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"arrest", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "sabotage", "thwart" ], "synonyms":[ "brake", "decelerate", "retard", "slow" ] }, "to make less taut":{ "antonyms":[ "strain", "stretch", "tense", "tension", "tighten" ], "examples":[ "you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post" ], "near antonyms":[ "attach", "bind", "fasten", "tie", "constrain", "restrain" ], "related":[ "detach", "free", "unbind", "undo", "unfasten", "untie" ], "synonyms":[ "ease", "loosen", "relax", "slack" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slackened":{ "not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{ "antonyms":[ "taut", "tense", "tight" ], "examples":[ "slackened lines" ], "near antonyms":[ "constrained", "restrained", "attached", "bound", "fastened", "tied", "fast", "firm", "jammed", "snug", "stuck", "wedged" ], "related":[ "detached", "free", "unattached", "unbound", "undone", "unfastened", "untied", "baggy", "blousy", "saggy" ], "synonyms":[ "insecure", "lax", "loose", "loosened", "relaxed", "slack", "unsecured" ] }, "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "antonyms":[ "accelerated", "hastened", "hurried", "quickened", "rushed", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "stepped up" ], "examples":[ "drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve" ], "near antonyms":[ "drove", "encouraged", "goaded", "propelled", "pushed", "spurred", "stirred", "urged", "advanced", "aided", "dispatched", "eased", "expedited", "facilitated", "forwarded", "furthered", "helped" ], "related":[ "halted", "stopped", "encumbered", "hampered", "handicapped", "held back", "held up", "hindered", "hobbled", "impeded", "inhibited", "obstructed", "set back", "tied up", "bottlenecked", "arrested", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "reined", "restrained", "baffled", "foiled", "frustrated", "sabotaged", "thwarted" ], "synonyms":[ "braked", "decelerated", "retarded", "slowed" ] }, "to make less taut":{ "antonyms":[ "strained", "stretched", "tensed", "tensioned", "tightened" ], "examples":[ "you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post" ], "near antonyms":[ "attached", "bound", "fastened", "tied", "constrained", "restrained" ], "related":[ "detached", "freed", "unbound", "undid", "unfastened", "untied" ], "synonyms":[ "eased", "loosened", "relaxed", "slacked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "slaked":{ "to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure" ], "near antonyms":[ "aroused", "excited", "piqued", "stimulated", "tantalized", "teased" ], "related":[ "catered (to)", "gratified", "humored", "indulged", "alleviated", "lightened", "relieved", "cloyed", "saturated", "surfeited" ], "synonyms":[ "assuaged", "quenched", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slammed":{ "to come into usually forceful contact with something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch" ], "near antonyms":[ "missed", "skirted" ], "related":[ "bounced", "caromed", "clunked", "glanced", "rebounded", "ricocheted", "ricochetted", "skimmed", "skipped", "contacted", "landed", "touched", "brushed", "grazed", "kissed", "nudged", "scraped", "shaved", "swept", "bulldozed", "jostled", "muscled", "pressed", "pushed" ], "synonyms":[ "banged", "bashed", "bumped", "collided", "crashed", "hit", "impacted", "impinged", "knocked", "rammed", "smashed", "struck", "swiped", "thudded" ] }, "to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaimed", "commended", "complimented", "hailed", "lauded", "praised" ], "related":[ "berated", "harangued", "harassed", "harried", "reviled", "scolded", "whipped", "blasphemed", "cursed", "execrated", "imprecated", "profaned", "affronted", "insulted", "slurred", "aspersed", "bad-mouthed", "belittled", "blackguarded", "disparaged", "put down", "libeled", "libelled", "slandered", "traduced", "vilified", "chastised", "chid", "chided", "criticized", "laced (into)", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "fulminated", "lashed (out)" ], "synonyms":[ "abused", "assailed", "attacked", "bashed", "belabored", "blasted", "castigated", "excoriated", "jumped (on)", "lambasted", "potshot", "savaged", "scathed", "trashed", "vituperated" ] }, "to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she slammed the ball deep into center field" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battered", "beat", "buffeted", "bunged", "chopped", "cuffed", "drubbed", "laced", "lambasted", "licked", "mangled", "mauled", "pelted", "peppered", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pummeled", "pummelled", "roughed", "scuffed", "bunted", "flicked", "stroked", "tapped", "bumped", "butted", "jabbed", "jostled", "kicked", "kneed", "poked", "prodded", "pushed", "shoved", "stamped", "bowled (down or over)", "creamed", "decked", "dumped", "felled", "floored", "knocked down", "leveled", "levelled", "rabbit-punched", "sucker punched", "caned", "clubbed", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "flailed", "flogged", "lashed", "sapped", "slashed", "sledged", "sledgehammered", "speared", "stabbed", "switched", "thrashed", "whipped", "beaned", "brained", "conked", "skulled" ], "synonyms":[ "banged", "bashed", "batted", "belted", "biffed", "bludgeoned", "bobbed", "bonked", "bopped", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "clapped", "clapt", "clipped", "clobbered", "clocked", "clouted", "cracked", "hammered", "hit", "knocked", "nailed", "pasted", "pounded", "punched", "rapped", "slapped", "slogged", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "struck", "swatted", "swiped", "tagged", "thumped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "whaled", "zapped" ] }, "to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "please don't slam the door every time you step out" ], "near antonyms":[ "opened", "unbarred", "unbolted", "unfastened", "unlatched", "unlocked", "unsealed" ], "related":[ "closed", "shut", "stopped", "barred", "battened (down)", "bolted", "chained", "fastened", "latched", "locked", "sealed", "secured" ], "synonyms":[ "banged" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slaps down":{ "to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down" ], "near antonyms":[ "abets", "aids", "assists", "backs", "helps", "props up", "supports", "foments", "incites", "instigates", "provokes", "stirs", "whips (up)", "advances", "cultivates", "encourages", "forwards", "fosters", "furthers", "nourishes", "nurtures", "promotes" ], "related":[ "douses", "dowses", "extinguishes", "puts out", "quenches", "smothers", "stifles", "strangles", "throttles", "annihilates", "decimates", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "nukes", "rubs out", "ruins", "smashes", "wastes", "wrecks", "exterminates", "obliterates", "wipes out", "conquers", "dominates", "overcomes", "overpowers", "overwhelms", "subjugates", "vanquishes" ], "synonyms":[ "clamps down (on)", "cracks down (on)", "crushes", "puts down", "quashes", "quells", "represses", "silences", "snuffs (out)", "squashes", "squelches", "subdues", "suppresses" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slashing":{ "to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crosscutting", "hacksawing", "scissoring", "cleaving", "riving", "splitting", "piercing", "stabbing", "bruising", "butchering", "hacking", "haggling", "lacerating", "mangling", "rending", "tearing", "carving", "chipping", "chiseling", "chiselling", "notching", "anatomizing", "dissecting", "sectioning", "chopping", "dicing", "mincing", "amputating", "cutting off", "severing" ], "synonyms":[ "cutting", "gashing", "incising", "ripping", "shearing", "slicing", "slitting" ] }, "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "knouting", "quirting", "strapping", "cutting", "flicking", "touching up", "blackjacking", "caning", "clubbing", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "fustigating", "pistol-whipping", "banging", "bopping", "boxing", "busting", "clapping", "clipping", "clobbering", "clouting", "cracking", "cuffing", "hitting", "knocking", "lamming", "pasting", "punching", "slapping", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "spanking", "swatting", "swiping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "bashing", "basting", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belaboring", "belting", "bludgeoning", "buffeting", "bunging", "drubbing", "fibbing", "hammering", "lacing", "lambasting", "lathering", "licking", "mangling", "mauling", "paddling", "pelting", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "roughing", "slating", "slogging", "threshing", "thumping", "tromping", "whopping", "whapping", "whupping", "working over" ], "synonyms":[ "birching", "cowhiding", "flagellating", "flailing", "flogging", "hiding", "horsewhipping", "lashing", "leathering", "rawhiding", "scourging", "switching", "tanning", "thrashing", "whaling", "whipping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slaughtered":{ "to kill on a large scale":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assassinated", "croaked", "did in", "dispatched", "executed", "felled", "murdered", "slew", "smote", "snuffed", "annihilated", "blotted out", "decimated", "demolished", "destroyed", "devastated", "eradicated", "exterminated", "wasted", "wiped out" ], "synonyms":[ "butchered", "massacred", "mowed (down)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slaughtering":{ "to kill on a large scale":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assassinating", "croaking", "dispatching", "doing in", "executing", "felling", "murdering", "slaying", "smiting", "snuffing", "annihilating", "blotting out", "decimating", "demolishing", "destroying", "devastating", "eradicating", "exterminating", "wasting", "wiping out" ], "synonyms":[ "butchering", "massacring", "mowing (down)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slavered":{ "to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a dog slavering over a bone" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "watered", "expectorated", "spit", "spat", "foamed", "frothed", "spluttered", "sputtered" ], "synonyms":[ "dribbled", "driveled", "drivelled", "drooled", "salivated", "slobbered" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slavers":{ "the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "foams", "froths", "expectorations", "salivations", "sputa", "sputums" ], "synonyms":[ "drools", "salivas", "slobbers", "spits", "spittles" ] }, "to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a dog slavering over a bone" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "waters", "expectorates", "spits", "foams", "froths", "splutters", "sputters" ], "synonyms":[ "dribbles", "drivels", "drools", "salivates", "slobbers" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sledgehammered":{ "as in stabbed , sledged":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sleep":{ "a natural periodic loss of consciousness during which the body restores itself":{ "antonyms":[ "consciousness", "wake", "wakefulness" ], "examples":[ "neither of them has been getting much sleep since the baby was born" ], "near antonyms":[ "insomnia", "sleeplessness" ], "related":[ "catnap", "doze", "drowse", "forty winks", "nap", "siesta", "snooze", "wink", "oversleeping", "dreaming", "rapid eye movement" ], "synonyms":[ "bed", "catnapping", "dozing", "napping", "repose", "rest", "resting", "shut-eye", "slumber", "slumbering", "snoozing", "z's", "zs" ] }, "the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{ "antonyms":[ "birth", "nativity" ], "examples":[ "regretfully put their terminally ill dog to sleep" ], "near antonyms":[ "existence", "life", "creation", "genesis", "origination", "rise" ], "related":[ "casualty", "fatality", "martyrdom", "self-destruction", "self-murder", "self-slaughter", "suicide", "annihilation", "destruction", "ending", "extermination", "ruin", "assassination", "execution", "killing", "massacre", "slaughter" ], "synonyms":[ "curtains", "death", "decease", "demise", "dissolution", "doom", "end", "exit", "expiration", "expiry", "fate", "grave", "great divide", "passage", "passing", "quietus" ] }, "the state of being dead":{ "antonyms":[ "existence", "life" ], "examples":[ "a grieving widower longing to join his beloved wife in her eternal sleep" ], "near antonyms":[ "immortality", "life span", "lifetime" ], "related":[ "mortality" ], "synonyms":[ "dead", "deadness", "death", "grave", "lifelessness", "nothingness" ] }, "to be in a state of sleep":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the baby slept for the entire length of the car trip", "found the night watchman sleeping at his post" ], "near antonyms":[ "arise", "arouse", "awake", "rise", "wake" ], "related":[ "drop off", "drowse (off)", "nod off", "oversleep", "sleep in", "dream", "hibernate" ], "synonyms":[ "catnap", "doze", "nap", "rest", "slumber", "snooze" ] }, "to engage in sexual intercourse":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if I don't read the tabloids, how will I know who is sleeping with whom this week?" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fool around", "fornicate" ], "synonyms":[ "breed", "copulate", "mate" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sleeping porches":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sleepless":{ "not sleeping or able to sleep":{ "antonyms":[ "asleep", "dormant", "dozing", "napping", "resting", "sleeping", "slumbering", "unawakened" ], "examples":[ "lay sleepless with worry" ], "near antonyms":[ "dozy", "drowsy", "nodding", "sleepy", "slumberous", "slumbrous", "somnolent", "dreaming", "hypnotized", "mesmerized" ], "related":[ "aroused", "awakened", "roused", "rousted", "wakened", "about", "astir", "up", "aware", "conscious", "revived", "reawakened" ], "synonyms":[ "awake", "insomniac", "wakeful", "wide-awake" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sleepy":{ "desiring or needing sleep":{ "antonyms":[ "alert", "awake", "conscious", "wakeful", "wide-awake" ], "examples":[ "the sleepy children were carried up to bed" ], "near antonyms":[ "restive", "restless", "sleepless", "insomniac" ], "related":[ "asleep", "dormant", "dozing", "resting", "sleeping", "slumbering", "nodding", "yawning" ], "synonyms":[ "dozy", "drowsy", "slumberous", "slumbrous", "somnolent" ] }, "lacking in gaiety, movement, or animation":{ "antonyms":[ "alive", "animated", "astir", "bustling", "busy", "buzzing", "flourishing", "humming", "lively", "thriving", "vibrant" ], "examples":[ "a sleepy party that was mostly attended by the same boring people I work with" ], "near antonyms":[ "abounding", "overflowing", "swarming", "teeming", "thronging" ], "related":[ "lethargic", "sluggish", "torpid", "dormant", "fallow", "free", "idle", "inactive", "inert", "inoperative", "latent", "off", "vacant" ], "synonyms":[ "comatose", "dead", "slow" ] }, "slow to move or act":{ "antonyms":[ "active" ], "examples":[ "a sleepy little town on the coast" ], "near antonyms":[ "busy", "engaged", "occupied", "working", "animated", "bouncing", "dynamic", "energetic", "kinetic", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vigorous", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "assiduous", "diligent", "hardworking", "industrious", "sedulous" ], "related":[ "ambitionless", "apathetic", "indolent", "languorous", "lazy", "lazyish", "listless", "shiftless", "slack", "slothful", "sluggard", "sluggardly", "dormant", "inanimate", "motionless", "resting", "sedentary", "static", "still", "dead", "dopey", "dopy", "drugged", "asleep", "drowsy", "somnambulant", "catatonic", "comatose" ], "synonyms":[ "dull", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "quiescent", "sluggish", "torpid" ] }, "tending to cause sleep":{ "antonyms":[ "stimulant" ], "examples":[ "the sleepy drone of his voice made staying awake a challenge" ], "near antonyms":[ "arousing", "awakening", "energizing", "invigorating", "rousing", "stimulating", "wakening", "waking", "bracing", "refreshing", "restorative", "reviving", "stimulative", "stimulatory" ], "related":[ "depressant", "relaxant", "sedative", "tranquilizing", "tranquillizing", "calming", "comforting", "lulling", "pacifying", "quieting", "relaxing", "restful", "settling", "soothing", "analgesic", "anesthetic", "anesthetizing", "benumbing", "deadening", "dulling", "numbing", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "stupefying" ], "synonyms":[ "drowsy", "hypnotic", "narcotic", "opiate", "slumberous", "slumbrous", "somniferous", "somnolent", "soporific" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "slicing":{ "to cut into long slender pieces":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slice the carrot into tiny strips" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chipping", "chopping", "dicing", "hashing", "julienning", "mincing", "scissoring", "cleaving", "riving", "splitting", "gashing", "incising", "ripping", "slashing", "slitting" ], "synonyms":[ "slivering", "splintering" ] }, "to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crosscutting", "hacksawing", "scissoring", "cleaving", "riving", "splitting", "piercing", "stabbing", "bruising", "butchering", "hacking", "haggling", "lacerating", "mangling", "rending", "tearing", "carving", "chipping", "chiseling", "chiselling", "notching", "anatomizing", "dissecting", "sectioning", "chopping", "dicing", "mincing", "amputating", "cutting off", "severing" ], "synonyms":[ "cutting", "gashing", "incising", "ripping", "shearing", "slashing", "slitting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slicks":{ "as in helicopters , choppers":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in pictorials":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in slickers , smoothies":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slicking the bottom of their skis with wax" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarsens", "roughens", "roughs", "dehydrates", "dries", "parches", "sears" ], "related":[ "bathes", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "soaks", "souses", "washes", "waters", "wets" ], "synonyms":[ "greases", "lubricates", "oils", "waxes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "slid":{ "to move about in a sly or secret manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crawled", "crept", "edged", "inched", "wormed", "ghosted", "padded", "tiptoed" ], "synonyms":[ "lurked", "mooched", "moused", "pussyfooted", "shirked", "skulked", "slipped", "slunk", "slinked", "snaked", "sneaked", "snuck", "stole" ] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "antonyms":[ "floundered", "struggled" ], "examples":[ "at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple" ], "near antonyms":[ "limped", "lumbered", "plodded", "stumbled", "trudged", "shambled", "shuffled", "stamped", "stomped", "stumped", "tramped", "labored", "toiled" ], "related":[ "flew", "raced", "rushed", "sped", "speeded" ], "synonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "brushed", "coasted", "cruised", "drifted", "flowed", "glided", "rolled", "sailed", "skimmed", "slipped", "streamed", "swept", "whisked" ] }, "to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crouched", "squatted", "edged", "inched", "nosed", "skulked", "sneaked", "snuck", "stole", "tiptoed" ], "synonyms":[ "bellied", "crawled", "crept", "groveled", "grovelled", "slithered", "snaked", "wormed", "wriggled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slight":{ "an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "refused to respond to their petty slights" ], "near antonyms":[ "accolade", "commendation", "compliment", "acclaim", "applause", "praise", "adulation", "flattery" ], "related":[ "catcall", "gibe", "jibe", "jeer", "mock", "quip", "sneer", "taunt", "abuse", "invective", "vituperation", "disapproval", "opprobrium", "disgrace", "dishonor", "shame", "attack", "criticism", "knock", "slam", "swipe", "torment", "torture" ], "synonyms":[ "affront", "barb", "brickbat", "cut", "dart", "dig", "dis", "diss", "epithet", "gird", "indignity", "insult", "name", "offense", "offence", "outrage", "personality", "poke", "put-down", "sarcasm", "slap", "slur" ] }, "lacking bodily strength":{ "antonyms":[ "mighty", "powerful", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ], "examples":[ "a small lad with a slight build" ], "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" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "asthenic", "debilitated", "delicate", "down-and-out", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "faint", "feeble", "frail", "infirm", "languid", "low", "prostrate", "prostrated", "sapped", "soft", "softened", "tender", "unsubstantial", "wasted", "weak", "weakened", "wimpish", "wimpy" ] }, "lacking importance":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "eventful", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "unfrivolous", "weighty" ], "examples":[ "a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "fatal", "fateful", "chief", "dominant", "overbearing", "overmastering", "overriding", "principal", "distinctive", "exceptional", "impressive", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "valuable", "worthwhile", "worthy", "distinguished", "eminent", "great", "illustrious", "preeminent", "prestigious", "famous", "notorious", "renowned", "all-important", "basic", "essential", "fundamental", "key" ], "related":[ "jerkwater", "one-horse", "nickel-and-dime", "paltry", "petty", "small-time", "worthless", "anonymous", "nameless", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unknown" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddling", "foolish", "frivolous", "incidental", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "little", "Mickey Mouse", "minor", "minute", "negligible", "nugatory", "small", "small-fry", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ] }, "of a size that is less than average":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "husky", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "whacking", "whopping" ], "examples":[ "the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch" ], "near antonyms":[ "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "massive", "voluminous", "boxcar", "Brobdingnagian", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantic", "gross", "Himalayan", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "healthy", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "broad", "wide", "boundless", "cosmic", "cosmical", "immeasurable", "incalculable", "infinite", "adequate", "enough", "sufficient" ], "related":[ "dwarf", "toy", "runtish", "runty", "scrubby", "stunted", "bitty", "inappreciable", "infinitesimal", "little bitty", "micro", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "miniaturized", "minikin", "minim", "minuscule", "minute", "pinpoint", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "bite-size", "bite-sized", "capsule" ], "synonyms":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "dinky", "dwarfish", "fine", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "puny", "pygmy", "shrimpy", "small", "smallish", "subnormal", "toylike", "undersized", "undersize" ] }, "small in degree":{ "antonyms":[ "good" ], "examples":[ "only a slight chance of success" ], "near antonyms":[ "great", "large", "distinct", "significant", "considerable", "goodly", "healthy", "largish", "respectable", "significant", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy" ], "related":[ "marginal", "minimal", "minor", "little", "tiny" ], "synonyms":[ "fragile", "frail", "negligible", "off", "outside", "remote", "slim", "small" ] }, "so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "considerable", "important", "material", "significant" ], "examples":[ "apart from a slight fishy taste, the dish was fine" ], "near antonyms":[ "serious", "substantial", "weighty", "eventful", "momentous", "pivotal", "conspicuous", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "striking", "appreciable", "discernible", "discernable", "measurable" ], "related":[ "inferior", "mean", "imperceptible", "inappreciable", "little", "puny", "tiny", "hairsplitting", "nitpicking", "pettifogging", "quibbling", "one-horse", "small-fry", "two-bit" ], "synonyms":[ "chicken", "de minimis", "footling", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "measly", "Mickey Mouse", "minute", "negligible", "niggling", "no-account", "nominal", "paltry", "peanut", "petty", "picayune", "piddling", "piddly", "piffling", "pimping", "trifling", "trivial" ] }, "to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "approve", "hail", "commend", "compliment", "eulogize", "praise", "adulate", "flatter", "sweet-talk", "exalt", "glorify", "honor", "delight", "gratify", "please", "satisfy" ], "related":[ "cut", "snub", "displease", "distress", "disturb", "hurt", "miff", "pain", "trouble", "upset", "jeer", "mock", "ridicule", "sneer (at)", "taunt", "defame", "disparage", "libel", "malign", "revile", "slander", "slur", "smear", "oppress", "persecute", "torment", "torture" ], "synonyms":[ "affront", "dis", "diss", "disrespect", "insult", "offend", "outrage", "slap", "wound" ] }, "to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "isolate", "ostracize", "brush (aside or off)", "disdain", "rebuff", "reject", "repel", "repulse", "scorn", "spurn", "disregard", "forget", "neglect", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "shrug off" ], "synonyms":[ "cold-shoulder", "cut", "high-hat", "snub", "stiff", "stiff-arm" ] }, "to fail to give proper attention to":{ "antonyms":[ "attend (to)", "heed", "mind", "regard", "tend (to)" ], "examples":[ "slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction" ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciate", "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value", "cultivate", "foster", "nurse", "nurture", "pamper", "remember", "listen (to)", "watch", "follow", "mark", "note", "notice", "observe", "remark" ], "related":[ "fail", "miss", "omit", "brush (aside or off)", "reject", "shrug off", "slough (off)", "sluff (off)", "disdain", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "scorn", "scant", "skimp" ], "synonyms":[ "bypass", "disregard", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "overpass", "pass over", "slur (over)" ] }, "to show contempt for":{ "antonyms":[ "honor", "respect" ], "examples":[ "music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste" ], "near antonyms":[ "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value", "admire", "esteem", "lionize", "hallow", "revere", "venerate", "worship", "accept", "appreciate", "approve (of)", "care (for)", "countenance", "favor", "OK", "okay", "subscribe (to)" ], "related":[ "scout", "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe", "belittle", "deplore", "deprecate", "disparage", "disapprove (of)", "discountenance", "disfavor", "frown (on or upon)" ], "synonyms":[ "contemn", "dis", "diss", "disdain", "disrespect", "high-hat", "look down (on or upon)", "scorn", "sniff (at)", "snoot", "snub" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "slip":{ "a long narrow piece of material":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "baskets woven from slips of wicker" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "slat", "band", "bandage", "belt", "binding", "girth", "strap", "swatch", "swath", "swathe", "tape" ], "synonyms":[ "list", "ribbon", "strip" ] }, "a wrong judgment":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blunder", "boner", "boob", "clinker", "errancy", "error", "fault", "flub", "fumble", "gaffe", "goof", "inaccuracy", "lapse", "miscue", "stumble", "trip", "foul-up", "muff", "misstatement", "misconception", "misconstruction", "misconstruing", "misimpression", "misinterpretation", "misprision", "misunderstanding" ], "synonyms":[ "misapprehension", "miscalculation", "misjudging", "misjudgment", "misstep", "mistake", "slipup" ] }, "an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a careless slip of the tongue" ], "near antonyms":[ "accuracy", "correctness", "exactitude", "exactness", "preciseness", "precision", "strictness", "inerrancy", "infallibility", "perfection" ], "related":[ "bloomer", "blooper", "boner", "howler", "pratfall", "foul-up", "snafu", "misapprehension", "miscalculation", "miscomprehension", "misconception", "misconstruction", "misdescription", "misimpression", "misinterpretation", "misjudgment", "misreading", "misstatement", "misunderstanding" ], "synonyms":[ "blunder", "bobble", "boo-boo", "boob", "brick", "clanger", "clinker", "error", "fault", "flub", "fluff", "fumble", "gaff", "gaffe", "goof", "inaccuracy", "lapse", "miscue", "misstep", "mistake", "oversight", "screwup", "slipup", "stumble", "trip" ] }, "the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "had a nasty slip on the ice" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "header", "pratfall", "misstep", "trip", "descent", "dive", "plunge", "skid", "slide", "free-fall" ], "synonyms":[ "fall", "spill", "stumble", "tumble" ] }, "the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "gave her pursuers the slip" ], "near antonyms":[ "captivity", "confinement", "immurement", "imprisonment", "incarceration", "internment", "custody", "detention", "hold", "holding", "retention", "endangerment", "hazard", "imperilment", "jeopardy", "peril", "risk", "trouble" ], "related":[ "jailbreak", "deliverance", "liberation", "redemption", "release", "rescue", "salvation", "close call", "close shave", "near miss" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "breakout", "bunk", "escape", "flight", "getaway", "lam", "rout" ] }, "to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flake", "peel", "scale", "chuck", "discard", "ditch", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "junk", "scrap", "shuck (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "unload" ], "synonyms":[ "exfoliate", "molt", "shed", "slough", "sluff" ] }, "to decline gradually from a standard level":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over" ], "near antonyms":[ "rocket", "shoot (up)", "soar", "balloon", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "mount", "multiply", "mushroom", "proliferate", "snowball", "swell", "wax", "crest", "peak", "surge" ], "related":[ "drop", "fall", "slump", "flag", "sink", "slacken", "slow (down)", "weaken", "abate", "contract", "decrease", "de-escalate", "die (down)", "diminish", "dwindle", "ebb", "lessen", "let up", "lower", "moderate", "recede", "relent", "shrink", "subside", "taper", "taper off", "wane" ], "synonyms":[ "sag" ] }, "to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{ "antonyms":[ "get up", "rise", "stand (up)", "uprise" ], "examples":[ "be careful not to slip on the spilled oil" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "collapse", "crumple", "drop", "flump", "keel", "plop", "plunk", "plonk", "slump (over)", "crash", "free-fall", "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "precipitate", "wipe out", "skid", "slide" ], "synonyms":[ "fall", "stumble", "topple", "trip", "tumble" ] }, "to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "casually slipped it into the conversation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "creep", "edge", "wiggle", "insert", "interpolate", "interpose", "introduce" ], "synonyms":[ "infiltrate", "insinuate", "sneak", "wind", "work in", "worm", "wriggle" ] }, "to move about in a sly or secret manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slipped behind the cover of the trees" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crawl", "creep", "edge", "inch", "worm", "ghost", "pad", "tiptoe" ], "synonyms":[ "lurk", "mooch", "mouse", "pussyfoot", "shirk", "skulk", "slide", "slink", "snake", "sneak", "steal" ] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "antonyms":[ "flounder", "struggle" ], "examples":[ "jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel" ], "near antonyms":[ "limp", "lumber", "plod", "stumble", "trudge", "shamble", "shuffle", "stamp", "stomp", "stump", "tramp", "labor", "toil" ], "related":[ "fly", "race", "rush", "speed" ], "synonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "brush", "coast", "cruise", "drift", "flow", "glide", "roll", "sail", "skim", "slide", "stream", "sweep", "whisk" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "slips":{ "a long narrow piece of material":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "baskets woven from slips of wicker" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "slats", "bandages", "bands", "belts", "bindings", "girths", "straps", "swatches", "swaths", "swathes", "tapes" ], "synonyms":[ "lists", "ribbons", "strips" ] }, "a wrong judgment":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blunders", "boners", "boobs", "clinkers", "errancies", "errors", "faults", "flubs", "fumbles", "gaffes", "goofs", "inaccuracies", "lapses", "miscues", "stumbles", "trips", "foul-ups", "muffs", "misstatements", "misconceptions", "misconstructions", "misimpressions", "misinterpretations", "misprisions", "misunderstandings" ], "synonyms":[ "misapprehensions", "miscalculations", "misjudgments", "missteps", "mistakes", "slipups" ] }, "an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a careless slip of the tongue" ], "near antonyms":[ "accuracies", "exactitudes", "precisions", "inerrancies", "infallibilities", "perfections" ], "related":[ "bloomers", "bloopers", "boners", "howlers", "pratfalls", "foul-ups", "snafus", "misapprehensions", "miscalculations", "miscomprehensions", "misconceptions", "misconstructions", "misdescriptions", "misimpressions", "misinterpretations", "misjudgments", "misreadings", "misstatements", "misunderstandings" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "bobbles", "boo-boos", "boobs", "bricks", "clangers", "clinkers", "errors", "faults", "flubs", "fluffs", "fumbles", "gaffes", "gaffs", "goofs", "inaccuracies", "lapses", "miscues", "missteps", "mistakes", "oversights", "screwups", "slipups", "stumbles", "trips" ] }, "the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "had a nasty slip on the ice" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "headers", "pratfalls", "missteps", "trips", "descents", "dives", "plunges", "skids", "slides", "free-falls" ], "synonyms":[ "falls", "spills", "stumbles", "tumbles" ] }, "the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "gave her pursuers the slip" ], "near antonyms":[ "captivities", "confinements", "immurements", "imprisonments", "incarcerations", "internments", "custodies", "detentions", "holdings", "holds", "retentions", "endangerments", "hazards", "imperilments", "jeopardies", "perils", "risks", "troubles" ], "related":[ "jailbreaks", "deliverances", "liberations", "redemptions", "releases", "rescues", "salvations", "close calls", "close shaves", "near misses" ], "synonyms":[ "breakouts", "breaks", "bunks", "escapes", "flights", "getaways", "lams", "routs" ] }, "to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flakes", "peels", "scales", "chucks", "discards", "ditches", "flings (off or away)", "jettisons", "junks", "scraps", "shucks (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "unloads" ], "synonyms":[ "exfoliates", "molts", "sheds", "sloughs", "sluffs" ] }, "to decline gradually from a standard level":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over" ], "near antonyms":[ "rockets", "shoots (up)", "soars", "balloons", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "increases", "mounts", "multiplies", "mushrooms", "proliferates", "snowballs", "swells", "waxes", "crests", "peaks", "surges" ], "related":[ "drops", "falls", "slumps", "flags", "sinks", "slackens", "slows (down)", "weakens", "abates", "contracts", "decreases", "de-escalates", "dies (down)", "diminishes", "dwindles", "ebbs", "lessens", "lets up", "lowers", "moderates", "recedes", "relents", "shrinks", "subsides", "tapers", "tapers off", "wanes" ], "synonyms":[ "sags" ] }, "to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{ "antonyms":[ "gets up", "rises", "stands (up)", "uprises" ], "examples":[ "be careful not to slip on the spilled oil" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "collapses", "crumples", "drops", "flumps", "keels", "plops", "plunks", "plonks", "slumps (over)", "crashes", "free-falls", "nose-dives", "plummets", "plunges", "precipitates", "wipes out", "skids", "slides" ], "synonyms":[ "falls", "stumbles", "topples", "trips", "tumbles" ] }, "to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "casually slipped it into the conversation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "creeps", "edges", "wiggles", "inserts", "interpolates", "interposes", "introduces" ], "synonyms":[ "infiltrates", "insinuates", "sneaks", "winds", "works in", "worms", "wriggles" ] }, "to move about in a sly or secret manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slipped behind the cover of the trees" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crawls", "creeps", "edges", "inches", "worms", "ghosts", "pads", "tiptoes" ], "synonyms":[ "lurks", "mooches", "mouses", "pussyfoots", "shirks", "skulks", "slides", "slinks", "snakes", "sneaks", "steals" ] }, "to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{ "antonyms":[ "flounders", "struggles" ], "examples":[ "jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel" ], "near antonyms":[ "limps", "lumbers", "plods", "stumbles", "trudges", "shambles", "shuffles", "stamps", "stomps", "stumps", "tramps", "labors", "toils" ], "related":[ "flies", "races", "rushes", "speeds" ], "synonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "brushes", "coasts", "cruises", "drifts", "flows", "glides", "rolls", "sails", "skims", "slides", "streams", "sweeps", "whisks" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "slither":{ "to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a snake slithering through the garden" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crouch", "squat", "edge", "inch", "nose", "skulk", "sneak", "steal", "tiptoe" ], "synonyms":[ "belly", "crawl", "creep", "grovel", "slide", "snake", "worm", "wriggle" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slivered":{ "as in cracked , splintered":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cut into long slender pieces":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "chipped", "chopped", "diced", "hashed", "julienned", "minced", "scissored", "cleaved", "cleft", "rived", "split", "gashed", "incised", "ripped", "slashed", "slit" ], "synonyms":[ "sliced", "splintered" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "slogging":{ "to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the two boxers were so exhausted they just slogged each other indiscriminately" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battering", "beating", "buffeting", "bunging", "chopping", "cuffing", "drubbing", "lacing", "lambasting", "licking", "mangling", "mauling", "pelting", "peppering", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pummeling", "pummelling", "roughing", "scuffing", "bunting", "flicking", "stroking", "tapping", "bumping", "butting", "jabbing", "jostling", "kicking", "kneeing", "poking", "prodding", "pushing", "shoving", "stamping", "bowling (down or over)", "creaming", "decking", "dumping", "felling", "flooring", "knocking down", "leveling", "levelling", "rabbit-punching", "sucker punching", "caning", "clubbing", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "flailing", "flogging", "lashing", "sapping", "slashing", "sledgehammering", "sledging", "spearing", "stabbing", "switching", "thrashing", "whipping", "beaning", "braining", "conking", "skulling" ], "synonyms":[ "banging", "bashing", "batting", "belting", "biffing", "bludgeoning", "bobbing", "bonking", "bopping", "boxing", "busting", "clapping", "clipping", "clobbering", "clocking", "clouting", "cracking", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "nailing", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "rapping", "slamming", "slapping", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "tagging", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "zapping" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "slogging their way through a pile of paperwork" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking", "easing (up)", "letting up", "slackening", "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dillydallying", "footling", "goldbricking", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "lazing", "loafing", "lounging", "shirking", "slacking (off)", "vegging out", "basking", "lolling", "relaxing", "reposing", "resting", "unwinding", "dabbling", "doodling", "fooling around", "fribbling", "goofing (around)", "hanging", "hanging about", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling" ], "related":[ "applying (oneself)", "buckling (down)", "digging in", "hammering (away)", "knuckling down", "pitching in", "attacking", "driving", "essaying", "trying", "exercising", "exerting", "overexerting", "overworking", "eking out", "grinding (out)", "putting out", "scrabbling", "scratching", "trudging", "wading" ], "synonyms":[ "banging away", "beavering (away)", "digging (away)", "drudging", "endeavoring", "fagging", "grubbing", "humping", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging (away)", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "straining", "striving", "struggling", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "tugging", "working" ] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breezing", "coasting", "gliding", "sliding", "waltzing", "whisking" ], "examples":[ "Gramps never tired of telling how he had to slog through the snow in order to get to school" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifting", "floating", "hanging", "hovering", "poising", "wafting" ], "related":[ "dragging", "flopping", "hauling", "blundering", "careening", "doddering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "swaying", "teetering", "tottering", "waddling", "weaving", "wobbling", "wabbling" ], "synonyms":[ "barging", "clumping", "flogging", "floundering", "galumphing", "lumbering", "lumping", "plodding", "pounding", "scuffing", "scuffling", "shambling", "shuffling", "sloughing", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "stumping", "tramping", "tromping", "trudging" ] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the feisty woman was still slogging her would-be attacker when the police arrived" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "boxing", "busting", "chopping", "clobbering", "clouting", "cracking", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "cuffing", "descending (on or upon)", "hitting", "jumping (on)", "knocking", "lamming", "laying on", "pasting", "pouncing (on or upon)", "punching", "raiding", "rushing", "slamming", "slapping", "smacking", "smashing", "socking", "spanking", "storming", "swatting", "swiping", "thwacking", "whacking", "whamming", "whomping", "blackjacking", "caning", "cowhiding", "flagellating", "fustigating", "horsewhipping", "leathering", "pistol-whipping", "rawhiding", "scourging", "strapping", "goring", "lacerating", "wounding", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "synonyms":[ "bashing", "basting", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belaboring", "belting", "birching", "bludgeoning", "buffeting", "bunging up", "clubbing", "currying", "doing", "drubbing", "fibbing", "flogging", "hammering", "hiding", "lacing", "lambasting", "lashing", "lathering", "licking", "mauling", "messing (up)", "paddling", "pelting", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "punching out", "roughing (up)", "slating", "switching", "tanning", "thrashing", "threshing", "thumping", "tromping", "walloping", "whaling", "whipping", "whopping", "whapping", "whupping", "working over" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sloping":{ "running in a slanting direction":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a sloping ray of light that illuminates the painting's central figure is symbolic of heavenly inspiration" ], "near antonyms":[ "horizontal", "level", "plumb", "up-and-down", "vertical", "parallel", "perpendicular" ], "related":[], "synonyms":[ "cant", "canted", "diagonal", "graded", "inclined", "leaning", "listing", "oblique", "pitched", "raked", "slant", "slanted", "slantwise", "sloped", "tilted", "tilting" ] }, "to set or cause to be at an angle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street" ], "near antonyms":[ "evening", "flattening", "leveling", "levelling", "straightening" ], "related":[ "banking", "bending", "deviating", "swerving", "veering", "declining", "descending", "reclining", "retreating" ], "synonyms":[ "angling", "canting", "cocking", "heeling", "inclining", "leaning", "listing", "pitching", "slanting", "tilting", "tipping" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "sloppy":{ "appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{ "antonyms":[ "unsentimental" ], "examples":[ "a cinematic romance with a sloppy musical score that will have audiences reaching for their handkerchiefs" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadulterated", "unvarnished", "antisentimental", "cynical", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hardheaded" ], "related":[ "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" ], "synonyms":[ "chocolate-box", "cloying", "corny", "drippy", "fruity", "gooey", "lovey-dovey", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "novelettish", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "slushy", "soppy", "soupy", "spoony", "spooney", "sticky", "sugarcoated", "sugary", "wet" ] }, "lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{ "antonyms":[ "bandbox", "crisp", "kempt", "neat", "neatened", "ordered", "orderly", "organized", "shipshape", "snug", "tidied", "tidy", "trim", "uncluttered", "well-ordered" ], "examples":[ "dumped the papers in a sloppy pile on the desk" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiseptic", "clean", "cleaned", "cleanly", "hygienic", "immaculate", "sparkling", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "stainless", "unsoiled", "unsullied", "methodical", "methodic", "regular", "systematic", "systematized", "careful", "fastidious", "finicky", "fussy", "meticulous", "combed", "groomed", "manicured", "well-groomed", "taintless", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "wholesome" ], "related":[ "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "nasty", "smudged", "soiled", "spotted", "squalid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly", "dowdy", "frowsy", "frowzy", "shaggy", "slatternly", "sloven", "slovenly", "uncombed", "wrinkled", "adulterated", "contaminated", "defiled", "polluted", "tainted", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "sordid", "neglected", "neglectful", "negligent" ], "synonyms":[ "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "disorderly", "higgledy-piggledy", "hugger-mugger", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "pell-mell", "rumpled", "topsy-turvy", "tousled", "tumbled", "unkempt", "untidy", "upside-down" ] }, "lacking neatness in dress or person":{ "antonyms":[ "dapper", "dashing", "dolled up", "sharp", "smart", "spruce" ], "examples":[ "a sloppy child who always seems to have spilled something on his clothes" ], "near antonyms":[ "chic", "fashionable", "modish", "stylish", "combed", "groomed", "neat", "ordered", "orderly", "tidy", "careful", "fastidious", "fussy", "meticulous", "clean", "cleaned", "cleanly", "immaculate", "sparkling", "spotless", "stainless", "unsoiled", "unsullied" ], "related":[ "slatternly", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "rumpled", "shaggy", "uncombed", "wrinkled", "shabby", "sleazy", "besmirched", "blackened", "dingy", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "nasty", "scroungy", "scuzzy", "soiled", "spotted", "squalid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly" ], "synonyms":[ "blowsy", "blowzy", "dowdy", "frowsy", "frowzy", "slobbish", "slobby", "sloven", "slovenly", "unkempt", "untidy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sloth":{ "an inclination not to do work or engage in activities":{ "antonyms":[ "drive", "industriousness", "industry" ], "examples":[ "a youth inclined more toward sloth than athletics" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambition", "enterprise", "go", "hustle", "initiative", "assiduity", "assiduousness", "diligence", "perseverance", "animation", "briskness", "energy", "exuberance", "jazziness", "liveliness", "lustiness", "pep", "peppiness", "robustness", "sprightliness", "vibrancy", "vigor", "vim", "vitality", "vivacity" ], "related":[ "apathy", "languor", "lassitude", "lethargy", "listlessness", "sluggishness", "supineness", "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging" ], "synonyms":[ "idleness", "indolence", "inertia", "laziness", "shiftlessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "slouch":{ "a lazy person":{ "antonyms":[ "doer", "go-ahead", "go-getter", "hummer", "hustler", "self-starter" ], "examples":[ "is no slouch when it comes to cooking" ], "near antonyms":[ "achiever", "comer", "highflier", "highflyer", "live wire", "powerhouse" ], "related":[ "bum", "good-for-nothing", "ne'er-do-well", "crawler", "creeper", "dawdler", "laggard", "putterer", "slowpoke", "snail", "stick-in-the-mud", "straggler", "clock-watcher", "goldbrick", "malingerer", "shirker", "slacker", "dallier", "lingerer", "loiterer", "loller", "lounger", "saunterer", "delayer", "procrastinator", "dropout", "quitter" ], "synonyms":[ "couch potato", "deadbeat", "do-nothing", "drone", "idler", "layabout", "lazybones", "loafer", "lotus-eater", "slug", "slugabed", "sluggard" ] }, "to move slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "fly", "race", "speed", "whiz", "whizz", "zip" ], "examples":[ "slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral" ], "near antonyms":[ "float", "glide", "sail", "hurry", "tear" ], "related":[ "lumber", "shamble", "shuffle", "tramp", "trudge" ], "synonyms":[ "crawl", "creak (along)", "creep", "drag", "inch", "limp", "nose", "ooze", "plod", "poke", "snail" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "slouched":{ "to move slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "flew", "raced", "sped", "speeded", "whizzed", "zipped" ], "examples":[ "slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral" ], "near antonyms":[ "floated", "glided", "sailed", "hurried", "tore" ], "related":[ "lumbered", "shambled", "shuffled", "tramped", "trudged" ], "synonyms":[ "crawled", "creaked (along)", "crept", "dragged", "inched", "limped", "nosed", "oozed", "plodded", "poked", "snailed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slouching":{ "to move slowly":{ "antonyms":[ "flying", "racing", "speeding", "whizzing", "zipping" ], "examples":[ "slouched towards the church as if going to his own funeral" ], "near antonyms":[ "floating", "gliding", "sailing", "hurrying", "tearing" ], "related":[ "lumbering", "shambling", "shuffling", "tramping", "trudging" ], "synonyms":[ "crawling", "creaking (along)", "creeping", "dragging", "inching", "limping", "nosing", "oozing", "plodding", "poking", "snailing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slovenly":{ "in a careless or unfashionable manner":{ "antonyms":[ "nattily", "sharply", "smart", "smartly", "sprucely" ], "examples":[ "an employee who went overboard on dress-down day and was reprimanded for dressing slovenly on the job" ], "near antonyms":[ "neatly", "orderly", "tidily", "fashionably", "modishly", "carefully", "fastidiously", "fussily", "meticulously", "cleanly", "immaculately", "spotlessly" ], "related":[ "slatternly", "chaotically", "messily", "untidily", "shabbily", "sleazily", "dingily", "dirtily", "filthily", "foully", "grubbily", "nastily" ], "synonyms":[ "dowdily", "sloppily" ] }, "lacking neatness in dress or person":{ "antonyms":[ "dapper", "dashing", "dolled up", "sharp", "smart", "spruce" ], "examples":[ "for the sake of their image, the band members transformed themselves from clean-cut lads to slovenly rockers" ], "near antonyms":[ "chic", "fashionable", "modish", "stylish", "combed", "groomed", "neat", "ordered", "orderly", "tidy", "careful", "fastidious", "fussy", "meticulous", "clean", "cleaned", "cleanly", "immaculate", "sparkling", "spotless", "stainless", "unsoiled", "unsullied" ], "related":[ "slatternly", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "rumpled", "shaggy", "uncombed", "wrinkled", "shabby", "sleazy", "besmirched", "blackened", "dingy", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "nasty", "scroungy", "scuzzy", "soiled", "spotted", "squalid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly" ], "synonyms":[ "blowsy", "blowzy", "dowdy", "frowsy", "frowzy", "slobbish", "slobby", "sloppy", "sloven", "unkempt", "untidy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "slows (down or up)":{ "as in decelerates":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slugfest":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "slumbrous":{ "desiring or needing sleep":{ "antonyms":[ "alert", "awake", "conscious", "wakeful", "wide-awake" ], "examples":[ "parents putting their slumberous children to bed" ], "near antonyms":[ "restive", "restless", "sleepless", "insomniac" ], "related":[ "asleep", "dormant", "dozing", "resting", "sleeping", "slumbering", "nodding", "yawning" ], "synonyms":[ "dozy", "drowsy", "sleepy", "somnolent" ] }, "tending to cause sleep":{ "antonyms":[ "stimulant" ], "examples":[ "the slumberous murmur of the wind in the trees" ], "near antonyms":[ "arousing", "awakening", "energizing", "invigorating", "rousing", "stimulating", "wakening", "waking", "bracing", "refreshing", "restorative", "reviving", "stimulative", "stimulatory" ], "related":[ "depressant", "relaxant", "sedative", "tranquilizing", "tranquillizing", "calming", "comforting", "lulling", "pacifying", "quieting", "relaxing", "restful", "settling", "soothing", "analgesic", "anesthetic", "anesthetizing", "benumbing", "deadening", "dulling", "numbing", "hypnotizing", "mesmerizing", "stupefying" ], "synonyms":[ "drowsy", "hypnotic", "narcotic", "opiate", "sleepy", "somniferous", "somnolent", "soporific" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "slurs":{ "a mark of guilt or disgrace":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "your drunken behavior at the wedding has cast a slur on this family" ], "near antonyms":[ "awards", "credits", "honors", "chastities", "modesties", "purities", "goods", "rights", "honesties", "integrities", "legitimacies", "probities", "rectitudes", "fames", "glories", "renowns", "reputes" ], "related":[ "black eyes", "discredit", "disesteems", "disgraces", "dishonors", "disreputes", "guilts", "ignominies", "infamies", "obloquies", "odiums", "opprobriums", "reproaches", "shames", "corruptions", "debaucheries", "depravities", "immoralities", "iniquities", "sins", "vices" ], "synonyms":[ "blots", "brands", "onuses", "smirches", "smudges", "spots", "stains", "stigmas", "stigmata", "taints" ] }, "an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a rowdy group of patrons was kicked out of the theater for shouting slurs" ], "near antonyms":[ "accolades", "commendations", "compliments", "acclaim", "applauses", "praises", "adulations", "flatteries" ], "related":[ "catcalls", "gibes", "jibes", "jeers", "mocks", "quips", "sneers", "taunts", "abuses", "invectives", "vituperations", "disapprovals", "opprobriums", "disgraces", "dishonors", "shames", "attacks", "criticisms", "knocks", "slams", "swipes", "torments", "tortures" ], "synonyms":[ "affronts", "barbs", "brickbats", "cuts", "darts", "digs", "dises", "disses", "epithets", "girds", "indignities", "insults", "names", "offenses", "offences", "outrages", "personalities", "pokes", "put-downs", "sarcasms", "slaps", "slights" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sly":{ "clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{ "antonyms":[ "artless", "guileless", "ingenuous", "innocent", "undesigning" ], "examples":[ "the movie pairs a sly , dissembling ex-con with an upstanding, straight-arrow cop" ], "near antonyms":[ "obvious", "open", "patent", "plain", "public", "unconcealed", "aboveboard", "candid", "direct", "forthright", "frank", "honest", "natural", "outspoken", "plainspoken", "real", "simple", "sincere", "straightforward", "unaffected", "unpretending", "unpretentious", "unvarnished", "childlike", "impressionable", "simpleminded", "unsophisticated", "unworldly", "unforced", "unstudied", "trustful", "trusting" ], "related":[ "astute", "facile", "glib", "sharp", "crooked", "deceitful", "deceptive", "dishonest", "fraudulent", "insinuating", "knavish", "Machiavellian", "oblique", "serpentine", "shady", "shifty", "slippery", "sneaky", "treacherous", "underhand", "underhanded", "unscrupulous", "backhanded", "double-dealing", "hypocritical", "insincere", "left-handed", "mealy", "mealymouthed", "smooth-tongued", "two-faced", "circuitous", "circular", "roundabout", "clandestine", "concealed", "covert", "furtive", "hugger-mugger", "secret", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "calculating", "plotting" ], "synonyms":[ "artful", "beguiling", "cagey", "cagy", "crafty", "cunning", "cute", "designing", "devious", "dodgy", "foxy", "guileful", "scheming", "shrewd", "slick", "subtle", "tricky", "wily" ] }, "given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "why, you sly fellow! I had no idea you were planning my birthday party", "a sly undercover police officer" ], "near antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "forthright", "plainspoken", "straightforward", "candid", "direct", "foursquare", "frank", "open", "plain", "honest", "trustworthy", "truthful" ], "related":[ "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "devious", "foxy", "guileful", "slick", "wily", "close", "closemouthed", "reticent", "secretive", "clandestine", "covert", "dark", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deceptive", "devious", "duplicitous", "trickish", "tricky", "underhand", "underhanded", "cheating", "crooked", "defrauding", "dishonest", "dissembling", "double-dealing", "knavish", "two-faced", "lying", "mendacious", "untrustworthy", "untruthful", "insidious", "perfidious", "serpentine", "treacherous" ], "synonyms":[ "furtive", "shady", "shifty", "slippery", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealthy" ] }, "tending to or exhibiting reckless playfulness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a sly sense of humor" ], "near antonyms":[ "grave", "grim", "sedate", "sober", "solemn", "staid", "stern" ], "related":[ "antic", "coltish", "coy", "frisky", "frolicsome", "kittenish", "playful", "sportful", "sportive", "gay", "happy", "lighthearted", "whimsical", "energetic", "lively", "spirited", "sprightly", "artful", "crafty", "cunning", "trickish", "tricky", "wily", "misbehaving", "naughty", "troublemaking", "pestering", "riling", "teasing" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "devilish", "elvish", "espi\u00e8gle", "impish", "knavish", "leprechaunish", "mischievous", "pixie", "pixy", "pixieish", "prankish", "puckish", "rascally", "roguish", "scampish", "tricksy", "waggish", "wicked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "slyness":{ "skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the slyness with which the FBI agent infiltrated the subversive organization without their knowledge was indeed impressive" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "calculation", "care", "design", "savvy", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "cleverness", "ingeniousness", "ingenuity", "inventiveness", "ease", "facility", "finesse", "deceitfulness", "duplicity", "shiftiness", "underhandedness" ], "synonyms":[ "artfulness", "artifice", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "cunningness", "deviousness", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "slickness", "sneakiness", "subtleness", "subtlety", "wiliness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "slowly":{ "at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{ "examples":[ "walked slowly toward the ringing phone" ], "synonyms":[ "laggardly", "leisurely", "pokily", "slow", "sluggishly", "tardily" ], "related":[ "carefully", "cautiously", "deliberately", "purposefully", "heavily", "ploddingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "immediately", "posthaste", "presto", "promptly", "pronto", "readily", "soon", "impetuously", "impulsively", "rashly", "recklessly", "abruptly", "suddenly" ], "antonyms":[ "apace", "briskly", "fast", "fleetly", "full tilt", "hastily", "meteorically", "quick", "quickly", "rapidly", "snappily", "speedily", "swift", "swiftly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "sluggishly":{ "at a pace that is less than usual, desirable, or expected":{ "examples":[ "the car responds sluggishly until it warms up" ], "synonyms":[ "laggardly", "leisurely", "pokily", "slow", "slowly", "tardily" ], "related":[ "carefully", "cautiously", "deliberately", "purposefully", "heavily", "ploddingly" ], "near antonyms":[ "immediately", "posthaste", "presto", "promptly", "pronto", "readily", "soon", "impetuously", "impulsively", "rashly", "recklessly", "abruptly", "suddenly" ], "antonyms":[ "apace", "briskly", "fast", "fleetly", "full tilt", "hastily", "meteorically", "quick", "quickly", "rapidly", "snappily", "speedily", "swift", "swiftly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "slash-and-burn":{ "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "examples":[ "under his slash-and-burn management ethic, even longtime employees were summarily downsized for the sake of corporate competitiveness" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "merciless", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ], "related":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "slayings":{ "the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{ "examples":[ "a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery" ], "synonyms":[ "blood", "foul play", "homicides", "murders", "rubouts" ], "related":[ "chance-medleys", "killings", "manslaughters", "bloodsheds", "butcheries", "carnages", "decimations", "destructions", "massacres", "slaughters", "assassinations", "executions", "hits", "euthanasias", "mercy killings", "filicides", "fratricides", "matricides", "parricides", "patricides", "regicides", "uxoricides" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sluggishness":{ "as in dilatoriness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in apathy , lethargy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "slothful":{ "not easily aroused to action or work":{ "examples":[ "his overly lax managerial style has resulted in a department that is slothful and unproductive" ], "synonyms":[ "idle", "indolent", "lazy", "shiftless" ], "related":[ "apathetic", "drowsy", "dull", "inert", "languorous", "lazyish", "lethargic", "listless", "quiescent", "sleepy", "sluggish", "supine", "torpid" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambitious", "diligent", "enterprising", "zealous", "active", "animated", "bouncing", "brisk", "dynamic", "energetic", "exuberant", "frisky", "jaunty", "jazzy", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "snappy", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vigorous", "vivacious", "zippy" ], "antonyms":[ "industrious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sluggish":{ "moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{ "examples":[ "the sluggish pace of the project is worrisome" ], "synonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "languid", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "snail-paced", "snaillike", "tardy", "unhurried" ], "related":[ "deliberate", "measured", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "lounging", "lingering", "loitering", "tarrying", "ambling", "heavy-footed", "inching", "plodding", "shuffling", "slow-footed", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing", "filibustering", "procrastinating", "stalling" ], "near antonyms":[ "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "antonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "hurrying", "lightning", "meteoric", "quick", "racing", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping" ] }, "slow to move or act":{ "examples":[ "reptiles are naturally sluggish at low temperatures" ], "synonyms":[ "dull", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "quiescent", "sleepy", "torpid" ], "related":[ "ambitionless", "apathetic", "indolent", "languorous", "lazy", "lazyish", "listless", "shiftless", "slack", "slothful", "sluggard", "sluggardly", "dormant", "inanimate", "motionless", "resting", "sedentary", "static", "still", "dead", "dopey", "dopy", "drugged", "asleep", "drowsy", "somnambulant", "catatonic", "comatose" ], "near antonyms":[ "busy", "engaged", "occupied", "working", "animated", "bouncing", "dynamic", "energetic", "kinetic", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightly", "springy", "vigorous", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "assiduous", "diligent", "hardworking", "industrious", "sedulous" ], "antonyms":[ "active" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sluffs":{ "spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{ "examples":[ "the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs , and mudflats" ], "synonyms":[ "bogs", "fens", "marshes", "marshlands", "mires", "moors", "morasses", "muskegs", "swamplands", "swamps", "washes", "wetlands" ], "related":[ "swales", "quagmires", "gucks", "gooks", "muck", "muds", "oozes", "slimes", "slop", "sludges", "slush" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "examples":[ "the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball" ], "synonyms":[ "barges", "clumps", "flogs", "flounders", "galumphs", "lumbers", "lumps", "plods", "pounds", "scuffles", "scuffs", "shambles", "shuffles", "slogs", "stamps", "stomps", "stumbles", "stumps", "tramps", "tromps", "trudges" ], "related":[ "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 cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{ "examples":[ "the snake is sloughing its old skin" ], "synonyms":[ "exfoliates", "molts", "sheds", "slips" ], "related":[ "flakes", "peels", "scales", "chucks", "discards", "ditches", "flings (off or away)", "jettisons", "junks", "scraps", "shucks (off)", "throws away", "throws out", "unloads" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "slopping":{ "to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{ "examples":[ "she slopped water everywhere when she picked up the full pan" ], "synonyms":[ "dashing", "sloshing", "spattering", "splashing", "swashing" ], "related":[ "dabbling", "lapping", "plashing", "washing", "spraying", "sprinkling", "spritzing", "squirting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to swallow or eat greedily":{ "examples":[ "watched the game while slopping prodigious quantities of beer" ], "synonyms":[ "bolting", "cramming", "devouring", "glutting", "gobbling", "gorging", "gormandizing", "gulping", "ingurgitating", "inhaling", "ravening", "scarfing", "scoffing", "wolfing" ], "related":[ "overeating", "pigging out", "swilling" ], "near antonyms":[ "nibbling", "pecking", "picking" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slips up":{ "to make a mistake":{ "examples":[ "if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong" ], "synonyms":[ "blunders", "boobs", "errs", "flubs", "fluffs", "fouls up", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "messes (up)", "screws up", "stumbles", "trips" ], "related":[ "nods", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "foozles", "mangles", "mishandles", "muffs", "murders", "miscalculates", "misconceives", "miscounts", "miscues", "misdeems", "misgauges", "misjudges", "mistakes", "misconstrues", "misinterprets", "misunderstands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slacking (off)":{ "as in hanging , hanging around":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in forgetting , neglecting":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "slimeballs":{ "a person of low moral character":{ "examples":[ "a real slimeball , that shyster has happily defended, for a healthy fee, drug dealers and child molesters" ], "synonyms":[ "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimes" ], "related":[ "slatterns", "tramps", "degenerates", "libertines", "perverts", "pervs", "reprobates", "creeps", "scumbags", "scuzzballs", "pettifoggers", "shysters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "slimeballs love the anonymity of the Internet, which allows them to post incredibly vile messages without having to identify themselves" ], "synonyms":[ "bastards", "beasts", "bleeders", "blighters", "boors", "bounders", "buggers", "buzzards", "cads", "chuffs", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "cruds", "crumbs", "curs", "dirtbags", "dogs", "finks", "heels", "hounds", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "pills", "rat finks", "rats", "reptiles", "rotters", "schmucks", "scumbags", "scums", "scuzzballs", "skunks", "skunk", "sleazebags", "sleazeballs", "sleazes", "slimes", "slobs", "snakes", "so-and-sos", "so-and-so's", "sods", "stinkards", "stinkers", "swine", "toads", "varmints", "vermin" ], "related":[ "barbarians", "brutes", "cavemen", "Neanderthals", "savages", "loudmouths", "vulgarians", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "miscreants", "rascals", "rogues", "roughnecks", "scabs", "scamps", "scoundrels", "villains", "wretches", "boobies", "doofuses", "dufuses", "fools", "jackasses", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "nits", "nitwits", "nuts", "schmoes", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "dinks", "dolts", "dopes", "dorks", "goons", "half-wits", "idiots", "imbeciles", "morons", "turkeys", "brats", "insolents", "nuisances", "pests", "snips", "snobs", "snoots", "snots", "dweebs", "nerds" ], "near antonyms":[ "heroes", "heroines", "idols", "role models", "gentlemen", "ladies", "angels", "saints" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }