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"tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "sank", "sunk", "weakened", "caved (in)", "collapsed", "deflated" ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "declined", "decreased", "de-escalated", "died (away or down or out)", "diminished", "drained (away)", "dropped (off)", "dwindled", "eased", "ebbed", "fell", "fell away", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "shrank", "shrunk", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "modernized":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to adapt to modern needs, taste, or usage":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a proposal to modernize the old school and bring it into the 21st century" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "recast", "redesigned", "redeveloped", "redid", "reengineered", "refashioned", "remade", "remodeled", "revamped", "revised", "reworked" ], "synonyms":[ "contemporized", "streamlined", "updated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "modesty":{ "the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{ "antonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ], "examples":[ "his natural modesty makes him reluctant to run for public office" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressiveness", "assertiveness", "attitude", "audaciousness", "boldness", "brashness", "brassiness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "cockiness", "cocksureness", "forwardness", "overconfidence", "swagger", "swash", "temerity", "impertinence", "impudence", "insolence", "nerve", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "chest-thumping", "self-applause", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-glorification", "self-importance", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "vaingloriousness", "vanity", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "flamboyance", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "showiness" ], "related":[ "acquiescence", "compliance", "deference", "passivity", "resignedness", "submission", "submissiveness", "ingenuousness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "directness", "plainness", "simpleness", "bashfulness", "diffidence", "mousiness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness", "retiringness", "sheepishness", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness" ], "synonyms":[ "demureness", "down-to-earthness", "humbleness", "humility", "lowliness", "meekness" ] }, "the quality or state of being morally pure":{ "antonyms":[ "immodesty", "impurity", "unchasteness", "unchastity" ], "examples":[ "in this day and age, that's very becoming modesty in a teenager" ], "near antonyms":[ "badness", "evil", "sinfulness", "unrighteousness", "wickedness", "impropriety", "indecency", "vulgarity" ], "related":[ "goodness", "righteousness", "virtue", "virtuousness", "morality", "probity", "rectitude", "decency", "decorum", "propriety", "seemliness" ], "synonyms":[ "chasteness", "chastity", "immaculacy", "innocence", "purity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "modified":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to limit the meaning of (as a noun)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "adjectives are words that modify nouns, while adverbs can modify adjectives and verbs" ], "near antonyms":[ "broadened", "expanded", "widened" ], "related":[ "altered", "colored", "distorted", "misrepresented", "misstated", "perverted", "twisted", "warped", "narrowed" ], "synonyms":[ "qualified" ] }, "to make different in some way":{ "antonyms":[ "fixed", "froze", "set", "stabilized" ], "examples":[ "he modified the appliance so that it would run more 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"mutate", "regenerate", "revolutionize", "transfigure", "transform", "transmute", "commute", "convert", "exchange", "rejigger", "retool" ], "synonyms":[ "alter", "change", "make over", "recast", "redo", "refashion", "remake", "remodel", "revamp", "revise", "rework", "vary" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "modulated":{ "to make changes to (something) in order to keep a desirable balance, proportion, etc.":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "He takes insulin to modulate his blood sugar levels.", "She kept talking during the performance, making no effort to modulate her voice." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "moil":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "went for a retreat at the monastery for a temporary respite from the moil of the modern world" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "peace", "quiet", "quietude", "rest", "stillness", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "order", "orderliness" ], "related":[ "cacophony", "clamor", "din", "howl", "hue and cry", "noise", "outcry", "racket", "roar", "disorder", "unrest", "upheaval", "eruption", "flare-up", "flurry", "flutter", "outbreak", "outburst", "brawl", "fracas", "fray", "hassle", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "scuffle", "dither", "fever", "fret", "lather", "tizzy" ], "synonyms":[ "ado", "alarums and excursions", "ballyhoo", "blather", "bluster", "bobbery", "bother", "bustle", "clatter", "clutter", "coil", "commotion", "corroboree", "disturbance", "do", "foofaraw", "fun", "furor", "furore", "fuss", "helter-skelter", "hoo-ha", "hoo-hah", "hoopla", "hubble-bubble", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly", "hurly-burly", "hurricane", "hurry", "hurry-scurry", "hurry-skurry", "kerfuffle", "pandemonium", "pother", "row", "ruckus", "ruction", "rumpus", "shindy", "splore", "squall", "stew", "stir", "storm", "to-do", "tumult", "turmoil", "uproar", "welter", "whirl", "williwaw", "zoo" ] }, "to be in a state of violent rolling motion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the angry mob moiled around the courthouse" ], "near antonyms":[ "abate", "calm", "subside" ], "related":[ "reel", "spin", "swirl", "whirl", "agitate", "stir" ], "synonyms":[ "boil", "churn", "roil", "seethe" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "miners moiling all day in the sunless recesses of the earth" ], "near antonyms":[ "break", "ease (up)", "let up", "slacken", "bum", "chill", "dally", "dillydally", "footle", "goldbrick", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "lounge", "shirk", "slack (off)", "veg out", "bask", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest", "unwind", "dabble", "doodle", "fool around", "fribble", "goof (around)", "hang", "hang about", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "related":[ "apply (oneself)", "buckle (down)", "dig in", "hammer (away)", "knuckle down", "pitch in", "attack", "drive", "essay", "try", "exercise", "exert", "overexert", "overwork", "eke out", "grind (out)", "put out", "scrabble", "scratch", "trudge", "wade" ], "synonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "tug", "work" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "very hard or unpleasant work":{ "antonyms":[ "fun", "play" ], "examples":[ "fed up with the moil and moneygrubbing of Wall Street, he decided to open a bed-and-breakfast in Vermont" ], "near antonyms":[ "decompression", "ease", "leisure", "relaxation", "repose", "rest", "amusement", "dalliance", "diversion", "entertainment", "recreation", "sport", "dormancy", "idleness", "inactivity", "inertia", "inertness", "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging" ], "related":[ "spadework", "effort", "exertion", "pains", "struggle", "trouble", "chore", "duty", "job", "obligation", "responsibility", "routine", "tedium", "treadmill" ], "synonyms":[ "donkeywork", "drudge", "drudgery", "fatigue", "grind", "labor", "slavery", "sweat", "toil", "travail" ] } }, "moisturizing":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "molder":{ "to go through decomposition":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "leaves moldering in the compost pile" ], "near antonyms":[ "age", "develop", "grow", "mature", "ripen", "refresh", "renew", "restore", "cleanse", "purify", "assemble", "compose", "integrate", "ameliorate", "better", "improve", "meliorate" ], "related":[ "sour", "turn", "turn off", "contaminate", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "addle", "curdle", "ferment", "mortify", "rust", "crumble", "decline", "degenerate", "descend", "deteriorate", "dilapidate", "sink", "wither" ], "synonyms":[ "break down", "corrupt", "decay", "decompose", "disintegrate", "fester", "foul", "mold", "perish", "putrefy", "rot", "spoil" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "moll":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mollification":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mollified":{ "as in appeased , placated":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{ "antonyms":[ "angered", "enraged", "incensed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "infuriated", "ired", "maddened", "outraged" ], "examples":[ "an apology would probably mollify your friend" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravated", "annoyed", "antagonized", "bothered", "bugged", "burned (up)", "burnt (up)", "chafed", "crossed", "exasperated", "galled", "got", "grated", "irked", "irritated", "nettled", "peeved", "piqued", "put out", "rankled", "riled", "roiled", "ruffled", "vexed", "vext", "provoked", "roused", "harassed", "harried", "persecuted", "pestered", "agitated", "discomforted", "distressed", "disturbed", "fretted", "perturbed", "unhinged", "unsettled", "upset", "worried", "affronted", "insulted", "offended", "slighted" ], "related":[ "calmed", "comforted", "consoled", "contented", "hushed", "quieted", "soothed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized", "endeared (to)", "ingratiated", "delighted", "gladdened", "gratified", "pleased", "adulated", "blarneyed", "flattered", "overpraised", "soft-soaped", "quenched", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied", "catered (to)", "humored", "indulged", "blandished", "cajoled", "coaxed", "sweet-talked", "wheedled", "babied", "coddled", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt", "dulcified", "sweetened" ], "synonyms":[ "appeased", "assuaged", "conciliated", "disarmed", "gentled", "pacified", "placated", "propitiated" ] }, "to make more bearable or less severe":{ "antonyms":[ "aggravated", "exacerbated" ], "examples":[ "a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor" ], "near antonyms":[ "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "heightened", "intensified", "sharpened" ], "related":[ "abated", "lightened", "moderated", "softened", "tempered", "cured", "healed", "remedied", "amended", "corrected", "emended", "fixed", "mended", "rectified", "reformed", "repaired", "ameliorated", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "improved", "meliorated", "perfected", "refined" ], "synonyms":[ "allayed", "alleviated", "assuaged", "eased", "helped", "mitigated", "palliated", "relieved", "soothed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "mollify":{ "to lessen the anger or agitation of":{ "antonyms":[ "anger", "enrage", "incense", "inflame", "enflame", "infuriate", "ire", "madden", "outrage" ], "examples":[ "an apology would probably mollify your friend" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravate", "annoy", "antagonize", "bother", "bug", "burn (up)", "chafe", "cross", "exasperate", "gall", "get", "grate", "irk", "irritate", "nettle", "peeve", "pique", "put out", "rankle", "rile", "roil", "ruffle", "vex", "provoke", "rouse", "harass", "harry", "persecute", "pester", "agitate", "discomfort", "distress", "disturb", "fret", "perturb", "unhinge", "unsettle", "upset", "worry", "affront", "insult", "offend", "slight" ], "related":[ "calm", "comfort", "console", "content", "hush", "quiet", "soothe", "tranquilize", "tranquillize", "endear (to)", "ingratiate", "delight", "gladden", "gratify", "please", "adulate", "blarney", "flatter", "overpraise", "soft-soap", "quench", "sate", "satiate", "satisfy", "cater (to)", "humor", "indulge", "blandish", "cajole", "coax", "sweet-talk", "wheedle", "baby", "coddle", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil", "dulcify", "sweeten" ], "synonyms":[ "appease", "assuage", "conciliate", "disarm", "gentle", "pacify", "placate", "propitiate" ] }, "to make more bearable or less severe":{ "antonyms":[ "aggravate", "exacerbate" ], "examples":[ "a friendly gesture that did a lot to mollify their suspicions about the new neighbor" ], "near antonyms":[ "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "heighten", "intensify", "sharpen" ], "related":[ "abate", "lighten", "moderate", "soften", "temper", "cure", "heal", "remedy", "amend", "correct", "emend", "fix", "mend", "rectify", "reform", "repair", "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "refine" ], "synonyms":[ "allay", "alleviate", "assuage", "ease", "help", "mitigate", "palliate", "relieve", "soothe" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "momentous":{ "having great meaning or lasting effect":{ "antonyms":[ "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "little", "minor", "negligible", "slight", "small", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ], "examples":[ "a momentous occasion that will go down in the history books" ], "near antonyms":[ "paltry", "petty", "worthless", "anonymous", "nameless", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unknown" ], "related":[ "decisive", "fatal", "fateful", "strategic", "earnest", "grave", "heavy", "serious", "sincere", "distinctive", "exceptional", "impressive", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "valuable", "worthwhile", "worthy", "distinguished", "eminent", "great", "illustrious", "noble", "notable", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "preeminent", "prestigious", "famous", "notorious", "renowned", "all-important", "central", "critical", "crucial", "essential", "key", "pivotal", "seminal", "vital" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "earth-shattering", "earthshaking", "eventful", "historic", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "monumental", "much", "significant", "substantial", "tectonic", "weighty" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "moneybags":{ "a wealthy person":{ "antonyms":[ "have-not", "pauper" ], "examples":[ "the old moneybags was used to being deferred to by his fellow townspeople" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankrupt", "beggar" ], "related":[ "moneymaker", "money-spinner", "magnate", "nabob", "tycoon", "billionaire", "gazillionaire", "millionaire", "multibillionaire", "multimillionaire", "multimillionairess", "zillionaire", "heir", "heiress", "jet-setter", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "synonyms":[ "capitalist", "Croesus", "deep pocket", "fat cat", "have", "money", "plutocrat", "silk stocking" ] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "moneyed":{ "having goods, property, or money in abundance":{ "antonyms":[ "destitute", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "needy", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken" ], "examples":[ "luxury goods that are purchased mainly by moneyed tourists from abroad" ], "near antonyms":[ "unaffluent", "deprived", "disadvantaged", "hand-to-mouth", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "beggared", "broke", "indebted", "insolvent", "pauperized", "ruined", "skint", "depressed", "pinched", "reduced", "straitened", "low", "short" ], "related":[ "better-off", "comfortable", "propertied", "prosperous", "substantial", "successful", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving", "advantaged", "blessed", "blest", "privileged" ], "synonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "fat-cat", "flush", "loaded", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-endowed", "well-fixed", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "monkeying":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ], "wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "all that monkeying was sure to end in someone or something getting hurt" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "childishness", "clownishness", "foolishness", "funning", "jesting", "joking", "nonsense", "silliness", "waggery", "boisterousness", "rambunctiousness", "rowdiness", "rowdyism", "rumbustiousness", "devilry", "deviltry", "impishness", "knavery", "mischief", "mischievousness", "prankishness", "rascality", "roguery", "roguishness", "trickery", "cavorting", "frivolity", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "merrymaking", "playfulness", "revelry", "roistering", "romping", "sporting", "sportiveness" ], "synonyms":[ "buffoonery", "clownery", "clowning", "foolery", "high jinks", "hijinks", "horseplay", "horsing around", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "roughhouse", "roughhousing", "shenanigan(s)", "skylarking", "slapstick", "tomfoolery" ] } }, "monkeys":{ "a physiological need for certain drugs":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I've got this monkey on my back, and going to detox is the only way to get it off" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "alcoholisms", "heroinisms", "morphinisms", "habituations", "tolerances" ], "synonyms":[ "addictions", "dependences", "dependances", "habits", "joneses" ] }, "an appealingly mischievous person":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "come back here, you little monkey !" ], "near antonyms":[ "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkards", "stinkers", "knaves", "miscreants", "reprobates", "scalawags", "scallywags", "scapegraces", "scoundrels", "varlets", "villains" ], "related":[ "cutups", "larkers", "madcaps", "skylarkers", "ragamuffins", "brats", "disrupters", "misbehavers", "nuisances", "juvenile delinquents", "gamines", "gamins" ], "synonyms":[ "devils", "hellions", "imps", "mischiefs", "rapscallions", "rascals", "rogues", "scamps", "urchins" ] }, "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "monkeyshine(s)":{ "a playful or mischievous act intended as a joke":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "on the alert for paleontological monkeyshines ever since the unmasking of Piltdown man" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "skylarking", "adventure", "experience", "game", "lark", "time", "high jinks", "hijinks", "horseplay", "play", "roughhousing", "rowdyism", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "joking", "kidding", "teasing", "gambit", "hoax", "maneuver", "ploy", "deed", "feat", "mission", "performance", "stunt", "caprice", "conceit", "fancy", "vagary", "whim", "whimsy", "whimsey", "deceit", "deception", "delusion", "fooling", "fraud", "hanky-panky", "hoodwinking", "ruse", "sham", "stratagem", "subterfuge", "trickery", "wile" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "caper", "capriccio", "dido", "escapade", "frolic", "gag", "jest", "knavery", "practical joke", "prank", "rag", "roguery", "shavie", "shine(s)", "trick", "waggery" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ], "wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hockey players who are known for their monkeyshines on and off the ice" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "childishness", "clownishness", "foolishness", "funning", "jesting", "joking", "nonsense", "silliness", "waggery", "boisterousness", "rambunctiousness", "rowdiness", "rowdyism", "rumbustiousness", "devilry", "deviltry", "impishness", "knavery", "mischief", "mischievousness", "prankishness", "rascality", "roguery", "roguishness", "trickery", "cavorting", "frivolity", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "merrymaking", "playfulness", "revelry", "roistering", "romping", "sporting", "sportiveness" ], "synonyms":[ "buffoonery", "clownery", "clowning", "foolery", "high jinks", "hijinks", "horseplay", "horsing around", "monkey business", "monkeying", "roughhouse", "roughhousing", "shenanigan(s)", "skylarking", "slapstick", "tomfoolery" ] } }, "monochromic":{ "having or consisting of a single color":{ "antonyms":[ "chromatic", "colorful", "kaleidoscopic", "motley", "multicolored", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "rainbow", "varicolored", "varied", "variegated" ], "examples":[ "dull, monochromic decor" ], "near antonyms":[ "dappled", "dapple", "marbled", "shaded", "mottled", "parti-color", "parti-colored", "piebald", "pied", "pinto", "skewbald", "banded", "barred", "brindled", "brindle", "streaked", "striated", "checkered", "dotted", "patterned", "plaid", "striped", "flecked", "specked", "speckled", "spotted", "bichrome", "bicolored", "bicolor", "dichromatic", "trichromatic", "tricolor", "tricolored", "two-tone" ], 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"vodka", "whiskey", "whisky", "Dutch courage" ], "synonyms":[ "alcohol", "aqua vitae", "ardent spirits", "booze", "bottle", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "inebriant", "intoxicant", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "liquor", "lush", "potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple" ] }, "illegally produced liquor":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "during Prohibition, moonshine and \"bathtub gin\" were made secretly" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathtub gin", "red-eye", "rotgut", "alcohol", "ardent spirits", "booze", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "potable", "rum", "spirits", "strong drink", "tipple" ], "synonyms":[ "bootleg", "mountain dew", "white lightning" ] }, "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a book about the so-called good old days that's sentimental moonshine" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "related":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "moony":{ "as in dreamy , nostalgic":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "moots":{ "to present or bring forward for discussion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "conservatives had shouted down the proposal when it was first mooted" ], "near antonyms":[ "censors", "hushes (up)", "quiets", "silences", "suppresses" ], "related":[ "alludes (to)", "cites", "mentions", "names", "refers (to)", "offers", "proposes", "suggests", "airs", "expresses", "speaks (of)", "talks (about)", "ventilates", "vents", "interjects", "interrupts", "debates", "discusses", "thrashes (out or over)" ], "synonyms":[ "brings up", "broaches", "introduces", "places", "raises" ] }, "to 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"sped", "speeded", "tore", "whirled", "whisked", "whizzed", "zipped" ], "examples":[ "we were in a rush, and the Sunday driver in front of us was just moping along" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "darted", "humped", "hurtled", "hustled", "scrambled", "stampeded", "galloped", "jogged", "ran", "run", "sprinted", "trotted", "accelerated", "quickened", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook" ], "related":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "ambled", "eased", "inched", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "staggered", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)", "filibustered", "procrastinated", "stalled", "temporized" ], "synonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "diddled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "lollygagged", "lallygagged", "poked", "shilly-shallied", "tarried" ] }, "to silently go about in a bad mood":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she's been moping all weekend because her boyfriend hasn't called even once" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "brooded", "dwelled (on)", "dwelt (on)", "mulled (over)", "mused (over)", "pondered", "frowned", "glowered", "lowered", "loured", "scowled", "carried on", "took on", "petted" ], "synonyms":[ "grumped", "pouted", "sulked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "moron":{ "a stupid person":{ "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ], "examples":[ "some moron forgot to lock the doors before going home" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "related":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "morose":{ "causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{ "antonyms":[ "bright", "cheerful", "cheering", "cheery", "comforting", "cordial", "festive", "friendly", "gay", "heartwarming", "sunshiny" ], "examples":[ "those morose job seekers who have grown accustomed to rejection" ], "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", "miserable", "morbid", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "morosely":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "mortarman":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mortified":{ "as in chagrined , flustered":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "was mortified by her children's atrocious manners" ], "near antonyms":[ "calmed", "comforted", "consoled", "relieved", "soothed", "buoyed", "cheered", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened", "assured", "reassured" ], "related":[ "agitated", "bothered", "chagrined", "discomforted", "discomposed", "dismayed", "disquieted", "distressed", "disturbed", "perturbed", "put off", "put out", "unhinged", "unsettled", "upset", "debased", "degraded", "demeaned", "humbled", "humiliated", "queered", "shamed" ], "synonyms":[ "abashed", "confounded", "confused", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "discountenanced", "embarrassed", "fazed", "flustered", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "rattled" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "mortify":{ "to throw into a state of self-conscious distress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "was mortified by her children's atrocious manners" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "comfort", "console", "relieve", "soothe", "buoy", "cheer", "embolden", "encourage", "hearten", "assure", "reassure" ], "related":[ "agitate", "bother", "chagrin", "discomfort", "discompose", "dismay", "disquiet", "distress", "disturb", "perturb", "put off", "put out", "unhinge", "unsettle", "upset", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "humble", "humiliate", "queer", "shame" ], "synonyms":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "nonplus", "rattle" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mote":{ "a very small piece":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house" ], "near antonyms":[ "chunk", "gob", "hunk", "lump", "slab", "abundance", "barrel", "bucket", "bushel", "deal", "heaps", "loads", "mass", "mountain", "peck", "pile", "pot", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "scads", "stack", "volume", "wad", "wealth" ], "related":[ "ace", "dab", "dash", "driblet", "drop", "fraction", "haet", "halfpenny", "ha'penny", "iota", "jot", "kenning", "lick", "minim", "mite", "modicum", "nutshell", "ounce", "pinch", "shred", "smatter", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "spot", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "taste", "touch", "trace", "whisper", "whit", "bite", "mouthful", "nibble", "tidbit", "titbit", "fragment", "part", "portion", "section", "chip", "flake", "shard", "shiver", "sliver", "splinter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving", "smithereens" ], "synonyms":[ "atom", "bit", "crumb", "dribble", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "nubbin", "nugget", "particle", "patch", "scrap", "scruple", "snip", "snippet", "speck", "tittle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "motet":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mother-naked":{ "lacking or shed of clothing":{ "antonyms":[ "appareled", "apparelled", "attired", "clad", "clothed", "dressed", "garbed", "invested", "robed", "suited" ], "examples":[ "shocked to find that many of the participants at the spring break bacchanal were mother-naked" ], "near antonyms":[ "covered", "veiled", "arrayed", "caparisoned", "decked (out)", "rigged (out)", "tricked (out)", "vested", "decent" ], "related":[ "seminude", "topless", "denuded", "peeled", "unveiled" ], "synonyms":[ "au naturel", "bare", "bottomless", "disrobed", "naked", "nude", "raw", "starkers", "stripped", "unclad", "unclothed", "undressed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mothered":{ "to attend to the needs and comforts of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "mothered the patients with chicken soup" ], "near antonyms":[ "brushed (aside or off)", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "slighted" ], "related":[ "cured", "healed", "remedied", "doctored", "treated", "aided", "conserved", "preserved", "provided (for)", "supported", "babied", "coddled", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt", "catered (to)", "humored", "indulged" ], "synonyms":[ "administered (to)", "cared (for)", "ministered (to)", "nursed" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I hope to mother at least one child" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborted", "lost", "miscarried" ], "related":[ "labored", "bred", "multiplied", "propagated", "reproduced", "spawned", "begot", "begat", "fathered", "generated", "got", "sired", "calved", "kidded", "kindled", "kittened", "littered", "pupped", "whelped" ], "synonyms":[ "birthed", "bore", "delivered", "dropped", "had", "produced" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "motifs":{ "a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works" ], "near antonyms":[ "asides", "digressions", "excursions", "interjections", "parentheses", "tangents" ], "related":[ "subject matters", "talking points", "counts", "ideas", "points", "purposes", "considerations", "issues", "problems", "bodies", "bulks", "burdens", "centerpieces", "cores", "cruxes", "cruces", "essences", "fundamentals", "generalities", "gists", "grists", "hearts", "kernels", "keynotes", "mains", "marrows", "masses", "nets", "nubbins", "nubs", "nuclei", "nucleuses", "piths", "pivots", "purports", "quicks", "staples", "substances", "sums", "bases", "bottoms", "essentialities", "essentials", "affairs", "arguments", "debates" ], "synonyms":[ "contents", "matters", "motives", "questions", "subjects", "themes", "topics" ] }, "a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "schemes", "devices", "adornments", "caparisons", "decorations", "embellishments", "frills", "garnishes", "ornaments", "trims" ], "synonyms":[ "designs", "figures", "motives", "patterns" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "motion sickness":{ "as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "motionlessness":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "motived":{ "as in inspired , motivated":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "motivity":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "motor":{ "a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "converter", "transformer", "appliance", "mechanism", "equipment", "tool", "mill" ], "synonyms":[ "engine", "machine" ] }, "a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "coach", "jitney", "microbus", "minibus", "minivan", "omnibus", "van", "convertible", "fastback", "hardtop", "hatchback", "notchback", "ragtop", "sports car", "sport-utility vehicle", "station wagon", "SUV", "town car", "wagon", "woody", "woodie", "compact", "coupe", "coup\u00e9", "intermediate", "limousine", "mini", "minicar", "sedan", "subcompact", "V-8", "gas-guzzler", "land yacht", "muscle car", "stock car", "turbocar", "beater", "clunker", "crate", "flivver", "jalopy", "junker", "cream puff", "phaeton", "roadster", "tin lizzie", "touring car", "hybrid" ], "synonyms":[ "auto", "automobile", "bus", "car", "horseless carriage", "machine", "motor vehicle", "motorcar", "wheels" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ], "examples":[ "effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "related":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hump", "hurl", "hurry", "hurtle", "hustle", "jet", "jump", "nip", "pelt", "race", "ram", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ] }, "to travel by a motorized vehicle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "motoring along the highway at the speed limit" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "roll", "wheel", "joyride", "chauffeur", "hack", "taxi", "ride", "drag", "race" ], "synonyms":[ "automobile", "drive", "tool" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "motored":{ "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ], "examples":[ "effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "related":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurled", "hurried", "hurtled", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ] }, "to travel by a motorized vehicle":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "motoring along the highway at the speed limit" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "rolled", "wheeled", "joyrode", "chauffeured", "hacked", "taxied", "rode", "rid", "dragged", "raced" ], "synonyms":[ "automobiled", "drove", "tooled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "motormouth":{ "a person who talks constantly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gossip", "gossiper", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "blatherer", "blatherskite", "converser", "discourser" ], "synonyms":[ "babbler", "blabber", "blabbermouth", "blowhard", "cackler", "chatterbox", "chatterer", "conversationalist", "gabbler", "gasbag", "jabberer", "jay", "magpie", "prattler", "talker", "windbag" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mountain":{ "a considerable amount":{ "antonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "handful", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "mouthful", "nip", "ounce", "peanuts", "pinch", "pittance", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "speck", "spot", "sprinkle", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "taste", "touch", "trace" ], "examples":[ "receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays" ], "near antonyms":[ "atom", "crumb", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "fragment", "grain", "granule", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "mote", "nubbin", "particle", "ray", "scintilla", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit", "smatter", "smattering", "dash", "drop", "morsel", "shot", "piece", "portion", "section", "absence", "dearth", "famine", "lack", "paucity", "poverty", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want", "deficiency", "deficit", "inadequacy", "insufficiency", "meagerness", "scantiness", "scantness", "skimpiness" ], "related":[ "epidemic", "plague", "rash", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "plethora", "redundancy", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "deluge", "flood", "overflow", "army", "bevy", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "drove", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mob", "multitude", "press", "score", "sea", "swarm", "throng", "gazillion", "jillion", "kazillion", "million", "thousands", "trillion", "zillion" ], "synonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "basketful", "boatload", "bucket", "bunch", "bundle", "bushel", "carload", "chunk", "deal", "dozen", "fistful", "gobs", "good deal", "heap", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "much", "multiplicity", "myriad", "oodles", "pack", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plateful", "plenitude", "plentitude", "plenty", "pot", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "sheaf", "shipload", "sight", "slew", "spate", "stack", "store", "ton", "truckload", "volume", "wad", "wealth", "yard" ] }, "a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bank", "bar", "drift", "embankment", "bed", "layer", "mow", "pyramid", "rick", "barrow", "cairn", "pyre", "accumulation", "aggregate", "array", "assemblage", "collection", "conglomeration", "gathering", "grouping", "hoard", "huddle", "jumble", "knot", "pileup" ], "synonyms":[ "cock", "heap", "hill", "mound", "pile", "stack" ] }, "an elevation of land higher than a hill":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can" ], "near antonyms":[ "basin", "bowl", "depression", "hollow", "vale", "valley" ], "related":[ "cordillera", "mountain range", "range", "sierra", "inselberg", "knob", "seamount", "aiguille", "horn", "mountaintop", "pinnacle", "summit" ], "synonyms":[ "alp", "hump", "mount", "peak" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mountain%20man":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mountainous":{ "type":[ "adjective" ], "unusually large":{ "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ], "examples":[ "the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up" ], "near antonyms":[ "little", "mini", "petite", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint" ], "related":[ "big", "bulky", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous", "august", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "cavernous", "monolithic", "overwhelming", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "immeasurable", "infinite" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ] } }, "mousiness":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mouth":{ "a person who speaks for another or for a group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "spokesmodel", "spokeswoman", "front", "promoter", "shill", "communicator", "sayer", "talker", "agent", "ambassador", "delegate", "emissary", "envoy", "representative" ], "synonyms":[ "mouthpiece", "point man", "point person", "prophet", "speaker", "spokesman", "spokesperson" ] }, "a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection" ], "near antonyms":[ "grin", "laugh", "smile" ], "related":[ "flinch", "squinch", "wince", "growl", "snarl", "rictus", "simper", "smirk", "scoff", "sneer", "glare", "glower", "look", "stare" ], "synonyms":[ "face", "frown", "grimace", "lower", "lour", "moue", "mow", "mug", "pout", "scowl", "snoot" ] }, "disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I won't tolerate you giving your mother mouth about everything" ], "near antonyms":[ "civility", "cordiality", "courtesy", "diplomacy", "politeness", "tactfulness", "consideration", "gallantry", "gentility", "graciousness", "smoothness", "suaveness", "suavity", "deference", "respect", "affability" ], "related":[ "comeback", "rejoinder", "retort", "riposte", "wisecrack", "cuteness", "discourtesy", "disrespect", "guff", "impoliteness", "nonsense", "rudeness", "tactlessness", "audaciousness", "audacity", "boldness", "brazenness", "coarseness", "crassness", "crudity", "vulgarity", "abruptness", "bluffness", "bluntness", "brusqueness", "crossness", "curtness", "gruffness", "surliness" ], "synonyms":[ "back talk", "backchat", "cheek", "impertinence", "impudence", "insolence", "sass", "sauce" ] }, "the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "countenance", "face", "puss", "visage", "muzzle", "jaws", "mandible", "maxilla", "gullet", "maw" ], "synonyms":[ "chops", "gob", "kisser", "mug", "piehole", "trap", "yap" ] }, "to distort one's face":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes" ], "near antonyms":[ "beam", "grin", "smile" ], "related":[ "pout", "contort", "deform", "twist", "warp", "frown", "glare", "gloom", "glower", "lower", "lour", "scowl", "gape", "gaze", "ogle", "stare", "growl", "snarl", "sneer", "simper", "smirk" ], "synonyms":[ "grimace", "mug" ] }, "to speak softly and unclearly":{ "antonyms":[ "speak out", "speak up" ], "examples":[ "the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath" ], "near antonyms":[ "articulate", "enunciate" ], "related":[ "babble", "blab", "chatter", "drivel", "gabble", "gibber", "jabber", "maunder", "prattle", "ramble", "breathe", "gasp", "pant", "whisper", "buzz" ], "synonyms":[ "chunter", "grunt", "mumble", "murmur", "mutter" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mouth %28down%29":{ "as in swallow , down":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mouthful":{ "a small piece or quantity of food":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "took a small mouthful of the soup to see if she liked it" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "collop", "medallion", "noisette", "nosh", "snack", "appetizer", "canap\u00e9", "hors d'oeuvre", "bit", "chew", "crumb", "dab", "dribble", "driblet", "fleck", "hint", "mote", "nubbin", "particle", "pinch", "scrap", "scruple", "shred", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snip", "snippet", "speck", "spot", "sprinkling", "suspicion", "tittle", "touch", "trace", "dash", "drop", "lap", "lick", "gulp", "swallow", "swig" ], "synonyms":[ "bite", "morsel", "nibble", "nugget", "taste", "tidbit", "titbit" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "movement":{ "a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a movement for political reform in the city" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "assault", "attack", "maneuver", "march", "offensive", "action", "bid", "enterprise", "initiative", "mission", "project", "undertaking" ], "synonyms":[ "bandwagon", "blitz", "campaign", "cause", "crusade", "drive", "juggernaut", "push" ] }, "the act or an instance of changing position":{ "antonyms":[ "motionlessness" ], "examples":[ "a sudden movement in the far corner of the room made her turn in that direction" ], "near antonyms":[ "immobility", "inertia", "inertness", "stillness", "cessation", "discontinuance", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "pause", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ], "related":[ "dislocation", "migration", "relocation", "locomotion", "mobility", "motility", "motivity", "fiddling", "fidgeting", "squirm", "squirming", "twitching", "wriggling", "writhing", "flailing", "flapping", "waving" ], "synonyms":[ "motion", "move", "shift", "shifting", "stir", "stirring" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "moviemaking":{ "the art or business of making a movie":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a director with 25 years of experience at moviemaking" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "Bollywood", "Hollywood", "showbiz", "show business" ], "synonyms":[ "big screen", "cinema", "film", "filmdom", "filmland", "filmmaking", "movie", "pictures", "screen", "silver screen" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }