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"superiorities" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defects", "failings", "faults", "flaws", "drawbacks", "minuses", "negatives" ], "antonyms":[ "deficiencies", "demerits", "disvalues" ] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserves", "earns", "rates" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitles", "qualifies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merrily":{ "in a cheerful or happy manner":{ "examples":[ "our coworker merrily announced that it was her birthday, so we felt obligated to treat her to lunch" ], "synonyms":[ "brightly", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "gaily", "gayly", "happily", "heartily", "jocosely", "jovially", "mirthfully", "smilingly" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusedly", "exuberantly", "giddily", "gigglingly", "joyfully", "joyously", "blithely", "blithesomely", "breezily", "gladly", "gladsomely", "laughingly", "lightheartedly", "sunnily", "amicably", "friendlily", "friendly", "good-humoredly", "good-naturedly", "jocularly", "hopefully", "optimistically", "sanguinely", "blissfully", "elatedly", "euphorically", "rapturously" ], "near antonyms":[ "abjectly", "dejectedly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "wretchedly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "forlornly", "mournfully", "plaintively", "sorrowfully", "dourly", "glumly", "mirthlessly", "sourly", "sternly", "sulkily", "sullenly", "blackly", "dismally", "drearily", "gloomily", "pessimistically" ], "antonyms":[ "bleakly", "cheerlessly", "darkly", "heavily", "miserably", "morosely", "unhappily" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "merry":{ "indicative of or marked by high spirits or good humor":{ "examples":[ "the traditional depiction of Santa Claus as a rotund man with merry , twinkling blue eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "blithe", "blithesome", "festive", "gay", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocular", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "mirthful", "sunny" ], "near synonyms":[ "amused", "beaming", "chuckling", "giggling", "smiling", "bright", "buoyant", "carefree", "cheerful", "cheery", "chipper", "lighthearted", "lightsome", "upbeat", "animated", "bouncing", "frisky", "jaunty", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "vivacious", "zippy", "blessed", "blest", "blissful", "delighted", "ecstatic", "elated", "enraptured", "entranced", "euphoric", "exhilarated", "exuberant", "exultant", "gladsome", "happy", "high", "joyful", "joyous", "jubilant", "overjoyed", "radiant", "rapturous", "ravished", "thrilled", "tickled", "amusing", "facetious", "flippant", "frolicsome", "funny", "hilarious", "jesting", "joking", "joshing", "playful", "sportive", "witty", "cavalier", "devil-may-care", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "insouciant", "unconcerned", "hopeful", "optimistic", "rosy", "sanguine", "antic", "comic", "comical", "farcical", "humorous", "riotous", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "near antonyms":[ "abject", "aggrieved", "anguished", "blue", "brokenhearted", "crestfallen", "dejected", "depressed", "despondent", "disconsolate", "disheartened", "dispirited", "downcast", "downhearted", "forlorn", "glum", "heartbroken", "heartsick", "heavyhearted", "low-spirited", "melancholy", "sad", "saddened", "sorrowful", "unhappy", "crying", "groaning", "moaning", "sobbing", "wailing", "weeping", "discontented", "disgruntled", "moody", "doleful", "dolorous", "joyless", "lachrymose", "lugubrious", "mournful", "plaintive", "sorry", "woeful", "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "dark", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "gloomy", "glum", "gray", "grey", "morose", "saturnine", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "miserable", "woebegone", "wretched", "dull", "lethargic", "listless", "sluggish", "torpid" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merrymakings":{ "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "Christmas Eve is always an occasion of much merrymaking at our home" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "jollification", "jollity", "merriment", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merry-andrew":{ "as in comedian , clown":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "buffoon", "clown", "comedian", "comedienne", "comic", "cutup", "droll", "harlequin", "joker", "jokester", "madcap", "vice", "wag", "zany", "fool", "jester", "motley", "mime", "mummer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandize":{ "products that are bought and sold in business":{ "examples":[ "we stock only the finest-quality merchandise in this store" ], "synonyms":[ "commodities", "goods", "wares" ], "near synonyms":[ "line", "export", "import", "inventory", "staples", "stock", "stuff", "supply", "job lot", "domestics", "durables", "durable goods", "hard goods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deal (in)", "market", "put up", "retail", "sell", "vend" ], "near synonyms":[ "presell", "wholesale", "remarket", "resell", "hawk", "peddle", "barter", "distribute", "exchange", "export", "handle", "trade", "traffic (in)", "advertise", "ballyhoo", "boost", "plug", "promote", "tout", "bargain", "chaffer", "dicker", "haggle", "horse-trade", "palter", "auction", "provide", "supply", "carry", "keep", "stock" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buy", "purchase" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merriness":{ "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "I hate the forced merriness of so many New Year's Eve parties" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriment", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merry-andrews":{ "as in comedians , clowns":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "buffoons", "clowns", "comedians", "comediennes", "comics", "cutups", "drolls", "harlequins", "jokers", "jokesters", "madcaps", "vices", "wags", "zanies", "fools", "jesters", "motleys", "mimes", "mummers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercurial":{ "likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{ "examples":[ "the boss's mood is so mercurial that we never know how he's going to react to anything" ], "synonyms":[ "capricious", "changeable", "changeful", "fickle", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconsistent", "inconstant", "mutable", "skittish", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "unsteady", "variable", "volatile" ], "near synonyms":[ "aimless", "arbitrary", "desultory", "erratic", "haphazard", "hit-or-miss", "irregular", "random", "scattered", "slapdash", "stray", "ambivalent", "hesitating", "shaky", "shilly-shally", "shilly-shallying", "vacillating", "wavering", "dicey", "undependable", "unreliable", "untrustworthy", "adaptable", "mobile", "protean", "versatile" ], "near antonyms":[ "equable", "even", "uniform", "abiding", "durable", "lasting", "permanent", "persistent", "dependable", "reliable", "sure", "tried", "tried-and-true", "true", "trustworthy", "trusty" ], "antonyms":[ "certain", "changeless", "constant", "immutable", "invariable", "predictable", "settled", "stable", "stationary", "steady", "unchangeable", "unchanging", "unvarying" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mercies":{ "an act of kind assistance":{ "examples":[ "did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded" ], "synonyms":[ "benevolences", "boons", "courtesies", "favors", "graces", "indulgences", "services", "turns" ], "near synonyms":[ "dispensations", "waivers", "advantages", "benefits", "blessings", "godsends", "mannas", "liberties", "licenses", "licences", "privileges" ], "near antonyms":[ "hindrances", "hurdles", "impediments", "interferences", "obstacles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchant ship":{ "as in aircraft carrier , motor ship":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carrier", "argosy", "barge", "coaster", "collier", "containership", "corvette", "cruiser", "cutter", "destroyer", "ferryboat", "flagship", "freighter", "icebreaker", "ironclad", "lightship", "liner", "man-of-war", "man-o'-war", "merchantman", "motor ship", "packet", "steamer", "steamship", "superliner", "supertanker", "tanker", "trader", "tramp", "transport", "warship", "watercraft", "boat", "keel", "ship", "vessel", "bark", "barque", "brig", "brigantine", "caravel", "clipper", "junk", "ketch", "sailboat", "schooner", "square-rigger", "tall ship", "windjammer", "xebec", "yacht" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meres":{ "a small often deep body of water":{ "examples":[ "one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District" ], "synonyms":[ "billabongs", "pools", "puddles", "stanks", "wells" ], "near synonyms":[ "basins", "holes", "sinkholes", "swimming pools", "lakes", "ponds", "water holes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merrymakers":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrants", "celebrators", "partyers", "partiers", "partygoers", "revelers", "revellers", "roisterers" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanals", "bingers", "carousers", "party animals", "wassailers", "cutups", "skylarkers", "noisemakers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoys", "party poopers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandiser":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "the wholesale merchandiser makes a 15% profit on those toys" ], "synonyms":[ "dealer", "merchant", "trader", "tradesman", "trafficker" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessman", "enterpriser", "entrepreneur", "buyer", "marketer", "purchaser", "hawker", "huckster", "hustler", "peddler", "pedlar", "retailer", "seller", "shopkeeper", "storekeeper", "vendor", "vender", "engrosser", "monopolist", "jobber", "middleman", "wholesaler", "distributor", "provider", "provisioner", "purveyor", "supplier" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{ "examples":[ "a scattering of small merchandisers selling souvenirs around the fairgrounds" ], "synonyms":[ "broker", "dealer", "seller", "vendor", "vender" ], "near synonyms":[ "merchant", "trader", "tradesman", "auctioneer", "concessionaire", "black marketer", "black marketeer", "bootlegger", "fence", "fencer", "hustler", "scalper", "smuggler", "trafficker", "discounter", "distributor", "e-tailer", "exporter", "jobber", "reseller", "retailer", "wholesaler", "chapman", "hawker", "huckster", "peddler", "pedlar", "salesclerk", "salesman", "salesperson", "saleswoman", "shopgirl", "bargainer", "haggler", "horse trader", "palterer" ], "near antonyms":[ "consumer", "end user", "user" ], "antonyms":[ "buyer", "purchaser" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandizing":{ "as in retailing , wholesaling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "retailing", "wholesaling", "affairs", "dealings", "horse-trading", "free trade", "marketplace", "trade", "traffic", "business", "custom", "patronage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "dealing (in)", "marketing", "putting up", "retailing", "selling", "vending" ], "near synonyms":[ "preselling", "wholesaling", "remarketing", "reselling", "hawking", "peddling", "bartering", "distributing", "exchanging", "exporting", "handling", "trading", "trafficking (in)", "advertising", "ballyhooing", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "touting", "bargaining", "chaffering", "dickering", "haggling", "horse-trading", "paltering", "auctioning", "providing", "supplying", "carrying", "keeping", "stocking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buying", "purchasing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merchants":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border" ], "synonyms":[ "dealers", "merchandisers", "traders", "tradesmen", "traffickers" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessmen", "enterprisers", "entrepreneurs", "buyers", "marketers", "purchasers", "hawkers", "hucksters", "hustlers", "peddlers", "pedlars", "retailers", "sellers", "shopkeepers", "storekeepers", "vendors", "venders", "engrossers", "monopolists", "jobbers", "middlemen", "wholesalers", "distributors", "providers", "provisioners", "purveyors", "suppliers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandise":{ "products that are bought and sold in business":{ "examples":[ "we stock only the finest-quality merchandise in this store" ], "synonyms":[ "commodities", "goods", "wares" ], "near synonyms":[ "line", "export", "import", "inventory", "staples", "stock", "stuff", "supply", "job lot", "domestics", "durables", "durable goods", "hard goods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deal (in)", "market", "put up", "retail", "sell", "vend" ], "near synonyms":[ "presell", "wholesale", "remarket", "resell", "hawk", "peddle", "barter", "distribute", "exchange", "export", "handle", "trade", "traffic (in)", "advertise", "ballyhoo", "boost", "plug", "promote", "tout", "bargain", "chaffer", "dicker", "haggle", "horse-trade", "palter", "auction", "provide", "supply", "carry", "keep", "stock" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buy", "purchase" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merry-go-rounds":{ "a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{ "examples":[ "weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city" ], "synonyms":[ "circles", "cycles", "rounds", "wheels", "zodiacs" ], "near synonyms":[ "patterns", "syndromes", "courses", "developments", "progressions", "runs", "beats", "circuits", "loops", "rings", "revolutions", "rotations", "turnovers", "turns", "chains", "sequences", "series", "strings", "successions", "trains" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercifully":{ "as in humanely , compassionately":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly", "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly" ], "near antonyms":[ "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly", "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "mercilessly", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "merry-go-round":{ "a series of events or actions that repeat themselves regularly and in the same order":{ "examples":[ "weary of the daily merry-go-round of commuting to his job in the city" ], "synonyms":[ "circle", "cycle", "round", "wheel", "zodiac" ], "near synonyms":[ "pattern", "syndrome", "course", "development", "progression", "run", "beat", "circuit", "loop", "ring", "revolution", "rotation", "turn", "turnover", "chain", "sequence", "series", "string", "succession", "train" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercy killing":{ "the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering":{ "examples":[ "Some called her death a mercy killing ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assisted suicide", "euthanasia", "physician-assisted suicide", "blood", "foul play", "homicide", "murder", "rubout", "slaying", "chance-medley", "killing", "manslaughter", "bloodshed", "butchery", "carnage", "decimation", "destruction", "massacre", "slaughter", "assassination", "execution", "hit", "filicide", "fratricide", "matricide", "parricide", "patricide", "regicide", "uxoricide" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merciful":{ "showing kindness and forgiveness instead of harshness or cruelty especially to someone under one's authority or control":{ "examples":[ "When our English teacher caught us cheating, we prayed he would be merciful in deciding our punishment." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clement", "forbearing", "forgiving", "lenient", "soft", "patient", "pitying", "tolerant", "understanding", "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warmhearted", "attentive", "considerate", "solicitous", "thoughtful", "affable", "amicable", "benign", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gentle", "good", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "mild", "neighborly", "nice", "pleasant", "sweet", "warm", "altruistic", "brotherly", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "liberal", "magnanimous", "munificent", "noble", "openhearted", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "selfless", "unselfish", "unsparing", "anticruelty", "cruelty-free" ], "near antonyms":[ "grim", "hard-boiled", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "severe", "stern", "tough", "unsentimental", "ironhearted", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "stonyhearted", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unthinking", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "virulent", "antihumanitarian", "uncharitable", "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "brutish", "callous", "cold-blooded", "cruel", "fiendish", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "uncompassionate", "unfeeling", "unkind", "unkindly", "unsympathetic", "vicious", "wanton" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merchandised":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the 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"hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "jollification", "jollity", "merrymaking", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mergences":{ "as in interfusions , commixtures":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absorptions", "coalescences", "coalitions", "commixtures", "concretions", "homogenizations", "immixtures", "incorporations", "integrations", "interfusions", "mergers", "couplings", "unifications", "unions", "accumulations", "aggregations", "conglomerations", "admixtures", "amalgamations", "amalgams", "blends", "combinations", "composites", "compounds", "fusions", "intermixtures", "melds", "mixes", "mixtures", "syntheses" ], "near antonyms":[ "bifurcations", "breakups", "cleavages", "dissolutions", "disunions", "divisions", "fractionalizations", "fractionations", "partitions", "schisms", "scissions", "splits", "decompositions", "disassemblies", "dismemberments", "segmentations", "subdivisions", "isolations", "seclusions", "segregations", "sequestrations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandizes":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deals (in)", "markets", "puts up", "retails", "sells", "vends" ], "near synonyms":[ "presells", "wholesales", "remarkets", "resells", "hawks", "peddles", "barters", "distributes", "exchanges", "exports", "handles", "trades", "traffics (in)", "advertises", "ballyhoos", "boosts", "plugs", "promotes", "touts", "bargains", "chaffers", "dickers", "haggles", "horse-trades", "palters", "auctions", "provides", "supplies", "carries", "keeps", "stocks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buys", "purchases" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mercy":{ "kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{ "examples":[ "always show your enemies mercy , because it makes you a better person" ], "synonyms":[ "charity", "clemency", "forbearance", "lenience", "leniency", "lenity", "mercifulness", "quarter" ], "near synonyms":[ "humanitarianism", "philanthropy", "empathy", "pity", "sympathy", "understanding", "commiseration", "favor", "grace", "benevolence", "care", "compassion", "gentleness", "goodness", "goodwill", "humaneness", "kindliness", "kindness", "meekness", "mildness", "niceness", "softness", "tenderness", "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "nobility", "affection", "devotion", "love", "worship" ], "near antonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "uncharitableness", "reprisal", "requital", "retaliation", "retribution", "revenge", "vengeance", "venom", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "atrocity", "barbarity", "brutality", "cruelty", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "violence", "wantonness", "castigation", "chastisement", "discipline", "punishment", "scolding", "abhorrence", "abomination", "detestation", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "cattiness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "gall", "grudge", "hostility", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "bile", "jaundice", "rancor", "hatefulness", "invidiousness", "coarseness", "hardness", "harshness", "roughness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an act of kind assistance":{ "examples":[ "did a mercy for the stranded motorist and was richly rewarded" ], "synonyms":[ "benevolence", "boon", "courtesy", "favor", "grace", "indulgence", "kindness", "service", "turn" ], "near synonyms":[ "dispensation", "waiver", "advantage", "benefit", "blessing", "godsend", "manna", "liberty", "license", "licence", "privilege" ], "near antonyms":[ "hindrance", "hurdle", "impediment", "interference", "obstacle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{ "examples":[ "a woman of such mercy that she's been known to cry over dead rodents" ], "synonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "charity", "commiseration", "compassion", "feeling", "good-heartedness", "heart", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "largeheartedness", "pity", "ruth", "softheartedness", "sympathy", "warmheartedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "feelings", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitivity", "affection", "love", "regard", "affinity", "empathy", "rapport", "altruism", "benevolence", "benignancy", "benignity", "generosity", "goodwill", "humaneness", "humanism", "humanitarianism", "philanthropy" ], "near antonyms":[ "callousness", "coldness", "disinterest", "indifference", "unconcern", "cruelty", "harshness", "animosity", "antipathy", "dislike", "hatred", "hostility" ], "antonyms":[ "coldheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchantman":{ "as in warship , freighter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carrier", "argosy", "barge", "coaster", "collier", "containership", "corvette", "cruiser", "cutter", "destroyer", "ferryboat", "flagship", "freighter", "icebreaker", "ironclad", "lightship", "liner", "man-of-war", "man-o'-war", "merchant ship", "motor ship", "packet", "steamer", "steamship", "superliner", "supertanker", "tanker", "trader", "tramp", "transport", "warship", "watercraft", "boat", "keel", "ship", "vessel", "bark", "barque", "brig", "brigantine", "caravel", "clipper", "junk", "ketch", "sailboat", "schooner", "square-rigger", "tall ship", "windjammer", "xebec", "yacht" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercy killings":{ "the act of ending the life of someone who is very sick or injured in order to prevent any further suffering":{ "examples":[ "Some called her death a mercy killing ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assisted suicides", "euthanasias", "physician-assisted suicides", "blood", "foul play", "homicides", "murders", "rubouts", "slayings", "chance-medleys", "killings", "manslaughters", "bloodsheds", "butcheries", "carnages", "decimations", "destructions", "massacres", "slaughters", "assassinations", "executions", "hits", "filicides", "fratricides", "matricides", "parricides", "patricides", "regicides", "uxoricides" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meretricious":{ "attractive in a cheap or false way":{ "examples":[ "meretricious beauty lacking in any real substance" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "jazzy", "loud", "swank", "swanky", "tawdry", "arresting", "bodacious", "bold", "brilliant", "catchy", "commanding", "conspicuous", "dramatic", "emphatic", "eye-catching", "flamboyant", "grabby", "kenspeckle", "marked", "noisy", "noticeable", "prominent", "pronounced", "remarkable", "showy", "splashy", "striking", "detectable", "discernible", "discernable", "observable", "perceptible", "recognizable", "visible", "outstanding", "salient", "distinguished", "eminent", "impressive", "notable", "noteworthy", "highlighted", "spotlighted", "flagrant", "glaring", "howling", "screaming", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "ostentatious", "pretentious", "extravagant", "fancy", "florid", "glittery", "spectacular", "opulent", "ornate", "overdone", "overwrought", "absorbing", "engrossing", "enthralling", "fascinating", "interesting", "riveting" ], "near antonyms":[ "subtle", "concealed", "hidden", "shrouded", "dim", "faint", "obscure", "insignificant", "undistinguished", "unimportant", "modest", "unaffected", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "conservative", "plain", "quiet", "simple", "understated", "muted", "restrained", "subdued", "subtle", "toned-down", "unflashy", "inconspicuous", "unemphatic", "unflamboyant", "unnoticeable", "unobtrusive", "unremarkable", "unshowy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mergence":{ "as in interfusion , immingling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "absorption", "blending", "coalescence", "coalition", "commingling", "commixture", "concretion", "homogenization", "immingling", "immixture", "incorporation", "integration", "interfusion", "intermingling", "merger", "merging", "mingling", "coupling", "linking", "unification", "union", "accumulation", "aggregation", "conglomeration", "admixture", "amalgam", "amalgamation", "blend", "combination", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "meld", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis" ], "near antonyms":[ "bifurcation", "breakup", "cleavage", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "fractionalization", "fractionation", "partition", "schism", "scission", "split", "sundering", "decomposition", "disassembly", "dismemberment", "segmentation", "subdivision", "isolation", "seclusion", "segregation", "sequestration" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merited":{ "being what is called for by accepted standards of right and wrong":{ "examples":[ "the punishment, although harsh, was entirely merited" ], "synonyms":[ "competent", "condign", "deserved", "due", "fair", "just", "justified", "right", "rightful", "warranted" ], "near synonyms":[ "applicable", "appropriate", "apt", "fit", "fitting", "meet", "proper", "requisite", "suitable", "lawful", "legal", "legitimate", "accurate", "correct", "true", "rhadamanthine", "strict", "stringent", "uncompromising", "equitable", "impartial", "square" ], "near antonyms":[ "incoherent", "incorrect", "irrelative", "irrelevant", "improper", "inapplicable", "inapposite", "inappropriate", "inapt", "indefensible", "unjustifiable", "unreasonable", "unsuitable", "biased", "inequitable", "partial", "unequal", "arbitrary", "despotic", "illegitimate", "unlawful" ], "antonyms":[ "undeserved", "undue", "unfair", "unjust", "unjustified", "unmerited", "unwarranted" ] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserved", "earned", "rated" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitled", "qualified" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "merges":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamates", "blends", "combines", "comingles", "commingles", "commixes", "composites", "concretes", "conflates", "fuses", "homogenizes", "immingles", "immixes", "incorporates", "integrates", "interfuses", "intermingles", "intermixes", "melds", "mingles", "mixes" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds", "admixes", "beats (in)", "cuts in", "folds", "stirs", "tosses", "coalesces", "compounds", "emulsifies", "conjoins", "joins", "knits", "links", "unites", "intertwines", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaves", "disjoins", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "ruptures", "severs", "sunders", "disperses", "dissolves", "scatters", "detaches", "disengages", "splits" ], "antonyms":[ "breaks down", "breaks up", "separates", "unmixes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchant ships":{ "as in aircraft carriers , motor ships":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carriers", "argosies", "barges", "coasters", "colliers", "containerships", "corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "destroyers", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "men-of-war", "men-o'-war", "merchantmen", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "boats", "keels", "ships", "vessels", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercilessness":{ "as in ruthlessness , pitilessness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "unfeelingness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "brutality", "cruelness", "cruelty", "fiendishness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness", "fellness", "ferociousness", "ferocity", "fierceness", "grimness", "bloodlust", "bloodthirstiness", "murderousness", "sanguineness", "sanguinity", "cattiness", "despitefulness", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "maliciousness", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spitefulness", "hardhandedness", "harshness", "heavy-handedness", "oppressiveness" ], "near antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness", "tenderness", "warmheartedness", "warmness", "warmth", "charitableness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "mercy", "pity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchantmen":{ "as in warships , freighters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aircraft carriers", "argosies", "barges", "coasters", "colliers", "containerships", "corvettes", "cruisers", "cutters", "destroyers", "ferryboats", "flagships", "freighters", "icebreakers", "ironclads", "lightships", "liners", "men-of-war", "men-o'-war", "merchant ships", "motor ships", "packets", "steamers", "steamships", "superliners", "supertankers", "tankers", "traders", "tramps", "transports", "warships", "watercrafts", "boats", "keels", "ships", "vessels", "barks", "barques", "brigantines", "brigs", "caravels", "clippers", "junk", "ketches", "sailboats", "schooners", "square-riggers", "tall ships", "windjammers", "xebecs", "yachts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meridians":{ "the highest part or point":{ "examples":[ "a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court" ], "synonyms":[ "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "apogees", "capstones", "climaxes", "crescendos", "crescendoes", "crescendi", "crests", "crowns", "culminations", "heads", "heights", "high noons", "high-water marks", "ne plus ultras", "noons", "noontimes", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "sums", "tip-tops", "tops", "zeniths" ], "near synonyms":[ "blooms", "blossoms", "flood tides", "flowers", "glories", "heydays", "primes", "caps", "ceilings", "roofs", "extremes", "extremities", "tips", "vertices", "vertexes", "highlights", "highs", "highspots" ], "near antonyms":[ "abysses", "bases", "feet", "foot", "minima", "minimums" ], "antonyms":[ "bottoms", "nadirs", "rock bottoms" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandisers":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "the wholesale merchandiser makes a 15% profit on those toys" ], "synonyms":[ "dealers", "merchants", "traders", "tradesmen", "traffickers" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessmen", "enterprisers", "entrepreneurs", "buyers", "marketers", "purchasers", "hawkers", "hucksters", "hustlers", "peddlers", "pedlars", "retailers", "sellers", "shopkeepers", "storekeepers", "vendors", "venders", "engrossers", "monopolists", "jobbers", "middlemen", "wholesalers", "distributors", "providers", "provisioners", "purveyors", "suppliers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the person in a business deal who hands over an item in exchange for money":{ "examples":[ "a scattering of small merchandisers selling souvenirs around the fairgrounds" ], "synonyms":[ "brokers", "dealers", "sellers", "vendors", "venders" ], "near synonyms":[ "merchants", "traders", "tradesmen", "auctioneers", "concessionaires", "black marketers", "black marketeers", "bootleggers", "fencers", "fences", "hustlers", "scalpers", "smugglers", "traffickers", "discounters", "distributors", "e-tailers", "exporters", "jobbers", "resellers", "retailers", "wholesalers", "chapmen", "hawkers", "hucksters", "peddlers", "pedlars", "salesclerks", "salesmen", "salespeople", "saleswomen", "shopgirls", "bargainers", "hagglers", "horse traders", "palterers" ], "near antonyms":[ "consumers", "end users", "users" ], "antonyms":[ "buyers", "purchasers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchantable":{ "fit to be offered for sale":{ "examples":[ "a logging operation that strips an area of all of its trees, only a small percentage of which will yield merchantable timber" ], "synonyms":[ "marketable", "salable", "saleable", "sellable" ], "near synonyms":[ "commercial", "profitable", "costly", "fancy", "fine", "high-grade", "precious", "premium", "prime", "valuable", "dear", "expensive", "extravagant" ], "near antonyms":[ "damaged", "shopworn", "cheap", "useless", "worthless", "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory" ], "antonyms":[ "nonsalable", "unmarketable", "unsalable", "unsellable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "meretriciousness":{ "as in vulgarity , tawdriness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "tawdriness", "vulgarity", "luridness", "extravagance", "fanciness", "luxuriance", "luxuriousness", "magnificence", "opulence", "richness", "sumptuousness", "adornment", "decoration", "dressing", "embellishment", "garnishment", "ornamentation", "trimming", "dazzle", "fanfare", "foofaraw", "pageantry", "pomp", "razzle-dazzle", "razzmatazz", "spectacle", "\u00e9clat", "extravaganza", "mummery", "pageant", "parade", "show", "pretense", "pretence", "flamboyance", "flash", "flashiness", "garishness", "gaudiness", "glitz", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "pretentiousness", "showiness", "swank" ], "near antonyms":[ "austerity", "plainness", "severity", "conservativeness", "moderation", "modesty", "restraint", "simplicity", "understatement", "elegance", "gracefulness", "tastefulness", "minimalism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merge":{ "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamate", "blend", "combine", "comingle", "commingle", "commix", "composite", "concrete", "conflate", "fuse", "homogenize", "immingle", "immix", "incorporate", "integrate", "interfuse", "intermingle", "intermix", "meld", "mingle", "mix" ], "near synonyms":[ "add", "admix", "beat (in)", "cut in", "fold", "stir", "toss", "coalesce", "compound", "emulsify", "conjoin", "join", "knit", "link", "unite", "intertwine", "interweave", "weave" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleave", "disjoin", "disunite", "divide", "divorce", "part", "rupture", "sever", "sunder", "disperse", "dissolve", "scatter", "detach", "disengage", "split" ], "antonyms":[ "break down", "break up", "separate", "unmix" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mercenariness":{ "an intense selfish desire for wealth or possessions":{ "examples":[ "she possesses the unmistakable mercenariness of a confirmed gold digger" ], "synonyms":[ "acquisitiveness", "avarice", "avariciousness", "avidity", "avidness", "covetousness", "cupidity", "graspingness", "greed", "greediness", "rapaciousness", "rapacity" ], "near synonyms":[ "commercialism", "materialism", "possessiveness", "gluttonousness", "gluttony", "piggishness", "appetite", "craving", "desire", "drive", "hankering", "hunger", "itch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "ravenousness", "thirst", "voracity", "yearning", "yen", "egoism", "egotism", "self-centeredness", "self-interest", "selfishness", "self-regard" ], "near antonyms":[ "contentment", "fulfillment", "fulfilment", "gratification", "satisfaction", "bounteousness", "bountifulness", "bounty", "charity", "generosity", "generousness", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "magnanimity", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "unselfishness", "altruism", "selflessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchant":{ "a buyer and seller of goods for profit":{ "examples":[ "free trade agreements that are favored by merchants on both sides of the border" ], "synonyms":[ "dealer", "merchandiser", "trader", "tradesman", "trafficker" ], "near synonyms":[ "businessman", "enterpriser", "entrepreneur", "buyer", "marketer", "purchaser", "hawker", "huckster", "hustler", "peddler", "pedlar", "retailer", "seller", "shopkeeper", "storekeeper", "vendor", "vender", "engrosser", "monopolist", "jobber", "middleman", "wholesaler", "distributor", "provider", "provisioner", "purveyor", "supplier" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merchandising":{ "as in retailing , wholesaling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "retailing", "wholesaling", "affairs", "dealings", "horse-trading", "free trade", "marketplace", "trade", "traffic", "business", "custom", "patronage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "dealing (in)", "marketing", "putting up", "retailing", "selling", "vending" ], "near synonyms":[ "preselling", "wholesaling", "remarketing", "reselling", "hawking", "peddling", "bartering", "distributing", "exchanging", "exporting", "handling", "trading", "trafficking (in)", "advertising", "ballyhooing", "boosting", "plugging", "promoting", "touting", "bargaining", "chaffering", "dickering", "haggling", "horse-trading", "paltering", "auctioning", "providing", "supplying", "carrying", "keeping", "stocking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buying", "purchasing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meriting":{ "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserving", "earning", "rating" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitling", "qualifying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "merchandized":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "dealt (in)", "marketed", "put up", "retailed", "sold", "vended" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bought", "purchased" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mermaid":{ "an imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail instead of legs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Nereid", "Oceanid", "sea-maid", "sea-maiden", "siren", "water nymph", "dryad", "hamadryad", "naiad", "nymph", "oread", "wood nymph" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merging":{ "the act or an instance of joining two or more things into one":{ "examples":[ "the merging of the two companies resulted in a corporation with a totally different configuration" ], "synonyms":[ "combination", "combining", "connecting", "connection", "consolidation", "coupling", "junction", "linking", "merger", "unification", "union" ], "near synonyms":[ "agglomeration", "amalgamation", "blend", "coalescence", "commingling", "compounding", "fusion", "intermingling", "intermixture", "mingling", "mix", "mixture", "synthesis", "reunification", "reunion" ], "near antonyms":[ "detachment", "divorcement", "separation", "severance" ], "antonyms":[ "breakup", "disconnection", "dissolution", "disunion", "division", "parting", "partition", "schism", "scission", "split" ] }, "to turn into a single mass or entity that is more or less the same throughout":{ "examples":[ "years of living side by side had failed to merge the various ethnic groups into one community, and the city remained more of a mosaic than a melting pot" ], "synonyms":[ "amalgamating", "blending", "combining", "comingling", "commingling", "commixing", "compositing", "concreting", "conflating", "fusing", "homogenizing", "immingling", "immixing", "incorporating", "integrating", "interfusing", "intermingling", "intermixing", "melding", "mingling", "mixing" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding", "admixing", "beating (in)", "cutting in", "folding", "stirring", "tossing", "coalescing", "compounding", "emulsifying", "conjoining", "joining", "knitting", "linking", "uniting", "intertwining", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaving", "disjoining", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "rupturing", "severing", "sundering", "dispersing", "dissolving", "scattering", "detaching", "disengaging", "splitting" ], "antonyms":[ "breaking down", "breaking up", "separating", "unmixing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "meridian":{ "the highest part or point":{ "examples":[ "a lawyer at the meridian of his career arguing a case before the U.S. Supreme Court" ], "synonyms":[ "acme", "apex", "apogee", "capstone", "climax", "crescendo", "crest", "crown", "culmination", "head", "height", "high noon", "high-water mark", "ne plus ultra", "noon", "noontime", "peak", "pinnacle", "sum", "summit", "tip-top", "top", "zenith" ], "near synonyms":[ "bloom", "blossom", "flood tide", "flower", "glory", "heyday", "prime", "cap", "ceiling", "roof", "extreme", "extremity", "tip", "vertex", "high", "highlight", "highspot" ], "near antonyms":[ "abyss", "base", "foot", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[ "bottom", "nadir", "rock bottom" ] }, "as in high , highest":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apical", "apogean", "crestal", "crowning", "culminating", "high", "highest", "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "climacteric", "climactic", "critical", "crossover", "crucial", "fateful", "life-and-death", "life-or-death", "vital", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "earthshaking", "epochal", "momentous", "deciding", "decisive", "payoff", "pivotal", "watershed", "go-no-go", "make-or-break" ], "near antonyms":[ "anticlimactic", "anticlimactical", "inconsequential", "indecisive", "insignificant", "noncritical", "trivial", "unimportant" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "mermaids":{ "an imaginary sea creature that has a woman's head and upper body and a fish's tail instead of legs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Nereids", "Oceanids", "sea-maids", "sea-maidens", "sirens", "water nymphs", "dryads", "hamadryads", "naiads", "naiades", "nymphs", "oreads", "wood nymphs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meritless":{ "as in worthless , unworthy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "unworthy", "worthless", "disgusting", "dishonorable", "shameful", "scandalous", "shocking", "sordid", "unsavory", "bad", "inferior", "lame", "poor", "abhorrent", "abominable", "beastly", "detestable", "hateful", "lousy", "odious", "stinking", "deplorable", "discreditable", "disgraceful", "disreputable", "ignominious", "infamous", "misbegotten", "notorious", "shameful", "contemptible", "despicable", "miserable", "pathetic", "pitiable", "pitiful", "sad", "sorry", "wretched" ], "near antonyms":[ "decent", "presentable", "respectable", "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "meritorious", "praiseworthy", "redoubtable", "notable", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "reputable", "worthy", "excellent", "flawless", "perfect", "honorable", "noble", "honest", "straight" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "mercurialness":{ "as in unpredictability , moodiness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "moodiness", "unpredictability", "willfulness", "caprice", "capriciousness", "freakishness", "impulsiveness", "whimsicality", "whimsicalness", "eccentricity", "flakiness", "arbitrariness", "fickleness", "inconstancy", "irregularity", "volatileness", "volatility", "changeability", "flexibility", "mutability", "variability", "variableness" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "practicality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "fastness", "firmness", "fixedness", "immovability", "immovableness", "immutability", "inflexibility", "invariability", "changelessness", "constancy", "stability", "steadfastness", "steadiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mere":{ "being this and no more":{ "examples":[ "the mere idea of your traveling alone to Europe is ridiculous" ], "synonyms":[ "bare", "very" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolute", "all-out", "arrant", "out-and-out", "outright", "pure", "sheer", "simple", "stark", "total", "unadulterated", "unalloyed", "unmitigated", "unqualified", "utter", "alone", "lone", "only", "singular", "sole", "solitary", "solo", "unique" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a small often deep body of water":{ "examples":[ "one of the most scenic meres in England's Lake District" ], "synonyms":[ "billabong", "pool", "puddle", "stank", "well" ], "near synonyms":[ "basin", "hole", "sinkhole", "swimming pool", "lake", "pond", "water hole" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "merrymaker":{ "one who engages in merrymaking especially in honor of a special occasion":{ "examples":[ "merrymakers at the country club like to celebrate New Year's Eve in an especially grand style" ], "synonyms":[ "celebrant", "celebrator", "partyer", "partier", "partygoer", "reveler", "reveller", "roisterer" ], "near synonyms":[ "bacchanal", "binger", "carouser", "party animal", "wassailer", "cutup", "skylarker", "noisemaker" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "killjoy", "party pooper" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercilessly":{ "as in ruthlessly , callously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "callously", "cold-bloodedly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "inhumanly", "insensately", "insensitively", "obdurately", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "tyrannically", "uncharitably", "unfeelingly", "unmercifully", "unsparingly", "brutally", "hard", "hardly", "harshly", "ill", "oppressively", "roughly", "severely", "sternly", "stiffly", "abusively", "brutishly", "savagely", "viciously", "aggressively", "assertively", "decidedly", "determinedly", "firmly", "grimly", "gruffly", "resolutely", "strongly", "toughly" ], "near antonyms":[ "clemently", "gently", "leniently", "lightly", "mildly", "softly", "benevolently", "benignantly", "considerately", "cordially", "graciously", "kindly", "lovingly", "tenderly", "charitably", "compassionately", "humanely", "mercifully", "softheartedly", "sympathetically", "tolerantly", "understandingly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "merrymaking":{ "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "Christmas Eve is always an occasion of much merrymaking at our home" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "jollification", "jollity", "merriment", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "meritorious":{ "deserving of high regard or great approval":{ "examples":[ "worked all night with meritorious determination to get the project done on time" ], "synonyms":[ "admirable", "applaudable", "commendable", "creditable", "estimable", "laudable", "praiseworthy" ], "near synonyms":[ "deserving", "worthy", "awesome", "distinctive", "distinguished", "excellent", "heady", "honorable", "impressive", "noteworthy", "noticeable", "outstanding", "redoubtable", "reputable", "respectable", "invaluable", "precious", "priceless", "valuable", "delightful", "enjoyable", "pleasing", "satisfying", "ethical", "good", "high-minded", "moral", "noble", "principled" ], "near antonyms":[ "base", "contemptible", "deplorable", "despicable", "detestable", "dirty", "infamous", "lousy", "nasty", "notorious", "pitiable", "pitiful", "scabby", "scummy", "scurvy", "sorry", "unlikable", "unworthy", "vile", "worthless", "wretched", "disgraceful", "dishonorable", "disreputable", "ignominious", "low", "mean", "scandalous", "seamy", "shady", "shameful", "shocking", "sordid", "unethical", "unsavory" ], "antonyms":[ "censurable", "discreditable", "illaudable", "reprehensible" ] }, "having sufficient worth or merit to receive one's honor, esteem, or reward":{ "examples":[ "all agreed that the most meritorious science project had won the competition" ], "synonyms":[ "deserving", "good", "worthy" ], "near synonyms":[ "admirable", "commendable", "creditable", "laudable", "praiseworthy", "invaluable", "priceless", "cherished", "prized", "treasured", "choice", "excellent", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "primary", "prime", "special" ], "near antonyms":[ "base", "cheap", "inferior", "second-rate", "substandard", "bad", "defective", "flawed", "imperfect", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory" ], "antonyms":[ "no-good", "undeserving", "valueless", "worthless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merchandises":{ "to offer for sale to the public":{ "examples":[ "the now-familiar practice of stores merchandising goods at dramatically lower prices on the day after Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "deals (in)", "markets", "puts up", "retails", "sells", "vends" ], "near synonyms":[ "presells", "wholesales", "remarkets", "resells", "hawks", "peddles", "barters", "distributes", "exchanges", "exports", "handles", "trades", "traffics (in)", "advertises", "ballyhoos", "boosts", "plugs", "promotes", "touts", "bargains", "chaffers", "dickers", "haggles", "horse-trades", "palters", "auctions", "provides", "supplies", "carries", "keeps", "stocks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "buys", "purchases" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "mercifulness":{ "kind, gentle, or compassionate treatment especially towards someone who is undeserving of it":{ "examples":[ "preached that the mercifulness of the Lord is without limit" ], "synonyms":[ "charity", "clemency", "forbearance", "lenience", "leniency", "lenity", "mercy", "quarter" ], "near synonyms":[ "humanitarianism", "philanthropy", "empathy", "pity", "sympathy", "understanding", "commiseration", "favor", "grace", "benevolence", "care", "compassion", "gentleness", "goodness", "goodwill", "humaneness", "kindliness", "kindness", "meekness", "mildness", "niceness", "softness", "tenderness", "altruism", "generosity", "magnanimity", "nobility", "affection", "devotion", "love", "worship" ], "near antonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "uncharitableness", "reprisal", "requital", "retaliation", "retribution", "revenge", "vengeance", "venom", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "atrocity", "barbarity", "brutality", "cruelty", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "violence", "wantonness", "castigation", "chastisement", "discipline", "punishment", "scolding", "abhorrence", "abomination", "detestation", "execration", "hate", "hatred", "loathing", "cattiness", "malevolence", "malice", "maliciousness", "malignancy", "malignity", "meanness", "nastiness", "spite", "spitefulness", "spleen", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bitterness", "enmity", "gall", "grudge", "hostility", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "bile", "jaundice", "rancor", "hatefulness", "invidiousness", "coarseness", "hardness", "harshness", "roughness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "merit":{ "a quality that gives something special worth":{ "examples":[ "this mystery novel at least has the merit of an original plot" ], "synonyms":[ "cardinal virtue", "distinction", "excellence", "excellency", "grace", "value", "virtue" ], "near synonyms":[ "advantage", "edge", "plus", "superiority" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "defect", "failing", "fault", "flaw", "drawback", "minus", "negative" ], "antonyms":[ "deficiency", "demerit", "disvalue" ] }, "the relative usefulness or importance of something as judged by specific qualities":{ "examples":[ "that idea has some merit , so let's explore it" ], "synonyms":[ "account", "valuation", "value", "worth" ], "near synonyms":[ "assessment", "estimation", "evaluation", "excellence", "greatness", "perfection", "consequence", "importance", "significance", "weight", "desirability" ], "near antonyms":[ "emptiness", "valuelessness", "worthlessness", "baseness", "cheapness", "crumminess", "inferiority", "lousiness", "meanness", "paltriness", "pettiness", "poorness", "deficiency", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "unacceptability" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be or make worthy of (as a reward or punishment)":{ "examples":[ "that selfless act of heroism merited a public ceremony to honor the young swimmer" ], "synonyms":[ "deserve", "earn", "rate" ], "near synonyms":[ "entitle", "qualify" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "merciless":{ "having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{ "examples":[ "she is a merciless competitor at board games of any kind" ], "synonyms":[ "affectless", "callous", "case-hardened", "cold-blooded", "compassionless", "desensitized", "hard", "hard-boiled", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "indurate", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "insensitive", "ironhearted", "obdurate", "pachydermatous", "pitiless", "remorseless", "ruthless", "slash-and-burn", "soulless", "stony", "stoney", "stonyhearted", "take-no-prisoners", "thick-skinned", "uncharitable", "unfeeling", "unmerciful", "unsparing", "unsympathetic" ], "near synonyms":[ "boorish", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unfriendly", "unloving", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-bitten", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "ironfisted", "ironhanded", "jackbooted", "knock-down, drag-out", "knock-down-and-drag-out", "oppressive", "rough", "rough-and-tumble", "severe", "sledgehammer", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "virulent", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brutish", "cruel", "evil-minded", "savage", "vicious", "austere", "cold", "frosty" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolent", "benignant", "gentle", "kind", "clement", "indulgent", "lenient", "mild", "cordial", "friendly", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "tolerant", "understanding", "affectionate", "fond", "loving" ], "antonyms":[ "charitable", "compassionate", "humane", "kindhearted", "kindly", "merciful", "sensitive", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merriment":{ "a mood characterized by high spirits and amusement and often accompanied by laughter":{ "examples":[ "their unexpected merriment made him nervously inquire as to the reason for it" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "gayness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "jocundity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "frivolity", "levity", "jollification", "jollity", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "brightness", "buoyancy", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "humor", "sunniness", "gamesomeness", "insouciance", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "sportiveness", "buffoonery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "funning", "jest", "jesting", "jocoseness", "jocosity", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "animation", "giddiness", "jauntiness", "liveliness", "perkiness", "vivacity", "joyfulness", "joyousness", "jubilance", "rejoicing", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blues", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "forlornness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "bile", "gloom", "melancholy", "sourness", "spleen", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "grimness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobersidedness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "discontent", "disgruntlement", "moodiness", "dolefulness", "dolorousness", "joylessness", "mournfulness", "plaintiveness", "woe", "woefulness", "blackness", "darkness", "gloominess", "glumness", "desolateness", "desolation", "heartbreak", "miserableness", "misery", "mourning", "wretchedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "joyful or festive activity":{ "examples":[ "the wedding reception merriment lasted long into the night" ], "synonyms":[ "conviviality", "festivity", "gaiety", "gayety", "jollification", "jollity", "merrymaking", "rejoicing", "reveling", "revelling", "revelry", "whoopee" ], "near synonyms":[ "carousal", "carouse", "delight", "diversion", "entertainment", "fun", "mischief", "pleasure", "recreation", "riot", "cheer", "cheerfulness", "cheeriness", "glee", "gleefulness", "hilarity", "joviality", "merriness", "mirth", "mirthfulness", "carnival", "celebration", "festival", "party", "revel", "frolicking", "gamboling", "gambolling", "rollicking", "romping", "enjoyment", "happiness", "joy", "binge", "fling", "frolic", "gambol", "lark", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "buffoonery", "clownery", "clownishness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "funning", "jesting", "jocularity", "joking", "joshing", "levity", "lightheartedness", "playfulness", "zaniness" ], "near antonyms":[ "blackness", "darkness", "dolefulness", "dolor", "gloom", "gloominess", "glumness", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "heartsickness", "miserableness", "misery", "mournfulness", "mourning", "woe", "wretchedness", "dejection", "depression", "despondence", "despondency", "disconsolateness", "dispiritedness", "doldrums", "downheartedness", "dumps", "forlornness", "joylessness", "melancholy", "sorrow", "unhappiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mercenary":{ "having or marked by an eager and often selfish desire especially for material possessions":{ "examples":[ "they were a mercenary couple, who defined themselves not by what they were but by what they owned" ], "synonyms":[ "acquisitive", "avaricious", "avid", "coveting", "covetous", "grabby", "grasping", "greedy", "moneygrubbing", "rapacious" ], "near synonyms":[ "commercialistic", "materialistic", "philistine", "desirous", "eager", "itchy", "lickerish", "miserly", "hoggish", "piggish", "piggy", "swinish", "devouring", "gluttonous", "gobbling", "insatiable", "ravenous", "unquenchable", "voracious", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "self-centered", "self-seeking", "discontent", "discontented", "malcontent", "unsatisfied", "begrudging", "grudging", "resentful" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonmaterialistic", "altruistic", "bounteous", "bountiful", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "greathearted", "handsome", "liberal", "magnanimous", "munificent", "openhanded", "openhearted", "selfless", "unselfish", "unsparing", "controlled", "moderate", "restrained", "temperate", "content", "sated", "satisfied" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "merely":{ "nothing more than":{ "examples":[ "the outside noise was merely a raccoon knocking over the garbage can" ], "synonyms":[ "but", "just", "only", "purely", "simply" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] } }