{ "sorrowful":{ "expressing or suggesting mourning":{ "examples":[ "adopted a sorrowful tone of voice to read the news story about the former governor's death" ], "synonyms":[ "aching", "agonized", "anguished", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "bitter", "deploring", "doleful", "dolesome", "dolorous", "funeral", "grieving", "heartbroken", "lamentable", "lugubrious", "mournful", "plaintive", "plangent", "regretful", "rueful", "sorry", "wailing", "weeping", "woeful" ], "near synonyms":[ "dirgelike", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "melancholy", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "heartsick", "heartsore", "inconsolable", "tearful", "brokenhearted", "careworn", "crestfallen", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "low-spirited", "miserable", "sad", "triste", "unhappy", "woebegone", "bawling", "crying", "groaning", "howling", "keening", "moaning", "yammering", "bleeding", "suffering", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "joyless", "low", "miserable", "moody", "morbid", "morose", "pathetic", "pessimistic", "piteous", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "wretched" ], "near antonyms":[ "delighted", "exulting", "glorying", "happy", "joyful", "rejoicing", "triumphant", "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "laughing", "smiling", "blissful", "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "jocund", "jolly", "joyous", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "ecstatic", "elated", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "giddy", "heady", "rapturous", "rhapsodic", "rhapsodical" ], "antonyms":[] }, "feeling unhappiness":{ "examples":[ "the cult seemed to be a sorrowful assemblage of emotionally scarred people seeking love and redemption" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "blue", "brokenhearted", "cast down", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "doleful", "down", "down in the mouth", "downcast", "downhearted", "droopy", "forlorn", "gloomy", "glum", "hangdog", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heartsore", "heavyhearted", "inconsolable", "joyless", "low", "low-spirited", "melancholic", "melancholy", "miserable", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "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" ] }, "sort":{ "a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{ "examples":[ "I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons" ], "synonyms":[ "breed", "class", "description", "feather", "genre", "ilk", "kidney", "kind", "like", "manner", "nature", "order", "species", "strain", "stripe", "type", "variety" ], "near synonyms":[ "model", "sample", "specimen", "bracket", "bunch", "category", "division", "family", "grade", "group", "grouping", "lot", "persuasion", "rank(s)", "set", "suite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "he's a decent sort" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[ "you should be careful about whom you sort with" ], "synonyms":[ "associate", "chum", "company", "consociate", "consort", "fraternize", "hang (around or out)", "hobnob", "hook up", "mess around", "pal (around)", "run", "travel" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliate", "ally", "attach", "band", "bond", "club", "collaborate", "collude", "confederate", "conjoin", "connect", "cooperate", "couple", "gang", "get along", "get on", "group", "interrelate", "join", "knot", "league", "link", "mingle", "mix", "rally", "relate", "side", "socialize", "team", "tie", "wed", "befriend", "friend" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "cold-shoulder", "shun", "snub", "alienate", "estrange", "break up", "disband", "disperse", "split (up)", "disjoin", "dissociate", "disunite", "divorce", "sever", "split", "sunder" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in agreement on every point":{ "examples":[ "that doesn't sort with what you said the last time" ], "synonyms":[ "accord", "agree", "answer", "check", "chord", "cohere", "coincide", "comport", "conform", "consist", "correspond", "dovetail", "fit", "go", "harmonize", "jibe", "rhyme", "rime", "square", "tally" ], "near synonyms":[ "equal", "match", "parallel", "align", "aline", "line up", "register" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradict", "dispute", "gainsay", "negate", "nullify", "clash", "conflict", "jar" ], "antonyms":[ "differ (from)", "disagree (with)" ] }, "to arrange or assign according to type":{ "examples":[ "sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out" ], "synonyms":[ "assort", "break down", "categorize", "class", "classify", "codify", "compartment", "compartmentalize", "digest", "distinguish", "distribute", "grade", "group", "peg", "place", "range", "rank", "relegate", "separate", "type" ], "near synonyms":[ "array", "dispose", "draw up", "marshal", "marshall", "order", "organize", "systematize", "alphabetize", "catalog", "catalogue", "file", "index", "list", "refer", "pigeonhole", "shelve", "identify", "recognize", "cull", "screen", "set", "sieve", "sift", "winnow", "clump", "cluster", "colligate", "recategorize", "reclassify", "regroup", "subcategorize" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuse", "disarrange", "jumble", "lump", "mix (up)", "scramble", "misclassify", "missort", "mistype" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sorted":{ "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[ "you should be careful about whom you sort with" ], "synonyms":[ "associated", "chummed", "companied", "consociated", "consorted", "fraternized", "hobnobbed", "hooked up", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "messed around", "palled (around)", "ran", "run", "traveled", "travelled" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliated", "allied", "attached", "banded", "bonded", "clubbed", "collaborated", "colluded", "confederated", "conjoined", "connected", "cooperated", "coupled", "ganged", "got along", "got on", "grouped", "interrelated", "joined", "knotted", "leagued", "linked", "mingled", "mixed", "rallied", "related", "sided", "socialized", "teamed", "tied", "wedded", "wed", "befriended", "friended" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "cold-shouldered", "shunned", "snubbed", "alienated", "estranged", "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)", "disjoined", "dissociated", "disunited", "divorced", "severed", "split", "sundered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in agreement on every point":{ "examples":[ "that doesn't sort with what you said the last time" ], "synonyms":[ "accorded", "agreed", "answered", "checked", "chorded", "cohered", "coincided", "comported", "conformed", "consisted", "corresponded", "dovetailed", "fitted", "fit", "harmonized", "jibed", "rhymed", "rimed", "squared", "tallied", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "equaled", "equalled", "matched", "paralleled", "aligned", "alined", "lined up", "registered" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicted", "disputed", "gainsaid", "negated", "nullified", "clashed", "conflicted", "jarred" ], "antonyms":[ "differed (from)", "disagreed (with)" ] }, "to arrange or assign according to type":{ "examples":[ "sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out" ], "synonyms":[ "assorted", "broke down", "categorized", "classed", "classified", "codified", "compartmentalized", "compartmented", "digested", "distinguished", "distributed", "graded", "grouped", "pegged", "placed", "ranged", "ranked", "relegated", "separated", "typed" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrayed", "disposed", "drew up", "marshaled", "marshalled", "ordered", "organized", "systematized", "alphabetized", "cataloged", "catalogued", "filed", "indexed", "listed", "referred", "pigeonholed", "shelved", "identified", "recognized", "culled", "screened", "set", "sieved", "sifted", "winnowed", "clumped", "clustered", "colligated", "recategorized", "reclassified", "regrouped", "subcategorized" ], "near antonyms":[ "confused", "disarranged", "jumbled", "lumped", "mixed (up)", "scrambled", "misclassified", "missorted", "mis-sorted", "mistyped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sortie":{ "a short trip for pleasure":{ "examples":[ "an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores" ], "synonyms":[ "excursion", "jaunt", "junket", "outing", "ramble", "sally", "sashay", "spin" ], "near synonyms":[ "journey", "travel(s)", "voyage", "circuit", "tour", "expedition", "odyssey", "safari", "detour", "hike", "peregrination", "trek", "walk", "pilgrimage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorrowed":{ "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age" ], "synonyms":[ "agonized", "anguished", "bled", "grieved", "hurt", "mourned", "suffered" ], "near synonyms":[ "ached", "longed (for)", "pined (away)", "sighed", "smarted", "racked", "tormented", "tortured", "bemoaned", "bewailed", "deplored", "lamented", "rued", "bawled", "blubbered", "cried", "groaned", "howled", "keened", "moaned", "sobbed", "took on", "wailed", "wept", "yammered", "yowled", "languished", "regretted" ], "near antonyms":[ "beamed", "cheered", "crowed", "delighted", "exulted", "gloried", "joyed", "laughed", "ravished", "rejoiced", "triumphed", "assured", "cheered", "comforted", "commiserated", "consoled", "reassured", "solaced", "soothed", "sympathized" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sores":{ "as in inflammations , swellings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inflammations", "swellings", "aches", "pains", "pangs", "pricks", "shoots", "smarts", "stings", "stitches", "throes", "tingles", "twinges", "discomforts", "distresses", "afflictions", "agonies", "anguishes", "miseries", "sufferances", "sufferings", "torments", "tortures", "damages", "detriments", "harms", "hurts", "injuries", "backaches", "bellyaches", "charley horses", "colics", "complaints", "earaches", "gripes", "headaches", "stomachaches", "toothaches" ], "near antonyms":[ "comforts", "eases" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in warts , welts":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "warts", "weals", "welts", "bumps", "lumps", "protuberances", "blackheads", "blisters", "milia", "whiteheads", "boils", "festers", "hickeys", "papules", "pimples", "pocks", "pustules", "whelks", "zits" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sort (through)":{ "to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{ "examples":[ "I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for" ], "synonyms":[ "comb", "dig (through)", "dredge", "hunt (through)", "rake", "ransack", "rifle", "rummage", "scour", "search", "troll" ], "near synonyms":[ "frisk", "pat down", "shake down", "audit", "check (out)", "examine", "inspect", "investigate", "review", "scan", "scrutinize", "survey", "ascertain", "descry", "detect", "determine", "discover", "ferret (out)", "find", "find out", "get", "hit (on or upon)", "learn", "locate", "run down", "scare up", "track (down)", "grub (about)", "poke (around)", "explore", "probe", "prospect", "skirmish", "snoop", "browse", "glance (over)", "look over", "peruse", "study" ], "near antonyms":[ "hide", "abandon", "lose", "ignore", "neglect" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sorrow (for)":{ "as in mourn , grieve (for)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ache (for)", "bewail", "grieve (for)", "mourn", "bemoan", "deplore", "lament", "regret", "repent", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "delight (in)", "enjoy", "relish", "revel (in)", "savor", "savour" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sorrow":{ "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age" ], "synonyms":[ "agonize", "anguish", "bleed", "grieve", "hurt", "mourn", "suffer" ], "near synonyms":[ "ache", "long (for)", "pine (away)", "sigh", "smart", "rack", "torment", "torture", "bemoan", "bewail", "deplore", "lament", "rue", "bawl", "blubber", "cry", "groan", "howl", "keen", "moan", "sob", "take on", "wail", "weep", "yammer", "yowl", "languish", "regret" ], "near antonyms":[ "beam", "cheer", "crow", "delight", "exult", "glory", "joy", "laugh", "ravish", "rejoice", "triumph", "assure", "cheer", "comfort", "commiserate", "console", "reassure", "solace", "soothe", "sympathize" ], "antonyms":[] }, "deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{ "examples":[ "he felt great sorrow at the loss of his beloved dog" ], "synonyms":[ "affliction", "anguish", "dolefulness", "dolor", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "sorriness", "woe" ], "near synonyms":[ "agony", "distress", "pain", "suffering", "torment", "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolateness", "desolation", "despair", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "distress", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "misery", "mopes", "oppression", "sorrowfulness", "unhappiness", "woefulness", "wretchedness", "contrition", "guilt", "regret", "remorse", "rue", "self-reproach", "shame", "melancholia", "self-pity" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "merrymaking", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "enjoyment", "content", "contentedness", "contentment" ], "antonyms":[ "blessedness", "bliss", "blissfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "delight", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "glee", "gleefulness", "happiness", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "pleasure", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sorrels":{ "as in chestnuts , roans":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bays", "blacks", "buckskins", "chestnuts", "duns", "palominos", "pintos", "pintoes", "roans", "skewbalds", "chargers", "coursers", "cow ponies", "cutting horses", "gallopers", "hackneys", "hacks", "mounts", "packhorses", "prancers", "quarter horses", "racehorses", "saddle horses", "trotters", "warhorses", "workhorses", "cobs", "dobbins", "jades", "plugs", "skates", "broncos", "bronchos", "mustangs", "ponies", "colts", "fillies", "foals", "geldings", "mares", "stallions", "equids", "equines", "horses", "horse", "nags", "steeds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sortilege":{ "as in soothsaying , divination":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "augury", "crystal gazing", "divination", "divining", "forecasting", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "foretelling", "fortune-telling", "predicting", "presaging", "prognosticating", "prophesying", "soothsaying", "curse", "hex", "jinx", "hexerei", "hoodoo", "occultism", "spiritualism", "conjuration", "glamour", "glamor", "incantation", "spell", "augur", "omen", "abracadabra", "amulet", "charm", "fetish", "fetich", "mascot", "periapt", "phylactery", "talisman", "exorcism", "bewitchery", "bewitchment", "conjuring", "devilry", "deviltry", "diablerie", "enchantment", "ensorcellment", "magic", "mojo", "necromancy", "sorcery", "thaumaturgy", "voodooism", "witchcraft", "witchery", "wizardry", "alchemy" ], "near antonyms":[ "science" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorting (through)":{ "to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{ "examples":[ "I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for" ], "synonyms":[ "combing", "digging (through)", "dredging", "hunting (through)", "raking", "ransacking", "rifling", "rummaging", "scouring", "searching", "trolling" ], "near synonyms":[ "frisking", "patting down", "shaking down", "auditing", "checking (out)", "examining", "inspecting", "investigating", "reviewing", "scanning", "scrutinizing", "surveying", "ascertaining", "descrying", "detecting", "determining", "discovering", "ferreting (out)", "finding", "finding out", "getting", "hitting (on or upon)", "learning", "locating", "running down", "scaring up", "tracking (down)", "grubbing (about)", "poking (around)", "exploring", "probing", "prospecting", "skirmishing", "snooping", "browsing", "glancing (over)", "looking over", "perusing", "studying" ], "near antonyms":[ "hiding", "abandoning", "losing", "ignoring", "neglecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sorceries":{ "the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{ "examples":[ "in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death" ], "synonyms":[ "bewitcheries", "bewitchments", "devilries", "deviltries", "diableries", "enchantments", "ensorcellments", "magics", "mojoes", "mojos", "necromancies", "thaumaturgies", "voodooisms", "witchcrafts", "witcheries", "wizardries" ], "near synonyms":[ "abracadabras", "amulets", "charms", "fetishes", "fetiches", "mascots", "periapts", "phylacteries", "talismans", "conjurations", "glamours", "glamors", "incantations", "spells", "curses", "hexes", "jinxes", "auguries", "crystal gazings", "divinations", "fortune-tellings", "soothsayings", "sortileges", "hexereis", "hoodoos", "occultisms", "spiritualisms", "augurs", "omens", "exorcisms", "alchemies" ], "near antonyms":[ "sciences" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorties":{ "a short trip for pleasure":{ "examples":[ "an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores" ], "synonyms":[ "excursions", "jaunts", "junkets", "outings", "rambles", "sallies", "sashays", "spins" ], "near synonyms":[ "journeys", "travels", "voyages", "circuits", "tours", "expeditions", "odysseys", "safaris", "detours", "hikes", "peregrinations", "treks", "walks", "pilgrimages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorehead":{ "as in ill-tempered , disagreeable":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "antisocial", "cold", "cool", "disagreeable", "disapproving", "distant", "frigid", "icy", "ill-tempered", "sulky", "unfriendly", "unpleasant", "acrid", "acrimonious", "antagonistic", "antipathetic", "bitter", "embittered", "inimical", "malevolent", "piqued", "rancorous", "resentful", "spiteful", "vengeful", "vindictive", "virulent", "vitriolic", "aggravated", "annoyed", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "churlish", "crabby", "cranky", "dyspeptic", "exasperated", "fretful", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "ill-humored", "inflammable", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perturbed", "petulant", "put out", "quick-tempered", "snappish", "testy", "touchy", "boiling", "bristling", "bristly", "burning", "cross", "huffy", "passionate", "seething", "sizzling", "smoldering", "smouldering", "worked up", "wrought (up)", "argumentative", "belligerent", "contentious", "contrary", "disputatious", "ornery", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "querulous", "ranting", "raving", "stormy", "angered", "angry", "apoplectic", "ballistic", "cheesed off", "choleric", "enraged", "foaming", "fuming", "furious", "hopping", "horn-mad", "hot", "incensed", "indignant", "inflamed", "enflamed", "infuriate", "infuriated", "irate", "ireful", "livid", "mad", "outraged", "rabid", "rankled", "riled", "riley", "roiled", "shirty", "sore", "steamed up", "steaming", "teed off", "ticked", "wrathful", "wroth" ], "near antonyms":[ "angerless", "delighted", "pleased", "accepting", "accommodating", "obliging", "agreeable", "amenable", "complaisant", "amicable", "cordial", "friendly", "content", "happy", "satisfied", "empathetic", "sympathetic", "tolerant", "understanding", "calm", "pacific", "peaceable", "placid", "serene", "tranquil", "unembittered", "affable", "amiable", "easygoing", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "kind", "pleasant", "sweet" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in malcontent":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "malcontent", "hunks", "grinch", "killjoy", "party pooper", "spoilsport", "bear", "bellyacher", "complainer", "crab", "crank", "croaker", "crosspatch", "curmudgeon", "fusser", "griper", "grouch", "grouser", "growler", "grumbler", "grump", "murmurer", "mutterer", "sourpuss", "whiner", "defeatist", "pessimist", "faultfinder", "kicker", "nagger", "nitpicker", "objector", "quibbler", "repiner", "crock", "hypochondriac" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna", "happy camper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "sorts":{ "a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{ "examples":[ "I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons" ], "synonyms":[ "breeds", "classes", "descriptions", "feathers", "genres", "ilks", "kidneys", "kinds", "likes", "manners", "natures", "orders", "species", "strains", "stripes", "types", "varieties" ], "near synonyms":[ "models", "samples", "specimens", "brackets", "bunches", "categories", "divisions", "families", "grades", "groupings", "groups", "lots", "persuasions", "ranks", "sets", "suites" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "he's a decent sort" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "beings", "birds", "bodies", "bods", "characters", "cookies", "creatures", "customers", "devils", "ducks", "eggs", "faces", "fish", "fishes", "guys", "heads", "human beings", "humans", "individuals", "lives", "men", "mortals", "parties", "people", "personages", "scouts", "slobs", "souls", "specimens", "stiffs", "things", "wights" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominids", "homos", "humanoids", "brothers", "brethren", "fellowmen", "fellows", "neighbors", "celebrities", "personalities", "selves", "somebodies" ], "near antonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "brutes", "critters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[ "you should be careful about whom you sort with" ], "synonyms":[ "associates", "chums", "companies", "consociates", "consorts", "fraternizes", "hangs (around or out)", "hobnobs", "hooks up", "messes around", "pals (around)", "runs", "travels" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliates", "allies", "attaches", "bands", "bonds", "clubs", "collaborates", "colludes", "confederates", "conjoins", "connects", "cooperates", "couples", "gangs", "gets along", "gets on", "groups", "interrelates", "joins", "knots", "leagues", "links", "mingles", "mixes", "rallies", "relates", "sides", "socializes", "teams", "ties", "weds", "befriends", "friends" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "cold-shoulders", "shuns", "snubs", "alienates", "estranges", "breaks up", "disbands", "disperses", "splits (up)", "disjoins", "dissociates", "disunites", "divorces", "severs", "splits", "sunders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in agreement on every point":{ "examples":[ "that doesn't sort with what you said the last time" ], "synonyms":[ "accords", "agrees", "answers", "checks", "chords", "coheres", "coincides", "comports", "conforms", "consists", "corresponds", "dovetails", "fits", "goes", "harmonizes", "jibes", "rhymes", "rimes", "squares", "tallies" ], "near synonyms":[ "equals", "matches", "parallels", "aligns", "alines", "lines up", "registers" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicts", "disputes", "gainsays", "negates", "nullifies", "clashes", "conflicts", "jars" ], "antonyms":[ "differs (from)", "disagrees (with)" ] }, "to arrange or assign according to type":{ "examples":[ "sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out" ], "synonyms":[ "assorts", "breaks down", "categorizes", "classes", "classifies", "codifies", "compartmentalizes", "compartments", "digests", "distinguishes", "distributes", "grades", "groups", "pegs", "places", "ranges", "ranks", "relegates", "separates", "types" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrays", "disposes", "draws up", "marshals", "marshalls", "orders", "organizes", "systematizes", "alphabetizes", "catalogs", "catalogues", "files", "indexes", "lists", "refers", "pigeonholes", "shelves", "identifies", "recognizes", "culls", "screens", "sets", "sieves", "sifts", "winnows", "clumps", "clusters", "colligates", "recategorizes", "reclassifies", "regroups", "subcategorizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "confuses", "disarranges", "jumbles", "lumps", "mixes (up)", "scrambles", "misclassifies", "missorts", "mistypes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sorrel":{ "as in chestnut , roan":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bay", "black", "buckskin", "chestnut", "dun", "palomino", "pinto", "roan", "skewbald", "charger", "courser", "cow pony", "cutting horse", "galloper", "hack", "hackney", "mount", "packhorse", "prancer", "quarter horse", "racehorse", "saddle horse", "trotter", "warhorse", "workhorse", "cob", "dobbin", "jade", "plug", "skate", "bronco", "mustang", "pony", "colt", "filly", "foal", "gelding", "mare", "stallion", "equid", "equine", "horse", "nag", "steed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sororities":{ "a club of women especially at a U.S. college":{ "examples":[ "She wanted to join the sorority because all of her friends were members." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sisterhoods", "associations", "boards", "brotherhoods", "chambers", "clubs", "colleges", "congresses", "consortia", "consortiums", "councils", "fellowships", "fraternities", "guilds", "gilds", "institutes", "institutions", "leagues", "orders", "organizations", "societies", "sodalities", "collectives", "communes", "communities", "cooperatives", "alliances", "blocs", "camps", "coalitions", "partnerships", "bodies", "cadres", "groups", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "coteries", "juntos", "klatches", "klatsches", "lots", "sets", "crews", "outfits", "parties", "squads", "teams", "branches", "chapters", "locals", "faithfuls", "folds", "memberships" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorceress":{ "a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers":{ "examples":[ "asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village" ], "synonyms":[ "enchantress", "hag", "hex", "witch" ], "near synonyms":[ "charmer", "conjurer", "conjuror", "enchanter", "necromancer", "voodoo", "voodooist", "magician", "sorcerer", "warlock", "wizard" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorcery":{ "the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{ "examples":[ "in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death" ], "synonyms":[ "bewitchery", "bewitchment", "conjuring", "devilry", "deviltry", "diablerie", "enchantment", "ensorcellment", "magic", "mojo", "necromancy", "thaumaturgy", "voodooism", "witchcraft", "witchery", "wizardry" ], "near synonyms":[ "abracadabra", "amulet", "charm", "fetish", "fetich", "mascot", "periapt", "phylactery", "talisman", "conjuration", "glamour", "glamor", "incantation", "spell", "curse", "hex", "jinx", "augury", "crystal gazing", "divination", "divining", "forecasting", "foreknowing", "foreseeing", "foretelling", "fortune-telling", "predicting", "presaging", "prognosticating", "prophesying", "soothsaying", "sortilege", "hexerei", "hoodoo", "occultism", "spiritualism", "augur", "omen", "exorcism", "alchemy" ], "near antonyms":[ "science" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "soreness":{ "as in discomfort , distress":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "discomfort", "distress", "tenderness", "ache", "pain", "pang", "prick", "shoot", "smart", "sting", "stitch", "throe", "tingle", "twinge", "affliction", "agony", "anguish", "misery", "sufferance", "suffering", "torment", "torture", "inflammation", "sore", "swelling", "damage", "detriment", "harm", "hurt", "injury", "backache", "bellyache", "charley horse", "colic", "complaint", "earache", "gripe", "headache", "stomachache", "toothache" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "ease", "easiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorting":{ "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[ "you should be careful about whom you sort with" ], "synonyms":[ "associating", "chumming", "companying", "consociating", "consorting", "fraternizing", "hanging (around or out)", "hobnobbing", "hooking up", "messing around", "palling (around)", "running", "traveling", "travelling" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliating", "allying", "attaching", "banding", "bonding", "clubbing", "collaborating", "colluding", "confederating", "conjoining", "connecting", "cooperating", "coupling", "ganging", "getting along", "getting on", "grouping", "interrelating", "joining", "knotting", "leaguing", "linking", "mingling", "mixing", "rallying", "relating", "siding", "socializing", "teaming", "tying", "tieing", "wedding", "befriending", "friending" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "cold-shouldering", "shunning", "snubbing", "alienating", "estranging", "breaking up", "disbanding", "dispersing", "splitting (up)", "disjoining", "dissociating", "disuniting", "divorcing", "severing", "splitting", "sundering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in agreement on every point":{ "examples":[ "that doesn't sort with what you said the last time" ], "synonyms":[ "according", "agreeing", "answering", "checking", "chording", "cohering", "coinciding", "comporting", "conforming", "consisting", "corresponding", "dovetailing", "fitting", "going", "harmonizing", "jibing", "rhyming", "riming", "squaring", "tallying" ], "near synonyms":[ "equaling", "equalling", "matching", "paralleling", "aligning", "alining", "lining up", "registering" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicting", "disputing", "gainsaying", "negating", "nullifying", "clashing", "conflicting", "jarring" ], "antonyms":[ "differing (from)", "disagreeing (with)" ] }, "to arrange or assign according to type":{ "examples":[ "sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out" ], "synonyms":[ "assorting", "breaking down", "categorizing", "classifying", "classing", "codifying", "compartmentalizing", "compartmenting", "digesting", "distinguishing", "distributing", "grading", "grouping", "pegging", "placing", "ranging", "ranking", "relegating", "separating", "typing" ], "near synonyms":[ "arraying", "disposing", "drawing up", "marshaling", "marshalling", "ordering", "organizing", "systematizing", "alphabetizing", "cataloging", "cataloguing", "filing", "indexing", "listing", "referring", "pigeonholing", "shelving", "identifying", "recognizing", "culling", "screening", "setting", "sieving", "sifting", "winnowing", "clumping", "clustering", "colligating", "recategorizing", "reclassifying", "regrouping", "subcategorizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "confusing", "disarranging", "jumbling", "lumping", "mixing (up)", "scrambling", "misclassifying", "missorting", "mis-sorting", "mistyping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sorrily":{ "as in wretchedly , abominably":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abominably", "contemptibly", "despicably", "detestably", "hatefully", "nastily", "pitiably", "wretchedly", "basely", "currishly", "dishonorably", "ignobly", "degenerately" ], "near antonyms":[ "gallantly", "grandly", "greatheartedly", "greatly", "heroically", "high-mindedly", "honorably", "magnanimously", "nobly", "loftily", "venerably", "magnificently", "majestically" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "sorcerers":{ "a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{ "examples":[ "a sorcerer who used his power for evil ends" ], "synonyms":[ "charmers", "conjurers", "conjurors", "enchanters", "mages", "magi", "Magians", "magicians", "necromancers", "voodooists", "voodoos", "witches", "wizards" ], "near synonyms":[ "enchantresses", "hags", "hexes", "sorceresses", "warlocks", "occultists", "thaumaturges", "thaumaturgists", "theurgists", "wonder-workers", "medicine men", "shamanists", "shamans", "witch doctors", "crystal gazers", "diviners", "foreseers", "fortune-tellers", "prognosticators", "prophesiers", "prophets", "seers", "soothsayers", "mediums", "media", "exorcisers", "exorcists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorrowfulness":{ "a state or spell of low spirits":{ "examples":[ "with a sorrowfulness that can only be described as heart-wrenching, she read the elegy" ], "synonyms":[ "blue devils", "blues", "dejection", "depression", "desolation", "despond", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "dolefulness", "downheartedness", "dreariness", "dumps", "forlornness", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "heartsickness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "miserableness", "mopes", "mournfulness", "oppression", "sadness", "unhappiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "melancholia", "self-pity", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "mourning", "somberness", "sorrow", "woefulness", "agony", "distress", "pain", "misery", "woe", "wretchedness", "discouragement", "disheartenment", "moodiness", "despair", "desperation", "hopelessness", "self-despair", "boredom", "ennui", "tedium", "dismalness", "drear", "morbidness", "moroseness", "morosity", "regret", "rue" ], "near antonyms":[ "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "humor", "jollity", "joviality", "lightheartedness", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "hopefulness", "optimism", "sunniness", "content", "contentedness", "contentment", "satisfaction", "delight", "gratification" ], "antonyms":[ "bliss", "blissfulness", "ecstasy", "elatedness", "elation", "euphoria", "exhilaration", "exuberance", "exultation", "felicity", "gladness", "gladsomeness", "happiness", "heaven", "intoxication", "joy", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilation", "rapture", "rapturousness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sorts (through)":{ "to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{ "examples":[ "I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for" ], "synonyms":[ "combs", "digs (through)", "dredges", "hunts (through)", "rakes", "ransacks", "rifles", "rummages", "scours", "searches", "trolls" ], "near synonyms":[ "frisks", "pats down", "shakes down", "audits", "checks (out)", "examines", "inspects", "investigates", "reviews", "scans", "scrutinizes", "surveys", "ascertains", "descries", "detects", "determines", "discovers", "ferrets (out)", "finds", "finds out", "gets", "hits (on or upon)", "learns", "locates", "runs down", "scares up", "tracks (down)", "grubs (about)", "pokes (around)", "explores", "probes", "prospects", "skirmishes", "snoops", "browses", "glances (over)", "looks over", "peruses", "studies" ], "near antonyms":[ "hides", "abandons", "loses", "ignores", "neglects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sorely":{ "with feelings of bitterness or grief":{ "examples":[ "our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly" ], "near synonyms":[ "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously" ] }, "to a great degree":{ "examples":[ "completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat" ], "synonyms":[ "achingly", "almighty", "archly", "awful", "awfully", "badly", "beastly", "blisteringly", "bone", "colossally", "corking", "cracking", "damn", "damned", "dang", "deadly", "desperately", "eminently", "enormously", "especially", "ever", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "fiercely", "filthy", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaring", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "vastly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolutely", "altogether", "completely", "downright", "entirely", "flat-out", "fully", "positively", "purely", "radically", "thoroughly", "totally", "utterly", "wholly", "deeply", "profoundly", "exceptionally", "notably", "remarkably", "considerably", "extensively", "significantly", "substantially", "appreciably", "discernibly", "markedly", "noticeably", "obviously", "palpably", "plainly", "visibly", "abundantly", "plentifully", "astronomically", "grandly", "monstrously", "monumentally", "excessively", "obscenely", "overmuch", "amazingly", "astonishingly", "staggeringly" ], "near antonyms":[ "meagerly", "scantily", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely" ], "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "sorrowfully":{ "with feelings of bitterness or grief":{ "examples":[ "in a sorrowfully worded statement she announced that she was dropping out of the race for governor" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly" ], "near synonyms":[ "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "sort of":{ "to some degree or extent":{ "examples":[ "you've been acting sort of funny all week" ], "synonyms":[ "enough", "fairly", "kind of", "kindly", "like", "moderately", "more or less", "pretty", "quite", "rather", "relatively", "something", "somewhat" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptably", "decently", "passably", "tolerably", "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "vaguely", "half", "halfway", "incompletely", "part", "partially", "partly", "partway" ], "near antonyms":[ "awfully", "beastly", "deadly", "especially", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "exceptionally", "extremely", "frightfully", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "mightily", "mortally", "particularly", "surpassingly", "terribly", "very", "considerably", "extensively", "significantly", "substantially" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "sorrows":{ "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizes", "anguishes", "bleeds", "grieves", "hurts", "mourns", "suffers" ], "near synonyms":[ "aches", "longs (for)", "pines (away)", "sighs", "smarts", "racks", "torments", "tortures", "bemoans", "bewails", "deplores", "laments", "rues", "bawls", "blubbers", "cries", "groans", "howls", "keens", "moans", "sobs", "takes on", "wails", "weeps", "yammers", "yowls", "languishes", "regrets" ], "near antonyms":[ "beams", "cheers", "crows", "delights", "exults", "glories", "joys", "laughs", "ravishes", "rejoices", "triumphs", "assures", "cheers", "comforts", "commiserates", "consoles", "reassures", "solaces", "soothes", "sympathizes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }