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"pleasant" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "clement", "equable", "genial", "gentle", "moderate", "soft", "temperate" ] }, "not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{ "antonyms":[ "abrasive", "caustic", "coarse", "hard", "harsh", "rough", "scathing", "stern", "ungentle" ], "examples":[ "a quiet gentleman with a kindly soul and a mild disposition" ], "near antonyms":[ "exquisite", "fierce", "intense", "powerful", "severe", "forceful", "forcible", "savage", "violent", "roughened", "rugged", "strong", "abrading", "irritating", "roughening", "grim", "gruff", "rude", "stiff", "heavy-handed", "oppressive", "pitiless", "tyrannical", "tyrannic" ], "related":[ "calm", "pacific", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "serene", "tranquil", "clement", "compassionate", "easy", "lenient", "merciful", "buffering", "cushioning", "emollient", "softening", "sleek", "slick", "smooth" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "benign", "bland", "delicate", "gentle", "light", "mellow", "nonabrasive", "soft", "soothing", "tender" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "militant":{ "feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{ "antonyms":[ "nonaggressive", "nonbelligerent", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "unbelligerent", "uncombative", "uncontentious" ], "examples":[ "political radicals with a militant unwillingness to compromise on any issue" ], "near antonyms":[ "anti-imperialist", "antimilitarist", "unwarlike", "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "complaisant", "conciliatory", "cordial", "easygoing", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "ingratiating", "kindhearted", "obliging", "pleasant", "sociable", "calm", "quiet", "relaxed", "serene", "tranquil", "benign", "gentle", "kindly", "mild" ], "related":[ "antagonistic", "fierce", "hostile", "hot-tempered", "acidic", "bearish", "bilious", "bristly", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "fractious", "fretful", "grouchy", "grumpy", "huffy", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "irascible", "irritable", "ornery", "peevish", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "querulous", "rude", "snappish", "snappy", "stroppy", "surly", "testy", "touchy", "ugly", "waspish", "savage", "vicious", "battling", "fighting", "warring" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "agonistic", "argumentative", "assaultive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "brawly", "chippy", "combative", "confrontational", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "feisty", "gladiatorial", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "warlike" ] }, "having or showing a bold forcefulness in the pursuit of a goal":{ "antonyms":[ "ambitionless", "low-pressure", "nonassertive", "unaggressive", "unambitious", "unassertive", "unenterprising" ], "examples":[ "militant protestors refusing to disperse" ], "near antonyms":[ "easygoing", "laid-back", "relaxed", "acquiescent", "amenable", "compliant", "deferential", "docile", "resigned", "submissive", "tractable", "yielding", "cowering", "cringing", "groveling", "grovelling", "shrinking", "bashful", "demure", "diffident", "humble", "lowly", "meek", "mild", "modest", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "passive", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "unobtrusive", "obsequious", "servile", "slavish", "subservient" ], "related":[ "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "gladiatorial", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "trigger-happy", "truculent", "warlike", "hyperaggressive", "overambitious", "dynamic", "energetic", "gung ho", "hustling", "strenuous", "vigorous", "emphatic", "obtrusive", "adventuresome", "adventurous", "daring", "dashing", "emboldened", "gutsy", "venturesome", "venturous", "audacious", "bold", "brash", "brassy", "bumptious", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "confident", "determined", "forward", "impudent", "insolent", "overconfident", "presumptuous", "unapologetic", "unsubdued", "unyielding", "bare-knuckle", "bare-knuckled", "bare-knuckles", "feisty", "scrappy", "dominating", "domineering", "imperious", "lordly", "magisterial", "overbearing" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "ambitious", "assertive", "enterprising", "fierce", "go-getting", "high-pressure", "in-your-face", "pushy", "self-asserting", "self-assertive" ] }, "one who is intensely or excessively devoted to a cause":{ "antonyms":[ "nonmilitant" ], "examples":[ "militants within the movement insisted that there could be no compromise on the issue" ], "near antonyms":[ "dabbler", "dilettante" ], "related":[ "activist", "dreamer", "idealist", "visionary", "cultist", "disciple", "follower", "hanger-on", "idolizer", "votary", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "bug", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "fancier", "fiend", "fool", "freak", "habitu\u00e9", "habitue", "head", "hound", "junkie", "junky", "lover", "maniac", "maven", "mavin", "nut", "sucker", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "champion", "evangelist", "patron", "promoter", "stalwart", "supporter", "booster", "rooter", "well-wisher", "faddist" ], "synonyms":[ "crusader", "fanatic", "ideologue", "idealogue", "partisan", "partizan", "red hot", "true believer", "zealot" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "militantness":{ "an inclination to fight or quarrel":{ "antonyms":[ "nonaggression", "pacifism" ], "examples":[ "the militantness of the group's manifesto" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiaggression", "anti-imperialism", "antimilitarism", "affability", "amiability", "amicability", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness", "amenability", "complaisance", "placability" ], "related":[ "antagonism", "fierceness", "hostility", "hyperaggressiveness", "unfriendliness", "imperialism", "jingoism", "militarism", "acidity", "biliousness", "captiousness", "crankiness", "crossness", "disagreeableness", "fractiousness", "fretfulness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "orneriness", "peevishness", "pettishness", "petulance", "querulousness", "rudeness", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "aggressiveness", "assaultiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "defiance", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "fight", "militance", "militancy", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mill":{ "a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a steel mill that remains the town's principal employer" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "sweatshop", "atelier", "studio", "workplace", "workroom", "yard" ], "synonyms":[ "factory", "manufactory", "plant", "shop", "works", "workshop" ] }, "to reduce to fine particles":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a demonstration of how dried kernels of corn were milled in colonial times" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "grate", "kibble", "crumble", "crunch", "break", "bust", "dash", "fracture", "fragment", "shatter", "smash", "splinter", "micronize" ], "synonyms":[ "atomize", "beat", "bray", "comminute", "crush", "disintegrate", "grind", "mull", "pound", "powder", "pulverize" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mimic":{ "a person who imitates another's voice and mannerisms for comic effect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a gifted mimic who can do a terrific imitation of anyone's voice" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "burlesquer", "caricaturist", "lampooner", "mocker", "parodist", "satirist", "mime", "mimer", "mummer", "pantomime", "pantomimist", "actor", "entertainer", "performer", "player", "trouper", "ape", "copycat", "echo", "parrot", "rubber stamp" ], "synonyms":[ "imitator", "impersonator", "impressionist", "personator" ] }, "an actor in a story performed silently and entirely by body movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a mimic in black clothes and white facial makeup" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "busker", "entertainer", "performer", "player", "trouper", "aper", "imitator", "impersonator", "impressionist", "clown", "pantaloon" ], "synonyms":[ "mime", "mummer", "pantomime", "pantomimist" ] }, "being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{ "antonyms":[ "genuine", "natural", "real" ], "examples":[ "police were concerned that the mimic gun, although intended only as a toy, might be confused with the real thing in certain situations" ], "near antonyms":[ "authentic", "bona fide", "legitimate", "true", "premium", "quality", "valuable", "pure", "unadulterated" ], "related":[ "cultured", "manufactured", "process", "unauthentic", "adulterated", "designer", "doctored", "engineered", "fudged", "juggled", "manipulated", "tampered (with)", "concocted", "fabricated", "counterfeit", "deceptive", "forged", "fraudulent", "misleading", "phony", "phoney", "affected", "brummagem", "feigned", "pinchbeck", "pseudo", "spurious" ], "synonyms":[ "artificial", "bogus", "dummy", "ersatz", "factitious", "fake", "false", "faux", "imitation", "imitative", "man-made", "mock", "pretend", "sham", "simulated", "substitute", "synthetic" ] }, "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the comedian was famous for mimicking the President's distinctive lisp" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "lampoon", "pasquinade", "satirize", "deride", "gibe", "jibe", "ridicule", "ape", "copycat", "monkey", "parrot", "duplicate", "emulate", "replicate", "reproduce", "act", "counterfeit", "dissemble", "fake", "feign", "pretend", "sham", "simulate", "elaborate", "embellish", "embroider", "exaggerate", "magnify", "pad", "play up", "stretch", "amplify", "enhance", "enlarge (on or upon)", "expand", "flesh (out)", "overdraw", "overstate", "put on", "mime", "pantomime", "impersonate", "perform", "personate", "play" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesque", "caricature", "do", "imitate", "mock", "parody", "send up", "spoof", "travesty" ] }, "to use (someone or something) as the model for one's speech, mannerisms, or behavior":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "began to learn their language by mimicking the sounds they made" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "ditto", "echo", "reecho", "repeat", "burlesque", "caricature", "lampoon", "mock", "parody", "travesty", "impersonate", "perform", "play", "pantomime" ], "synonyms":[ "ape", "copy", "copycat", "emulate", "imitate", "mime" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{ "antonyms":[ "archetypal", "archetypical", "original" ], "examples":[ "a mimic battle fought by kids playing around in the schoolyard" ], "near antonyms":[ "authentic", "bona fide", "legitimate", "true", "genuine", "natural", "real", "classic", "ideal", "model" ], "related":[ "copied", "cribbed", "plagiarized", "artificial", "bogus", "factitious", "fake", "false", "imitation", "man-made", "mock", "sham", "simulated", "substitute", "synthetic", "duplicated", "photocopied", "reduplicated", "reproduced", "transcribed", "backup", "counterfeit", "deceptive", "forged", "fraudulent", "misleading", "cut-and-dried", "cut-and-dry", "perfunctory", "routine", "uninspired" ], "synonyms":[ "apish", "canned", "emulative", "epigonic", "epigonous", "formulaic", "imitative", "mimetic", "slavish", "unoriginal" ] } }, "mind%27s%20eye":{ "something imagined or pictured in the mind":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there was a disturbing detail that he kept seeing in his mind's eye of the accident scene" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "fact", "reality" ], "related":[ "apprehension", "premonition", "presentiment", "preconception", "prejudice", "prepossession", "chimera", "delusion", "hallucination", "illusion", "phantasm", "fantasm", "caprice", "conceit", "fancy", "freak", "kink", "vagary", "whim", "cognition", "observation", "perception", "reflection", "assumption", "belief", "conclusion", "conviction", "conjecture", "guess", "hunch", "hypothesis", "speculation", "supposition", "surmise", "theory", "brainchild", "brainstorm", "brain wave", "inspiration" ], "synonyms":[ "abstraction", "cogitation", "concept", "conception", "idea", "image", "impression", "intellection", "notion", "picture", "thought" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mind-set":{ "a particular way of thinking":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "politicians trying to understand the mind-set of voters", "She had the mind-set of a champion." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mindfulness":{ "a state of being aware":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his mindfulness of his limited education made him ill at ease around academics" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "neglect", "obliviousness", "unawareness" ], "related":[ "hyperawareness", "hyperconsciousness", "advisement", "care", "concern", "consideration", "regard", "watch", "apprehension", "discernment", "grasp", "mind", "perception", "recognition", "thought", "understanding" ], "synonyms":[ "advertence", "advertency", "attention", "awareness", "cognizance", "consciousness", "ear", "eye", "heed", "knowledge", "note", "notice", "observance", "observation" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mingle":{ "to take part in social activities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "mingling at a cocktail party" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "slight", "snub" ], "related":[ "carouse", "party", "revel", "circulate" ], "synonyms":[ "associate", "fraternize", "go out", "hobnob", "mix", "socialize", "step out" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "antonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "separate", "unmix" ], "examples":[ "the site where the river and the ocean mingle their waters to form a broad estuary" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleave", "disjoin", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "rupture", "sever", "sunder", "disperse", "dissolve", "scatter", "detach", "disengage", "split" ], "related":[ "add", "admix", "beat (in)", "cut in", "fold", "stir", "toss", "coalesce", "compound", "emulsify", "conjoin", "join", "knit", "link", "unite", "intertwine", "interweave", "weave" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamate", "blend", "combine", "comingle", "commingle", "commix", "composite", "concrete", "conflate", "fuse", "homogenize", "immingle", "immix", "incorporate", "integrate", "interfuse", "intermingle", "intermix", "meld", "merge", "mix" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "miniaturized":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "minicar":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "minified":{ "as in reduced , lessened":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "minimally":{ "as in minutely , scantly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "minimum":{ "as in semblance , modicum":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "being the least in amount, number, or size possible":{ "antonyms":[ "biggest", "full", "greatest", "hugest", "largest", "maximum", "most", "top", "topmost", "utmost" ], "examples":[ "spent the minimum amount necessary to acquire the property" ], "near antonyms":[ "highest" ], "related":[ "fewer", "lesser", "low", "minor", "modest", "slight", "small", "smaller", "infinitesimal", "micro", "subminimal", "ultramicro", "irreducible" ], "synonyms":[ "fewest", "littlest", "lowest", "minimal", "minutest", "slightest", "smallest", "tiniest" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "minor":{ "as in kid , teenager":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "having not so great importance or rank as another":{ "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "major", "more", "primary", "prime", "senior", "superior", "superordinate" ], "examples":[ "some minor official with an exaggerated sense of his own importance" ], "near antonyms":[ "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate" ], "related":[ "little", "mean", "small", "minute", "petty", "jerkwater", "one-horse", "second-class", "second-rate", "two-bit", "associate", "auxiliary", "secondary", "subsidiary" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "junior", "less", "lesser", "lower", "smaller", "subordinate" ] }, "lacking importance":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "eventful", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "unfrivolous", "weighty" ], "examples":[ "only a minor detail, which we can easily disregard for the moment" ], "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", "minute", "negligible", "nugatory", "slight", "small", "small-fry", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ] }, "of little or less value or merit":{ "antonyms":[ "greater", "higher", "superior" ], "examples":[ "a minor poet who is little read nowadays" ], "near antonyms":[ "major", "more", "primary", "senior", "choice", "exceptional", "first-class", "first-rate", "high-grade", "premium", "prime", "select", "selected", "acceptable", "adequate", "sufficient" ], "related":[ "junior", "lesser", "lower", "low-level", "petty", "smaller", "subordinate", "under", "average", "common", "fair", "middling", "ordinary", "amiss", "bad", "defective", "unsatisfactory", "wrong", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "unacceptable", "littler", "slighter", "smaller", "jerkwater", "low-rent", "one-horse", "small-time", "two-bit" ], "synonyms":[ "inferior", "mean", "second-class", "second-rate", "secondary" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "minority":{ "the transitional period between childhood and adulthood":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a teenager during his minority has some of the rights of an adult, but not all" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "boyhood", "girlhood", "preadolescence", "youth", "bloom", "flush", "heyday", "prime", "majority", "maturity", "manhood", "womanhood", "babyhood", "infancy" ], "synonyms":[ "adolescence", "nonage" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "minute":{ "a very small space of time":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I'll be with you in just a minute" ], "near antonyms":[ "aeon", "eon", "age", "eternity", "forever", "infinity", "lifetime" ], "related":[ "microsecond", "snatch", "spurt" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "eyeblink", "flash", "heartbeat", "instant", "jiff", "jiffy", "moment", "nanosecond", "New York minute", "second", "shake", "split second", "trice", "twinkle", "twinkling", "wink" ] }, "as in chronicle , transcribe":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "including many small descriptive features":{ "antonyms":[ "compendious", "summary" ], "examples":[ "a minute description of the setting of the story" ], "near antonyms":[ "brief", "compact", "concise", "crisp", "pithy", "short", "succinct", "terse", "abbreviated", "abridged", "curtailed", "cut", "pruned", "shortened", "trimmed", "ambiguous", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "nondescript", "sketchy", "vague", "bird's-eye", "broad", "general", "nonspecific", "overall", "unspecified" ], "related":[ "enumerated", "inventoried", "itemized", "listed", "numerated", "delineated", 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"unmistakable", "broad", "indefinite", "careless", "heedless", "incautious", "slapdash", "slipshod", "sloppy" ], "related":[ "nitpicking", "quibbling", "frivolous", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "negligible", "petty", "piddling", "trifling", "trivial", "demanding", "exacting", "fastidious", "finical", "finicking", "finicky", "fussy", "meticulous", "particular", "picky" ], "synonyms":[ "delicate", "exact", "fine", "finespun", "hairline", "hairsplitting", "nice", "nuanced", "refined", "subtle" ] }, "so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "considerable", "important", "material", "significant" ], "examples":[ "only minute differences between the two photographic prints" ], "near antonyms":[ "serious", "substantial", "weighty", "eventful", "momentous", "pivotal", "conspicuous", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "striking", "appreciable", "discernible", "discernable", "measurable" ], 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"devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "unconcerned", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "antic", "comic", "comical", "farcical", "humorous", "riotous", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "synonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "festive", "gay", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "merry", "sunny" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mirthlessly":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "miry":{ "full of or covered with soft wet earth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "miry fields that required a good pair of boots" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiseptic", "clean", "cleanly", "immaculate", "pristine", "sparkling", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "squeaky-clean", "unsoiled", "unstained", "unsullied" ], "related":[ "clayey", "loamy", "roily", "silty", "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "cruddy", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "gunky", "impure", "smutty", "soiled", "squalid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly" ], "synonyms":[ "mucky", "muddy", "oozy", "slimy", "sludgy", "slushy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "misanthropy":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "miscalculate":{ "to make an incorrect judgment regarding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "they miscalculated how difficult the mountainous trek would be" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misapprehend", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misknow", "misperceive", "misunderstand", "overestimate", "overrate", "overvalue", "misesteem", "underestimate", "underrate", "undervalue", "miscount", "misreckon" ], "synonyms":[ "misconceive", "misdeem", "misestimate", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mismeasure", "mistake" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "misconceive":{ "to make an incorrect judgment regarding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "misconceived the scope of the 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"conception", "grasp", "grokking", "knowledge", "perception", "prehension", "understanding", "awareness", "consciousness", "realization" ], "related":[ "astigmatism", "misconception", "misperception", "misprision", "mistake" ], "synonyms":[ "incomprehension", "misapprehension", "misconstruing", "misimpression", "misinterpretation", "misknowledge", "misreading", "misunderstanding" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "misconstructions":{ "a failure to understand correctly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his misconstruction of the blueprints led to some costly and time-consuming repairs" ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciations", "apprehensions", "comprehensions", "conceptions", "grasps", "knowledges", "perceptions", "prehensions", "understandings", "realizations" ], "related":[ "astigmatisms", "misconceptions", "misperceptions", "misprisions", "mistakes" ], "synonyms":[ "incomprehensions", "misapprehensions", "misimpressions", "misinterpretations", "misknowledges", "misreadings", "misunderstandings" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "miscount":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "miscounting":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "miserable":{ "as in pauper":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ], "examples":[ "spent the night in a miserable jail cell" ], "near antonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "buoyant", "gay", "jocund", "jolly", "joyful", "joyous", "merry", "mirthful", "encouraging", "hopeful", "optimistic", "lighthearted", "lightsome" ], "related":[ "blue", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "down", "droopy", "hangdog", "inconsolable", "low", "melancholic", "melancholy", "mirthless", "sad", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "dim", "discomfiting", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismaying", "dispiriting", "distressful", "distressing", "upsetting", "desperate", "hopeless", "pessimistic", "lamentable", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorrowful", "colorless", "drab", "dull", "dour", "grim", "lowering", "louring", "lowery", "loury", "menacing", "negative", "oppressive", "threatening" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dire", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ] }, "deserving of one's pity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "miserable refugees from the war-torn country" ], "near antonyms":[ "unimpressive", "uninspiring" ], "related":[ "deplorable", "lamentable", "regrettable", "emotional", "impressive", "inspiring", "affecting", "moving", "poignant", "stirring", "touching", "awful", "horrible", "terrible", "distressing", "disturbing", "upsetting", "grievous", "mournful", "sad", "sorrowful", "woeful" ], "synonyms":[ "heartbreaking", "heartrending", "pathetic", "piteous", "pitiable", "pitiful", "poor", "rueful", "sorry", "wretched" ] }, "deserving pitying scorn (as for inadequacy)":{ "antonyms":[ "decent", "presentable", "respectable" ], "examples":[ "that ugly mutt is one miserable excuse for a dog" ], "near antonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy", "redoubtable", "notable", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "reputable", "worthy", "excellent", "flawless", "perfect", "honorable", "noble", "honest", "straight" ], "related":[ "deplorable", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "ignominious", "infamous", "misbegotten", "notorious", "shameful", "abhorrent", "abominable", "beastly", "detestable", "hateful", "lousy", "odious", "stinking", "bad", "inferior", "lame", "poor", "disgusting", "dishonorable", "shameful", "meritless", "unworthy", "worthless", "scandalous", "shocking", "sordid", "unsavory" ], "synonyms":[ "contemptible", "despicable", "pathetic", "pitiable", "pitiful", "sad", "sorry", "wretched" ] }, "feeling unhappiness":{ "antonyms":[ "blissful", "buoyant", "buoyed", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "delighted", "glad", "gladdened", "gladsome", "gleeful", "happy", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "sunny", "upbeat" ], "examples":[ "the awful news made us miserable" ], "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" ], "related":[ "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" ], "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", "mournful", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "sorry", "unhappy", "woebegone", "woeful", "wretched" ] }, "of low quality":{ "antonyms":[ "excellent", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "good", "high-grade", "superior", "top-notch" ], "examples":[ "a miserable meal that I wouldn't feed to a dog" ], "near antonyms":[ "elegant", "handsome", "tasteful", "handcrafted", "polished", "refined" ], "related":[ "useless", "valueless", "worthless", "indifferent", "lackluster", "second-class", "brummagem", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "kitsch", "kitschy", "meretricious", "ostentatious", "showy", "splashy", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "seedy", "shabby", "tacky", "counterfeit", "fake", "phony", "phoney", "sham", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "synonyms":[ "bad", "bargain-basement", "bum", "cheap", "cheapjack", "cheesy", "coarse", "common", "crappy", "cut-rate", "el cheapo", "execrable", "gimcrack", "inferior", "junky", "lousy", "low-grade", "low-rent", "mediocre", "poor", "rotten", "rubbishy", "schlock", "schlocky", "shlock", "shlocky", "second-rate", "shoddy", "sleazy", "terrible", "trashy", "trumpery", "wretched" ] }, "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a miserable little apartment" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "fresh", "new", "cared-for", "kept-up", "maintained", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "smart", "spiffy", "spruce" ], "related":[ "abandoned", "unkept", "desolate", "forlorn", "godforsaken", "broken-down", "decrepit", "tired", "worn-out", "bedraggled", "dingy", "ragged", "tattered", "decaying", "deteriorated", "deteriorating", "rackety", "ramshackle", "rattletrap", "rickety", "broken", "damaged", "destroyed", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "ruined", "wrecked" ], "synonyms":[ "beat-up", "bombed-out", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "down-at-the-heels", "down-at-heel", "down-at-the-heel", "down-at-heels", "dumpy", "grungy", "mangy", "mean", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "misgiving":{ "a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{ "antonyms":[ "assurance", "belief", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "sureness", "surety", "trust" ], "examples":[ "I had misgivings about the alleged victim's story, but I was afraid to speak up" ], "near antonyms":[ "credence", "faith" ], "related":[ "disbelief", "incredulity", "unbelief", "anxiety", "concern", "paranoia", "wariness", "compunction", "niggle", "qualm", "scruple", "tremor" ], "synonyms":[ "distrust", "distrustfulness", "doubt", "dubiety", "dubitation", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "mistrust", "mistrustfulness", "query", "reservation", "skepticism", "suspicion", "uncertainty" ] }, "an uneasy feeling about the rightness of what one is doing or going to do":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he was filled with misgivings about committing himself to such a huge loan" ], "near antonyms":[ "aplomb", "assurance", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness" ], "related":[ "conscience", "distrust", "doubt", "dubiety", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "mistrust", "reservation", "skepticism", "suspicion", "uncertainness", "uncertainty", "qualmishness", "unease", "uneasiness", "reluctance", "unwillingness", "demur", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "question", "remonstrance", "aversion", "disinclination", "indisposition", "reluctance", "unwillingness", "guilt", "regret", "remorse", "self-reproach", "shame", "contrition", "penitence", "repentance" ], "synonyms":[ "compunction", "qualm", "scruple" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "suspicion or fear of future harm or misfortune":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "overcome by a sudden misgiving upon seeing the creepy old mansion" ], "near antonyms":[ "anticipation", "excitement", "hope", "hopefulness", "confidence", "optimism", "sanguinity" ], "related":[ "agitation", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "concern", "disquiet", "disquietude", "distress", "disturbance", "fearfulness", "funk", "perturbation", "solicitude", "suspense", "unease", "uneasiness", "scruple", "worry", "doubt", "incertitude", "mistrust", "suspiciousness", "uncertainty", "wariness", "defeatism", "pessimism", "foreknowledge", "premonition", "presage", "presentiment" ], "synonyms":[ "alarm", "alarum", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "dread", "foreboding" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "misheard":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mishmashes":{ "an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the painting was just a mishmash of colors and abstract shapes as far as we could tell" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "detritus", "notions", "oddments", "odds and ends", "sundries", "accumulations", "aggregates", "aggregations", "conglomerates", "conglomerations", "catchalls", "admixtures", "alloys", "amalgams", "blends", "combinations", "commixtures", "composites", "compounds", "fusions", "intermixtures", "mix-ups", "bollixes", "chaoses", "confusions", "disarrangements", "disarrays", "disorders", "dog's breakfasts", "messes", "morasses", "shambles", "imbroglios", "knots", "snarls", "tangles" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerates", "agglomerations", "alphabet soups", "assortments", "botches", "clutters", "collages", "crazy quilts", "farragoes", "gallimaufries", "grab bags", "gumbos", "hashes", "hodgepodges", "hotchpotches", "jambalayas", "jumbles", "jungles", "litters", "mac\u00e9doines", "medleys", "m\u00e9langes", "menageries", "miscellanea", "miscellanies", "mixed bags", "montages", "motleys", "muddles", "olios", "olla podridas", "ollas podridas", "omnium-gatherums", "pastiches", "patchwork quilts", "patchworks", "potpourris", "ragbags", "ragouts", "rummages", "salads", "salmagundis", "scrambles", "shuffles", "smorgasbords", "stews", "tumbles", "varieties", "welters" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "misimpression":{ "a failure to understand correctly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she was under the misimpression that the class was for beginners, but it was actually for advanced students" ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciation", "apprehension", "comprehension", "conception", "grasp", "grokking", "knowledge", "perception", "prehension", "understanding", "awareness", "consciousness", "realization" ], "related":[ "astigmatism", "misconception", "misperception", "misprision", "mistake" ], "synonyms":[ "incomprehension", "misapprehension", "misconstruction", "misconstruing", "misinterpretation", "misknowledge", "misreading", "misunderstanding" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "misinformed":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "antonyms":[ "undeceived" ], "examples":[ "had been misinformed about the purpose of the meeting and walked in on what was a surprise birthday party" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "revealed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled", "disabused", "disenchanted", "disillusioned" ], "related":[ "kidded", "put on", "teased", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "defrauded", "diddled", "euchred", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "hustled", "mulcted", "rooked", "shortchanged", "skinned", "squeezed", "stuck", "stung", "swindled" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozled", "beguiled", "bluffed", "buffaloed", "burned", "burnt", "caught", "conned", "cozened", "deceived", "deluded", "duped", "faked out", "fooled", "gaffed", "gammoned", "gulled", "had", "had on", "hoaxed", "hoodwinked", "hornswoggled", "humbugged", "juggled", "misguided", "misled", "snookered", "snowed", "spoofed", "strung along", "sucked in", "suckered", "took in", "tricked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "misinterpretation":{ "a failure to understand correctly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "his misinterpretation of the ambiguously worded instructions was hardly his fault" ], "near antonyms":[ "appreciation", "apprehension", "comprehension", "conception", "grasp", "grokking", "knowledge", "perception", "prehension", "understanding", "awareness", "consciousness", "realization" ], "related":[ "astigmatism", "misconception", "misperception", "misprision", "mistake" ], "synonyms":[ "incomprehension", "misapprehension", "misconstruction", "misconstruing", "misimpression", "misknowledge", "misreading", "misunderstanding" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "misjudge":{ "to make an incorrect judgment regarding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the gymnast misjudged her landing and sprained her ankle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misapprehend", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misknow", "misperceive", "misunderstand", "overestimate", "overrate", "overvalue", "misesteem", "underestimate", "underrate", "undervalue", "miscount", "misreckon" ], "synonyms":[ "miscalculate", "misconceive", "misdeem", "misestimate", "misgauge", "mismeasure", "mistake" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "misjudgment":{ "a wrong judgment":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "one serious misjudgment at this point could cost the candidate the election" ], "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", "misstep", "mistake", "slip", "slipup" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "misknowing":{ "to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of":{ "antonyms":[ "appreciating", "apprehending", "catching", "comprehending", "conceiving", "fathoming", "getting", "grasping", "grokking", "knowing", "making out", "penetrating", "perceiving", "savvying", "seeing", "seizing", "taking in", "understanding" ], "examples":[ "so often, for all of our presumption, we misknow the hearts of others" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misconceiving", "misdeeming", "misjudging", "mishearing" ], "synonyms":[ "misapprehending", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misperceiving", "misreading", "missing", "mistaking", "misunderstanding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mismanagement":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mismeasure":{ "to make an incorrect judgment regarding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the television network seriously mismeasured public reaction to the unceremonious dismissal of the popular anchorwoman" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misapprehend", "misconstrue", "misinterpret", "misknow", "misperceive", "misunderstand", "overestimate", "overrate", "overvalue", "misesteem", "underestimate", "underrate", "undervalue", "miscount", "misreckon" ], "synonyms":[ "miscalculate", "misconceive", "misdeem", "misestimate", "misgauge", "misjudge", "mistake" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "misperceptions":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "misshapes":{ "as in irregularities , abnormalities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to twist (something) out of a natural or normal shape or condition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a disease that she contracted during childhood caused her spine to become misshaped" ], "near antonyms":[ "straightens", "unbends", "uncurls" ], "related":[ "defaces", "disfigures", "wrenches", "wrests", "wrings", "coils", "curls", "loops", "spirals", "twines", "winds", "wreathes" ], "synonyms":[ "contorts", "deforms", "distorts", "screws", "squinches", "tortures", "warps" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mission":{ "a specific task with which a person or group is charged":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "your mission is to clean up the house before company arrives" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "burden", "chore", "duty", "need", "obligation", "office", "requirement", "responsibility", "errand", "labor", "work", "commitment", "pledge", "promise", "appointment", "commission", "designation", "nomination", "compulsion", "constraint", "restraint" ], "synonyms":[ "assignment", "brief", "business", "charge", "detail", "job", "operation", "post" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mistaking":{ "to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related":{ "antonyms":[ "differencing", "differentiating", "discriminating", "distinguishing", "separating" ], "examples":[ "she mistook physical attraction for love" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "lumping (together)", "misapplying", "miscalling", "misidentifying", "misnaming" ], "synonyms":[ "conflating", "confounding", "confusing", "mixing (up)" ] }, "to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of":{ "antonyms":[ "appreciating", "apprehending", "catching", "comprehending", "conceiving", "fathoming", "getting", "grasping", "grokking", "knowing", "making out", "penetrating", "perceiving", "savvying", "seeing", "seizing", "taking in", "understanding" ], "examples":[ "the auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misconceiving", "misdeeming", "misjudging", "mishearing" ], "synonyms":[ "misapprehending", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misknowing", "misperceiving", "misreading", "missing", "misunderstanding" ] }, "to make an incorrect judgment regarding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you seriously mistake me if you think I scare so easily" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misapprehending", "misconstruing", "misinterpreting", "misknowing", "misperceiving", "misunderstanding", "overestimating", "overrating", "overvaluing", "misesteeming", "underestimating", "underrating", "undervaluing", "miscounting", "misreckoning" ], "synonyms":[ "miscalculating", "misconceiving", "misdeeming", "misestimating", "misgauging", "misgaging", "misjudging", "mismeasuring" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mistook":{ "to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related":{ "antonyms":[ "differenced", "differentiated", "discriminated", "distinguished", "separated" ], "examples":[ "she mistook physical attraction for love" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "lumped (together)", "misapplied", "miscalled", "misidentified", "misnamed" ], "synonyms":[ "conflated", "confounded", "confused", "mixed (up)" ] }, "to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of":{ "antonyms":[ "appreciated", "apprehended", "caught", "comprehended", "conceived", "fathomed", "got", "grasped", "grokked", "knew", "made out", "penetrated", "perceived", "savvied", "saw", "seized", "took in", "understood" ], "examples":[ "the auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misconceived", "misdeemed", "misjudged", "misheard" ], "synonyms":[ "misapprehended", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misknew", "misperceived", "misread", "missed", "misunderstood" ] }, "to make an incorrect judgment regarding":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you seriously mistake me if you think I scare so easily" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "misapprehended", "misconstrued", "misinterpreted", "misknew", "misperceived", "misunderstood", "overestimated", "overrated", "overvalued", "misesteemed", "underestimated", "underrated", "undervalued", "miscounted", "misreckoned" ], "synonyms":[ "miscalculated", "misconceived", "misdeemed", "misestimated", "misgauged", "misgaged", "misjudged", "mismeasured" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mistranslating":{ "as in misspeaking , misdescribing":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mistreat":{ "to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the foster parent who had been mistreating his charges was sent to jail" ], "near antonyms":[ "care (for)", "cherish", "foster", "nurture", "baby", "cater (to)", "coddle", "favor", "gratify", "humor", "indulge", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil" ], "related":[ "molest", "outrage", "violate", "harass", "harm", "hurt", "injure", "oppress", "persecute", "torment", "torture", "burn", "sandbag", "victimize", "wrong", "beat (up)", "mess (up)", "rough (up)", "work (over)" ], "synonyms":[ "abuse", "brutalize", "bully", "ill-treat", "ill-use", "kick around", "maltreat", "manhandle", "mess over", "mishandle", "misuse" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mizzle":{ "a light or fine rain":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as I wandered around the city, the late afternoon mizzle seemed the perfect accompaniment to my melancholy mood" ], "near antonyms":[ "cloudburst", "deluge", "downpour", "storm", "rainstorm", "thunderstorm", "monsoon" ], "related":[ "precipitation", "rainfall", "shower" ], "synonyms":[ "drizzle", "mist", "sprinkle" ] }, "as in scarper , scram":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }