{ "bias":{ "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "disrelish", "distaste", "detachment", "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "apathy", "disinterestedness", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "related":[ "favor", "one-sidedness", "partisanship", "prejudice", "endowment", "faculty", "flair", "gift", "knack", "talent", "addiction", "appetite", "fancy", "fondness", "like", "liking", "preference", "taste", "forte", "speciality", "specialty", "convention", "custom", "habit", "pattern", "practice", "practise", "routine", "trick", "way", "wont", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "kink", "oddity", "peculiarity", "quirk", "singularity" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "affinity", "aptitude", "bent", "bone", "devices", "disposition", "genius", "habitude", "impulse", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "turn" ] }, "an attitude that always favors one way of feeling or acting especially without considering any other possibilities":{ "antonyms":[ "impartiality", "neutrality", "objectivity", "open-mindedness", "unbiasedness" ], "examples":[ "he has a powerful bias towards sentimentality, which comes through even in his grittier stories" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "detachment", "dispassion", "indifference", "aversion", "dislike", "distaste", "hate", "scunner" ], "related":[ "chauvinism", "cronyism", "favoritism", "nepotism", "self-opinionatedness", "self-partiality", "bent", "inclination", "leaning", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency", "preconception", "prejudgment", "prepossession" ], "synonyms":[ "favor", "nonobjectivity", "one-sidedness", "partiality", "parti pris", "partisanship", "ply", "prejudice", "tendentiousness" ] }, "in a line or direction running from corner to corner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "made of fabric cut bias" ], "near antonyms":[ "lengthwise", "longitudinally" ], "related":[ "across" ], "synonyms":[ "athwart", "cornerways", "cornerwise", "crossways", "crosswise", "diagonally", "kitty-corner", "catty-corner", "catercorner", "kitty-cornered", "catty-cornered", "catercornered", "obliquely", "transversely" ] }, "to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dispose", "incline", "predispose", "influence", "prepossess", "convince", "persuade", "suggest" ], "synonyms":[ "poison", "prejudice", "turn" ] }, "type":[ "adverb", "noun", "verb" ] }, "biases":{ "a habitual attraction to some activity or thing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "from her youth she revealed a strong bias toward a life of the mind" ], "near antonyms":[ "allergies", "aversions", "disfavors", "disinclinations", "dislikes", "disrelishes", "distastes", "detachments", "impartialities", "neutralities", "objectivities", "apathies", "indifferences", "insouciances", "nonchalances" ], "related":[ "favors", "partisanships", "prejudices", "endowments", "faculties", "flairs", "gifts", "knacks", "talents", "addictions", "appetites", "fancies", "likes", "likings", "preferences", "tastes", "fortes", "specialities", "specialties", "conventions", "customs", "habits", "patterns", "practices", "practises", "routines", "tricks", "ways", "wonts", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "kinks", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quirks", "singularities" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "affinities", "aptitudes", "bents", "bones", "devices", "dispositions", "geniuses", "genii", "habitudes", "impulses", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies", "turns" ] }, "to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "disposes", "inclines", "predisposes", "influences", "prepossesses", "convinces", "persuades", "suggests" ], "synonyms":[ "poisons", "prejudices", "turns" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "biblical":{ "relating to, taken from, or found in the Bible":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a biblical passage", "The city was a center for trade in biblical times." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bibliography":{ "as in glossary , index":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bickers":{ "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after a prolonged bicker , they finally managed to find a movie that both of them were interested in seeing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "clashes", "run-ins", "skirmishes", "tangles", "tussles", "logomachies", "feuds", "vendettas", "attacks", "contentions", "dissensions", "dissentions", "debates", "differences", "disputations", "fusses", "objections", "protestations", "protests", "affrays", "fisticuffs", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "catfights" ], "synonyms":[ "altercations", "argle-bargles", "arguments", "argy-bargies", "battles royal", "battle royals", "battles royale", "battle royales", "brawls", "contretemps", "controversies", "cross fires", "disagreements", "disputes", "donnybrooks", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "fights", "hassles", "imbroglios", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "rhubarbs", "rows", "scraps", "set-tos", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if you two don't stop bickering about where to go to eat, we're not going out at all!" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexists", "gets along", "accepts", "agrees", "assents", "concurs", "consents" ], "related":[ "challenges", "dares", "defies", "clashes", "contends", "contests", "tangles", "cavils", "fusses", "nitpicks", "considers", "debates", "discusses", "kicks", "objects", "protests" ], "synonyms":[ "altercates", "argues", "argufies", "brabbles", "brawls", "controverts", "disputes", "falls out", "fights", "hassles", "jars", "quarrels", "quibbles", "rows", "scraps", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bicolored":{ "as in two-tone , two-toned":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bicycle":{ "a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the range of the boy's explorations vastly expanded when he acquired his first bicycle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "mountain bike", "tandem bicycle", "ten-speed" ], "synonyms":[ "bike", "cycle", "push-bike", "push bicycle", "two-wheeler", "velocipede" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bided":{ "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children" ], "near antonyms":[ "declined", "dismissed", "refused", "rejected", "repudiated", "spurned", "turned down", "combated", "combatted", "contested", "fought", "opposed", "resisted", "avoided", "bypassed", "circumvented", "dodged", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "missed", "abstained (from)", "forborne", "refrained (from)" ], "related":[ "allowed", "permitted", "suffered", "swallowed", "reconciled (to)", "acquiesced", "agreed (with or to)", "assented (to)", "capitulated", "consented (to)", "respected", "submitted (to)", "yielded (to)" ], "synonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "absorbed", "accepted", "borne", "born", "brooked", "countenanced", "endured", "gone", "hacked", "handled", "met", "pocketed", "stomached", "stood", "stuck out", "supported", "sustained", "sweat out", "sweated out", "taken", "tolerated", "worn" ] }, "to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "hung around", "lingered", "remained", "stuck around", "tarried", "stood by", "anticipated", "expected", "watched (for)" ], "synonyms":[ "awaited", "held on", "stayed", "waited" ] }, "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{ "antonyms":[ "ceased", "closed", "concluded", "desisted", "died", "discontinued", "ended", "expired", "finished", "lapsed", "left off", "passed", "quit", "quitted", "stopped", "terminated", "wound up", "winded up" ], "examples":[ "how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?" ], "near antonyms":[ "abated", "died (down)", "ebbed", "let up", "moderated", "subsided", "waned" ], "related":[ "lingered", "stayed", "stuck around", "tarried", "carried through", "prevailed", "survived" ], "synonyms":[ "abided", "abode", "continued", "endured", "held on", "held up", "kept up", "lasted", "perdured", "persisted", "remained", "run on" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bids":{ "an effort to do or accomplish something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a dramatic film that is widely regarded as the comedian's last-ditch bid to be taken seriously as an actor" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "strivings", "struggles", "throes", "undertakings", "trial and errors" ], "synonyms":[ "assays", "attempts", "bashes", "cracks", "endeavors", "essays", "flings", "goes", "offers", "passes", "shots", "stabs", "trials", "tries", "whacks", "whirls" ] }, "to issue orders to (someone) by right of authority":{ "antonyms":[ "minds", "obeys" ], "examples":[ "the servants were expected to do exactly as they were bidden" ], "near antonyms":[ "complies (with)", "follows", "keeps", "observes" ], "related":[ "asks", "petitions", "requests", "begs", "beseeches", "entreats", "advises", "counsels", "warns", "appoints", "assigns", "authorizes", "commissions", "oversees", "superintends", "supervises", "conducts", "controls", "leads", "manages", "coerces", "compels", "constrains", "forces", "obliges", "requires" ], "synonyms":[ "adjures", "bosses (around)", "charges", "commands", "directs", "enjoins", "instructs", "orders", "tells" ] }, "to request the presence or participation of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as company president, I bid you all to come to our annual holiday party!" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "solicits", "beckons", "calls", "summons" ], "synonyms":[ "asks", "invites" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "biffing":{ "to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the elderly woman swung her purse and biffed the mugger upside the head" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battering", "beating", "buffeting", "bunging", "chopping", "cuffing", "drubbing", "lacing", "lambasting", "licking", "mangling", "mauling", "pelting", "peppering", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pummeling", "pummelling", "roughing", "scuffing", "bunting", "flicking", "stroking", "tapping", "bumping", "butting", "jabbing", "jostling", "kicking", "kneeing", "poking", "prodding", "pushing", "shoving", "stamping", "bowling (down or over)", "creaming", "decking", "dumping", "felling", "flooring", "knocking down", "leveling", "levelling", "rabbit-punching", "sucker punching", "caning", "clubbing", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "flailing", "flogging", "lashing", "sapping", "slashing", "sledgehammering", "sledging", "spearing", "stabbing", "switching", "thrashing", "whipping", "beaning", "braining", "conking", "skulling" ], "synonyms":[ "banging", "bashing", "batting", "belting", "bludgeoning", "bobbing", "bonking", "bopping", "boxing", "busting", "clapping", "clipping", "clobbering", "clocking", "clouting", "cracking", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "nailing", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "rapping", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "tagging", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "zapping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bifurcate":{ "to undergo division into two parts":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "The stream bifurcated into two narrow winding channels." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bifurcation":{ "a movement in different directions away from a common point":{ "antonyms":[ "convergence" ], "examples":[ "a thoughtful book about the nation's bifurcation into two distinct and antagonistic cultures" ], "near antonyms":[ "accord", "agreement", "likeness", "similarity" ], "related":[ "difference", "disagreement", "discrepancy", "disparateness", "disparity", "dissidence", "dissimilarity", "distinction", "distinctiveness", "distinctness", "diversity", "unlikeness" ], "synonyms":[ "divarication", "divergence", "divergency", "separation" ] }, "the act or process of a whole separating into two or more parts or pieces":{ "antonyms":[ "unification", "union" ], "examples":[ "a divisive issue that caused the bifurcation of the political party" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemblage", "association", "attachment", "conjunction", "connection", "link", "linkage", "linkup", "aggregation", "combination", "consolidation", "fusion" ], "related":[ "breach", "rupture", "divorce", "severance", "decomposition", "disassembly", "dismemberment", "segmentation", "subdivision", "atomization", "dichotomization", "polarization", "diffusion", "dispersal", "dispersion", "scattering", "administration", "apportionment", "distribution", "isolation", "seclusion", "segregation", "sequestration" ], "synonyms":[ "breakup", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "separation", "split", "sundering" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "big houses":{ "a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "told harrowing stories of his years spent in the big house" ], "near antonyms":[ "outsides" ], "related":[ "bull pens", "cages", "cells", "holes", "tanks", "blocks", "wards", "glasshouses", "guardhouses", "hulks", "concentration camps", "gulags", "labor camps", "prison camps", "stalags", "work camps", "dungeons", "keeps", "oubliettes", "reformatories", "reform schools", "training schools" ], "synonyms":[ "bastilles", "bridewells", "brigs", "calabooses", "cans", "clinks", "coolers", "coops", "guardrooms", "hocks", "holds", "hoosegows", "jailhouses", "jails", "joints", "jugs", "lockups", "nicks", "penitentiaries", "pens", "pokeys", "prisons", "quods", "slammers", "slams", "stirs", "stockades", "tolbooths" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bigheaded":{ "having too high an opinion of oneself":{ "antonyms":[ "egoless", "humble", "modest", "uncomplacent" ], "examples":[ "she's become bigheaded since winning that literary award" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffident", "self-critical", "self-distrustful", "self-doubting", "self-reproachful", "self-reproving", "meek", "timid", "unassertive", "down-to-earth", "unarrogant", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "bashful", "demure", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "retiring", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy" ], "related":[ "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "disdainful", "fastuous", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "huffy", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "peremptory", "pontifical", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "holier-than-thou", "pretentious", "overconfident", "presuming", "presumptuous", "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-adulatory", "self-congratulatory", "self-contented", "self-gratulatory", "self-applauding", "self-dramatizing", "self-glorifying", "self-promoting", "self-affected", "self-centered", "self-engrossed", "selfish", "condescending", "patronizing" ], "synonyms":[ "assured", "biggety", "biggity", "complacent", "conceited", "consequential", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-opinionated", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swellheaded", "vain", "vainglorious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bigwig":{ "one of high position or importance within a group":{ "antonyms":[ "lightweight", "nobody", "nonentity", "nothing", "shrimp", "twerp", "whippersnapper", "zero", "zilch" ], "examples":[ "interviewed by several bigwigs on the hospital's staff" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferior", "subordinate", "underling", "mediocrity", "obscurity" ], "related":[ "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "king", "lion", "magnate", "mogul", "prince", "princess", "queen", "tycoon", "VIP" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "big boy", "big cheese", "big gun", "big leaguer", "big shot", "big wheel", "big-timer", "bigfoot", "biggie", "fat cat", "heavy", "heavy hitter", "heavyweight", "high-muck-a-muck", "high-muckety-muck", "honcho", "kahuna", "kingfish", "kingpin", "major leaguer", "muckety-muck", "muck-a-muck", "mucky-muck", "nabob", "nawab", "nibs", "nob", "pooh-bah", "poo-bah", "wheel" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bilge":{ "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "tried to justify his unhinged tirade with a lot of stale and insincere bilge" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "related":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bilk":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "people who lost money in the scheme discovered that the investment company was a fake and the \"owner\" just a bilk" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "synonyms":[ "bilker", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fakir", "finagler", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bilker":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the \"victim\" of the staged car crash turned out to be a serial bilker of insurance companies" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "synonyms":[ "bilk", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fakir", "finagler", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bilking":{ "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an investigation revealed that the garage had been bilking motorists for repairs that had never been made" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extorting", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "clipping", "gouging", "nicking", "overcharging", "soaking", "exploiting", "milking", "deceiving", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "tricking", "roping (in)", "betraying", "bitching", "double-crossing", "bamboozling", "fast-talking" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bleeding", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "chousing", "conning", "cozening", "defrauding", "diddling", "doing", "doing in", "euchring", "fiddling", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "gaffing", "hosing", "hustling", "mulcting", "nobbling", "plucking", "reaming", "ripping off", "rooking", "screwing", "shaking down", "shortchanging", "shorting", "skinning", "skunking", "squeezing", "sticking", "stiffing", "stinging", "suckering", "swindling", "thimblerigging", "victimizing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bill of fare":{ "a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Tonight's bill of fare will include pan-seared scallops and rack of lamb." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chow", "chuck", "cuisine", "fare", "grub", "provender", "table" ], "synonyms":[ "card", "menu" ] }, "a listing of things to be presented or considered (as at a concert or play)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She volunteered to hand out the bills of fare at the door." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "card", "dance card", "exercises", "plate", "arrangement", "order", "ordering", "organization", "sequence", "setup" ], "synonyms":[ "agenda", "calendar", "docket", "program", "schedule", "timetable" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "billboarded":{ "as in billed , bulletined":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], 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"related":[ "doming", "blowing up", "inflating", "dilating", "distending", "expanding", "mushrooming", "snowballing", "elongating", "extending", "lengthening", "stretching" ], "synonyms":[ "bagging", "ballooning", "beetling", "bellying", "bulging", "bunching", "jutting", "overhanging", "poking", "pooching", "pouching", "pouting", "projecting", "protruding", "standing out", "starting", "sticking out", "swelling" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "bin":{ "a covered rectangular container for storing or transporting things":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a storage bin for hats and gloves", "put plastics in this recycling bin , and glass in that one" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "carton", "crate", "footlocker", "sea chest", "coffer", "lockbox", "safe", "safe-deposit box", "strongbox", "coffin", "compartment", "vault", "canteen", "caisson", "hope chest", "minaudi\u00e8re", "bandbox", "hatbox", "jewel box", "snuffbox", "tinderbox" ], "synonyms":[ "box", "caddy", "case", "casket", "chest", "locker", "trunk" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "binds":{ "a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with our vacation week fast approaching, and no arrangements for the care of our pets, we were in a serious bind" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "difficulties", "nodes", "hot waters", "soups", "pinches", "plights", "quandaries", "scrapes", "troubles", "deadlocks", "halts", "logjams", "stalemates", "standstills", "clutches", "crises", "crossroads", "emergencies", "exigencies", "junctures", "straits" ], "synonyms":[ "boxes", "catch-22's", "catch-22s", "corners", "dilemmas", "fixes", "holes", "impasses", "jackpots", "jams", "mires", "pickles", "predicaments", "quagmires", "rabbit holes", "rattraps", "spots", "sticky wickets", "swamps" ] }, "something that physically prevents free movement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the store owner held the would-be burglar in a makeshift bind until the police officers could arrive" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "captivities", "confinements", "constraints", "curbs", "enchainments", "enslavements", "hindrances", "immurements", "imprisonments", "incarcerations", "restraints", "restrictions", "entanglements", "nets", "trammels", "traps", "collars", "straitjackets", "straightjackets", "fasteners", "hobbles", "hold-downs", "holdings", "holds", "ties" ], "synonyms":[ "bands", "bonds", "bracelets", "chains", "cuffs", "fetters", "handcuffs", "irons", "ligatures", "manacles", "shackles" ] }, "to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{ "antonyms":[ "unbinds", "unfetters", "unshackles" ], "examples":[ "prisons tend to bind convicted criminals for transport" ], "near antonyms":[ "emancipates", "frees", "liberates", "looses", "releases", "rescues", "undoes", "unfastens", "untangles", "unties", "detaches", "disengages" ], "related":[ "bits", "hobbles", "hog-ties", "irons", "lashes", "secures", "ties", "trusses", "attaches", "fastens", "joins", "links", "confines", "constrains", "curbs", "hampers", "hinders", "impedes", "limits", "restricts", "entangles", "tangles" ], "synonyms":[ "chains", "enchains", "enfetters", "fetters", "gyves", "handcuffs", "manacles", "pinions", "shackles", "trammels" ] }, "to cover with a bandage":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bind the wound to stop the bleeding" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "attends", "cares (for)", "doctors", "medicates", "ministers (to)", "nurses", "treats", "cures", "heals", "mends", "rehabilitates", "remedies" ], "synonyms":[ "bandages", "dresses", "swathes" ] }, "to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{ "antonyms":[ "unbinds", "unties" ], "examples":[ "bind the asparagus spears carefully before packing the bunches" ], "near antonyms":[ "undoes", "unfastens", "unlaces", "unlashes", "unloosens", "unlooses", "unstraps", "unstrings", "unthreads", "unleashes", "untethers", "disentangles", "unravels", "unsnarls", "untangles", "untwines", "untwists", "uncoils", "unspools", "unwinds" ], "related":[ "cinches", "cords", "ropes", "straps", "threads", "wires", "girds", "girts", "lashes", "leashes", "tethers", "interlaces", "intertwines", "interweaves", "laces", "entangles", "knots", "snarls", "tangles", "twists", "coils", "winds" ], "synonyms":[ "bands", "ties", "trusses" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "biplane":{ "as in tilt-rotor , triplane":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bird's-eye":{ "relating to the main elements and not to specific details":{ "antonyms":[ "close-up", "delineated", "detailed", "molecular", "particularized", "specific" ], "examples":[ "a bird's-eye look at the current situation in that part of the world" ], "near antonyms":[ "limited", "restricted", "specified", "distinct", "explicit", "precise", "sharp", "comprehensive", "elaborate", "full", "mapped (out)", "thorough", "enumerated", "inventoried", "itemized", "listed", "individual", "singular", "particular", "peculiar" ], "related":[ "comprehensive", "inclusive", "absolute", "boundless", "expansive", "extensive", "infinite", "panoramic", "sweeping", "vast", "wide", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "nondescript", "vague", "unlimited", "unrestricted", "unspecified" ], "synonyms":[ "all-around", "all-round", "broad", "general", "nonspecific", "overall" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "birdbrained":{ "lacking in seriousness or maturity":{ "antonyms":[ "earnest", "serious", "serious-minded", "sober", "unfrivolous" ], "examples":[ "a birdbrained neighbor who is forever giving me tacky tchotchkes" ], "near antonyms":[ "grave", "melancholy", "somber", "sombre", "thoughtful", "dignified", "heavy", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "severe", "solemn", "staid" ], "related":[ "fatuous", "foolish", "inane", "nonsensical", "thoughtless", "witless", "crazy", "daffy", "daft", "fruity", "exuberant", "flippant", "fluttery", "giggly", "happy", "light", "lighthearted", "playful", "sappy", "shallow", "superficial" ], "synonyms":[ "ditzy", "ditsy", "dizzy", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "frothy", "futile", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "light-minded", "puerile", "scatterbrained", "silly", "yeasty" ] }, "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "birthrights":{ "something that is or may be inherited":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "believed that the house was her birthright" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "heirlooms", "bestowals", "gifts", "offerings", "presents" ], "synonyms":[ "bequests", "heritages", "inheritances", "legacies", "patrimonies" ] }, "something to which one has a just claim":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "calls", "dibs", "dues", "entitlements", "perquisites", "pretenses", "pretences", "pretensions", "privileges" ], "synonyms":[ "appanages", "apanages", "prerogatives", "rights" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bisecting":{ "to divide by passing through or across":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the infamous concrete wall that once bisected the city of Berlin, Germany" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crisscrossing", "decussating" ], "synonyms":[ "crossing", "cutting", "intersecting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bitchy":{ "having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{ "antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benign", "benignant", "loving", "unmalicious" ], "examples":[ "a bitchy and vindictive boss who has punished workers who have had the gall to question the company's policies" ], "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" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "catty", "cruel", "despiteful", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "vicious", "virulent" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bite (on)":{ "to crush or grind with the teeth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she tends to bite on her pencils when she thinks hard" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ruminate", "munch", "nosh", "snack", "consume", "eat", "ingest", "swallow", "bolt", "devour", "gobble (up or down)", "gorge", "gulp", "scarf", "scoff", "snack", "wolf", "nip", "peck (at)", "pick (at)", "gum", "mumble" ], "synonyms":[ "champ", "chaw", "chew", "chomp (on)", "crunch (on)", "gnaw (on)", "masticate", "nibble" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bite-size":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bitter":{ "causing intense discomfort to one's skin":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bitter wind was stinging the faces of the skiers" ], "near antonyms":[ "balmy", "gentle", "mild", "soothing" ], "related":[ "brisk", "invigorating", "nippy", "snappy", "needlelike", "prickly", "tingling", "caustic", "corrosive" ], "synonyms":[ "biting", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "piercing", "raw", "sharp", "shrewd", "smarting", "stinging" ] }, "difficult to endure":{ "antonyms":[ "easy", "light", "soft" ], "examples":[ "a bitter lesson about money and friendship" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfortable", "cozy", "luxurious", "snug", "agreeable", "friendly", "genial", "hospitable", "pleasant", "peaceful", "relaxing", "reposeful", "restful", "bearable", "endurable", "painless", "tolerable", "balmy", "calm", "clement", "gentle", "mild", "moderate", "temperate" ], "related":[ "austere", "bleak", "comfortless", "discomforting", "forbidding", "inhospitable", "spartan", "uncomfortable", "biting", "inclement", "intemperate", "wild", "rigorous", "strict", "stringent", "agonizing", "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "painful", "wretched", "crushing", "grinding", "overwhelming", "wearing", "insufferable", "insupportable", "intolerable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "harrowing", "tortuous", "bad", "disagreeable", "hostile", "unfriendly", "unpleasant" ], "synonyms":[ "brutal", "burdensome", "cruel", "excruciating", "grievous", "grim", "hard", "hardhanded", "harsh", "heavy", "inhuman", "murderous", "onerous", "oppressive", "rough", "rugged", "searing", "severe", "stiff", "tough", "trying" ] }, "expressing or suggesting mourning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bitter cry of grief" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted", "exulting", "glorying", "happy", "joyful", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "laughing", "smiling", "blissful", "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "jocund", "jolly", "joyous", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical" ], "related":[ "dirgelike", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "melancholy", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "tearful", "brokenhearted", "careworn", "crestfallen", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "low-spirited", "miserable", "sad", "triste", "unhappy", "woebegone", "bawling", "crying", "groaning", "howling", "keening", "moaning", "yammering", "bleeding", "suffering", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "joyless", "low", "miserable", "moody", "morbid", "morose", "pathetic", "pessimistic", "piteous", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "wretched" ], "synonyms":[ "aching", "agonized", "anguished", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "doleful", "dolesome", "dolorous", "funeral", "grieving", "heartbroken", "lamentable", "lugubrious", "mournful", "plaintive", "plangent", "regretful", "rueful", "sorrowful", "sorry", "wailing", "weeping", "woeful" ] }, "hard to accept or bear especially emotionally":{ "antonyms":[ "gratifying", "pleasing", "sweet" ], "examples":[ "discovering that he had been cut from the crew team was a bitter disappointment" ], "near antonyms":[ "bearable", "endurable", "supportable", "sustainable", "tolerable", "livable", "liveable", "sufferable", "survivable", "acceptable", "allowable", "reasonable" ], "related":[ "insufferable", "insupportable", "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "unsupportable", "appalling", "awful", "bad", "dire", "dreadful", "ghastly", "horrible", "miserable", "nasty", "rotten", "severe", "terrible", "vile", "wretched", "acute", "extreme", "intense", "piercing" ], "synonyms":[ "afflicting", "agonizing", "cruel", "excruciating", "galling", "grievous", "harrowing", "harsh", "heartrending", "hurtful", "painful", "tormenting", "torturous" ] }, "having a low or subnormal temperature":{ "antonyms":[ "ardent", "blazing", "boiling", "broiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "fiery", "glowing", "hot", "igneous", "molten", "piping hot", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "seething", "sizzling", "sultry", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "warming", "white-hot" ], "examples":[ "a bitter February day for this part of the country" ], "near antonyms":[ "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "overheated", "reheated", "warmed", "snug", "toasty", "warm", "feverish", "flushed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "canicular", "equatorial", "muggy", "steamy", "summery", "tropical" ], "related":[ "cryogenic", "subfreezing", "subzero", "ultracold", "cutting", "keen", "penetrating", "piercing", "sharp", "bracing", "brisk", "crisp", "invigorating", "rigorous", "chilled", "cooled", "frosted", "frozen", "iced", "refrigerated", "unheated" ], "synonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bone-chilling", "chill", "chilly", "cold", "coldish", "cool", "coolish", "freezing", "frigid", "frosty", "gelid", "glacial", "ice-cold", "icy", "nipping", "nippy", "numbing", "polar", "shivery", "snappy", "wintry", "wintery" ] }, "having or showing deep-seated resentment":{ "antonyms":[ "unbitter" ], "examples":[ "a bitter attitude about always having to work on Saturday", "she's still bitter about how her family treated her so unfairly" ], "near antonyms":[ "caring", "forgiving", "gentle", "kind", "kindhearted", "loving", "sweet", "sympathetic", "tender", "warm", "warmhearted" ], "related":[ "disaffected", "discontented", "disgruntled", "malcontent", "contemptuous", "cynical", "disdainful", "misanthropic", "scornful", "angry", "cruel", "harsh", "irritated", "mad", "rough", "savage", "vehement", "vicious", "virulent", "vitriolic", "acid", "caustic", "cutting", "mordant", "sarcastic", "trenchant", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out" ], "synonyms":[ "acrid", "acrimonious", "embittered", "hard", "rancorous", "resentful", "sore" ] }, "not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{ "antonyms":[ "agreeable", "congenial", "good", "grateful", "gratifying", "nice", "palatable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "pleasurable", "satisfying", "welcome" ], "examples":[ "had to face the bitter truth about their marriage" ], "near antonyms":[ "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "dreamy", "felicitous", "amiable", "charming", "cheery", "friendly", "jolly", "kindly", "sweet" ], "related":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "appalling", "awful", "beastly", "bilious", "disgusting", "dreadful", "foul", "ghastly", "gnarly", "god-awful", "gross", "hateful", "hellish", "hideous", "horrendous", "horrible", "horrid", "invidious", "loathsome", "nauseating", "nauseous", "noisome", "obnoxious", "obscene", "odious", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "revulsive", "scandalous", "seamy", "shocking", "sick", "sickening", "ugly", "unholy", "vile", "villainous", "aggravating", "annoying", "galling", "irritating", "vexing", "crappy", "cruddy", "crummy", "crumby", "lousy", "miserable", "sucky", "wretched" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "disagreeable", "displeasing", "distasteful", "harsh", "icky", "nasty", "rotten", "sour", "uncongenial", "unlovely", "unpalatable", "unpleasant", "unpleasing", "unsavory", "unwelcome", "wicked", "yucky", "yukky" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ], "uncomfortably cool":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a bitter , rainy day" ], "near antonyms":[ "balmy", "warm", "lukewarm", "tepid", "heated", "warmed" ], "related":[ "bracing", "brisk", "crisp", "invigorating", "rigorous", "snappy", "arctic", "cold", "coolish", "freezing", "frigid", "frosty", "glacial", "ice-cold", "icy", "numbing", "polar", "shivery", "wintry", "wintery", "subfreezing", "subzero", "frore", "frosted", "frozen", "iced", "refrigerated", "unheated" ], "synonyms":[ "bleak", "chill", "chilling", "chilly", "nipping", "nippy", "raw", "sharp" ] } }, "bitty":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "very small in size":{ "antonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "elephantine", "enormous", "giant", "gigantic", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "huge", "immense", "mammoth", "massive", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "planetary", "prodigious", "titanic", "tremendous" ], "examples":[ "a little bitty kitten that I could hold in my hand" ], "near antonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "bumper", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "grand", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "super", "whacking", "whopping", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "monolithic", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "cavernous", "immeasurable", "infinite", "vast", "vasty", "voluminous" ], "related":[ "baby", "diminutive", "dwarf", "elfin", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "micro", "mini", "minikin", "model", "petite", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "small", "smallish", "dinky", "dwarfish", "insignificant", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "scrubby", "undersized", "undersize" ], "synonyms":[ "atomic", "bitsy", "infinitesimal", "itty-bitty", "itsy-bitsy", "little bitty", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy" ] } }, "bichrome":{ "as in two-tone , two-toned":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "binomials":{ "as in monomials":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bikes":{ "a two-wheeled vehicle that is propelled by the use of pedals and steered through the use of handlebars":{ "examples":[ "likes to ride her mountain bike on weekends" ], "synonyms":[ "bicycles", "cycles", "push-bikes", "push bicycles", "two-wheelers", "velocipedes" ], "related":[ "mountain bikes", "tandem bicycles", "ten-speeds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{ "examples":[ "the boisterous bike that annually descends upon Edinburgh for the Fringe" ], "synonyms":[ "armies", "crams", "crowds", "crushes", "droves", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "masses", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "routs", "scrums", "swarms", "throngs" ], "related":[ "masses", "millions", "rabblements", "rabbles", "riffraffs", "gaggles", "heaps", "mountains", "piles", "jams", "logjams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bigheartedness":{ "the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{ "examples":[ "because of the bigheartedness of her coworkers, she was able to present the charity with a fat check" ], "synonyms":[ "charity", "commiseration", "compassion", "feeling", "good-heartedness", "heart", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "largeheartedness", "mercy", "pity", "ruth", "softheartedness", "sympathy", "warmheartedness" ], "related":[ "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" ] }, "the quality or state of being generous":{ "examples":[ "the commendable bigheartedness of that upscale restaurateur, who uses a portion of her profits to fund a soup kitchen" ], "synonyms":[ "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "generousness", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "munificence", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness" ], "related":[ "beneficence", "charity", "kindliness", "selflessness", "kindness", "gift", "gratuity", "lagniappe", "tribute", "extravagance", "improvidence", "lavishness", "prodigality", "wastefulness", "spendthrift", "dissipating", "squandering" ], "near antonyms":[ "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "conservation", "saving", "husbanding", "managing", "scraping", "cutting back" ], "antonyms":[ "cheapness", "closeness", "meanness", "miserliness", "parsimony", "penuriousness", "pinching", "selfishness", "stinginess", "tightness", "ungenerosity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bides":{ "to remain indefinitely in existence or in the same state":{ "examples":[ "how long are you going to bide in this unhappy marriage?" ], "synonyms":[ "abides", "continues", "endures", "holds on", "holds up", "keeps up", "lasts", "perdures", "persists", "remains", "runs on" ], "related":[ "lingers", "stays", "sticks around", "tarries", "carries through", "prevails", "survives" ], "near antonyms":[ "abates", "dies (down)", "ebbs", "lets up", "moderates", "subsides", "wanes" ], "antonyms":[ "ceases", "closes", "concludes", "desists", "dies", "discontinues", "ends", "expires", "finishes", "lapses", "leaves off", "passes", "quits", "stops", "terminates", "winds up" ] }, "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{ "examples":[ "at my advanced age I simply cannot bide young children" ], "synonyms":[ "abides", "absorbs", "accepts", "bears", "brooks", "countenances", "endures", "goes", "hacks", "handles", "meets", "pockets", "stands", "sticks out", "stomachs", "supports", "sustains", "sweats out", "takes", "tolerates", "wears" ], "related":[ "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 remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{ "examples":[ "I promise you that if you bide yet a little longer, all will come to pass just as you desire" ], "synonyms":[ "awaits", "holds on", "stays", "waits" ], "related":[ "hangs around", "lingers", "remains", "sticks around", "tarries", "stands by", "anticipates", "expects", "watches (for)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "big boys":{ "one of high position or importance within a group":{ "examples":[ "when she became the network's White House correspondent, she knew that she was now playing with the big boys" ], "synonyms":[ "big cheeses", "bigfeet", "bigfoots", "biggies", "big guns", "big leaguers", "bigs", "big shots", "big-timers", "big wheels", "bigwigs", "fat cats", "heavies", "heavy hitters", "heavyweights", "high-muck-a-mucks", "high-muckety-mucks", "honchos", "kahunas", "kingfish", "kingpins", "major leaguers", "muckety-mucks", "muck-a-mucks", "mucky-mucks", "nabobs", "nawabs", "nibs", "nobs", "pooh-bahs", "poo-bahs", "wheels" ], "near synonyms":[ "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "lions", "magnates", "moguls", "princes", "princesses", "queens", "tycoons", "VIPs" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferiors", "subordinates", "underlings", "mediocrities", "obscurities" ], "antonyms":[ "lightweights", "nobodies", "nonentities", "shrimp", "shrimps", "twerps", "whippersnappers", "zeros", "zeroes", "zilches" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "big wheels":{ "one of high position or importance within a group":{ "examples":[ "rose in the ranks to become a big wheel on Wall Street" ], "synonyms":[ "big boys", "big cheeses", "bigfeet", "bigfoots", "biggies", "big guns", "big leaguers", "bigs", "big shots", "big-timers", "bigwigs", "fat cats", "heavies", "heavy hitters", "heavyweights", "high-muck-a-mucks", "high-muckety-mucks", "honchos", "kahunas", "kingfish", "kingpins", "major leaguers", "muckety-mucks", "muck-a-mucks", "mucky-mucks", "nabobs", "nawabs", "nibs", "nobs", "pooh-bahs", "poo-bahs", "wheels" ], "near synonyms":[ "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "lions", "magnates", "moguls", "princes", "princesses", "queens", "tycoons", "VIPs" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferiors", "subordinates", "underlings", "mediocrities", "obscurities" ], "antonyms":[ "lightweights", "nobodies", "nonentities", "shrimp", "shrimps", "twerps", "whippersnappers", "zeros", "zeroes", "zilches" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "billy clubs":{ "a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{ "examples":[ "rapping the shoes of the sleeping vagrant with his billy club , the officer told him to move on" ], "synonyms":[ "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batons", "bats", "billies", "bludgeons", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "nightsticks", "rods", "rungs", "saps", "shillelaghs", "shillalahs", "staffs", "staves", "truncheons", "waddies" ], "near synonyms":[ "blackjacks", "knobkerries", "maces", "birches", "crabsticks", "hickories", "rattans", "staves", "switches", "beetles", "gavels", "hammers", "mallets", "mauls", "sledgehammers", "crooks", "crosiers", "croziers", "walking sticks", "whangees" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bit the dust":{ "to come to an end":{ "examples":[ "Fortunately, the fad finally bit the dust and all the trend followers moved on to the next thing." ], "synonyms":[ "broke off", "broke up", "ceased", "closed", "concluded", "dead-ended", "determined", "died", "discontinued", "elapsed", "ended", "expired", "finished", "halted", "lapsed", "left off", "let up", "passed", "quit", "quitted", "stopped", "terminated", "went", "winked (out)", "wound up", "winded up" ], "near synonyms":[ "desisted (from)", "laid off (of)", "refrained (from)", "gave over", "knocked off", "packed (up or in)", "broke down", "conked (out)", "cut out", "stalled", "paused", "stayed", "suspended", "abated", "petered (out)", "wound down", "winded down" ], "near antonyms":[ "drew out", "extended", "prolonged", "protracted" ], "antonyms":[ "continued", "hung on", "persisted" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "The marigolds managed to produce a few last autumn blooms before biting the dust ." ], "synonyms":[ "checked out", "conked (out)", "croaked", "deceased", "demised", "departed", "died", "dropped", "ended", "exited", "expired", "fell", "flatlined", "kicked in", "kicked off", "parted", "passed away", "passed (on)", "pegged out", "perished", "popped off", "stepped out", "succumbed", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceased", "consumed", "disappeared", "dried up", "faded", "failed" ], "near antonyms":[ "came to", "revived", "lingered", "existed", "subsisted", "was", "flourished", "prospered", "thrived", "throve" ], "antonyms":[ "breathed", "lived" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "big gun":{ "one of high position or importance within a group":{ "examples":[ "for a high-profile case like this, the law firm uses only its big guns" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "big boy", "big cheese", "big leaguer", "big shot", "big wheel", "big-timer", "bigfoot", "biggie", "bigwig", "fat cat", "heavy", "heavy hitter", "heavyweight", "high-muck-a-muck", "high-muckety-muck", "honcho", "kahuna", "kingfish", "kingpin", "major leaguer", "muckety-muck", "muck-a-muck", "mucky-muck", "nabob", "nawab", "nibs", "nob", "pooh-bah", "poo-bah", "wheel" ], "near synonyms":[ "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "king", "lion", "magnate", "mogul", "prince", "princess", "queen", "tycoon", "VIP" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferior", "subordinate", "underling", "mediocrity", "obscurity" ], "antonyms":[ "lightweight", "nobody", "nonentity", "nothing", "shrimp", "twerp", "whippersnapper", "zero", "zilch" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }