{ "droll":{ "causing or intended to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "made a droll comment about the commencement speaker's penchant for clich\u00e9s" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "chucklesome", "comedic", "comic", "comical", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "humoristic", "humorous", "hysterical", "hysteric", "killing", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "clownish", "knockabout", "slapstick", "slapsticky", "zany", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "snickery", "jocular", "playful", "waggish", "campy", "jokey", "joky", "priceless", "rich", "whimsical", "witty", "wry", "blithesome", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "mad", "merry", "mirthful" ], "near antonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "serious", "severe", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty", "affecting", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "tragic", "tragical", "lachrymose", "mournful", "sad", "sorrowful", "tearful", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[ "humorless", "lame", "unamusing", "uncomic", "unfunny", "unhumorous", "unhysterical" ] }, "a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{ "examples":[ "the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans" ], "synonyms":[ "card", "comedian", "comic", "farceur", "funnyman", "gagger", "gagman", "gagster", "humorist", "jester", "joker", "jokester", "wag", "wit" ], "near synonyms":[ "comedienne", "entertainer", "banterer", "cutup", "kidder", "knockabout", "practical joker", "prankster", "quipper", "quipster", "teaser", "wisecracker", "buffoon", "clown", "fool", "harlequin", "zany", "caricaturist", "lampooner", "parodist", "satirist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "drollery":{ "something said or done to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings" ], "synonyms":[ "boff", "boffo", "boffola", "crack", "funny", "gag", "giggle", "jape", "jest", "joke", "josh", "laugh", "nifty", "one-liner", "pleasantry", "quip", "rib", "sally", "waggery", "wisecrack", "witticism", "yuk", "yuck", "yak", "yock" ], "near synonyms":[ "funning", "joking", "wisecracking", "knee-slapper", "panic", "riot", "scream", "thigh-slapper", "antic", "buffoonery", "caper", "leg-pull", "monkeyshine(s)", "practical joke", "prank", "trick", "burlesque", "caricature", "lampoon", "mock", "mockery", "parody", "put-on", "riff", "banter", "kidding", "persiflage", "raillery", "repartee", "drollness", "facetiousness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humorousness", "comedy", "humor", "wit", "wordplay" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the amusing quality or element in something":{ "examples":[ "though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery" ], "synonyms":[ "comedy", "comic", "comicality", "drollness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humor", "humorousness", "richness", "uproariousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusement", "enjoyment", "fun", "pleasure", "absurdity", "irony", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "ridiculousness", "whimsicality", "wittiness", "wryness", "burlesque", "caricature", "farce", "jest", "lampoon", "parody", "satire", "slapstick", "spoof", "takeoff", "jocularity", "jokiness", "playfulness", "waggishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "agony", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "misery", "sorrow", "torment", "torture", "tribulation", "woe", "gravity", "seriousness", "soberness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "somberness" ], "antonyms":[ "pathos" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drolls":{ "a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{ "examples":[ "the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans" ], "synonyms":[ "cards", "comedians", "comics", "farceurs", "funnymen", "gaggers", "gagmen", "gagsters", "humorists", "jesters", "jokers", "jokesters", "wags", "wits" ], "near synonyms":[ "comediennes", "entertainers", "banterers", "cutups", "kidders", "knockabouts", "practical jokers", "pranksters", "quippers", "quipsters", "teasers", "wisecrackers", "buffoons", "clowns", "fools", "harlequins", "zanies", "caricaturists", "lampooners", "parodists", "satirists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drone":{ "a lazy person":{ "examples":[ "those drones just lie around while we do all the work" ], "synonyms":[ "couch potato", "deadbeat", "do-nothing", "idler", "layabout", "lazybones", "loafer", "lotus-eater", "slouch", "slug", "slugabed", "sluggard" ], "near synonyms":[ "bum", "good-for-nothing", "ne'er-do-well", "crawler", "creeper", "dawdler", "laggard", "putterer", "slowpoke", "snail", "stick-in-the-mud", "straggler", "clock-watcher", "goldbrick", "malingerer", "shirker", "slacker", "dallier", "lingerer", "loiterer", "loller", "lounger", "saunterer", "delayer", "procrastinator", "dropout", "quitter" ], "near antonyms":[ "achiever", "comer", "highflier", "highflyer", "live wire", "powerhouse" ], "antonyms":[ "doer", "go-ahead", "go-getter", "hummer", "hustler", "self-starter" ] }, "a person who does very hard or dull work":{ "examples":[ "after lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles" ], "synonyms":[ "dogsbody", "drudge", "drudger", "fag", "foot soldier", "grub", "grubber", "grunt", "laborer", "peon", "plugger", "slave", "slogger", "toiler", "worker" ], "near synonyms":[ "workhorse", "serf" ], "near antonyms":[ "goldbrick", "shirker", "idler", "lazybones", "loafer", "slouch", "slug", "sluggard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{ "examples":[ "heard the drone of an airplane overhead" ], "synonyms":[ "burr", "buzz", "chirr", "churr", "hum", "purr", "thrum", "whir", "whirr", "whiz", "whizz", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "babble", "coo", "gasp", "gurgle", "hiss", "moan", "murmur", "rustle", "sigh", "suspiration", "susurration", "susurrus", "whisper", "whish", "zing", "zip" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawl", "howl", "roar", "scream", "screech", "shriek", "squall", "squeal", "yelp", "yell" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "the sound of droning bees all around us" ], "synonyms":[ "bumble", "burr", "buzz", "hum", "whir", "whirr", "whish", "whiz", "whizz", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirr", "churr", "thrum", "fizz", "hiss", "murmur", "purr", "rustle", "sigh", "sizzle", "swish", "whisper", "coo", "curr", "wheeze", "whistle", "whoosh" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bum", "chill", "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "footle", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "hang about", "idle", "kick around", "kick back", "laze", "lazy", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "veg out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool", "mess", "monkey", "muck", "piddle", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "doze", "estivate", "aestivate", "hibernate", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "relax", "rest", "tarry", "amble", "mosey", "saunter", "stroll", "swan", "furlough", "goldbrick", "malinger", "truant" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grind", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "apply", "buckle (down)", "exert", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "droopy":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declined", "declining", "descendant", "descendent", "descending", "drooping", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "not stiff in structure":{ "examples":[ "a droopy stalk of celery" ], "synonyms":[ "flaccid", "floppy", "lank", "limp", "yielding" ], "near synonyms":[ "flabby", "mushy", "semisoft", "soft", "squashy", "squishy", "delicate", "flimsy", "insubstantial", "elastic", "flexible", "lax", "loose", "pliant", "relaxed", "resilient", "springy", "stretchy", "supple" ], "near antonyms":[ "firm", "hard", "indurated", "solid", "sound", "strong", "brittle", "crisp", "compact", "dense", "substantial" ], "antonyms":[ "inflexible", "resilient", "rigid", "stiff", "sturdy", "tense" ] }, "feeling unhappiness":{ "examples":[ "looking droopy and miserable while standing in the pouring rain" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "blue", "brokenhearted", "cast down", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "down in the mouth", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "heavyhearted", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholic", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggrieved", "distressed", "troubled", "uneasy", "unquiet", "upset", "worried", "despairing", "hopeless", "sunk", "disappointed", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "suicidal", "dolorous", "lachrymose", "lugubrious", "plaintive", "tearful", "regretful", "rueful", "agonized", "anguished", "grieving", "wailing", "weeping", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "funereal", "gray", "grey", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen" ], "near antonyms":[ "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "overjoyed", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical", "blithe", "blithesome", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "lightsome", "merry", "mirthful", "excited", "thrilled", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "encouraged", "heartened", "animated", "bouncing", "energetic", "frisky", "jaunty", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "content", "gratified", "pleased", "satisfied", "beaming", "grinning", "laughing", "smiling", "boon", "carefree", "careless", "cavalier", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "lighthearted", "unconcerned" ], "antonyms":[ "blissful", "buoyant", "buoyed", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "drop behind":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "He dropped behind in the second half of the race." ], "synonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "dally", "dawdle", "delay", "diddle", "dillydally", "drag", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "lollygag", "lallygag", "mope", "poke", "shilly-shally", "tarry" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddle (around)", "fool around", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "amble", "ease", "inch", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stagger", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)", "filibuster", "procrastinate", "stall", "temporize" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "dart", "hump", "hurtle", "hustle", "scramble", "stampede", "gallop", "jog", "run", "sprint", "trot", "accelerate", "quicken", "speed (up)", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake" ], "antonyms":[ "barrel", "bolt", "career", "course", "dash", "fly", "hasten", "hotfoot (it)", "hurry", "race", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "scoot", "scud", "scurry", "speed", "tear", "whirl", "whisk", "whiz", "whizz", "zip" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drop out of sight":{ "to cease to be visible":{ "examples":[ "The city dropped out of sight as we rounded the highway." ], "synonyms":[ "dematerialize", "disappear", "dissolve", "evanesce", "evaporate", "fade", "flee", "fly", "melt", "sink", "vanish" ], "near synonyms":[ "blank (out)", "clear", "die (away or down or out)", "disperse", "dissipate", "dissolve", "dry up", "blur", "dim" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrive", "break out", "come out", "emerge", "issue", "loom", "show up" ], "antonyms":[ "appear", "materialize" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drop the ball":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party." ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "boob", "err", "flub", "fluff", "foul up", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mess (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":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "dropped out of sight":{ "to cease to be visible":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "dematerialized", "disappeared", "dissolved", "evanesced", "evaporated", "faded", "fled", "flew", "melted", "sank", "sunk", "vanished" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanked (out)", "cleared", "died (away or down or out)", "dispersed", "dissipated", "dissolved", "dried up", "blurred", "dimmed" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrived", "broke out", "came out", "emerged", "issued", "loomed", "showed up" ], "antonyms":[ "appeared", "materialized" ] }, "type":[] }, "dropped the ball":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party." ], "synonyms":[ "blundered", "boobed", "erred", "flubbed", "fluffed", "fouled up", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "messed (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":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "dropping":{ "solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{ "examples":[ "the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night" ], "synonyms":[ "dirt", "doo-doo", "dung", "excrement", "excreta", "feces", "ordure", "poop", "scat", "slops", "soil", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "night soil", "stool", "dunghill", "guano", "manure", "midden", "muck", "spoor", "sewage", "sewerage", "coprolite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{ "examples":[ "the dropping of an act from the talent show should bring it in on time" ], "synonyms":[ "abandonment", "abortion", "calling", "calling off", "cancellation", "cancelation", "recall", "recision", "repeal", "rescission", "revocation" ], "near synonyms":[ "annulment", "invalidation", "neutralization", "nullification", "voidance", "abolishment", "abolition", "ending", "halting", "stopping", "termination", "giving up", "relinquishment", "surrender", "reversal", "rollback" ], "near antonyms":[ "beginning", "commencement", "initiation", "engagement", "undertaking" ], "antonyms":[ "continuation" ] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "I dropped the fly ball", "drop the anchor" ], "synonyms":[ "depressing", "lowering", "throwing", "throwing down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flattening", "flooring", "leveling", "levelling", "knocking down", "knocking over", "striking down", "toppling", "plopping", "plunking down", "plonking down", "bobbling", "bungling", "foozling", "fumbling", "immersing", "sinking", "submerging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lifting", "picking up", "raising" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop" ], "synonyms":[ "crashing", "cratering", "declining", "descending", "dipping", "diving", "falling", "lowering", "nose-diving", "plummeting", "plunging", "sinking", "skidding", "tumbling" ], "near synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "drooping", "dwindling", "dying (down)", "ebbing", "lessening", "letting up", "moderating", "subsiding", "tapering off", "waning", "receding", "retreating" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mushrooming", "picking up", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "lifting", "mounting", "rising", "soaring", "spiking", "upping" ] }, "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "examples":[ "drop what you're doing and come here" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "breaking off", "breaking up", "canning", "ceasing", "cutting off", "cutting out", "desisting (from)", "discontinuing", "ending", "giving over", "halting", "knocking off", "laying off", "leaving off", "packing (up or in)", "quitting", "shutting off", "stopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "completing", "concluding", "finishing", "closing (down)", "deactivating", "blockading", "blocking", "damming", "delaying", "detaining", "hindering", "holding", "holding back", "impeding", "kiboshing", "obstructing", "stemming", "calling", "suspending", "arresting", "braking", "checking", "clamping down", "reining (in)", "squashing", "squelching", "stamping", "stanching", "staunching", "stunting", "suppressing", "turning back", "pausing", "staying", "suspending", "abolishing", "aborting", "annulling", "demolishing", "destroying", "dissolving", "killing", "ruining", "scuttling", "snuffing" ], "near antonyms":[ "carrying on", "continuing", "following through (with)", "keeping up", "running on", "advancing", "proceeding", "progressing", "actuating", "driving", "impelling", "propelling", "stirring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to stop doing (something) permanently":{ "examples":[ "isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoning", "discontinuing", "giving up", "knocking off", "laying off (of)", "packing (up or in)", "quitting" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking off", "breaking up", "ceasing", "closing", "concluding", "ending", "expiring", "finishing", "halting", "leaving off", "shutting off", "pausing", "tapering off", "throwing up", "rounding (off or out)", "terminating", "winding up", "wrapping up" ], "near antonyms":[ "going", "running on", "hanging in", "hanging on", "holding on", "persevering", "persisting", "following through (with)", "renewing", "reopening", "restarting", "resuming", "preserving", "staying", "beginning", "commencing", "starting" ], "antonyms":[ "carrying on", "continuing", "keeping", "keeping up", "maintaining" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something" ], "synonyms":[ "declining", "descending", "dipping", "falling", "plunging", "sinking" ], "near synonyms":[ "angling", "canting", "cocking", "heeling", "inclining", "leaning", "listing", "reclining", "slanting", "sloping", "tilting", "tipping" ], "near antonyms":[ "evening", "flattening", "leveling", "levelling", "planing", "smoothing", "straightening" ], "antonyms":[ "arising", "ascending", "climbing", "mounting", "rising", "uprising", "upsweeping", "upturning" ] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "drop that plan in favor of another" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoning", "aborting", "calling", "calling off", "canceling", "cancelling", "crying off", "recalling", "repealing", "rescinding", "revoking", "scrapping", "scrubbing" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogating", "annulling", "invalidating", "nullifying", "voiding", "writing off", "recanting", "retracting", "taking back", "withdrawing", "countermanding", "reversing", "rolling back", "breaking off", "discontinuing", "ending", "halting", "stopping", "terminating", "holding back", "interrupting", "suspending", "giving up", "relinquishing", "surrendering" ], "near antonyms":[ "engaging", "pledging", "promising", "beginning", "commencing", "initiating", "starting", "taking on", "taking up", "undertaking" ], "antonyms":[ "continuing", "keeping" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "the cow dropped her calf early this morning" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "birthing", "delivering", "having", "mothering", "producing" ], "near synonyms":[ "laboring", "breeding", "multiplying", "propagating", "reproducing", "spawning", "begetting", "fathering", "generating", "getting", "siring", "calving", "kidding", "kindling", "kittening", "littering", "pupping", "whelping" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborting", "losing", "miscarrying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{ "examples":[ "dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow" ], "synonyms":[ "bowling (down or over)", "downing", "felling", "flooring", "knocking down", "knocking over", "leveling", "levelling", "mowing (down)", "prostrating" ], "near synonyms":[ "kayoing", "knocking out", "KO'ing", "overthrowing", "throwing down", "toppling", "banging", "bashing", "belting", "bludgeoning", "clobbering", "hammering", "hitting", "jabbing", "pasting", "poking", "pounding", "punching", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "swatting", "swiping", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{ "examples":[ "the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests" ], "synonyms":[ "losing" ], "near synonyms":[ "forfeiting" ], "near antonyms":[ "conquering", "prevailing (over)", "triumphing (over)" ], "antonyms":[ "nailing (down)", "winning" ] }, "to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{ "examples":[ "the cold glass dropped condensation" ], "synonyms":[ "distilling", "dribbling", "dripping", "trickling" ], "near synonyms":[ "drizzling", "sprinkling", "flowing", "pouring", "rolling", "running", "streaming", "cascading", "guttering", "riffling", "rippling", "bleeding", "exuding", "oozing", "seeping", "weeping", "discharging" ], "near antonyms":[ "gushing", "spouting", "spurting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hand over or use up in payment":{ "examples":[ "I dropped $50 on these shoes" ], "synonyms":[ "disbursing", "expending", "forking (over, out, or up)", "giving", "laying out", "outlaying", "paying", "shelling out", "spending" ], "near synonyms":[ "lavishing", "raining", "blowing", "dissipating", "frittering (away)", "running through", "squandering", "throwing away", "wasting" ], "near antonyms":[ "caching", "hoarding", "laying up", "saving", "acquiring", "earning", "gaining", "garnering", "making", "procuring", "realizing", "securing", "winning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally" ], "synonyms":[ "adverting (to)", "citing", "instancing", "mentioning", "naming", "noticing", "noting", "quoting", "referring (to)", "specifying", "touching (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluding (to)", "hinting (at)", "implying", "indicating", "inferring", "intending", "intimating", "suggesting", "pointing (out)", "signaling", "signalling", "signifying", "denominating", "designating", "indicating", "bringing up", "broaching", "interjecting", "interpolating", "interposing", "introducing", "infiltrating", "insinuating", "worming", "advertising", "announcing", "broadcasting", "declaring", "proclaiming", "pronouncing", "publicizing", "publishing", "sounding", "clarifying", "clearing (up)", "elucidating", "explaining", "explicating", "spelling out" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "forgetting", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "overpassing", "passing over", "slighting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "denting", "depleting", "diminishing", "downscaling", "downsizing", "dwindling", "easing", "knocking down", "lessening", "lowering", "reducing" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "abbreviating", "abridging", "clipping", "cropping", "curtailing", "cutting", "cutting back", "cutting down", "docking", "nicking", "paring", "pruning", "retrenching", "shortening", "slashing", "trimming", "truncating", "whittling", "deflating", "shrinking", "minimizing", "moderating", "modifying", "modulating", "qualifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing up", "dilating", "distending", "inflating", "swelling", "elongating", "extending", "lengthening", "prolonging", "protracting", "adding (to)", "complementing", "supplementing", "enhancing", "heightening", "intensifying", "redoubling" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "amplifying", "augmenting", "boosting", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "raising" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies" ], "synonyms":[ "checking out", "conking (out)", "croaking", "deceasing", "demising", "departing", "dying", "ending", "exiting", "expiring", "falling", "flatlining", "going", "kicking in", "kicking off", "parting", "passing away", "passing (on)", "pegging out", "perishing", "popping off", "stepping out", "succumbing" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceasing", "consuming", "disappearing", "drying up", "fading", "failing" ], "near antonyms":[ "coming to", "reviving", "lingering", "being", "existing", "subsisting", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving" ], "antonyms":[ "breathing", "living" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dropping in":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "drop in any time\u2014we're always home" ], "synonyms":[ "calling", "coming by", "coming over", "dropping by", "popping (in)", "running in", "running (over)", "stepping in", "stopping (by or in)", "visiting" ], "near synonyms":[ "barging (in)", "looking up", "seeing", "bopping (into)", "happening (by)", "frequenting", "hanging (at)", "haunting", "resorting (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropping in (on)":{ "to make a social call upon":{ "examples":[ "as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt" ], "synonyms":[ "calling (on or upon)", "seeing", "visiting" ], "near synonyms":[ "looking up", "seeking (out)", "dropping by" ], "near antonyms":[ "brushing (aside or off)", "cold-shouldering", "ignoring", "snubbing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drops the ball":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party." ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "messes (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":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drought":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "there's been a drought of good movies this year" ], "synonyms":[ "crunch", "dearth", "deficiency", "deficit", "failure", "famine", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "lack", "lacuna", "paucity", "pinch", "poverty", "scantiness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want" ], "near synonyms":[ "absence", "omission", "meagerness", "poorness", "skimpiness", "necessity", "need", "privation" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "copiousness", "excess", "overabundance", "oversupply", "surfeit", "surplus" ], "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drouth":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "there's been a drought of good movies this year" ], "synonyms":[ "crunch", "dearth", "deficiency", "deficit", "failure", "famine", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "lack", "lacuna", "paucity", "pinch", "poverty", "scantiness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want" ], "near synonyms":[ "absence", "omission", "meagerness", "poorness", "skimpiness", "necessity", "need", "privation" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "copiousness", "excess", "overabundance", "oversupply", "surfeit", "surplus" ], "antonyms":[ "abundance", "adequacy", "amplitude", "opulence", "plenitude", "plenty", "sufficiency", "wealth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drove (into)":{ "as in beat (into)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beat (into)", "imbued", "infused", "instilled", "established", "placed", "put", "settled", "stuck", "bedded", "embedded", "imbedded", "enrooted", "entrenched", "intrenched", "fixed", "impacted", "implanted", "ingrained", "engrained", "lodged", "rooted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dislodged", "rooted (out)", "uprooted", "eliminated", "eradicated", "ejected", "expelled", "detached", "disconnected", "disengaged", "removed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drowned":{ "as in flooded , inundated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deluged", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "awash", "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "logged", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "watery", "wet", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "splashed", "aqueous", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sluiced", "clammy", "damp", "dampish", "dank", "humid", "moist", "semimoist", "wettish", "boggy", "miry", "seepy", "sloppy", "squashy" ], "near antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "unwatered", "waterless", "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight", "baked", "dehydrated", "freeze-dried", "droughty", "parched", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "thirsty", "wrung" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "whole villages drowned by the rampaging river" ], "synonyms":[ "deluged", "engulfed", "flooded", "gulfed", "inundated", "overflowed", "overwhelmed", "submerged", "submersed", "swamped" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanched", "smothered", "overcame", "overran", "flowed", "flushed", "gushed", "poured", "sluiced", "spouted", "spurted", "streamed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "soaked", "wet", "wetted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "dried", "parched" ], "antonyms":[ "drained" ] }, "to wet thoroughly with liquid":{ "examples":[ "drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry" ], "synonyms":[ "drenched", "impregnated", "macerated", "saturated", "soaked", "soddened", "sopped", "soused", "steeped" ], "near synonyms":[ "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "marinated", "seethed", "presoaked", "dipped", "immersed", "inundated", "submerged", "swamped", "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "hydrated", "swilled", "washed", "watered", "infiltrated", "penetrated", "permeated", "damped", "dampened", "humidified", "moistened" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "parched", "seared", "drained", "emptied", "voided", "dehumidified" ], "antonyms":[ "wrung (out)" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "soaked", "soddened", "sopped", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "wet", "wetted", "wet down", "wetted down" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersed", "bedewed", "damped", "dampened", "drizzled", "humidified", "hydrated", "misted", "moistened", "moisturized", "showered", "sprinkled", "deluged", "flooded", "hosed (down)", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "splashed", "impregnated", "saturated", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sloshed", "sluiced", "dipped", "ducked", "dunked", "rehydrated", "rewashed", "rewet", "rewetted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewatered", "evaporated", "freeze-dried", "drip-dried", "wrung", "dehumidified" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "parched", "scorched", "seared" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "drowsed":{ "to sleep lightly or briefly":{ "examples":[ "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree" ], "synonyms":[ "catnapped", "dozed", "kipped", "napped", "slumbered", "snoozed" ], "near synonyms":[ "relaxed", "reposed", "rested", "couched", "laid", "lay", "roosted", "lulled" ], "near antonyms":[ "arose", "aroused", "awakened", "awoke", "awaked", "got up", "rose", "roused", "uprose", "wakened", "woke (up)", "waked (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drooped":{ "to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{ "examples":[ "the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun" ], "synonyms":[ "flagged", "hung", "hanged", "lolled", "sagged", "swagged", "wilted" ], "near synonyms":[ "slouched", "slumped", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "crumpled", "dropped", "fell", "sank", "sunk", "subsided", "yielded" ], "near antonyms":[ "distended", "stiffened", "rose", "straightened", "unbent", "uncurled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop" ], "synonyms":[ "decayed", "emaciated", "faded", "failed", "flagged", "lagged", "languished", "sagged", "sank", "sunk", "wasted (away)", "weakened", "went", "wilted", "withered" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke down", "wore out", "yielded", "degenerated", "deteriorated", "ran down", "rotted" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesced", "rallied", "rebounded", "recovered", "recuperated", "gained" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropouts":{ "as in quitters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quitters", "malingerers", "drones", "idlers", "lazybones", "loafers", "slouches", "slugabeds", "sluggards", "slugs", "goldbricks", "shirkers", "slackers", "dalliers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "loungers", "saunterers", "dawdlers", "laggards", "putterers", "slowpokes" ], "near antonyms":[ "live wires", "pistols", "powerhouses", "doers", "go-getters", "hummers", "hustlers", "self-starters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in leavers , abandoners":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandoners", "come-outers", "leavers", "betrayers", "double-crossers", "quislings", "traitors", "traitresses", "traitoresses", "turnabouts", "turncoats", "defiers", "insurgents", "insurrectionaries", "insurrectionists", "mutineers", "rebels", "reds", "revolters", "revolutionaries", "revolutionists", "revolutionizers", "apostates", "defectors", "deserters", "recreants", "renegades", "discontents", "malcontents", "recusants", "refuseniks", "refusniks", "refusers" ], "near antonyms":[ "loyalists", "adherents", "disciples", "followers", "supporters", "fanatics", "militants", "partisans", "partizans", "zealots" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drops in the bucket":{ "a very small amount":{ "examples":[ "Your copay may seem expensive, but it's a drop in the bucket compared with the total cost of the procedure." ], "synonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "crumbs", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "nips", "ounces", "particles", "peanuts", "rays", "scintillas", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "shreds", "skoshes", "smacks", "smells", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "snaps", "soup\u00e7ons", "sparks", "spatters", "specks", "splashes", "spots", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "touches", "traces" ], "near synonyms":[ "hoots", "iotas", "jots", "minima", "minimums", "minims", "modicums", "semblances", "syllables", "tittles", "vestiges", "whits", "atoms", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "grains", "granules", "molecules", "morsels", "motes", "nubbins", "patches", "scraps", "dashes", "drops", "pinches", "parts", "portions", "sections", "bites", "nibbles", "tastes", "handfuls", "handsful", "scatterings", "smatterings", "smatters", "doses", "shots", "chips", "flakes", "fragments", "shards", "shivers", "slivers", "smithereens", "splinters", "shreds", "tatters", "clippings", "parings", "shavings" ], "near antonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "boatloads", "buckets", "bundles", "bushels", "deals", "fistfuls", "gobs", "heaps", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "oodles", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "plenties", "potfuls", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "stacks", "wads", "wealths", "volumes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overflows", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "chunks", "hunks", "lumps", "slabs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drove":{ "a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{ "examples":[ "people flocked to the annual festival in droves" ], "synonyms":[ "army", "bike", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mass", "mob", "multitude", "press", "rout", "scrum", "swarm", "throng" ], "near synonyms":[ "masses", "millions", "rabble", "rabblement", "riffraff", "gaggle", "heap", "mountain", "pile", "jam", "logjam" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{ "examples":[ "a drove of cattle" ], "synonyms":[ "flock", "herd" ], "near synonyms":[ "colony", "covey", "gaggle", "pack", "plump", "pod", "school", "swarm" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to urge, push, or force onward":{ "examples":[ "cowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco" ], "synonyms":[ "herded", "punched", "ran", "run" ], "near synonyms":[ "shepherded", "wrangled", "egged", "exhorted", "flogged", "goaded", "hounded", "pressed", "pricked", "prodded", "prompted", "scourged", "spurred", "whipped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to travel by a motorized vehicle":{ "examples":[ "I'm going to drive across the country\u2014want to come?" ], "synonyms":[ "automobiled", "motored", "tooled" ], "near synonyms":[ "rolled", "wheeled", "joyrode", "chauffeured", "hacked", "taxied", "rode", "rid", "dragged", "raced" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{ "examples":[ "drove the plunger into the opening" ], "synonyms":[ "propelled", "pushed", "shoved", "thrust" ], "near synonyms":[ "impelled", "moved", "bore (down)", "compressed", "depressed", "jammed", "pressured", "squashed", "squeezed", "weighed (upon)", "bulldozed", "compelled", "forced", "leaned (on or against)", "muscled", "rammed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{ "examples":[ "the corrupt governor was driven out of office" ], "synonyms":[ "blackjacked", "coerced", "compelled", "constrained", "dragooned", "forced", "impelled", "impressed", "made", "muscled", "obligated", "obliged", "pressed", "pressured", "sandbagged" ], "near synonyms":[ "browbeat", "bulldozed", "bullied", "cowed", "hectored", "intimidated", "blackmailed", "high-pressured", "menaced", "shamed", "terrorized", "threatened", "dragged", "badgered", "harassed", "hounded" ], "near antonyms":[ "allowed", "let", "permitted", "argued", "convinced", "induced", "moved", "persuaded", "prevailed (on or upon)", "satisfied", "talked (into)", "won (over)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to function":{ "examples":[ "machinery driven by waterpower" ], "synonyms":[ "activated", "actuated", "cranked (up)", "moved", "ran", "run", "set off", "sparked", "started", "touched off", "triggered", "turned on" ], "near synonyms":[ "kicked over", "turned over", "charged", "electrified", "energized", "fired", "fueled", "fuelled", "generated", "powered", "pushed", "discharged", "launched", "released", "switched", "tripped", "reactivated", "recharged", "aroused", "excited", "jump-started", "kick-started", "stimulated", "vitalized", "ignited", "incited", "instigated", "provoked", "quickened", "stirred up", "accelerated", "catalyzed", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "stepped up" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrested", "braked", "checked", "cut off", "drew up", "halted", "jammed", "stalled", "stopped", "stuck", "decelerated", "repressed", "slowed", "stunted", "suppressed" ], "antonyms":[ "cut", "cut out", "deactivated", "killed", "shut off", "turned off" ] }, "to set or keep in motion":{ "examples":[ "this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft" ], "synonyms":[ "actuated", "impelled", "moved", "propelled", "worked", "wrought" ], "near synonyms":[ "activated", "motivated", "provoked", "abetted", "fermented", "fomented", "incited", "raised", "stirred (up)", "whipped (up)", "set off", "triggered", "tripped", "aroused", "excited", "fired (up)", "galvanized", "inflamed", "enflamed", "inspired", "instigated", "roused", "stimulated" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "contained", "controlled", "curbed", "inhibited", "regulated", "reined (in)", "restrained" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurled", "hurried", "hurtled", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drop-off":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "decline", "decrease", "decrement", "dent", "depletion", "depression", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "fall", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "shrinkage", "step-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "deduction", "subtraction", "downturn", "slip", "slump", "curtailment", "cut", "cutback", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "accumulation", "addition", "supplement", "continuation", "extension", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn" ], "antonyms":[ "boost", "enlargement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "rise", "step-up", "uptick" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drops out (of)":{ "as in throws up":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "throws up", "abandons", "vacates", "bags", "chucks", "leaves", "quits", "resigns (from)", "retires (from)", "steps aside (from)", "steps down (from)" ], "near antonyms":[ "stays (at)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drooling":{ "as in slobbering , slavering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "slavering", "slobbering", "adulatory", "fulsome", "gushing", "gushy", "hagiographic", "hagiographical", "oily", "oleaginous", "soapy", "unctuous", "cloying", "sickening", "demonstrative", "effusive", "mushy", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "unrestrained", "artificial", "backhanded", "feigned", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "mealymouthed", "sanctimonious", "two-faced", "disarming", "endearing", "ingratiating", "winning", "winsome", "extravagant", "lavish", "unrestrained", "abundant", "copious", "profuse" ], "near antonyms":[ "artless", "earnest", "genuine", "heartfelt", "honest", "ingenuous", "sincere", "true", "unaffected", "unfeigned", "unpretending", "unpretentious" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{ "examples":[ "the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor" ], "synonyms":[ "dribbling", "driveling", "drivelling", "salivating", "slavering", "slobbering" ], "near synonyms":[ "watering", "expectorating", "spitting", "foaming", "frothing", "spluttering", "sputtering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{ "examples":[ "middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age" ], "synonyms":[ "effusing", "enthusing", "fussing", "gushing", "raving", "rhapsodizing", "slobbering" ], "near synonyms":[ "doting (on)", "fawning", "emoting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{ "examples":[ "stop drooling , slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you" ], "synonyms":[ "babbling", "bumbling", "chattering", "chatting", "driveling", "drivelling", "gabbling", "gibbering", "jabbering", "prattling", "sputtering" ], "near synonyms":[ "blabbering", "blathering", "bleating", "blithering", "gabbing", "jangling", "jawing", "pattering", "prating", "rattling", "running on", "smattering", "tittle-tattling", "trolling", "yakking", "yacking", "chuntering", "maundering", "mouthing", "mumbling", "murmuring", "muttering", "stammering", "stuttering", "screeching", "shouting", "shrieking" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulating", "enunciating", "pronouncing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "droshky":{ "as in barouche , caroche":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barouche", "brougham", "buckboard", "buggy", "cab", "cabriolet", "calash", "cal\u00e8che", "caleche", "caroche", "carryall", "chaise", "chariot", "coach", "coup\u00e9", "coupe", "curricle", "diligence", "dogcart", "four-in-hand", "gig", "go-cart", "hackney", "hansom", "hansom cab", "jaunting car", "landau", "phaeton", "post chaise", "roadster", "rockaway", "stage", "stagecoach", "stanhope", "surrey", "tandem", "tilbury", "tonga", "trap", "troika", "victoria", "carriage", "equipage", "rig", "turnout" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drop-offs":{ "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade" ], "synonyms":[ "abatements", "declines", "decreases", "decrements", "dents", "depletions", "depressions", "diminishments", "diminutions", "drops", "falloffs", "falls", "losses", "reductions", "shrinkages", "step-downs" ], "near synonyms":[ "deductions", "subtractions", "downturns", "slips", "slumps", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts", "retrenchments", "shortenings" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "additions", "supplements", "continuations", "extensions", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "step-ups", "upticks" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drop (off)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "decline", "decrease", "decrement", "dent", "depletion", "depression", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "fall", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "shrinkage", "step-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "deduction", "subtraction", "downturn", "slip", "slump", "curtailment", "cut", "cutback", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "accumulation", "addition", "supplement", "continuation", "extension", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn" ], "antonyms":[ "boost", "enlargement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "rise", "step-up", "uptick" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drop by":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back" ], "synonyms":[ "call", "come by", "come over", "drop in", "pop (in)", "run (over)", "run in", "step in", "stop (by or in)", "visit" ], "near synonyms":[ "barge (in)", "look up", "see", "bop (into)", "happen (by)", "frequent", "hang (at)", "haunt", "resort (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droshkies":{ "as in barouches , caroches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barouches", "broughams", "buckboards", "buggies", "cabriolets", "cabs", "calashes", "cal\u00e8ches", "caleches", "caroches", "carryalls", "chaises", "chariots", "coaches", "coup\u00e9s", "coupes", "curricles", "diligences", "dogcarts", "four-in-hands", "gigs", "go-carts", "hackneys", "hansoms", "hansom cabs", "jaunting cars", "landaus", "phaetons", "post chaises", "roadsters", "rockaways", "stagecoaches", "stages", "stanhopes", "surreys", "tandems", "tilburies", "tongas", "traps", "troikas", "victorias", "carriages", "equipages", "rigs", "turnouts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropped by":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back" ], "synonyms":[ "called", "came by", "came over", "dropped in", "popped (in)", "ran in", "ran (over)", "stepped in", "stopped (by or in)", "visited" ], "near synonyms":[ "barged (in)", "looked up", "saw", "bopped (into)", "happened (by)", "frequented", "haunted", "hung (at)", "hanged (at)", "resorted (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drop back":{ "to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{ "examples":[ "a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back" ], "synonyms":[ "back away", "fall back", "pull out", "recede", "retire", "retreat", "withdraw" ], "near synonyms":[ "flee", "fly", "flinch", "recoil", "shrink", "chicken (out)", "bow out", "back down", "backpedal", "backtrack", "climb down", "detach", "disengage", "disentangle", "pull away", "abandon", "depart", "evacuate", "go", "leave", "quit", "vacate" ], "near antonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "brazen", "breast", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave" ], "antonyms":[ "advance" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drop a dime (on)":{ "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence." ], "synonyms":[ "fink", "grass (on)", "inform", "rat (on)", "sing", "snitch", "split (on)", "squeak", "squeal", "talk", "tell (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betray", "give away", "turn in", "backstab", "cross", "double-cross", "sell (out)", "two-time", "blab", "tattle", "tip (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drollness":{ "the amusing quality or element in something":{ "examples":[ "fans of Edward Gorey appreciate the delicious drollness of his illustrations of poker-faced individuals caught in macabre situations" ], "synonyms":[ "comedy", "comic", "comicality", "drollery", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humor", "humorousness", "richness", "uproariousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusement", "enjoyment", "fun", "pleasure", "absurdity", "irony", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "ridiculousness", "whimsicality", "wittiness", "wryness", "burlesque", "caricature", "farce", "jest", "lampoon", "parody", "satire", "slapstick", "spoof", "takeoff", "jocularity", "jokiness", "playfulness", "waggishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "agony", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "misery", "sorrow", "torment", "torture", "tribulation", "woe", "gravity", "seriousness", "soberness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "somberness" ], "antonyms":[ "pathos" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropping a dime (on)":{ "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "finking", "grassing (on)", "informing", "ratting (on)", "singing", "snitching", "splitting (on)", "squeaking", "squealing", "talking", "telling (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betraying", "giving away", "turning in", "backstabbing", "crossing", "double-crossing", "selling (out)", "two-timing", "blabbing", "tattling", "tipping (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "droves":{ "a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{ "examples":[ "people flocked to the annual festival in droves" ], "synonyms":[ "armies", "bikes", "crams", "crowds", "crushes", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "masses", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "routs", "scrums", "swarms", "throngs" ], "near synonyms":[ "masses", "millions", "rabblements", "rabbles", "riffraffs", "gaggles", "heaps", "mountains", "piles", "jams", "logjams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{ "examples":[ "a drove of cattle" ], "synonyms":[ "flocks", "herds" ], "near synonyms":[ "colonies", "coveys", "gaggles", "packs", "plumps", "pods", "schools", "swarms" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "droskies":{ "as in barouches , caroches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barouches", "broughams", "buckboards", "buggies", "cabriolets", "cabs", "calashes", "cal\u00e8ches", "caleches", "caroches", "carryalls", "chaises", "chariots", "coaches", "coup\u00e9s", "coupes", "curricles", "diligences", "dogcarts", "four-in-hands", "gigs", "go-carts", "hackneys", "hansoms", "hansom cabs", "jaunting cars", "landaus", "phaetons", "post chaises", "roadsters", "rockaways", "stagecoaches", "stages", "stanhopes", "surreys", "tandems", "tilburies", "tongas", "traps", "troikas", "victorias", "carriages", "equipages", "rigs", "turnouts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drops in (on)":{ "to make a social call upon":{ "examples":[ "as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt" ], "synonyms":[ "calls (on or upon)", "sees", "visits" ], "near synonyms":[ "looks up", "seeks (out)", "drops by" ], "near antonyms":[ "brushes (aside or off)", "cold-shoulders", "ignores", "snubs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drolleries":{ "something said or done to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings" ], "synonyms":[ "boffolas", "boffs", "boffos", "cracks", "funnies", "gags", "giggles", "japes", "jests", "jokes", "joshes", "laughs", "nifties", "one-liners", "pleasantries", "quips", "ribs", "sallies", "waggeries", "wisecracks", "witticisms", "yuks", "yucks", "yaks", "yocks" ], "near synonyms":[ "knee-slappers", "panics", "riots", "screams", "thigh-slappers", "antics", "buffooneries", "capers", "leg-pulls", "monkeyshines", "practical jokes", "pranks", "tricks", "burlesques", "caricatures", "lampoons", "mockeries", "mocks", "parodies", "put-ons", "riffs", "banters", "persiflages", "railleries", "repartees", "comedies", "humors", "wits", "wordplays" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropped a dime (on)":{ "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence." ], "synonyms":[ "finked", "grassed (on)", "informed", "ratted (on)", "sang", "sung", "snitched", "split (on)", "squeaked", "squealed", "talked", "told (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betrayed", "gave away", "turned in", "backstabbed", "crossed", "double-crossed", "sold (out)", "two-timed", "blabbed", "tattled", "tipped (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drowse (off)":{ "as in drop off , nod off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "drop off", "nod off", "catnap", "doze", "nap", "rest", "sleep", "slumber", "snooze", "oversleep", "sleep in", "dream", "hibernate" ], "near antonyms":[ "arise", "arouse", "awake", "rise", "wake" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropped out (of)":{ "as in threw up":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "threw up", "abandoned", "vacated", "bagged", "chucked", "left", "quit", "quitted", "resigned (from)", "retired (from)", "stepped aside (from)", "stepped down (from)" ], "near antonyms":[ "stayed (at)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drowse":{ "a short sleep":{ "examples":[ "was just falling into a drowse when you called" ], "synonyms":[ "catnap", "doze", "forty winks", "kip", "nap", "siesta", "snooze", "wink" ], "near synonyms":[ "repose", "rest", "slumber", "bed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to sleep lightly or briefly":{ "examples":[ "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree" ], "synonyms":[ "catnap", "doze", "kip", "nap", "slumber", "snooze" ], "near synonyms":[ "relax", "repose", "rest", "couch", "lay", "lie", "roost", "lull" ], "near antonyms":[ "arise", "arouse", "awake", "awaken", "get up", "rise", "rouse", "uprise", "wake (up)", "waken" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dropping by":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back" ], "synonyms":[ "calling", "coming by", "coming over", "dropping in", "popping (in)", "running in", "running (over)", "stepping in", "stopping (by or in)", "visiting" ], "near synonyms":[ "barging (in)", "looking up", "seeing", "bopping (into)", "happening (by)", "frequenting", "hanging (at)", "haunting", "resorting (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droning":{ "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "the sound of droning bees all around us" ], "synonyms":[ "bumbling", "burring", "buzzing", "humming", "whirring", "whishing", "whizzing", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirring", "churring", "thrumming", "fizzing", "hissing", "murmuring", "purring", "rustling", "sighing", "sizzling", "swishing", "whispering", "cooing", "curring", "wheezing", "whistling", "whooshing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "footling", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging about", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "kicking around", "kicking back", "lazing", "lazying", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging", "vegging out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddling (around)", "fooling", "messing", "monkeying", "mucking", "piddling", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling", "dozing", "estivating", "aestivating", "hibernating", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "poking", "relaxing", "resting", "tarrying", "ambling", "moseying", "sauntering", "strolling", "swanning", "furloughing", "goldbricking", "malingering", "truanting" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudging", "grinding", "grubbing", "humping", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "working", "applying", "buckling (down)", "exerting", "putting out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drop out":{ "as in quit , withdraw":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quit", "withdraw", "demit" ], "near antonyms":[ "enlist (in)", "enroll (in)", "enter", "join", "sign on (for)", "sign up (for)", "reenlist", "reenroll", "reenter", "rejoin", "re-up", "get in" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in quitter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quitter", "malingerer", "drone", "idler", "lazybones", "loafer", "slouch", "slug", "slugabed", "sluggard", "goldbrick", "shirker", "slacker", "dallier", "lingerer", "loiterer", "lounger", "saunterer", "dawdler", "laggard", "putterer", "slowpoke" ], "near antonyms":[ "live wire", "pistol", "powerhouse", "doer", "go-getter", "hummer", "hustler", "self-starter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in leaver , abandoner":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandoner", "come-outer", "leaver", "betrayer", "double-crosser", "quisling", "traitor", "traitress", "traitoress", "turnabout", "turncoat", "defier", "insurgent", "insurrectionary", "insurrectionist", "mutineer", "rebel", "red", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "revolutionizer", "apostate", "defector", "deserter", "recreant", "renegade", "discontent", "malcontent", "recusant", "refusenik", "refusnik", "refuser" ], "near antonyms":[ "loyalist", "adherent", "disciple", "follower", "supporter", "fanatic", "militant", "partisan", "partizan", "zealot" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drops behind":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "He dropped behind in the second half of the race." ], "synonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "dallies", "dawdles", "delays", "diddles", "dillydallies", "drags", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "lollygags", "lallygags", "mopes", "pokes", "shilly-shallies", "tarries" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools around", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "ambles", "eases", "inches", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "staggers", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)", "filibusters", "procrastinates", "stalls", "temporizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "darts", "humps", "hurtles", "hustles", "scrambles", "stampedes", "gallops", "jogs", "runs", "sprints", "trots", "accelerates", "quickens", "speeds (up)", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes" ], "antonyms":[ "barrels", "bolts", "careers", "courses", "dashes", "flies", "hastens", "hotfoots (it)", "hurries", "races", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "scoots", "scuds", "scurries", "speeds", "tears", "whirls", "whisks", "whizzes", "zips" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drops off":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drops back":{ "to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{ "examples":[ "a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back" ], "synonyms":[ "backs away", "falls back", "pulls out", "recedes", "retires", "retreats", "withdraws" ], "near synonyms":[ "flees", "flies", "flinches", "recoils", "shrinks", "chickens (out)", "bows out", "backpedals", "backs down", "backtracks", "climbs down", "detaches", "disengages", "disentangles", "pulls away", "abandons", "departs", "evacuates", "goes", "leaves", "quits", "vacates" ], "near antonyms":[ "beards", "braves", "brazens", "breasts", "confronts", "dares", "defies", "faces", "outbraves" ], "antonyms":[ "advances" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drop":{ "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "I dropped the fly ball", "drop the anchor" ], "synonyms":[ "depress", "lower", "throw", "throw down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flatten", "floor", "level", "knock down", "knock over", "strike down", "topple", "plop", "plunk down", "bobble", "bungle", "foozle", "fumble", "immerse", "sink", "submerge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lift", "pick up", "raise" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop" ], "synonyms":[ "crash", "crater", "decline", "descend", "dip", "dive", "fall", "lower", "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "sink", "skid", "tumble" ], "near synonyms":[ "abate", "decrease", "de-escalate", "die (down)", "diminish", "droop", "dwindle", "ebb", "lessen", "let up", "moderate", "subside", "taper off", "wane", "recede", "retreat" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mushroom", "pick up", "snowball", "swell", "wax" ], "antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "lift", "mount", "rise", "soar", "spike", "up" ] }, "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "examples":[ "drop what you're doing and come here" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "break off", "break up", "can", "cease", "cut off", "cut out", "desist (from)", "discontinue", "end", "give over", "halt", "knock off", "lay off", "leave off", "pack (up or in)", "quit", "shut off", "stop" ], "near synonyms":[ "complete", "conclude", "finish", "close (down)", "deactivate", "block", "blockade", "dam", "delay", "detain", "hinder", "hold", "hold back", "impede", "kibosh", "obstruct", "stem", "call", "suspend", "arrest", "brake", "check", "clamp down", "rein (in)", "squash", "squelch", "stamp", "stanch", "staunch", "stunt", "suppress", "turn back", "pause", "stay", "suspend", "abolish", "abort", "annul", "demolish", "destroy", "dissolve", "kill", "ruin", "scuttle", "snuff" ], "near antonyms":[ "carry on", "continue", "follow through (with)", "keep up", "run on", "advance", "proceed", "progress", "actuate", "drive", "impel", "propel", "stir" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to stop doing (something) permanently":{ "examples":[ "isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?" ], "synonyms":[ "abandon", "discontinue", "give up", "knock off", "lay off (of)", "pack (up or in)", "quit" ], "near synonyms":[ "break off", "break up", "cease", "close", "conclude", "end", "expire", "finish", "halt", "leave off", "shut off", "pause", "taper off", "throw up", "round (off or out)", "terminate", "wind up", "wrap up" ], "near antonyms":[ "go", "run on", "hang in", "hang on", "hold on", "persevere", "persist", "follow through (with)", "renew", "reopen", "restart", "resume", "preserve", "stay", "begin", "commence", "start" ], "antonyms":[ "carry on", "continue", "keep", "keep up", "maintain" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something" ], "synonyms":[ "decline", "descend", "dip", "fall", "plunge", "sink" ], "near synonyms":[ "angle", "cant", "cock", "heel", "incline", "lean", "list", "recline", "slant", "slope", "tilt", "tip" ], "near antonyms":[ "even", "flatten", "level", "plane", "smooth", "straighten" ], "antonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "climb", "mount", "rise", "uprise", "upsweep", "upturn" ] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "drop that plan in favor of another" ], "synonyms":[ "abandon", "abort", "call", "call off", "cancel", "cry off", "recall", "repeal", "rescind", "revoke", "scrap", "scrub" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogate", "annul", "invalidate", "nullify", "void", "write off", "recant", "retract", "take back", "withdraw", "countermand", "reverse", "roll back", "break off", "discontinue", "end", "halt", "stop", "terminate", "hold back", "interrupt", "suspend", "give up", "relinquish", "surrender" ], "near antonyms":[ "engage", "pledge", "promise", "begin", "commence", "initiate", "start", "take on", "take up", "undertake" ], "antonyms":[ "continue", "keep" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "the cow dropped her calf early this morning" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "birth", "deliver", "have", "mother", "produce" ], "near synonyms":[ "labor", "breed", "multiply", "propagate", "reproduce", "spawn", "beget", "father", "generate", "get", "sire", "calve", "kid", "kindle", "kitten", "litter", "pup", "whelp" ], "near antonyms":[ "abort", "lose", "miscarry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{ "examples":[ "dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow" ], "synonyms":[ "bowl (down or over)", "down", "fell", "floor", "knock down", "knock over", "level", "mow (down)", "prostrate" ], "near synonyms":[ "kayo", "knock out", "KO", "overthrow", "throw down", "topple", "bang", "bash", "belt", "bludgeon", "clobber", "hammer", "hit", "jab", "paste", "poke", "pound", "punch", "slam", "slap", "slog", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "swat", "swipe", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "whale" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{ "examples":[ "the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests" ], "synonyms":[ "lose" ], "near synonyms":[ "forfeit" ], "near antonyms":[ "conquer", "prevail (over)", "triumph (over)" ], "antonyms":[ "nail (down)", "win" ] }, "to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{ "examples":[ "the cold glass dropped condensation" ], "synonyms":[ "distill", "distil", "dribble", "drip", "trickle" ], "near synonyms":[ "drizzle", "sprinkle", "flow", "pour", "roll", "run", "stream", "cascade", "gutter", "riffle", "ripple", "bleed", "exude", "ooze", "seep", "weep", "discharge" ], "near antonyms":[ "gush", "spout", "spurt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hand over or use up in payment":{ "examples":[ "I dropped $50 on these shoes" ], "synonyms":[ "disburse", "expend", "fork (over, out, or up)", "give", "lay out", "outlay", "pay", "shell out", "spend" ], "near synonyms":[ "lavish", "rain", "blow", "dissipate", "fritter (away)", "run through", "squander", "throw away", "waste" ], "near antonyms":[ "cache", "hoard", "lay up", "save", "acquire", "earn", "gain", "garner", "make", "procure", "realize", "secure", "win" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally" ], "synonyms":[ "advert (to)", "cite", "instance", "mention", "name", "note", "notice", "quote", "refer (to)", "specify", "touch (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "allude (to)", "hint (at)", "imply", "indicate", "infer", "intend", "intimate", "suggest", "point (out)", "signal", "signify", "denominate", "designate", "indicate", "bring up", "broach", "interject", "interpolate", "interpose", "introduce", "infiltrate", "insinuate", "worm", "advertise", "announce", "broadcast", "declare", "proclaim", "pronounce", "publicize", "publish", "sound", "clarify", "clear (up)", "elucidate", "explain", "explicate", "spell out" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "slight" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decrease", "dent", "deplete", "diminish", "downscale", "downsize", "dwindle", "ease", "knock down", "lessen", "lower", "reduce" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "abbreviate", "abridge", "clip", "crop", "curtail", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "dock", "nick", "pare", "prune", "retrench", "shorten", "slash", "trim", "truncate", "whittle", "deflate", "shrink", "minimize", "moderate", "modify", "modulate", "qualify" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow up", "dilate", "distend", "inflate", "swell", "elongate", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "add (to)", "complement", "supplement", "enhance", "heighten", "intensify", "redouble" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "amplify", "augment", "boost", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "raise" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies" ], "synonyms":[ "check out", "conk (out)", "croak", "decease", "demise", "depart", "die", "end", "exit", "expire", "fall", "flatline", "go", "kick in", "kick off", "part", "pass (on)", "pass away", "peg out", "perish", "pop off", "step out", "succumb" ], "near synonyms":[ "predecease", "consume", "disappear", "dry up", "fade", "fail" ], "near antonyms":[ "come to", "revive", "linger", "be", "exist", "subsist", "flourish", "prosper", "thrive" ], "antonyms":[ "breathe", "live" ] }, "the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{ "examples":[ "a drop of water fell from the leaky faucet every few seconds" ], "synonyms":[ "bead", "blob", "driblet", "drip", "droplet", "glob", "globule" ], "near synonyms":[ "gobbet", "dewdrop", "raindrop", "tear", "teardrop", "spatter", "dribble", "trickle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "distance measured from the top to the bottom of something":{ "examples":[ "a drop of 10 feet from the roof to the ground" ], "synonyms":[ "deepness", "depth" ], "near synonyms":[ "lowness", "draft", "sounding" ], "near antonyms":[ "shallowness", "altitude", "elevation", "height", "stature" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{ "examples":[ "the sudden drop of the plane really shook up the passengers" ], "synonyms":[ "descent", "dip", "dive", "down", "fall", "nosedive", "plunge" ], "near synonyms":[ "comedown", "decline", "downfall", "downgrade", "plummeting", "sinking" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "headway", "progress", "progression", "betterment", "improvement" ], "antonyms":[ "ascent", "climb", "rise", "rising", "soaring", "upswing", "upturn" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "a huge drop in pressure" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "decline", "decrease", "decrement", "dent", "depletion", "depression", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop-off", "fall", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "shrinkage", "step-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "deduction", "subtraction", "downturn", "slip", "slump", "curtailment", "cut", "cutback", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "accumulation", "addition", "supplement", "continuation", "extension", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn" ], "antonyms":[ "boost", "enlargement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "rise", "step-up", "uptick" ] }, "the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{ "examples":[ "got the drop on his opponent very early in the wrestling match" ], "synonyms":[ "advantage", "better", "bulge", "catbird seat", "edge", "high ground", "inside track", "jump", "pull", "stead", "upper hand", "vantage", "whip hand" ], "near synonyms":[ "allowance", "head start", "lead", "leg up", "margin", "odds", "start", "ascendancy", "ascendency", "command", "dominance", "mastery", "predominance", "superiority", "supremacy", "transcendence", "transcendency", "precedence", "preference", "prerogative", "privilege", "seniority", "break", "foothold", "opportunity", "benefit", "blessing", "boon", "felicity", "godsend", "manna", "windfall" ], "near antonyms":[ "detriment", "stranglehold", "disparity", "imbalance", "inequality", "unevenness", "disability", "failing", "impairment", "shortcoming", "bar", "catch", "check", "clog", "crimp", "embarrassment", "hindrance", "hitch", "hurdle", "impediment", "interference", "let", "manacle", "obstacle", "obstruction", "rub", "shackle", "stop", "trammel", "lurch", "setback" ], "antonyms":[ "disadvantage", "drawback", "handicap", "liability", "minus", "penalty", "strike" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drowses (off)":{ "as in drops off , nods off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "drops off", "nods off", "catnaps", "dozes", "naps", "rests", "sleeps", "slumbers", "snoozes", "oversleeps", "sleeps in", "dreams", "hibernates" ], "near antonyms":[ "arises", "arouses", "awakes", "rises", "wakes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropping (off)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropping behind":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "He dropped behind in the second half of the race." ], "synonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "delaying", "diddling", "dillydallying", "dragging", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "lollygagging", "lallygagging", "moping", "poking", "shilly-shallying", "tarrying" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddling (around)", "fooling around", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging", "ambling", "easing", "inching", "lumbering", "plodding", "sauntering", "shuffling", "staggering", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing (down or up)", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling", "temporizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowling", "breezing", "darting", "humping", "hurtling", "hustling", "scrambling", "stampeding", "galloping", "jogging", "running", "sprinting", "trotting", "accelerating", "quickening", "speeding (up)", "catching up", "fast-forwarding", "outpacing", "outrunning", "outstripping", "overtaking" ], "antonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "bolting", "careering", "coursing", "dashing", "flying", "hastening", "hotfooting (it)", "hurrying", "racing", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "speeding", "tearing", "whirling", "whisking", "whizzing", "zipping" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drop in the bucket":{ "a very small amount":{ "examples":[ "Your copay may seem expensive, but it's a drop in the bucket compared with the total cost of the procedure." ], "synonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "crumb", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "nip", "ounce", "particle", "peanuts", "ray", "scintilla", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smack", "smell", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snap", "soup\u00e7on", "spark", "spatter", "speck", "splash", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "touch", "trace" ], "near synonyms":[ "hoot", "iota", "jot", "minim", "minimum", "modicum", "semblance", "syllable", "tittle", "vestige", "whit", "atom", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "mote", "nubbin", "patch", "scrap", "dash", "drop", "pinch", "part", "portion", "section", "bite", "nibble", "taste", "handful", "scattering", "smatter", "smattering", "dose", "shot", "chip", "flake", "fragment", "shard", "shiver", "sliver", "smithereens", "splinter", "shred", "tatter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "boatload", "bucket", "bundle", "bushel", "deal", "fistful", "gobs", "heaps", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "oodles", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plenty", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "stack", "wad", "wealth", "volume", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overflow", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "chunk", "hunk", "lump", "slab" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "droop":{ "the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line":{ "examples":[ "tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop" ], "synonyms":[ "hang", "sag", "slack", "slackness" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppiness", "laxity", "laxness", "limpness", "looseness" ], "near antonyms":[ "rigidity", "rigidness", "tautness", "tenseness", "tension", "tightness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{ "examples":[ "the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun" ], "synonyms":[ "flag", "hang", "loll", "sag", "swag", "wilt" ], "near synonyms":[ "slouch", "slump", "cave (in)", "collapse", "crumple", "drop", "fall", "sink", "subside", "yield" ], "near antonyms":[ "distend", "stiffen", "rise", "straighten", "unbend", "uncurl" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop" ], "synonyms":[ "decay", "emaciate", "fade", "fail", "flag", "go", "lag", "languish", "sag", "sink", "waste (away)", "weaken", "wilt", "wither" ], "near synonyms":[ "break down", "wear out", "yield", "degenerate", "deteriorate", "rot", "run down" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesce", "rally", "rebound", "recover", "recuperate", "gain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "droplet":{ "the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{ "examples":[ "there were only a few droplets left in the canteen" ], "synonyms":[ "bead", "blob", "driblet", "drip", "drop", "glob", "globule" ], "near synonyms":[ "gobbet", "dewdrop", "raindrop", "tear", "teardrop", "spatter", "dribble", "trickle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drowning":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "whole villages drowned by the rampaging river" ], "synonyms":[ "deluging", "engulfing", "flooding", "gulfing", "inundating", "overflowing", "overwhelming", "submerging", "submersing", "swamping" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanching", "smothering", "overcoming", "overrunning", "flowing", "flushing", "gushing", "pouring", "sluicing", "spouting", "spurting", "streaming", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "soaking", "wetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "drying", "parching" ], "antonyms":[ "draining" ] }, "to wet thoroughly with liquid":{ "examples":[ "drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry" ], "synonyms":[ "drenching", "impregnating", "macerating", "saturating", "soaking", "soddening", "sopping", "sousing", "steeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "waterlogging", "water-soaking", "marinating", "seething", "presoaking", "dipping", "immersing", "inundating", "submerging", "swamping", "bathing", "dousing", "dowsing", "hydrating", "swilling", "washing", "watering", "infiltrating", "penetrating", "permeating", "dampening", "damping", "humidifying", "moistening" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "searing", "draining", "emptying", "voiding", "dehumidifying" ], "antonyms":[ "wringing (out)" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "bathing", "bedraggling", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "soaking", "soddening", "sopping", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "waterlogging", "water-soaking", "wetting", "wetting down" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersing", "bedewing", "dampening", "damping", "drizzling", "humidifying", "hydrating", "misting", "moistening", "moisturizing", "showering", "sprinkling", "deluging", "flooding", "hosing (down)", "inundating", "overflowing", "submerging", "swamping", "splashing", "impregnating", "saturating", "steeping", "flushing", "irrigating", "laving", "rinsing", "sloshing", "sluicing", "dipping", "ducking", "dunking", "rehydrating", "rewashing", "rewetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewatering", "evaporating", "freeze-drying", "drip-drying", "wringing", "dehumidifying" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "scorching", "searing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drop-dead":{ "very pleasing to look at":{ "examples":[ "a drop-dead wedding dress that must have cost a fortune" ], "synonyms":[ "aesthetic", "esthetic", "aesthetical", "esthetical", "attractive", "beauteous", "beautiful", "bonny", "bonnie", "comely", "cute", "fair", "fetching", "good", "good-looking", "goodly", "gorgeous", "handsome", "knockout", "likely", "lovely", "lovesome", "pretty", "ravishing", "seemly", "sightly", "stunning", "taking", "well-favored" ], "near synonyms":[ "alluring", "appealing", "charming", "cunning", "delightful", "engaging", "fascinating", "glamorous", "glamourous", "prepossessing", "elegant", "exquisite", "glorious", "Junoesque", "magnificent", "resplendent", "splendid", "statuesque", "sublime", "superb", "flawless", "perfect", "radiant", "dainty", "delicate", "personable", "pleasant", "presentable", "chocolate-box", "prettyish", "desirable", "dishy", "dollish", "foxy", "hot", "luscious", "nubile", "pulchritudinous", "seductive", "sexy", "toothsome", "hunky", "studly", "arresting", "eye-catching", "flamboyant", "flashy", "glossy", "showstopping", "showy", "slick", "snazzy", "splashy", "striking", "zingy", "photogenic", "telegenic" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorrent", "abominable", "bad", "disagreeable", "disgusting", "dreadful", "foul", "frightful", "ghastly", "horrible", "loathsome", "nasty", "nauseating", "objectionable", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "shocking", "sickening", "terrible", "vile", "unappealing", "unappetizing", "unimposing", "unpleasant", "unprepossessing", "frumpish", "frumpy", "unbecoming", "unshapely" ], "antonyms":[ "grotesque", "hideous", "homely", "ill-favored", "plain", "ugly", "unaesthetic", "unattractive", "unbeautiful", "uncomely", "uncute", "unhandsome", "unlovely", "unpleasing", "unpretty", "unsightly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "droppings":{ "solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{ "examples":[ "the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night" ], "synonyms":[ "dirt", "doo-doo", "dung", "excrement", "excreta", "feces", "ordure", "poop", "scat", "slops", "soil", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "night soil", "stool", "dunghill", "guano", "manure", "midden", "muck", "spoor", "sewage", "sewerage", "coprolite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drops (off)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "declines", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (away or down or out)", "diminishes", "drains (away)", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "evaporates", "fades (away)", "fritters (away)", "gives out", "melts (away)", "peters (out)", "tails (off)", "vanishes", "slackens", "slows (down)", "alleviates", "relaxes", "flags", "sinks", "weakens", "caves (in)", "collapses", "deflates" ], "near antonyms":[ "appears", "emerges", "shows up", "blows up", "distends", "elongates", "lengthens" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulates", "balloons", "builds", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "grows", "increases", "intensifies", "mounts", "mushrooms", "picks up", "rises", "snowballs", "soars", "swells", "waxes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dross":{ "discarded or useless material":{ "examples":[ "get rid of the dross before closing up the shop" ], "synonyms":[ "chaff", "deadwood", "debris", "dreck", "drek", "dust", "effluvium", "effluvia", "garbage", "junk", "litter", "offal", "offscouring", "raffle", "refuse", "riffraff", "rubbish", "scrap", "spilth", "trash", "truck", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "crud", "sewage", "slop", "swill", "wash", "detritus", "remains", "rubble", "ruins", "dump", "scrap heap", "lumber", "odds and ends", "trumpery", "flotsam", "jetsam", "wreckage", "castoff", "cull", "discard", "hand-me-down", "reject", "throwaway", "nothing", "straw", "two bits" ], "near antonyms":[ "catch", "gem", "goody", "goodie", "jewel", "pearl", "plum", "prize", "treasure", "treasure trove", "trove", "valuable", "booty", "find", "salvage" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drovers":{ "as in herders , herdsmen":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cowherds", "herders", "herdsmen", "cattlemen", "ranchers", "stockmen", "horsemen", "horsewomen", "caballeros", "gauchos", "vaqueros", "cowgirls", "buckaroos", "buckeroos", "cowboys", "cowhands", "cowmen", "cowpokes", "cowpunchers", "waddies", "wranglers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drown":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "whole villages drowned by the rampaging river" ], "synonyms":[ "deluge", "engulf", "flood", "gulf", "inundate", "overflow", "overwhelm", "submerge", "submerse", "swamp" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanche", "smother", "overcome", "overrun", "flow", "flush", "gush", "pour", "sluice", "spout", "spurt", "stream", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "soak", "wet" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrate", "dry", "parch" ], "antonyms":[ "drain" ] }, "to wet thoroughly with liquid":{ "examples":[ "drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry" ], "synonyms":[ "drench", "impregnate", "macerate", "saturate", "soak", "sodden", "sop", "souse", "steep" ], "near synonyms":[ "waterlog", "water-soak", "marinate", "seethe", "presoak", "dip", "immerse", "inundate", "submerge", "swamp", "bathe", "douse", "dowse", "hydrate", "swill", "wash", "water", "infiltrate", "penetrate", "permeate", "damp", "dampen", "humidify", "moisten" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "parch", "sear", "drain", "empty", "void", "dehumidify" ], "antonyms":[ "wring (out)" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "bedraggle", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "soak", "sodden", "sop", "souse", "wash", "water", "water-soak", "waterlog", "wet", "wet down" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperse", "bedew", "damp", "dampen", "drizzle", "humidify", "hydrate", "mist", "moisten", "moisturize", "shower", "sprinkle", "deluge", "flood", "hose (down)", "inundate", "overflow", "submerge", "swamp", "splash", "impregnate", "saturate", "steep", "flush", "irrigate", "lave", "rinse", "slosh", "sluice", "dip", "duck", "dunk", "rehydrate", "rewash", "rewet" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewater", "evaporate", "freeze-dry", "drip-dry", "wring", "dehumidify" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "parch", "scorch", "sear" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropped (off)":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "declined", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "waxed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drops in":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "drop in any time\u2014we're always home" ], "synonyms":[ "calls", "comes by", "comes over", "drops by", "pops (in)", "runs in", "runs (over)", "steps in", "stops (by or in)", "visits" ], "near synonyms":[ "barges (in)", "looks up", "sees", "bops (into)", "happens (by)", "frequents", "hangs (at)", "haunts", "resorts (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droplets":{ "the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{ "examples":[ "there were only a few droplets left in the canteen" ], "synonyms":[ "beads", "blobs", "driblets", "drips", "drops", "globs", "globules" ], "near synonyms":[ "gobbets", "dewdrops", "raindrops", "teardrops", "tears", "spatters", "dribbles", "trickles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "droner":{ "someone or something boring":{ "examples":[ "the movie turned out to be a droner" ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "drag", "drip", "dullsville", "nudnik", "nudnick", "snooze", "snoozer", "yawn", "yawner" ], "near synonyms":[ "bummer", "downer", "bromide", "pill" ], "near antonyms":[ "blast", "gas", "kick", "rush", "upper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drops a dime (on)":{ "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence." ], "synonyms":[ "finks", "grasses (on)", "informs", "rats (on)", "sings", "snitches", "splits (on)", "squeaks", "squeals", "talks", "tells (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betrays", "gives away", "turns in", "backstabs", "crosses", "double-crosses", "sells (out)", "two-times", "blabs", "tattles", "tips (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drool":{ "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "examples":[ "the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{ "examples":[ "the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt" ], "synonyms":[ "saliva", "slaver", "slobber", "spit", "spittle" ], "near synonyms":[ "foam", "froth", "expectoration", "salivation", "sputum" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{ "examples":[ "the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor" ], "synonyms":[ "dribble", "drivel", "salivate", "slaver", "slobber" ], "near synonyms":[ "water", "expectorate", "spit", "foam", "froth", "splutter", "sputter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{ "examples":[ "middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age" ], "synonyms":[ "effuse", "enthuse", "fuss", "gush", "rave", "rhapsodize", "slobber" ], "near synonyms":[ "dote (on)", "fawn", "emote" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{ "examples":[ "stop drooling , slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you" ], "synonyms":[ "babble", "bumble", "chat", "chatter", "drivel", "gabble", "gibber", "jabber", "prattle", "sputter" ], "near synonyms":[ "blabber", "blather", "bleat", "blither", "gab", "jangle", "jaw", "patter", "prate", "rattle", "run on", "smatter", "tittle-tattle", "troll", "yak", "yack", "chunter", "maunder", "mouth", "mumble", "murmur", "mutter", "stammer", "stutter", "screech", "shout", "shriek" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulate", "enunciate", "pronounce" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dropping out of sight":{ "to cease to be visible":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "dematerializing", "disappearing", "dissolving", "evanescing", "evaporating", "fading", "fleeing", "flying", "melting", "sinking", "vanishing" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanking (out)", "clearing", "dispersing", "dissipating", "dissolving", "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" ] }, "type":[] }, "dropout":{ "as in quit , withdraw":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quit", "withdraw", "demit" ], "near antonyms":[ "enlist (in)", "enroll (in)", "enter", "join", "sign on (for)", "sign up (for)", "reenlist", "reenroll", "reenter", "rejoin", "re-up", "get in" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in quitter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quitter", "malingerer", "drone", "idler", "lazybones", "loafer", "slouch", "slug", "slugabed", "sluggard", "goldbrick", "shirker", "slacker", "dallier", "lingerer", "loiterer", "lounger", "saunterer", "dawdler", "laggard", "putterer", "slowpoke" ], "near antonyms":[ "live wire", "pistol", "powerhouse", "doer", "go-getter", "hummer", "hustler", "self-starter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in leaver , abandoner":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abandoner", "come-outer", "leaver", "betrayer", "double-crosser", "quisling", "traitor", "traitress", "traitoress", "turnabout", "turncoat", "defier", "insurgent", "insurrectionary", "insurrectionist", "mutineer", "rebel", "red", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "revolutionizer", "apostate", "defector", "deserter", "recreant", "renegade", "discontent", "malcontent", "recusant", "refusenik", "refusnik", "refuser" ], "near antonyms":[ "loyalist", "adherent", "disciple", "follower", "supporter", "fanatic", "militant", "partisan", "partizan", "zealot" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dropping the ball":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party." ], "synonyms":[ "blundering", "boobing", "erring", "flubbing", "fluffing", "fouling up", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "lousing up", "messing (up)", "screwing up", "slipping up", "stumbling", "tripping" ], "near synonyms":[ "nodding", "bobbling", "botching", "bungling", "butchering", "foozling", "mangling", "mishandling", "muffing", "murdering", "miscalculating", "misconceiving", "miscounting", "miscuing", "misdeeming", "misgauging", "misgaging", "misjudging", "mistaking", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misunderstanding" ], "near antonyms":[], 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"decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "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" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "gave out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "showed up", "blew up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "rose", 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"mouthed", "mumbled", "murmured", "muttered", "stammered", "stuttered", "screeched", "shouted", "shrieked" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulated", "enunciated", "pronounced" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drops out of sight":{ "to cease to be visible":{ "examples":[ "The city dropped out of sight as we rounded the highway." ], "synonyms":[ "dematerializes", "disappears", "dissolves", "evanesces", "evaporates", "fades", "flees", "flies", "melts", "sinks", "vanishes" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanks (out)", "clears", "dies (away or down or out)", "disperses", "dissipates", "dissolves", "dries up", "blurs", "dims" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrives", "breaks out", "comes out", "emerges", "issues", "looms", "shows up" ], "antonyms":[ "appears", "materializes" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drop in":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "drop in any time\u2014we're always home" ], "synonyms":[ "call", "come by", "come over", "drop by", "pop (in)", "run (over)", "run in", "step in", "stop (by 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"blabbers", "blathers", "bleats", "blithers", "gabs", "jangles", "jaws", "patters", "prates", "rattles", "runs on", "smatters", "tittle-tattles", "trolls", "yaks", "yacks", "chunters", "maunders", "mouths", "mumbles", "murmurs", "mutters", "stammers", "stutters", "screeches", "shouts", "shrieks" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulates", "enunciates", "pronounces" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dropping off":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abating", "declining", "decreasing", "de-escalating", "diminishing", "draining (away)", "dwindling", "dying (away or down or out)", "easing", "ebbing", "falling", "falling away", "lessening", "letting up", "lowering", "moderating", "palling", "phasing down", "ratcheting (down)", "racheting (down)", "receding", "relenting", "remitting", "shrinking", "subsiding", "tapering", "tapering off", "waning" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressing", "condensing", "constricting", "contracting", "evaporating", "fading (away)", "frittering (away)", "giving out", "melting (away)", "petering (out)", "tailing (off)", "vanishing", "slackening", "slowing (down)", "alleviating", "relaxing", "flagging", "sinking", "weakening", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "deflating" ], "near antonyms":[ "appearing", "emerging", "showing up", "blowing up", "distending", "elongating", "lengthening" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulating", "ballooning", "building", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "growing", "increasing", "intensifying", "mounting", "mushrooming", "picking up", "rising", "snowballing", "soaring", "swelling", "waxing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drops by":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back" ], "synonyms":[ "calls", "comes by", "comes over", "drops in", "pops (in)", "runs in", "runs (over)", "steps in", "stops (by or in)", "visits" ], "near 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"cohostess", "host", "hostess" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "droughts":{ "a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{ "examples":[ "there's been a drought of good movies this year" ], "synonyms":[ "crunches", "dearths", "deficiencies", "deficits", "failures", "famines", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies", "lacks", "lacunae", "lacunas", "paucities", "pinches", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants" ], "near synonyms":[ "absences", "omissions", "necessities", "needs", "privations" ], "near antonyms":[ "excesses", "overabundances", "oversupplies", "surfeits", "surpluses" ], "antonyms":[ "abundances", "adequacies", "amplitudes", "opulences", "plenitudes", "plenties", "sufficiencies", "wealths" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drosky":{ "as in barouche , caroche":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barouche", "brougham", "buckboard", "buggy", "cab", "cabriolet", "calash", "cal\u00e8che", "caleche", "caroche", "carryall", "chaise", "chariot", "coach", "coup\u00e9", "coupe", "curricle", "diligence", "dogcart", "four-in-hand", "gig", "go-cart", "hackney", "hansom", "hansom cab", "jaunting car", "landau", "phaeton", "post chaise", "roadster", "rockaway", "stage", "stagecoach", "stanhope", "surrey", "tandem", "tilbury", "tonga", "trap", "troika", "victoria", "carriage", "equipage", "rig", "turnout" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropping out":{ "as in quitting , withdrawing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quitting", "withdrawing", "demitting" ], "near antonyms":[ "enlisting (in)", "enrolling (in)", "entering", "joining", "signing on (for)", "signing up (for)", "reenlisting", "re-enlisting", "reenrolling", "re-enrolling", "reentering", "rejoining", "re-upping", "getting in" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drowns":{ "to cover with a flood":{ "examples":[ "whole villages drowned by the rampaging river" ], "synonyms":[ "deluges", "engulfs", "floods", "gulfs", "inundates", "overflows", "overwhelms", "submerges", "submerses", "swamps" ], "near synonyms":[ "avalanches", "smothers", "overcomes", "overruns", "flows", "flushes", "gushes", "pours", "sluices", "spouts", "spurts", "streams", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "soaks", "wets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "dries", "parches" ], "antonyms":[ "drains" ] }, "to wet thoroughly with liquid":{ "examples":[ "drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry" ], "synonyms":[ "drenches", "impregnates", "macerates", "saturates", "soaks", "soddens", "sops", "souses", "steeps" ], "near synonyms":[ "waterlogs", "water-soaks", "marinates", "seethes", "presoaks", "dips", "immerses", "inundates", "submerges", "swamps", "bathes", "douses", "dowses", "hydrates", "swills", "washes", "waters", "infiltrates", "penetrates", "permeates", "dampens", "damps", "humidifies", "moistens" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "sears", "drains", "empties", "voids", "dehumidifies" ], "antonyms":[ "wrings (out)" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "bathes", "bedraggles", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "soaks", "soddens", "sops", "souses", "washes", "waterlogs", "waters", "water-soaks", "wets", "wets down" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperses", "bedews", "dampens", "damps", "drizzles", "humidifies", "hydrates", "mists", "moistens", "moisturizes", "showers", "sprinkles", "deluges", "floods", "hoses (down)", "inundates", "overflows", "submerges", "swamps", "splashes", "impregnates", "saturates", "steeps", "flushes", "irrigates", "laves", "rinses", "sloshes", "sluices", "dips", "ducks", "dunks", "rehydrates", "rewashes", "rewets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewaters", "evaporates", "freeze-dries", "drip-dries", "wrings", "dehumidifies" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropping out (of)":{ "as in 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"denizens", "dwellers", "habitants", "inhabitants", "occupants", "residents", "residers", "cohostesses", "co-hostesses", "cohosts", "co-hosts", "hostesses", "hosts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropped in":{ "to make a brief visit":{ "examples":[ "drop in any time\u2014we're always home" ], "synonyms":[ "called", "came by", "came over", "dropped by", "popped (in)", "ran in", "ran (over)", "stepped in", "stopped (by or in)", "visited" ], "near synonyms":[ "barged (in)", "looked up", "saw", "bopped (into)", "happened (by)", "frequented", "haunted", "hung (at)", "hanged (at)", "resorted (to)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropped in (on)":{ "to make a social call upon":{ "examples":[ "as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt" ], "synonyms":[ "called (on or upon)", "saw", "visited" ], "near synonyms":[ "looked up", "sought (out)", "dropped by" ], "near antonyms":[ "brushed (aside or off)", "cold-shouldered", "ignored", "snubbed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drover":{ "as in herder , herdsman":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cowherd", "herder", "herdsman", "cattleman", "rancher", "stockman", "horseman", "horsewoman", "caballero", "gaucho", "vaquero", "cowgirl", "buckaroo", "buckeroo", "cowboy", "cowhand", "cowman", "cowpoke", "cowpuncher", "waddy", "waddie", "wrangler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropping back":{ "to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{ "examples":[ "a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back" ], "synonyms":[ "backing away", "falling back", "pulling out", "receding", "retiring", "retreating", "withdrawing" ], "near synonyms":[ "fleeing", "flying", "flinching", "recoiling", "shrinking", "chickening (out)", "bowing out", "backing down", "backpedaling", "backtracking", "climbing down", "detaching", "disengaging", "disentangling", "pulling away", "abandoning", "departing", "evacuating", "going", "leaving", "quitting", "vacating" ], "near antonyms":[ "bearding", "braving", "brazening", "breasting", "confronting", "daring", "defying", "facing", "outbraving" ], "antonyms":[ "advancing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droners":{ "someone or something boring":{ "examples":[ "the movie turned out to be a droner" ], "synonyms":[ "bores", "drags", "drips", "dullsvilles", "nudniks", "nudnicks", "snoozers", "snoozes", "yawners", "yawns" ], "near synonyms":[ "bummers", "downers", "bromides", "pills" ], "near antonyms":[ "blasts", "gases", "gasses", "kicks", "rushes", "uppers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "drop off":{ "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "examples":[ "my interest in photography has dropped off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "abate", "de-escalate", "decline", "decrease", "die (away or down or out)", "diminish", "drain (away)", "dwindle", "ease", "ebb", "fall", "fall away", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "pall", "phase down", "ratchet (down)", "rachet (down)", "recede", "relent", "remit", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "near synonyms":[ "compress", "condense", "constrict", "contract", "evaporate", "fade (away)", "fritter (away)", "give out", "melt (away)", "peter (out)", "tail (off)", "vanish", "slacken", "slow (down)", "alleviate", "relax", "flag", "sink", "weaken", "cave (in)", "collapse", "deflate" ], "near antonyms":[ "appear", "emerge", "show up", "blow up", "distend", "elongate", "lengthen" ], "antonyms":[ "accumulate", "balloon", "build", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "grow", "increase", "intensify", "mount", "mushroom", "pick up", "rise", "snowball", "soar", "swell", "wax" ] }, "the amount by which something is lessened":{ "examples":[ "the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade" ], "synonyms":[ "abatement", "decline", "decrease", "decrement", "dent", "depletion", "depression", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "fall", "falloff", "loss", "reduction", "shrinkage", "step-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "deduction", "subtraction", "downturn", "slip", "slump", "curtailment", "cut", "cutback", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretion", "accrual", "accumulation", "addition", "supplement", "continuation", "extension", "upswing", "uptrend", "upturn" ], "antonyms":[ "boost", "enlargement", "gain", "increase", "increment", "raise", "rise", "step-up", "uptick" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drowses":{ "a short sleep":{ "examples":[ "was just falling into a drowse when you called" ], "synonyms":[ "catnaps", "dozes", "forty winks", "kips", "naps", "siestas", "snoozes", "winks" ], "near synonyms":[ "reposes", "rests", "slumbers", "beds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to sleep lightly or briefly":{ "examples":[ "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree" ], "synonyms":[ "catnaps", "dozes", "kips", "naps", "slumbers", "snoozes" ], "near 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"concludes", "finishes", "closes (down)", "deactivates", "blockades", "blocks", "dams", "delays", "detains", "hinders", "holds", "holds back", "impedes", "kiboshes", "obstructs", "stems", "calls", "suspends", "arrests", "brakes", "checks", "clamps down", "reins (in)", "squashes", "squelches", "stamps", "stanches", "staunches", "stunts", "suppresses", "turns back", "pauses", "stays", "suspends", "abolishes", "aborts", "annuls", "demolishes", "destroys", "dissolves", "kills", "ruins", "scuttles", "snuffs" ], "near antonyms":[ "carries on", "continues", "follows through (with)", "keeps up", "runs on", "advances", "proceeds", "progresses", "actuates", "drives", "impels", "propels", "stirs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to stop doing (something) permanently":{ "examples":[ "isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?" ], "synonyms":[ "abandons", "discontinues", "gives up", "knocks off", "lays off (of)", "packs (up or in)", "quits" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks 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"mounts", "rises", "uprises", "upsweeps", "upturns" ] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "drop that plan in favor of another" ], "synonyms":[ "abandons", "aborts", "calls", "calls off", "cancels", "cries off", "recalls", "repeals", "rescinds", "revokes", "scraps", "scrubs" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogates", "annuls", "invalidates", "nullifies", "voids", "writes off", "recants", "retracts", "takes back", "withdraws", "countermands", "reverses", "rolls back", "breaks off", "discontinues", "ends", "halts", "stops", "terminates", "holds back", "interrupts", "suspends", "gives up", "relinquishes", "surrenders" ], "near antonyms":[ "engages", "pledges", "promises", "begins", "commences", "initiates", "starts", "takes on", "takes up", "undertakes" ], "antonyms":[ "continues", "keeps" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "the cow dropped her calf early this morning" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "births", "delivers", "has", "mothers", "produces" ], "near synonyms":[ "labors", "breeds", "multiplies", "propagates", "reproduces", "spawns", "begets", "fathers", "generates", "gets", "sires", "calves", "kids", "kindles", "kittens", "litters", "pups", "whelps" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborts", "loses", "miscarries" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{ "examples":[ "dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow" ], "synonyms":[ "bowls (down or over)", "downs", "fells", "floors", "knocks down", "knocks over", "levels", "mows (down)", "prostrates" ], "near synonyms":[ "kayoes", "knocks out", "KOs", "overthrows", "throws down", "topples", "bangs", "bashes", "belts", "bludgeons", "clobbers", "hammers", "hits", "jabs", "pastes", "pokes", "pounds", "punches", "slams", "slaps", "slogs", "slugs", "smacks", "smites", "socks", "swats", "swipes", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "whacks", "whales" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{ "examples":[ "the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests" ], "synonyms":[ "loses" ], "near synonyms":[ "forfeits" ], "near antonyms":[ "conquers", "prevails (over)", "triumphs (over)" ], "antonyms":[ "nails (down)", "wins" ] }, "to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{ "examples":[ "the cold glass dropped condensation" ], "synonyms":[ "distills", "distils", "dribbles", "drips", "trickles" ], "near synonyms":[ "drizzles", "sprinkles", "flows", "pours", "rolls", "runs", "streams", "cascades", "gutters", "riffles", "ripples", "bleeds", "exudes", "oozes", "seeps", "weeps", "discharges" ], "near antonyms":[ "gushes", "spouts", "spurts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hand over or use up in payment":{ "examples":[ "I dropped $50 on these shoes" ], "synonyms":[ "disburses", "expends", "forks (over, out, or up)", "gives", "lays out", "outlays", "pays", "shells out", "spends" ], "near synonyms":[ "lavishes", "rains", "blows", "dissipates", "fritters (away)", "runs through", "squanders", "throws away", "wastes" ], "near antonyms":[ "caches", "hoards", "lays up", "saves", "acquires", "earns", "gains", "garners", "makes", "procures", "realizes", "secures", "wins" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally" ], "synonyms":[ "adverts (to)", "cites", "instances", "mentions", "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 make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed" ], "synonyms":[ "abates", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dents", "depletes", "diminishes", "downscales", "downsizes", "dwindles", "eases", "knocks down", "lessens", "lowers", "reduces" ], "near synonyms":[ "compresses", "condenses", "constricts", "contracts", "abbreviates", "abridges", "clips", "crops", "curtails", "cuts", "cuts back", "cuts down", "docks", "nicks", "pares", "prunes", "retrenches", "shortens", "slashes", "trims", "truncates", "whittles", "deflates", "shrinks", "minimizes", "moderates", "modifies", "modulates", "qualifies" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows up", "dilates", "distends", "inflates", "swells", "elongates", "extends", "lengthens", "prolongs", "protracts", "adds (to)", "complements", "supplements", "enhances", "heightens", "intensifies", "redoubles" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizes", "amplifies", "augments", "boosts", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "increases", "raises" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies" ], "synonyms":[ "checks out", "conks (out)", "croaks", "deceases", "demises", "departs", "dies", "ends", "exits", "expires", "falls", "flatlines", "goes", "kicks in", "kicks off", "parts", "passes away", "passes (on)", "pegs out", "perishes", "pops off", "steps out", "succumbs" ], "near synonyms":[ "predeceases", "consumes", "disappears", "dries up", "fades", "fails" ], "near antonyms":[ "comes to", "revives", "lingers", "exists", "is", "subsists", "flourishes", "prospers", "thrives" ], "antonyms":[ "breathes", "lives" ] }, "the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{ "examples":[ "a drop of water fell from the leaky 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"falloffs", "falls", "losses", "reductions", "shrinkages", "step-downs" ], "near synonyms":[ "deductions", "subtractions", "downturns", "slips", "slumps", "curtailments", "cutbacks", "cuts", "retrenchments", "shortenings" ], "near antonyms":[ "accretions", "accruals", "accumulations", "additions", "supplements", "continuations", "extensions", "upswings", "uptrends", "upturns" ], "antonyms":[ "boosts", "enlargements", "gains", "increases", "increments", "raises", "rises", "step-ups", "upticks" ] }, "the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{ "examples":[ "got the drop on his opponent very early in the wrestling match" ], "synonyms":[ "advantages", "betters", "bulges", "catbird seats", "edges", "high grounds", "inside tracks", "jumps", "pulls", "steads", "upper hands", "vantages", "whip hands" ], "near synonyms":[ "allowances", "head starts", "leads", "legs up", "margins", "odds", "starts", "ascendancies", "ascendencies", "commands", "dominances", "masteries", "predominances", "superiorities", "supremacies", "transcendences", "transcendencies", "precedences", "preferences", "prerogatives", "privileges", "seniorities", "breaks", "footholds", "opportunities", "benefits", "blessings", "boons", "felicities", "godsends", "mannas", "windfalls" ], "near antonyms":[ "detriments", "strangleholds", "disparities", "imbalances", "inequalities", "disabilities", "failings", "impairments", "shortcomings", "bars", "catches", "checks", "clogs", "crimps", "embarrassments", "hindrances", "hitches", "hurdles", "impediments", "interferences", "lets", "manacles", "obstacles", "obstructions", "rubs", "shackles", "stops", "trammels", "lurches", "setbacks" ], "antonyms":[ "disadvantages", "drawbacks", "handicaps", "liabilities", "minuses", "penalties", "strikes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "drowsing":{ "to sleep lightly or briefly":{ "examples":[ "picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree" ], "synonyms":[ "catnapping", "dozing", "kipping", "napping", "slumbering", "snoozing" ], "near synonyms":[ "relaxing", "reposing", "resting", "couching", "laying", "lying", "roosting", "lulling" ], "near antonyms":[ "arising", "arousing", "awakening", "awaking", "getting up", "rising", "rousing", "uprising", "wakening", "waking (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droned":{ "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "the sound of droning bees all around us" ], "synonyms":[ "bumbled", "burred", "buzzed", "hummed", "whirred", "whished", "whizzed", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirred", "churred", "thrummed", "fizzed", "hissed", "murmured", "purred", "rustled", "sighed", "sizzled", "swished", "whispered", "cooed", "curred", "wheezed", "whistled", "whooshed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung about", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "kicked around", "kicked back", "lazed", "lazied", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "vegged out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "messed", "monkeyed", "mucked", "piddled", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "dozed", "estivated", "aestivated", "hibernated", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "relaxed", "rested", "tarried", "ambled", "moseyed", "sauntered", "strolled", "swanned", "furloughed", "goldbricked", "malingered", "truanted" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "ground", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "applied", "buckled (down)", "exerted", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drowsiness":{ "the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{ "examples":[ "we tried to fight our drowsiness but fell asleep anyway" ], "synonyms":[ "doziness", "sleepiness", "somnolence" ], "near synonyms":[ "fatigue", "tiredness", "weariness", "lassitude", "lethargy", "sluggishness", "torpidity", "torpor", "dozing", "resting", "sleeping", "slumbering", "oversleeping" ], "near antonyms":[ "awareness", "consciousness" ], "antonyms":[ "insomnia", "sleeplessness", "wakefulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dropped behind":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "He dropped behind in the second half of the race." ], "synonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "diddled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "lollygagged", "lallygagged", "moped", "poked", "shilly-shallied", "tarried" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "ambled", "eased", "inched", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "staggered", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)", "filibustered", "procrastinated", "stalled", "temporized" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "darted", "humped", "hurtled", "hustled", "scrambled", "stampeded", "galloped", "jogged", "ran", "run", "sprinted", "trotted", "accelerated", "quickened", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook" ], "antonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "bolted", "careered", "coursed", "dashed", "flew", "hastened", "hotfooted (it)", "hurried", "raced", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "scooted", "scudded", "scurried", "sped", "speeded", "tore", "whirled", "whisked", "whizzed", "zipped" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "drove (away or off)":{ "as in turned away , repulsed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "repulsed", "turned away", "alerted", "cautioned", "forewarned", "warded (off)", "warned" ], "near antonyms":[ "allured", "baited", "beguiled", "betrayed", "decoyed", "enticed", "led on", "lured", "seduced", "solicited", "tempted", "drew in", "inveigled", "persuaded", "roped (in)", "snowed", "caught", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "entrapped", "meshed", "snared", "tangled", "trapped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droops":{ "to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{ "examples":[ "the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun" ], "synonyms":[ "flags", "hangs", "lolls", "sags", "swags", "wilts" ], "near synonyms":[ "slouches", "slumps", "caves (in)", "collapses", "crumples", "drops", "falls", "sinks", "subsides", "yields" ], "near antonyms":[ "distends", "stiffens", "rises", "straightens", "unbends", "uncurls" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop" ], "synonyms":[ "decays", "emaciates", "fades", "fails", "flags", "goes", "lags", "languishes", "sags", "sinks", "wastes (away)", "weakens", "wilts", "withers" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks down", "wears out", "yields", "degenerates", "deteriorates", "rots", "runs down" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalesces", "rallies", "rebounds", "recovers", "recuperates", "gains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dropped out":{ "as in quit , withdrew":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quit", "quitted", "withdrew", "demitted" ], "near antonyms":[ "enlisted (in)", "enrolled (in)", "entered", "joined", "signed on (for)", "signed up (for)", "reenlisted", "re-enlisted", "reenrolled", "re-enrolled", "reentered", "rejoined", "re-upped", "got in" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "droughty":{ "marked by little or no precipitation or humidity":{ "examples":[ "a droughty region that could never support settlements" ], "synonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "sere", "sear", "thirsty", "waterless" ], "near synonyms":[ "air-dry", "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "baked", "dehydrated", "parched", "sunbaked", "rainless", "desert", "desertic", "desertlike", "xerothermic" ], "near antonyms":[ "awash", "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "watery", "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated" ], "antonyms":[ "damp", "dank", "humid", "moist", "wet" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "drooping":{ "bending downward or forward":{ "examples":[ "faded, drooping banners lining the walls of the old gym" ], "synonyms":[ "bowed", "bowing", "declined", "declining", "descendant", "descendent", "descending", "droopy", "hanging", "hung", "inclining", "nodding", "pendulous", "sagging", "stooping", "weeping" ], "near synonyms":[ "floppy", "limp", "dangling", "falling", "pendent", "pendant", "suspended", "dipping", "sinking", "slumping" ], "near antonyms":[ "erect", "inflexible", "rigid", "stiff", "elevated", "raised", "upraised" ], "antonyms":[ "unbending", "upright" ] }, "as in flagging , limping":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flagging", "limping", "exhaustion", "regression", "relapse", "setback", "atrophy", "debilitation", "decay", "decaying", "declension", "decline", "degeneration", "descent", "deterioration", "ebbing", "enfeeblement", "weakening" ], "near antonyms":[ "comeback", "improvement", "rally", "recovery", "recuperation", "rehabilitation", "revitalization", "snapback", "invigoration", "strengthening", "progress", "rejuvenation", "rejuvenescence" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{ "examples":[ "the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun" ], "synonyms":[ "flagging", "hanging", "lolling", "sagging", "swagging", "wilting" ], "near synonyms":[ "slouching", "slumping", "caving (in)", "collapsing", "crumpling", "dropping", "falling", "sinking", "subsiding", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "distending", "stiffening", "rising", "straightening", "unbending", "uncurling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lose bodily strength or vigor":{ "examples":[ "as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop" ], "synonyms":[ "decaying", "emaciating", "fading", "failing", "flagging", "going", "lagging", "languishing", "sagging", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking down", "wearing out", "yielding", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "rotting", "running down" ], "near antonyms":[ "convalescing", "rallying", "rebounding", "recovering", "recuperating", "gaining" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "dropped":{ "as in decreased , depressed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "decreased", "depressed", "knockdown", "receded", "under", "down", "low" ], "near antonyms":[ "elevated", "escalated", "heightened", "high", "increased", "jacked (up)", "raised", "up", "extreme", "full", "maximized", "maximum", "peaked", "sky-high", "utmost", "inflated", "over", "overfilled", "overflowing", "overfull", "overlarge", "overloaded", "oversize", "oversized" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{ "examples":[ "I dropped the fly ball", "drop the anchor" ], "synonyms":[ "depressed", "lowered", "threw", "threw down" ], "near synonyms":[ "flattened", "floored", "leveled", "levelled", "knocked down", "knocked over", "struck down", "toppled", "plopped", "plunked down", "plonked down", "bobbled", "bungled", "foozled", "fumbled", "immersed", "sank", "sunk", "submerged" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "lifted", "picked up", "raised" ] }, "to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{ "examples":[ "although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop" ], "synonyms":[ "crashed", "cratered", "declined", "descended", "dipped", "dived", "dove", "fell", "lowered", "nose-dived", "plummeted", "plunged", "sank", "sunk", "skidded", "tumbled" ], "near synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (down)", "diminished", "drooped", "dwindled", "ebbed", "lessened", "let up", "moderated", "subsided", "tapered off", "waned", "receded", "retreated" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grew", "increased", "intensified", "mushroomed", "picked up", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "lifted", "mounted", "rose", "soared", "spiked", "upped" ] }, "to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{ "examples":[ "drop what you're doing and come here" ], "synonyms":[ "broke", "broke off", "broke up", "canned", "ceased", "cut off", "cut out", "desisted (from)", "discontinued", "ended", "gave over", "halted", "knocked off", "laid off", "left off", "packed (up or in)", "quit", "quitted", "shut off", "stopped" ], "near synonyms":[ "completed", "concluded", "finished", "closed (down)", "deactivated", "blockaded", "blocked", "dammed", "delayed", "detained", "held", "held back", "hindered", "impeded", "kiboshed", "obstructed", "stemmed", "called", "suspended", "arrested", "braked", "checked", "clamped down", "reined (in)", "squashed", "squelched", "stamped", "stanched", "staunched", "stunted", "suppressed", "turned back", "paused", "stayed", "suspended", "abolished", "aborted", "annulled", "demolished", "destroyed", "dissolved", "killed", "ruined", "scuttled", "snuffed" ], "near antonyms":[ "carried on", "continued", "followed through (with)", "kept up", "ran on", "advanced", "proceeded", "progressed", "actuated", "drove", "impelled", "propelled", "stirred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to stop doing (something) permanently":{ "examples":[ "isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "discontinued", "gave up", "knocked off", "laid off (of)", "packed (up or in)", "quit", "quitted" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke off", "broke up", "ceased", "closed", "concluded", "ended", "expired", "finished", "halted", "left off", "shut off", "paused", "tapered off", "threw up", "rounded (off or out)", "terminated", "wound up", "winded up", "wrapped up" ], "near antonyms":[ "ran on", "went", "held on", "hung in", "hung on", "persevered", "persisted", "followed through (with)", "renewed", "reopened", "restarted", "resumed", "preserved", "stayed", "began", "commenced", "started" ], "antonyms":[ "carried on", "continued", "kept", "kept up", "maintained" ] }, "to lead or extend downward":{ "examples":[ "the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something" ], "synonyms":[ "declined", "descended", "dipped", "fell", "plunged", "sank", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "angled", "canted", "cocked", "heeled", "inclined", "leaned", "listed", "reclined", "slanted", "sloped", "tilted", "tipped" ], "near antonyms":[ "evened", "flattened", "leveled", "levelled", "planed", "smoothed", "straightened" ], "antonyms":[ "arose", "ascended", "climbed", "mounted", "rose", "uprose", "upswept", "upturned" ] }, "to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{ "examples":[ "drop that plan in favor of another" ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "aborted", "called", "called off", "canceled", "cancelled", "cried off", "recalled", "repealed", "rescinded", "revoked", "scrapped", "scrubbed" ], "near synonyms":[ "abrogated", "annulled", "invalidated", "nullified", "voided", "wrote off", "recanted", "retracted", "took back", "withdrew", "countermanded", "reversed", "rolled back", "broke off", "discontinued", "ended", "halted", "stopped", "terminated", "held back", "interrupted", "suspended", "gave up", "relinquished", "surrendered" ], "near antonyms":[ "engaged", "pledged", "promised", "began", "commenced", "initiated", "started", "took on", "took up", "undertook" ], "antonyms":[ "continued", "kept" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "the cow dropped her calf early this morning" ], "synonyms":[ "birthed", "bore", "delivered", "had", "mothered", "produced" ], "near synonyms":[ "labored", "bred", "multiplied", "propagated", "reproduced", "spawned", "begot", "begat", "fathered", "generated", "got", "sired", "calved", "kidded", "kindled", "kittened", "littered", "pupped", "whelped" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborted", "lost", "miscarried" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{ "examples":[ "dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow" ], "synonyms":[ "bowled (down or over)", "downed", "felled", "floored", "knocked down", "knocked over", "leveled", "levelled", "mowed (down)", "prostrated" ], "near synonyms":[ "kayoed", "knocked out", "KO'd", "overthrew", "threw down", "toppled", "banged", "bashed", "belted", "bludgeoned", "clobbered", "hammered", "hit", "jabbed", "pasted", "poked", "pounded", "punched", "slammed", "slapped", "slogged", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "swatted", "swiped", "thumped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "whaled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{ "examples":[ "the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests" ], "synonyms":[ "lost" ], "near synonyms":[ "forfeited" ], "near antonyms":[ "conquered", "prevailed (over)", "triumphed (over)" ], "antonyms":[ "nailed (down)", "won" ] }, "to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{ "examples":[ "the cold glass dropped condensation" ], "synonyms":[ "distilled", "dribbled", "dripped", "trickled" ], "near synonyms":[ "drizzled", "sprinkled", "flowed", "poured", "ran", "run", "rolled", "streamed", "cascaded", "guttered", "riffled", "rippled", "bled", "exuded", "oozed", "seeped", "wept", "discharged" ], "near antonyms":[ "gushed", "spouted", "spurted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to hand over or use up in payment":{ "examples":[ "I dropped $50 on these shoes" ], "synonyms":[ "disbursed", "expended", "forked (over, out, or up)", "gave", "laid out", "outlaid", "paid", "shelled out", "spent" ], "near synonyms":[ "lavished", "rained", "blew", "dissipated", "frittered (away)", "ran through", "squandered", "threw away", "wasted" ], "near antonyms":[ "cached", "hoarded", "laid up", "saved", "acquired", "earned", "gained", "garnered", "made", "procured", "realized", "secured", "won" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally" ], "synonyms":[ "adverted (to)", "cited", "instanced", "mentioned", "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 make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{ "examples":[ "with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "decreased", "de-escalated", "dented", "depleted", "diminished", "downscaled", "downsized", "dwindled", "eased", "knocked down", "lessened", "lowered", "reduced" ], "near synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "abbreviated", "abridged", "clipped", "cropped", "curtailed", "cut", "cut back", "cut down", "docked", "nicked", "pared", "pruned", "retrenched", "shortened", "slashed", "trimmed", "truncated", "whittled", "deflated", "shrank", "shrunk", "minimized", "moderated", "modified", "modulated", "qualified" ], "near antonyms":[ "blew up", "dilated", "distended", "inflated", "swelled", "elongated", "extended", "lengthened", "prolonged", "protracted", "added (to)", "complemented", "supplemented", "enhanced", "heightened", "intensified", "redoubled" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandized", "amplified", "augmented", "boosted", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "raised" ] }, "to stop living":{ "examples":[ "during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies" ], "synonyms":[ "checked out", "conked (out)", "croaked", "deceased", "demised", "departed", "died", "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":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "drowsing (off)":{ "as in dropping off , nodding off":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dropping off", "nodding off", "catnapping", "dozing", "napping", "resting", "sleeping", "slumbering", "snoozing", "oversleeping", "sleeping in", "dreaming", "hibernating" ], "near antonyms":[ "arising", "arousing", "awaking", "rising", "waking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drop out (of)":{ "as in throw up":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "throw up", "abandon", "vacate", "bag", "chuck", "leave", "quit", "resign (from)", "retire (from)", "step aside (from)", "step down (from)" ], "near antonyms":[ "stay (at)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "drones":{ "a lazy person":{ "examples":[ "those drones just lie around while we do all the work" ], "synonyms":[ "couch potatoes", "deadbeats", "do-nothings", "idlers", "layabouts", "lazybones", "loafers", "lotus-eaters", "slouches", "slugabeds", "sluggards", "slugs" ], "near synonyms":[ "bums", "good-for-nothings", "ne'er-do-wells", "crawlers", "creepers", "dawdlers", "laggards", "putterers", "slowpokes", "snails", "stick-in-the-muds", "stragglers", "clock-watchers", "goldbricks", "malingerers", "shirkers", "slackers", "dalliers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "lollers", "loungers", "saunterers", "delayers", "procrastinators", "dropouts", "quitters" ], "near antonyms":[ "achievers", "comers", "highfliers", "highflyers", "live wires", "powerhouses" ], "antonyms":[ "doers", "go-aheads", "go-getters", "hummers", "hustlers", "self-starters" ] }, "a person who does very hard or dull work":{ "examples":[ "after lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles" ], "synonyms":[ "dogsbodies", "drudgers", "drudges", "fags", "foot soldiers", "grubbers", "grubs", "grunts", "laborers", "peons", "peones", "pluggers", "slaves", "sloggers", "toilers", "workers" ], "near synonyms":[ "workhorses", "serfs" ], "near antonyms":[ "goldbricks", "shirkers", "idlers", "lazybones", "loafers", "slouches", "sluggards", "slugs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{ "examples":[ "heard the drone of an airplane overhead" ], "synonyms":[ "burrs", "buzzes", "chirrs", "churrs", "hums", "purrs", "thrums", "whirs", "whirrs", "whizzes", "zooms" ], "near synonyms":[ "babbles", "coos", "gasps", "gurgles", "hisses", "moans", "murmurs", "rustles", "sighs", "suspirations", "susurrations", "susurruses", "whispers", "whishes", "zings", "zips" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawls", "howls", "roars", "screams", "screeches", "shrieks", "squalls", "squeals", "yells", "yelps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "the sound of droning bees all around us" ], "synonyms":[ "bumbles", "burrs", "buzzes", "hums", "whirs", "whirrs", "whishes", "whizzes", "zips", "zooms" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirrs", "churrs", "thrums", "fizzes", "hisses", "murmurs", "purrs", "rustles", "sighs", "sizzles", "swishes", "whispers", "coos", "currs", "wheezes", "whistles", "whooshes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents" ], "synonyms":[ "bums", "chills", "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "footles", "goofs (off)", "hacks (around)", "hangs about", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "kicks around", "kicks back", "lazes", "lazies", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "vegges out", "veges out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddles (around)", "fools", "messes", "monkeys", "mucks", "piddles", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "dozes", "estivates", "aestivates", "hibernates", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "relaxes", "rests", "tarries", "ambles", "moseys", "saunters", "strolls", "swans", "furloughs", "goldbricks", "malingers", "truants" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "grinds", "grubs", "humps", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "works", "applies", "buckles (down)", "exerts", "puts out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }