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"whipping", "beaning", "braining", "conking", "skulling" ], "synonyms":[ "banging", "bashing", "batting", "belting", "biffing", "bludgeoning", "bobbing", "bonking", "bopping", "boxing", "busting", "clapping", "clipping", "clobbering", "clocking", "clouting", "cracking", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "nailing", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "rapping", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "tagging", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "zapping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "small":{ "lacking importance":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "eventful", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "unfrivolous", "weighty" ], "examples":[ "reluctant to bring such a small matter to the boss's attention" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "fatal", "fateful", "chief", "dominant", "overbearing", "overmastering", "overriding", "principal", "distinctive", "exceptional", "impressive", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "valuable", "worthwhile", "worthy", "distinguished", "eminent", "great", "illustrious", "preeminent", "prestigious", "famous", "notorious", "renowned", "all-important", "basic", "essential", "fundamental", "key" ], "related":[ "jerkwater", "one-horse", "nickel-and-dime", "paltry", "petty", "small-time", "worthless", "anonymous", "nameless", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unknown" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddling", "foolish", "frivolous", "incidental", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "little", "Mickey Mouse", "minor", "minute", "negligible", "nugatory", "slight", "small-fry", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ] }, "not broad or open in views or opinions":{ "antonyms":[ "broad-minded", "catholic", "cosmopolitan", "liberal", "open", "open-minded", "receptive", "tolerant" ], "examples":[ "townspeople who were helpful to one another but who also could be small and intolerant" ], "near antonyms":[ "impartial", "nonpartisan", "objective", "unbiased", "unprejudiced", "freethinking" ], "related":[ "inflexible", "ironbound", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "set", "stubborn", "unyielding", "wrongheaded", "bigoted", "intolerant", "biased", "discriminating", "discriminatory", "jaundiced", "one-sided", "partial", "partisan", "prejudiced", "brassbound", "hidebound", "old-fashioned", "reactionary", "stodgy", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "stuffy", "dogmatic", "dogmatical", "opinionated", "opinionative", "limited", "hick", "unsophisticated" ], "synonyms":[ "illiberal", "insular", "Lilliputian", "little", "narrow", "narrow-minded", "parochial", "petty", "picayune", "provincial", "sectarian", "small-minded" ] }, "of a size that is less than average":{ "antonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "husky", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "whacking", "whopping" ], "examples":[ "a small cat who never weighed more than five pounds" ], "near antonyms":[ "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "massive", "voluminous", "boxcar", "Brobdingnagian", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantic", "gross", "Himalayan", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "healthy", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "broad", "wide", "boundless", "cosmic", "cosmical", "immeasurable", "incalculable", "infinite", "adequate", "enough", "sufficient" ], "related":[ "dwarf", "toy", "runtish", "runty", "scrubby", "stunted", "bitty", "inappreciable", "infinitesimal", "little bitty", "micro", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "miniaturized", "minikin", "minim", "minuscule", "minute", "pinpoint", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "bite-size", "bite-sized", "capsule" ], "synonyms":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "dinky", "dwarfish", "fine", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "puny", "pygmy", "shrimpy", "slight", "smallish", "subnormal", "toylike", "undersized", "undersize" ] }, "small in degree":{ "antonyms":[ "good" ], "examples":[ "your chances of winning the lottery are so small that it's best not to count on it" ], "near antonyms":[ "great", "large", "distinct", "significant", "considerable", "goodly", "healthy", "largish", "respectable", "significant", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy" ], "related":[ "marginal", "minimal", "minor", "little", "tiny" ], "synonyms":[ "fragile", "frail", "negligible", "off", "outside", "remote", "slight", "slim" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "smart-mouthed":{ "marked by the use of wit that is intended to cause hurt feelings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "your smart-mouthed remarks aren't at all helping the situation" ], "near antonyms":[ "amusing", "droll", "merry", "playful", "sportive", "waggish", "gentle", "mild", "bland", "good-humored", "good-natured", "diplomatic", "polite", "smooth", "suave", "urbane", "affable", "cordial", "genial", "gracious", "hospitable", "sociable" ], "related":[ "brisk", "cross", "sharp-tongued", "sour", "sourish", "spiky", "spikey", "tartish", "incisive", "keen", "poignant", "trenchant", "cynical", "dry", "ironic", "ironical", "wry", "facetious", "flippant", "tongue-in-cheek", "acrimonious", "bitter", "resentful", "vitriolic", "harsh", "rough", "severe", "stringent", "abrupt", "blunt", "brusque", "brusk", "concise", "crisp", "curt", "gruff", "pithy", "snippety", "snippy", "succinct", "terse", "backhanded", "insincere" ], "synonyms":[ "acerb", "acerbic", "acid", "acidic", "acidulous", "acrid", "barbed", "biting", "caustic", "corrosive", "cutting", "mordant", "pungent", "sarcastic", "sardonic", "satiric", "satirical", "scalding", "scathing", "sharp", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "snarky", "tart" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "smatter":{ "a small number":{ "antonyms":[ "army", "crowd", "flock", "gazillion", "horde", "host", "jillion", "kazillion", "legion", "loads", "many", "mountain", "multitude", "oodles", "scads", "thousands", "zillion" ], "examples":[ "we received only a smatter of complaints about the book" ], "near antonyms":[ "majority", "most", "abundance", "excess", "plenty", "surplus", "deal", "gobs", "heap", "lot", "mass", "much", "peck", "pile", "plenitude", "plenty", "pot", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "slather", "slew", "stack", "wad", "wealth" ], "related":[ "minority", "atom", "crumb", "fragment", "grain", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "particle", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit" ], "synonyms":[ "couple", "few", "handful", "scatter", "scattering", "smattering", "sprinkle", "sprinkling" ] }, "as in blabber , prate":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "smellers":{ "the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a sensitive smeller is just as important as a fine palate when evaluating wine" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "pugnoses", "pugs" ], "synonyms":[ "beaks", "conks", "honkers", "nebs", "noses", "nozzles", "proboscises", "proboscides", "schnozzes", "schnozzolas", "schnozzles", "snoots", "snouts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "smidgen":{ "a very small amount":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left" ], "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", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smack", "smell", "snap", "soup\u00e7on", "spark", "spatter", "speck", "splash", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "touch", "trace" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "smidgeon":{ "a very small amount":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left" ], "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", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smack", "smell", "snap", "soup\u00e7on", "spark", "spatter", "speck", "splash", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "touch", "trace" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "smidgins":{ "a very small amount":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the maid cleaned the house until there wasn't even a smidgen of dust left" ], "near antonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "boatloads", "buckets", "bundles", "bushels", "deals", "fistfuls", "gobs", "heaps", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "oodles", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "plenties", "potfuls", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "stacks", "wads", "wealths", "volumes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overflows", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "chunks", "hunks", "lumps", "slabs" ], "related":[ "hoots", "iotas", "jots", "minima", "minimums", "minims", "modicums", "semblances", "syllables", "tittles", "vestiges", "whits", "atoms", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "grains", "granules", "molecules", "morsels", "motes", "nubbins", "patches", "scraps", "dashes", "drops", "pinches", "parts", "portions", "sections", "bites", "nibbles", "tastes", "handfuls", "handsful", "scatterings", "smatterings", "smatters", "doses", "shots", "chips", "flakes", "fragments", "shards", "shivers", "slivers", "smithereens", "splinters", "tatters", "clippings", "parings", "shavings" ], "synonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "crumbs", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "nips", "ounces", "particles", "peanuts", "rays", "scintillas", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "shreds", "skoshes", "smacks", "smells", "snaps", "soup\u00e7ons", "sparks", "spatters", "specks", "splashes", "spots", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "touches", "traces" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "smiling":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the soldier smiled in pleasure when he saw the giant sign welcoming him home" ], "near antonyms":[ "grimacing", "frowning", "glaring", "glooming", "glowering", "lowering", "louring", "scowling", "pouting", "sulking" ], "related":[ "laughing", "simpering", "smirking", "sneering" ], "synonyms":[ "beaming", "grinning" ] }, "to express scornful amusement by means of facial contortions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "smiled at their ridiculous antics and walked away in disgust" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "sniffing", "snorting", "catcalling", "deriding", "gibing", "jibing", "hooting", "insulting", "jeering", "mocking", "ridiculing", "decrying", "despising", "disdaining", "scoffing (at)", "scorning", "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "disparaging", "pooh-poohing", "poohing", "putting down", "heckling", "jiving", "razzing", "ribbing", "riding", "taunting", "teasing", "tormenting" ], "synonyms":[ "laughing", "sneering", "snickering", "sniggering" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "smites":{ "to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he shall smite his enemies with a mighty fist" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "batters", "beats", "buffets", "bungs", "chops", "cuffs", "drubs", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "licks", "mangles", "mauls", "pelts", "peppers", "pommels", "pummels", "roughs", "scuffs", "bunts", "flicks", "strokes", "taps", "bumps", "butts", "jabs", "jostles", "kicks", "knees", "pokes", "prods", "pushes", "shoves", "stamps", "bowls (down or over)", "creams", "decks", "dumps", "fells", "floors", "knocks down", "levels", "rabbit-punches", "sucker punches", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "flails", "flogs", "lashes", "saps", "slashes", "sledgehammers", "sledges", "spears", "stabs", "switches", "thrashes", "whips", "beans", "brains", "conks", "skulls" ], "synonyms":[ "bangs", "bashes", "bats", "belts", "biffs", "bludgeons", "bobs", "bonks", "bops", "boxes", "busts", "claps", "clips", "clobbers", "clocks", "clouts", "cracks", "hammers", "hits", "knocks", "nails", "pastes", "pounds", "punches", "raps", "slams", "slaps", "slogs", "slugs", "smacks", "socks", "strikes", "swats", "swipes", "tags", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "whacks", "whales", "zaps" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "smolder":{ "to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "She smoldered when first learning of her son's misbehavior at school, but had calmed down by the time he arrived home." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to be on fire usually with smoke but few flames":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "They look forward to those long summer nights telling stories beside a smoldering campfire." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "smoothy":{ "as in charmer , captivator":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in slick , slicker":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }