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"dive", "nose-dive", "plummet", "sink", "slide" ], "related":[ "surge", "tower", "boost", "elevate", "raise", "upheave", "uplift", "upraise", "balloon", "blast off", "take off", "zoom", "crest", "scale", "surmount", "top", "cant", "incline", "lean", "list", "recline", "slant", "slope", "tilt", "tip" ], "synonyms":[ "arise", "ascend", "aspire", "climb", "lift", "mount", "rise", "thrust", "up", "uprear", "uprise", "upthrust", "upturn" ] }, "to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "bats soaring and swooping through the night air" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "drift", "float", "hang", "hover", "waft", "coast", "cruise", "sail", "sweep", "dart", "flit", "flutter", "catapult", "helicopter", "jet", "orbit", "rocket", "dive", "stoop" ], "synonyms":[ "aviate", "fly", "glide", "plane", "wing" ] }, "to rise abruptly and rapidly":{ "antonyms":[ "nose-dive", "plummet", "plunge", "slump", "tumble" ], "examples":[ "gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapse", "fall", "contract", "decrease", "diminish", "drop", "lessen", "wane" ], "related":[ "accumulate", "appreciate", "balloon", "build up", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "mount", "multiply", "mushroom", "proliferate", "snowball", "swell", "wax", "crest", "peak", "surge", "heighten", "intensify" ], "synonyms":[ "rocket", "shoot (up)", "skyrocket", "zoom" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sob":{ "as in cry , tears":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the child sobbed when she found the dead frog" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "greet", "grieve", "keen", "lament", "mourn", "howl", "scream", "squall", "wail", "yowl", "bleat", "mewl", "pule", "whimper", "whine", "sniffle", "snivel", "groan", "moan", "sigh" ], "synonyms":[ "bawl", "blub", "blubber", "cry", "weep" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sociable":{ "likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{ "antonyms":[ "antisocial", "insociable", "introverted", "nongregarious", "reclusive", "unsociable", "unsocial" ], "examples":[ "he's an intensely sociable child, even prone to fits of depression when he's left alone" ], "near antonyms":[ "misanthropic", "aloof", "cold", "cool", "detached", "distant", "frosty", "remote", "reserved", "standoffish", "mum", "mute", "reticent", "silent", "taciturn" ], "related":[ "cordial", "folksy", "forthcoming", "friendly", "hospitable", "affable", "genial", "gracious", "agreeable", "amiable", "congenial", "kindly", "neighborly", "animated", "gay", "jaunty", "jolly", "jovial", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "communicative", "expansive", "garrulous", "talkative", "bright", "buoyant", "cheerful", "chipper", "effervescent", "upbeat", "bubbly", "exuberant", "high-spirited" ], "synonyms":[ "boon", "clubbable", "clubable", "clubby", "companionable", "convivial", "extroverted", "extraverted", "gregarious", "outgoing", "social" ] }, "showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{ "antonyms":[ "inhospitable", "ungenial", "ungracious", "unsociable" ], "examples":[ "a pleasant and sociable hostess who puts everyone instantly at ease" ], "near antonyms":[ "boorish", "churlish", "abrupt", "blunt", "brusque", "brusk", "curt", "gruff", "sharp", "snippy", "antisocial", "disagreeable", "discourteous", "ill-mannered", "impolite", "rude", "sullen", "surly", "uncivil", "unfriendly", "unkind", "unmannerly", "crabbed", "crabby", "cross", "crusty", "grumpy" ], "related":[ "agreeable", "amiable", "benign", "benignant", "congenial", "convivial", "friendly", "kind", "kindly", "neighborly", "accommodating", "obliging", "considerate", "courteous", "polite", "thoughtful", "cosmopolitan", "sophisticated", "urbane", "approachable", "attentive", "outgoing" ], "synonyms":[ "affable", "cordial", "genial", "gracious", "hospitable" ] }, "tending to group with others of the same kind":{ "antonyms":[ "nonsocial", "solitary" ], "examples":[ "the sociable weaverbird breeds in large umbrella-shaped nests" ], "near antonyms":[ "autonomous", "independent", "self-contained", "semiautonomous", "semi-independent", "altricial", "self-subsistent", "self-sufficient", "self-supporting", "self-sustaining", "lone", "recluse", "reclusive", "unsociable" ], "related":[ "associational", "consociational", "subsocial", "dependent", "parasitic", "parasitical", "precocial", "symbiotic" ], "synonyms":[ "colonial", "gregarious", "social" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "social-minded":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "society":{ "a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a debate society" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "collective", "commune", "community", "cooperative", "alliance", "bloc", "camp", "coalition", "partnership", "body", "cadre", "group", "circle", "clan", "clique", "coterie", "junta", "junto", "klatch", "klatsch", "lot", "set", "crew", "outfit", "party", "squad", "team", "branch", "chapter", "local", "faithful", "fold", "membership", "sisterhood", "sorority", "cabal", "camarilla", "camorra", "confederacy", "conspiracy", "band", "gang", "ring", "cartel", "combine", "syndicate" ], "synonyms":[ "association", "board", "brotherhood", "chamber", "club", "college", "congress", "consortium", "council", "fellowship", "fraternity", "guild", "gild", "institute", "institution", "league", "order", "organization", "sodality" ] }, "the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "an evening marked by a lovely dinner and the society of our closest friends" ], "near antonyms":[ "forlornness", "loneliness", "lonesomeness" ], "related":[ "amity", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "friendship", "goodwill", "kindliness", "civility", "comity", "concord", "harmony", "rapport", "charity", "generosity", "affinity", "compassion", "empathy", "sympathy", "chumminess", "familiarity", "inseparability", "intimacy", "nearness", "affection", "devotion", "fondness", "love" ], "synonyms":[ "brotherhood", "camaraderie", "community", "companionship", "company", "comradery", "comradeship", "fellowship" ] }, "the way people live at a particular time and place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "customs", "manners", "mores", "values", "folklore", "heritage", "legacy", "tradition", "subculture", "subsociety" ], "synonyms":[ "civilization", "culture", "life", "lifestyle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sociopathic":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "socked":{ "to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battered", "beat", "buffeted", "bunged", "chopped", "cuffed", "drubbed", "laced", "lambasted", "licked", "mangled", "mauled", "pelted", "peppered", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pummeled", "pummelled", "roughed", "scuffed", "bunted", "flicked", "stroked", "tapped", "bumped", "butted", "jabbed", "jostled", "kicked", "kneed", "poked", "prodded", "pushed", "shoved", "stamped", "bowled (down or over)", "creamed", "decked", "dumped", "felled", "floored", "knocked down", "leveled", "levelled", "rabbit-punched", "sucker punched", "caned", "clubbed", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "flailed", "flogged", "lashed", "sapped", "slashed", "sledged", "sledgehammered", "speared", "stabbed", "switched", "thrashed", "whipped", "beaned", "brained", "conked", "skulled" ], "synonyms":[ "banged", "bashed", "batted", "belted", "biffed", "bludgeoned", "bobbed", "bonked", "bopped", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "clapped", "clapt", "clipped", "clobbered", "clocked", "clouted", "cracked", "hammered", "hit", "knocked", "nailed", "pasted", "pounded", "punched", "rapped", "slammed", "slapped", "slogged", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "struck", "swatted", "swiped", "tagged", "thumped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "whaled", "zapped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "softhead":{ "a silly flighty person":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "gave his son-in-law a position in the company where the softhead could do little harm" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "fool", "goose", "silly", "simpleton" ], "synonyms":[ "birdbrain", "cuckoo", "ditz", "featherbrain", "featherhead", "flibbertigibbet", "nitwit", "rattlebrain", "scatterbrain" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "sold":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "antonyms":[ "bought", "purchased" ], "examples":[ "used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "presold", "wholesaled", "remarketed", "resold", "hawked", "peddled", "bartered", "distributed", "exchanged", "exported", "handled", "traded", "trafficked (in)", "advertised", "ballyhooed", "boosted", "plugged", "promoted", "touted", "bargained", "chaffered", "dickered", "haggled", "horse-traded", "paltered", "auctioned", "provided", "supplied", "carried", "kept", "stocked" ], "synonyms":[ "dealt (in)", "marketed", "merchandised", "merchandized", "put up", "retailed", "vended" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "solemnness":{ "a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{ "antonyms":[ "facetiousness", "flightiness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "frivolousness", "levity", "lightheartedness", "lightness", "play", "unseriousness" ], "examples":[ "laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with all the solemnness that the occasion requires" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightness", "shallowness", "superficiality", "dalliance", "dilettantism", "cheerfulness", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "high-spiritedness", "merriment", "mirth" ], "related":[ "gravitas", "humorlessness", "decisiveness", "deliberation", "determination", "firmness", "purposefulness", "resoluteness", "resolve", "absorption", "attentiveness", "concentration", "engrossment", "enthrallment", "immersion", "intensity" ], "synonyms":[ "earnest", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "intentness", "serious-mindedness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobriety", "solemnity", "staidness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "solicitousness":{ "attention accompanied by protectiveness and responsibility":{ "antonyms":[ "carelessness" ], "examples":[ "the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother" ], "near antonyms":[ "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "thoughtlessness", "unconcern", "unkindness" ], "related":[ "concern", "considerateness", "consideration", "kindness", "thoughtfulness", "babying", "coddling", "pampering" ], "synonyms":[ "care", "carefulness", "lovingness", "solicitude" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "solidify":{ "to become physically firm or solid":{ "antonyms":[ "liquefy", "liquify", "soften" ], "examples":[ "water solidifying into ice" ], "near antonyms":[ "deliquesce", "dissolve", "flux", "fuse", "melt", "smelt", "thaw", "unfreeze" ], "related":[ "cake", "callus", "encrust", "incrust", "clot", "coagulate", "gel", "gelate", "gelatinize", "jell", "jelly", "stiffen", "thicken", "calcify", "crystallize", "crystalize", "ossify", "petrify", "rigidify", "anneal", "case-harden", "temper" ], "synonyms":[ "concrete", "congeal", "firm (up)", "freeze", "harden", "indurate", "set" ] }, "to take on a definite form":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify" ], "near antonyms":[ "break down", "decay", "decompose", "disintegrate" ], "related":[ "associate", "coalesce", "cohere", "fuse", "combine", "conjoin", "conjugate", "connect", "couple", "join", "link (up)", "unify", "unite" ], "synonyms":[ "crystallize", "crystalize", "form", "jell", "shape (up)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "soliloquizing":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "solve":{ "to find an answer for through reasoning":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "conclude", "decide", "deduce", "gather", "infer", "judge", "reason", "clear (up)", "iron out", "straighten (out)", "unscramble", "untangle", "untie", "assume", "conjecture", "divine", "guess", "presume", "speculate", "decipher", "decode" ], "synonyms":[ "answer", "break", "crack", "dope (out)", "figure out", "puzzle (out)", "resolve", "riddle (out)", "unravel", "unriddle", "work", "work out" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "sopped":{ "to make wet":{ "antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "parched", "scorched", "seared" ], "examples":[ "my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewatered", "evaporated", "freeze-dried", "drip-dried", "wrung", "dehumidified" ], "related":[ "aspersed", "bedewed", "damped", "dampened", "drizzled", "humidified", "hydrated", "misted", "moistened", "moisturized", "showered", "sprinkled", "deluged", "flooded", "hosed (down)", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "splashed", "impregnated", "saturated", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sloshed", "sluiced", "dipped", "ducked", "dunked", "rehydrated", "rewashed", "rewet", "rewetted" ], "synonyms":[ "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "drowned", "soaked", "soddened", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "wet", "wetted", "wet down", "wetted down" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "doused", "dowsed", "ducked", "dunked", "immersed", "soused", "submerged", "submersed" ] }, "to wet thoroughly with liquid":{ "antonyms":[ "wrung (out)" ], "examples":[ "sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "parched", "seared", "drained", "emptied", "voided", "dehumidified" ], "related":[ "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "marinated", "seethed", "presoaked", "dipped", "immersed", "inundated", "submerged", "swamped", "bathed", "doused", "dowsed", "hydrated", "swilled", "washed", "watered", "infiltrated", "penetrated", "permeated", "damped", "dampened", "humidified", "moistened" ], "synonyms":[ "drenched", "drowned", "impregnated", "macerated", "saturated", "soaked", "soddened", "soused", "steeped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "soppy":{ "appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{ "antonyms":[ "unsentimental" ], "examples":[ "scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadulterated", "unvarnished", "antisentimental", "cynical", "hard-boiled", "hard-edged", "hardheaded" ], "related":[ "dreamy", "misty-eyed", "moonstruck", "moony", "nostalgic", "starry-eyed", "feel-good", "fuzzy", "melodramatic", "soap-operatic", "soapy", "sudsy", "flat", "insipid", "soft-boiled", "tasteless", "vapid", "watery", "cutesy", "twee" ], "synonyms":[ "chocolate-box", "cloying", "corny", "drippy", "fruity", "gooey", "lovey-dovey", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "novelettish", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "slushy", "soupy", "spoony", "spooney", "sticky", "sugarcoated", "sugary", "wet" ] }, "containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{ "antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "unwatered", "waterless" ], "examples":[ "trudging over soppy ground at the county fair" ], "near antonyms":[ "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight", "baked", "dehydrated", "freeze-dried", "droughty", "parched", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "thirsty", "wrung" ], "related":[ "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "splashed", "aqueous", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sluiced", "clammy", "damp", "dampish", "dank", "humid", "moist", "semimoist", "wettish", "boggy", "miry", "seepy", "sloppy", "squashy" ], "synonyms":[ "awash", "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "dripping", "logged", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soused", "washed", "water-soaked", "watered", "waterlogged", "watery", "wet" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "sops":{ "something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "baksheeshs", "kickbacks", "payoffs", "slush funds", "incentives", "incitements", "instigations", "motivations", "provocations", "spurs", "stimulations", "stimuli", "boosts", "encouragements", "goads", "inducements", "allurements", "baits", "enticements", "lures", "seductions", "temptations", "turn-ons", "flatteries", "persuasions", "decoys", "snares", "traps" ], "synonyms":[ "backhanders", "boodles", "bribes", "cumshaws", "fixes" ] }, "to make wet":{ "antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears" ], "examples":[ "my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out" ], "near antonyms":[ "dewaters", "evaporates", "freeze-dries", "drip-dries", "wrings", "dehumidifies" ], "related":[ "asperses", "bedews", "dampens", "damps", "drizzles", "humidifies", "hydrates", "mists", "moistens", "moisturizes", "showers", "sprinkles", "deluges", "floods", "hoses (down)", "inundates", "overflows", "submerges", "swamps", "splashes", "impregnates", "saturates", "steeps", "flushes", "irrigates", "laves", "rinses", "sloshes", "sluices", "dips", "ducks", "dunks", "rehydrates", "rewashes", "rewets" ], "synonyms":[ "bathes", "bedraggles", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "drowns", "soaks", "soddens", "souses", "washes", "waterlogs", "waters", "water-soaks", "wets", "wets down" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bathes", "moistens", "soaks", "steeps", "wets", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "dives", "plunges", "thrusts" ], "synonyms":[ "dips", "douses", "dowses", "ducks", "dunks", "immerses", "souses", "submerges", "submerses" ] }, "to wet thoroughly with liquid":{ "antonyms":[ "wrings (out)" ], "examples":[ "sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "sears", "drains", "empties", "voids", "dehumidifies" ], "related":[ "waterlogs", "water-soaks", "marinates", "seethes", "presoaks", "dips", "immerses", "inundates", "submerges", "swamps", "bathes", "douses", "dowses", "hydrates", "swills", "washes", "waters", "infiltrates", "penetrates", "permeates", "dampens", "damps", "humidifies", "moistens" ], "synonyms":[ "drenches", "drowns", "impregnates", "macerates", "saturates", "soaks", "soddens", "souses", "steeps" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "sort":{ "a member of the human race":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he's a decent sort" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "related":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", 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