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"old", "pedestrian", "ponderous", "slow", "stale", "stodgy", "stuffy", "stupid", "tame", "tedious", "tiresome", "tiring", "uninteresting", "wearisome", "weary", "wearying", "blank", "earthbound", "gray", "grey", "inanimate", "pallid", "pedantic", "sterile", "suspenseless", "undramatic", "uneventful", "unexciting", "unimaginative", "uninspiring", "unnewsworthy", "unrewarding", "unsensational", "unspectacular" ], "near antonyms":[ "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "awesome", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "sensational", "spectacular", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "animating", "breathtaking", "electrifying", "energizing", "enlivening", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "hair-raising", "inspiring", "invigorating", "rip-roaring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "alluring", "attracting", "attractive", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "enthralling", "entrancing", "fascinating", "mesmerizing", "spellbinding", "suspenseful", "arresting", "provocative", "tantalizing", "absorbing", "engaging", "engrossing", "gripping", "interesting", "intriguing", "involving", "riveting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "examples":[ "the elephant lumbered through the jungle" ], "synonyms":[ "barging", "clumping", "flogging", "floundering", "galumphing", "lumping", "plodding", "pounding", "scuffing", "scuffling", "shambling", "shuffling", "slogging", "sloughing", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "stumping", "tramping", "tromping", "trudging" ], "near synonyms":[ "dragging", "flopping", "hauling", "blundering", "careening", "doddering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "swaying", "teetering", "tottering", "waddling", "weaving", "wobbling", "wabbling" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifting", "floating", "hanging", "hovering", "poising", "wafting" ], "antonyms":[ "breezing", "coasting", "gliding", "sliding", "waltzing", "whisking" ] }, "to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{ "examples":[ "the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages" ], "synonyms":[ "blundering", "bumbling", "flogging", "floundering", "limping", "plodding", "struggling", "stumbling", "trudging" ], "near synonyms":[ "jogging", "shambling", "shuffling", "wallowing", "weltering", "faltering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "swaying", "teetering", "tottering", "fumbling", "muddling" ], "near antonyms":[ "coasting", "flying", "gliding", "kilting", "sailing", "zipping", "zooming" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a low heavy rolling sound":{ "examples":[ "the horse-drawn wagon lumbered along the trail" ], "synonyms":[ "growling", "grumbling", "rolling", "rumbling" ], "near synonyms":[ "booming", "drumming", "thundering", "bellowing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to place a weight or burden on":{ "examples":[ "preparations that will lumber the expedition 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"glimmers", "glints", "glitters", "scintillations", "shimmers", "sparkles", "twinkles", "daylights", "moonlights", "sunlights", "sunshines", "afterglows", "aureoles", "aureolae", "auroras", "aurorae", "beams", "halos", "haloes", "rays", "shafts", "streaks", "streams", "sunbeams", "glistens", "glosses", "lusters", "lustres", "polishes", "reflections", "sheens" ], "synonyms":[ "blazes", "flares", "fluorescences", "glares", "gleams", "glows", "illuminations", "incandescences", "lights", "radiances", "shines" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "luminesces":{ "as in fires , glows":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blazes", "burns", "fires", "flames", "gleams", "glimmers", "glints", "glistens", "glisters", "glitters", "glows", "sheens", "shimmers", "beams", "radiates", "rays", "shines", "blinks", "coruscates", "flares", "flashes", "flickers", "lusters", "lustres", "scintillates", "spangles", "sparkles", "twinkles", "winkles", "winks", "beats (down)", "glares", "brightens", "illuminates", "illumines", "irradiates", "lightens", "lights", "bedazzles", "blinds", "dazes", "dazzles" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackens", "darkens", "lowers", "lours" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "luminousness":{ "the quality or state of having or giving off light":{ "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ], "examples":[ "there's a special luminousness to the air over the island that painters and photographers have long sought to capture" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "gloominess", "somberness", "cloudiness", "haziness", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "colorlessness", "grayness", "lackluster", "paleness", "shadiness", "shadowiness" ], "related":[ "blaze", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "light", "fluorescence", "incandescence", "luminescence", "burnish", "gloss", "polish", "sheen", "shine", "shininess", "fire", "flame", "glare", "glow", "flash", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glitter", "scintillation", "shimmer", "sparkle", "twinkle" ], "synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "brilliancy", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "illumination", "lambency", "lightness", "luminance", "luminosity", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lump":{ "a small uneven mass":{ "examples":[ "she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt" ], "synonyms":[ "blob", "chunk", "clod", "clot", "clump", "dollop", "glob", "gob", "gobbet", "hunk", "knob", "nub", "nubble", "nugget", "wad" ], "near synonyms":[ "bead", "drop", "globule", "block", "body", "bulk", "particle", "piece", "portion", "bit", "chip", "crumb", "granule", "morsel", "nubbin", "patch", "scrap" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a small rounded mass of swollen tissue":{ "examples":[ "I got a good-sized lump on my head from that fall" ], "synonyms":[ "bump", "knot", "node", "nodule", "swelling" ], "near synonyms":[ "growth", "tumor", "wart", "hump", "hunch", "bruise", "contusion", "welt", "blister", "boil", "blob", "chunk", "clod", "clump", "gob", "gobbet", "hunk", "knob", "nub", "nubble", "nugget", "wad" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an abnormal mass of tissue":{ "examples":[ "advised by her doctor to examine her breasts regularly for unusual lumps" ], "synonyms":[ "excrescence", "excrescency", "growth", "neoplasm", "tumor" ], "near synonyms":[ "outgrowth", "cancer", "carcinoma", "lymphoma", "malignancy", "melanoma", "polyp", "cyst", "tubercle", "wart" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "failure to win a contest":{ "examples":[ "you can't win all the time, so learn to take your lumps in stride" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "defeat", "drubbing", "licking", "loss", "overthrow", "plastering", "rout", "shellacking", "trimming", "trouncing", "whipping" ], "near synonyms":[ "collapse", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "failure", "fiasco", "fizzle", "flop", "nonsuccess", "setback", "upset", "lurch", "shutout", "washout", "whitewash" ], "near antonyms":[ "accomplishment", "achievement", "blowout", "cakewalk", "landslide", "romp", "runaway", "sweep", "walkaway", "walkover" ], "antonyms":[ "success", "triumph", "victory", "win" ] }, "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "gazed disgustedly at the lump her daughter had married" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ], "near synonyms":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ] }, "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump" ], "synonyms":[ "clod", "clodhopper", "gawk", "hulk", "lout", "lubber", "lug", "Neanderthal", "oaf", "palooka" ], "near synonyms":[ "chump", "loser", "schlemiel", "shlemiel", "turkey", "slouch", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "blunderer", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dum-dum", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "galoot", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simp", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo", "anthropoid", "ape", "beast", "boor", "brute", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "louse", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "tyke", "tike", "villain", "booby", "fool", "goose", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "rascal", "rogue", "scamp" ], "near antonyms":[ "brain", "brainiac", "genius", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring together in one body or place":{ "examples":[ "when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream" ], "synonyms":[ "accumulate", "amass", "assemble", "bulk (up)", "collect", "concentrate", "congregate", "constellate", "corral", "garner", "gather", "group", "pick up", "round up" ], "near synonyms":[ "ball", "batch", "bunch", "cluster", "huddle", "heap", "pile", "stack", "band", "brigade", "muster", "raise", "rally", "flock", "herd", "hive", "pack", "press", "swarm", "throng", "combine", "connect", "join", "link", "merge", "pool", "unite", "archive", "arrange", "collate", "compile", "organize", "systematize", "scrape (up or together)", "re-collect", "regather", "regroup" ], "near antonyms":[ "break up", "disband", "disintegrate", "dissolve", "separate", "sever", "split (up)", "dismiss", "send" ], "antonyms":[ "dispel", "disperse", "dissipate", "scatter" ] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "examples":[ "while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant" ], "synonyms":[ "barge", "clump", "flog", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "plod", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shamble", "shuffle", "slog", "slough", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "stump", "tramp", "tromp", "trudge" ], "near synonyms":[ "drag", "flop", "haul", "blunder", "careen", "dodder", "lurch", "reel", "stagger", "sway", "teeter", "totter", "waddle", "weave", "wobble", "wabble" ], "near antonyms":[ "drift", "float", "hang", "hover", "poise", "waft" ], "antonyms":[ "breeze", "coast", "glide", "slide", "waltz", "whisk" ] }, "as in full , total":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absolute", "complete", "full", "teetotal", "thorough", "total", "unadulterated", "unalloyed", "unqualified", "utter", "all", "concentrated", "entire", "exclusive", "focused", "focussed", "undivided", "whole", "comprehensive", "intact", "integral", "perfect", "unbroken" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffuse", "divided", "scattered", "deficient", "fragmental", "fragmentary", "halfway", "incomplete", "partial" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "lump (together)":{ "as in confuse , conflate":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in join , tie (together)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lumpish":{ "as in burdensome , leaden":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in knobbly , knobby":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in wobbly , shambling":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lumping":{ "to bring together in one body or place":{ "examples":[ "when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream" ], "synonyms":[ "accumulating", "amassing", "assembling", "bulking (up)", "collecting", "concentrating", "congregating", "constellating", "corralling", "garnering", "gathering", "grouping", "picking up", "rounding up" ], "related":[ "balling", "batching", "bunching", "clustering", "huddling", "heaping", "piling", "stacking", "banding", "brigading", "mustering", "raising", "rallying", "flocking", "herding", "hiving", "packing", "pressing", "swarming", "thronging", "combining", "connecting", "joining", "linking", "merging", "pooling", "uniting", "archiving", "arranging", "collating", "compiling", "organizing", "systematizing", "scraping (up or together)", "re-collecting", "regathering", "regrouping" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking up", "disbanding", "disintegrating", "dissolving", "separating", "severing", "splitting (up)", "dismissing", "sending" ], "antonyms":[ "dispelling", "dispersing", "dissipating", "scattering" ] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "examples":[ "while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant" ], "synonyms":[ "barging", "clumping", "flogging", "floundering", "galumphing", "lumbering", "plodding", "pounding", "scuffing", "scuffling", "shambling", "shuffling", "slogging", "sloughing", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "stumping", "tramping", "tromping", "trudging" ], "related":[ "dragging", "flopping", "hauling", "blundering", "careening", "doddering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "swaying", "teetering", "tottering", "waddling", "weaving", "wobbling", "wabbling" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifting", "floating", "hanging", "hovering", "poising", "wafting" ], "antonyms":[ "breezing", "coasting", "gliding", "sliding", "waltzing", "whisking" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "luminous":{ "giving off or reflecting much light":{ "examples":[ "the luminous moon bathed the snow-covered fields with a pearly glow" ], "synonyms":[ "beaming", "bedazzling", "bright", "brilliant", "candescent", "clear", "dazzling", "effulgent", "fulgent", "glowing", "incandescent", "lambent", "lucent", "lucid", "lustrous", "radiant", "refulgent", "sheeny", "shining", "shiny", "splendid" ], "related":[ "ablaze", "ardent", "blazing", "burning", "combusting", "fiery", "flaming", "red-hot", "agleam", "aglitter", "blinding", "coruscant", "flaring", "flashing", "flickering", "gemmy", "glancing", "glaring", "gleaming", "glimmering", "glinting", "glistening", "glistering", "glittering", "scintillant", "scintillating", "shimmering", "shimmery", "sparkling", "sunny", "twinkling", "winking", "burnished", "polished", "shined", "superbright", "ultrabright" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "dark", "darkened", "darkish", "darkling", "darksome", "dimmed", "dusky", "gloomy", "lightless", "murky", "obscure", "obscured", "pitch-black", "pitch-dark", "somber", "sombre", "sunless", "tenebrous", "unlit", "cloudy", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "shady", "gray", "grey", "leaden", "pale", "palish" ], "antonyms":[ "dim", "dull", "lackluster", "unbright", "unbrilliant" ] }, "standing above others in rank, importance, or achievement":{ "examples":[ "some of the most luminous writers in the nation's history have graced that magazine's pages" ], "synonyms":[ "astral", "bright", "distinguished", "eminent", "illustrious", "noble", "notable", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "preeminent", "prestigious", "redoubtable", "signal", "star", "superior" ], "related":[ "celebrated", "exalted", "famed", "famous", "glorious", "honored", "renowned", "reputable", "infamous", "notorious", "dominant", "paramount", "predominant" ], "near antonyms":[ "insignificant", "minor", "unimportant", "average", "inferior", "mediocre", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unsung" ], "antonyms":[] }, "not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{ "examples":[ "an author with a simple, luminous prose style that is free of affectation and pretention" ], "synonyms":[ "apparent", "bald", "bald-faced", "barefaced", "bright-line", "broad", "clear", "clear-cut", "crystal clear", "decided", "distinct", "evident", "lucid", "luculent", "manifest", "nonambiguous", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "palpable", "patent", "pellucid", "perspicuous", "plain", "ringing", "straightforward", "transparent", "unambiguous", "unambivalent", "unequivocal", "unmistakable" ], "related":[ "cognizable", "cognoscible", "comprehendible", "comprehensible", "digestible", "fathomable", "graspable", "intelligible", "knowable", "understandable", "self-evident", "self-explanatory", "clean-cut", "simple", "tidy", "uncomplicated", "overt", "undisguised", "appreciable", "perceptible", "recognizable", "sensible", "tangible", "discernible", "discernable", "noticeable", "observable", "visible", "black-and-white", "explicit", "trenchant", "well-defined", "clean", "decipherable", "fair", "legible", "readable" ], "near antonyms":[ "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "unfathomable", "unintelligible", "unknowable", "impalpable", "imperceptible", "inappreciable", "indiscernible", "insensible", "cloudy", "gauzy", "gray", "grey", "hazy", "imprecise", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "misty", "murky", "nebulous", "noncommittal", "sketchy", "slippery", "subtle", "vague", "illegible", "undecipherable", "unreadable" ], "antonyms":[ "ambiguous", "clouded", "cryptic", "dark", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "indistinct", "mysterious", "nonobvious", "obfuscated", "obscure", "unapparent", "unclarified", "unclear" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lumps (it)":{ "to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{ "examples":[ "Like it or lump it , things are going to change around here." ], "synonyms":[ "abides", "absorbs", "accepts", "bears", "bides", "brooks", "countenances", "endures", "goes", "hacks", "handles", "meets", "pockets", "stands", "sticks out", "stomachs", "supports", "sustains", "sweats out", "takes", "tolerates", "wears" ], "near synonyms":[ "allows", "permits", "suffers", "swallows", "reconciles (to)", "acquiesces", "agrees (with or to)", "assents (to)", "capitulates", "consents (to)", "respects", "submits (to)", "yields (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "declines", "dismisses", "refuses", "rejects", "repudiates", "spurns", "turns down", "combats", "contests", "fights", "opposes", "resists", "avoids", "bypasses", "circumvents", "dodges", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "misses", "abstains (from)", "forbears", "refrains (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "lumbers":{ "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "examples":[ "the elephant lumbered through the jungle" ], "synonyms":[ "barges", "clumps", "flogs", "flounders", "galumphs", "lumps", "plods", "pounds", "scuffles", "scuffs", "shambles", "shuffles", "slogs", "sloughs", "stamps", "stomps", "stumbles", "stumps", "tramps", "tromps", "trudges" ], "near synonyms":[ "drags", "flops", "hauls", "blunders", "careens", "dodders", "lurches", "reels", "staggers", "sways", "teeters", "totters", "waddles", "weaves", "wobbles", "wabbles" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifts", "floats", "hangs", "hovers", "poises", "wafts" ], "antonyms":[ "breezes", "coasts", "glides", "slides", "waltzes", "whisks" ] }, "to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually":{ "examples":[ "the novel's plot lumbers to its predictable conclusion after 500 long pages" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "bumbles", "flogs", "flounders", "limps", "plods", "struggles", "stumbles", "trudges" ], "near synonyms":[ "jogs", "shambles", "shuffles", "wallows", "welters", "falters", "lurches", "reels", "staggers", "sways", "teeters", "totters", "fumbles", "muddles" ], "near antonyms":[ "coasts", "flies", "glides", "kilts", "sails", "zips", "zooms" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a low heavy rolling sound":{ "examples":[ "the horse-drawn wagon 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"discharged", "disencumbered", "unburdened", "unladed", "unloaded" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "luminaries":{ "a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{ "examples":[ "awed by the vast number of luminaries in the night sky" ], "synonyms":[ "spheres", "stars", "suns" ], "near synonyms":[ "clusters", "constellations", "galaxies", "binary stars", "brown dwarfs", "brown dwarves", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "fixed stars", "gassers", "giant stars", "lodestars", "loadstars", "neutron stars", "novas", "novae", "pulsars", "quasars", "red dwarfs", "red giants", "red stars", "subdwarfs", "superclusters", "supergiants", "supernovas", "supernovae", "variables", "variable stars", "white dwarfs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{ "examples":[ "luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala" ], "synonyms":[ "causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres", "causes celebres", "celebrities", "celebs", 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"fluxed", "fused", "liquefied", "liquified", "melted", "thawed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lumpen":{ "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "examples":[ "a kind of music that has traditionally appealed to the lumpen segment of the musical audience" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "humble", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "low-life", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed", "vulgar" ], "near synonyms":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "lumberers":{ "as in jacks , loggers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near 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"submit (to)", "yield (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "decline", "dismiss", "refuse", "reject", "repudiate", "spurn", "turn down", "combat", "contest", "fight", "oppose", "resist", "avoid", "bypass", "circumvent", "dodge", "elude", "escape", "evade", "miss", "abstain (from)", "forbear", "refrain (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "lumberman":{ "a person whose job is to cut down trees":{ "examples":[ "a lumberman who supervises the rest of the team during logging season" ], "synonyms":[ "jack", "logger", "lumberjack" ], "near synonyms":[ "lumberer", "sawyer", "forester" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "lumps":{ "a small uneven mass":{ "examples":[ "she dumped a lump of clay on the table and started to sculpt" ], "synonyms":[ "blobs", "chunks", "clods", "clots", "clumps", "dollops", "globs", "gobbets", "gobs", "hunks", "knobs", "nubbles", "nubs", "nuggets", "wads" ], "near synonyms":[ "beads", "drops", "globules", "blocks", "bodies", "bulks", 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"deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "standing next to those ballet dancers, with their graceful way of moving, I felt like a lump" ], "synonyms":[ "clodhoppers", "clods", "gawks", "hulks", "louts", "lubbers", "lugs", "Neanderthals", "oafs", "palookas" ], "near synonyms":[ "chumps", "losers", "schlemiels", "shlemiels", "turkeys", "slouches", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "blunderers", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "galoots", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "simps", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos", "anthropoids", "apes", "beasts", "boors", "brutes", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "louses", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "tykes", "tikes", "villains", "boobies", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "rascals", "rogues", "scamps" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainiacs", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring together in one body or place":{ "examples":[ "when we lumped all of our pocket change together, we found that we had just enough a buy a carton of ice cream" ], "synonyms":[ "accumulates", "amasses", "assembles", "bulks (up)", "collects", "concentrates", "congregates", "constellates", "corrals", "garners", "gathers", "groups", "picks up", "rounds up" ], "near synonyms":[ "balls", "batches", "bunches", "clusters", "huddles", "heaps", "piles", "stacks", "bands", "brigades", "musters", "raises", "rallies", "flocks", "herds", "hives", "packs", "presses", "swarms", "throngs", "combines", "connects", "joins", "links", "merges", "pools", "unites", "archives", "arranges", "collates", "compiles", "organizes", "systematizes", "scrapes (up or together)", "re-collects", "regathers", "regroups" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks up", "disbands", "disintegrates", "dissolves", "separates", "severs", "splits (up)", "dismisses", "sends" ], "antonyms":[ "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", "scatters" ] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "examples":[ "while I was on crutches, I was lumping about the house like an elephant" ], "synonyms":[ "barges", "clumps", "flogs", "flounders", "galumphs", "lumbers", "plods", "pounds", "scuffles", "scuffs", "shambles", "shuffles", "slogs", "sloughs", "stamps", "stomps", "stumbles", "stumps", "tramps", "tromps", "trudges" ], "near synonyms":[ "drags", "flops", "hauls", "blunders", "careens", "dodders", "lurches", "reels", "staggers", "sways", "teeters", "totters", "waddles", "weaves", "wobbles", "wabbles" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifts", "floats", "hangs", "hovers", "poises", "wafts" ], "antonyms":[ "breezes", "coasts", "glides", "slides", "waltzes", "whisks" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "lumped (together)":{ "as in joined , tied (together)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "grouped", "joined", "tied (together)", "compared", "equated", "likened", "associated", "connected", "correlated", "identified", "linked", "related" ], "near antonyms":[ "contrasted", "differentiated", "discriminated", "distinguished", "separated", "set off" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in confused , conflated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conflated", "confounded", "confused", "mistook", "mixed (up)", "misapplied", "miscalled", "misidentified", "misnamed" ], "near antonyms":[ "differenced", "differentiated", "discriminated", "distinguished", "separated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lump (up)":{ "as in clump , curdle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clump", "curd", "curdle", "gum", "condense", "thicken", "cake", "concrete", "firm (up)", "fix", "freeze", "harden", "indurate", "solidify", "stiffen", "clot", "coagulate", "congeal", "gel", "gelate", "gelatinize", "jell", "jelly", "set" ], "near antonyms":[ "deliquesce", "flux", "fuse", "liquefy", "liquify", "melt", "thaw" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "luminesced":{ "as in fired , glowed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blazed", "burned", "burnt", "fired", "flamed", "gleamed", "glimmered", "glinted", "glistened", "glistered", "glittered", "glowed", "sheened", "shimmered", "beamed", "radiated", "rayed", "shone", "shined", "blinked", "coruscated", "flared", "flashed", "flickered", "lustered", "lustred", "scintillated", "spangled", "sparkled", "twinkled", "winked", "winkled", "beat (down)", "glared", "brightened", "illuminated", "illumined", "irradiated", "lightened", "lit", "lighted", "bedazzled", "blinded", "dazed", "dazzled" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackened", "darkened", "lowered", "loured" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lumpy":{ "having small pieces or lumps spread throughout":{ "examples":[ "the lumpy mashed potatoes were cold as well" ], "synonyms":[ "chunky", "clumpy", "curdy", "nubbly", "nubby" ], "near synonyms":[ "ropy", "ropey", "thick", "viscous", "knobbed", "knobbly", "knobby", "lumpish", "clabbered", "clotted", "coagulated", "congealed", "curdled", "gelled", "thickened", "broken", "bumpy", "coarse", "irregular", "jagged", "knotted", "knotty", "pebbly" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "smooth" ] }, "not having a level or smooth surface":{ "examples":[ "before painting, we had to sand the lumpy surface to make it smooth" ], "synonyms":[ "broken", "bumpy", "coarse", "irregular", "jagged", "pebbly", "ragged", "rough", "roughened", "rugged", "scraggy", "uneven" ], "near synonyms":[ "lopsided", "unbalanced", "inexact", "unaligned", "rutted", "rutty", "undulating", "undulatory", "wavy", "pitted", "pocked", "knobbly", "knobby", "knurled", "knurly", "nubbly", "nubby", "burred", "harsh", "sandpapery", "scraggly", "scratchy", "nonuniform" ], "near antonyms":[ "exact", "uniform", "aligned", "alined", "regular", "true", "horizontal", "tabular", "plumb", "straight", "vertical", "flush" ], "antonyms":[ "even", "flat", "level", "plane", "smooth" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "luminances":{ "brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{ "examples":[ "the emerald had a pure, icy green luminance" ], "synonyms":[ "burnish", "gloss", "luster", "lustre", "polish", "sheen", "shine" ], "near synonyms":[ "glare", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glow", "shimmer", "blink", "flicker", "sparkle", "twinkle", "illumination", "irradiation", "iridescence", "luminescence", "brilliance", "luminosity", "radiance", "radiancy", "refulgence", "finish", "glaze" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "dinginess", "dirtiness", "drabness", "dullness", "dulness", "flatness", "grayness", "paleness", "cloudiness", "gloom", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "somberness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the quality or state of having or giving off light":{ "examples":[ "the landscapes of the French painter Claude Lorraine have a unique 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"resisting", "avoiding", "bypassing", "circumventing", "dodging", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "missing", "abstaining (from)", "forbearing", "refraining (from)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "luminescing":{ "as in firing , glowing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blazing", "burning", "firing", "flaming", "gleaming", "glimmering", "glinting", "glistening", "glistering", "glittering", "glowing", "sheening", "shimmering", "beaming", "radiating", "raying", "shining", "blinking", "coruscating", "flaring", "flashing", "flickering", "lustering", "lustring", "scintillating", "spangling", "sparkling", "twinkling", "winking", "winkling", "beating (down)", "glaring", "brightening", "illuminating", "illumining", "irradiating", "lightening", "lighting", "bedazzling", "blinding", "dazing", "dazzling" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackening", "darkening", "lowering", "louring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lumber":{ "tree logs as prepared for human use":{ 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"weigh", "strain", "tax", "overburden", "overload", "overtax", "surcharge", "hamper", "handicap", "afflict", "oppress" ], "near antonyms":[ "alleviate", "ease", "lighten", "relieve" ], "antonyms":[ "disburden", "discharge", "disencumber", "unburden", "unlade", "unload" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "luminance":{ "brightness created by light reflected from a surface":{ "examples":[ "the emerald had a pure, icy green luminance" ], "synonyms":[ "burnish", "gloss", "luster", "lustre", "polish", "sheen", "shine" ], "near synonyms":[ "glare", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glow", "shimmer", "blink", "flicker", "sparkle", "twinkle", "illumination", "irradiation", "iridescence", "luminescence", "brilliance", "luminosity", "radiance", "radiancy", "refulgence", "finish", "glaze" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "dinginess", "dirtiness", "drabness", "dullness", "dulness", "flatness", "grayness", "paleness", "cloudiness", "gloom", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "somberness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the quality or state of having or giving off light":{ "examples":[ "the landscapes of the French painter Claude Lorraine have a unique luminance that no other artist has quite captured" ], "synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "brilliancy", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "illumination", "lambency", "lightness", "luminosity", "luminousness", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ], "near synonyms":[ "blaze", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "light", "fluorescence", "incandescence", "luminescence", "burnish", "gloss", "polish", "sheen", "shine", "shininess", "fire", "flame", "glare", "glow", "flash", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glitter", "scintillation", "shimmer", "sparkle", "twinkle" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "gloominess", "somberness", "cloudiness", "haziness", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "colorlessness", "grayness", "lackluster", "paleness", "shadiness", "shadowiness" ], "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "luminesce":{ "as in fire , glow":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blaze", "burn", "fire", "flame", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glister", "glitter", "glow", "sheen", "shimmer", "beam", "radiate", "ray", "shine", "blink", "coruscate", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "luster", "lustre", "scintillate", "spangle", "sparkle", "twinkle", "wink", "winkle", "beat (down)", "glare", "brighten", "illuminate", "illumine", "irradiate", "light", "lighten", "bedazzle", "blind", "daze", "dazzle" ], "near antonyms":[ "blacken", "darken", "lower", "lour" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "luminosities":{ "the quality or state of having or giving off light":{ "examples":[ "the luminosity of the fireflies made for an enchanting nighttime show" ], "synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "brilliancy", "candor", "dazzle", "effulgence", "illumination", "lambency", "lightness", "luminance", "luminousness", "luster", "lustre", "lustrousness", "radiance", "refulgence", "splendor" ], "near synonyms":[ "blaze", "flare", "flash", "flicker", "light", "fluorescence", "incandescence", "luminescence", "burnish", "gloss", "polish", "sheen", "shine", "shininess", "fire", "flame", "glare", "glow", "flash", "gleam", "glimmer", "glint", "glisten", "glitter", "scintillation", "shimmer", "sparkle", "twinkle" ], "near antonyms":[ "dimness", "gloominess", "somberness", "cloudiness", "haziness", "murkiness", "obscureness", "obscurity", "colorlessness", "grayness", "lackluster", "paleness", "shadiness", "shadowiness" ], "antonyms":[ "blackness", "dark", "darkness", "dullness", "dulness", "duskiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "luminously":{ "in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{ "examples":[ "in the soft candlelight her eyes sparkled luminously at him" ], "synonyms":[ "bright", "brightly", "brilliantly", "dazzlingly", "fulgently", "glowingly", "incandescently", "lambently", "lustrously", "radiantly", "splendidly" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazingly", "burningly", "flamingly", "blindingly", "flaringly", "flickeringly", "glaringly", "glitteringly", "opalescently", "pellucidly" ], "near antonyms":[ "darkly", "duskily", "gloomily", "murkily", "obscurely", "somberly", "cloudily", "shadily", "shadowily" ], "antonyms":[ "dimly", "dully" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "lumping (together)":{ "as in joining , tying (together)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "grouping", "joining", "tying (together)", "tieing (together)", "comparing", "equating", "likening", "associating", "connecting", "correlating", "identifying", "linking", "relating" ], "near antonyms":[ "contrasting", "differentiating", "discriminating", "distinguishing", "separating", "setting off" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in confusing , conflating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conflating", "confounding", "confusing", "mistaking", "mixing (up)", "misapplying", "miscalling", "misidentifying", "misnaming" ], "near antonyms":[ "differencing", "differentiating", "discriminating", "distinguishing", "separating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "lummoxes":{ "a clumsy, awkward person":{ "examples":[ "that player is a lummox in the outfield, with three errors just this week" ], "synonyms":[ "dubs", "klutzes", "loobies", "lubbers" ], "near synonyms":[ "clodhoppers", "gawkies", "gawks", "louts", "lumps", "oafs", "tawpies", "tykes", "tikes", "bunglers", "duffers", "fumblers", "stumblebums", "stumblers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "luminary":{ "a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{ "examples":[ "awed by the vast number of luminaries in the night sky" ], "synonyms":[ "sphere", "star", "sun" ], "near synonyms":[ "cluster", "constellation", "galaxy", "binary star", "brown dwarf", "dwarf", "fixed star", "gasser", "giant star", "lodestar", "loadstar", "neutron star", "nova", "pulsar", "quasar", "red dwarf", "red giant", "red star", "subdwarf", "supercluster", "supergiant", "supernova", "variable", "variable star", "white dwarf" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{ "examples":[ "luminaries from the worlds of sports, entertainment, and politics were at the gala" ], "synonyms":[ "cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre", "cause celebre", "celeb", "celebrity", "figure", "icon", "ikon", "light", "megastar", "name", "notability", "notable", "notoriety", "personage", "personality", "somebody", "standout", "star", "superstar", "VIP" ], "near synonyms":[ "favorite", "heartthrob", "hero", "idol", "demigod", "dignitary", "eminence", "immortal", "monument", "pillar", "worthy", "baron", "big shot", "bigwig", "kahuna", "magnate", "mogul", "nabob", "panjandrum" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightweight", "mediocrity", "has-been" ], "antonyms":[ "nobody", "noncelebrity" ] }, "as in bright , light":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bedazzling", "bright", "brightened", "brilliant", "dazzling", "effulgent", "illuminated", "illumined", "incandescent", "light", "lit", "lighted", "lucent", "lucid", "luminous", "exposed", "shadeless", "sunny", "beaming", "lambent", "radiant", "shining", "lustrous" ], "near antonyms":[ "shaded", "shadowed", "shadowy", "shady", "umbrageous", "canopied", "covered", "sheltered", "cloudy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] } }