" ], "related":[ "acquiescence", "compliance", "deference", "passivity", "resignedness", "submission", "submissiveness", "ingenuousness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "directness", "plainness", "simpleness", "bashfulness", "diffidence", "mousiness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness", "retiringness", "sheepishness", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness" ], "synonyms":[ "demureness", "down-to-earthness", "humbleness", "humility", "lowliness", "modesty" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meet and greet":{ "as in house party , cocktail party":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bake", "clambake", "cocktail party", "hen party", "house party", "housewarming", "icebreaker", "kaffeeklatsch", "kegger", "keg party", "klatch", "klatsch", "masquerade", "mixer", "salon", "shower", "social", "soiree", "soir\u00e9e", "stag", "supper", "symposium", "tea", "tea party", "affair", "bash", "binge", "blast", "blowout", "do", "event", "fete", "f\u00eate", "function", "get-together", "party", "reception", "shindig", "benefit", "fund-raiser", "ball", "dance", "formal", "prom", "celebration", "gala", "occasion", "bacchanal", "bacchanalia", "orgy", "saturnalia" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meetly":{ "in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{ "examples":[ "the governor meetly and rightly did his duty when he vetoed a bill that was clearly unconstitutional" ], "synonyms":[ "appositely", "appropriately", "congruously", "correctly", "duly", "fittingly", "happily", "properly", "right", "rightly", "suitably" ], "near synonyms":[ "well", "acceptably", "adequately", "passably", "satisfactorily", "tolerably", "decently", "decorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "unacceptably", "unsatisfactorily", "inopportunely", "unfortunately", "unseasonably", "inappositely", "inaptly", "irrelevantly", "awkwardly", "ungracefully" ], "antonyms":[ "improperly", "inappropriately", "incongruously", "incorrectly", "unseemly", "unsuitably", "wrongly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "meets":{ "to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{ "examples":[ "we never once met another car on that lonely country road" ], "synonyms":[ "catches", "chances (upon)", "encounters", "happens (upon)", "stumbles (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "accosts", "confronts", "faces", "greets", "salutes", "collides (with)", "crashes (into)", "crisscrosses", "crosses", "passes", "hits (upon)", "lights (upon)", "tumbles (to)", "reencounters", "remeets" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "dodges", "ducks", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "shakes", "shuns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come together into one body or place":{ "examples":[ "we'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week" ], "synonyms":[ "assembles", "clusters", "collects", "concenters", "concentrates", "conglomerates", "congregates", "convenes", "converges", "forgathers", "foregathers", "gathers", "rendezvouses" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliates", "allies", "associates", "bands (together)", "caucuses", "clubs", "collaborates", "confederates", "conjoins", "consolidates", "consorts", "cooperates", "couples", "federates", "gangs up", "joins", "merges", "unites", "reassembles", "reconvenes", "regathers", "remeets" ], "near antonyms":[ "departs", "leaves", "takes off", "disjoins", "dissociates", "disunites" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks up", "disbands", "disperses", "splits (up)" ] }, "to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{ "examples":[ "met her future husband at a party" ], "synonyms":[ "chances (upon)", "encounters", "finds", "happens (on or upon)", "hits (upon)", "lights (on or upon)", "pitches (upon)", "stumbles (on or onto)", "tumbles (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "lucks (out, on, onto, or into)", "confronts", "faces", "discovers", "strikes", "turns up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to do what is required by the terms of":{ "examples":[ "a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans" ], "synonyms":[ "answers", "completes", "complies (with)", "fills", "fulfills", "fulfils", "keeps", "redeems", "satisfies" ], "near synonyms":[ "concludes", "consummates", "finalizes", "finishes", "perfects", "accomplishes", "achieves", "brings about", "brings off", "carries out", "effects", "commits", "compasses", "discharges", "executes", "follows through (with)", "makes", "performs" ], "near antonyms":[ "defaults (on)", "disregards", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "slights" ], "antonyms":[ "breaches", "breaks", "transgresses", "violates" ] }, "to enter into contest or conflict with":{ "examples":[ "the up-and-coming boxer will meet the reigning champ for the first time tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "battles", "encounters", "engages", "faces", "takes on" ], "near synonyms":[ "emulates", "rivals", "contends", "fights", "opposes" ], "near antonyms":[ "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "retreats" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{ "examples":[ "I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it" ], "synonyms":[ "equals", "matches", "ties" ], "near synonyms":[ "beats", "betters", "eclipses", "excels", "outdistances", "outdoes", "outshines", "outstrips", "overtops", "surpasses", "tops", "transcends", "amounts (to)", "approaches", "touches", "approximates", "keeps up", "measures up (to)", "parallels", "rivals", "stacks up (against or with)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{ "examples":[ "trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job" ], "synonyms":[ "abides", "absorbs", "accepts", "bears", "bides", "brooks", "countenances", "endures", "goes", "hacks", "handles", "pockets", "stands", "sticks out", "stomachs", "supports", "sustains", "sweats out", "takes", "tolerates", "wears" ], "near synonyms":[ "allows", "permits", "suffers", "swallows", "reconciles (to)", "acquiesces", "agrees (with or to)", "assents (to)", "capitulates", "consents (to)", "respects", "submits (to)", "yields (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "declines", "dismisses", "refuses", "rejects", "repudiates", "spurns", "turns down", "combats", "contests", "fights", "opposes", "resists", "avoids", "bypasses", "circumvents", "dodges", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "misses", "abstains (from)", "forbears", "refrains (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give what is owed for":{ "examples":[ "I paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges" ], "synonyms":[ "antes (up)", "balances", "clears", "discharges", "foots", "liquidates", "pays", "pays off", "pays up", "ponies up", "quits", "recompenses", "settles", "springs (for)", "stands" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "repudiates" ] }, "a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{ "examples":[ "a swim meet" ], "synonyms":[ "bouts", "competitions", "contests", "events", "games", "matches", "matchups", "sweepstakes", "sweep-stake", "tournaments", "tourneys" ], "near synonyms":[ "athletics", "sports", "battles", "conflicts", "scrimmages", "skirmishes", "struggles", "tugs-of-war", "tussles", "championships", "nationals", "finals", "nightcaps", "play-offs", "semifinals", "derbies", "field days", "gymkhanas", "outings", "biathlons", "decathlons", "heptathlons", "pentathlons", "triathlons", "marathons", "races", "ultramarathons", "heats", "rounds", "runs", "sets", "rallies", "volleys", "round-robins", "rubbers", "runoffs", "sudden deaths", "dead heats", "photo finishes", "seesaws", "classics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "megastardom":{ "as in popularity , stardom":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megrim":{ "a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{ "examples":[ "having no sense of purpose, he was often at the mercy of the strange megrims that sprang into his head" ], "synonyms":[ "bee", "caprice", "crank", "fancy", "freak", "humor", "kink", "maggot", "notion", "vagary", "vagrancy", "whim", "whimsy", "whimsey" ], "near synonyms":[ "capriciousness", "fancifulness", "fantasy", "phantasy", "freakishness", "impetuosity", "whimsicality", "conceit", "concept", "conception", "image", "impression", "mind's eye", "picture", "thought", "brainstorm", "inspiration" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megrims":{ "a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{ "examples":[ "having no sense of purpose, he was often at the mercy of the strange megrims that sprang into his head" ], "synonyms":[ "bees", "caprices", "cranks", "fancies", "freaks", "humors", "kinks", "maggots", "notions", "vagaries", "vagrancies", "whims", "whimsies", "whimseys" ], "near synonyms":[ "fantasies", "phantasies", "impetuosities", "whimsicalities", "conceits", "conceptions", "concepts", "images", "impressions", "mind's eyes", "pictures", "thoughts", "brainstorms", "inspirations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meiosis":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meld":{ "a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{ "examples":[ "her music is a meld of various styles" ], "synonyms":[ "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "blend", "cocktail", "combination", "composite", "compound", "conflation", "emulsion", "fusion", "intermixture", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis" ], "near synonyms":[ "half-and-half", "absorption", "blending", "coalescence", "coalition", "commingling", "commixture", "compost", "concretion", "homogenization", "immingling", "immixture", "incorporation", "integration", "interfusion", "intermingling", "mergence", "merger", "merging", "mingling", "assortment", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jumble", "medley", "m\u00e9lange", "mishmash", "motley", "patchwork", "potpourri", "variety", "accumulation", "aggregation", "conglomeration" ], "near antonyms":[ "component", "constituent", "element", "ingredient" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamate", "blend", "combine", "comingle", "commingle", "commix", "composite", "concrete", "conflate", "fuse", "homogenize", "immingle", "immix", "incorporate", "integrate", "interfuse", "intermingle", "intermix", "merge", "mingle", "mix" ], "near synonyms":[ "add", "admix", "beat (in)", "cut in", "fold", "stir", "toss", "coalesce", "compound", "emulsify", "conjoin", "join", "knit", "link", "unite", "intertwine", "interweave", "weave" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleave", "disjoin", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "rupture", "sever", "sunder", "disperse", "dissolve", "scatter", "detach", "disengage", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "separate", "unmix" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meliorate":{ "to make better":{ "antonyms":[ "worsen" ], "examples":[ "regulations intended to meliorate the working conditions of factory workers" ], "near antonyms":[ "damage", "endamage", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "spoil", "tarnish", "vitiate", "blemish", "blight", "deface", "disfigure", "flaw", "mar", "diminish", "lessen", "lower", "reduce" ], "related":[ "correct", "emend", "rectify", "reform", "remediate", "remedy", "edit", "fine-tune", "redraft", "refurbish", "rehab", "rehabilitate", "revamp", "revise", "rework", "beef (up)", "boost", "fortify", "intensify", "reinforce", "reenforce", "strengthen", "fine", "hone", "polish", "retouch", "touch up" ], "synonyms":[ "ameliorate", "amend", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "help", "improve", "perfect", "refine", "upgrade" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mellifluous":{ "having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{ "examples":[ "a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials" ], "synonyms":[ "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "mellifluent", "mellow", "melodic", "melodious", "musical" ], "near synonyms":[ "dulcet", "golden", "sweet" ], "near antonyms":[ "disconnected", "staccato", "discordant", "dissonant", "grating", "harsh", "inharmonious", "jarring", "strident", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "antonyms":[ "unlyrical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mellows":{ "as in softens":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "softens", "ages", "develops", "grows", "grows up", "matures", "progresses", "ripens", "blooms", "blossoms", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "flourishes", "flowers", "opens", "unfolds", "advances", "evolves", "gets along", "gets on", "grays", "greys" ], "near antonyms":[ "decays", "declines", "degenerates", "deteriorates", "sinks", "worsens", "dries", "droops", "fades", "flags", "sags", "shrivels", "wanes", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts", "withers", "regresses", "retrogresses", "reverts", "backslides", "lapses", "returns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "melodic":{ "having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{ "examples":[ "a sweetly melodic chant" ], "synonyms":[ "euphonious", "lyric", 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"exposed", "subjected", "chanced", "wagered" ], "near antonyms":[ "guarded", "protected", "sheltered", "shielded", "preserved", "resumed", "saved" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{ "examples":[ "stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet" ], "synonyms":[ "hovered (over)", "hung (over)", "hanged (over)", "impended (over)", "overhung", "threatened" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangered", "hazarded", "imperiled", "imperilled", "jeopardized", "periled", "perilled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mend":{ "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it" ], "synonyms":[ "doctor", "fix", "patch", "recondition", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ], "near synonyms":[ "fix up", "furbish", "overhaul", "rebuild", "reconstruct", "refurbish", "aid", "cure", "heal", "help", "condition", "prepare", "ready", "care 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"decline", "degenerate", "deteriorate", "fade", "fail", "languish", "sink", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt", "wither", "worsen", "regress", "relapse" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to restore to a healthy condition":{ "examples":[ "mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again" ], "synonyms":[ "cure", "fix", "heal", "rehab", "rehabilitate", "set up" ], "near synonyms":[ "attend (to)", "care (for)", "doctor", "medicate", "minister (to)", "nurse", "physic", "treat", "fortify", "rejuvenate", "renew", "resuscitate", "revitalize", "revive", "alleviate", "relieve", "remedy", "repair" ], "near antonyms":[ "cripple", "damage", "disable", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "lacerate", "lame", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate", "wound", "afflict", "ail", "debilitate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "lay up", "sap", "sicken", "waste", "weaken" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make up for (an offense)":{ "examples":[ "the proverb \"least said, soonest mended \" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt 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"misdiagnose", "overdiagnose", "underdiagnose" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mended":{ "as in repaired , fixed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fixed", "healed", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "repaired", "unbroken", "infrangible", "unbreakable" ], "near antonyms":[ "broken", "busted", "fractured", "fragmented", "shattered", "smashed", "blasted", "detonated", "exploded", "cracked", "slivered", "splintered", "split" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it" ], "synonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "patched", "reconditioned", "renovated", "repaired", "revamped" ], "near synonyms":[ "fixed up", "furbished", "overhauled", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "refurbished", "aided", "cured", "healed", "helped", "conditioned", "prepared", "readied", "cared (for)", "maintained", "serviced", "freshened", "refreshed", "refreshened", "regenerated", "rejuvenated", "renewed", "restored", "revitalized", "revived", "adjusted", "corrected", "modified", "rectified", "redressed", "reformed", "righted", "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "improved", "meliorated" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemished", "broke", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "flawed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "ruined", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vandalized", "wrecked", "crippled", "disabled", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{ "examples":[ "she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu" ], "synonyms":[ "came back", "convalesced", "gained", "healed", "pulled round", "rallied", "recouped", "recovered", "recuperated", "snapped back" ], "near synonyms":[ "came around", "came round", "came to", "improved", "picked up", "revived", "cheered (up)", "perked (up)", "pulled through", "survived", "recruited" ], "near antonyms":[ "ailed", "came down", "collapsed", "sickened", "declined", "degenerated", "deteriorated", "faded", "failed", "languished", "sank", "sunk", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "wilted", "withered", "worsened", "regressed", "relapsed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to restore to a healthy condition":{ "examples":[ "mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again" ], "synonyms":[ "cured", "fixed", "healed", "rehabbed", "rehabilitated", "set up" ], "near synonyms":[ "attended (to)", "cared (for)", "doctored", "medicated", "ministered (to)", "nursed", "physicked", "treated", "fortified", "rejuvenated", "renewed", "resuscitated", "revitalized", "revived", "alleviated", "relieved", "remedied", "repaired" ], "near antonyms":[ "crippled", "damaged", "disabled", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "lacerated", "lamed", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated", "wounded", "afflicted", "ailed", "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "laid up", "sapped", "sickened", "wasted", "weakened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make up for (an offense)":{ 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"salved", "soothed", "eased", "lightened", "moderated", "tempered", "doctored", "nursed", "medicated", "treated", "diagnosed" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravated", "worsened", "misdiagnosed", "overdiagnosed", "underdiagnosed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "mendicant":{ "a person who lives by public begging":{ "examples":[ "those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta" ], "synonyms":[ "beggar", "panhandler" ], "near synonyms":[ "bohemian", "bum", "clochard", "drifter", "hobo", "tramp", "vagabond", "vagrant", "guttersnipe", "urchin", "waif", "miserable", "pauper", "bludger", "cadger", "hanger-on", "leech", "moocher", "parasite", "schnorrer", "sponge", "sponger", "dependent", "deadbeat", "derelict", "idler", "ne'er-do-well" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in monastic , conventual":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conventual", "monachal", "monastic", "divine", "holy", "religious", "sacramental", "caliphal", "rabbinic", "rabbinical", "churchly", "ecclesiastic", "ecclesiastical", "apostolic", "canonical", "diaconal", "diocesan", "episcopal", "papal", "patriarchal", "pontifical", "evangelical", "evangelic", "missionary", "clerical", "clerkly", "ministerial", "pastoral", "priestly", "sacerdotal" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay", "nonclerical", "secular", "temporal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "mends":{ "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it" ], "synonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "near synonyms":[ "fixes up", "furbishes", "overhauls", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "refurbishes", "aids", "cures", "heals", "helps", "conditions", "prepares", "readies", "cares (for)", "maintains", "services", "freshens", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "rejuvenates", "renews", "restores", "revitalizes", "revives", "adjusts", "corrects", "modifies", 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"faults", "flaws", "drawbacks", "minuses", "negatives" ], "antonyms":[ "deficiencies", "demerits", "disvalues" ] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserves", "earns", "rates" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitles", "qualifies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merrily":{ "in a cheerful or happy manner":{ "antonyms":[ "bleakly", "cheerlessly", "darkly", "heavily", "miserably", "morosely", "unhappily" ], "examples":[ "our coworker merrily announced that it was her birthday, so we felt obligated to treat her to lunch" ], "near antonyms":[ "abjectly", "dejectedly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "wretchedly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "forlornly", "mournfully", "plaintively", "sorrowfully", "dourly", "glumly", "mirthlessly", "sourly", "sternly", "sulkily", "sullenly", "blackly", "dismally", "drearily", "gloomily", "pessimistically" ], "related":[ "amusedly", "exuberantly", "giddily", "gigglingly", "joyfully", "joyously", "blithely", "blithesomely", "breezily", "gladly", "gladsomely", "laughingly", "lightheartedly", "sunnily", "amicably", "friendlily", "friendly", "good-humoredly", "good-naturedly", "jocularly", "hopefully", "optimistically", "sanguinely", "blissfully", "elatedly", "euphorically", "rapturously" ], "synonyms":[ "brightly", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "gaily", "gayly", "happily", "heartily", "jocosely", "jovially", "mirthfully", "smilingly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "merry":{ "indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{ "examples":[ "the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry , twinkling blue eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "festive", "gay", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "mirthful", "sunny" ], "near synonyms":[ "amused", "beaming", "chuckling", "giggling", "smiling", "bright", 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"despondent", "disconsolate", "disheartened", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "glum", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heavyhearted", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "unhappy", "crying", "groaning", "moaning", "sobbing", "wailing", "weeping", "discontented", "disgruntled", "moody", "doleful", "dolorous", "joyless", "lachrymose", "lugubrious", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorry", "woeful", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "morose", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "miserable", "woebegone", "wretched", "dull", "lethargic", "listless", "sluggish", "torpid" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merrymakings":{ "joyful or festive activity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Christmas Eve is always an occasion of much merrymaking at our home" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "related":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "jollification", "jollity", "merriment", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meshugge":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mesmerize":{ "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "bedazzle", "catch up", "enchant", "enthrall", "enthral", "fascinate", "grip", "hypnotize", "spellbind" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrapture", "entrance", "thrill", "beguile", "bewitch", "charm", "absorb", "engage", "engross", "involve" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mess (up)":{ "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "messed up the drawing and had to start over" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "bobble", "boggle", "bollix (up)", "boot", "botch", "bugger (up)", "bumble", "bungle", "butcher", "dub", "flub", "fluff", "foozle", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mangle", "muck up", "muff", "murder", "screw up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunder", "gum (up)", "muddle", "piffle", "blemish", "blight", "damage", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "mutilate", "ruin", "spoil", "vitiate", "destroy", "wreck", "mishandle", "mismanage" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "help", "improve", "meliorate", "rectify", "refine", "reform", "remedy", "doctor", "fix", "patch", "recondition", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight" ], "synonyms":[ "confuse", "derange", "disarrange", "disarray", "discompose", "dishevel", "disjoint", "dislocate", "disorder", "disorganize", "disrupt", "disturb", "hash", "jumble", "mix (up)", "muddle", "muss", "rumple", "scramble", "shuffle", "tousle", "tumble", "upset" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroil", "entangle", "snarl", "tangle", "agitate", "perturb", "stir (up)", "unsettle", "clutter" ], "near antonyms":[ "align", "aline", "line", "line up", "queue", "classify", "codify", "methodize", "systematize", "systemize", "adjust", "fix", "groom", "make up", "spruce (up)", "unscramble" ], "antonyms":[ "arrange", "array", "dispose", "draw up", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "range", "regulate", "straighten (up)", "tidy" ] }, "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "boob", "err", "flub", "fluff", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "screw up", "slip up", "stumble", "trip" ], "near synonyms":[ "nod", "bobble", "botch", "bungle", "butcher", "foozle", "mangle", "mishandle", "muff", "murder", "miscalculate", "misconceive", "miscount", "miscue", "misdeem", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mistake", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misunderstand" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "\"If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up !\" he threatened" ], "synonyms":[ "bash", "baste", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belabor", "belt", "birch", "bludgeon", "buffet", "bung up", "club", "curry", "do", "drub", "fib", "flog", "hammer", "hide", "lace", "lambaste", "lambast", "lash", "lather", "lick", "maul", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "messes over":{ "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "her no-good boyfriend has been 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"scrap", "scrimmage", "scuffle", "skirmish", "struggle", "tussle", "horseplay", "roughhousing", "altercation", "argument", "dispute", "kickup", "quarrel", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mewing (up)":{ "to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{ "examples":[ "bored with being mewed up in a stuffy house all day" ], "synonyms":[ "boxing (in)", "caging", "closeting", "cooping (up)", "corralling", "encaging", "encasing", "enclosing", "inclosing", "enveloping", "fencing (in)", "hedging", "hemming (in)", "housing", "immuring", "including", "penning", "walling (in)" ], "related":[ "bounding", "circumscribing", "confining", "containing", "limiting", "restricting", "encircling", "encompassing", "enfolding", "enframing", "enlacing", "framing", "ringing", "surrounding", "armoring", "cocooning", "encapsulating", "encapsuling", "encysting", "ensheathing", "ensphering", "enwombing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, 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"transgressor", "sinner", "trespasser", "wrongdoer", "cad", "heel", "serpent", "snake", "viper", "bandit", "bravo", "desperado", "outlaw", "con", "convict", "jailbird", "assassin", "cutthroat", "gangster", "goon", "gunman", "hoodlum", "hooligan", "racketeer", "ruffian", "thug", "rough", "rowdy", "tough", "loser", "lowlife", "ne'er-do-well", "stinker", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel", "innocent", "saint", "hero" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measured (up)":{ "as in met , matched":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "metrical":{ "marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound":{ "examples":[ "the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect" ], "synonyms":[ "cadenced", "cadent", "measured", "rhythmic", "rhythmical" ], "related":[ "even", "metronomic", "metronomical", "regular", "steady", "uniform", "lilting", "musical", "swaying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "arrhythmic", "nonmetrical", "unmeasured", "unrhythmic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "memory":{ "the power or process of recalling what has been previously learned or experienced":{ "examples":[ "a photographic memory makes taking tests entirely too easy" ], "synonyms":[ "mind", "recollection", "remembrance", "reminiscence" ], "near synonyms":[ "hypermnesia", "total recall", "contemplation", "meditation", "musing", "reflection", "retrospection", "thinking", "awareness", "cognizance", "consciousness", "apprehension", "comprehension", "grasp", "grip", "perception", "understanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "amnesia", "repression", "forgetfulness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a particular act or instance of recalling or the thing remembered":{ "examples":[ "I have only the vaguest memory of the family vacation we took the year I turned three" ], "synonyms":[ "anamnesis", "recall", "recollection", "remembrance", "reminiscence" ], "near synonyms":[ "flashback", "memento", "memorial", "reminder", "souvenir", "token", "association" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melded":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamated", "blended", "blent", "combined", "comingled", "commingled", "commixed", "composited", "concreted", "conflated", "fused", "homogenized", "immingled", "immixed", "incorporated", "integrated", "interfused", "intermingled", "intermixed", "merged", "mingled", "mixed" ], "near synonyms":[ "added", "admixed", "beat (in)", "cut in", "folded", "stirred", "tossed", "coalesced", "compounded", "emulsified", "conjoined", "joined", "knit", "knitted", "linked", "united", "intertwined", "interwove", "interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaved", "cleft", "disjoined", "disunited", "divided", "divorced", "parted", "ruptured", "severed", "sundered", "dispersed", "dissolved", "scattered", "detached", "disengaged", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "broke down", "broke up", "separated", "unmixed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meshuga":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mesmerizing":{ "as in riveting , enthralling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absorbing", "arresting", "engrossing", "enthralling", "galvanic", "gripping", "hypnotic", "hypnotizing", "riveting", "spellbinding", "alluring", "appealing", "attractive", "bewitching", "captivating", "charismatic", "charming", "elfin", "enchanting", "engaging", "entrancing", "fascinating", "fetching", "glamorous", "glamourous", "luring", "magnetic", "seductive", "enticing", "tantalizing", "tempting", "exciting", "haunting", "interesting", "intriguing", "titillating", "beckoning", "inviting", "winning", "darling", "delightful", "pleasant", "pleasing" ], "near antonyms":[ "repellent", "repellant", "repelling", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "unalluring", "boring", "irksome", "tedious", "tiresome", "wearisome", "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "distasteful", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "invidious", "loathsome", "nauseating", "noisome", "obnoxious", "odious", "offensive", "shocking", "sickening", "drab", "dreary", "dull", "flat", "humdrum", "jading", "leaden", "monotonous", "pedestrian", "ponderous" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show" ], "synonyms":[ "arresting", "bedazzling", "catching up", "enchanting", "enthralling", "fascinating", "gripping", "hypnotizing", "spellbinding" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrapturing", "entrancing", "thrilling", "beguiling", "bewitching", "charming", "absorbing", "engaging", "engrossing", "involving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "melees":{ "a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{ "examples":[ "a verbal disagreement at the football game soon turned into a general melee involving scores of spectators" ], "synonyms":[ "affrays", "brawls", "broils", "donnybrooks", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "free-for-alls", "rough-and-tumbles", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions" ], "near synonyms":[ "battles", "clashes", "combats", "conflicts", "contests", "fisticuffs", "handgrips", "hassles", "scraps", "scrimmages", "scuffles", "skirmishes", "struggles", "tussles", "horseplays", "altercations", "arguments", "disputes", "kickups", "quarrels", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metaphorical":{ "expressing one thing in terms normally used for another":{ "examples":[ "an author fond of such metaphorical phrases as \"the desert was a fiery furnace\"" ], "synonyms":[ "extended", "figural", "figurative", "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" ] }, "mechanization":{ "the process of putting an apparatus, operation, or system under the control or regulation of mechanical or electronic devices":{ "examples":[ "a huge volume of mail that became possible only after the mechanization of the sorting process" ], "synonyms":[ "automation", "robotization" ], "near synonyms":[ "computerization", "cybernation", "electrification", "motorization" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medians":{ "as in middles , means":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "golden means", "means", "middles", "averages", "normals", "norms", "pars", "standards", "commonplaces", "ordinaries", "rules", "runs", "status quos", "usuals", "exemplars", "representatives" ], "near antonyms":[ "abnormalities", "anomalies", "deviations", "exceptions", "rarities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mellowing":{ "as in softening":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "softening", "aging", "ageing", "developing", "growing", "growing up", "maturing", "progressing", "ripening", "blooming", "blossoming", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "flourishing", "flowering", "opening", "unfolding", "advancing", "evolving", "getting along", "getting on", "graying", "greying" ], "near antonyms":[ "decaying", "declining", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "sinking", "worsening", "drooping", "drying", "fading", "flagging", "sagging", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "waning", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "regressing", "retrogressing", "reverting", "backsliding", "lapsing", "returning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "memorable":{ "not easily forgotten":{ "examples":[ "the troupe put on the most memorable performance of Hamlet that I have ever seen" ], "synonyms":[ "indelible", "unforgettable" ], "near synonyms":[ "notable", "noteworthy", "remarkable" ], "near antonyms":[ "unremarkable" ], "antonyms":[ "forgettable" ] }, "worth remembering or mentioning":{ "examples":[ "a classic Broadway musical with a raft of memorable songs" ], "synonyms":[ "citable", "mentionable", "nameable", "namable", "notable", "noteworthy", "observable", "remarkable" ], "near synonyms":[ "quotable", "repeatable", "indelible", "unforgettable", "newsworthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "average", "ordinary", "prosaic", "routine", "run-of-the-mill", "standard", "unexceptional" ], "antonyms":[ "forgettable", "unmemorable", "unremarkable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merry-andrew":{ "as in comedian , clown":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "buffoon", "clown", "comedian", "comedienne", "comic", "cutup", "droll", "harlequin", "joker", "jokester", "madcap", "vice", "wag", "zany", "fool", "jester", "motley", "mime", "mummer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meddles":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "please stop meddling in your sister's marriage, even though you mean well" ], "synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "interlopes", "intermeddles", "intrudes", "messes", "mucks (about or around)", "noses", "obtrudes", "pokes", "pries", "snoops" ], 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his dinners have been more meager than he would like" ], "synonyms":[ "exiguous", "hand-to-mouth", "light", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparing", "sparse", "stingy" ], "near synonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "short", "wanting", "bare", "bare-bones", "least", "littlest", "lowest", "mere", "minimal", "slightest", "slight", "small", "thin", "barren", "infertile", "sterile", "unfruitful", "unproductive" ], "near antonyms":[ "adequate", "enough", "satisfactory", "sufficient", "tolerable", "fat", "fecund", "fertile", "fruitful", "prolific", "rich", "lavish", "luxuriant", "blooming", "bursting", "flourishing", "proliferative", "swarming", "teeming", "thriving", "excess", "extra", "surplus" ], "antonyms":[ "abundant", "ample", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "me-tooer":{ "as in follower , camp follower":{ "examples":[], 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"type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchandize":{ "products that are bought and sold in business":{ "examples":[ "we stock only the finest-quality merchandise in this store" ], "synonyms":[ "commodities", "goods", "wares" ], "near synonyms":[ "line", "export", "import", "inventory", "staples", "stock", "stuff", "supply", "job lot", "domestics", "durables", "durable goods", "hard goods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deal (in)", "market", "put up", "retail", "sell", "vend" ], "near synonyms":[ "presell", "wholesale", "remarket", "resell", "hawk", "peddle", "barter", "distribute", "exchange", "export", "handle", "trade", "traffic (in)", "advertise", "ballyhoo", "boost", "plug", "promote", "tout", "bargain", "chaffer", "dicker", "haggle", "horse-trade", "palter", "auction", "provide", "supply", "carry", "keep", "stock" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buy", "purchase" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "membership":{ "the people who belong to a group or organization":{ "examples":[ "Club leaders are elected by the membership ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "faithful", "fold", "collective", "commune", "community", "cooperative", "alliance", "bloc", "camp", "coalition", "partnership", "body", "cadre", "group", "circle", "clan", "clique", "coterie", "junta", "junto", "klatch", "klatsch", "lot", "set", "crew", "outfit", "party", "squad", "team", "branch", "chapter", "local", "sisterhood", "sorority", "cabal", "camarilla", "camorra", "confederacy", "conspiracy", "band", "gang", "ring", "cartel", "combine", "syndicate", "association", "board", "brotherhood", "chamber", "club", "college", "congress", "consortium", "council", "fellowship", "fraternity", "guild", "gild", "institute", "institution", "league", "order", "organization", "society", "sodality" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the number of people in a group or organization":{ "examples":[ "The club's membership has been around 400 for the past several years." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "count", "class", "roster", "enrollment", "enrolment", "registry" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state of being a member of a group or organization":{ "examples":[ "We allowed our membership in the discount club to lapse." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliation", "alliance", "association", "collaboration", "confederation", "connection", "cooperation", "hookup", "liaison", "linkup", "partnership", "relation", "relationship", "tie-up", "union", "business", "dealings", "interaction", "exchange", "interconnection", "interrelation", "mutualism", "reciprocity", "symbiosis", "incorporation", "integration", "merger", "unification", "affinity", "attachment", "closeness", "intimacy", "rapport", "sympathy", "kinship", "oneness", "solidarity", "togetherness", "unity", "colleagueship", "companionship", "company", "fellowship", "bed", "cahoots", "league" ], "near antonyms":[ "disaffiliation", "dissociation", "breakup", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "parting", "separation", "severance", "split", "alienation", "divorce", "estrangement" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meows":{ "as in howls , yowls":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barks", "bays", "bellows", "blats", "bleats", "brays", "cackles", "callings", "caterwauls", "caws", "cheeps", "chirps", "clucks", "coos", "crakes", "croaks", "crows", "grunts", "honks", "hoots", "howls", "lows", "mews", "moos", "neighs", "oinks", "peeps", "quacks", "roars", "screeches", "squalls", "squawks", "squeaks", "squeals", "trumpets", "tu-whit tu-whoos", "twitters", "whinnies", "yaps", "yelps", "yips", "yowls", "calls", "cries", "notes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messing up":{ "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "messed up the drawing and had to start over" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "bobbling", "boggling", "bollixing (up)", "booting", "botching", "buggering (up)", "bumbling", "bungling", "butchering", "dubbing", "flubbing", "fluffing", "foozling", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "lousing up", "mangling", "mucking up", "muffing", "murdering", "screwing up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blundering", "gumming (up)", "muddling", "piffling", "blemishing", "blighting", "damaging", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "mutilating", "ruining", "spoiling", "vitiating", "destroying", "wrecking", "mishandling", "mismanaging" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "helping", "improving", "meliorating", "rectifying", "refining", "reforming", "remedying", "doctoring", "fixing", "patching", "reconditioning", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight" ], 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"lashing", "lathering", "licking", "mauling", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "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", 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"punch", "sap", "snap", "starch", "verve", "vigor", "vim", "vinegar", "vitality", "zing", "zip", "backbone", "fiber", "fortitude", "grit", "gumption", "pluck", "pluckiness", "spunk", "temper", "courage", "courageousness", "guts", "gutsiness", "heart", "intestinal fortitude", "nerve", "determination", "perseverance", "resolution", "animal spirits", "animation", "briskness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "snappiness", "spirit", "spiritedness", "sprightliness", "spunk", "spunkiness", "vibrance", "vibrancy", "vivaciousness", "vivacity" ], "near antonyms":[ "cowardice", "cowardliness", "cravenness", "dastardliness", "poltroonery", "spinelessness", "cold feet", "faintheartedness", "fearfulness", "mousiness", "timidity", "timorousness", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "disablement", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "impotence", "impotency", "infirmity", "powerlessness", "puniness", "slightness", "softness", "tenderness", "weakness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "median":{ "being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{ "examples":[ "the median price of a home in the area" ], "synonyms":[ "average", "intermediate", "mean", "medium", "middle", "middling", "midsize", "midsized", "moderate", "modest" ], "near synonyms":[ "reasonable", "common", "commonplace", "conventional", "normal", "popular", "regular", "routine", "standard", "typical", "usual", "adequate", "passable", "tolerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "excessive", "extreme", "exceptional", "rare", "strange", "uncommon", "unusual", "distinctive", "idiosyncratic", "special", "unique", "individual", "peculiar", "private" ], "antonyms":[] }, "occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{ "examples":[ "determine the median point between your two speakers, and test your stereo system from there" ], "synonyms":[ "central", "halfway", "intermediary", "intermediate", "medial", "mediate", "medium", "mid", "middle", "midmost" ], "near synonyms":[ "equidistant", "inmost", "inner", "innermost", "nearest", "betwixt and between", "borderline", "gray", "grey", "in-between" ], "near antonyms":[ "outer", "peripheral" ], "antonyms":[ "extreme", "farthest", "farthermost", "furthermost", "furthest", "outermost", "outmost", "remotest", "utmost" ] }, "as in middle , mean":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "golden mean", "mean", "middle", "average", "norm", "normal", "par", "standard", "commonplace", "ordinary", "rule", "run", "status quo", "usual", "exemplar", "representative" ], "near antonyms":[ "abnormality", "anomaly", "deviation", "exception", "rarity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "measurement":{ "the total amount of measurable space or surface occupied by something":{ "examples":[ "the measurement of the average house lot in that neighborhood is half an acre" ], "synonyms":[ "bulk", "dimension", "extent", "magnitude", "measure", "proportion", "size" ], "near synonyms":[ "area", "capaciousness", "commodiousness", "roominess", "spaciousness", "ampleness", "amplitude", "bigness", "bulkiness", "enormousness", "grandness", "greatness", "grossness", "heftiness", "hugeness", "immenseness", "immensity", "largeness", "mass", "massiveness", "monstrousness", "stupendousness", "tremendousness", "vastness", "volume", "voluminousness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meagerness":{ "as in inadequateness , failure":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deficiency", "deficit", "failure", "famine", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "paucity", "poverty", "scantiness", "scantness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "skimpiness", "undersupply", "absence", "dearth", "lack", "want", "deprivation", "loss", "necessity", "need", "needfulness", "omission", "privation", "blankness", "emptiness", "vacuity", "vacuum", "void" ], "near antonyms":[ "presence", "abundance", "amplitude", "bounty", "plenitude", "plenteousness", "plentifulness", "plentitude", "plenty", "wealth", "adequacy", "sufficiency", "excess", "overabundance", "oversupply", "superabundance", "surfeit", "surplus", "deluge", "flood", "bushel", "deal", "gobs", "heap", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mountain", "much", "oodles", "peck", "pile", "pot", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "stack", "volume", "wad", "fund", "pool", "stock", "supply", "cache", "hoard", "stash", "stockpile" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medicine":{ "a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{ "examples":[ "if you don't take all the doses of your medicine , you might get sick again" ], "synonyms":[ "cure", "drug", "medicament", "medication", "medicinal", "pharmaceutical", "physic", "remedy", "specific" ], "near synonyms":[ "cure-all", "nostrum", "panacea", "botanical", "patent medicine", "prescription", "prescription drug", "cordial", "potion", "tonic", "miracle drug", "wonder drug", "cap", "capsule", "pill", "tablet", "injection", "shot", "embrocation", "liniment", "lotion", "ointment", "poultice", "salve", "syrup", "sirup", "tincture", "antibiotic", "antiseptic", "serum", "cathartic", "purgative" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mendacities":{ "a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{ "examples":[ "highly fictionalized \"memoirs\" in which the facts were few and the mendacities many" ], "synonyms":[ "fables", "fabrications", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "fibs", "lies", "prevarications", "stories", "tales", "taradiddles", "tarradiddles", "untruths", "whoppers" ], "near synonyms":[ "distortions", "exaggerations", "half-truths", "ambiguities", "equivocations", "obliquities", "defamations", "libels", "slanders", "perjuries", "bluffs", "fictions", "poses", "pretenses", "pretences", "humbug", "jives", "nonsense", "canards", "fallacies", "misconceptions", "myths", "falsifications", "misinformation", "misreports", "misrepresentations", "misstatements", "deceits", "dishonesties", "duplicities", "fraudulences" ], "near antonyms":[ "facts", "truisms", "verities", "honesties", "veracities", "authentications", "confirmations", "substantiations", "validations", "verifications" ], "antonyms":[ "truths" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metamorphosing":{ "to change in form, appearance, or use":{ "examples":[ "a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs" ], "synonyms":[ "alchemizing", "converting", "making over", "transfiguring", "transforming", "transmuting", "transposing", "transubstantiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "adjusting", "altering", "modifying", "recasting", "redefining", "redesigning", "redoing", "reengineering", "refashioning", "regenerating", "remaking", "remodeling", "revamping", "revising", "reworking", "varying", "deforming", "disfiguring", "distorting", "mutating", "transmogrifying", "displacing", "replacing", "substituting", "supplanting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mechanizations":{ "the process of putting an apparatus, operation, or system under the control or regulation of mechanical or electronic devices":{ "examples":[ "a huge volume of mail that became possible only after the mechanization of the sorting process" ], "synonyms":[ "automations", "robotizations" ], "near synonyms":[ "computerizations", "cybernations", "electrifications", "motorizations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meditated":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "I've been meditating a career change for months" ], "synonyms":[ "chewed over", "cogitated", "considered", "contemplated", "debated", "deliberated", "entertained", "eyed", "kicked around", "mulled (over)", "perpended", "pondered", "pored (over)", "questioned", "revolved", "ruminated", "studied", "thought (about or over)", "turned", "weighed", "wrestled (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "mused (upon)", "reflected (on or upon)", "reminisced", "analyzed", "explored", "reviewed", "concluded", "reasoned", "second-guessed", "speculated (about)", "brooded (about or over)", "dwelled (on or upon)", "dwelt (on or upon)", "fixated (on or upon)", "fretted (about or over)", "obsessed (about or over)", "believed", "conceived", "opined", "absorbed", "assimilated", "digested", "drank (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked", "slighted", "dismissed", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "rejected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed" ], "synonyms":[ "aimed", "allowed", "aspired", "calculated", "contemplated", "designed", "intended", "looked", "meant", "planned", "proposed", "purported", "purposed", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreamed", "dreamt", "hoped", "wished", "considered", "debated", "mulled (over)", "pondered", "attempted", "endeavored", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "tried", "plotted", "schemed", "accomplished", "achieved", "effected", "executed", "performed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merriness":{ "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "I hate the forced merriness of so many New Year's Eve parties" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merry-andrews":{ "as in comedians , clowns":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "buffoons", "clowns", "comedians", "comediennes", "comics", "cutups", "drolls", "harlequins", "jokers", "jokesters", "madcaps", "vices", "wags", "zanies", "fools", "jesters", "motleys", "mimes", "mummers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medicinal":{ "tending to cure disease or restore health":{ "examples":[ "even in Roman times the hot mineral springs of Bath, England, were believed to possess medicinal properties" ], "synonyms":[ "curative", "healing", "officinal", "remedial", "restorative", "therapeutic" ], "near synonyms":[ "healthful", "healthy", "salubrious", "salutary", "sanative", "wholesome", "alleviative", "corrective", "tonic" ], "near antonyms":[ "insalubrious", "noisome", "noxious", "unhealthful", "unhealthy", "unwholesome", "deleterious", "injurious", "pernicious", "infectious", "poisonous", "toxic", "adverse", "bad", "baleful", "baneful", "damaging", "detrimental", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "insanitary", "unhygienic", "unsanitary" ], "antonyms":[] }, "beneficial to the health of body or mind":{ "examples":[ "if gin and tonic is the medicinal potion that he claims, then he's done a lot of self-medication of late" ], "synonyms":[ "good", "healthful", "healthy", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "salutiferous", "sanative", "tonic", "wholesome" ], "near synonyms":[ "alleviative", "corrective", "curative", "recuperative", "refreshing", "rehabilitative", "rejuvenating", "rejuvenescent", "remedial", "advantageous", "useful", "antiseptic", "aseptic", "clean", "hygienic", "sanitary", "nourishing", "nutritional", "nutritious", "nonpoisonous", "nontoxic" ], "near antonyms":[ "damaging", "deleterious", "harmful", "injurious", "pernicious", "infectious", "poisonous", "sickening", "toxic", "insanitary", "unhygienic", "unsanitary" ], "antonyms":[ "insalubrious", "noxious", "unhealthful", "unhealthy", "unwholesome" ] }, "a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{ "examples":[ "the discovery that the plant is a potent medicinal once it has been refined" ], "synonyms":[ "cure", "drug", "medicament", "medication", "medicine", "pharmaceutical", "physic", "remedy", "specific" ], "near synonyms":[ "cure-all", "nostrum", "panacea", "botanical", "patent medicine", "prescription", "prescription drug", "cordial", "potion", "tonic", "miracle drug", "wonder drug", "cap", "capsule", "pill", "tablet", "injection", "shot", "embrocation", "liniment", "lotion", "ointment", "poultice", "salve", "syrup", "sirup", "tincture", "antibiotic", "antiseptic", "serum", "cathartic", "purgative" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "mercurial":{ "likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{ "examples":[ "the boss's mood is so mercurial that we never know how he's going to react to anything" ], "synonyms":[ "capricious", "changeable", "changeful", "fickle", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconsistent", "inconstant", "mutable", "skittish", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "unsteady", "variable", "volatile" ], "near synonyms":[ "aimless", "arbitrary", "desultory", "erratic", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "irregular", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray", "ambivalent", "hesitating", "shaky", "shilly-shally", "shilly-shallying", "vacillating", "wavering", "dicey", "undependable", "unreliable", "untrustworthy", "adaptable", "mobile", "protean", "versatile" ], "near antonyms":[ "equable", "even", "uniform", "abiding", "durable", "lasting", "permanent", "persistent", "dependable", "reliable", "sure", "tried", "tried-and-true", "true", "trustworthy", "trusty" ], "antonyms":[ "certain", "changeless", "constant", "immutable", "invariable", "predictable", "settled", "stable", "stationary", "steady", "unchangeable", "unchanging", "unvarying" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "meliorations":{ "as in increases , quantum leaps":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ameliorations", "boosts", "increases", "quantum leaps", "upgrades", "uplifts", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns", "advancements", "advances", "breakthroughs", "enhancements", "refinements", "betterments", "developments", "elaborations", "evolutions", "expansions", "gestations", "growths", "maturations", "perfections", "civilizations", "edifications", "educations", "enlightenments", "renaissances", "renascences", "revivals", "discoveries", "finds", "windfalls", "innovations", "inventions" ], "near antonyms":[ "breakdowns", "collapses", "crashes", "hindrances", "impediments", "stumbling blocks", "decadences", "decays", "declensions", "declines", "decreases", "degenerations", "descents", "deteriorations", "diminishments", "downgrades", "failings", "languishments", "lapses", "reductions", "detriments", "disablements", "drawbacks", "glitches", "impairments", "shortcomings", "setbacks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memorial parks":{ "a piece of land used for burying the dead":{ "examples":[ "Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest" ], "synonyms":[ "boneyards", "cemeteries", "God's acres", "graveyards", "necropolises", "necropoles", "necropoleis", "necropoli", "potter's fields" ], "near synonyms":[ "catacombs", "churchyards", "crypts", "graves", "mausoleums", "mausolea", "sepulchres", "sepulchers", "sepultures", "tombs", "vaults" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercies":{ "an act of kind assistance":{ "examples":[ "did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded" ], "synonyms":[ "benevolences", "boons", "courtesies", "favors", "graces", "indulgences", "services", "turns" ], "near synonyms":[ "dispensations", "waivers", "advantages", "benefits", "blessings", "godsends", "mannas", "liberties", "licenses", "licences", "privileges" ], "near antonyms":[ "hindrances", "hurdles", "impediments", "interferences", "obstacles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchant ship":{ "as in aircraft carrier , motor ship":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carrier", "argosy", "barge", "coaster", "collier", "containership", "corvette", "cruiser", "cutter", "destroyer", "ferryboat", "flagship", "freighter", "icebreaker", "ironclad", "lightship", "liner", "man-of-war", "man-o'-war", "merchantman", "motor ship", "packet", "steamer", "steamship", "superliner", "supertanker", "tanker", "trader", "tramp", "transport", "warship", "watercraft", "boat", "keel", "ship", "vessel", "bark", "barque", "brig", "brigantine", "caravel", "clipper", "junk", "ketch", "sailboat", "schooner", "square-rigger", "tall ship", "windjammer", "xebec", "yacht" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meat and potatoes":{ "of or relating to the simplest facts or theories of a subject":{ "examples":[ "a meat-and-potatoes knowledge of figure skating is all that a spectator really needs" ], "synonyms":[ "abecedarian", "basal", "basic", "beginning", "elemental", "elementary", "essential", "fundamental", "introductory", "rudimental", "rudimentary", "underlying" ], "near synonyms":[ "primal", "primary", "prime", "simple", "crude", "primeval", "primitive", "primordial", "rude", "uncomplicated", "preliminary", "preparatory", "crucial", "important", "key" ], "near antonyms":[ "complex", "sophisticated", "complicated", "convoluted", "detailed", "elaborate", "extensive", "intricate", "developed", "evolved", "high", "higher", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "advanced" ] }, "the central part or aspect of something under consideration":{ "examples":[ "an article that never gets into the meat and potatoes of a solution to the city's rising crime rate" ], "synonyms":[ "bottom line", "bull's-eye", "centerpiece", "core", "crux", "essence", "gist", "heart", "kernel", "keynote", "meat", "net", "nub", "nubbin", "nucleus", "pith", "pivot", "point", "root", "sum" ], "near synonyms":[ "course", "direction", "drift", "tenor", "body", "content", "substance", "hypothesis", "proposition", "purport", "subject", "theme", "thesis" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "plural noun" ] }, "meeting":{ "a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{ "examples":[ "there will be another committee meeting next week to discuss the parish fair" ], "synonyms":[ "assembly", "congress", "convention", "convocation", "council", "gathering", "get-together", "huddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "clinic", "workshop", "cabinet", "caucus", "conclave", "synod", "demonstration", "rally", "confab", "conversation", "dialogue", "dialog", "discourse", "discussion", "palaver", "talk", "negotiation", "parley", "summit", "conference", "forum", "round-robin", "roundtable", "seminar", "symposium", "audience", "interview", "session" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a body of people come together in one place":{ "examples":[ "a meeting marked by no consensus of what needs to be done" ], "synonyms":[ "assemblage", "assembly", "conference", "congregation", "convocation", "gathering", "ingathering", "muster" ], "near synonyms":[ "company", "consort", "coterie", "gang", "pack", "caucus", "forum", "market", "panel", "rally", "symposium", "synod", "audience", "gallery", "grandstand", "house", "crowd", "flock", "horde", "legion", "multitude", "press", "swarm", "throng", "crush", "mob", "rabble", "rabblement" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the coming together of two or more things to the same point":{ "examples":[ "a meeting of two railroad lines" ], "synonyms":[ "confluence", "conjunction", "convergence", "convergency" ], "near synonyms":[ "combination", "combining", "connecting", "connection", "consolidation", "coupling", "joining", "junction", "juncture", "linking", "merging", "unification", "union" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "divergence" ] }, "to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face":{ "examples":[ "we never once met another car on that lonely country road" ], "synonyms":[ "catching", "chancing (upon)", "encountering", "happening (upon)", "stumbling (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "accosting", "confronting", "facing", "greeting", "saluting", "colliding (with)", "crashing (into)", "crisscrossing", "crossing", "passing", "hitting (upon)", "lighting (upon)", "tumbling (to)", "reencountering", "re-encountering", "remeeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "shaking", "shunning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come together into one body or place":{ "examples":[ "we'll meet for dinner, with a discussion to follow, next week" ], "synonyms":[ "assembling", "clustering", "collecting", "concentering", "concentrating", "conglomerating", "congregating", "convening", "converging", "forgathering", "foregathering", "gathering", "rendezvousing" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliating", "allying", "associating", "banding (together)", "caucusing", "clubbing", "collaborating", "confederating", "conjoining", "consolidating", "consorting", "cooperating", "coupling", "federating", "ganging up", "joining", "merging", "uniting", "reassembling", "reconvening", "regathering", "remeeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "departing", "leaving", "taking off", "disjoining", "dissociating", "disuniting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking up", "disbanding", "dispersing", "splitting (up)" ] }, "to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{ "examples":[ "met her future husband at a party" ], "synonyms":[ "chancing (upon)", "encountering", "finding", "happening (on or upon)", "hitting (upon)", "lighting (on or upon)", "pitching (upon)", "stumbling (on or onto)", "tumbling (upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "lucking (out, on, onto, or into)", "confronting", "facing", "discovering", "striking", "turning up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to do what is required by the terms of":{ "examples":[ "a financially struggling city trying to meet its loans" ], "synonyms":[ "answering", "completing", "complying (with)", "filling", "fulfilling", "keeping", "redeeming", "satisfying" ], "near synonyms":[ "concluding", "consummating", "finalizing", "finishing", "perfecting", "accomplishing", "achieving", "bringing about", "bringing off", "carrying out", "effecting", "committing", "compassing", "discharging", "executing", "following through (with)", "making", "performing" ], "near antonyms":[ "defaulting (on)", "disregarding", "forgetting", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "slighting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaching", "breaking", "transgressing", "violating" ] }, "to enter into contest or conflict with":{ "examples":[ "the up-and-coming boxer will meet the reigning champ for the first time tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "encountering", "engaging", "facing", "taking on" ], "near synonyms":[ "emulating", "rivaling", "rivalling", "contending", "fighting", "opposing" ], "near antonyms":[ "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "retreating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce something equal to (as in quality or value)":{ "examples":[ "I'll meet your bet, nay, I'll even raise it" ], "synonyms":[ "equaling", "equalling", "matching", "tying", "tieing" ], "near synonyms":[ "beating", "bettering", "eclipsing", "excelling", "outdistancing", "outdoing", "outshining", "outstripping", "overtopping", "surpassing", "topping", "transcending", "amounting (to)", "approaching", "touching", "approximating", "keeping up", "measuring up (to)", "paralleling", "rivaling", "rivalling", "stacking up (against or with)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{ "examples":[ "trying to meet the challenge of going to college while working at a full-time job" ], "synonyms":[ "abiding", "absorbing", "accepting", "bearing", "biding", "brooking", "countenancing", "enduring", "going", "hacking", "handling", "pocketing", "standing", "sticking out", "stomaching", "supporting", "sustaining", "sweating out", "taking", "tolerating", "wearing" ], "near synonyms":[ "allowing", "permitting", "suffering", "swallowing", "reconciling (to)", "acquiescing", "agreeing (with or to)", "assenting (to)", "capitulating", "consenting (to)", "respecting", "submitting (to)", "yielding (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "declining", "dismissing", "refusing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "spurning", "turning down", "combating", "combatting", "contesting", "fighting", "opposing", "resisting", "avoiding", "bypassing", "circumventing", "dodging", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "missing", "abstaining (from)", "forbearing", "refraining (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give what is owed for":{ "examples":[ "I paid a portion of the long-distance bill to keep my carrier from cutting off service until I can meet the remainder of the charges" ], "synonyms":[ "anteing (up)", "balancing", "clearing", "discharging", "footing", "liquidating", "paying", "paying off", "paying up", "ponying up", "quitting", "recompensing", "settling", "springing (for)", "standing" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "repudiating" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meshed":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets" ], "synonyms":[ "caught up", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "ensnarled", "entangled", "entoiled", "entrapped", "netted", "snared", "tangled", "trapped" ], "near synonyms":[ "bagged", "birdlimed", "captured", "collared", "embroiled", "implicated", "involved", "mired" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "disengaged", "extricated", "cleared", "freed", "liberated" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangled", "untangled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "melds":{ "a distinct entity formed by the combining of two or more different things":{ "examples":[ "her music is a meld of various styles" ], "synonyms":[ "admixtures", "alloys", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "blends", "cocktails", "combinations", "composites", "compounds", "conflations", "emulsions", "fusions", "intermixtures", "mixes", "mixtures", "syntheses" ], "near synonyms":[ "half-and-halfs", "absorptions", "coalescences", "coalitions", "commixtures", "composts", "concretions", "homogenizations", "immixtures", "incorporations", "integrations", "interfusions", "mergences", "mergers", "assortments", "hashes", "hodgepodges", "hotchpotches", "jumbles", "medleys", "m\u00e9langes", "mishmashes", "motleys", "patchworks", "potpourris", "varieties", "accumulations", "aggregations", "conglomerations" ], "near antonyms":[ "components", "constituents", "elements", "ingredients" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamates", "blends", "combines", "comingles", "commingles", "commixes", "composites", "concretes", "conflates", "fuses", "homogenizes", "immingles", "immixes", "incorporates", "integrates", "interfuses", "intermingles", "intermixes", "merges", "mingles", "mixes" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds", "admixes", "beats (in)", "cuts in", "folds", "stirs", "tosses", "coalesces", "compounds", "emulsifies", "conjoins", "joins", "knits", "links", "unites", "intertwines", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaves", "disjoins", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders", "disperses", "dissolves", "scatters", "detaches", "disengages", "splits" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "separates", "unmixes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meres":{ "a small often deep body of water":{ "examples":[ "one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District" ], "synonyms":[ "billabongs", "pools", "puddles", "stanks", "wells" ], "near synonyms":[ "basins", "holes", "sinkholes", "swimming pools", "lakes", "ponds", "water holes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merrymakers":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrants", "celebrators", "partyers", "partiers", "partygoers", "revelers", "revellers", "roisterers" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanals", "bingers", "carousers", "party animals", "wassailers", "cutups", "skylarkers", "noisemakers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoys", "party poopers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "methodize":{ "as in organize , order":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "codify", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "systematize", "systemize", "formalize", "homogenize", "normalize", "regularize", "standardize", "average", "equalize", "even", "square", "accredit", "certify", "control", "govern", "regulate", "rule", "conciliate", "conform", "coordinate", "harmonize", "integrate", "reconcile", "synthesize" ], "near antonyms":[ "customize", "individualize", "tailor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mechanic":{ "as in serviceman , repairman":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "repairman", "serviceman", "troubleshooter", "doctor", "mender", "renovator", "repairer", "tinkerer", "jack-of-all-trades", "do-it-yourselfer", "handyman", "handyperson" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in operator , smith":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "operator", "shaper", "smith", "wright", "consultant", "ace", "adept", "artist", "authority", "cognoscente", "connoisseur", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dab", "dab hand", "expert", "fiend", "geek", "guru", "hand", "hotshot", "maestro", "master", "maven", "mavin", "meister", "past master", "proficient", "scholar", "shark", "sharp", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard", "pro", "professional", "specialist", "technician", "adviser", "advisor", "consigliere", "counsel", "counselor", "counsellor", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "craftsman", "craftsperson", "craftswoman", "journeyman" ], "near antonyms":[ "apprentice", "beginner", "neophyte", "novice", "amateur", "inexpert", "nonexpert", "layman", "nonprofessional", "dabbler", "dilettante" ], "antonyms":[] }, "done instantly and without conscious thought or decision":{ "examples":[ "the snapping of the handcuffs was followed by a mechanic reading of the suspect's rights" ], "synonyms":[ "automatic", "instinctive", "instinctual", "involuntary", "knee-jerk", "mechanical", "robotic", "spontaneous" ], "near synonyms":[ "conditioned", "natural", "Pavlovian", "reactive", "reflex", "simple", "subliminal", "unconscious", "unforced", "visceral", "blind", "inadvertent", "unintended", "unintentional", "unwilling", "unwitting", "abrupt", "quick", "ready", "sudden", "ad-lib", "extemporaneous", "extempore", "impromptu", "improvised", "offhand", "offhanded", "off-the-cuff", "snap", "spur-of-the-moment", "unconsidered", "unplanned", "unpremeditated", "unprepared", "unprompted", "unreasoned", "unrehearsed", "unstudied", "casual", "chance", "chancy", "haphazard", "hasty", "hit-or-miss", "impetuous", "impulsive", "mindless", "random", "rash" ], "near antonyms":[ "calculated", "conscious", "cultivated", "deliberate", "designed", "intended", "intentional", "predetermined", "prepared", "projected", "refined", "rehearsed", "volitional", "voluntary", "willed", "willful", "wilful", "advised", "aforethought", "careful", "considered", "foresighted", "forethoughtful", "measured", "meticulous", "reasoned", "studied", "thoughtful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "mellow":{ "having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{ "examples":[ "the mellow tones of an old violin" ], "synonyms":[ "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "melodic", "melodious", "musical" ], "near synonyms":[ "dulcet", "golden", "sweet" ], "near antonyms":[ "disconnected", "staccato", "discordant", "dissonant", "grating", "harsh", "inharmonious", "jarring", "strident", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "antonyms":[ "unlyrical" ] }, "not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{ "examples":[ "a teacher with a mellow approach to classroom discipline", "mellow soaps" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "benign", "bland", "delicate", "gentle", "light", "mild", "nonabrasive", "soft", "soothing", "tender" ], "near synonyms":[ "calm", "pacific", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "serene", "tranquil", "clement", "compassionate", "easy", "lenient", "merciful", "buffering", "cushioning", "emollient", "softening", "sleek", "slick", "smooth" ], "near antonyms":[ "exquisite", "fierce", "intense", "powerful", "severe", "forceful", "forcible", "savage", "violent", "roughened", "rugged", "strong", "abrading", "irritating", "roughening", "grim", "gruff", "rude", "stiff", "heavy-handed", "oppressive", "pitiless", "tyrannical", "tyrannic" ], "antonyms":[ "abrasive", "caustic", "coarse", "hard", "harsh", "rough", "scathing", "stern", "ungentle" ] }, "having an easygoing and pleasing manner especially in social situations":{ "examples":[ "mellow and unflappable, the office manager greatly contributes to the work environment" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "agreeable", "amiable", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "nice", "pleasant", "sweet", "well-disposed" ], "near synonyms":[ "amicable", "clever", "cordial", "friendly", "neighborly", "benign", "gentle", "kind", "cheerful", "cheery", "glad", "sunny", "companionable", "conversable", "sociable", "civil", "considerate", "courteous", "polite", "thoughtful", "accommodating", "amenable", "obliging", "attractive", "delightful", "enjoyable", "likable", "likeable" ], "near antonyms":[ "boorish", "discourteous", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "inconsiderate", "rude", "surly", "uncivil", "unkind", "unmannerly", "unsociable", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "choleric", "churlish", "crabby", "cranky", "dyspeptic", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "ill-humored", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "petulant", "quick-tempered", "snappish", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "contentious", "contrary", "ornery", "querulous", "unappealing", "unattractive", "sour", "vinegary" ], "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "unamiable", "ungenial", "ungracious", "unpleasant" ] }, "having a relaxed, casual manner":{ "examples":[ "a mellow crowd sat on the grass and enjoyed the music coming from the band shell" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "breezy", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "laid-back", "low-pressure" ], "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" ] }, "as in soften":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "soften", "age", "develop", "grow", "grow up", "mature", "progress", "ripen", "bloom", "blossom", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "flourish", "flower", "open", "unfold", "advance", "evolve", "get along", "get on", "gray", "grey" ], "near antonyms":[ "decay", "decline", "degenerate", "deteriorate", "sink", "worsen", "droop", "dry", "fade", "flag", "sag", "shrivel", "wane", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt", "wither", "regress", "retrogress", "revert", "backslide", "lapse", "return" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "memorabilias":{ "objects or materials that are collected because they are related to a particular event, person, etc.; things collected as souvenirs":{ "examples":[ "a display of sports memorabilia", "She collects Beatles memorabilia ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "relics", "vestiges", "commemoratives", "keepsakes", "mementos", "mementoes", "memorials", "monuments", "remembrances", "reminders", "souvenirs", "tokens", "cairns", "landmarks", "markers", "testimonials", "tributes", "cenotaphs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memorials":{ "something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{ "examples":[ "the Vietnam War Memorial is a starkly beautiful testimonial to the bravery of the soldiers who served in Vietnam" ], "synonyms":[ "commemoratives", "keepsakes", "mementos", "mementoes", "monuments", "remembrances", "reminders", "souvenirs", "tokens" ], "near synonyms":[ "memorabilias", "relics", "vestiges", "cairns", "landmarks", "markers", "testimonials", "tributes", "cenotaphs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metropolitan":{ "a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers":{ "examples":[ "a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans" ], "synonyms":[ "city slicker", "cosmopolitan", "cosmopolite", "slicker", "sophisticate" ], "near synonyms":[ "urbanite", "worldling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bumpkin", "hick", "provincial", "rustic", "yokel" ] }, "as in smart , metro":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cosmopolitan", "metro", "smart", "worldly-wise", "civilized", "couth", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "graceful", "gracious", "poised", "polished", "refined", "well-bred", "experienced", "knowing", "practiced", "practised", "schooled", "seasoned", "cavalier", "glib", "slick", "unctuous", "amiable", "appealing", "attractive", "debonair", "smooth", "sophisticated", "suave", "svelte", "urbane", "assured", "calm", "collected", "composed", "confident", "cool", "placid", "secure", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-possessed", "serene", "tranquil", "undisturbed", "unperturbed" ], "near antonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "classless", "clownish", "loutish", "uncouth", "awkward", "clumsy", "gauche", "graceless", "stiff", "stilted", "uncomfortable", "uneasy", "ungraceful", "wooden", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "puerile", "raw", "hick", "parochial", "provincial", "rough-hewn", "rustic", "rustical", "inelegant", "philistine", "uncivilized", "uncultured", "unrefined", "unsophisticated", "unworldly", "gawky", "lubberly", "stodgy", "ungainly", "diffident", "insecure" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "men's room":{ "as in ladies' room , ladies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ladies", "ladies' room", "half bath", "powder room", "garderobe", "jakes", "outhouse", "privy", "commode", "pan", "pot", "bath", "bathroom", "bog", "can", "cloakroom", "comfort station", "convenience", "head", "john", "latrine", "lavatory", "loo", "potty", "restroom", "toilet", "washroom", "water closet" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meioses":{ "as in understatements":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near 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antonyms":[ "serious", "substantial", "weighty", "eventful", "momentous", "pivotal", "conspicuous", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "striking", "appreciable", "discernible", "discernable", "measurable" ], "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "considerable", "important", "material", "significant" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "memoirs":{ "a history of a person's life":{ "examples":[ "the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs , in which he will supposedly set the record straight" ], "synonyms":[ "biographies", "bios", "lives" ], "near synonyms":[ "autobiographies", "hagiographies", "psychobiographies", "pathographies", "tell-alls", "chronicles", "histories", "pasts", "stories", "obituaries", "character sketches", "profiles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medications":{ "a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{ "examples":[ "the doctor prescribed two different medications for the infection" ], 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"self-obsessed", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swelled-headed", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggy", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "condescending", "disdainful", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "overbearing", "patronizing", "pontificating", "flamboyant", "ostentatious", "showy", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest", "outgoing", "uninhibited", "unreserved" ], "antonyms":[ "arrogant", "bumptious", "chesty", "conceited", "egotistic", "egotistical", "fastuous", "haughty", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "hoity-toity", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "lordly", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merchandiser":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "the wholesale merchandiser makes a 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"reseller", "retailer", "wholesaler", "chapman", "hawker", "huckster", "peddler", "pedlar", "salesclerk", "salesman", "salesperson", "saleswoman", "shopgirl", "bargainer", "haggler", "horse trader", "palterer" ], "near antonyms":[ "consumer", "end user", "user" ], "antonyms":[ "buyer", "purchaser" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandizing":{ "as in retailing , wholesaling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "retailing", "wholesaling", "affairs", "dealings", "horse-trading", "free trade", "marketplace", "trade", "traffic", "business", "custom", "patronage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "dealing (in)", "marketing", "putting up", "retailing", "selling", "vending" ], "near synonyms":[ "preselling", "wholesaling", "remarketing", "reselling", "hawking", "peddling", "bartering", "distributing", "exchanging", "exporting", "handling", "trading", "trafficking (in)", "advertising", "ballyhooing", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "touting", "bargaining", "chaffering", "dickering", "haggling", "horse-trading", "paltering", "auctioning", "providing", "supplying", "carrying", "keeping", "stocking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buying", "purchasing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mews":{ "as in lane , laneway":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "circle", "lane", "laneway", "place", "backstreet", "branch", "bystreet", "byway", "crossroad", "secondary road", "shunpike", "side road", "side street", "close", "cul-de-sac", "dead end", "causeway", "corridor", "arterial", "artery", "avenue", "boulevard", "carriageway", "drag", "drive", "expressway", "freeway", "high road", "highway", "pass", "pike", "road", "roadway", "route", "row", "street", "thoroughfare", "thruway", "trace", "turnpike", "way", "track", "trail", "alley", "alleyway" ], "near 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}, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mesh(es)":{ "something that catches and holds":{ "examples":[ "a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy" ], "synonyms":[ "entanglement", "morass", "net", "noose", "quagmire", "quicksand", "snare", "tanglement", "toil(s)", "trap", "web" ], "near synonyms":[ "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "cat's cradle", "labyrinth", "maze", "cobweb", "spiderweb" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets" ], "synonyms":[ "catches up", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "ensnarls", "entangles", "entoils", "entraps", "nets", "snares", "tangles", "traps" ], "near synonyms":[ "bags", "birdlimes", "captures", "collars", "embroils", "implicates", "involves", "mires" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "extricates", "clears", "frees", "liberates" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "untangles" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "methodizing":{ "as in organizing , ordering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "codifying", "marshaling", "marshalling", "ordering", "organizing", "systematizing", "systemizing", "formalizing", "homogenizing", "normalizing", "regularizing", "standardizing", "averaging", "equalizing", "evening", "squaring", "accrediting", "certifying", "controlling", "governing", "regulating", "ruling", "conciliating", "conforming", "coordinating", "harmonizing", "integrating", "reconciling", "synthesizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "customizing", "individualizing", "tailoring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mediate":{ "occupying a position equally distant from the ends or extremes":{ "examples":[ "has a black-and-white view of human nature, believing that there is no mediate state between good and evil" ], "synonyms":[ "central", "halfway", "intermediary", "intermediate", "medial", "median", "medium", "mid", "middle", "midmost" ], "near synonyms":[ "equidistant", "inmost", "inner", "innermost", "nearest", "betwixt and between", "borderline", "gray", "grey", "in-between" ], "near antonyms":[ "outer", "peripheral" ], "antonyms":[ "extreme", "farthest", "farthermost", "furthermost", "furthest", "outermost", "outmost", "remotest", "utmost" ] }, "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest" ], "synonyms":[ "intercede", "intermediate", "interpose", "intervene" ], "near synonyms":[ "butt in", "interfere", "intrude", "meddle", "obtrude", "pry", "snoop", "arbitrate", "moderate", "negotiate", "referee", "barge (in)", "bother", "break (in)", "chime in", "cut in", "infringe", "invade", "trespass" ], "near antonyms":[ "stand by", "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "disregard", "ignore", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "mettles":{ "strength of spirit; ability to continue despite difficulties":{ "examples":[ "He showed his mettle as a fighter tonight with a heroic 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"poltroonery", "spinelessness", "cold feet", "faintheartedness", "fearfulness", "mousiness", "timidity", "timorousness", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "disablement", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "impotence", "impotency", "infirmity", "powerlessness", "puniness", "slightness", "softness", "tenderness", "weakness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memoir":{ "a history of a person's life":{ "examples":[ "the former senator has a lucrative contract to write his memoirs , in which he will supposedly set the record straight" ], "synonyms":[ "bio", "biography", "life" ], "near synonyms":[ "autobiography", "hagiography", "psychobiography", "pathography", "tell-all", "chronicle", "history", "past", "story", "obituary", "character sketch", "profile" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mental":{ "of or relating to the mind":{ "examples":[ "a funny mental image made him laugh out loud" ], "synonyms":[ "cerebral", "inner", "intellectual", "interior", "internal", "psychological", "psychologic" ], "near synonyms":[ "cognitive", "conscious", "epistemic", "knowing", "noetic", "psychic", "psychical", "telepathic", "alert", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "intelligent", "quick-witted", "rational", "reasoning", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "thinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "bodily", "carnal", "corporal", "corporeal", "fleshly", "physical", "somatic", "unconscious", "brainless", "dense", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "fatuous", "half-witted", "mindless", "obtuse", "simple", "slow-witted", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "antonyms":[ "nonmental" ] }, "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "humane treatment of mental patients" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "menschy":{ "as in classy , high-minded":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chivalrous", "classy", "high-minded", "right-minded", "blameless", "guiltless", "irreproachable", "unassailable", "unimpeachable", "conscientious", "fair", "good", "incorruptible", "moral", "reputable", "respected", "scrupulous", "uncorrupted", "virtuous", "decent", "ethical", "honest", "honorable", "just", "noble", "principled", "respectable", "righteous", "stand-up", "upright", "upstanding", "decorous", "nice", "polite", "proper", "seemly" ], "near antonyms":[ "base", "dishonest", "dishonorable", "ignoble", "low", "unethical", "unjust", "unprincipled", "unrighteous", "unworthy", "bad", "blackguardly", "corrupt", "criminal", "crooked", "evil", "immoral", "iniquitous", "knavish", "mean", "nefarious", "rascally", "reprehensible", "roguish", "rotten", "scoundrelly", "sinful", "unfair", "unscrupulous", "vile", "villainous", "wicked", "wretched", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "culpable", "debased", "debauched", "decadent", "degenerate", "degraded", "demoralized", "depraved", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "dissipated", "dissolute", "libertine", "loose", "perverse", "perverted", "profligate", "reprobate", "shameful", "venal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "memoirists":{ "as in autobiographers , memorialists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "autobiographers", "memorialists", "biographers", "hagiographers", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "ghostwriters", "hacks", "hatchet men", "scribblers", "wordmongers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "dramatists", "playwrights", "scenarists", "screenwriters", "scriptwriters", "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths", "prosaists", "prosateurs", "prosers", "authors", "litterateurs", "litt\u00e9rateurs", "penmen", "pens", "scribes", "scriveners", "writers" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mean":{ "to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{ "examples":[ "the national anthem means various things to various people" ], "synonyms":[ "denote", "express", "import", "intend", "signify", "spell" ], "near synonyms":[ "connote", "imply", "suggest", "add up (to)", "amount (to)", "hint", "infer", "insinuate", "intimate", "embody", "epitomize", "personify", "represent", "symbol", "symbolize", "advert", "allude (to)", "cite", "instance", "mention", "refer (to)", "specify", "touch (on or upon)", "designate", "indicate", "point (to)", "signal", "announce", "declare", "proclaim", "elucidate", "explain" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be of importance":{ "examples":[ "your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me" ], "synonyms":[ "count", "import", "matter", "signify", "weigh" ], "near synonyms":[ "affect", "concern", "influence", "sway", "add up (to)", "amount (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "I mean to win this race" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "allow", "aspire", "calculate", "contemplate", "design", "go", "intend", "look", "meditate", "plan", "propose", "purport", "purpose" ], "near synonyms":[ "dream", "hope", "wish", "consider", "debate", "mull (over)", "ponder", "attempt", "endeavor", "strive", "struggle", "try", "plot", "scheme", "accomplish", "achieve", "effect", "execute", "perform" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a sign or symptom of":{ "examples":[ "these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived" ], "synonyms":[ "bespeak", "betoken", "denote", "indicate", "point (to)", "signify", "tell (of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "bode", "foreshow", "foretell", "presage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a middle point between extremes":{ "examples":[ "that candidate's moderate views were seen as the mean that voters were looking for" ], "synonyms":[ "golden mean", "medium", "middle", "middle ground", "midpoint" ], "near synonyms":[ "arithmetic mean", "average", "median", "norm", "par", "standard" ], "near antonyms":[ "maximum", "utmost", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{ "examples":[ "won the competition by fair and honest means" ], "synonyms":[ "expedient", "measure", "move", "shift", "step" ], "near synonyms":[ "act", "action", "deed", "doing", "feat", "thing", "course", "procedure", "proceeding", "process", "accomplishment", "achievement", "attainment", "coup", "exploit", "success", "triumph", "activity", "affair", "business", "dealing", "enterprise", "event", "attempt", "crack", "endeavor", "essay", "fling", "go", "initiative", "operation", "pass", "shot", "stab", "trial", "try", "undertaking", "whack", "effort", "exertion", "labor", "pains", "trouble", "while", "work", "project", "proposal", "proposition", "makeshift", "resort", "resource", "stopgap", "countermeasure", "countermove", "counterstep" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something used to achieve an end":{ "examples":[ "the ends don't justify the means" ], "synonyms":[ "agency", "agent", "instrument", "instrumentality", "machinery", "medium", "ministry", "organ", "vehicle" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinant", "expedient", "factor", "influence", "ingredient", "mechanism", "tool", "weapon", "activator", "animator", "catalyst", "driver", "energizer", "executor", "generator", "impetus", "incentive", "inspiration", "instigation", "instigator", "launcher", "mover", "power", "stimulus", "trigger", "antecedent", "cause", "occasion", "reason", "subagency", "subagent" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the total of one's money and property":{ "examples":[ "a woman of considerable means" ], "synonyms":[ "assets", "capital", "fortune", "opulence", "riches", "substance", "wealth", "wherewithal", "worth" ], "near synonyms":[ "belongings", "chattels", "effects", "holdings", "paraphernalia", "possessions", "things", "bankroll", "deep pockets", "finances", "funds", "money", "wallet", "abundance", "affluence", "prosperity", "success", "treasure", "valuables", "accession", "acquisition", "personal property", "personalty", "property", "nest egg", "reserve", "resources", "savings", "treasury" ], "near antonyms":[ "debts", "liabilities", "indebtedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "being about midway between extremes of amount or size":{ "examples":[ "for the state of Florida, what is the mean number of sunny days per month?" ], "synonyms":[ "average", "intermediate", "median", "medium", "middle", "middling", "midsize", "midsized", "moderate", "modest" ], "near synonyms":[ "reasonable", "common", "commonplace", "conventional", "normal", "popular", "regular", "routine", "standard", "typical", "usual", "adequate", "passable", "tolerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "excessive", "extreme", "exceptional", "rare", "strange", "uncommon", "unusual", "distinctive", "idiosyncratic", "special", "unique", "individual", "peculiar", "private" ], "antonyms":[] }, "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "examples":[ "Alexander Hamilton seems to have had feelings of inferiority because of his mean origins" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "low-life", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "lumpen", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed", "vulgar" ], "near synonyms":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ] }, "giving or sharing as little as possible":{ "examples":[ "a mean child who hoarded all her toys" ], "synonyms":[ "cheap", "chintzy", "close", "closefisted", "mingy", "miserly", "niggard", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "penny-pinching", "penurious", "pinching", "pinchpenny", "spare", "sparing", "stingy", "stinting", "tight", "tightfisted", "uncharitable", "ungenerous" ], "near synonyms":[ "careful", "chary", "conserving", "economical", "economizing", "frugal", "saving", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrifty", "acquisitive", "avaricious", "avid", "coveting", "covetous", "desirous", "grasping", "greedy", "hoggish", "itchy", "mercenary", "rapacious", "selfish", "shabby", "small", "sordid", "begrudging", "envious", "grudging", "resentful", "inhospitable" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruistic", "selfless", "unselfish", "extravagant", "free", "handsome", "lavish", "overgenerous", "profuse", "beneficent", "benevolent", "hospitable", "humanitarian", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "greathearted", "kindly", "magnanimous", "openhearted", "thriftless", "unthrifty", "dissipating", "frittering", "prodigal", "profligate", "spendthrift", "splurging", "squandering", "wasteful", "wasting" ], "antonyms":[ "bounteous", "bountiful", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "liberal", "munificent", "openhanded", "unsparing", "unstinting" ] }, "having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{ "examples":[ "a mean , embittered old woman who wanted company for her misery" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bitchy", "catty", "cruel", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "nasty", "spiteful", "vicious", "virulent" ], "near synonyms":[ "devious", "scoundrelly", "scurvy", "snakelike", "acrimonious", "bitter", "envious", "jaundiced", "jealous", "rancorous", "resentful", "vindictive", "vitriolic", "contemptuous", "deprecating", "derogatory", "disdainful", "disparaging", "mean-spirited", "obnoxious", "opprobrious", "scornful", "snide", "snotty", "unkind", "unkindly", "unloving", "baleful", "baneful", "evil", "harsh", "hostile", "inimical", "acrid", "caustic", "poisonous", "scathing", "venomous" ], "near antonyms":[ "compassionate", "good", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "sympathetic", "warm", "warmhearted", "affable", "agreeable", "amiable", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gracious", "nice", "pleasant", "affectionate", "amorous", "sweet", "tender", "tenderhearted", "humane", "altruistic", "high-minded", "humanitarian", "magnanimous", "noble", "philanthropic", "philanthropical" ], "antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benign", "benignant", "loving", "unmalicious" ] }, "not following or in accordance with standards of honor and decency":{ "examples":[ "a mean trick to play on a trusting person" ], "synonyms":[ "base", "contemptible", "currish", "despicable", "detestable", "dirty", "dishonorable", "execrable", "ignoble", "ignominious", "low", "low-down", "low-minded", "nasty", "paltry", "snide", "sordid", "vile", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "bad", "evil", "foul", "immoral", "iniquitous", "miscreant", "wicked", "wrong", "cruel", "vicious", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "corrupt", "debased", "debauched", "degenerate", "depraved", "dissolute", "perverted", "atrocious", "villainous", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "shameful", "unworthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "ethical", "honest", "just", "principled", "righteous", "right-minded", "scrupulous", "commendable", "excellent", "exemplary", "good", "moral", "right", "decent", "proper", "reputable", "respectable", "seemly", "blameless", "guiltless", "incorruptible", "irreproachable", "uncorrupted", "unerring" ], "antonyms":[ "high", "high-minded", "honorable", "lofty", "noble", "straight", "upright", "venerable", "virtuous" ] }, "of little or less value or merit":{ "examples":[ "it's no mean feat to memorize that long poem" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "minor", "second-class", "second-rate", "secondary" ], "near synonyms":[ "junior", "lesser", "lower", "low-level", "petty", "smaller", "subordinate", "under", "average", "common", "fair", "middling", "ordinary", "amiss", "bad", "defective", "unsatisfactory", "wrong", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "unacceptable", "littler", "slighter", "smaller", "jerkwater", "low-rent", "one-horse", "small-time", "two-bit" ], "near antonyms":[ "major", "more", "primary", "senior", "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate", "high-grade", "premium", "prime", "select", "selected", "acceptable", "adequate", "sufficient" ], "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "superior" ] }, "of the very best kind":{ 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"stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ] }, "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "examples":[ "he worked hard to escape the mean neighborhood of his youth" ], "synonyms":[ "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "dumpy", "grungy", "mangy", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "decaying", "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "arousing or deserving of one's loathing and disgust":{ "examples":[ "that was no mean stunt to pull off, especially with so little advance preparation" ], "synonyms":[ "cheap", "contemptible", "cruddy", "deplorable", "despicable", "dirty", "grubby", "lame", "lousy", "nasty", "paltry", "pitiable", "pitiful", "ratty", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sneaking", "sorry", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "condemnable", "detestable", "execrable", "hateful", "loathsome", "odious", "disgusting", "reptilian", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "revulsive", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "shameful", "base", "ignoble", "low", "shabby", "sordid", "squalid", "vile", "blamable", "censurable", "reprehensible", "reproachable", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous" ], "near antonyms":[ "high-minded", "honest", "honorable", "noble", "principled", "redoubtable", "reputable", "right-minded", "scrupulous", "upright", "ethical", "good", "moral", "right", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "antonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "medicaments":{ "a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{ "examples":[ "in the 19th century a physician's bag of medicaments most likely included powerful opiates" ], "synonyms":[ "cures", "drugs", "medications", "medicinals", "medicines", "pharmaceuticals", "physics", "remedies", "specifics" ], "near synonyms":[ "cure-alls", "nostrums", "panaceas", "botanicals", "patent medicines", "prescription drugs", "prescriptions", "cordials", "potions", "tonics", "miracle drugs", "wonder drugs", "caps", "capsules", "pills", "tablets", "injections", "shots", "embrocations", "liniments", "lotions", "ointments", "poultices", "salves", "syrups", "sirups", "tinctures", "antibiotics", "antiseptics", "sera", "serums", "cathartics", "purgatives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mental deficiency":{ "as in mental retardation":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "mental retardation", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "idiocy", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nincompoopery", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "silliness", "simplicity", "wackiness", "zaniness", "feeblemindedness", "simplemindedness", "boneheadedness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dorkiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "gormlessness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "thickness", "vacuity", "weak-mindedness", "witlessness" ], "near antonyms":[ "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "cleverness", "intelligence", "keenness", "quickness", "quick-wittedness", "sharpness", "smartness", "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "discernment", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonableness", "soundness", "validity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meadow":{ "a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass":{ "examples":[ "The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "field", "glade", "pasture", "pastureland", "campo", "champaign", "down(s)", "grassland", "heath", "lea", "ley", "llano", "moor", "pampa", "plain", "prairie", "savanna", "savannah", "steppe", "tundra", "veld", "veldt", "clearing", "ground", "lot", "parcel", "plat", "plot", "tract", "grass", "green", "greensward", "lawn", "sward", "floodplain", "bottom", "bottomland", "flat", "lowland", "plateau", "table", "tableland", "upland" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Mexican standoff":{ "a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{ "examples":[ "in the battle over bedtime the parents and their son are at a Mexican standoff" ], "synonyms":[ "deadlock", "gridlock", "halt", "impasse", "logjam", "stalemate", "standoff", "standstill" ], "near synonyms":[ "dead end", "bind", "bottleneck", "corner", "dilemma", "fix", "hole", "jam", "morass", "pickle", "pinch", "plight", "predicament", "quagmire", "quandary", "spot", "difficulty", "problem" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measuring":{ "to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{ "examples":[ "for this experiment, you need to carefully measure all the chemicals before you mix them together" ], "synonyms":[ "gauging", "gaging", "scaling", "spanning" ], "near synonyms":[ "weighing", "calibrating", "calipering", "quantifying", "quantitating", "laying off", "marking (off)", "calculating", "ciphering", "computing", "figuring", "reckoning", "working out", "appraising", "assessing", "conjecturing", "estimating", "evaluating", "guessing", "guesstimating", "judging", "supposing", "valuating", "valuing", "adding up", "summing", "tallying", "totaling", "totalling", "ascertaining", "determining", "discovering", "doping (out)", "figuring out", "finding out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "examples":[ "he carefully measured his response to the provocative question" ], "synonyms":[ "bridling", "checking", "constraining", "containing", "controlling", "curbing", "governing", "holding", "inhibiting", "keeping", "pulling in", "regulating", "reining (in)", "restraining", "ruling", "taming" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottling (up)", "choking (back)", "holding back", "mincing", "muffling", "pocketing", "repressing", "sinking", "smothering", "squelching", "stifling", "strangling", "suppressing", "swallowing", "arresting", "interrupting", "stopping", "blocking", "hampering", "handcuffing", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing", "gagging", "muzzling", "silencing" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberating", "loosening", "loosing", "unleashing", "airing", "expressing", "taking out", "venting" ], "antonyms":[ "losing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mescals":{ "as in whiskeys , tequilas":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barley-brees", "barley-broos", "brandies", "gins", "liqueurs", "mao-tais", "schnapps", "tequilas", "vodkas", "whiskeys", "whiskies", "meads", "sakes", "sakis", "wines", "Dutch courages", "ales", "beers", "brewages", "brews", "brewskis", "home brews", "malt liquors", "microbrews", "mums", "nappies", "cocktails", "mixed drinks", "belts", "loads", "nips", "pegs", "pops", "shooters", "shots", "slugs", "snifters", "snorts", "tots", "whets", "aperitifs", "bracers", "chasers", "digestifs", "nightcaps", "alcohols", "aqua vitaes", "ardent spirits", "boozes", "bottles", "drinks", "firewaters", "grogs", "hooches", "inebriants", "intoxicants", "John Barleycorns", "juices", "liquors", "lushes", "moonshines", "potables", "rums", "sauces", "spirits", "stimulants", "strong drinks", "tipples" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megahits":{ "a person or thing that is successful":{ "examples":[ "the band's latest album is a megahit" ], "synonyms":[ "blockbusters", "hits", "smashes", "successes", "supernovas", "supernovae", "winners" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue chippers", "blue chips", "corkers", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "dandies", "jim-dandies", "pips", "prizewinners", "gems", "jewels", "treasures", "marvels", "naturals", "phenomena", "phenomenons", "sensations", "wonders", "coups", "triumphs", "victories" ], "near antonyms":[ "disappointments", "fizzles", "lemons", "losers" ], "antonyms":[ "bombs", "bummers", "busts", "catastrophes", "clinkers", "debacles", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles", "duds", "failures", "fiascoes", "flops", "misfires", "turkeys", "washouts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megastardoms":{ "as in popularities , stardoms":{ 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"corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "destroyers", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "merchantmen", "merchant ships", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "boats", "keels", "ships", "vessels", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metiers":{ "something for which a person shows a special talent":{ "examples":[ "public speaking is not my m\u00e9tier , as others can attest" ], "synonyms":[ "fortes", "long suits", "specialities", "specialties", "strong suits", "things" ], "near synonyms":[ "areas", "arenas", "bailiwicks", "businesses", "circles", "demesnes", "departments", "disciplines", "domains", "fiefdoms", "fiefs", "fields", "lines", "precincts", "provinces", "realms", "spheres", "terrains", "elements", "aptitudes", "bents", "faculties", "flairs", "geniuses", "genii", "gifts", "knacks", "talents", "pursuits", "rackets", "vocations", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messed":{ "lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{ "examples":[ "came home to find a messed basement with his tools scattered about" ], "synonyms":[ "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "disorderly", "higgledy-piggledy", "hugger-mugger", "jumbled", "littered", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "pell-mell", "rumpled", "sloppy", "topsy-turvy", "tousled", "tumbled", "unkempt", "untidy", "upside-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "nasty", "smudged", "soiled", "spotted", "squalid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly", "dowdy", "frowsy", "frowzy", "shaggy", "slatternly", "sloven", "slovenly", "uncombed", "wrinkled", "adulterated", "contaminated", "defiled", "polluted", "tainted", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "sordid", "neglected", "neglectful", "negligent" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiseptic", "clean", "cleaned", "cleanly", "hygienic", "immaculate", "sparkling", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "stainless", "unsoiled", "unsullied", "methodical", "methodic", "regular", "systematic", "systematized", "careful", "fastidious", "finicky", "fussy", "meticulous", "combed", "groomed", "manicured", "well-groomed", "taintless", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[ "bandbox", "crisp", "kempt", "neat", "neatened", "ordered", "orderly", "organized", "shipshape", "snug", "tidied", "tidy", "trim", "uncluttered", "well-ordered" ] }, "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate" ], "synonyms":[ "butted in", "interfered", "interloped", "intermeddled", "intruded", "meddled", "mucked (about or around)", "nosed", "obtruded", "poked", "pried", "snooped" ], "near synonyms":[ "interceded", "interposed", "intervened", "barged (in)", "chiseled (in)", "chiselled (in)", "encroached", "infringed", "invaded", "trespassed", "fiddled", "fooled", "monkeyed", "played", "tampered" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "meliorated":{ "to make better":{ "examples":[ "regulations intended to meliorate the working conditions of factory workers" ], "synonyms":[ "ameliorated", "amended", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "helped", "improved", "perfected", "refined", "upgraded" ], "near synonyms":[ "corrected", "emended", "rectified", "reformed", "remediated", "remedied", "edited", "fine-tuned", "redrafted", "refurbished", "rehabbed", "rehabilitated", "revamped", "revised", "reworked", "beefed (up)", "boosted", "fortified", "intensified", "reinforced", "reenforced", "strengthened", "fined", "honed", "polished", "retouched", "touched up" ], "near antonyms":[ "damaged", "endamaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "spoiled", "spoilt", "tarnished", "vitiated", "blemished", "blighted", "defaced", "disfigured", "flawed", "marred", "diminished", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced" ], "antonyms":[ "worsened" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meting (out)":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "examples":[ "determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading" ], "synonyms":[ "administering", "allocating", "apportioning", "dealing (out)", "dispensing", "distributing", "doling out", "handing out", "parceling (out)", "parcelling (out)", "portioning", "prorating" ], "near synonyms":[ "admeasuring", "allotting", "allowing", "appropriating", "assigning", "dishing out", "dividing", "divvying (up)", "dolloping (out)", "lotting", "measuring (out)", "parting", "proportioning", "rationing", "redistributing", "setting", "sharing (out)", "splitting", "bestowing", "disbursing", "furnishing", "issuing", "providing", "sharing", "supplying", "circulating", "dispersing", "disseminating", "scattering", "spreading", "chipping in", "contributing", "donating", "pledging", "reallocating", "reapportioning" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudging", "declining", "denying", "depriving (of)", "disallowing", "refusing", "rejecting", "withholding", "niggling (out)", "pinching", "skimping", "stinting" ], "antonyms":[ "misallocating" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mensurations":{ "as in measurements , calculations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "calculations", "computations", "measurements", "appraisals", "appraisements", "assessments", "estimates", "estimations", "evaluations", "reckonings", "valuations", "audits", "checks", "checkups", "examinations", "inspections", "reviews", "scans", "scrutinies", "surveys", "reassessments", "transvaluations", "overestimations", "overevaluations", "underestimations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melting":{ "as in evaporation , passing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dissipation", "dissolution", "evaporation", "fadeaway", "fading", "passing", "vanishing", "decamping", "decampment", "departing", "departure", "disappearance", "exit", "exiting", "farewell", "going", "leave-taking", "parting", "quitting", "clearing out", "egress", "leaving", "retirement", "retreat", "withdrawal", "emigration", "evacuation", "exodus" ], "near antonyms":[ "advent", "appearance", "arrival", "coming", "incoming", "approach", "entrance", "ingress", "beginning", "birth", "commencement", "dawn", "dawning", "debut", "d\u00e9but", "genesis", "inception", "morning", "onset", "start" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cease to be visible":{ "examples":[ "the fog soon melted away with the rising of the sun" ], "synonyms":[ "dematerializing", "disappearing", "dissolving", "evanescing", "evaporating", "fading", "fleeing", "flying", "sinking", "vanishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanking (out)", "clearing", "dispersing", "dissipating", "drying up", "dying (away or down or out)", "blurring", "dimming" ], "near antonyms":[ "arriving", "breaking out", "coming out", "emerging", "issuing", "looming", "showing up" ], "antonyms":[ "appearing", "materializing" ] }, "to go from a solid to a liquid state":{ "examples":[ "a forgotten carton of ice cream was melting away on the counter" ], "synonyms":[ "deliquescing", "fluxing", "fusing", "liquefying", "liquifying", "running", "thawing" ], "near synonyms":[ "founding", "guttering", "trying", "dissolving", "rendering", "softening", "thinning" ], "near antonyms":[ "clotting", "coagulating", "congealing", "gelling", "jelling", "jellying", "thickening" ], "antonyms":[ "hardening", "setting", "solidifying" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "memoranda":{ "a written communication giving information or directions":{ "examples":[ "I'm waiting for the memorandum that will explain the new vacation policy" ], "synonyms":[ "directives", "memos", "notices" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcements", "bulletins", "declarations", "notifications", "postings", "proclamations", "pronouncements", "releases", "dispatches", "reports", "edicts", "pronunciamentos", "pronunciamentoes", "rescripts", "charges", "commands", "dictates", "directions", "instructions", "orders", "words", "encyclicals", "epistles", "jottings", "letters", "mails", "messages", "missives", "notes", "posts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a message on paper from one person or group to another":{ "examples":[ "the studio executives depend on endless memoranda to keep track of what's going on at a movie shot on location" ], "synonyms":[ "dispatches", "epistles", "letters", "memos", "missives", "notes" ], "near synonyms":[ "billets-doux", "open letters", "airmails", "cards", "electronic mails", "e-mails", "junk mails", "mails", "postal cards", "postcards", "communications", "reports", "encyclicals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually brief written reminder":{ "examples":[ "dispatched a memorandum to her secretary about the assignment" ], "synonyms":[ "jottings", "memos", "notations", "notes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bordereaux", "memoirs", "memorials", "minutes", "protocols", "reports", "lines", "documents", "writings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meanders":{ "to move about from place to place aimlessly":{ "examples":[ "theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start" ], "synonyms":[ "bats", "cruises", "drifts", "floats", "gads (about)", "gallivants", "galavants", "kicks around", "knocks (about)", "maunders", "mooches", "rambles", "ranges", "roams", "roves", "traipses", "wanders" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambles", "saunters", "strolls", "dawdles", "mopes", "gypsies", "hobos", "tramps", "vagabonds", "mills (about or around)", "straggles", "strays" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in mazes , labyrinths":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cat's cradles", "catacombs", "knots", "snarls", "tangles", "webs", "labyrinths", "mazes", "rabbit warrens", "warrens", "entanglements", "entrapments", "snares", "traps", "jungles", "quagmires" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "messes up":{ "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "messed up the drawing and had to start over" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "boggles", "bollixes (up)", "boots", "botches", "buggers (up)", "bumbles", "bungles", "butchers", "dubs", "flubs", "fluffs", "foozles", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "mangles", "mucks up", "muffs", "murders", "screws up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunders", "gums (up)", "muddles", "piffles", "blemishes", "blights", "damages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "mutilates", "ruins", "spoils", "vitiates", "destroys", "wrecks", "mishandles", "mismanages" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "helps", "improves", "meliorates", "rectifies", "refines", "reforms", "remedies", "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight" ], "synonyms":[ "confuses", "deranges", "disarranges", "disarrays", "discomposes", "dishevels", "disjoints", "dislocates", "disorders", "disorganizes", "disrupts", "disturbs", "hashes", "jumbles", "mixes (up)", "muddles", "musses", "rumples", "scrambles", "shuffles", "tousles", "tumbles", "upsets" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroils", "entangles", "snarls", "tangles", "agitates", "perturbs", "stirs (up)", "unsettles", "clutters" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligns", "alines", "lines", "lines up", "queues", "classifies", "codifies", "methodizes", "systematizes", "systemizes", "adjusts", "fixes", "grooms", "makes up", "spruces (up)", "unscrambles" ], "antonyms":[ "arranges", "arrays", "disposes", "draws up", "marshals", "marshalls", "orders", "organizes", "ranges", "regulates", "straightens (up)", "tidies" ] }, "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "screws up", "slips up", "stumbles", "trips" ], "near synonyms":[ "nods", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "foozles", "mangles", "mishandles", "muffs", "murders", "miscalculates", "misconceives", "miscounts", "miscues", "misdeems", "misgauges", "misjudges", "mistakes", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misunderstands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "\"If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up !\" he threatened" ], "synonyms":[ "bashes", "bastes", "bats", "batters", "beats", "belabors", "belts", "birches", "bludgeons", "buffets", "bungs up", "clubs", "curries", "does", "drubs", "fibs", "flogs", "hammers", "hides", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "lashes", "lathers", "licks", "mauls", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "melodious":{ "having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music":{ "examples":[ "could hear the melodious sounds of the woodlands as winter gave way to spring" ], "synonyms":[ "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "melodic", "musical" ], "near synonyms":[ "dulcet", "golden", "sweet" ], "near antonyms":[ "disconnected", "staccato", "discordant", "dissonant", "grating", "harsh", "inharmonious", "jarring", "strident", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "antonyms":[ "unlyrical" ] }, "having a pleasing 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"tuneless", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "methods":{ "the means or procedure for doing something":{ "examples":[ "the city council is stuck in the last century and needs to adopt more modern methods for doing things" ], "synonyms":[ "approaches", "fashions", "forms", "hows", "manners", "methodologies", "recipes", "strategies", "styles", "systems", "tacks", "tactics", "techniques", "ways" ], "near synonyms":[ "modes", "modi operandi", "blueprints", "designs", "game plans", "games", "ground plans", "intrigues", "layouts", "lines", "models", "plans", "plots", "programs", "routes", "schemes", "expedients", "moves", "shifts", "steps", "practices", "practises", "processes", "routines", "policies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchants":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border" ], "synonyms":[ "dealers", "merchandisers", "traders", "tradesmen", "traffickers" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessmen", "enterprisers", "entrepreneurs", "buyers", "marketers", "purchasers", "hawkers", "hucksters", "hustlers", "peddlers", "pedlars", "retailers", "sellers", "shopkeepers", "storekeepers", "vendors", "venders", "engrossers", "monopolists", "jobbers", "middlemen", "wholesalers", "distributors", "providers", "provisioners", "purveyors", "suppliers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandise":{ "products that are bought and sold in business":{ "examples":[ "we stock only the finest-quality merchandise in this store" ], "synonyms":[ "commodities", "goods", "wares" ], "near synonyms":[ "line", "export", "import", "inventory", "staples", "stock", "stuff", "supply", "job lot", "domestics", "durables", "durable goods", "hard goods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deal (in)", "market", "put up", "retail", "sell", "vend" ], "near synonyms":[ "presell", "wholesale", "remarket", "resell", "hawk", "peddle", "barter", "distribute", "exchange", "export", "handle", "trade", "traffic (in)", "advertise", "ballyhoo", "boost", "plug", "promote", "tout", "bargain", "chaffer", "dicker", "haggle", "horse-trade", "palter", "auction", "provide", "supply", "carry", "keep", "stock" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buy", "purchase" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "melodramatizes":{ "as in overplays , sensationalizes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "overemphasizes", "overplays", "sensationalizes", "exaggerates", "overdoes", "overdraws", "overstates", "puts on", "colors", "elaborates", "embellishes", "embroiders", "magnifies", "pads", "plays up", "stretches", "fudges", "hedges" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittles", "minimizes", "plays down", "understates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mead":{ "as in wine , sake":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sake", "saki", "wine", "alcohol", "aqua vitae", "ardent spirits", "booze", "bottle", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "inebriant", "intoxicant", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "liquor", "lush", "moonshine", "potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple", "aperitif", "bracer", "chaser", "digestif", "nightcap", "belt", "load", "nip", "peg", "pop", "shooter", "shot", "slug", "snifter", "snort", "tot", "whet", "cocktail", "mixed drink", "ale", "beer", "brew", "brewage", "brewski", "home brew", "malt liquor", "microbrew", "mum", "nappy", "barley-bree", "barley-broo", "brandy", "gin", "liqueur", "mao-tai", "mescal", "schnapps", "tequila", "vodka", "whiskey", "whisky", "Dutch courage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merry-go-rounds":{ "a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{ "examples":[ "weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city" ], "synonyms":[ "circles", "cycles", "rounds", "wheels", "zodiacs" ], "near synonyms":[ "patterns", "syndromes", "courses", "developments", "progressions", "runs", "beats", "circuits", "loops", "rings", "revolutions", "rotations", "turnovers", "turns", "chains", "sequences", "series", "strings", "successions", "trains" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercifully":{ "as in humanely , compassionately":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly", "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly" ], "near antonyms":[ "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly", "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "meet and greets":{ "as in house parties , cocktail parties":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bakes", "clambakes", "cocktail parties", "hen parties", "house parties", "housewarmings", "icebreakers", "kaffeeklatsches", "keggers", "keg parties", "klatches", "klatsches", "masquerades", "mixers", "salons", "showers", "socials", "soirees", "soir\u00e9es", "stags", "suppers", "symposia", "symposiums", "tea parties", "teas", "affairs", "bashes", "binges", "blasts", "blowouts", "dos", "do's", "events", "fetes", "f\u00eates", "functions", "get-togethers", "parties", "receptions", "shindigs", "benefits", "fund-raisers", "balls", "dances", "formals", "proms", "celebrations", "galas", "occasions", "bacchanalia", "bacchanals", "orgies", "saturnalias" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megacities":{ "a thickly settled, highly populated area":{ "examples":[ "such modern megacities as S\u00e3o Paulo and Mexico City" ], "synonyms":[ "asphalt jungles", "burgs", "cities", "cosmopolises", "megalopolises", "metropolises", "municipalities", "towns" ], "near synonyms":[ "boroughs", "conurbations", "urban sprawls", "exurbs", "suburbias", "suburbs", "central cities", "edge cities", "garden cities", "core cities", "downtowns", "inner cities", "midtowns" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messed up":{ "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "messed up the drawing and had to start over" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "bobbled", "boggled", "bollixed (up)", "booted", "botched", "buggered (up)", "bumbled", "bungled", "butchered", "dubbed", "flubbed", "fluffed", "foozled", "fouled 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"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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "metro":{ "as in metropolitan , smart":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cosmopolitan", "metropolitan", "smart", "worldly-wise", "civilized", "couth", "cultivated", "cultured", "genteel", "graceful", "gracious", "poised", "polished", "refined", "well-bred", "experienced", "knowing", "practiced", "practised", "schooled", "seasoned", "cavalier", "glib", "slick", "unctuous", "amiable", "appealing", "attractive", "debonair", "smooth", "sophisticated", "suave", "svelte", "urbane", "assured", "calm", "collected", "composed", "confident", "cool", "placid", "secure", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-possessed", "serene", "tranquil", "undisturbed", "unperturbed" ], "near antonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "classless", "clownish", "loutish", "uncouth", "awkward", "clumsy", "gauche", "graceless", "stiff", "stilted", "uncomfortable", "uneasy", "ungraceful", "wooden", "callow", "green", "inexperienced", "puerile", "raw", "hick", "parochial", "provincial", "rough-hewn", "rustic", "rustical", "inelegant", "philistine", "uncivilized", "uncultured", "unrefined", "unsophisticated", "unworldly", "gawky", "lubberly", "stodgy", "ungainly", "diffident", "insecure" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mewed (up)":{ "to close or shut in by or as if by barriers":{ "examples":[ "bored with being mewed up in a 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"understood", "absorbed", "digested" ], "near antonyms":[ "disremembered", "forgot", "misremembered", "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "slighted", "slurred (over)" ], "antonyms":[ "unlearned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meanings":{ "the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or action":{ "examples":[ "the unmistakable meaning of the skier's upraised arms as he finished his spectacular run" ], "synonyms":[ "contents", "denotations", "drifts", "imports", "intentions", "intents", "purports", "senses", "significances", "significations" ], "near synonyms":[ "connotations", "clues", "cues", "hints", "implications", "indications", "inklings", "intimations", "suggestions", "messages", "tenors", "themes", "bottoms", "essences", "essentialities", "natures", "souls", "spirits", "stuff", "acceptances", "acceptations", "definitions", "burdens", "cruxes", "cruces", "gists", "cores", "hearts", "kernels", "marrows", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "points", "quicks", "matters", "motifs", "motives", "questions", "subjects", "topics" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{ "examples":[ "the people have a right to know what the president's meaning is in getting the nation involved in this war" ], "synonyms":[ "aims", "ambitions", "aspirations", "bournes", "bourns", "designs", "dreams", "ends", "goals", "ideals", "ideas", "intentions", "intents", "marks", "objectives", "objects", "plans", "points", "pretensions", "purposes", "targets", "things" ], "near synonyms":[ "grails", "holy grails", "plots", "projects", "schemes", "desires", "hopes", "minds", "wishes", "nirvanas", "destinations", "termini", "terminuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "methods", "ways" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memorializing":{ "serving to preserve the memory of a person, thing, or an event":{ "examples":[ "a memorializing book on the sinking 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"mensurable", "numerable", "limited", "circumscribed", "confined", "restricted", "definable", "defined", "definite", "determinate", "discrete", "decided", "established", "fixed", "set", "exact", "finite", "precise", "specific" ], "near antonyms":[ "unconfined", "unrestricted", "immeasurable", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "measureless", "undefinable", "undefined", "unfathomable", "boundless", "endless", "illimitable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbounded", "unlimited" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mentality":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior" ], "synonyms":[ "brain(s)", "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measured":{ "decided on as a result of careful thought":{ "examples":[ "a measured response to the terrorist attack" ], "synonyms":[ "advised", "calculated", "considered", "deliberate", "knowing", "reasoned", "studied", "thought-out", "thoughtful", "weighed" ], "near synonyms":[ "aforethought", "premeditated", "prepense", "educated", "informed", "intentional", "purposeful", "designed", "intended", "planned", "projected", "careful", "meticulous", "foresighted", "forethoughtful", "provident", "prudent" ], "near antonyms":[ "half-cocked", "ill-advised", "chance", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "random", "aimless", "desultory", "purposeless", "hasty", "hurried", "rushed", "abrupt", "impetuous", "sudden", "automatic", "extemporaneous", "impromptu", "instinctive", "spontaneous" ], "antonyms":[ "casual", "unadvised", "uncalculated", "unconsidered", "unstudied" ] }, "having distinct or certain limits":{ "examples":[ "the measured authority of the mayor in running the town's affairs" ], "synonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "defined", "definite", "determinate", "finite", "limited", "narrow", "restricted" ], "near synonyms":[ "modified", "qualified", "detailed", "exact", "precise", "specific", "confined", "constricted", "moderate", "modest", "minute", "puny", "small", "tiny", "determined", "fixed", "settled" ], "near antonyms":[ "bottomless", "countless", "incalculable", "inestimable", "inexhaustible", "innumerable", "unfathomable", "unqualified", "unreserved", "general", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "vague", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "copious", "plenitudinous", "plentiful", "big", "bulky", "bumper", "considerable", "extensive", "goodly", "great", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "respectable", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "super", "vast", "voluminous", "whacking", "epic", "grandiose", "major", "ample", "broad", "comprehensive", "cosmopolitan", "expansive", "global", "inclusive", "sweeping", "universal", "whole" ], "antonyms":[ "boundless", "dimensionless", "endless", "illimitable", "immeasurable", "indefinite", "infinite", "limitless", "measureless", "unbounded", "undefined", "unlimited", "unmeasured" ] }, "marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound":{ "examples":[ "the soldier's funeral procession moved along to the measured beating 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], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression)":{ "examples":[ "he carefully measured his response to the provocative question" ], "synonyms":[ "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "contained", "controlled", "curbed", "governed", "held", "inhibited", "kept", "pulled in", "regulated", "reined (in)", "restrained", "ruled", "tamed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bottled (up)", "choked (back)", "held back", "minced", "muffled", "pocketed", "repressed", "sank", "sunk", "smothered", "squelched", "stifled", "strangled", "suppressed", "swallowed", "arrested", "interrupted", "stopped", "blocked", "hampered", "handcuffed", "hindered", "impeded", "obstructed", "gagged", "muzzled", "silenced" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberated", "loosed", "loosened", "unleashed", "aired", "expressed", "took out", "vented" ], "antonyms":[ "lost" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "medicine men":{ "as in shamans , witch doctors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shamanists", "shamans", "witch doctors", "charmers", "conjurers", "conjurors", "enchanters", "mages", "magi", "Magians", "magicians", "necromancers", "sorcerers", "voodooists", "voodoos", "witches", "wizards", "enchantresses", "hags", "hexes", "sorceresses", "warlocks", "occultists", "thaumaturges", "thaumaturgists", "theurgists", "wonder-workers", "crystal gazers", "diviners", "foreseers", "fortune-tellers", "prognosticators", "prophesiers", "prophets", "seers", "soothsayers", "mediums", "media", "exorcisers", "exorcists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merry-go-round":{ "a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{ "examples":[ "weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city" ], "synonyms":[ "circle", "cycle", "round", "wheel", "zodiac" ], "near synonyms":[ "pattern", "syndrome", "course", "development", "progression", "run", "beat", "circuit", "loop", "ring", "revolution", "rotation", "turn", "turnover", "chain", "sequence", "series", "string", "succession", "train" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meander":{ "to move about from place to place aimlessly":{ "examples":[ "theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start" ], "synonyms":[ "bat", "cruise", "drift", "float", "gad (about)", "gallivant", "galavant", "kick around", "knock (about)", "maunder", "mooch", "ramble", "range", "roam", "rove", "traipse", "wander" ], "near synonyms":[ "amble", "saunter", "stroll", "dawdle", "mope", "gypsy", "hobo", "tramp", "vagabond", "mill (about or around)", "straggle", "stray" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in maze , labyrinth":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cat's cradle", "catacomb", "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "web", "labyrinth", "maze", "rabbit warren", "warren", "entanglement", "entrapment", "snare", "trap", "jungle", "quagmire" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mercy killing":{ "the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering":{ "examples":[ "Some called her death a mercy killing ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assisted suicide", "euthanasia", "physician-assisted suicide", "blood", "foul play", "homicide", "murder", "rubout", "slaying", "chance-medley", "killing", "manslaughter", "bloodshed", "butchery", "carnage", "decimation", "destruction", "massacre", "slaughter", "assassination", "execution", "hit", "filicide", "fratricide", "matricide", "parricide", "patricide", "regicide", "uxoricide" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mediums":{ "a middle point between extremes":{ "examples":[ "trying to achieve a happy medium as far as the demands of career and family are concerned" ], "synonyms":[ "golden means", "means", "middle grounds", "middles", "midpoints" ], "near synonyms":[ "arithmetic means", "averages", "medians", "norms", "pars", "standards" ], "near antonyms":[ "maxima", "maximums", "utmosts", "minima", "minimums" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something used to achieve an end":{ "examples":[ "regards political activism on the local level as the best medium for effecting social change" ], "synonyms":[ "agencies", "agents", "instrumentalities", "instruments", "machineries", "means", "ministries", "organs", "vehicles" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinants", "expedients", "factors", "influences", "ingredients", "mechanisms", "tools", "weapons", "activators", "animators", "catalysts", "drivers", "energizers", "executors", "generators", "impetuses", "incentives", "inspirations", "instigations", "instigators", "launchers", "movers", "powers", "stimuli", "triggers", "antecedents", "causes", "occasions", "reasons", "subagencies", "sub-agencies", "subagents", "sub-agents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{ "examples":[ "an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city" ], "synonyms":[ "ambients", "atmospheres", "climates", "climes", "contexts", "contextures", "environments", "environs", "milieus", "milieux", "mise-en-sc\u00e8nes", "settings", "surroundings", "surrounds", "terrains" ], "near synonyms":[ "locations", "places", "positions", "spaces", "backdrops", "backgrounds", "elements", "situations", "statuses", "geographies", "habitats", "microenvironments" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{ "examples":[ "the medium claims that she can put the grieving parents in touch with the spirit of their deceased son" ], "synonyms":[ "channelers", "channels", "psychics", "spiritists", "spiritualists" ], "near synonyms":[ "clairvoyants", "mentalists", "mind readers", "telepaths", "sensitives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{ "examples":[ "I think a blog might be a good 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"notes", "electronic mails", "e-mails", "voice mails", "intelligence", "news", "tidings", "words", "commands", "directives", "instructions", "orders" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in talks , communicates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accosts", "approaches", "boards", "contacts", "brainstorms", "communicates", "intercommunicates", "converses", "talks", "bonds", "communes", "relates", "corresponds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meshing":{ "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets" ], "synonyms":[ "catching up", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "ensnarling", "entangling", "entoiling", "entrapping", "netting", "snaring", "tangling", "trapping" ], "near synonyms":[ "bagging", "birdliming", "capturing", "collaring", "embroiling", "implicating", "involving", "miring" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaching", "disengaging", "extricating", "clearing", "freeing", "liberating" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangling", "untangling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mediates":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest" ], "synonyms":[ "intercedes", "intermediates", "interposes", "intervenes" ], "near synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "intrudes", "meddles", "obtrudes", "pries", "snoops", "arbitrates", "moderates", "negotiates", "referees", "barges (in)", "bothers", "breaks (in)", "chimes in", "cuts in", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses" ], "near antonyms":[ "stands by", "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meanly":{ "in a manner showing no signs of pride or self-assertion":{ "examples":[ "meanly silent up to that point, he now felt that fair criticism was turning into gratuitous insult" ], "synonyms":[ "abjectly", "deferentially", "hat in hand", "humbly", "lowly", "meekly", "modestly", "sheepishly", "submissively" ], "near synonyms":[ "obsequiously", "servilely", "subserviently", "fearfully", "mousily", "timidly", "bashfully", "diffidently", "self-deprecatingly", "shyly", "timorously", "civilly", "courteously", "politely", "respectfully", "suppliantly" ], "near antonyms":[ "fearlessly", "discourteously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impertinently", "rashly", "recklessly", "saucily", "bitchily", "impolitely", "impudently", "rudely", "uncivilly", "ungraciously" ], "antonyms":[ "arrogantly", "audaciously", "boldly", "brashly", "brazenly", "contemptuously", "haughtily", "huffily", "imperiously", "loftily", "pompously", "presumptuously", "pretentiously", "pridefully", "proudly", "scornfully", "self-importantly", "superciliously", "swaggeringly", "uppishly" ] }, "in a mean or spiteful manner":{ "examples":[ "in a meanly worded letter she told me that she never wanted to see me again" ], "synonyms":[ "bitchily", "cattily", "despitefully", "hatefully", "malevolently", 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"plex", "'plex", "nickelodeon", "art house", "art theater", "cinematheque", "cinema", "playhouse", "theater", "theatre", "fleapit", "grind house", "drive-in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merciful":{ "showing kindness and forgiveness instead of harshness or cruelty especially to someone under one's authority or control":{ "examples":[ "When our English teacher caught us cheating, we prayed he would be merciful in deciding our punishment." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clement", "forbearing", "forgiving", "lenient", "soft", "patient", "pitying", "tolerant", "understanding", "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warmhearted", "attentive", "considerate", "solicitous", "thoughtful", "affable", "amicable", "benign", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gentle", "good", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "mild", "neighborly", "nice", "pleasant", "sweet", "warm", "altruistic", "brotherly", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "liberal", "magnanimous", "munificent", "noble", "openhearted", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "selfless", "unselfish", "unsparing", "anticruelty", "cruelty-free" ], "near antonyms":[ "grim", "hard-boiled", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "severe", "stern", "tough", "unsentimental", "ironhearted", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "stonyhearted", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unthinking", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "virulent", "antihumanitarian", "uncharitable", "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "brutish", "callous", "cold-blooded", "cruel", "fiendish", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "uncompassionate", "unfeeling", "unkind", "unkindly", "unsympathetic", "vicious", "wanton" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "megacorporation":{ "as in chain , conglomerate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chain", "conglomerate", "multinational", "cartel", "combination", "combine", "syndicate", "trust", "association", "guild", "gild", "organization", "partnership", "pool", "union", "big business" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mentor":{ "as in adviser , counselor":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adviser", "advisor", "cicerone", "counselor", "counsellor", "guide", "driller", "drillmaster", "instructor", "teacher", "tutor", "handler", "manager", "coach", "trainer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "examples":[ "we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts" ], "synonyms":[ "coach", "counsel", "guide", "lead", "pilot", "shepherd", "show", "tutor" ], "near synonyms":[ "godfather", "direct", "engineer", "steer", "sway", "accompany", "attend", "chaperone", "chaperon", "convoy", "escort", "see", "squire", "oversee", "superintend", "supervise", "drill", "train", "brief", "enlighten", "inform", "instruct", "school", "teach", "inculcate", "indoctrinate", "cultivate", "foster", "nurture" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "medic":{ "a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{ "examples":[ "the wounded soldier called for a medic" ], "synonyms":[ "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medico", "physician", "sawbones" ], "near synonyms":[ "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "specialist", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "intern", "interne", "resident", "aidman", "nurse", "nurse-practitioner", "EMT", "paramedic", "paramedical", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medicine man":{ "as in shaman , witch doctor":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "shaman", "shamanist", "witch doctor", "charmer", "conjurer", "conjuror", "enchanter", "mage", "Magian", "magician", "magus", "necromancer", "sorcerer", "voodoo", "voodooist", "witch", "wizard", "enchantress", "hag", "hex", "sorceress", "warlock", "occultist", "thaumaturge", "thaumaturgist", "theurgist", "wonder-worker", "crystal gazer", "diviner", "foreseer", "fortune-teller", "prognosticator", "prophesier", "prophet", "seer", "soothsayer", "medium", "exorciser", "exorcist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "menus":{ "a list of 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nine-course menu that consisted of pocket-size portions of the chef's specialties" ], "synonyms":[ "chow", "feeds", "meals", "messes", "refections", "repasts", "tables" ], "near synonyms":[ "boards", "breakfasts", "buffets", "collations", "dinners", "luncheons", "lunches", "refreshments", "smorgasbords", "snacks", "suppers", "teas", "bites", "gulps", "morsels", "servings", "tastes", "banquets", "feasts", "regales", "spreads", "bakes", "barbecues", "barbeques", "clambakes", "cookouts", "fries", "fry-ups", "luaus", "picnics", "potlucks", "roasts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "media":{ "a middle point between extremes":{ "examples":[ "trying to achieve a happy medium as far as the demands of career and family are concerned" ], "synonyms":[ "golden means", "means", "middle grounds", "middles", "midpoints" ], "near synonyms":[ "arithmetic means", "averages", "medians", "norms", "pars", "standards" ], "near antonyms":[ "maxima", "maximums", "utmosts", "minima", "minimums" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something used to achieve an end":{ "examples":[ "regards political activism on the local level as the best medium for effecting social change" ], "synonyms":[ "agencies", "agents", "instrumentalities", "instruments", "machineries", "means", "ministries", "organs", "vehicles" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinants", "expedients", "factors", "influences", "ingredients", "mechanisms", "tools", "weapons", "activators", "animators", "catalysts", "drivers", "energizers", "executors", "generators", "impetuses", "incentives", "inspirations", "instigations", "instigators", "launchers", "movers", "powers", "stimuli", "triggers", "antecedents", "causes", "occasions", "reasons", "subagencies", "sub-agencies", "subagents", "sub-agents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the circumstances, conditions, or objects by which one is surrounded":{ "examples":[ "an artist who enjoys the cultural medium of the big city" ], "synonyms":[ "ambients", "atmospheres", "climates", "climes", "contexts", "contextures", "environments", "environs", "milieus", "milieux", "mise-en-sc\u00e8nes", "settings", "surroundings", "surrounds", "terrains" ], "near synonyms":[ "locations", "places", "positions", "spaces", "backdrops", "backgrounds", "elements", "situations", "statuses", "geographies", "habitats", "microenvironments" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{ "examples":[ "the medium claims that she can put the grieving parents in touch with the spirit of their deceased son" ], "synonyms":[ "channelers", "channels", "psychics", "spiritists", "spiritualists" ], "near synonyms":[ "clairvoyants", "mentalists", "mind readers", "telepaths", "sensitives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a place or opportunity for communicating ideas and information":{ "examples":[ "I think a blog might be a good medium for sharing your reviews of local restaurants" ], "synonyms":[ "forums", "fora", "outlets", "platforms", "soapboxes", "venues" ], "near synonyms":[ "channels", "conduits", "pipelines", "showcases", "stages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medicines":{ "a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{ "examples":[ "if you don't take all the doses of your medicine , you might get sick again" ], "synonyms":[ "cures", "drugs", "medicaments", "medications", "medicinals", "pharmaceuticals", "physics", "remedies", "specifics" ], "near synonyms":[ "cure-alls", "nostrums", "panaceas", "botanicals", "patent medicines", "prescription drugs", "prescriptions", "cordials", "potions", "tonics", "miracle drugs", "wonder drugs", "caps", "capsules", "pills", "tablets", "injections", "shots", "embrocations", "liniments", "lotions", "ointments", "poultices", "salves", "syrups", "sirups", "tinctures", "antibiotics", "antiseptics", "sera", "serums", "cathartics", "purgatives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "men of letters":{ "a person who creates a written work":{ "examples":[ "Shakespeare is widely renowned as one of the greatest men of letters ever to have lived." ], "synonyms":[ "authors", "litterateurs", "litt\u00e9rateurs", "penmen", "pens", "scribes", "scriveners", "writers" ], "near synonyms":[ "auteurs", "belletrists", "belle-lettrists", "stylists", "wordsmiths", "coauthors", "co-authors", "coscenarists", "co-scenarists", "cowriters", "co-writers", "ghostwriters", "hacks", "hatchet men", "scribblers", "wordmongers", "biographers", "hagiographers", "autobiographers", "memoirists", "memorialists", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists", "dramatists", "playwrights", "scenarists", "screenwriters", "scriptwriters", "prosaists", "prosateurs", "prosers", "bards", "poets", "rhymers", "versifiers", "bloggers", "columnists", "journalists", "newspapermen", "paragraphers", "reporters", "sportswriters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "Mexican standoffs":{ "a point in a struggle where neither side is capable of winning or willing to give in":{ "examples":[ "in the battle over bedtime the parents and their son are at a Mexican standoff" ], "synonyms":[ "deadlocks", "gridlocks", "halts", "impasses", "logjams", "stalemates", "standoffs", "standstills" ], "near synonyms":[ "dead ends", "binds", "bottlenecks", "corners", "dilemmas", "fixes", "holes", "jams", "morasses", "pickles", "pinches", "plights", "predicaments", "quagmires", "quandaries", "spots", "difficulties", "problems" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measures (out)":{ "as in admeasures , dishes out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "admeasures", "allots", "allows", "appropriates", "assigns", "dishes out", "divides", "divvies (up)", "dollops (out)", "lots", "parts", "proportions", "rations", "redistributes", "sets", "shares (out)", "splits", "administers", "allocates", "apportions", "deals (out)", "dispenses", "distributes", "doles out", "hands out", "metes (out)", "parcels (out)", "portions", "prorates", "bestows", "disburses", "furnishes", "issues", "provides", "shares", "supplies", "circulates", "disperses", "disseminates", "scatters", "spreads", "chips in", "contributes", "donates", "pledges", "reallocates", "reapportions" ], "near antonyms":[ "misallocates", "begrudges", "declines", "denies", "deprives (of)", "disallows", "refuses", "rejects", "withholds", "niggles (out)", "pinches", "skimps", "stints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "measure (up)":{ "as in meet , match":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "approach", "match", "meet", "rival", "touch", "add up (to)", "amount (to)", "come (to)", "correspond (to)", "emulate", "equal", "connote", "denote", "express", "import", "mean", "signify", "smack (of)", "spell", "suggest" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mediatrixes":{ "as in negotiators , mediators":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "intermediaries", "intermediates", "mediators", "moderators", "negotiators", "jurists", "justices", "magistrates", "conciliators", "go-betweens", "peacemakers", "reconcilers", "troubleshooters", "adjudicators", "arbiters", "arbitrators", "judges", "referees", "umpires", "deciders" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meteoric":{ "as in rocketing , breakneck":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "hurrying", "lightning", "quick", "racing", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping", "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "near antonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "languid", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "sluggish", "snaillike", "snail-paced", "tardy", "unhurried", "deliberate", "measured", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "lounging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in volatile , dynamic":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "changeable", "dynamic", "volatile", "acute", "sharp", "discontinuous", "saltatory", "abrupt", "sudden" ], "near antonyms":[ "gradational", "gradual", "incremental", "phased", "piecemeal", "step-by-step", "progressive", "stepped", "tapered", "imperceptible", "inching" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mediocre":{ "of average to below average quality":{ "examples":[ "your grades are mediocre and barely acceptable" ], "synonyms":[ "common", "fair", "indifferent", "medium", "middling", "ordinary", "passable", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "second-class", "second-rate", "so-so" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "alright", "decent", "OK", "okay", "reasonable", "satisfactory", "sufficient", "sufficing", "tolerable", "moderate", "modest", "presentable", "respectable", "minimal", "unexceptional", "fine", "good", "nice" ], "near antonyms":[ "A1", "capital", "choice", "classic", "distinguished", "excellent", "exceptional", "exquisite", "fabulous", "fantastic", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "matchless", "maximum", "nifty", "number one", "No. 1", "optimal", "optimum", "outstanding", "par excellence", "peerless", "preeminent", "prime", "sensational", "special", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supreme", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "unsurpassed", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "of low quality":{ "examples":[ "mediocre carvings in a pseudo-African style that are sold to tourists" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bargain-basement", "bum", "cheap", "cheapjack", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "el cheapo", "execrable", "gimcrack", "inferior", "junky", "lousy", "low-grade", "low-rent", "miserable", "poor", "rotten", "rubbishy", "schlock", "schlocky", "shlock", "shlocky", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "terrible", "trashy", "trumpery", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "indifferent", "lackluster", "second-class", "brummagem", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "kitsch", "kitschy", "meretricious", "ostentatious", "showy", "splashy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "near antonyms":[ "elegant", "handsome", "tasteful", "handcrafted", "polished", "refined" ], "antonyms":[ "excellent", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "good", "high-grade", "superior", "top-notch" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "messed (up)":{ "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "messed up the drawing and had to start over" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "bobbled", "boggled", "bollixed (up)", "booted", "botched", "buggered (up)", "bumbled", "bungled", "butchered", "dubbed", "flubbed", "fluffed", "foozled", "fouled up", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "mangled", "mucked up", "muffed", "murdered", "screwed up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blundered", "gummed (up)", "muddled", "piffled", "blemished", "blighted", "damaged", "flawed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "mutilated", "ruined", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "destroyed", "wrecked", "mishandled", "mismanaged" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "helped", "improved", "meliorated", "rectified", "refined", "reformed", "remedied", "doctored", "fixed", "patched", "reconditioned", "renovated", "repaired", "revamped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight" ], "synonyms":[ "confused", "deranged", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "discomposed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disjointed", "dislocated", "disordered", "disorganized", "disrupted", "disturbed", "hashed", "jumbled", "mixed (up)", "muddled", "mussed", "rumpled", "scrambled", "shuffled", "tousled", "tumbled", "upset" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroiled", "entangled", "snarled", "tangled", "agitated", "perturbed", "stirred (up)", "unsettled", "cluttered" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligned", "alined", "lined", "lined up", "queued", "classified", "codified", "methodized", "systematized", "systemized", "adjusted", "fixed", "groomed", "made up", "spruced (up)", "unscrambled" ], "antonyms":[ "arranged", "arrayed", "disposed", "drew up", "marshaled", "marshalled", "ordered", "organized", "ranged", "regulated", "straightened (up)", "tidied" ] }, "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again" ], "synonyms":[ "blundered", "boobed", "erred", "flubbed", "fluffed", "fouled up", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "screwed up", "slipped up", "stumbled", "tripped" ], "near synonyms":[ "nodded", "bobbled", "botched", "bungled", "butchered", "foozled", "mangled", "mishandled", "muffed", "murdered", "miscalculated", "misconceived", "miscounted", "miscued", "misdeemed", "misgauged", "misgaged", "misjudged", "mistook", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misunderstood" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "\"If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up !\" he threatened" ], "synonyms":[ "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "birched", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged up", "clubbed", "curried", "did", "drubbed", "fibbed", "flogged", "hammered", "hided", "laced", "lambasted", "lashed", "lathered", "licked", "mauled", "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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meetings of minds":{ "the state of being of one opinion about something":{ "examples":[ "The judge determined that there was no meeting of minds between the parties as to the terms of the contract." ], "synonyms":[ "accords", "agreements", "concurrences", "concurrencies", "consensuses", "unanimities", "unisons" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessions", "adhesions", "assentations", "assents", "consents", "acceptances", "acquiescences", "concessions", "embracements", "embraces", "approbations", "approvals", "favors", "alliances", "collaborations", "collusions", "complicities", "conspiracies", "compliances", "concerts", "concordances", "concords", "conformities", "consonances", "harmonies", "solidarities", "understandings", "unions", "empathies", "rapports", "sympathies" ], "near antonyms":[ "discords", "dissensions", "dissentions", "dissents", "oppositions", "resistances", "disapprobations", "disapprovals", "disfavors" ], "antonyms":[ "conflicts", "disagreements", "dissensuses" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "metronomical":{ "as in steady , regular":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "even", "regular", "steady", "uniform", "cadenced", "cadent", "measured", "metrical", "metric", "rhythmic", "rhythmical", "lilting", "musical", "swaying" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrhythmic", "nonmetrical", "unmeasured", "unrhythmic" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "methodic":{ "following a set method, arrangement, or pattern":{ "examples":[ "a methodical study plan that included lists of points to memorize" ], "synonyms":[ "neat", "orderly", "organized", "regular", "systematic", "systematized" ], "near synonyms":[ "ordered", "regularized", "standardized", "structured", "accurate", "clocklike", "correct", "exact", "precise", "detailed", "specific" ], "near antonyms":[ "chaotic", "disordered", "disorderly", "shambolic", "unordered" ], "antonyms":[ "disorganized", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "immethodical", "irregular", "nonsystematic", "patternless", "planless", "systemless", "unsystematic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mentions":{ "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "you only mentioned in passing some of your accomplishments" ], "synonyms":[ "adverts (to)", "cites", "drops", "instances", "names", "notes", "notices", "quotes", "refers (to)", "specifies", "touches (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "alludes (to)", "hints (at)", "implies", "indicates", "infers", "intends", "intimates", "suggests", "points (out)", "signals", "signifies", "denominates", "designates", "indicates", "brings up", "broaches", "interjects", "interpolates", "interposes", "introduces", "infiltrates", "insinuates", "worms", "advertises", "announces", "broadcasts", "declares", "proclaims", "pronounces", "publicizes", "publishes", "sounds", "clarifies", "clears (up)", "elucidates", "explains", "explicates", "spells out" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregards", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "slights" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give as an example":{ "examples":[ "mentioned several legal precedents in support of her argument" ], "synonyms":[ "adduces", "cites", "instances", "quotes" ], "near synonyms":[ "exemplifies", "represents", "adverts (to)", "illustrates", "names", "refers (to)", "specifies", "touches (on or upon)", "bears out", "corroborates", "documents", "substantiates", "validates", "references", "sources" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a formal recognition of an achievement or praiseworthy deed":{ "examples":[ "received a special mention for her submission to the exhibition of local artists" ], "synonyms":[ "acknowledgments", "acknowledgements", "citations", "commendations" ], "near synonyms":[ "decorations", "medals", "ribbons", "accolades", "awards", "honors", "kudos", "prizes", "tributes", "dedications" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mendacity":{ "a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{ "examples":[ "highly fictionalized \"memoirs\" in which the facts were few and the mendacities many" ], "synonyms":[ "fable", "fabrication", "fairy tale", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "lie", "prevarication", "story", "tale", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "untruth", "whopper" ], "near synonyms":[ "distortion", "exaggeration", "half-truth", "ambiguity", "equivocation", "obliquity", "defamation", "libel", "slander", "perjury", "bluff", "fiction", "pose", "pretense", "pretence", "humbug", "jive", "nonsense", "canard", "fallacy", "misconception", "myth", "falsification", "misinformation", "misreport", "misrepresentation", "misstatement", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "duplicity", "fraudulence" ], "near antonyms":[ "fact", "truism", "verity", "honesty", "truthfulness", "veracity", "authentication", "confirmation", "substantiation", "validation", "verification" ], "antonyms":[ "truth" ] }, "the tendency to tell lies":{ "examples":[ "you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity , or no one will ever believe anything you say" ], "synonyms":[ "deceit", "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "falsehood", "mendaciousness", "untruthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "artifice", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "cunning", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "insincerity", "trickishness", "wiliness", "falseness", "hypocrisy" ], "near antonyms":[ "honor", "incorruptibility", "candidness", "candor", "frankness", "good faith", "plainspokenness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "trustworthiness", "accuracy", "objectivity", "authenticity", "correctness", "genuineness", "credibility" ], "antonyms":[ "honesty", "integrity", "probity", "truthfulness", "veraciousness", "veracity", "verity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandised":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "dealt (in)", "marketed", "put up", "retailed", "sold", "vended" ], "near synonyms":[ "presold", "wholesaled", "remarketed", "resold", "hawked", "peddled", "bartered", "distributed", "exchanged", "exported", "handled", "traded", "trafficked (in)", "advertised", "ballyhooed", "boosted", "plugged", "promoted", "touted", "bargained", "chaffered", "dickered", "haggled", "horse-traded", "paltered", "auctioned", "provided", "supplied", "carried", "kept", "stocked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bought", "purchased" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merriments":{ "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "their unexpected merriment made him nervously inquire as to the reason for it" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "jollification", "jollity", "merrymaking", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mergences":{ "as in interfusions , commixtures":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absorptions", "coalescences", "coalitions", "commixtures", "concretions", "homogenizations", "immixtures", "incorporations", "integrations", "interfusions", "mergers", "couplings", "unifications", "unions", "accumulations", "aggregations", "conglomerations", "admixtures", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "blends", "combinations", "composites", "compounds", "fusions", "intermixtures", "melds", "mixes", "mixtures", "syntheses" ], "near antonyms":[ "bifurcations", "breakups", "cleavages", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "fractionalizations", "fractionations", "partitions", "schisms", "scissions", "splits", "decompositions", "disassemblies", "dismemberments", "segmentations", "subdivisions", "isolations", "seclusions", "segregations", "sequestrations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mementos":{ "something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{ "examples":[ "kept a seashell as a memento of their first meeting, which happened to be at the beach" ], "synonyms":[ "commemoratives", "keepsakes", "memorials", "monuments", "remembrances", "reminders", "souvenirs", "tokens" ], "near synonyms":[ "memorabilias", "relics", "vestiges", "cairns", "landmarks", "markers", "testimonials", "tributes", "cenotaphs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metrics":{ "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{ "examples":[ "according to the usual metrics by which we judge fiction, this novel is an utter failure" ], "synonyms":[ "barometers", "bars", "benchmarks", "criteria", "criterions", "gold standards", "grades", "marks", "measures", "pars", "standards", "touchstones", "yardsticks" ], "near synonyms":[ "cases", "examples", "instances", "averages", "norms", "rules", "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "zeniths" ], "near antonyms":[ "aberrations", "abnormalities", "deviations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandizes":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deals (in)", "markets", "puts up", "retails", "sells", "vends" ], "near synonyms":[ "presells", "wholesales", "remarkets", "resells", "hawks", "peddles", "barters", "distributes", "exchanges", "exports", "handles", "trades", "traffics (in)", "advertises", "ballyhoos", "boosts", "plugs", "promotes", "touts", "bargains", "chaffers", "dickers", "haggles", "horse-trades", "palters", "auctions", "provides", "supplies", "carries", "keeps", "stocks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buys", "purchases" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "memorandums":{ "a written communication giving information or directions":{ "examples":[ "I'm waiting for the memorandum that will explain the new vacation policy" ], "synonyms":[ "directives", "memos", "notices" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcements", "bulletins", "declarations", "notifications", "postings", "proclamations", "pronouncements", "releases", "dispatches", "reports", "edicts", "pronunciamentos", "pronunciamentoes", "rescripts", "charges", "commands", "dictates", "directions", "instructions", "orders", "words", "encyclicals", "epistles", "jottings", "letters", "mails", "messages", "missives", "notes", "posts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a message on paper from one person or group to another":{ "examples":[ "the studio executives depend on endless memoranda to keep track of what's going on at a movie shot on location" ], "synonyms":[ "dispatches", "epistles", "letters", "memos", "missives", "notes" ], "near synonyms":[ "billets-doux", "open letters", "airmails", "cards", "electronic mails", "e-mails", "junk mails", "mails", "postal cards", "postcards", "communications", "reports", "encyclicals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually brief written reminder":{ "examples":[ "dispatched a memorandum to her secretary about the assignment" ], "synonyms":[ "jottings", "memos", "notations", "notes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bordereaux", "memoirs", "memorials", "minutes", "protocols", "reports", "lines", "documents", "writings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercy":{ "kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{ "examples":[ "always show your enemies mercy , because it makes you a better person" ], "synonyms":[ "charity", "clemency", "forbearance", "lenience", "leniency", "lenity", "mercifulness", "quarter" ], "near synonyms":[ "humanitarianism", "philanthropy", "empathy", "pity", "sympathy", "understanding", "commiseration", "favor", "grace", "benevolence", "care", "compassion", "gentleness", "goodness", "goodwill", "humaneness", "kindliness", "kindness", "meekness", "mildness", "niceness", "softness", "tenderness", "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "nobility", "affection", "devotion", "love", "worship" ], "near antonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "uncharitableness", "reprisal", "requital", "retaliation", "retribution", "revenge", "vengeance", "venom", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "atrocity", "barbarity", "brutality", "cruelty", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "violence", "wantonness", "castigation", "chastisement", "discipline", "punishment", "scolding", "abhorrence", "abomination", "detestation", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "cattiness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "gall", "grudge", "hostility", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "bile", "jaundice", "rancor", "hatefulness", "invidiousness", "coarseness", "hardness", "harshness", "roughness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an act of kind assistance":{ "examples":[ "did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded" ], "synonyms":[ "benevolence", "boon", "courtesy", "favor", "grace", "indulgence", "kindness", "service", "turn" ], "near synonyms":[ "dispensation", "waiver", "advantage", "benefit", "blessing", "godsend", "manna", "liberty", "license", "licence", "privilege" ], "near antonyms":[ "hindrance", "hurdle", "impediment", "interference", "obstacle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{ "examples":[ "a woman of such mercy that she's been known to cry over dead rodents" ], "synonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "charity", "commiseration", "compassion", "feeling", "good-heartedness", "heart", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "largeheartedness", "pity", "ruth", "softheartedness", "sympathy", "warmheartedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "feelings", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitivity", "affection", "love", "regard", "affinity", "empathy", "rapport", "altruism", "benevolence", "benignancy", "benignity", "generosity", "goodwill", "humaneness", "humanism", "humanitarianism", "philanthropy" ], "near antonyms":[ "callousness", "coldness", "disinterest", "indifference", "unconcern", "cruelty", "harshness", "animosity", "antipathy", "dislike", "hatred", "hostility" ], "antonyms":[ "coldheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mensurable":{ "as in measurable , fathomable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fathomable", "measurable", "numerable", "limited", "circumscribed", "confined", "restricted", "definable", "defined", "definite", "determinate", "discrete", "decided", "established", "fixed", "set", "exact", "finite", "precise", "specific" ], "near antonyms":[ "unconfined", "unrestricted", "immeasurable", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "measureless", "undefinable", "undefined", "unfathomable", "boundless", "endless", "illimitable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbounded", "unlimited" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merchantman":{ "as in warship , freighter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carrier", "argosy", "barge", "coaster", "collier", "containership", "corvette", "cruiser", "cutter", "destroyer", "ferryboat", "flagship", "freighter", "icebreaker", "ironclad", "lightship", "liner", "man-of-war", "man-o'-war", "merchant ship", "motor ship", "packet", "steamer", "steamship", "superliner", "supertanker", "tanker", "trader", "tramp", "transport", "warship", "watercraft", "boat", "keel", "ship", "vessel", "bark", "barque", "brig", "brigantine", "caravel", "clipper", "junk", "ketch", "sailboat", "schooner", "square-rigger", "tall ship", "windjammer", "xebec", "yacht" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metamorphosis":{ "a change in form, appearance, or use":{ "examples":[ "the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies", "the metamorphosis of the abandoned factory into a mixed-use property" ], "synonyms":[ "changeover", "conversion", "transfiguration", "transformation" ], "near synonyms":[ "shift", "transition", "adjustment", "alteration", "modification", "reconstruction", "reconversion", "redo", "redoing", "refashioning", "reformation", "remaking", "remodeling", "revamping", "revision", "reworking", "variation", "deformation", "disfigurement", "distortion", "mutation", "transmutation", "displacement", "replacement", "substitution", "supplantation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megalopolis":{ "a thickly settled, highly populated area":{ "examples":[ "what was once a series of discrete towns interspersed with countryside is now one vast megalopolis" ], "synonyms":[ "asphalt jungle", "burg", "city", "cosmopolis", "megacity", "metropolis", "municipality", "town" ], "near synonyms":[ "borough", "conurbation", "urban sprawl", "exurb", "suburb", "suburbia", "central city", "edge city", "garden city", "core city", "downtown", "inner city", "midtown" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melioration":{ "as in increase , boost":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "amelioration", "boost", "heightening", "increase", "quantum leap", "strengthening", "upgrade", "uplift", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn", "advance", "advancement", "breakthrough", "enhancement", "refinement", "betterment", "development", "elaboration", "evolution", "expansion", "gestation", "growth", "maturation", "perfection", "ripening", "civilization", "edification", "education", "enlightenment", "renaissance", "renascence", "revival", "discovery", "find", "windfall", "innovation", "invention" ], "near antonyms":[ "breakdown", "collapse", "crash", "hindrance", "impediment", "stumbling block", "decadence", "decay", "declension", "decline", "decrease", "degeneration", "descent", "deterioration", "diminishment", "downgrade", "ebbing", "failing", "flagging", "languishment", "lapse", "lessening", "reduction", "sinking", "slowing", "weakening", "worsening", "detriment", "disablement", "drawback", "glitch", "impairment", "shortcoming", "setback" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercy killings":{ "the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering":{ "examples":[ "Some called her death a mercy killing ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assisted suicides", "euthanasias", "physician-assisted suicides", "blood", "foul play", "homicides", "murders", "rubouts", "slayings", "chance-medleys", "killings", "manslaughters", "bloodsheds", "butcheries", "carnages", "decimations", "destructions", "massacres", "slaughters", "assassinations", "executions", "hits", "filicides", "fratricides", "matricides", "parricides", "patricides", "regicides", "uxoricides" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medallists":{ "as in prizewinners":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "prizewinners", "finalists", "quarterfinalists", "semifinalists", "megastars", "stars", "superstars", "placers", "world-beaters", "cochampions", "co-champions", "cowinners", "co-winners", "champions", "champs", "titleholders", "titlists", "victors", "winners" ], "near antonyms":[ "losers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messing (with)":{ "to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{ "examples":[ "please don't mess with the buttons on the camera" ], "synonyms":[ "diddling (with)", "fiddling (with)", "fooling (with)", "monkeying (with)", "playing (with)", "tampering (with)", "tinkering (with)", "toying (with)", "twiddling (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abusing", "altering", "doctoring", "manhandling", "manipulating", "mistreating", "misusing", "butting in", "interfering", "intruding", "meddling", "mucking (about or around)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "medicinals":{ "a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{ "examples":[ "the discovery that the plant is a potent medicinal once it has been refined" ], "synonyms":[ "cures", "drugs", "medicaments", "medications", "medicines", "pharmaceuticals", "physics", "remedies", "specifics" ], "near synonyms":[ "cure-alls", "nostrums", "panaceas", "botanicals", "patent medicines", "prescription drugs", "prescriptions", "cordials", "potions", "tonics", "miracle drugs", "wonder drugs", "caps", "capsules", "pills", "tablets", "injections", "shots", "embrocations", "liniments", "lotions", "ointments", "poultices", "salves", "syrups", "sirups", "tinctures", "antibiotics", "antiseptics", "sera", "serums", "cathartics", "purgatives" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megalith":{ "as in monument , obelisk":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gravestone", "headstone", "monument", "stone", "tombstone", "monolith", "obelisk", "pillar", "burial", "sepulchre", "sepulcher", "sepulture", "tomb", "cross", "marker", "plaque", "table", "tablet", "memorial", "shrine" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "men":{ "an adult male human being":{ "examples":[ "several men will be needed to dig up the old tree stump in the backyard" ], "synonyms":[ "bastards", "blokes", "bucks", "cats", "chappies", "chaps", "dudes", "fellas", "fellers", "fellows", "galoots", "gentlemen", "gents", "guys", "hombres", "jacks", "joes", "jokers", "lads", "males" ], "near synonyms":[ "masters", "misters", "sirs", "buddies", "busters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a male romantic companion":{ "examples":[ "I'm going to see my man again tonight" ], "synonyms":[ "beaux", "beaus", "boyfriends", "boys", "fellows", "old men", "swains" ], "near synonyms":[ "admirers", "crushes", "steadies", "gallants", "suitors", "wooers", "beloveds", "darlings", "dears", "favorites", "flames", "honeys", "lovers", "loves", "significant others", "soul mates", "sparkers", "sparks", "squeezes", "sweethearts", "sweetie pies", "sweeties", "sweets", "valentines", "fancy men", "gigolos", "dates", "escorts", "grooms", "husbands", "fianc\u00e9s", "intendeds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "every man has a responsibility to safeguard the planet" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "beings", "birds", "bodies", "bods", "characters", "cookies", "creatures", "customers", "devils", "ducks", "eggs", "faces", "fish", "fishes", "guys", "heads", "human beings", "humans", "individuals", "lives", "mortals", "parties", "people", "personages", "scouts", "slobs", "sorts", "souls", "specimens", "stiffs", "things", "wights" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominids", "homos", "humanoids", "brothers", "brethren", "fellowmen", "fellows", "neighbors", "celebrities", "personalities", "selves", "somebodies" ], "near antonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "brutes", "critters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the human race":{ "examples":[ "man is always coming up with new advances in science and technology" ], "synonyms":[ "humanities", "humankinds" ], "near synonyms":[ "beings", "bodies", "creatures", "fellowmen", "humans", "individuals", "mortals", "parties", "people" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the male partner in a marriage":{ "examples":[ "I now pronounce you man and wife" ], "synonyms":[ "hubbies", "husbands", "misters", "old men" ], "near synonyms":[ "better halves", "companions", "consorts", "mates", "partners", "significant others", "spouses", "Mr. Rights", "soul mates", "bridegrooms", "grooms", "benedicts", "widowers", "househusbands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a body of officers of the law":{ "examples":[ "the crowd of onlookers quickly scattered when the man arrived on the scene" ], "synonyms":[ "constabularies", "forces", "fuzzes", "heat", "police", "police forces" ], "near synonyms":[ "bluecoats", "bobbies", "bulls", "constables", "coppers", "cops", "gendarmes", "officers", "peelers", "policemen", "police officers", "policewomen", "shamuses", "troopers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mendaciously":{ "as in deceitfully , untruthfully":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deceitfully", "untruthfully", "civilly", "courteously", "diplomatically", "politely", "tactfully", "erroneously", "fallaciously", "falsely", "hypocritically", "insincerely", "long-windedly", "verbosely", "wordily", "ambiguously", "circuitously", "equivocally", "evasively", "indirectly" ], "near antonyms":[ "directly", "forthrightly", "foursquare", "plain", "plainly", "straight", "straightforward", "straightforwards", "straightforwardly", "baldly", "bluffly", "candidly", "frankly", "honestly", "openheartedly", "openly", "unguardedly", "unreservedly", "artlessly", "earnestly", "simply", "sincerely" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "meretricious":{ "attractive in a cheap or false way":{ "examples":[ "meretricious beauty lacking in any real substance" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "jazzy", "loud", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "arresting", "bodacious", "bold", "brilliant", "catchy", "commanding", "conspicuous", "dramatic", "emphatic", "eye-catching", "flamboyant", "grabby", "kenspeckle", "marked", "noisy", "noticeable", "prominent", "pronounced", "remarkable", "showy", "splashy", "striking", "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "observable", "perceptible", "recognizable", "visible", "outstanding", "salient", "distinguished", "eminent", "impressive", "notable", "noteworthy", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "flagrant", "glaring", "howling", "screaming", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "ostentatious", "pretentious", "extravagant", "fancy", "florid", "glittery", "spectacular", "opulent", "ornate", "overdone", "overwrought", "absorbing", "engrossing", "enthralling", "fascinating", "interesting", "riveting" ], "near antonyms":[ "subtle", "concealed", "hidden", "shrouded", "dim", "faint", "obscure", "insignificant", "undistinguished", "unimportant", "modest", "unaffected", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "conservative", "plain", "quiet", "simple", "understated", "muted", "restrained", "subdued", "subtle", "toned-down", "unflashy", "inconspicuous", "unemphatic", "unflamboyant", "unnoticeable", "unobtrusive", "unremarkable", "unshowy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "meditate":{ "to give serious and careful thought to":{ "examples":[ "I've been meditating a career change for months" ], "synonyms":[ "chew over", "cogitate", "consider", "contemplate", "debate", "deliberate", "entertain", "eye", "kick around", "mull (over)", "perpend", "ponder", "pore (over)", "question", "revolve", "ruminate", "study", "think (about or over)", "turn", "weigh", "wrestle (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "muse (upon)", "reflect (on or upon)", "reminisce", "analyze", "explore", "review", "conclude", "reason", "second-guess", "speculate (about)", "brood (about or over)", "dwell (on or upon)", "fixate (on or upon)", "fret (about or over)", "obsess (about or over)", "believe", "conceive", "opine", "absorb", "assimilate", "digest", "drink (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "ignore", "overlook", "slight", "dismiss", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "had meditated a quick return to work after having the baby, but circumstances changed" ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "allow", "aspire", "calculate", "contemplate", "design", "go", "intend", "look", "mean", "plan", "propose", "purport", "purpose" ], "near synonyms":[ "dream", "hope", "wish", "consider", "debate", "mull (over)", "ponder", "attempt", "endeavor", "strive", "struggle", "try", "plot", "scheme", "accomplish", "achieve", "effect", "execute", "perform" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mergence":{ "as in interfusion , immingling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absorption", "blending", "coalescence", "coalition", "commingling", "commixture", "concretion", "homogenization", "immingling", "immixture", "incorporation", "integration", "interfusion", "intermingling", "merger", "merging", "mingling", "coupling", "linking", "unification", "union", "accumulation", "aggregation", "conglomeration", "admixture", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "blend", "combination", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "meld", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis" ], "near antonyms":[ "bifurcation", "breakup", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "split", "sundering", "decomposition", "disassembly", "dismemberment", "segmentation", "subdivision", "isolation", "seclusion", "segregation", "sequestration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mediatrix":{ "as in negotiator , mediator":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "intermediary", "intermediate", "mediator", "moderator", "negotiator", "jurist", "justice", "magistrate", "conciliator", "go-between", "peacemaker", "reconciler", "troubleshooter", "adjudicator", "arbiter", "arbitrator", "judge", "referee", "umpire", "decider" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medicating":{ "as in treating , doctoring":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attending", "caring (for)", "doctoring", "ministering (to)", "nursing", "treating", "bandaging", "binding", "dressing", "swathing", "curing", "healing", "mending", "rehabilitating", "remedying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meddlesomeness":{ "as in interference , officiousness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "interference", "intrusiveness", "obtrusiveness", "officiousness", "inquiry", "interrogation", "prying", "questioning", "eavesdropping", "rubbernecking", "attentiveness", "concern", "interest", "regard", "wonderment", "curiosity", "curiousness", "inquisitiveness", "nosiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "incuriosity", "incuriousness", "apathy", "disinterestedness", "disregard", "indifference", "unconcern" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "methodologies":{ "a way of acting or proceeding":{ "examples":[ "for solving crossword puzzles my usual methodology is to 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antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meticulous":{ "taking, showing, or involving great care and effort":{ "examples":[ "did a meticulous job of restoring the painting" ], "synonyms":[ "careful", "conscientious", "fussy", "loving", "painstaking", "scrupulous" ], "near synonyms":[ "assiduous", "diligent", "indefatigable", "persevering", "sedulous", "exhaustive", "thorough", "thoroughgoing", "alert", "attentive", "observant", "vigilant", "watchful", "accurate", "exact", "precise", "strict", "critical", "demanding", "discriminating", "exacting", "fastidious", "finicky", "particular", "cautious", "chary", "circumspect", "gingerly", "guarded", "heedful", "mindful", "wary", "deliberate", "plodding", "slow", "studied", "thoughtful", "all-out", "determined", "dogged", "intensive", "patient", "tenacious", "tireless", "zealous" ], "near antonyms":[ "cursory", "halfhearted", "heedless", "inattentive", "incautious", "mindless", "regardless", "unguarded", "unsafe", "unwary", "lax", "neglectful", "negligent", "slipshod", "sloppy", "slovenly", "imprecise", "inaccurate", "uncritical", "undemanding", "undiscriminating", "bold", "impetuous", "rash", "reckless", "apathetic", "indifferent", "lackadaisical", "lazy", "lazyish" ], "antonyms":[ "careless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "melodramatized":{ "as in overplayed , sensationalized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "overemphasized", "overplayed", "sensationalized", "exaggerated", "overdid", "overdrew", "overstated", "put on", "colored", "elaborated", "embellished", "embroidered", "magnified", "padded", "played up", "stretched", "fudged", "hedged" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittled", "minimized", "played down", "understated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "members":{ "one of the parts that make up a whole":{ "examples":[ "you're only one member of this group effort" ], "synonyms":[ "building blocks", "components", "constituents", "elements", "factors", "ingredients" ], "near synonyms":[ "bases", "part and parcels", "details", "items", "particulars", "points", "aspects", "characteristics", "facets", "features", "traits", "divisions", "fragments", "particles", "partitions", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "sectors", "segments", "subcomponents", "sub-components" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "masses", "entireties", "summations", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "admixtures", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "blends", "combinations", "intermixtures", "mixes", "mixtures" ], "antonyms":[ "wholes" ] }, "one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{ "examples":[ "lost an indispensable member of the model airplane kit" ], "synonyms":[ "partitions", "parts", "portions", "sections", "segments" ], "near synonyms":[ "components", "constituents", "elements", "factors", "ingredients", "moieties", "parcels", "cuts", "lengths", "bits", "fragments", "particles", "scraps" ], "near antonyms":[ "wholes", "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "sums", "totalities", "totals" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mess over":{ "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "examples":[ "her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years" ], "synonyms":[ "abuse", "brutalize", "bully", "ill-treat", "ill-use", "kick around", "maltreat", "manhandle", "mishandle", "mistreat", "misuse" ], "near synonyms":[ "molest", "outrage", "violate", "harass", "harm", "hurt", "injure", "oppress", "persecute", "torment", "torture", "burn", "sandbag", "victimize", "wrong", "beat (up)", "mess (up)", "rough (up)", "work (over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "care (for)", "cherish", "foster", "nurture", "baby", "cater (to)", "coddle", "favor", "gratify", "humor", "indulge", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meister":{ "a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{ "examples":[ "asked the office's wine meister to recommend a good bottle for a dinner party that she was hosting" ], "synonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "artist", "authority", "cognoscente", "connoisseur", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dab", "dab hand", "expert", "fiend", "geek", "guru", "hand", "hotshot", "maestro", "master", "maven", "mavin", "past master", "proficient", "scholar", "shark", "sharp", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard" ], "near synonyms":[ "pro", "professional", "consultant", "hired gun", "specialist", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "craftsman", "journeyman", "all-rounder", "jack-of-all-trades", "Renaissance man", "mistress" ], "near antonyms":[ "apprentice", "beginner", "neophyte", "novice", "dabbler", "dilettante", "layman", "nonprofessional" ], "antonyms":[ "amateur", "inexpert", "nonexpert" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measures (up)":{ "as in meets , matches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "approaches", "matches", "meets", "rivals", "touches", "adds up (to)", "amounts (to)", "comes (to)", "corresponds (to)", "emulates", "equals", "connotes", "denotes", "expresses", "imports", "means", "signifies", "smacks (of)", "spells", "suggests" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "messianic":{ "as in zealous , crusading":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "crusading", "zealous", "impractical", "unrealistic", "dewy-eyed", "moonstruck", "moony", "sentimental", "tender-minded", "idealist", "idealistic", "quixotic", "quixotical", "romantic", "starry", "starry-eyed", "utopian", "visionary", "hopeful", "optimistic", "Pollyannaish", "Pollyannish", "rosy", "upbeat", "doctrinaire", "ideological", "ideologic" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear-eyed", "clear-sighted", "hardheaded", "hard-nosed", "tough-minded", "unsentimental", "practical", "pragmatic", "pragmatical", "realistic" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mellow (out)":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "I'm going to need to mellow out when this stressful week is finally at an end" ], 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"squads", "teams", "branches", "chapters", "locals", "sisterhoods", "sororities", "cabals", "camarillas", "camorras", "confederacies", "conspiracies", "bands", "gangs", "rings", "cartels", "combines", "syndicates", "associations", "boards", "brotherhoods", "chambers", "clubs", "colleges", "congresses", "consortia", "consortiums", "councils", "fellowships", "fraternities", "guilds", "gilds", "institutes", "institutions", "leagues", "orders", "organizations", "societies", "sodalities" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the number of people in a group or organization":{ "examples":[ "The club's membership has been around 400 for the past several years." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "counts", "classes", "rosters", "enrollments", "enrolments", "registries" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the state of being a member of a group or organization":{ "examples":[ "We allowed our membership in the discount club to lapse." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliations", "alliances", "associations", "collaborations", "confederations", "connections", "cooperations", "hookups", "liaisons", "linkups", "partnerships", "relations", "relationships", "tie-ups", "unions", "businesses", "dealings", "interactions", "exchanges", "interconnections", "interrelations", "mutualisms", "reciprocities", "symbioses", "incorporations", "integrations", "mergers", "unifications", "affinities", "attachments", "intimacies", "rapports", "sympathies", "kinships", "solidarities", "unities", "colleagueships", "companies", "companionships", "fellowships", "beds", "cahoots", "leagues" ], "near antonyms":[ "disaffiliations", "dissociations", "breakups", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "partings", "separations", "severances", "splits", "alienations", "divorces", "estrangements" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mealy":{ "lacking a healthy skin color":{ "examples":[ "her mealy complexion might be OK if she were a mime, but she isn't" ], "synonyms":[ "ashen", "ashy", "blanched", "cadaverous", "doughy", "livid", "lurid", "pale", "paled", "pallid", "pasty", "peaked", "wan" ], "near synonyms":[ "sallow", "sallowish", "sick", "sickly", "waxen", "waxy", "white", "whitened", "anemic", "bloodless", "untanned", "whey-faced", "white-faced" ], "near antonyms":[ "blushing", "flushed", "pink" ], "antonyms":[ "blooming", "florid", "flush", "full-blooded", "glowing", "red", "rosy", "rubicund", "ruddy", "sanguine" ] }, "not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{ "examples":[ "a mealy apology that was really no apology at all" ], "synonyms":[ "artificial", "backhanded", "counterfeit", "double", "double-dealing", "double-faced", "fake", "feigned", "hypocritical", "insincere", "Janus-faced", "jive", "left-handed", "lip", "mealymouthed", "Pecksniffian", "phony", "phoney", "phony-baloney", "phoney-baloney", "pretended", "two-faced", "unctuous" ], "near synonyms":[ "affected", "assumed", "claptrap", "contrived", "forced", "mechanical", "put-on", "simulated", "strained", "unnatural", "empty", "hollow", "meaningless", "deceitful", "devious", "dishonest", "false", "untruthful", "facile", "glib", "superficial", "bogus", "sham", "campy", "facetious", "jocular", "tongue-in-cheek", "canting", "pharisaical", "pious", "sanctimonious", "self-righteous", "simon-pure" ], "near antonyms":[ "direct", "forthright", "frank", "heart-to-heart", "open", "plain", "straightforward" ], "antonyms":[ "artless", "candid", "genuine", "heartfelt", "honest", "sincere", "undesigning", "unfeigned" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "meshugah":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "when your mother is meshuga like his was, a lifetime of therapy is pretty much a foregone conclusion" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "brainsick", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "megahit":{ "a person or thing that is successful":{ "examples":[ "the band's latest album is a megahit" ], "synonyms":[ "blockbuster", "hit", "smash", "success", "supernova", "winner" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue chip", "blue chipper", "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dandy", "jim-dandy", "pip", "prizewinner", "gem", "jewel", "treasure", "marvel", "natural", "phenomenon", "sensation", "wonder", "coup", "triumph", "victory" ], "near antonyms":[ "disappointment", "fizzle", "lemon", "loser" ], "antonyms":[ "bomb", "bummer", "bust", "catastrophe", "clinker", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "dud", "failure", "fiasco", "flop", "misfire", "turkey", "washout" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meticulosity":{ "strict attentiveness to what one is doing":{ "examples":[ "the meticulosity with which she placed each piece of china, crystal, and silver on the table" ], "synonyms":[ "care", "carefulness", "closeness", "conscientiousness", "heed", "heedfulness", "meticulousness", "pains", "scrupulousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertence", "advertency", "attention", "concentration", "focus", "observance", "observation", "alertness", "mindfulness", "vigilance", "watchfulness", "dutifulness", "irreproachability", "irreproachableness", "punctiliousness", "responsibility", "bother", "effort", "painstaking", "trouble", "exactness", "particularity", "precision" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadvertence", "inadvertency", "inattention", "inobservance" ], "antonyms":[ "heedlessness", "inattentiveness", "negligence" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memento":{ "something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{ "examples":[ "kept a seashell as a memento of their first meeting, which happened to be at the beach" ], "synonyms":[ "commemorative", "keepsake", "memorial", "monument", "remembrance", "reminder", "souvenir", "token" ], "near synonyms":[ "memorabilia", "relic", "vestige", "cairn", "landmark", "marker", "testimonial", "tribute", "cenotaph" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mentioned":{ "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "you only mentioned in passing some of your accomplishments" ], "synonyms":[ "adverted (to)", "cited", "dropped", "instanced", "named", "noted", "noticed", "quoted", "referred (to)", "specified", "touched (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluded (to)", "hinted (at)", "implied", "indicated", "inferred", "intended", "intimated", "suggested", "pointed (out)", "signaled", "signalled", "signified", "denominated", "designated", "indicated", "broached", "brought up", "interjected", "interpolated", "interposed", "introduced", "infiltrated", "insinuated", "wormed", "advertised", "announced", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "declared", "proclaimed", "pronounced", "publicized", "published", "sounded", "clarified", "cleared (up)", "elucidated", "explained", "explicated", "spelled out" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "slighted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give as an example":{ "examples":[ "mentioned several legal precedents in support of her argument" ], "synonyms":[ "adduced", "cited", "instanced", "quoted" ], "near synonyms":[ "exemplified", "represented", "adverted (to)", "illustrated", "named", "referred (to)", "specified", "touched (on or upon)", "bore out", "corroborated", "documented", "substantiated", "validated", "referenced", "sourced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merited":{ "being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{ "examples":[ "the punishment, although harsh, was entirely merited" ], "synonyms":[ "competent", "condign", "deserved", "due", "fair", "just", "justified", "right", "rightful", "warranted" ], "near synonyms":[ "applicable", "appropriate", "apt", "fit", "fitting", "meet", "proper", "requisite", "suitable", "lawful", "legal", "legitimate", "accurate", "correct", "true", "rhadamanthine", "strict", "stringent", "uncompromising", "equitable", "impartial", "square" ], "near antonyms":[ "incoherent", "incorrect", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "improper", "inapplicable", "inapposite", "inappropriate", "inapt", "indefensible", "unjustifiable", "unreasonable", "unsuitable", "biased", "inequitable", "partial", "unequal", "arbitrary", "despotic", "illegitimate", "unlawful" ], "antonyms":[ "undeserved", "undue", "unfair", "unjust", "unjustified", "unmerited", "unwarranted" ] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserved", "earned", "rated" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitled", "qualified" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "memorializes":{ "to be a memorial of":{ "examples":[ "at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott" ], "synonyms":[ "commemorates", "monumentalizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "celebrates", "keeps", "observes", "remembers", "enshrines", "exalts", "glorifies", "honors", "blesses", "consecrates", "sanctifies", "solemnizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "disgraces", "dishonors" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mendicants":{ "a person who lives by public begging":{ "examples":[ "those wretched mendicants on the streets of Calcutta" ], "synonyms":[ "beggars", "panhandlers" ], "near synonyms":[ "bohemians", "bums", "clochards", "drifters", "hoboes", "hobos", "tramps", "vagabonds", "vagrants", "guttersnipes", "urchins", "waifs", "miserables", "paupers", "bludgers", "cadgers", "hangers-on", "leeches", "moochers", "parasites", "schnorrers", "spongers", "sponges", "dependents", "deadbeats", "derelicts", "idlers", "ne'er-do-wells" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "measuring (up)":{ "as in meeting , matching":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "approaching", "matching", "meeting", "rivaling", "rivalling", "touching", "adding up (to)", "amounting (to)", "coming (to)", "corresponding (to)", "emulating", "equaling", "equalling", "connoting", "denoting", "expressing", "importing", "meaning", "signifying", "smacking (of)", "spelling", "suggesting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "messed around":{ "to spend time in aimless activity":{ "examples":[ "spent the vacation day just messing around" ], "synonyms":[ "doodled", "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "fribbled", "goofed (around)", "hung about", "kicked around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled" ], "near synonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "clowned (around)", "horsed around", "diddled (with)", "tinkered" ], "near antonyms":[ "buckled (down)", "knuckled down", "settled (down)", "set (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{ "examples":[ "a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women" ], "synonyms":[ "coquetted", "dallied", "flirted", "frivoled", "frivolled", "toyed", "trifled" ], "near synonyms":[ "vamped", "courted", "mashed", "wooed", "joshed", "kidded", "put on", "razzed", "ribbed", "teased", "fooled", "led on", "strung along", "manipulated", "played (with)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[ "if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them" ], "synonyms":[ "associated", "chummed", "companied", "consociated", "consorted", "fraternized", "hobnobbed", "hooked up", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "palled (around)", "ran", "run", "sorted", "traveled", "travelled" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliated", "allied", "attached", "banded", "bonded", "clubbed", "collaborated", "colluded", "confederated", "conjoined", "connected", "cooperated", "coupled", "ganged", "got along", "got on", "grouped", "interrelated", "joined", "knotted", "leagued", "linked", "mingled", "mixed", "rallied", "related", "sided", "socialized", "teamed", "tied", "wedded", "wed", "befriended", "friended" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "cold-shouldered", "shunned", "snubbed", "alienated", "estranged", "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)", "disjoined", "dissociated", "disunited", "divorced", "severed", "split", "sundered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merges":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamates", "blends", "combines", "comingles", "commingles", "commixes", "composites", "concretes", "conflates", "fuses", "homogenizes", "immingles", "immixes", "incorporates", "integrates", "interfuses", "intermingles", "intermixes", "melds", "mingles", "mixes" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds", "admixes", "beats (in)", "cuts in", "folds", "stirs", "tosses", "coalesces", "compounds", "emulsifies", "conjoins", "joins", "knits", "links", "unites", "intertwines", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaves", "disjoins", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders", "disperses", "dissolves", "scatters", "detaches", "disengages", "splits" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "separates", "unmixes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mewling":{ "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the tiny kitten mewled for its mother" ], "synonyms":[ "bleating", "puling", "whimpering" ], "near synonyms":[ "fussing", "sniffling", "sniveling", "snivelling", "snuffling", "whining", "bawling", "blubbering", "blubbing", "crying", "sobbing", "weeping", "peeping", "squeaking", "yelping", "mumbling", "murmuring", "muttering", "groaning", "moaning", "sighing" ], "near antonyms":[ "screaming", "screeching", "shrieking", "squealing", "howling", "squalling", "wailing", "yowling", "calling", "caterwauling", "squawking", "bellowing", "roaring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "menage":{ "those who live as a family in one house":{ "examples":[ "getting the whole unruly m\u00e9nage ready for an outing takes quite a while" ], "synonyms":[ "extended family", "home", "house", "household" ], "near synonyms":[ "blood", "folks", "kin", "kindred", "kinfolk", "kinfolks", "kinsfolk", "kith", "brood", "nuclear family", "clan", "community" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medleys":{ "an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{ "examples":[ "a medley of snack 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"compounds", "fusions", "intermixtures", "mix-ups", "bollixes", "chaoses", "confusions", "disarrangements", "disarrays", "disorders", "dog's breakfasts", "messes", "morasses", "shambles", "imbroglios", "knots", "snarls", "tangles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meshes":{ "something that catches and holds":{ "examples":[ "a routine request that got hung up in the meshes of the state bureaucracy" ], "synonyms":[ "entanglement", "morass", "net", "noose", "quagmire", "quicksand", "snare", "tanglement", "toil(s)", "trap", "web" ], "near synonyms":[ "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "cat's cradle", "labyrinth", "maze", "cobweb", "spiderweb" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to catch or hold as if in a net":{ "examples":[ "dolphins sometimes become meshed in fishnets" ], "synonyms":[ "catches up", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "ensnarls", "entangles", "entoils", "entraps", "nets", "snares", "tangles", "traps" ], "near synonyms":[ "bags", "birdlimes", "captures", "collars", "embroils", "implicates", "involves", "mires" ], "near antonyms":[ "detaches", "disengages", "extricates", "clears", "frees", "liberates" ], "antonyms":[ "disentangles", "untangles" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "metaphors":{ "an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something":{ "examples":[ "\"it's raining cats and dogs\" is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement" ], "synonyms":[ "conceits" ], "near synonyms":[ "devices", "analogies", "circumlocutions", "code words", "cranks", "dead metaphors", "euphemisms", "similes", "catachreses", "mixed metaphors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megalomaniac":{ "a person who believes that he or she has unlimited power or importance":{ "examples":[ "Their CEO is a real megalomaniac who feels she can partake in any luxury with the company's profits." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "lout", "skunk", "slob", "snake", "stinker", "egocentric", "egoist", "egomaniac", "egotist", "ego-tripper", "narcissist" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruist", "humanitarian", "philanthropist" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchant ships":{ "as in aircraft carriers , motor ships":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carriers", "argosies", "barges", "coasters", "colliers", "containerships", "corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "destroyers", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "men-of-war", "men-o'-war", "merchantmen", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "boats", "keels", "ships", "vessels", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melding":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "a cuisine that melds East and West into strikingly original flavor combinations" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamating", "blending", "combining", "comingling", "commingling", "commixing", "compositing", "concreting", "conflating", "fusing", "homogenizing", "immingling", "immixing", "incorporating", "integrating", "interfusing", "intermingling", "intermixing", "merging", "mingling", "mixing" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding", "admixing", "beating (in)", "cutting in", "folding", "stirring", "tossing", "coalescing", "compounding", "emulsifying", "conjoining", "joining", "knitting", "linking", "uniting", "intertwining", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaving", "disjoining", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering", "dispersing", "dissolving", "scattering", 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"pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax", "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meticulously":{ "as in carefully , scrupulously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carefully", "conscientiously", "scrupulously", "exactly", "precisely", "rigidly", "rigorously", "strictly" ], "near antonyms":[ "imprecisely", "inexactly", "loosely" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in microscopically":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "microscopically", "completely", "comprehensively", "detailedly", "exhaustively", "fully", "inside out", "minutely", "roundly", "sweepingly", "systematically", "thoroughly", "through and through", "totally", "all out", "full blast", "intensively", "broadly", "encyclopedically", "extensively", "generally", "globally", "widely", "conclusively", "consummately", "definitely", "perfectly" ], "near antonyms":[ "aimlessly", "desultorily", "haphazardly", "hit or miss", "randomly", "cursorily", "imperfectly", "inadequately", "narrowly", "shallowly", "sketchily", "summarily", "superficially", "indeterminately", "nebulously", "vaguely" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "melanoma":{ "as in cancer , carcinoma":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cancer", "carcinoma", "lymphoma", "malignancy", "polyp", "outgrowth", "cyst", "tubercle", "wart", "excrescence", "excrescency", "growth", "lump", "neoplasm", "tumor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metronomic":{ "as in steady , regular":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "even", "regular", "steady", "uniform", "cadenced", "cadent", "measured", "metrical", "metric", "rhythmic", "rhythmical", "lilting", "musical", "swaying" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrhythmic", "nonmetrical", "unmeasured", "unrhythmic" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "meaning":{ "the idea that is conveyed or intended to be conveyed to the mind by language, symbol, or 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"goal", "idea", "ideal", "intent", "intention", "mark", "object", "objective", "plan", "point", "pretension", "purpose", "target", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "grail", "holy grail", "plot", "project", "scheme", "desire", "hope", "mind", "wish", "nirvana", "destination", "terminus" ], "near antonyms":[ "means", "method", "way" ], "antonyms":[] }, "clearly conveying a special meaning (as one's mood)":{ "examples":[ "gave me a meaning look after I said that" ], "synonyms":[ "eloquent", "expressive", "meaningful", "pregnant", "revealing", "revelatory", "significant", "suggestive" ], "near synonyms":[ "graphic", "graphical", "pictorial", "vivid", "evocative", "redolent", "reminiscent", "sententious", "weighty", "flavorful", "full-bodied", "rich" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{ "examples":[ "the national anthem means various things to various people" ], "synonyms":[ "denoting", "expressing", "importing", "intending", "signifying", "spelling" ], "near synonyms":[ "connoting", "implying", "suggesting", "adding up (to)", "amounting (to)", "hinting", "inferring", "insinuating", "intimating", "embodying", "epitomizing", "personifying", "representing", "symboling", "symbolling", "symbolizing", "adverting", "alluding (to)", "citing", "instancing", "mentioning", "referring (to)", "specifying", "touching (on or upon)", "designating", "indicating", "pointing (to)", "signaling", "signalling", "announcing", "declaring", "proclaiming", "elucidating", "explaining" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be of importance":{ "examples":[ "your presence at my graduation would mean a lot to me" ], "synonyms":[ "counting", "importing", "mattering", "signifying", "weighing" ], "near synonyms":[ "affecting", "concerning", "influencing", "swaying", "adding up (to)", "amounting (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "I mean to win this race" ], "synonyms":[ "aiming", "allowing", "aspiring", "calculating", "contemplating", "designing", "going", "intending", "looking", "meditating", "planning", "proposing", "purporting", "purposing" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreaming", "hoping", "wishing", "considering", "debating", "mulling (over)", "pondering", "attempting", "endeavoring", "striving", "struggling", "trying", "plotting", "scheming", "accomplishing", "achieving", "effecting", "executing", "performing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a sign or symptom of":{ "examples":[ "these colder nights mean autumn has truly arrived" ], "synonyms":[ "bespeaking", "betokening", "denoting", "indicating", "pointing (to)", "signifying", "telling (of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "boding", "foreshowing", "foretelling", "presaging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "medical centers":{ "a place for the treatment of those who are ill or injured":{ "examples":[ "The university medical center just added a new cancer wing." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinics", "hospitals", "infirmaries", "sick bays", "sickrooms", "hospices", "sanatoriums", "sanatoria", "sanitariums", "sanitaria", "sanitoriums", "sanitoria", "sanitaria", "sanitariums", "sanitoria", "sanitoriums", "halfway houses", "homes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercilessness":{ "as in ruthlessness , pitilessness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "unfeelingness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "brutality", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness", "fellness", "ferociousness", "ferocity", "fierceness", "grimness", "bloodlust", "bloodthirstiness", "murderousness", "sanguineness", "sanguinity", "cattiness", "despitefulness", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "maliciousness", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spitefulness", "hardhandedness", "harshness", "heavy-handedness", "oppressiveness" ], "near antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness", "tenderness", "warmheartedness", "warmness", "warmth", "charitableness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "mercy", "pity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messed over":{ "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "examples":[ "her no-good boyfriend has been messing her over for years" ], "synonyms":[ "abused", "brutalized", "bullied", "ill-treated", "ill-used", "kicked around", "maltreated", "manhandled", "mishandled", "mistreated", "misused" ], "near synonyms":[ "molested", "outraged", "violated", "harassed", "harmed", "hurt", "injured", "oppressed", "persecuted", "tormented", "tortured", "burned", "burnt", "sandbagged", "victimized", "wronged", "beat (up)", "messed (up)", "roughed (up)", "worked (over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "cared (for)", "cherished", "fostered", "nurtured", "babied", "catered (to)", "coddled", "favored", "gratified", "humored", "indulged", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "messing":{ "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate" ], "synonyms":[ "butting in", "interfering", "interloping", "intermeddling", "intruding", "meddling", "mucking (about or around)", "nosing", "obtruding", "poking", "prying", "snooping" ], "near synonyms":[ "interceding", "interposing", "intervening", "barging (in)", "chiseling (in)", "chiselling (in)", "encroaching", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing", "fiddling", "fooling", "monkeying", "playing", "tampering" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "melts down":{ "to yield to mental or emotional stress":{ "examples":[ "rather than melt down , the team strengthened their resolve and ended up winning the game" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "cracks", "flips (out)", "freaks (out)", "wigs (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "chokes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mechanizes":{ "as in mobilizes , embattles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "embattles", "mobilizes", "equips", "reequips", "weapons", "arms", "militarizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "demilitarizes", "disarms", "demobilizes", "denuclearizes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchantmen":{ "as in warships , freighters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carriers", "argosies", "barges", "coasters", "colliers", "containerships", "corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "destroyers", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "men-of-war", "men-o'-war", "merchant ships", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "boats", "keels", "ships", "vessels", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "menacing":{ "being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{ "examples":[ "warns that the emergence of new viruses is one of the most menacing developments we face" ], "synonyms":[ "baleful", "dire", "direful", "doomy", "foreboding", "ill", "ill-boding", "inauspicious", "minatory", "ominous", "portentous", "sinister", "threatening" ], "near synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dim", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched", "discouraging", "disheartening", "hopeless", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "star-crossed", "troubled", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "evil", "malign", "malignant" ], "near antonyms":[ "auspicious", "benign", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "promising", "propitious", "prosperous" ], "antonyms":[ "unthreatening" ] }, "involving potential loss or injury":{ "examples":[ "fears that the unemployment rate may be reaching menacing proportions" ], "synonyms":[ "dangerous", "grave", "grievous", "hazardous", "jeopardizing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "serious", "threatening", "unhealthy", "unsafe", "venturesome" ], "near synonyms":[ "dicey", "insecure", "precarious", "treacherous", "uncertain", "ultrahazardous", "chance", "haphazard", "random", "distressing", "sickening", "unpleasant", "ugly", "wicked", "adverse", "bad", "baleful", "baneful", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "inimical", "injurious", "malignant", "nasty", "noxious", "pernicious", "pestilent", "deadly", "deathly", "destructive", "dire", "fatal", "fateful", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "murderous" ], "near antonyms":[ "advantageous", "beneficial", "good", "ultrasafe" ], "antonyms":[ "harmless", "innocent", "innocuous", "nonhazardous", "nonthreatening", "safe", "unthreatening" ] }, "to place in danger":{ "examples":[ "menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended" ], "synonyms":[ "adventuring", "compromising", "endangering", "gambling (with)", "hazarding", "imperiling", "imperilling", "jeoparding", "jeopardizing", "periling", "perilling", "risking", "venturing" ], "near synonyms":[ "intimidating", "threatening", "exposing", "subjecting", "chancing", "wagering" ], "near antonyms":[ "guarding", "protecting", "sheltering", "shielding", "preserving", "resuming", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{ "examples":[ "stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet" ], "synonyms":[ "hanging (over)", "hovering (over)", "impending (over)", "overhanging", "threatening" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangering", "hazarding", "imperiling", "imperilling", "jeopardizing", "periling", "perilling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "mewl":{ "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the tiny kitten mewled for its mother" ], "synonyms":[ "bleat", "pule", "whimper" ], "near synonyms":[ "fuss", "sniffle", "snivel", "snuffle", "whine", "bawl", "blub", "blubber", "cry", "sob", "weep", "peep", "squeak", "yelp", "mumble", "murmur", "mutter", "groan", "moan", "sigh" ], "near antonyms":[ "scream", "screech", "shriek", "squeal", "howl", "squall", "wail", "yowl", "call", "caterwaul", "squawk", "bellow", "roar" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meridians":{ "the highest part or point":{ "examples":[ "a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court" ], "synonyms":[ "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "apogees", "capstones", "climaxes", "crescendos", "crescendoes", "crescendi", "crests", "crowns", "culminations", "heads", "heights", "high noons", "high-water marks", "ne plus ultras", "noons", "noontimes", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "sums", "tip-tops", "tops", "zeniths" ], "near synonyms":[ "blooms", "blossoms", "flood tides", "flowers", "glories", "heydays", "primes", "caps", "ceilings", "roofs", "extremes", "extremities", "tips", "vertices", "vertexes", "highlights", "highs", "highspots" ], "near antonyms":[ "abysses", "bases", "feet", "foot", "minima", "minimums" ], "antonyms":[ "bottoms", "nadirs", "rock bottoms" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meccas":{ "a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{ "examples":[ "that region of Connecticut is a mecca for antique hunters" ], "synonyms":[ "axes", "bases", "capitals", "centers", "centrals", "cores", "cynosures", "epicenters", "eyes", "foci", "focuses", "ground zeros", "hearts", "hubs", "loci", "navels", "nerve centers", "nexuses", "nexus", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "omphali", "seats" ], "near synonyms":[ "headquarters", "happy hunting grounds", "hives", "hotbeds", "hot spots", "playgrounds", "playlands", "kernels", "nubs", "piths", "deeps", "thicks", "essences", "quintessences", "souls", "attractions", "lodestones", "loadstones", "magnets", "polestars" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messaging":{ "as in talking , communicating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accosting", "approaching", "boarding", "contacting", "brainstorming", "communicating", "intercommunicating", "conversing", "talking", "bonding", "communing", "relating", "corresponding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "me-too":{ "as in substitutable , selfsame":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "approaching", "approximating", "close", "coextensive", "coincident", "conformable", "conforming", "consistent", "consonant", "duplicate", "equal", "fungible", "interchangeable", "redundant", "selfsame", "substitutable", "twin", "cognate", "connate", "ditto", "resemblant", "resembling", "coequal", "duplicate", "equal", "even", "identical", "indistinguishable", "same", "akin", "alike", "analogous", "comparable", "coordinate", "correspondent", "corresponding", "equivalent", "like", "look-alike", "matching", "parallel", "similar", "such", "suchlike", "synonymous", "tantamount" ], "near antonyms":[ "antonymic", "antonymous", "different", "disparate", "dissimilar", "distant", "distinct", "distinctive", "distinguishable", "diverse", "nonidentical", "other", "unalike", "unlike", "antipodal", "antipodean", "antithetical", "contradictory", "contrary", "diametric", "diametrical", "opposite", "polar", "differentiable", "discriminable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "menservants":{ "a man employed in the home of a wealthy person to perform various household or personal services":{ "examples":[ "The loyal manservant earned the trust of the emperor." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "butlers", "footmen", "grooms", "houseboys", "housemen", "majordomos", "men", "servitors", "valets", "dailies", "domestics", "flunkies", "flunkeys", "lackeys", "menials", "retainers", "servants", "stewards", "handmaidens", "handmaids", "housekeepers", "housemaids", "ladies-in-waiting", "maids", "maidservants", "wenches", "women", "assistants", "attendants", "companions", "factotums", "followers", "dogsbodies", "drudges", "gofers", "gophers" ], "near antonyms":[ "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "foremen", "headmen", "heads", "helmsmen", "kingpins", "leaders", "taskmasters", "masters", "mistresses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mewled":{ "to utter feeble plaintive cries":{ "examples":[ "the tiny kitten mewled for its mother" ], "synonyms":[ "bleated", "puled", "whimpered" ], "near synonyms":[ "fussed", "sniffled", "sniveled", "snivelled", "snuffled", "whined", "bawled", "blubbed", "blubbered", "cried", "sobbed", "wept", "peeped", "squeaked", "yelped", "mumbled", "murmured", "muttered", "groaned", "moaned", "sighed" ], "near antonyms":[ "screamed", "screeched", "shrieked", "squealed", "howled", "squalled", "wailed", "yowled", "called", "caterwauled", "squawked", "bellowed", "roared" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchandisers":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "the wholesale merchandiser makes a 15% profit on those toys" ], "synonyms":[ "dealers", "merchants", "traders", "tradesmen", "traffickers" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessmen", "enterprisers", "entrepreneurs", "buyers", "marketers", "purchasers", "hawkers", "hucksters", "hustlers", "peddlers", "pedlars", "retailers", "sellers", "shopkeepers", "storekeepers", "vendors", "venders", "engrossers", "monopolists", "jobbers", "middlemen", "wholesalers", "distributors", "providers", "provisioners", "purveyors", "suppliers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{ "examples":[ "a scattering of small merchandisers selling souvenirs around the fairgrounds" ], "synonyms":[ "brokers", "dealers", "sellers", "vendors", "venders" ], "near synonyms":[ "merchants", "traders", "tradesmen", "auctioneers", "concessionaires", "black marketers", "black marketeers", "bootleggers", "fencers", "fences", "hustlers", "scalpers", "smugglers", "traffickers", "discounters", "distributors", "e-tailers", "exporters", "jobbers", "resellers", "retailers", "wholesalers", "chapmen", "hawkers", "hucksters", "peddlers", "pedlars", "salesclerks", "salesmen", "salespeople", "saleswomen", "shopgirls", "bargainers", "hagglers", "horse traders", "palterers" ], "near antonyms":[ "consumers", "end users", "users" ], "antonyms":[ "buyers", "purchasers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messengers":{ "one that carries a message or does an errand":{ "examples":[ "the messenger comes by twice a day to pick up packages" ], "synonyms":[ "couriers", "expresses", "go-betweens", "pages", "runners" ], "near synonyms":[ "forerunners", "harbingers", "heralds", "agents", "ambassadors", "delegates", "deputies", "emissaries", "envoys", "representatives", "bearers", "carriers", "deliverymen", "letter carriers", "mail carriers", "mailmen" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchantable":{ "fit to be offered for sale":{ "examples":[ "a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber" ], "synonyms":[ "marketable", "salable", "saleable", "sellable" ], "near synonyms":[ "commercial", "profitable", "costly", "fancy", "fine", "high-grade", "precious", "premium", "prime", "valuable", "dear", "expensive", "extravagant" ], "near antonyms":[ "damaged", "shopworn", "cheap", "useless", "worthless", "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory" ], "antonyms":[ "nonsalable", "unmarketable", "unsalable", "unsellable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mess":{ "a state in which everything is out of order":{ "examples":[ "the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess" ], "synonyms":[ "chance-medley", "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "dishevelment", "disorder", "disorderedness", "disorderliness", "disorganization", "free-for-all", "havoc", "heck", "hell", "jumble", "mare's nest", "messiness", "misorder", "muddle", "muss", "shambles", "snake pit", "tumble", "welter" ], "near synonyms":[ "anarchy", "lawlessness", "misrule", "riot", "knot", "snarl", "tangle", "labyrinth", "maze", "web", "maelstrom", "storm", "bollix", "clutter", "litter", "mishmash", "shuffle", "hodgepodge", "medley", "miscellany", "morass", "motley" ], "near antonyms":[ "method", "pattern", "plan", "system" ], "antonyms":[ "order", "orderliness" ] }, "food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{ "examples":[ "a mess of oatmeal" ], "synonyms":[ "chow", "feed", "meal", "menu", "refection", "repast", "table" ], "near synonyms":[ "board", "breakfast", "buffet", "collation", "dinner", "lunch", "luncheon", "refreshments", "smorgasbord", "snack", "supper", "tea", "bite", "gulp", "morsel", "serving", "taste", "banquet", "feast", "regale", "spread", "bake", "barbecue", "barbeque", "clambake", "cookout", "fry", "fry-up", "luau", "picnic", "potluck", "roast" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something unpleasant to look at":{ "examples":[ "the car was a mess after the accident" ], "synonyms":[ "eyesore", "fright", "hideosity", "horror", "monstrosity", "sight" ], "near synonyms":[ "eye-catcher", "blot", "smear", "smudge", "spot", "stain" ], "near antonyms":[ "vision" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a considerable amount":{ "examples":[ "an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing" ], "synonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "basketful", "boatload", "bucket", "bunch", "bundle", "bushel", "carload", "chunk", "deal", "dozen", "fistful", "gobs", "good deal", "heap", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mountain", "much", "multiplicity", "myriad", "oodles", "pack", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plateful", "plenitude", "plentitude", "plenty", "pot", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "sheaf", "shipload", "sight", "slew", "spate", "stack", "store", "ton", "truckload", "volume", "wad", "wealth", "yard" ], "near synonyms":[ "epidemic", "plague", "rash", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "plethora", "redundancy", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "deluge", "flood", "overflow", "army", "bevy", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "drove", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mob", "multitude", "press", "score", "sea", "swarm", "throng", "gazillion", "jillion", "kazillion", "million", "thousands", "trillion", "zillion" ], "near antonyms":[ "atom", "crumb", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "fragment", "grain", "granule", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "mote", "nubbin", "particle", "ray", "scintilla", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit", "smatter", "smattering", "dash", "drop", "morsel", "shot", "piece", "portion", "section", "absence", "dearth", "famine", "lack", "paucity", "poverty", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want", "deficiency", "deficit", "inadequacy", "insufficiency", "meagerness", "scantiness", "scantness", "skimpiness" ], "antonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "handful", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "mouthful", "nip", "ounce", "peanuts", "pinch", "pittance", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "speck", "spot", "sprinkle", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "taste", "touch", "trace" ] }, "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate" ], "synonyms":[ "butt in", "interfere", "interlope", "intermeddle", "intrude", "meddle", "muck (about or around)", "nose", "obtrude", "poke", "pry", "snoop" ], "near synonyms":[ "intercede", "interpose", "intervene", "barge (in)", "chisel (in)", "encroach", "infringe", "invade", "trespass", "fiddle", "fool", "monkey", "play", "tamper" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "disregard", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meretriciousness":{ "as in vulgarity , tawdriness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "tawdriness", "vulgarity", "luridness", "extravagance", "fanciness", "luxuriance", "luxuriousness", "magnificence", "opulence", "richness", "sumptuousness", "adornment", "decoration", "dressing", "embellishment", "garnishment", "ornamentation", "trimming", "dazzle", "fanfare", "foofaraw", "pageantry", "pomp", "razzle-dazzle", "razzmatazz", "spectacle", "\u00e9clat", "extravaganza", "mummery", "pageant", "parade", "show", "pretense", "pretence", "flamboyance", "flash", "flashiness", "garishness", "gaudiness", "glitz", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "pretentiousness", "showiness", "swank" ], "near antonyms":[ "austerity", "plainness", "severity", "conservativeness", "moderation", "modesty", "restraint", "simplicity", "understatement", "elegance", "gracefulness", "tastefulness", "minimalism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merge":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained 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"sickroom", "hospice", "sanatorium", "sanitarium", "sanitorium", "halfway house", "home" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercenariness":{ "an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{ "examples":[ "she possesses the unmistakable mercenariness of a confirmed gold digger" ], "synonyms":[ "acquisitiveness", "avarice", "avariciousness", "avidity", "avidness", "covetousness", "cupidity", "graspingness", "greed", "greediness", "rapaciousness", "rapacity" ], "near synonyms":[ "commercialism", "materialism", "possessiveness", "gluttonousness", "gluttony", "piggishness", "appetite", "craving", "desire", "drive", "hankering", "hunger", "itch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "ravenousness", "thirst", "voracity", "yearning", "yen", "egoism", "egotism", "self-centeredness", "self-interest", "selfishness", "self-regard" ], "near antonyms":[ "contentment", "fulfillment", "fulfilment", "gratification", "satisfaction", "bounteousness", "bountifulness", "bounty", "charity", "generosity", "generousness", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "magnanimity", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "unselfishness", "altruism", "selflessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meow":{ "as in howl , yowl":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bark", "bay", "bellow", "blat", "bleat", "bray", "cackle", "calling", "caterwaul", "caw", "cheep", "chirp", "cluck", "coo", "crake", "croak", "crow", "grunt", "honk", "hoot", "howl", "low", "mew", "moo", "neigh", "oink", "peep", "quack", "roar", "screech", "squall", "squawk", "squeak", "squeal", "trumpet", "tu-whit tu-whoo", "twitter", "whinny", "yap", "yelp", "yip", "yowl", "call", "cry", "note" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meandered":{ "to move about from place to place aimlessly":{ "examples":[ "theatergoers meandering around the lobby waiting for the play to start" ], "synonyms":[ "batted", "cruised", "drifted", "floated", "gadded (about)", "gallivanted", "galavanted", "kicked around", "knocked (about)", "maundered", "mooched", "rambled", "ranged", "roamed", "roved", "traipsed", "wandered" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambled", "sauntered", "strolled", "dawdled", "moped", "gypsied", "hoboed", "tramped", "vagabonded", "milled (about or around)", "straggled", "strayed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mediator":{ "one who works with opposing sides in order to bring about an agreement":{ "examples":[ "if you two cannot resolve this argument on your own, we'll have to bring in a mediator" ], "synonyms":[ "broker", "buffer", "conciliator", "go-between", "honest broker", "interceder", "intercessor", "intermediary", "intermediate", "interposer", "middleman", "peacemaker" ], "near synonyms":[ "troubleshooter", "moderator", "bargainer", "negotiant", "negotiator", "appeaser", "pacificator", "pacifier", "reconciler", "agent", "attorney", "deputy", "factor", "procurator", "proxy", "liaison", "medium", "ambassador", "emissary", "envoy", "legate", "messenger", "delegate", "representative", "busybody", "interferer", "meddler", "arbiter", "arbitrator", "judge", "referee", "umpire", "adviser", "advisor", "counselor", "counsellor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messing around":{ "to spend time in aimless activity":{ "examples":[ "spent the vacation day just messing around" ], "synonyms":[ "doodling", "fiddling (around)", "fooling around", "fribbling", "goofing (around)", "hanging about", "kicking around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling" ], "near synonyms":[ "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging", "clowning (around)", "horsing around", "diddling (with)", "tinkering" ], "near antonyms":[ "buckling (down)", "knuckling down", "setting (to)", "settling (down)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to show a sexual attraction for someone just for fun":{ "examples":[ "a guy who goes to the health club mainly to mess around with the women" ], "synonyms":[ "coquetting", "dallying", "flirting", "frivoling", "frivolling", "toying", "trifling" ], "near synonyms":[ "vamping", "courting", "mashing", "wooing", "joshing", "kidding", "putting on", "razzing", "ribbing", "teasing", "fooling", "leading on", "stringing along", "manipulating", "playing (with)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[ "if you continue to mess around with such narrow-minded boobs, you'll begin to think and act like them" ], "synonyms":[ "associating", "chumming", "companying", "consociating", "consorting", "fraternizing", "hanging (around or out)", "hobnobbing", "hooking up", "palling (around)", "running", "sorting", "traveling", "travelling" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliating", "allying", "attaching", "banding", "bonding", "clubbing", "collaborating", "colluding", "confederating", "conjoining", "connecting", "cooperating", "coupling", "ganging", "getting along", "getting on", "grouping", "interrelating", "joining", "knotting", "leaguing", "linking", "mingling", "mixing", "rallying", "relating", "siding", "socializing", "teaming", "tying", "tieing", "wedding", "befriending", "friending" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "cold-shouldering", "shunning", "snubbing", "alienating", "estranging", "breaking up", "disbanding", "dispersing", "splitting (up)", "disjoining", "dissociating", "disuniting", "divorcing", "severing", "splitting", "sundering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "medico":{ "a person specially trained in healing human medical disorders":{ "examples":[ "a woman who is suspicious of all medicos , regardless of their credentials" ], "synonyms":[ "croaker", "doc", "doctor", "medic", "physician", "sawbones" ], "near synonyms":[ "family doctor", "family physician", "family practitioner", "general practitioner", "anesthesiologist", "dermatologist", "gynecologist", "internist", "neurologist", "ob-gyn", "obstetrician", "ophthalmologist", "orthopedist", "pathologist", "pediatrician", "pediatrist", "physiatrist", "podiatrist", "radiologist", "urologist", "attending", "clinician", "hospitalist", "specialist", "plastic surgeon", "surgeon", "intern", "interne", "resident", "aidman", "nurse", "nurse-practitioner", "EMT", "paramedic", "paramedical", "physical therapist", "physiotherapist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nondoctor", "nonphysician" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mensch":{ "as in stalwart":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "stalwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "doormat", "jellyfish", "namby-pamby", "pushover", "reed", "weakling", "wimp", "coward", "milquetoast", "mouse", "nebbish", "nervous Nellie", "nervous Nelly", "pussy", "wuss", "wussy", "sheep" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memorandum":{ "a written communication giving information or directions":{ "examples":[ "I'm waiting for the memorandum that will explain the new vacation policy" ], "synonyms":[ "directive", "memo", "notice" ], "near synonyms":[ "announcement", "bulletin", "declaration", "notification", "posting", "proclamation", "pronouncement", "release", "dispatch", "report", "edict", "pronunciamento", "rescript", "charge", "command", "dictate", "directions", "instructions", "orders", "word", "encyclical", "epistle", "jotting", "letter", "mail", "message", "missive", "note", "post" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a message on paper from one person or group to another":{ "examples":[ "the studio executives depend on endless memoranda to keep track of what's going on at a movie shot on location" ], "synonyms":[ "dispatch", "epistle", "letter", "memo", "missive", "note" ], "near synonyms":[ "billet-doux", "open letter", "airmail", "card", "electronic mail", "e-mail", "junk mail", "mail", "postal card", "postcard", "communication", "report", "encyclical" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually brief written reminder":{ "examples":[ "dispatched a memorandum to her secretary about the assignment" ], "synonyms":[ "jotting", "memo", "notation", "note" ], "near synonyms":[ "bordereau", "memoir", "memorial", "minutes", "protocol", "report", "line", "document", "writing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mechanize":{ "as in mobilize , embattle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "embattle", "mobilize", "equip", "reequip", "weapon", "arm", "militarize" ], "near antonyms":[ "demilitarize", "disarm", "demobilize", "denuclearize" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "metaphor":{ "an elaborate or fanciful way of expressing something":{ "examples":[ "\"it's raining cats and dogs\" is just a colorful metaphor and not a meteorological announcement" ], "synonyms":[ "conceit" ], "near synonyms":[ "device", "analogy", "circumlocution", "code word", "crank", "dead metaphor", "euphemism", "simile", "catachresis", "mixed metaphor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metrosexual":{ "as in unmacho":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unmacho", "unmanly", "unmasculine", "effeminate", "girlish", "sissified", "sissy", "feminine", "womanish", "womanlike", "womanly", "emasculated", "impotent", "weakened", "androgynous", "neuter" ], "near antonyms":[ "male", "manlike", "manly", "mannish", "man-size", "man-sized", "masculine", "virile", "hairy-chested", "hypermasculine", "macho", "ultramasculine", "boyish", "hoydenish", "tomboyish" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "melts (away)":{ "as in gives out , fades (away)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "slackens", "slows (down)", "abates", "declines", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "drops (off)", "dwindles", "eases", "ebbs", "falls", "falls away", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "palls", "phases down", "ratchets (down)", "rachets (down)", "recedes", "relents", "remits", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes", "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mental retardation":{ "as in mental deficiency":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "mental deficiency", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "idiocy", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nincompoopery", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "silliness", "simplicity", "wackiness", "zaniness", "feeblemindedness", "simplemindedness", "boneheadedness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dorkiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "gormlessness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "thickness", "vacuity", "weak-mindedness", "witlessness" ], "near antonyms":[ "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "cleverness", "intelligence", "keenness", "quickness", "quick-wittedness", "sharpness", "smartness", "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "discernment", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonableness", "soundness", "validity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metier":{ "something for which a person shows a special talent":{ "examples":[ "public speaking is not my m\u00e9tier , as others can attest" ], "synonyms":[ "forte", "long suit", "speciality", "specialty", "strong suit", "thing" ], "near synonyms":[ "area", "arena", "bailiwick", "business", "circle", "demesne", "department", "discipline", "domain", "fief", "fiefdom", "field", "line", "precinct", "province", "realm", "sphere", "terrain", "element", "aptitude", "aptness", "bent", "faculty", "flair", "genius", "gift", "knack", "talent", "pursuit", "racket", "vocation", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mentored":{ "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "examples":[ "we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts" ], "synonyms":[ "coached", "counseled", "counselled", "guided", "led", "piloted", "shepherded", "showed", "tutored" ], "near synonyms":[ "godfathered", "directed", "engineered", "steered", "swayed", "accompanied", "attended", "chaperoned", "convoyed", "escorted", "saw", "squired", "oversaw", "superintended", "supervised", "drilled", "trained", "briefed", "enlightened", "informed", "instructed", "schooled", "taught", "inculcated", "indoctrinated", "cultivated", "fostered", "nurtured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchant":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border" ], "synonyms":[ "dealer", "merchandiser", "trader", "tradesman", "trafficker" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessman", "enterpriser", "entrepreneur", "buyer", "marketer", "purchaser", "hawker", "huckster", "hustler", "peddler", "pedlar", "retailer", "seller", "shopkeeper", "storekeeper", "vendor", "vender", "engrosser", "monopolist", "jobber", "middleman", "wholesaler", "distributor", "provider", "provisioner", "purveyor", "supplier" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metamorphoses":{ "a change in form, appearance, or use":{ "examples":[ "the metamorphosis of caterpillars into butterflies", "the metamorphosis of the abandoned factory into a mixed-use property" ], "synonyms":[ "changeovers", "conversions", "transfigurations", "transformations" ], "near synonyms":[ "shifts", "transitions", "adjustments", "alterations", "modifications", "reconstructions", "reconversions", "redos", "reformations", "revisions", "variations", "deformations", "disfigurements", "distortions", "mutations", "transmutations", "displacements", "replacements", "substitutions", "supplantations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to change in form, appearance, or use":{ "examples":[ "a science fiction story in which radiation metamorphoses people into giant bugs" ], "synonyms":[ "alchemizes", "converts", "makes over", "transfigures", "transforms", "transmutes", "transposes", "transubstantiates" ], "near synonyms":[ "adjusts", "alters", "modifies", "recasts", "redefines", "redesigns", "redoes", "reengineers", "refashions", "regenerates", "remakes", "remodels", "revamps", "revises", "reworks", "varies", "deforms", "disfigures", "distorts", "mutates", "transmogrifies", "displaces", "replaces", "substitutes", "supplants" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "megalomaniacs":{ "a person who believes that he or she has unlimited power or importance":{ "examples":[ "Their CEO is a real megalomaniac who feels she can partake in any luxury with the company's profits." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "slobs", "snakes", "stinkers", "egocentrics", "egoists", "egomaniacs", "egotists", "ego-trippers", "narcissists" ], "near antonyms":[ "altruists", "humanitarians", "philanthropists" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mega":{ "unusually large":{ "examples":[ "I will never understand why people build those mega houses on tiny lots" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous", "august", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "cavernous", "monolithic", "overwhelming", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "immeasurable", "infinite" ], "near antonyms":[ "little", "mini", "petite", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "melange":{ "an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{ "examples":[ "a m\u00e9lange of outfits for her workouts at the gym" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerate", "agglomeration", "alphabet soup", "assortment", "botch", "clutter", "collage", "crazy quilt", "farrago", "gallimaufry", "grab bag", "gumbo", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jambalaya", "jumble", "jungle", "litter", "mac\u00e9doine", "medley", "menagerie", "miscellanea", "miscellany", "mishmash", "mixed bag", "montage", "motley", "muddle", "olio", "olla podrida", "omnium-gatherum", "pastiche", "patchwork", "patchwork quilt", "potpourri", "ragbag", "ragout", "rummage", "salad", "salmagundi", "scramble", "shuffle", "smorgasbord", "stew", "tumble", "variety", "welter" ], "near synonyms":[ "detritus", "notions", "oddments", "odds and ends", "sundries", "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomerate", "conglomeration", "catchall", "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "blend", "combination", "commixture", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "mix-up", "bollix", "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "disorder", "dog's breakfast", "mess", "morass", "shambles", "imbroglio", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meadows":{ "a usually flat area of land that is covered with tall grass":{ "examples":[ "The sanctuary contains several large meadows that are home to a variety of wildlife." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fields", "glades", "pasturelands", "pastures", "campos", "champaigns", "downs", "grasslands", "heaths", "leas", "leys", "llanos", "moors", "pampas", "plains", "prairies", "savannas", "savannahs", "steppes", "tundras", "velds", "veldts", "clearings", "grounds", "lots", "parcels", "plats", "plots", "tracts", "grasses", "green", "greenswards", "lawns", "swards", "floodplains", "bottomlands", "bottoms", "flats", "lowlands", "plateaus", "plateaux", "tablelands", "tables", "uplands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "men on horseback":{ "a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{ "examples":[ "Their leader was a man on horseback who didn't actually care about the people he ruled." ], "synonyms":[ "caesars", "despots", "dictators", "f\u00fchrers", "fuehrers", "oppressors", "pharaohs", "strongmen", "tyrannizers", "tyrants" ], "near synonyms":[ "autarchs", "autocrats", "monocrats", "authoritarians", "Big Brothers", "paramounts", "potentates", "totalitarians", "caudillos", "overlords", "warlords", "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "dominators", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "overlords", "rulers", "kings", "lords", "monarchs", "princes", "queens", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "magnates", "moguls", "tycoons", "disciplinarians", "discipliners", "enforcers", "martinets", "taskmasters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "medallist":{ "as in prizewinner":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "prizewinner", "finalist", "quarterfinalist", "semifinalist", "megastar", "star", "superstar", "placer", "world-beater", "cochampion", "cowinner", "champ", "champion", "titleholder", "titlist", "victor", "winner" ], "near antonyms":[ "loser" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "messes (up)":{ "to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{ "examples":[ "messed up the drawing and had to start over" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "boggles", "bollixes (up)", "boots", "botches", "buggers (up)", "bumbles", "bungles", "butchers", "dubs", "flubs", "fluffs", "foozles", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "mangles", "mucks up", "muffs", "murders", "screws up" ], "near synonyms":[ "blunders", "gums (up)", "muddles", "piffles", "blemishes", "blights", "damages", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "mutilates", "ruins", "spoils", "vitiates", "destroys", "wrecks", "mishandles", "mismanages" ], "near antonyms":[ "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "helps", "improves", "meliorates", "rectifies", "refines", "reforms", "remedies", "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "examples":[ "a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight" ], "synonyms":[ "confuses", "deranges", "disarranges", "disarrays", "discomposes", "dishevels", "disjoints", "dislocates", "disorders", "disorganizes", "disrupts", "disturbs", "hashes", "jumbles", "mixes (up)", "muddles", "musses", "rumples", "scrambles", "shuffles", "tousles", "tumbles", "upsets" ], "near synonyms":[ "embroils", "entangles", "snarls", "tangles", "agitates", "perturbs", "stirs (up)", "unsettles", "clutters" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligns", "alines", "lines", "lines up", "queues", "classifies", "codifies", "methodizes", "systematizes", "systemizes", "adjusts", "fixes", "grooms", "makes up", "spruces (up)", "unscrambles" ], "antonyms":[ "arranges", "arrays", "disposes", "draws up", "marshals", "marshalls", "orders", "organizes", "ranges", "regulates", "straightens (up)", "tidies" ] }, "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "screws up", "slips up", "stumbles", "trips" ], "near synonyms":[ "nods", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "foozles", "mangles", "mishandles", "muffs", "murders", "miscalculates", "misconceives", "miscounts", "miscues", "misdeems", "misgauges", "misjudges", "mistakes", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misunderstands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "\"If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up !\" he threatened" ], "synonyms":[ "bashes", "bastes", "bats", "batters", "beats", "belabors", "belts", "birches", "bludgeons", "buffets", "bungs up", "clubs", "curries", "does", "drubs", "fibs", "flogs", "hammers", "hides", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "lashes", "lathers", "licks", "mauls", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchandising":{ "as in retailing , wholesaling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "retailing", "wholesaling", "affairs", "dealings", "horse-trading", "free trade", "marketplace", "trade", "traffic", "business", "custom", "patronage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "dealing (in)", "marketing", "putting up", "retailing", "selling", "vending" ], "near synonyms":[ "preselling", "wholesaling", "remarketing", "reselling", "hawking", "peddling", "bartering", "distributing", "exchanging", "exporting", "handling", "trading", "trafficking (in)", "advertising", "ballyhooing", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "touting", "bargaining", "chaffering", "dickering", "haggling", "horse-trading", "paltering", "auctioning", "providing", "supplying", "carrying", "keeping", "stocking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buying", "purchasing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "metes (out)":{ "to give out (something) to appropriate individuals":{ "examples":[ "determined to mete out an appropriate punishment for the CEO guilty of insider trading" ], "synonyms":[ "administers", "allocates", "apportions", "deals (out)", "dispenses", "distributes", "doles out", "hands out", "parcels (out)", "portions", "prorates" ], "near synonyms":[ "admeasures", "allots", "allows", "appropriates", "assigns", "dishes out", "divides", "divvies (up)", "dollops (out)", "lots", "measures (out)", "parts", "proportions", "rations", "redistributes", "sets", "shares (out)", "splits", "bestows", "disburses", "furnishes", "issues", "provides", "shares", "supplies", "circulates", "disperses", "disseminates", "scatters", "spreads", "chips in", "contributes", "donates", "pledges", "reallocates", "reapportions" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudges", "declines", "denies", "deprives (of)", "disallows", "refuses", "rejects", "withholds", "niggles (out)", "pinches", "skimps", "stints" ], "antonyms":[ "misallocates" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "menaces":{ "something that may cause injury or harm":{ "examples":[ "a loaded gun is a menace that this household doesn't need" ], "synonyms":[ "dangers", "hazards", "imminences", "perils", "pitfalls", "risks", "threats", "troubles" ], "near synonyms":[ "snares", "traps", "booby traps" ], "near antonyms":[ "guards", "protections", "safeguards", "shields", "wards", "asylums", "harbors", "havens", "refuges", "retreats", "shelters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to place in danger":{ "examples":[ "menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended" ], "synonyms":[ "adventures", "compromises", "endangers", "gambles (with)", "hazards", "imperils", "jeopardizes", "jeopards", "perils", "risks", "ventures" ], "near synonyms":[ "intimidates", "threatens", "exposes", "subjects", "chances", "wagers" ], "near antonyms":[ "guards", "protects", "shelters", "shields", "preserves", "resumes", "saves" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{ "examples":[ "stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet" ], "synonyms":[ "hangs (over)", "hovers (over)", "impends (over)", "overhangs", "threatens" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangers", "hazards", "imperils", "jeopardizes", "perils" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mellowness":{ "as in complaisance , amenability":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "amenability", "complaisance", "sweetness and light", "affability", "agreeability", "agreeableness", "amenity", "amiability", "amiableness", "geniality", "good-naturedness", "good-temperedness", "graciousness", "niceness", "personableness", "pleasantness", "sweetness", "amicability", "amicableness", "amity", "cordiality", "empressement", "friendliness", "gem\u00fctlichkeit", "benignity", "gentleness", "kindliness", "kindness", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "sunniness", "civility", "comity", "considerateness", "consideration", "courteousness", "courtesy", "politeness", "thoughtfulness", "attractiveness", "delightfulness", "enjoyableness", "likability", "likableness", "pleasingness" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeableness", "unpleasantness", "boorishness", "discourtesy", "impoliteness", "incivility", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "biliousness", "cantankerousness", "churlishness", "crankiness", "fussiness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "peevishness", "petulance", "testiness", "contentiousness", "contrariness", "orneriness", "quarrelsomeness", "querulousness", "hostility", "unfriendliness", "sourness", "vinegar" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mesmerizes":{ "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show" ], "synonyms":[ "arrests", "bedazzles", "catches up", "enchants", "enthralls", "enthrals", "fascinates", "grips", "hypnotizes", "spellbinds" ], "near synonyms":[ "enraptures", "entrances", "thrills", "beguiles", "bewitches", "charms", "absorbs", "engages", "engrosses", "involves" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meriting":{ "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserving", "earning", "rating" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitling", "qualifying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mechanical":{ "done instantly and without conscious thought or decision":{ "examples":[ "the waiter's mechanical reply of \"Everything on the menu is good\"" ], "synonyms":[ "automatic", "instinctive", "instinctual", "involuntary", "knee-jerk", "mechanic", "robotic", "spontaneous" ], "near synonyms":[ "conditioned", "natural", "Pavlovian", "reactive", "reflex", "simple", "subliminal", "unconscious", "unforced", "visceral", "blind", "inadvertent", "unintended", "unintentional", "unwilling", "unwitting", "abrupt", "quick", "ready", "sudden", "ad-lib", "extemporaneous", "extempore", "impromptu", "improvised", "offhand", "offhanded", "off-the-cuff", "snap", "spur-of-the-moment", "unconsidered", "unplanned", "unpremeditated", "unprepared", "unprompted", "unreasoned", "unrehearsed", "unstudied", "casual", "chance", "chancy", "haphazard", "hasty", "hit-or-miss", "impetuous", "impulsive", "mindless", "random", "rash" ], "near antonyms":[ "calculated", "conscious", "cultivated", "deliberate", "designed", "intended", "intentional", "predetermined", "prepared", "projected", "refined", "rehearsed", "volitional", "voluntary", "willed", "willful", "wilful", "advised", "aforethought", "careful", "considered", "foresighted", "forethoughtful", "measured", "meticulous", "reasoned", "studied", "thoughtful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{ "examples":[ "a somewhat mechanical vocal performance" ], "synonyms":[ "affected", "artificial", "assumed", "bogus", "contrived", "factitious", "fake", "false", "feigned", "forced", "mock", "phony", "phoney", "plastic", "pretended", "pseudo", "put-on", "sham", "simulated", "spurious", "strained", "unnatural" ], "near synonyms":[ "automatic", "canned", "concocted", "fabricated", "hokey", "labored", "manufactured", "pat", "unauthentic", "unreal", "unrealistic", "double-dealing", "empty", "facile", "hollow", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "mealy", "mealymouthed", "two-faced", "unctuous", "exaggerated", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "overacted", "overdone", "theatrical", "theatric", "cute", "cutesy", "genteel", "goody-goody", "mincing", "overrefined", "simpering", "conventional", "formal", "impersonal", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "stylized", "wooden", "artful", "calculated", "conscious", "cultivated", "deliberate", "premeditated", "studied" ], "near antonyms":[ "authentic", "bona fide", "real", "realistic", "right", "true", "honest", "ingenuous", "sincere", "unpretending", "easy", "effortless", "smooth", "extemporaneous", "impromptu", "impulsive", "instinctive", "unconscious", "unprompted", "unrehearsed", "unstudied" ], "antonyms":[ "artless", "genuine", "natural", "spontaneous", "unaffected", "uncontrived", "unfeigned", "unforced" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "messes (with)":{ "to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{ "examples":[ "please don't mess with the buttons on the camera" ], "synonyms":[ "diddles (with)", "fiddles (with)", "fools (with)", "monkeys (with)", "plays (with)", "tampers (with)", "tinkers (with)", "toys (with)", "twiddles (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abuses", "alters", "doctors", "manhandles", "manipulates", "mistreats", "misuses", "butts in", "interferes", "intrudes", "meddles", "mucks (about or around)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "medals":{ "a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement":{ "examples":[ "the display case held an impressive array of military medals from 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"horse-traded", "paltered", "auctioned", "provided", "supplied", "carried", "kept", "stocked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bought", "purchased" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "measures":{ "an action planned or taken to achieve a desired result":{ "examples":[ "such new security measures as metal detectors at all the entrances" ], "synonyms":[ "expedients", "means", "moves", "shifts", "steps" ], "near synonyms":[ "actions", "acts", "deeds", "doings", "feats", "things", "courses", "procedures", "proceedings", "processes", "accomplishments", "achievements", "attainments", "coups", "exploits", "successes", "triumphs", "activities", "affairs", "businesses", "dealings", "enterprises", "events", "attempts", "cracks", "endeavors", "essays", "flings", "goes", "initiatives", "operations", "passes", "shots", "stabs", "trials", "tries", "undertakings", "whacks", "efforts", "exertions", "labors", "pains", "troubles", "whiles", "works", "projects", "proposals", "propositions", "makeshifts", 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"bottles (up)", "chokes (back)", "holds back", "minces", "muffles", "pockets", "represses", "sinks", "smothers", "squelches", "stifles", "strangles", "suppresses", "swallows", "arrests", "interrupts", "stops", "blocks", "hampers", "handcuffs", "hinders", "impedes", "obstructs", "gags", "muzzles", "silences" ], "near antonyms":[ "liberates", "loosens", "looses", "unleashes", "airs", "expresses", "takes out", "vents" ], "antonyms":[ "loses" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "metropolitans":{ "a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers":{ "examples":[ "a TV series about the lives and loves of a group of young, attractive metropolitans" ], "synonyms":[ "city slickers", "cosmopolitans", "cosmopolites", "slickers", "sophisticates" ], "near synonyms":[ "urbanites", "worldlings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bumpkins", "hicks", "provincials", "rustics", "yokels" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mettle":{ "strength of spirit; ability to 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"fire", "passion", "zeal" ], "near antonyms":[ "cowardice", "cowardliness", "cravenness", "dastardliness", "poltroonery", "spinelessness", "cold feet", "faintheartedness", "fearfulness", "mousiness", "timidity", "timorousness", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "disablement", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "impotence", "impotency", "infirmity", "powerlessness", "puniness", "slightness", "softness", "tenderness", "weakness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medley":{ "an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{ "examples":[ "a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerate", "agglomeration", "alphabet soup", "assortment", "botch", "clutter", "collage", "crazy quilt", "farrago", "gallimaufry", "grab bag", "gumbo", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jambalaya", "jumble", "jungle", "litter", "mac\u00e9doine", "m\u00e9lange", "menagerie", "miscellanea", "miscellany", "mishmash", "mixed bag", "montage", "motley", "muddle", "olio", "olla podrida", "omnium-gatherum", "pastiche", "patchwork", "patchwork quilt", "potpourri", "ragbag", "ragout", "rummage", "salad", "salmagundi", "scramble", "shuffle", "smorgasbord", "stew", "tumble", "variety", "welter" ], "near synonyms":[ "detritus", "notions", "oddments", "odds and ends", "sundries", "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomerate", "conglomeration", "catchall", "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "blend", "combination", "commixture", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "mix-up", "bollix", "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "disorder", "dog's breakfast", "mess", "morass", "shambles", "imbroglio", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mentalities":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior" ], "synonyms":[ "brain(s)", "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "member":{ "one of the parts that make up a whole":{ "examples":[ "you're only one member of this group effort" ], "synonyms":[ "building block", "component", "constituent", "element", "factor", "ingredient" ], "near synonyms":[ "basis", "part and parcel", "detail", "item", "particular", "point", "aspect", "characteristic", "facet", "feature", "trait", "division", "fragment", "particle", "partition", "piece", "portion", "section", "sector", "segment", "subcomponent" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregate", "composite", "compound", "mass", "entirety", "sum", "summation", "total", "totality", "admixture", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "blend", "combination", "intermixture", "mix", "mixture" ], "antonyms":[ "whole" ] }, "one of the pieces from which something is designed to be assembled":{ "examples":[ "lost an indispensable member of the model airplane kit" ], "synonyms":[ "part", "partition", "portion", "section", "segment" ], "near synonyms":[ "component", "constituent", "element", "factor", "ingredient", "moiety", "parcel", "cut", "length", "bit", "fragment", "particle", "scrap" ], "near antonyms":[ "whole", "aggregate", "composite", "compound", "sum", "total", "totality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "menses":{ "as in period , menstruation":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "menstruation", "monthlies", "period" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meals":{ "food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{ "examples":[ "all she wants to do is sit quietly after the large Thanksgiving meal" ], "synonyms":[ "chow", "feeds", "menus", "messes", "refections", "repasts", "tables" ], "near synonyms":[ "boards", "breakfasts", "buffets", "collations", "dinners", "luncheons", "lunches", "refreshments", "smorgasbords", "snacks", "suppers", "teas", "bites", "gulps", "morsels", "servings", "tastes", "banquets", "feasts", "regales", "spreads", "bakes", "barbecues", "barbeques", "clambakes", "cookouts", "fries", "fry-ups", "luaus", "picnics", "potlucks", "roasts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megaplexes":{ "as in multiplexes , plexes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "multiplexes", "plexes", "'plexes", "nickelodeons", "art houses", "art theaters", "cinematheques", "cinemas", "playhouses", "theaters", "theatres", "fleapits", "grind houses", "drive-ins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "metropolises":{ "a thickly settled, highly populated area":{ "examples":[ "a big, teeming metropolis where ambitious people from all over come to make their mark" ], "synonyms":[ "asphalt jungles", "burgs", "cities", "cosmopolises", "megacities", "megalopolises", "municipalities", "towns" ], "near synonyms":[ "boroughs", "conurbations", "urban sprawls", "exurbs", "suburbias", "suburbs", "central cities", "edge cities", "garden cities", "core cities", "downtowns", "inner cities", "midtowns" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mending":{ "the process or period of gradually regaining one's health and strength":{ "examples":[ "it was a long slow mending of his injuries from the car crash, but he's fine now" ], "synonyms":[ "comeback", "convalescence", "healing", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehab", "rehabilitation", "snapback" ], "near synonyms":[ "resuscitation", "revival", "survival" ], "near antonyms":[ "decline", "degeneration", "deterioration", "fading", "failing", "languishing", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "worsening", "regression", "relapse" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in recuperating , better":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "better", "convalescing", "improved", "recovering", "recuperating", "rehabilitated", "cured", "hardy", "hearty", "lusty", "robust", "rugged", "stalwart", "strong", "tough", "able-bodied", "conditioned", "fit", "well-conditioned", "blooming", "bouncing", "chipper", "flourishing", "flush", "thriving", "hale", "healthful", "healthy", "sound", "well", "whole", "wholesome" ], "near antonyms":[ "ailing", "bad", "down", "ill", "indisposed", "peaked", "peaky", "poorly", "punk", "run-down", "sick", "sickened", "unhealthy", "unsound", "unwell", "symptomatic", "cruddy", "lousy", "seedy", "sickish" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it" ], "synonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "patching", "reconditioning", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ], "near synonyms":[ "fixing up", "furbishing", "overhauling", "rebuilding", "reconstructing", "refurbishing", "aiding", "curing", "healing", "helping", "conditioning", "preparing", "readying", "caring (for)", "maintaining", "servicing", "freshening", "refreshening", "refreshing", "regenerating", "rejuvenating", "renewing", "restoring", "revitalizing", "reviving", "adjusting", "correcting", "modifying", "rectifying", "redressing", "reforming", "righting", "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "enriching", "improving", "meliorating" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishing", "breaking", "damaging", "defacing", "disfiguring", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "ruining", "spoiling", "vandalizing", "wrecking", "crippling", "disabling", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{ "examples":[ "she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu" ], "synonyms":[ "coming back", "convalescing", "gaining", "healing", "pulling round", "rallying", "recouping", "recovering", "recuperating", "snapping back" ], "near synonyms":[ "coming around", "coming round", "coming to", "improving", "picking up", "reviving", "cheering (up)", "perking (up)", "pulling through", "surviving", "recruiting" ], "near antonyms":[ "ailing", "collapsing", "coming down", "sickening", "declining", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "fading", "failing", "languishing", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "worsening", "regressing", "relapsing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to restore to a healthy condition":{ "examples":[ "mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again" ], "synonyms":[ "curing", "fixing", "healing", "rehabbing", "rehabilitating", "setting up" ], "near synonyms":[ "attending (to)", "caring (for)", "doctoring", "medicating", "ministering (to)", "nursing", "physicking", "treating", "fortifying", "rejuvenating", "renewing", "resuscitating", "revitalizing", "reviving", "alleviating", "relieving", "remedying", "repairing" ], "near antonyms":[ "crippling", "damaging", "disabling", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "lacerating", "laming", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating", "wounding", "afflicting", "ailing", "debilitating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "laying up", "sapping", "sickening", "wasting", "weakening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make up for (an offense)":{ "examples":[ "the proverb \"least said, soonest mended \" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean" ], "synonyms":[ "atoning (for)", "expiating", "redeeming" ], "near synonyms":[ "compensating", "recompensing", "reimbursing", "remunerating", "repaying", "amending", "correcting", "rectifying", "redressing", "propitiating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to change one's behavior or character for the better":{ "examples":[ "everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend" ], "synonyms":[ "amending", "reforming", "shaping up", "straightening (up or out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "behaving", "regenerating", "bettering", "improving" ], "near antonyms":[ "backsliding", "regressing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring about recovery from":{ "examples":[ "the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart" ], "synonyms":[ "curing", "healing", "remedying" ], "near synonyms":[ "allaying", "alleviating", "assuaging", "relieving", "palliating", "salving", "soothing", "easing", "lightening", "moderating", "tempering", "doctoring", "nursing", "medicating", "treating", "diagnosing" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravating", "worsening", "misdiagnosing", "overdiagnosing", "underdiagnosing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "messmate":{ "as in classmate , teammate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "classmate", "housemate", "playfellow", "playmate", "roommate", "roomie", "schoolmate", "shipmate", "teammate", "associate", "cohort", "companion", "compatriot", "compeer", "comrade", "crony", "fellow", "hobnobber", "mate", "running mate", "colleague", "coworker", "equal", "peer", "workmate", "accomplice", "affiliate", "ally", "collaborator", "confederate", "half", "partner", "buddy", "chum", "confidant", "familiar", "friend", "hearty", "intimate", "pal", "countryman", "attendant", "escort", "hanger-on", "leech", "parasite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meatheads":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "he's a meathead , but handy to have around if there's any heavy lifting to be done" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mesdemoiselles":{ "as in girls , lasses":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "babes", "beauties", "belles", "damsels", "dolls", "gals", "girls", "ingenues", "ing\u00e9nues", "lasses", "lassies", "maidens", "maids", "misses", "senoritas", "se\u00f1oritas", "madames", "mesdames", "madams", "senoras", "se\u00f1oras", "dames", "gentlewomen", "females", "ladies", "skirts", "women" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in governesses , frauleins":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "duennas", "frauleins", "governesses", "mammies", "au pairs", "bonnes", "amahs", "ayahs", "babysitters", "dry nurses", "nannies", "nursemaids", "nursers", "nurses", "sitters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melanomas":{ "as in cancers , carcinomas":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cancers", "carcinomas", "carcinomata", "lymphomas", "lymphomata", "malignancies", "polyps", "outgrowths", "cysts", "tubercles", "warts", "excrescences", "excrescencies", "growths", "lumps", "neoplasms", "tumors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melt down":{ "to yield to mental or emotional stress":{ "examples":[ "rather than melt down , the team strengthened their resolve and ended up winning the game" ], "synonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "crack", "flip (out)", "freak (out)", "wig (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "choke" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in frazzle , freak-out":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near 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"noun", "verb" ] }, "mermaid":{ "an imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail instead of legs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Nereid", "Oceanid", "sea-maid", "sea-maiden", "siren", "water nymph", "dryad", "hamadryad", "naiad", "nymph", "oread", "wood nymph" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memorialist":{ "as in memoirist , autobiographer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "autobiographer", "memoirist", "biographer", "hagiographer", "fabulist", "fictioneer", "fictionist", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "scriptwriter", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith", "prosaist", "prosateur", "proser", "author", "litterateur", "litt\u00e9rateur", "pen", "penman", "scribe", "scrivener", "writer" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "megastars":{ "a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{ "examples":[ "even a cast of megastars couldn't keep the would-be blockbuster from fizzling at the box office" ], "synonyms":[ "causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres", "causes celebres", "celebrities", "celebs", "figures", "icons", "ikons", "lights", "luminaries", "names", "notabilities", "notables", "notorieties", "personages", "personalities", "somebodies", "standouts", "stars", "superstars", "VIPs" ], "near synonyms":[ "favorites", "heartthrobs", "heroes", "idols", "demigods", "dignitaries", "eminences", "immortals", "monuments", "pillars", "worthies", "barons", "big shots", "bigwigs", "kahunas", "magnates", "moguls", "nabobs", "panjandrums", "panjandra" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightweights", "mediocrities", "has-beens" ], "antonyms":[ "nobodies", "noncelebrities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "medicates":{ "as in treats , doctors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attends", "cares (for)", "doctors", "ministers (to)", "nurses", "treats", "bandages", "binds", "dresses", "swathes", "cures", "heals", "mends", "rehabilitates", "remedies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "meagre":{ "less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{ "examples":[ "ever since he started the diet, his dinners have been more meager than he would like" ], "synonyms":[ "exiguous", "hand-to-mouth", "light", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparing", "sparse", "stingy" ], "near synonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "short", "wanting", "bare", "bare-bones", "least", "littlest", "lowest", "mere", "minimal", "slightest", "slight", "small", "thin", "barren", "infertile", "sterile", "unfruitful", "unproductive" ], "near antonyms":[ "adequate", "enough", "satisfactory", "sufficient", "tolerable", "fat", "fecund", "fertile", "fruitful", "prolific", "rich", "lavish", "luxuriant", "blooming", "bursting", "flourishing", "proliferative", "swarming", "teeming", "thriving", "excess", "extra", "surplus" ], "antonyms":[ "abundant", "ample", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "me-tooers":{ "as in followers , camp followers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adherents", "camp followers", "converts", "disciples", "followers", "partisans", "partizans", "pupils", "votaries", "admirers", "cultists", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fans", "grovelers", "idolaters", "idolators", "worshippers", "worshipers", "zealots", "henchmen", "lackeys", "lapdogs", "minions", "running dogs", "satellites", "slaves", "stooges", "hangers-on", "leeches", "parasites", "spongers", "sponges", "apparatchiks", "apparatchiki", "company men", "yes-men", "apple-polishers", "bootlickers", "brownnosers", "fawners", "flunkies", "flunkeys", "lickspittles", "suck-ups", "sycophants", "toadies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mediated":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest" ], "synonyms":[ "interceded", "intermediated", "interposed", "intervened" ], "near synonyms":[ "butted in", "interfered", "intruded", "meddled", "obtruded", "pried", "snooped", "arbitrated", "moderated", "negotiated", "refereed", "barged (in)", "bothered", "broke (in)", "chimed in", "cut in", "infringed", "invaded", "trespassed" ], "near antonyms":[ "stood by", "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "disregarded", "ignored", "overlooked" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "melted (away)":{ "as in gave out , faded (away)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "abated", "declined", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "fell away", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed", "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "medallions":{ "a piece of metal given in honor of a special event, a person, or an achievement":{ "examples":[ "the hockey team received a gold medallion at the Olympics" ], "synonyms":[ "medals", "orders" ], "near synonyms":[ "decorations", "honors", "crowns", "insignia", "insignias", "laurels", "ribbons", "titles", "bronzes", "golds", "silvers", "badges", "buttons", "chevrons", "clasps", "cockades", "colors", "ensigns", "rosettes", "stars", "distinctions", "awards", "prizes", "trophies", "citations", "commendations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mesmerized":{ "as in hypnotized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hypnotized", "engaged", "interested", "intrigued", "involved", "alert", "alive", "conscious", "open-eyed", "watchful", "wide-awake", "absorbed", "attentive", "deep", "engrossed", "enthralled", "focused", "focussed", "immersed", "intent", "observant", "rapt" ], "near antonyms":[ "absent", "absentminded", "abstracted", "distracted", "inattentive", "inobservant", "unabsorbed", "unfocused", "unfocussed", "daydreaming", "dreamy", "faraway", "foggy", "hazy", "lost", "oblivious", "preoccupied", "remote", "apathetic", "disinterested", "uninterested" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{ "examples":[ "discovered that the children were mesmerized by a television show" ], "synonyms":[ "arrested", "bedazzled", "caught up", "enchanted", "enthralled", "fascinated", "gripped", "hypnotized", "spellbound" ], "near synonyms":[ "enraptured", "entranced", "thrilled", "beguiled", "bewitched", "charmed", "absorbed", "engaged", "engrossed", "involved" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "metaphorically":{ "as in freely , loosely":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "carelessly", "freely", "imprecisely", "inaccurately", "loosely", "inexactly" ], "near antonyms":[ "accurately", "literally", "precisely", "ad verbum", "directly", "exactly", "verbatim", "word for word", "actually", "authentically", "certifiably", "genuinely", "really", "truly", "veritably" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "meddlers":{ "a person who meddles in the affairs of others":{ "examples":[ "a meddler who stayed up all night watching the neighbors" ], "synonyms":[ "busybodies", "buttinskies", "interferers", "interlopers", "intermeddlers", "intruders", "kibitzers", "kibbitzers", "nosey parkers" ], "near synonyms":[ "gapers", "gawkers", "gawpers", "gazers", "peepers", "peeping Toms", "priers", "pryers", "rubberneckers", "rubbernecks", "snoopers", "snoops", "spies", "blabbers", "disclosers", "gossipers", "gossips", "prattlers", "quidnuncs", "revealers", "tellers", "betrayers", "talebearers", "tattlers", "tattletales", "telltales", "snakes", "sneaks", "informants", "informers", "snitchers", "squealers", "stool pigeons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mediating":{ "to act as a go-between for opposing sides":{ "examples":[ "their middle child is often asked to mediate between the oldest and the youngest" ], "synonyms":[ "interceding", "intermediating", "interposing", "intervening" ], "near synonyms":[ "butting in", "interfering", "intruding", "meddling", "obtruding", "prying", "snooping", "arbitrating", "moderating", "negotiating", "refereeing", "barging (in)", "bothering", "breaking (in)", "chiming in", "cutting in", "infringing", "invading", "trespassing" ], "near antonyms":[ "standing by", "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "disregarding", "ignoring", "overlooking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "messes":{ "a state in which everything is out of order":{ "examples":[ "the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess" ], "synonyms":[ "chance-medleys", "chaoses", "confusions", "disarrangements", "disarrays", "dishevelments", "disorders", "disorganizations", "free-for-alls", "havoc", "hecks", "hells", "jumbles", "mare's nests", "mares' nests", "misorders", "muddles", "musses", "shambles", "snake pits", "tumbles", "welters" ], "near synonyms":[ "anarchies", "misrules", "riots", "knots", "snarls", "tangles", "labyrinths", "mazes", "webs", "maelstroms", "storms", "bollixes", "clutters", "litters", "mishmashes", "shuffles", "hodgepodges", "medleys", "miscellanies", "morasses", "motleys" ], "near antonyms":[ "methods", "patterns", "plans", "systems" ], "antonyms":[ "orders" ] }, "food eaten or prepared for eating at one time":{ "examples":[ "a mess of oatmeal" ], "synonyms":[ "chow", "feeds", "meals", "menus", "refections", "repasts", "tables" ], "near synonyms":[ "boards", "breakfasts", "buffets", "collations", "dinners", "luncheons", "lunches", "refreshments", "smorgasbords", "snacks", "suppers", "teas", "bites", "gulps", "morsels", "servings", "tastes", "banquets", "feasts", "regales", "spreads", "bakes", "barbecues", "barbeques", "clambakes", "cookouts", "fries", "fry-ups", "luaus", "picnics", "potlucks", "roasts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something unpleasant to look at":{ "examples":[ "the car was a mess after the accident" ], "synonyms":[ "eyesores", "frights", "hideosities", "horrors", "monstrosities", "sights" ], "near synonyms":[ "eye-catchers", "blots", "smears", "smudges", "spots", "stains" ], "near antonyms":[ "visions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a considerable amount":{ "examples":[ "an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing" ], "synonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "basketfuls", "basketsful", "boatloads", "buckets", "bunches", "bundles", "bushels", "carloads", "chunks", "deals", "dozens", "dozen", "fistfuls", "gobs", "good deals", "heaps", "hundreds", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "mountains", "much", "multiplicities", "myriads", "oodles", "packs", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "platefuls", "plenitudes", "plenties", "plentitudes", "potfuls", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "sheaves", "shiploads", "sights", "slews", "spates", "stacks", "stores", "tons", "truckloads", "volumes", "wads", "wealths", "yards" ], "near synonyms":[ "epidemics", "plagues", "rashes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "plethoras", "redundancies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "deluges", "floods", "overflows", "armies", "bevies", "crams", "crowds", "crushes", "droves", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "scores", "seas", "swarms", "throngs", "gazillions", "jillions", "kazillions", "millions", "million", "thousands", "trillions", "zillions" ], "near antonyms":[ "atoms", "crumbs", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "fragments", "grains", "granules", "iotas", "jots", "modicums", "molecules", "motes", "nubbins", "particles", "rays", "scintillas", "scraps", "shreds", "tittles", "whits", "smatterings", "smatters", "dashes", "drops", "morsels", "shots", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "absences", "dearths", "famines", "lacks", "paucities", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants", "deficiencies", "deficits", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies" ], "antonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "handfuls", "handsful", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "mouthfuls", "nips", "ounces", "peanuts", "pinches", "pittances", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "specks", "spots", "sprinkles", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "tastes", "touches", "traces" ] }, "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{ "examples":[ "please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate" ], "synonyms":[ "butts in", "interferes", "interlopes", "intermeddles", "intrudes", "meddles", "mucks (about or around)", "noses", "obtrudes", "pokes", "pries", "snoops" ], "near synonyms":[ "intercedes", "interposes", "intervenes", "barges (in)", "chisels (in)", "encroaches", "infringes", "invades", "trespasses", "fiddles", "fools", "monkeys", "plays", "tampers" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merging":{ "the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{ "examples":[ "the merging of the two companies resulted in a corporation with a totally different configuration" ], "synonyms":[ "combination", "combining", "connecting", "connection", "consolidation", "coupling", "junction", "linking", "merger", "unification", "union" ], "near synonyms":[ "agglomeration", "amalgamation", "blend", "coalescence", "commingling", "compounding", "fusion", "intermingling", "intermixture", "mingling", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis", "reunification", "reunion" ], "near antonyms":[ "detachment", "divorcement", "separation", "severance" ], "antonyms":[ "breakup", "disconnection", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "parting", "partition", "schism", "scission", "split" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamating", "blending", "combining", "comingling", "commingling", "commixing", "compositing", "concreting", "conflating", "fusing", "homogenizing", "immingling", "immixing", "incorporating", "integrating", "interfusing", "intermingling", "intermixing", "melding", "mingling", "mixing" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding", "admixing", "beating (in)", "cutting in", "folding", "stirring", "tossing", "coalescing", "compounding", "emulsifying", "conjoining", "joining", "knitting", "linking", "uniting", "intertwining", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaving", "disjoining", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering", "dispersing", "dissolving", "scattering", "detaching", "disengaging", "splitting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking down", "breaking up", "separating", "unmixing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mean-spiritedness":{ "as in hostility , resentment":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "grudge", "hostility", "ill will", "jaundice", "rancor", "resentment", "cattiness", "despite", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignance", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "venom", "viciousness", "abusiveness", "cruelty", "abhorrence", "abomination", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "despicableness", "invidiousness", "vengefulness", "vindictiveness", "aversion", "disgust", "distaste", "horror", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "bitchery", "bitchiness", "contempt", "disdain", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "scorn" ], "near antonyms":[ "devotion", "love", "passion", "amiability", "amicability", "amity", "civility", "cordiality", "friendliness", "hospitality", "adoration", "ardor", "infatuation", "veneration", "worship", "affection", "charity", "kindliness", "kindness", "comity", "empathy", "friendship", "goodwill", "sympathy", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meridian":{ "the highest part or point":{ "examples":[ "a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court" ], "synonyms":[ "acme", "apex", "apogee", "capstone", "climax", "crescendo", "crest", "crown", "culmination", "head", "height", "high noon", "high-water mark", "ne plus ultra", "noon", "noontime", "peak", "pinnacle", "sum", "summit", "tip-top", "top", "zenith" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloom", "blossom", "flood tide", "flower", "glory", "heyday", "prime", "cap", "ceiling", "roof", "extreme", "extremity", "tip", "vertex", "high", "highlight", "highspot" ], "near antonyms":[ "abyss", "base", "foot", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[ "bottom", "nadir", "rock bottom" ] }, "as in high , highest":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apical", "apogean", "crestal", "crowning", "culminating", "high", "highest", "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "climacteric", "climactic", "critical", "crossover", "crucial", "fateful", "life-and-death", "life-or-death", "vital", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "earthshaking", "epochal", "momentous", "deciding", "decisive", "payoff", "pivotal", "watershed", "go-no-go", "make-or-break" ], "near antonyms":[ "anticlimactic", "anticlimactical", "inconsequential", "indecisive", "insignificant", "noncritical", "trivial", "unimportant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "mellowed":{ "as in softened":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "softened", "aged", "developed", "grew", "grew up", "matured", "progressed", "ripened", "bloomed", "blossomed", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "flourished", "flowered", "opened", "unfolded", "advanced", "evolved", "got along", "got on", "grayed", "greyed" ], "near antonyms":[ "decayed", "declined", "degenerated", "deteriorated", "sank", "sunk", "worsened", "dried", "drooped", "faded", "flagged", "sagged", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "waned", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "wilted", "withered", "regressed", "retrogressed", "reverted", "backslid", "lapsed", "returned" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mellows (out)":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "I'm going to need to mellow out when this stressful week is finally at an end" ], "synonyms":[ "chills", "chills out", "decompresses", "de-stresses", "loosens up", "relaxes", "unwinds", "winds down" ], "near synonyms":[ "unbends", "basks", "kicks back", "lolls", "lounges", "reposes", "rests", "bums", "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drones", "footles", "goofs (off)", "hacks (around)", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "lazes", "loafs", "vegetates", "vegges out", "veges out", "zones out", "alleviates", "comforts", "eases", "relieves", "calms", "composes", "cools", "quiets", "settles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "tenses (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mentalists":{ "as in clairvoyants , telepaths":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clairvoyants", "mind readers", "telepaths", "sensitives", "channelers", "channels", "mediums", "media", "psychics", "spiritists", "spiritualists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "memo":{ "a message on paper from one person or group to another":{ "examples":[ "a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book" ], "synonyms":[ "dispatch", "epistle", "letter", "memorandum", "missive", "note" ], "near synonyms":[ "billet-doux", "open letter", "airmail", "card", "electronic mail", "e-mail", "junk mail", "mail", "postal card", "postcard", "communication", "report", "encyclical" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually brief written reminder":{ "examples":[ "wrote a memo to herself about the upcoming meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "jotting", "memorandum", 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(out)", "splitting", "allocating", "allotting", "allowing", "apportioning", "assigning", "distributing", "lotting", "rationing", "according", "awarding", "giving", "granting", "earmarking", "reserving", "chipping in", "contributing", "donating", "reallocating", "reapportioning", "reassigning", "redistributing" ], "near antonyms":[ "begrudging", "denying", "depriving (of)", "keeping", "retaining", "stinting", "withholding", "appropriating", "arrogating", "confiscating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mentoring":{ "as in coaching , assistance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assistance", "briefing", "coaching", "priming", "prompting", "teaching", "tutoring", "advice", "advisement", "assistance", "counsel", "guidance", "input", "recommendation", "suggestion", "caution", "cautioning", "sign", "signal", "telltale", "tip-off", "warning", "brief", "direction", "feedback", "instruction", "observation", "prompt", "reminder", "urging", "answer", "clue", "solution", 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"disorder", "dog's breakfast", "mess", "morass", "shambles", "imbroglio", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mermaids":{ "an imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail instead of legs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Nereids", "Oceanids", "sea-maids", "sea-maidens", "sirens", "water nymphs", "dryads", "hamadryads", "naiads", "naiades", "nymphs", "oreads", "wood nymphs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "melanomata":{ "as in cancers , carcinomas":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cancers", "carcinomas", "carcinomata", "lymphomas", "lymphomata", "malignancies", "polyps", "outgrowths", "cysts", "tubercles", "warts", "excrescences", "excrescencies", "growths", "lumps", "neoplasms", "tumors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mesas":{ "a broad flat area of elevated land":{ "examples":[ "a mesa in the Arizona 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"noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "reputable", "worthy", "excellent", "flawless", "perfect", "honorable", "noble", "honest", "straight" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "memos":{ "a message on paper from one person or group to another":{ "examples":[ "a long series of memos between the two authors collaborating on the book" ], "synonyms":[ "dispatches", "epistles", "letters", "memorandums", "memoranda", "missives", "notes" ], "near synonyms":[ "billets-doux", "open letters", "airmails", "cards", "electronic mails", "e-mails", "junk mails", "mails", "postal cards", "postcards", "communications", "reports", "encyclicals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually brief written reminder":{ "examples":[ "wrote a memo to herself about the upcoming meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "jottings", "memorandums", "memoranda", "notations", "notes" ], "near synonyms":[ "bordereaux", "memoirs", "memorials", "minutes", "protocols", "reports", "lines", "documents", "writings" ], 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"songsmith", "songwriter", "tunesmith", "symphonist", "arranger", "orchestrator", "orchestrater", "scorer", "librettist", "lyricist", "lyrist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mechanizing":{ "as in mobilizing , embattling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "embattling", "mobilizing", "equipping", "reequipping", "re-equipping", "weaponing", "arming", "militarizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "demilitarizing", "disarming", "demobilizing", "denuclearizing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mescal":{ "as in whiskey , tequila":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barley-bree", "barley-broo", "brandy", "gin", "liqueur", "mao-tai", "schnapps", "tequila", "vodka", "whiskey", "whisky", "mead", "sake", "saki", "wine", "Dutch courage", "ale", "beer", "brew", "brewage", "brewski", "home brew", "malt liquor", "microbrew", "mum", "nappy", "cocktail", "mixed drink", "belt", "load", "nip", "peg", "pop", "shooter", "shot", "slug", "snifter", "snort", "tot", "whet", "aperitif", "bracer", "chaser", "digestif", "nightcap", "alcohol", "aqua vitae", "ardent spirits", "booze", "bottle", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "inebriant", "intoxicant", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "liquor", "lush", "moonshine", "potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }