{ "sap":{ "a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blackjack", "knobkerrie", "mace", "birch", "crabstick", "hickory", "rattan", "stave", "switch", "beetle", "gavel", "hammer", "mallet", "maul", "sledgehammer", "crook", "crosier", "crozier", "walking stick", "whangee" ], "synonyms":[ "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "nightstick", "rod", "rung", "shillelagh", "shillalah", "staff", "truncheon", "waddy" ] }, "active strength of body or mind":{ "antonyms":[ "lethargy", "listlessness", "sluggishness", "torpidity" ], "examples":[ "a child full of sap and vivacity" ], "near antonyms":[ "indolence", "laziness", "debilitation", "debility", "delicacy", "disablement", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "impotence", "impotency", "infirmity", "powerlessness", "puniness", "slightness", "softness", "tenderness", "weakness", "enervation", "exhaustion", "inanition", "prostration" ], "related":[ "animal spirits", "animation", "briskness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "snappiness", "spirit", "spiritedness", "sprightliness", "spunk", "spunkiness", "vibrance", "vibrancy", "vivaciousness", "vivacity", "ardor", "\u00e9lan", "fervor", "fire", "passion", "zeal", "main", "metal", "mettle", "might", "muscle", "potency", "power", "puissance", "stamina", "strength", "brawniness", "fitness", "hardiness", "huskiness", "sturdiness", "virility", "health", "healthiness", "soundness", "verdure", "wellness" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "bounce", "brio", "dash", "drive", "dynamism", "energy", "esprit", "gas", "get-up-and-go", "ginger", "go", "gusto", "hardihood", "juice", "life", "moxie", "oomph", "pep", "punch", "snap", "starch", "verve", "vigor", "vim", "vinegar", "vitality", "zing", "zip" ] }, "one who is easily deceived or cheated":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheat", "cheater", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "hoaxer", "shark", "sharper", "slicker", "swindler", "trickster" ], "related":[ "cat's-paw", "mark", "target", "victim", "schlemiel", "shlemiel", "butt", "derision", "laughingstock", "mock", "mockery", "booby", "dodo", "fool", "goose", "half-wit", "jackass", "lunatic", "monkey", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nitwit", "simp", "simpleton", "turkey", "yo-yo", "loser", "blockhead", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "schlub", "shlub", "schlump", "schnook" ], "synonyms":[ "chump", "dupe", "gull", "mug", "patsy", "pigeon", "pushover", "soft touch", "sucker", "tool" ] }, "the condition of being sound in body":{ "antonyms":[ "illness", "sickness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness" ], "examples":[ "I may no longer have the sap of youth, but I do have the sapience that comes only with advanced years" ], "near antonyms":[ "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "lameness", "sickliness", "weakness", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "malady", "trouble" ], "related":[ "fettle", "shape", "cleanliness", "hygiene", "hardiness", "lustiness", "robustiousness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "activeness", "agility", "liveliness", "spryness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "synonyms":[ "fitness", "health", "healthiness", "heartiness", "robustness", "soundness", "verdure", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness" ] }, "to diminish the physical strength of":{ "antonyms":[ "beef (up)", "fortify", "strengthen" ], "examples":[ "weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted" ], "near antonyms":[ "energize", "invigorate", "recruit", "rejuvenate", "vitalize", "harden", "season", "toughen" ], "related":[ "cripple", "disable", "hamstring", "incapacitate", "deplete", "depress", "exhaust", "impoverish", "unman", "wash out", "damage", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "invalid", "lay up", "break down", "grind (down)", "wear down", "wear out", "paralyze" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitate", "devitalize", "enervate", "enfeeble", "etiolate", "prostrate", "soften", "tire", "waste", "weaken" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sapid":{ "as in tasty , savory":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flavorful", "flavorsome", "savory", "savoury", "tasteful", "tasty", "disgusting", "distasteful", "loathsome", "sickening", "unappetizing", "unpalatable", "cloying", "mawkish", "appetizing", "delectable", "delicious", "palatable", "toothsome", "keen", "piquant", "seasoned", "spicy", "flavored", "heavy", "rich" ], "near antonyms":[ "dead", "flat", "flavorless", "insipid", "savorless", "tasteless", "unsavory", "bland", "dilute", "thin", "watery", "weak", "plain", "unflavored" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "saps":{ "a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blackjacks", "knobkerries", "maces", "birches", "crabsticks", "hickories", "rattans", "staves", "switches", "beetles", "gavels", "hammers", "mallets", "mauls", "sledgehammers", "crooks", "crosiers", "croziers", "walking sticks", "whangees" ], "synonyms":[ "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batons", "bats", "billies", "billy clubs", "bludgeons", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "nightsticks", "rods", "rungs", "shillelaghs", "shillalahs", "staffs", "staves", "truncheons", "waddies" ] }, "one who is easily deceived or cheated":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "some poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheaters", "cheats", "confidence men", "cozeners", "defrauders", "dodgers", "hoaxers", "sharks", "sharpers", "slickers", "swindlers", "tricksters" ], "related":[ "cat's-paws", "marks", "targets", "victims", "schlemiels", "shlemiels", "butts", "derisions", "laughingstocks", "mockeries", "mocks", "boobies", "dodoes", "dodos", "fools", "geese", "half-wits", "jackasses", "lunatics", "monkeys", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nitwits", "simpletons", "simps", "turkeys", "yo-yos", "losers", "blockheads", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schlumps", "schnooks" ], "synonyms":[ "chumps", "dupes", "gulls", "mugs", "patsies", "pigeons", "pushovers", "soft touches", "suckers", "tools" ] }, "to diminish the physical strength of":{ "antonyms":[ "beefs (up)", "fortifies", "strengthens" ], "examples":[ "weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted" ], "near antonyms":[ "energizes", "invigorates", "recruits", "rejuvenates", "vitalizes", "hardens", "seasons", "toughens" ], "related":[ "cripples", "disables", "hamstrings", "incapacitates", "depletes", "depresses", "exhausts", "impoverishes", "unmans", "washes out", "damages", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "invalids", "lays up", "breaks down", "grinds (down)", "wears down", "wears out", "paralyzes" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitates", "devitalizes", "enervates", "enfeebles", "etiolates", "prostrates", "softens", "tires", "wastes", "weakens" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sapping":{ "as in exhausting , weakening":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deadening", "debilitating", "draining", "enervating", "enfeebling", "exhausting", "numbing", "weakening", "wearying", "deleterious", "injurious", "pernicious", "insalubrious", "noxious", "unhealthful", "unhealthy", "unwholesome" ], "near antonyms":[ "bracing", "cordial", "invigorating", "refreshing", "rejuvenating", "restorative", "reviving", "stimulating", "stimulative", "tonic", "vital", "vitalizing", "life-giving", "conditioning", "strengthening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to diminish the physical strength of":{ "examples":[ "weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitating", "devitalizing", "enervating", "enfeebling", "etiolating", "prostrating", "softening", "tiring", "wasting", "weakening" ], "near synonyms":[ "crippling", "disabling", "hamstringing", "incapacitating", "depleting", "depressing", "exhausting", "impoverishing", "unmanning", "washing out", "damaging", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "invaliding", "laying up", "breaking down", "grinding (down)", "wearing down", "wearing out", "paralyzing" ], "near antonyms":[ "energizing", "invigorating", "recruiting", "rejuvenating", "vitalizing", "hardening", "seasoning", "toughening" ], "antonyms":[ "beefing (up)", "fortifying", "strengthening" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "saphead":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "an important diplomatic post that is no place for a saphead" ], "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", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "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" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sapiences":{ "the ability to understand inner qualities or relationships":{ "examples":[ "the kind of sapience that comes from a lifetime of experience as an educator" ], "synonyms":[ "discernment", "insight", "perception", "perceptiveness", "perceptivity", "sagaciousness", "sagacity", "sageness", "wisdom" ], "near synonyms":[ "acuity", "acumen", "astuteness", "clear-sightedness", "keenness", "penetration", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sensitivity", "understanding", "appreciation", "apprehension", "comprehension", "grasp", "brain(s)", "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "canniness", "cleverness", "gray matter", "intellect", "intelligence", "judgment", "judgement", "mentality", "power", "reason", "sense", "smartness", "wit", "discrimination", "foresight", "foresightedness", "judiciousness", "prudence", "sanity", "logic", "rationality" ], "near antonyms":[ "density", "dullness", "dulness", "obtuseness", "brainlessness", "folly", "foolishness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "mindlessness", "silliness", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "stupidity", "witlessness", "illogic", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "unsoundness", "craziness", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "preposterousness", "senselessness", "zaniness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sapient":{ "having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge":{ "examples":[ "an uncle who is always good for valuable insights and some sapient advice" ], "synonyms":[ "discerning", "insightful", "perceptive", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "wise" ], "near synonyms":[ "acute", "penetrating", "percipient", "perspicacious", "experienced", "discriminating", "discriminative", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "smart", "cerebral", "erudite", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "astute", "clearheaded", "piercing", "sharp", "shrewd", "contemplative", "reflective", "thoughtful" ], "near antonyms":[ "dense", "dull", "obtuse", "purblind", "woodenheaded", "brainless", "dumb", "feebleminded", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "moronic", "silly", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "stupid", "thoughtless", "unintelligent", "witless", "undiscriminating" ], "antonyms":[ "unperceptive", "unwise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sappy":{ "appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{ "examples":[ "a sappy letter filled with silly romantic clich\u00e9s" ], "synonyms":[ "chocolate-box", "cloying", "corny", "drippy", "fruity", "gooey", "lovey-dovey", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "novelettish", "saccharine", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "slushy", "soppy", "soupy", "spoony", "spooney", "sticky", "sugarcoated", "sugary", "wet" ], "near synonyms":[ "dreamy", "misty-eyed", "moonstruck", "moony", "nostalgic", "starry-eyed", "feel-good", "fuzzy", "melodramatic", "soap-operatic", "soapy", "sudsy", "flat", "insipid", "soft-boiled", "tasteless", "vapid", "watery", "cutesy", "twee" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadulterated", "unvarnished", "antisentimental", "cynical", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hardheaded" ], "antonyms":[ "unsentimental" ] }, "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "a sappy plan to try to get her divorced parents back together again" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "near synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sapped":{ "lacking bodily strength":{ "examples":[ "I was completely sapped after the first day of hauling logs" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenic", "debilitated", "delicate", "down-and-out", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "faint", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "languid", "low", "prostrate", "prostrated", "slight", "soft", "softened", "tender", "unsubstantial", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpish", "wimpy" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenged", "disabled", "incapacitated", "invalid", "paralyzed", "broken-down", "decrepit", "impotent", "powerless", "breakable", "flimsy", "fragile", "dizzy", "groggy", "rocky", "unsteady", "woozy", "drained", "exhausted", "flagging", "tired", "weary", "worn-out", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "lame", "unsound", "resistless", "susceptible", "unresistant", "vulnerable", "yielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "able-bodied", "athletic", "beefy", "brawny", "fit", "husky", "muscular", "sinewy", "strapping", "virile", "hard", "hardy", "lusty", "red-blooded", "robust", "sturdy", "tough", "fortified", "hardened", "inured", "strengthened", "toughened", "energetic", "energized", "invigorated", "vigorous", "vitalized", "hale", "healthy", "sound", "capable", "competent", "convalescing", "recovering", "recuperating" ], "antonyms":[ "mighty", "powerful", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ] }, "to diminish the physical strength of":{ "examples":[ "weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted" ], "synonyms":[ "debilitated", "devitalized", "enervated", "enfeebled", "etiolated", "prostrated", "softened", "tired", "wasted", "weakened" ], "near synonyms":[ "crippled", "disabled", "hamstrung", "incapacitated", "depleted", "depressed", "exhausted", "impoverished", "unmanned", "washed out", "damaged", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "invalided", "laid up", "broke down", "ground (down)", "wore down", "wore out", "paralyzed" ], "near antonyms":[ "energized", "invigorated", "recruited", "rejuvenated", "vitalized", "hardened", "seasoned", "toughened" ], "antonyms":[ "beefed (up)", "fortified", "strengthened" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sapless":{ "as in juiceless":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "juiceless", "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dry", "sere", "sear", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "withered" ], "near antonyms":[ "fleshy", "juicy", "pulpy", "succulent", "sappy", "watery" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sapheads":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "an important diplomatic post that is no place for a saphead" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }