{ "shabby":{ "showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shabby wallpaper that was peeling from the walls" ], "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", "miserable", "moth-eaten", "neglected", "ratty", "run-down", "scrubby", "scruffy", "seedy", "sleazy", "tacky", "tatterdemalion", "tatty", "threadbare", "timeworn", "tumbledown" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ], "worn or torn into or as if into rags":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shabby , stained clothes that are barely better than rags" ], "near antonyms":[ "brand-new", "new", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "unused" ], "related":[ "dowdy", "scruffy", "tatterdemalion", "dingy", "faded", "lacerate", "lacerated", "shredded", "holey", "patchy", "broken-down", "decrepit", "dilapidated", "dog-eared", "grungy", "mangy", "moth-eaten", "run-down", "scuzzy", "tacky" ], "synonyms":[ "frayed", "ragged", "raggedy", "ratty", "seedy", "tattered", "threadbare", "worn-out" ] } }, "shade":{ "a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a lovely shade of blue" ], "near antonyms":[ "achromatism" ], "related":[ "overtone", "undertone", "primary color", "secondary color", "tertiary color", "brightness", "chroma", "chromaticity", "contrast", "lightness", "saturation", "value", "coloration", "coloring", "colorway", "pigmentation" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "color", "hue", "tincture", "tinge", "tint", "tone" ] }, "a time or place of little or no light":{ "antonyms":[ "blaze", "brightness", "brilliance", "day", "daylight", "glare", "glow", "light", "lightness" ], "examples":[ "enjoying the cool shade of the evening" ], "near antonyms":[ "moonlight", "starlight", "sunlight", "effulgence", "radiance", "radiancy", "shine", "sunshine", "incandescence", "luminance", "luminescence", "luminosity", "luminousness" ], "related":[ "midnight", "blackout", "brownout", "dimout", "shadiness", "umbrage", "dullness", "dulness", "somberness", "cloudiness", "fogginess", "haziness", "mistiness", "murkiness", "dimness", "faintness", "gloominess", "grayness", "paleness", "half-light" ], "synonyms":[ "black", "blackness", "candlelight", "dark", "darkness", "dusk", "gloaming", "gloom", "murk", "night", "semidarkness", "shadows", "twilight", "umbra" ] }, "a very small amount":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "just a shade taller than his dance partner" ], "near antonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "boatload", "bucket", "bundle", "bushel", "deal", "fistful", "gobs", "heaps", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "oodles", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plenty", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "stack", "wad", "wealth", "volume", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overflow", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "chunk", "hunk", "lump", "slab" ], "related":[ "hoot", "iota", "jot", "minim", "minimum", "modicum", "semblance", "syllable", "tittle", "vestige", "whit", "atom", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "grain", "granule", "molecule", "morsel", "mote", "nubbin", "patch", "scrap", "dash", "drop", "pinch", "part", "portion", "section", "bite", "nibble", "taste", "handful", "scattering", "smatter", "smattering", "dose", "shot", "chip", "flake", "fragment", "shard", "shiver", "sliver", "smithereens", "splinter", "tatter", "clipping", "paring", "shaving" ], "synonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "crumb", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "nip", "ounce", "particle", "peanuts", "ray", "scintilla", "scruple", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smack", "smell", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snap", "soup\u00e7on", "spark", "spatter", "speck", "splash", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "touch", "trace" ] }, "partial darkness due to the obstruction of light rays":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it was hard to see in the shade after being in the brilliant sunlight", "the trees cast shade" ], "near antonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "effulgence", "illumination", "incandescence", "light", "lightness", "lucidity", "lucidness", "luminance", "luminosity", "luminousness", "radiance", "radiancy" ], "related":[ "blackness", "dimness", "duskiness", "gloom", "gloominess", "murkiness", "obscurity", "semidarkness", "somberness", "cloudiness" ], "synonyms":[ "dusk", "penumbra", "shadiness", "shadow", "umbra" ] }, "the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "spirits and shades haunting the night" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "angel", "daimon", "familiar", "genie", "genius", "jinni", "jinn", "djinni", "djinn", "shaitan", "double", "doppelg\u00e4nger", "doppelganger", "fetch", "lemures", "manes", "incubus", "lamia", "succubus", "vampire", "zombie", "zombi", "cacodemon", "demon", "daemon", "devil", "fiend", "ghoul", "imp" ], "synonyms":[ "apparition", "bogey", "bogie", "bogy", "familiar spirit", "ghost", "hant", "haunt", "materialization", "phantasm", "fantasm", "phantom", "poltergeist", "shadow", "specter", "spectre", "spirit", "spook", "sprite", "vision", "visitant", "wraith" ] }, "to shelter (something) from light and heat":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the trees shaded us quite nicely from the noonday sun" ], "near antonyms":[ "illuminate", "light", "lighten", "expose" ], "related":[ "cloud", "darken", "dim", "dull", "overcast", "overshadow", "canopy", "cover", "protect", "screen" ], "synonyms":[ "shadow" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shadowiness":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shags":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shake down":{ "as in couch , bunk bed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in dry run":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in pursuit , reconnaissance":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the rumor is that he started his career shaking people down as an enforcer for the mob" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shaken":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we shook our pursuers by cutting through the abandoned lot" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "courted", "embraced", "pursued", "sought", "welcomed", "caught", "contracted", "incurred" ], "related":[ "missed", "averted", "deflected", "diverted", "obviated", "parried", "prevented", "warded (off)", "banned", "barred", "debarred", "eliminated", "excepted", "excluded", "precluded", "ruled out", "bypassed", "circumvented", "skirted", "foiled", "foxed", "frustrated", "outfoxed", "outsmarted", "outwitted", "overreached", "thwarted" ], "synonyms":[ "avoided", "dodged", "ducked", "eluded", "escaped", "eschewed", "evaded", "finessed", "got around", "gotten around", "scaped", "shirked", "shuffled (out of)", "shunned", "weaseled (out of)" ] }, "to make a series of small irregular or violent movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the bus rattled and shook as it barreled down a rutted road" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "rocked", "swayed", "swung", "chattered", "quavered", "shivered", "thrilled", "trembled", "twitched", "doddered", "wavered", "flickered", "fluctuated", "fluttered", "oscillated", "undulated", "waved", "beaten", "beat", "palpitated", "pit-a-patted", "pitter-pattered", "pulsated", "pulsed", "throbbed" ], "synonyms":[ "agitated", "bucketed", "convulsed", "jerked", "jiggled", "joggled", "jolted", "jounced", "juddered", "quaked", "quivered", "shuddered", "vibrated", "wobbled", "wabbled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shaken up":{ "to cause an unpleasant surprise for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the news that we had failed the auto inspection shook us up" ], "near antonyms":[ "buffered", "cushioned", "delighted", "gratified", "pleased", "rejoiced", "tickled", "charmed", "enticed", "tempted", "assured", "cheered", "comforted", "consoled", "solaced", "soothed", "reassured" ], "related":[ "astonished", "bowled over", "dumbfounded", "dumfounded", "flabbergasted", "freaked (out)", "stunned", "stupefied", "affrighted", "alarmed", "alarumed", "dismayed", "frighted", "frightened", "horrified", "panicked", "scared", "scarified", "spooked", "startled", "terrified", "terrorized", "disgusted", "nauseated", "repelled", "revolted", "sickened", "turned off", "displeased", "offended", "outraged", "scandalized", "amazed", "astounded", "awed", "chilled", "daunted", "demoralized", "dispirited", "emasculated", "undone", "unmanned", "unnerved", "unstrung", "discomforted", "discomposed", "disconcerted", "disquieted", "distressed", "disturbed", "perturbed", "shaken", "unsettled", "upset", "weirded out", "crushed", "overpowered", "overwhelmed" ], "synonyms":[ "appalled", "floored", "jolted", "shocked" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shakily":{ "as in delicately , faintly":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "shakiness":{ "the quality or state of not being firmly fixed in position":{ "antonyms":[ "fastness", "fixedness", "security", "stability", "steadiness" ], "examples":[ "we added a couple more ropes to help reduce the shakiness of the footbridge" ], "near antonyms":[ "firmness", "soundness", "substantiality" ], "related":[ "insubstantiality", "unsoundness", "changeability", "inconstancy", "mutability", "laxness", "looseness", "slackness" ], "synonyms":[ "insecurity", "instability", "precariousness", "unstableness", "unsteadiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shaky":{ "giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{ "antonyms":[ "certain", "hands-down", "incontestable", "indisputable", "indubitable", "questionless", "sure", "undeniable", "undoubted", "unproblematic", "unquestionable" ], "examples":[ "results that were arrived at using some shaky experimental procedures" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "definitive", "clear", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "positive" ], "related":[ "alleged", "so-called", "supposed", "moot", "ambiguous", "open", "unclear", "uncertain", "undecided", "undetermined", "far-fetched", "flimsy", "improbable", "unlikely", "weak" ], "synonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "dodgy", "doubtable", "doubtful", "dubious", "dubitable", "equivocal", "fishy", "problematic", "problematical", "queer", "questionable", "shady", "suspect", "suspicious" ] }, "marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the old man's hands were so shaky that I was afraid he'd drop the glass" ], "near antonyms":[ "controlled", "firm", "settled", "stable", "steady" ], "related":[ "convulsive", "shivering", "shivery", "rocky", "staggery", "unstable", "unsteady", "wavering", "wavery", "palpitating", "pulsating", "throbbing" ], "synonyms":[ "aquiver", "atremble", "quaking", "quavery", "quivering", "shaking", "shuddering", "shuddery", "tottering", "tottery", "trembling", "trembly", "tremulous", "wobbling", "wabbling", "wobbly", "wabbly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shamble":{ "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breeze", "coast", "glide", "slide", "waltz", "whisk" ], "examples":[ "disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room" ], "near antonyms":[ "drift", "float", "hang", "hover", "poise", "waft" ], "related":[ "drag", "flop", "haul", "blunder", "careen", "dodder", "lurch", "reel", "stagger", "sway", "teeter", "totter", "waddle", "weave", "wobble", "wabble" ], "synonyms":[ "barge", "clump", "flog", "flounder", "galumph", "lumber", "lump", "plod", "pound", "scuff", "scuffle", "shuffle", "slog", "slough", "stamp", "stomp", "stumble", "stump", "tramp", "tromp", "trudge" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shambling":{ "as in wobbly , lumbering":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breezing", "coasting", "gliding", "sliding", "waltzing", "whisking" ], "examples":[ "disconsolate and exhausted after losing the match, the wrestler shambled toward the locker room" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifting", "floating", "hanging", "hovering", "poising", "wafting" ], "related":[ "dragging", "flopping", "hauling", "blundering", "careening", "doddering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "swaying", "teetering", "tottering", "waddling", "weaving", "wobbling", "wabbling" ], "synonyms":[ "barging", "clumping", "flogging", "floundering", "galumphing", "lumbering", "lumping", "plodding", "pounding", "scuffing", "scuffling", "shuffling", "slogging", "sloughing", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "stumping", "tramping", "tromping", "trudging" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "shame":{ "a feeling of responsibility for wrongdoing":{ "antonyms":[ "impenitence", "remorselessness" ], "examples":[ "racked with shame over her actions of the previous week" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "compunction", "misgiving", "prick", "qualm", "scruple", "blame", "culpability", "fault", "liability", "rap", "responsibility", "chagrin", "embarrassment", "anguish", "distress", "grief", "ruth", "sadness", "sorrow", "bloodguilt", "bloodguiltiness", "apology", "excuses", "hand-wringing", "mea culpa" ], "synonyms":[ "contriteness", "contrition", "guilt", "penitence", "regret", "remorse", "remorsefulness", "repentance", "rue", "self-reproach" ] }, "a regrettable or blameworthy act":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it's a shame you won't be able to come to the party" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "outrage", "scandal" ], "synonyms":[ "crime", "disgrace", "pity", "sin" ] }, "the state of having lost the esteem of others":{ "antonyms":[ "esteem", "honor", "respect" ], "examples":[ "left the room in shame after his angry outburst" ], "near antonyms":[ "admiration", "appreciation", "estimation", "regard", "awe", "fear", "reverence", "fame", "glory", "renown", "repute" ], "related":[ "scandal", "contempt", "despite", "disdain", "scorn", "deprecation", "disapprobation", "disapproval", "disfavor", "abasement", "debasement", "debasing", "degradation", "dust", "humbling", "humiliation", "blot", "brand", "shadow", "slur", "smirch", "spot", "stain", "stigma", "taint" ], "synonyms":[ "discredit", "disesteem", "disgrace", "dishonor", "disrepute", "ignominy", "infamy", "obloquy", "odium", "opprobrium", "reproach" ] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "canonize", "deify", "elevate", "exalt" ], "examples":[ "shamed the family name with his conviction for embezzlement" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "boast", "celebrate", "cheer", "cite", "commend", "compliment", "congratulate", "decorate", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "fete", "f\u00eate", "hail", "honor", "laud", "praise", "salute", "tout", "acknowledge", "recognize", "highlight", "play up", "spotlight", "dignify", "ennoble", "enshrine", "ensky", "enthrone", "glorify", "magnify", "advance", "boost", "lift", "promote", "raise", "upgrade", "uplift", "idealize", "romanticize" ], "related":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "mortify", "nonplus", "rattle", "belittle", "castigate", "criticize", "cry down", "decry", "depreciate", "detract", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "ridicule", "write off", "bad-mouth", "defame", "defile", "libel", "malign", "slander", "affront", "insult", "censure", "condemn", "damn", "denounce", "execrate", "reprehend", "reprobate" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "chasten", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "humble", "humiliate", "lower", "sink", "smirch", "take down" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shanghaied":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shanty":{ "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "lived just off the beach in a crude shanty" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "lean-to", "shed", "cot", "cottage", "lodge", "cabana", "bungalow", "chalet", "hogan", "wickiup", "wigwam", "tent" ], "synonyms":[ "cabin", "camp", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "hutment", "shack" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shard":{ "a small sharp piece of something (such as glass or pottery)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Watch out for the shards of glass on the floor." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shares":{ "a legal right to participation in the advantages, profits, and responsibility of something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she sold her share in the business to her partner" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "co-ownerships", "ownerships", "partnerships", "parts", "possessions", "titles" ], "synonyms":[ "claims", "interests", "stakes" ] }, "something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my share of the lottery winnings is over a million dollars", "her share of the bill comes to $13.44" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggregates", "composites", "compounds", "pools", "sums", "totalities", "totals", "wholes" ], "related":[ "lots", "rations", "commissions", "percentages", "members", "partitions", "sections", "segments" ], "synonyms":[ "allotments", "allowances", "cuts", "ends", "parts", "pieces", "portions", "proportions", "quotas", "slices", "takes" ] }, "to take a share or part":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone in the enterprise will share in the profits" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "endures", "experiences", "feels", "knows", "sees", "tastes", "undergoes", "encounters", "meets", "accepts", "receives" ], "synonyms":[ "partakes", "participates" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sharp-eyed":{ "having unusually keen vision":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a very sharp-eyed child found the last Easter egg, which was hidden in the flower arrangement" ], "near antonyms":[ "blind", "eyeless", "sightless", "stone-blind", "visionless", "astigmatic", "myopic", "nearsighted", "shortsighted", "purblind" ], "related":[ "sighted", "alert", "attentive", "aware", "observant", "observing", "vigilant", "watchful" ], "synonyms":[ "clear-sighted", "eagle-eyed", "hawkeyed", "lynx-eyed", "sharp-sighted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sharpen":{ "to make sharp or sharper":{ "antonyms":[ "blunt", "dull" ], "examples":[ "you need to sharpen your penknife's blade frequently in order to be able to whittle properly" ], "near antonyms":[ "buff", "burnish", "gloss", "polish", "round", "smooth" ], "related":[ "file" ], "synonyms":[ "edge", "grind", "hone", "stone", "strop", "whet" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shattered":{ "forcibly separated into many pieces":{ "antonyms":[ "unbroken" ], "examples":[ "the glass mirror lay shattered on the floor" ], "near antonyms":[ "fixed", "healed", "mended", "patched", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "repaired", "infrangible", "unbreakable" ], "related":[ "blasted", "detonated", "exploded", "cracked", "slivered", "splintered", "split", "collapsed", "imploded", "demolished", "destroyed", "devastated", "pulverized", "ruinate", "ruined", "wrecked", "damaged", "defaced", "disintegrated", "dynamited", "mangled", "mutilated", "eradicated", "exterminated", "extirpated", "obliterated", "wiped out", "breakable", "brittle", "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "frangible" ], "synonyms":[ "broken", "busted", "fractured", "fragmented", "smashed" ] }, "to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of":{ "antonyms":[ "built", "constructed", "erected", "put up", "raised", "reared", "set up" ], "examples":[ "tried to restore their shattered hopes" ], "near antonyms":[ "doctored", "fixed", "mended", "patched", "reconditioned", "repaired", "revamped", "created", "invented", "assembled", "fabricated", "fashioned", "forged", "formed", "framed", "made", "manufactured", "molded", "produced", "shaped", "brought about", "constituted", "established", "fathered", "founded", "instituted", "organized", "conserved", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "rebuilt", "reconstructed", "remodeled", "renovated", "restored" ], "related":[ "beat", "bested", "clobbered", "conquered", "crushed", "defeated", "drubbed", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "routed", "scotched", "skunked", "subdued", "surmounted", "thrashed", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "trounced", "walloped", "whipped", "won (against)", "blasted", "blew up", "broke", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "deteriorated", "disfigured", "disintegrated", "dissolved", "dynamited", "harmed", "impaired", "injured", "mangled", "marred", "mutilated", "spoiled", "spoilt", "vitiated", "eroded", "scoured", "swept (away)", "washed out", "wore (away)", "dilapidated", "disassembled", "dismantled", "gutted", "took down", "unbuilt", "undid", "unmade", "blotted out", "effaced", "eradicated", "expunged", "exterminated", "extirpated", "liquidated", "obliterated", "removed", "rooted (out)", "snuffed (out)", "stamped (out)", "wiped out", "despoiled", "havocked", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "ravaged", "sacked", "trampled", "trashed", "vandalized", "assassinated", "butchered", "cut down", "dispatched", "executed", "felled", "killed", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "murdered", "slaughtered", "slew", "took out", "zapped" ], "synonyms":[ "annihilated", "creamed", "decimated", "demolished", "desolated", "destroyed", "devastated", "did in", "extinguished", "nuked", "pulled down", "pulverized", "razed", "rubbed out", "ruined", "smashed", "tore down", "totaled", "totalled", "vaporized", "wasted", "wracked", "wrecked" ] }, "to cause to break open or into pieces by or as if by an explosive":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shattered the sealed clay pot to find out what was inside" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "imploded" ], "related":[ "dynamited", "annihilated", "decimated", "destroyed", "ruined", "wrecked", "detonated", "discharged", "fragmented", "splintered" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "blew", "blew up", "burst", "bursted", "demolished", "exploded", "popped", "smashed" ] }, "to cause to break with violence and much 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"mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "scores", "seas", "swarms", "throngs", "gazillions", "jillions", "kazillions", "millions", "million", "thousands", "trillions", "zillions" ], "synonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "basketfuls", "basketsful", "boatloads", "buckets", "bunches", "bundles", "bushels", "carloads", "chunks", "deals", "dozens", "dozen", "fistfuls", "gobs", "good deals", "heaps", "hundreds", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "multiplicities", "myriads", "oodles", "packs", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "platefuls", "plenitudes", "plenties", "plentitudes", "potfuls", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "shiploads", "sights", "slews", "spates", "stacks", "stores", "tons", "truckloads", "volumes", "wads", "wealths", "yards" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shed":{ "as in lean-to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "flake", "peel", "scale", "chuck", "discard", "ditch", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "junk", "scrap", "shuck (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "unload" ], "synonyms":[ "exfoliate", "molt", "slip", "slough", "sluff" ] }, "to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change" ], "near antonyms":[ "adopt", "embrace", "take on", "employ", "use", "utilize", "hold", "hold back", "keep", "retain" ], "related":[ "abandon", "abdicate", "desert", "forsake", "dismiss", "kick out", "abolish", "annihilate", "eliminate", "eradicate", "expunge", "exterminate", "extinguish", "extirpate", "liquidate", "remove", "root (out)", "stamp (out)", "wipe out" ], "synonyms":[ "cashier", "cast (off)", "chuck", "deep-six", "discard", "ditch", "dump", "eighty-six", "86", "exorcise", "exorcize", "fling (off or away)", "jettison", "junk", "lay by", "lose", "pitch", "reject", "scrap", "shuck (off)", "slough (off)", "sluff (off)", "throw away", "throw out", "toss", "unload" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sheepfold":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sheepishness":{ "as in diffidence , timidness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sheepskin":{ "as in lambskin , cowhide":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shell game":{ "an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it's amazing how intelligent people fall for that investment-fund shell game" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cross", "fix", "Ponzi scheme", "pyramid scheme", "racket", "rip-off", "thimblerig", "three-card monte", "device", "dodge", "gimmick", "jig", "ploy", "scheme", "sleight", "stratagem", "trick", "wile", "gouging", "overcharging", "soaking", "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "hoax", "humbug", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "synonyms":[ "bunco", "bunko", "con", "fiddle", "flimflam", "fraud", "hustle", "scam", "sting", "swindle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shelter":{ "something (as a building) that offers cover from the weather or protection from danger":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the sudden fierce storm forced us to run to the nearest shelter" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "oasis", "anchorage", "mooring", "port", "cover", "screen", "abode", "diggings", "domicile", "dwelling", "habitation", "house", "housing", "lodging", "lodgment", "lodgement", "pad", "place", "quarters", "residence", "rest", "roof", "cloister", "closet", "covert", "den", "hermitage", "hideaway", "hideout", "lair", "castle", "fastness", "fort", "fortress", "palisade", "redoubt", "stronghold", "lean-to", "lee", "shed", "windbreak" ], "synonyms":[ "asylum", "bolt-hole", "harbor", "harborage", "haven", "refuge", "retreat", "sanctuary", "sanctum" ] }, "to be or provide a shelter for":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the abandoned barn shelters a colony of stray cats" ], "near antonyms":[ "expose" ], "related":[ "cover", "defend", "protect", "safeguard", "screen", "secure", "shield", "ward", "domicile", "house", "place", "quarter", "shade", "shadow" ], "synonyms":[ "harbor", "refuge" ] }, "to provide with living quarters or shelter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "sheltered the troops in tents until permanent barracks could be built" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "evict" ], "related":[ "ensconce", "home", "roost", "secure", "shed", "stable", "tent", "barrack", "bed (down)" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodate", "bestow", "billet", "bivouac", "board", "bunk", "camp", "chamber", "domicile", "encamp", "harbor", "house", "lodge", "put up", "quarter", "roof", "room", "take in" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shelve":{ "to assign to a later time":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "let's shelve the project for now" ], "near antonyms":[ "act", "deal (with)", "decide (upon)", "do", "work (on)" ], "related":[ "suspend", "hesitate", "pause", "stay", "detain", "retard", "slow", "extend", "lengthen", "prolong", "protract", "stretch (out)", "wait" ], "synonyms":[ "defer", "delay", "hold off (on)", "hold over", "hold up", "lay over", "postpone", "put off", "put over", "remit" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shepherd":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shepherding her through the procedure of taking out a loan" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "godfather", "direct", "engineer", "steer", "sway", "accompany", "attend", "chaperone", "chaperon", "convoy", "escort", "see", "squire", "oversee", "superintend", "supervise", "drill", "train", "brief", "enlighten", "inform", "instruct", "school", "teach", "inculcate", "indoctrinate", "cultivate", "foster", "nurture" ], "synonyms":[ "coach", "counsel", "guide", "lead", "mentor", "pilot", "show", "tutor" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shielding":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to drive danger or attack away from":{ "antonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking" ], "examples":[ "celebrities who are shielded by a cluster of bodyguards whenever they appear in public" ], "near antonyms":[ "bombarding", "storming", "besetting", "besieging", "overrunning", "capitulating", "caving", "submitting", "yielding" ], "related":[ "averting", "preventing", "opposing", "resisting", "withstanding", "battling", "contending", "fighting", "warring", "conserving", "preserving", "saving", "buffering", "palisading", "picketing", "walling" ], "synonyms":[ "bulwarking", "covering", "defending", "fencing", "fending", "forfending", "guarding", "keeping", "protecting", "safeguarding", "screening", "securing", "warding" ] }, "to place a protective layer over":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "she shielded her eyes from the sun with her hand" ], "near antonyms":[ "baring", "exposing", "uncovering" ], "related":[ "cloaking", "clothing", "veiling", "draping", "palling", "canopying", "capping", "crowning", "disguising", "masking", "obscuring" ], "synonyms":[ "covering", "screening" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "shifting":{ "the act or an instance of changing position":{ "antonyms":[ "motionlessness" ], "examples":[ "the shifting of the toys to the front of the display was a direct result of their sudden popularity" ], "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", "movement", "shift", "stir", "stirring" ] }, "to change one's position":{ "antonyms":[ "freezing", "stilling" ], "examples":[ "she shifted uncomfortably in her seat throughout the interview" ], "near antonyms":[ "hanging around", "remaining", "staying", "sticking around", "tarrying", "stabilizing" ], "related":[ "fiddling", "fidgeting", "jiggling", "squiggling", "squirming", "tossing", "twitching", "wiggling", "wriggling", "writhing", "rousing" ], "synonyms":[ "budging", "locomoting", "moving", "stirring" ] }, "to change the place or position of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he shifted the vase closer to the wall so that it wouldn't get knocked over" ], "near antonyms":[ "anchoring", "fixing", "freezing", "mooring", "securing", "setting", "stabilizing", "embedding", "imbedding", "entrenching", "intrenching", "implanting", "ingraining", "engraining", "lodging", "rooting" ], "related":[ "bearing", "carrying", "carting", "conveying", "driving", "hauling", "lugging", "toting", "transmitting", "transplanting", "transporting", "replacing", "superseding", "supplanting", "altering", "making over", "modifying", "redoing", "refashioning", "remaking", "remodeling", "revamping", "revising", "reworking", "varying" ], "synonyms":[ "budging", "dislocating", "displacing", "disturbing", "moving", "relocating", "removing", "repositioning", "transferring", "transposing" ] }, "to give up (something) and take something else in return":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my brother and I shifted seats just before takeoff so that he could sit by the window" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "interchanging", "displacing", "replacing", "superseding", "ceding", "handing over", "surrendering", "yielding", "reciprocating" ], "synonyms":[ "changing", "commuting", "exchanging", "substituting", "swapping", "switching", "trading" ] }, "to meet one's day-to-day needs":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "left the others to shift for themselves" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsing", "failing", "falling short", "fizzling", "floundering", "declining", "petering (out)", "slumping", "waning", "giving up" ], "related":[ "carrying on", "contriving", "scraping (by or through)", "scrounging", "lasting", "surviving", "eking out", "scraping (out)", "squeezing", "wresting", "wringing", "affording", "swinging" ], "synonyms":[ "coping", "doing", "faring", "getting along", "getting by", "getting on", "making out", "managing" ] }, "to pass from one form, state, or level to another":{ "antonyms":[ "plateauing", "stabilizing" ], "examples":[ "she watched the aurora in fascination as its colors shifted from green to blue" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "metamorphosing", "morphing", "transmuting", "bettering", "improving", "deteriorating", "worsening", "turning around", "seesawing", "teetering", "vacillating", "wavering" ], "synonyms":[ "changing", "fluctuating", "mutating", "snapping", "varying" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shimmery":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shingling":{ "as in overlap , overlaying":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in overlapping , overlaying":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shininess":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shipping":{ "to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[ "accepting", "receiving" ], "examples":[ "we shipped those books out yesterday" ], "near antonyms":[ "acquiring", "drawing", "earning", "gaining", "garnering", "getting", "obtaining", "procuring", "securing" ], "related":[ "conveying", "delivering", "handing over", "passing", "rendering", "advancing", "dropping", "launching", "addressing", "forwarding", "exporting", "importing", "bestowing", "contributing", "donating", "giving", "presenting", "resending", "returning" ], "synonyms":[ "consigning", "dispatching", "packing (off)", "sending", "shooting", "transferring", "transmitting", "transporting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shipyard":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shirty":{ "feeling or showing anger":{ "antonyms":[ "angerless", "delighted", "pleased" ], "examples":[ "the visiting businessman was beginning to feel as though he had encountered every shirty bloke in London" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "accommodating", "obliging", "agreeable", "amenable", "complaisant", "amicable", "cordial", "friendly", "content", "happy", "satisfied", "empathetic", "sympathetic", "tolerant", "understanding", "calm", "pacific", "peaceable", "placid", "serene", "tranquil", "unembittered", "affable", "amiable", "easygoing", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "kind", "pleasant", "sweet" ], "related":[ "ranting", "raving", "stormy", "boiling", "bristling", "bristly", "burning", "cross", "huffy", "passionate", "seething", "sizzling", "smoldering", "smouldering", "worked up", "wrought (up)", "acrid", "acrimonious", "antagonistic", "antipathetic", "bitter", "embittered", "inimical", "malevolent", "piqued", "rancorous", "resentful", "spiteful", "vengeful", "vindictive", "virulent", "vitriolic", "antisocial", "cold", "cool", "disagreeable", "disapproving", "distant", "frigid", "icy", "ill-tempered", "sorehead", "soreheaded", "sulky", "unfriendly", "unpleasant", "aggravated", "annoyed", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "churlish", "crabby", "cranky", "dyspeptic", "exasperated", "fretful", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "ill-humored", "inflammable", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perturbed", "petulant", "put out", "quick-tempered", "snappish", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "belligerent", "contentious", "contrary", "disputatious", "ornery", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "querulous" ], "synonyms":[ "angered", "angry", "apoplectic", "ballistic", "cheesed off", "choleric", "enraged", "foaming", "fuming", "furious", "hopping", "horn-mad", "hot", "incensed", "indignant", "inflamed", "enflamed", "infuriate", "infuriated", "irate", "ireful", "livid", "mad", "outraged", "rabid", "rankled", "riled", "riley", "roiled", "sore", "steamed up", "steaming", "teed off", "ticked", "wrathful", "wroth" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shivered":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shoot":{ "a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "collected the most tender shoots for the vegetable dish he was making" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "excrescence", "growth", "bough", "branchlet", "limb", "twig", "bud", "floret", "spray", "sprig", "spur" ], "synonyms":[ "offshoot", "outgrowth", "sprout" ] }, "a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "there'd be a shoot of pain from that molar whenever I bit down" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "ease", "easiness" ], "related":[ "discomfort", "distress", "soreness", "tenderness", "affliction", "agony", "anguish", "misery", "sufferance", "suffering", "torment", "torture", "inflammation", "sore", "swelling", "damage", "detriment", "harm", "hurt", "injury", "backache", "bellyache", "charley horse", "colic", "complaint", "earache", "gripe", "headache", "stomachache", "toothache" ], "synonyms":[ "ache", "pain", "pang", "prick", "smart", "sting", "stitch", "throe", "tingle", "twinge" ] }, "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "BB guns shoot small round metal pellets" ], "near antonyms":[], 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"discharge", "firing" ] }, "a favorable combination of circumstances, time, and place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we have a real shot at getting into the championship if we win this next match" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "play", "way", "juncture", "pass" ], "synonyms":[ "break", "chance", "occasion", "opening", "opportunity", "room" ] }, "a person skilled in shooting at a target":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a soldier who's an excellent shot with a rifle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "sniper", "rifleman", "trapshooter", "gun", "gunman", "gunner", "markswoman" ], "synonyms":[ "marksman", "sharpshooter", "shooter" ] }, "a picture created from an image recorded on a light-sensitive surface by a camera":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "took a shot of his family for the scrapbook" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blowup", "close-up", "enlargement", "still", "telephoto", "daguerreotype", "ferrotype", "monochrome", "sepia", "tintype" ], "synonyms":[ "photo", "photograph", "pic", "print", "snap", "snapshot" ] }, "an effort to do or accomplish something":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "let's take another shot at the puzzle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "striving", "struggle", "throes", "undertaking", "trial and error" ], "synonyms":[ "assay", "attempt", "bash", "bid", "crack", "endeavor", "essay", "fling", "go", "offer", "pass", "stab", "trial", "try", "whack", "whirl" ] }, "an opinion or judgment based on little or no evidence":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I have no idea what's different about you, but I'll take a shot : you cut your hair?" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "hypothesis", "hypothetical", "theory", "thesis", "dead reckoning", "guessing", "guesswork", "speculation", "hunch", "intuition", "belief", "faith" ], "synonyms":[ "conjecture", "guess", "supposition", "surmise" ] }, "the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "drank a shot of whisky" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "dram", "drop" ], "synonyms":[ "belt", "draft", "drag", "drink", "gulp", "nip", "quaff", "sip", "slug", "snort", "sup", "swallow", "swig", "swill" ] }, "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "BB guns shoot small round metal pellets" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "launched", "projected", "blazed (at)", "sniped (at)", "cast", "catapulted", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "hurtled", "lobbed", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "discharged", "fired", "loosed", "squeezed off" ] }, "to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "soldiers train extensively to learn to shoot accurately and quickly" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blazed", "peppered", "plinked", "potshot", "sniped" ], "synonyms":[ "blasted", "discharged", "fired" ] }, "to cause to go or be taken from one place to another":{ "antonyms":[ "accepted", "received" ], "examples":[ "shot a 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"sprinkled", "stippled" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ], "examples":[ "some show-off shot past all the other skiers on the slope" ], "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", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ] }, "to strike with a missile from a gun":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hunters can shoot deer only during the legally specified open season" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blew away", "brought down", "dropped", "picked off", "shot down", "blazed", "peppered", "potshot", "sniped (at)", "blasted (at)", "fired (at)", "pistoled", "pistolled", "shotgunned", "machine-gunned", "tommy-gunned", "croaked", "destroyed", "did in", "dispatched", "felled", "iced", "killed", "slew", "annihilated", "blotted out", "butchered", "decimated", "massacred", "slaughtered", "wiped out" ], "synonyms":[ "drilled", "gunned", "plugged", "popped" ] }, "to take a photograph of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shooting the lakeside scene while the light lasted" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "imaged", "pictured", "rephotographed", "retook", "filmed", "videotaped" ], "synonyms":[ "mugged", "photoed", "photographed", "snapped" ] }, "to throw or give off":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "suddenly the old, broken-down toaster began shooting out sparks" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbed", "inhaled", "soaked (up)", "sponged", "sucked (up)", "took up" ], "related":[ "eliminated", "evacuated", "excreted", "exuded", "oozed", "secreted", "ejected", "erupted", "gushed", "jetted", "outpoured", "poured", "spewed", "spouted", "sprayed", "spurted", "squirted" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "discharged", "emanated", "emitted", "evolved", "exhaled", "expelled", "expired", "gave out", "irradiated", "issued", "radiated", "released", "sent (out)", "threw out", "vented" ] }, "to voice one's opinions freely with 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"goad", "impetus", "impulse", "incentive", "incitation", "incitement", "instigation", "momentum", "motivation", "provocation", "spur", "stimulant", "stimulus", "yeast" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "shot%20up":{ "to rise abruptly and rapidly":{ "antonyms":[ "nose-dived", "plummeted", "plunged", "slumped", "tumbled" ], "examples":[ "gas prices shot up seemingly overnight" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "fell", "contracted", "decreased", "diminished", "dropped", "lessened", "waned" ], "related":[ "accumulated", "appreciated", "ballooned", "built up", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "mounted", "multiplied", "mushroomed", "proliferated", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed", "crested", "peaked", "surged", "heightened", "intensified" ], "synonyms":[ "rocketed", "skyrocketed", "soared", "zoomed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "show%20bills":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, 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"brandished", "flourished", "waved", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "heralded", "placarded", "posted", "proclaimed", "publicized", "sounded", "trumpeted", "divulged", "talked (about)", "told (of)", "bared", "discovered", "revealed", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked" ], "synonyms":[ "displayed", "disported", "exhibited", "exposed", "flashed", "flaunted", "laid out", "paraded", "produced", "showed", "sported", "strutted", "unveiled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shower":{ "a heavy fall of objects":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a shower of books fell from the collapsing shelves" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "barrage", "bombardment", "broadside", "cannonade", "fusillade", "salvo", "volley", "flood", "gush", "rush", "spate", "torrent", "eruption", "outbreak", "outburst" ], "synonyms":[ "hail", "rain", "storm" ] }, "a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a shower of insults and curses rained down on the criminal as he was led through the crowd" ], "near antonyms":[ "dribble", "drip", "trickle" ], "related":[ "broadside", "earful", "avalanche", "burst", "cataclysm", "cataract", "deluge", "discharge", "engulfment", "flood", "flood tide", "flush", "gush", "inundation", "outburst", "outflow", "outpouring", "overflow", "rash", "spate", "surge", "torrent", "current", "river", "stream", "tide", "excess", "glut", "overabundance", "overage", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus" ], "synonyms":[ "barrage", "blitz", "blitzkrieg", "bombardment", "cannonade", "drumbeat", "drumfire", "flurry", "fusillade", "hail", "salvo", "storm", "volley" ] }, "to give readily and in large quantities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "showered gifts on the guests of honor" ], "near antonyms":[ "hold back", "keep", "reserve", "retain", "withhold" ], "related":[ "gush", "stream", "flood", "inundate", "overflow", "overwhelm", "swamp", "bombard", "hail" ], "synonyms":[ "heap", "lavish", "pour", "rain" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "showering":{ "to give readily and in large quantities":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "showered gifts on the guests of honor" ], "near antonyms":[ "holding back", "keeping", "reserving", "retaining", "withholding" ], "related":[ "gushing", "streaming", "flooding", "inundating", "overflowing", "overwhelming", "swamping", "bombarding", "hailing" ], "synonyms":[ "heaping", "lavishing", "pouring", "raining" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shrimper":{ "as in trawler , lugger":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shriveled":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to become small and wrinkly usually as a result of dehydration":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Without irrigation, these plants would shrivel (up) and die." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "shrouds":{ "something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the truth of the affair will always be hidden under a shroud of secrecy" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blinds", "concealers", "screens", "shields", "fig leafs", "fig leaves", "Potemkin villages", "Trojan horses", "camouflages", "disguises", "facades", "fa\u00e7ades", "faces", "veneers", "glosses", "varnishes" ], "synonyms":[ "blankets", "cloaks", "copes", "coverings", "covers", "covertures", "cover-ups", "curtains", "hoods", "mantles", "masks", "palls", "penumbrae", "penumbras", "robes", "veils", "wraps" ] }, "to keep secret or shut off from view":{ "antonyms":[ "bares", "discloses", "displays", "divulges", "exposes", "reveals", "shows", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "unmasks", "unveils" ], "examples":[ "shrouded the fact that the child had been adopted" ], "near antonyms":[ "brings out", "presents", "clarifies", "illuminates", "advertises", "airs", "broadcasts", "gets out", "proclaims", "publicizes", "publishes", "spreads" ], "related":[ "buries", "camouflages", "covers (up)", "smothers", "gilds", "glosses (over)", "varnishes", "whitewashes", "beclouds", "bedims", "befogs", "blocks", "clouds", "darkens", "eclipses", "obstructs", "occludes", "overcasts", "overshadows", "shades" ], "synonyms":[ "belies", "blankets", "blots out", "cloaks", "conceals", "covers", "curtains", "disguises", "enshrouds", "hides", "masks", "obscures", "occults", "papers over", "screens", "suppresses", "veils" ] }, "to make dark, dim, or indistinct":{ "antonyms":[ "brightens", "illuminates", "illumines", "lightens", "lights (up)" ], "examples":[ "the smog shrouded our aerial view of the city" ], "near antonyms":[ "exposes", "reveals", "uncovers", "unveils" ], "related":[ "adumbrates", "blots out", "conceals", "eclipses", "hides", "obliterates", "screens", "shades", "camouflages", "cloaks", "covers", "curtains", "disguises", "masks", "veils" ], "synonyms":[ "beclouds", "bedims", "befogs", "blackens", "blears", "blurs", "clouds", "darkens", "dims", "dislimns", "fogs", "fuzzes (up)", "hazes", "mists", "obscures", "overcasts", "overclouds", "overshadows", "shadows" ] }, "to surround or cover closely":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "during rainy season the summit of the mountain is shrouded in mist" ], "near antonyms":[ "bares", "denudes", "exposes", "strips" ], "related":[ "curtains", "drapes", "embeds", "imbeds", "encases", "swaddles", "blankets", "overlays", "overspreads", "camouflages", "cloaks", "disguises", "masks", "circles", "encircles", "enlaces", "enwinds" ], "synonyms":[ "bosoms", "bowers", "circumfuses", "cocoons", "embosoms", "embowers", "embraces", "encloses", "incloses", "encompasses", "enfolds", "enshrouds", "enswathes", "envelops", "enwraps", "invests", "involves", "laps", "mantles", "muffles", "swathes", "veils", "wraps" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "shrunk":{ "to become smaller in size or volume through the drawing together of particles of matter":{ "antonyms":[ "ballooned", "expanded", "snowballed", "swelled", "swollen" ], "examples":[ "the sweater will shrink a little when washed" ], "near antonyms":[ "accumulated", "grown", "increased", "ballooned", "inflated", "puffed (up)" ], "related":[ "collapsed", "deflated", "flattened", "dried up", "shriveled", "shrivelled", "wilted", "withered", "abated", "decreased", "diminished", "dwindled", "lessened", "receded", "retreated", "withdrawn" ], "synonyms":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted" ] }, "to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shrinking back from the approaching flames" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "approached", "neared", "bearded", "challenged", "confronted", "defied", "faced" ], "related":[ "blanched", "paled", "whitened", "quaked", "quivered", "shaken", "shuddered", "trembled", "crouched", "jerked", "started", "twitched", "receded", "retired", "retreated", "withdrawn", "faltered", "hesitated", "reeled", "wavered" ], "synonyms":[ "blenched", "cringed", "flinched", "quailed", "recoiled", "squinched", "winced" ] }, "to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{ "antonyms":[ "accumulated", "ballooned", "built", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "grown", "increased", "intensified", "mounted", "mushroomed", "picked up", "risen", "snowballed", "soared", "swelled", "swollen", "waxed" ], "examples":[ "his crush on her is likely to shrink after they start their new lives on different college campuses" ], "near antonyms":[ "appeared", "emerged", "shown up", "showed up", "blown up", "distended", "elongated", "lengthened" ], "related":[ "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "evaporated", "faded (away)", "frittered (away)", "given out", "melted (away)", "petered (out)", "tailed (off)", "vanished", "slackened", "slowed (down)", "alleviated", "relaxed", "flagged", "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", "fallen", "fallen away", "lessened", "let up", "lowered", "moderated", "palled", "phased down", "ratcheted (down)", "racheted (down)", "receded", "relented", "remitted", "subsided", "tapered", "tapered off", "waned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shucked":{ "to remove the natural covering of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "shucking peas" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bared", "denuded", "exposed", "scaled", "stripped", "stript", "pared" ], "synonyms":[ "barked", "flayed", "hulled", "husked", "peeled", "shelled", "skinned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shuddery":{ "marked by or given to small uncontrollable bodily movements":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "with a few shuddery strokes of a pen, she signed her last will and testament" ], "near antonyms":[ "controlled", "firm", "settled", "stable", "steady" ], "related":[ "convulsive", "shivering", "shivery", "rocky", "staggery", "unstable", "unsteady", "wavering", "wavery", "palpitating", "pulsating", "throbbing" ], "synonyms":[ "aquiver", "atremble", "quaking", "quavery", "quivering", "shaking", "shaky", "shuddering", "tottering", "tottery", "trembling", "trembly", "tremulous", "wobbling", "wabbling", "wobbly", "wabbly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "shuffle (out of)":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I don't know how the CEO managed to shuffle out of being held responsible for his company's weak performance" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "court", "embrace", "pursue", "seek", "welcome", "catch", "contract", "incur" ], "related":[ "miss", "avert", "deflect", "divert", "obviate", "parry", "prevent", "ward (off)", "ban", "bar", "debar", "eliminate", "except", "exclude", "preclude", "rule out", "bypass", "circumvent", "skirt", "foil", "fox", "frustrate", "outfox", "outsmart", "outwit", "overreach", "thwart" ], "synonyms":[ "avoid", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "finesse", "get around", "scape", "shake", "shirk", "shun", "weasel (out of)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shuffling":{ "as in plodding , inching":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in wobbly , unsteady":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to move heavily or clumsily":{ "antonyms":[ "breezing", "coasting", "gliding", "sliding", "waltzing", "whisking" ], "examples":[ "the old man shuffled across the floor in his slippers" ], "near antonyms":[ "drifting", "floating", "hanging", "hovering", "poising", "wafting" ], "related":[ "dragging", "flopping", "hauling", "blundering", "careening", "doddering", "lurching", "reeling", "staggering", "swaying", "teetering", "tottering", "waddling", "weaving", "wobbling", "wabbling" ], "synonyms":[ "barging", "clumping", "flogging", "floundering", "galumphing", "lumbering", "lumping", "plodding", "pounding", "scuffing", "scuffling", "shambling", "slogging", "sloughing", "stamping", "stomping", "stumbling", "stumping", "tramping", "tromping", "trudging" ] }, "to undo the proper order or arrangement of":{ "antonyms":[ "arranging", "arraying", "disposing", "drawing up", "marshaling", "marshalling", "ordering", "organizing", "ranging", "regulating", "straightening (up)", "tidying" ], "examples":[ "shuffle the cards and deal five to each player" ], "near antonyms":[ "aligning", "alining", "lining", "lining up", "queuing", "queueing", "classifying", "codifying", "methodizing", "systematizing", "systemizing", "adjusting", "fixing", "grooming", "making up", "sprucing (up)", "unscrambling" ], "related":[ "embroiling", "entangling", "snarling", "tangling", "agitating", "perturbing", "stirring (up)", "unsettling", "cluttering" ], "synonyms":[ "confusing", "deranging", "disarranging", "disarraying", "discomposing", "disheveling", "dishevelling", "disjointing", "dislocating", "disordering", "disorganizing", "disrupting", "disturbing", "hashing", "jumbling", "messing (up)", "mixing (up)", "muddling", "mussing", "rumpling", "scrambling", "tousling", "tumbling", "upsetting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "shun":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "just a ruse to shun the debt collectors" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "court", "embrace", "pursue", "seek", "welcome", "catch", "contract", "incur" ], "related":[ "miss", "avert", "deflect", "divert", "obviate", "parry", "prevent", "ward (off)", "ban", "bar", "debar", "eliminate", "except", "exclude", "preclude", "rule out", "bypass", "circumvent", "skirt", "foil", "fox", "frustrate", "outfox", "outsmart", "outwit", "overreach", "thwart" ], "synonyms":[ "avoid", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "finesse", "get around", "scape", "shake", "shirk", "shuffle (out of)", "weasel (out of)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shut %28in or up%29":{ "as in contain , bottle (up)":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "shutdown":{ "the stopping of a process or activity":{ "antonyms":[ "continuance", "continuation" ], "examples":[ "the factory resumed operation after a brief shutdown for repairs" ], "near antonyms":[ "extension", "persistence", "prolongation" ], "related":[ "mop-up", "phaseout", "abeyance", "break", "interruption", "layoff", "letup", "moratorium", "pause", "standstill", "suspension" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "arrestment", "cease", "cessation", "check", "close", "closedown", "closure", "conclusion", "cutoff", "discontinuance", "discontinuation", "end", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "offset", "shutoff", "stay", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "shutting out":{ "to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{ "antonyms":[ "admitting", "including" ], "examples":[ "local residents feel that they have been shut out of the debate for expanding the airport" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "embracing", "entertaining", "receiving", "taking in", "welcoming", "unbanning" ], "related":[ "blackballing", "blacklisting", "excommunicating", "ostracizing", "banishing", "deporting", "exiling", "expelling", "ousting", "throwing out", "obviating", "precluding", "preventing", "prohibiting", "blocking", "hindering", "impeding", "obstructing", "ceasing", "discontinuing", "halting", "suspending", "deterring", "staving off", "warding (off)", "checking off", "disregarding", "combing (out)", "weeding (out)" ], "synonyms":[ "banning", "barring", "closing out", "counting (out)", "debarring", "eliminating", "excepting", "excluding", "freezing out", "ruling out" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }