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"moocher", "parasite", "schnorrer", "sponge", "sponger", "dependent", "deadbeat", "derelict", "idler", "ne'er-do-well" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in monastic , conventual":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conventual", "monachal", "monastic", "divine", "holy", "religious", "sacramental", "caliphal", "rabbinic", "rabbinical", "churchly", "ecclesiastic", "ecclesiastical", "apostolic", "canonical", "diaconal", "diocesan", "episcopal", "papal", "patriarchal", "pontifical", "evangelical", "evangelic", "missionary", "clerical", "clerkly", "ministerial", "pastoral", "priestly", "sacerdotal" ], "near antonyms":[ "lay", "nonclerical", "secular", "temporal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "mends":{ "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it" ], "synonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "near synonyms":[ 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"alluding (to)", "hinting (at)", "implying", "indicating", "inferring", "intending", "intimating", "suggesting", "pointing (out)", "signaling", "signalling", "signifying", "denominating", "designating", "indicating", "bringing up", "broaching", "interjecting", "interpolating", "interposing", "introducing", "infiltrating", "insinuating", "worming", "advertising", "announcing", "broadcasting", "declaring", "proclaiming", "pronouncing", "publicizing", "publishing", "sounding", "clarifying", "clearing (up)", "elucidating", "explaining", "explicating", "spelling out" ], "synonyms":[ "adverting (to)", "citing", "dropping", "instancing", "naming", "noticing", "noting", "quoting", "referring (to)", "specifying", "touching (on or upon)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "menu":{ "a list of foods served at or available for a meal":{ "examples":[ "the menu at the fancy restaurant listed many dishes that I had never heard of" ], "synonyms":[ "card" ], "near synonyms":[ "chow", "chuck", "cuisine", "fare", 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"smorgasbord", "snack", "supper", "tea", "bite", "gulp", "morsel", "serving", "taste", "banquet", "feast", "regale", "spread", "bake", "barbecue", "barbeque", "clambake", "cookout", "fry", "fry-up", "luau", "picnic", "potluck", "roast" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mendacious":{ "telling or containing lies":{ "examples":[ "that tabloid routinely publishes the most moronically mendacious stories about celebrities" ], "synonyms":[ "dishonest", "lying", "untruthful" ], "related":[ "erroneous", "fallacious", "false", "misleading", "untrue", "double-dealing", "hypocrite", "hypocritical", "insincere", "mealymouthed", "smooth-tongued", "two-faced", "perjurious" ], "near antonyms":[ "candid", "open", "plainspoken", "straightforward", "earnest", "sincere", "true", "conscientious", "moral", "principled", "scrupulous", "dependable", "reliable", "trustable", "trustworthy", "trusty", "decent", "ethical", "honorable", "just", "respectable", "righteous", 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"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" ] }, "mensurations":{ "as in measurements , calculations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "calculations", "computations", "measurements", "appraisals", "appraisements", "assessments", "estimates", "estimations", "evaluations", "reckonings", "valuations", "audits", "checks", "checkups", "examinations", "inspections", "reviews", "scans", "scrutinies", "surveys", "reassessments", "transvaluations", "overestimations", "overevaluations", "underestimations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mentality":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior" ], "synonyms":[ 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"hagiographers", "autobiographers", "memoirists", "memorialists", "fabulists", "fictioneers", "fictionists", "novelists", "romancers", "storytellers", "essayists", "pamphleteers", "satirists", "dramatists", "playwrights", "scenarists", "screenwriters", "scriptwriters", "prosaists", "prosateurs", "prosers", "bards", "poets", "rhymers", "versifiers", "bloggers", "columnists", "journalists", "newspapermen", "paragraphers", "reporters", "sportswriters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonauthors" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "mentions":{ "to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{ "examples":[ "you only mentioned in passing some of your accomplishments" ], "synonyms":[ "adverts (to)", "cites", "drops", "instances", "names", "notes", "notices", "quotes", "refers (to)", "specifies", "touches (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "alludes (to)", "hints (at)", "implies", "indicates", "infers", "intends", "intimates", "suggests", "points (out)", "signals", "signifies", 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"canard", "fallacy", "misconception", "myth", "falsification", "misinformation", "misreport", "misrepresentation", "misstatement", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "duplicity", "fraudulence" ], "near antonyms":[ "fact", "truism", "verity", "honesty", "truthfulness", "veracity", "authentication", "confirmation", "substantiation", "validation", "verification" ], "antonyms":[ "truth" ] }, "the tendency to tell lies":{ "examples":[ "you need to overcome this deplorable mendacity , or no one will ever believe anything you say" ], "synonyms":[ "deceit", "deceitfulness", "dishonesty", "falsehood", "mendaciousness", "untruthfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "artifice", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "cunning", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "guile", "guilefulness", "insincerity", "trickishness", "wiliness", "falseness", "hypocrisy" ], "near antonyms":[ "honor", "incorruptibility", "candidness", "candor", "frankness", "good 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"sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched", "discouraging", "disheartening", "hopeless", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "star-crossed", "troubled", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "evil", "malign", "malignant" ], "near antonyms":[ "auspicious", "benign", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "promising", "propitious", "prosperous" ], "antonyms":[ "unthreatening" ] }, "involving potential loss or injury":{ "examples":[ "fears that the unemployment rate may be reaching menacing proportions" ], "synonyms":[ "dangerous", "grave", "grievous", "hazardous", "jeopardizing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "serious", "threatening", "unhealthy", "unsafe", "venturesome" ], "near synonyms":[ "dicey", "insecure", "precarious", "treacherous", "uncertain", "ultrahazardous", "chance", "haphazard", "random", "distressing", "sickening", "unpleasant", "ugly", "wicked", "adverse", "bad", "baleful", "baneful", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "inimical", "injurious", "malignant", "nasty", "noxious", "pernicious", "pestilent", "deadly", "deathly", "destructive", "dire", "fatal", "fateful", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "murderous" ], "near antonyms":[ "advantageous", "beneficial", "good", "ultrasafe" ], "antonyms":[ "harmless", "innocent", "innocuous", "nonhazardous", "nonthreatening", "safe", "unthreatening" ] }, "to place in danger":{ "examples":[ "menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended" ], "synonyms":[ "adventuring", "compromising", "endangering", "gambling (with)", "hazarding", "imperiling", "imperilling", "jeoparding", "jeopardizing", "periling", "perilling", "risking", "venturing" ], "near synonyms":[ "intimidating", "threatening", "exposing", "subjecting", "chancing", "wagering" ], "near antonyms":[ "guarding", "protecting", "sheltering", "shielding", "preserving", "resuming", "saving" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remain poised 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"assistants", "attendants", "companions", "factotums", "followers", "dogsbodies", "drudges", "gofers", "gophers" ], "near antonyms":[ "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "foremen", "headmen", "heads", "helmsmen", "kingpins", "leaders", "taskmasters", "masters", "mistresses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mensch":{ "as in stalwart":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "stalwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "doormat", "jellyfish", "namby-pamby", "pushover", "reed", "weakling", "wimp", "coward", "milquetoast", "mouse", "nebbish", "nervous Nellie", "nervous Nelly", "pussy", "wuss", "wussy", "sheep" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mental retardation":{ "as in mental deficiency":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "mental deficiency", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "idiocy", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nincompoopery", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "silliness", "simplicity", "wackiness", "zaniness", "feeblemindedness", "simplemindedness", "boneheadedness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dorkiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "gormlessness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "thickness", "vacuity", "weak-mindedness", "witlessness" ], "near antonyms":[ "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "cleverness", "intelligence", "keenness", "quickness", "quick-wittedness", "sharpness", "smartness", "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "discernment", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonableness", "soundness", "validity" ], 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"caesars", "despots", "dictators", "f\u00fchrers", "fuehrers", "oppressors", "pharaohs", "strongmen", "tyrannizers", "tyrants" ], "near synonyms":[ "autarchs", "autocrats", "monocrats", "authoritarians", "Big Brothers", "paramounts", "potentates", "totalitarians", "caudillos", "overlords", "warlords", "bosses", "captains", "chiefs", "dominators", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "overlords", "rulers", "kings", "lords", "monarchs", "princes", "queens", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "magnates", "moguls", "tycoons", "disciplinarians", "discipliners", "enforcers", "martinets", "taskmasters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "menaces":{ "something that may cause injury or harm":{ "examples":[ "a loaded gun is a menace that this household doesn't need" ], "synonyms":[ "dangers", "hazards", "imminences", "perils", "pitfalls", "risks", "threats", "troubles" ], "near synonyms":[ "snares", "traps", "booby traps" ], "near antonyms":[ "guards", "protections", "safeguards", "shields", "wards", "asylums", "harbors", "havens", "refuges", "retreats", "shelters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to place in danger":{ "examples":[ "menaced the children by leaving them in the car unattended" ], "synonyms":[ "adventures", "compromises", "endangers", "gambles (with)", "hazards", "imperils", "jeopardizes", "jeopards", "perils", "risks", "ventures" ], "near synonyms":[ "intimidates", "threatens", "exposes", "subjects", "chances", "wagers" ], "near antonyms":[ "guards", "protects", "shelters", "shields", "preserves", "resumes", "saves" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{ "examples":[ "stockpiles of nuclear weapons that continue to menace the inhabitants of this planet" ], "synonyms":[ "hangs (over)", "hovers (over)", "impends (over)", "overhangs", "threatens" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangers", "hazards", "imperils", "jeopardizes", "perils" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "mentalities":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "most teenagers do not have the mentality to foresee the consequences of such risky behavior" ], "synonyms":[ "brain(s)", "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], 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"hardy", "hearty", "lusty", "robust", "rugged", "stalwart", "strong", "tough", "able-bodied", "conditioned", "fit", "well-conditioned", "blooming", "bouncing", "chipper", "flourishing", "flush", "thriving", "hale", "healthful", "healthy", "sound", "well", "whole", "wholesome" ], "near antonyms":[ "ailing", "bad", "down", "ill", "indisposed", "peaked", "peaky", "poorly", "punk", "run-down", "sick", "sickened", "unhealthy", "unsound", "unwell", "symptomatic", "cruddy", "lousy", "seedy", "sickish" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "that shirt will be as good as new when I'm finished mending it" ], "synonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "patching", "reconditioning", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ], "near synonyms":[ "fixing up", "furbishing", "overhauling", "rebuilding", "reconstructing", "refurbishing", "aiding", "curing", "healing", "helping", "conditioning", "preparing", "readying", "caring (for)", "maintaining", "servicing", "freshening", "refreshening", "refreshing", "regenerating", "rejuvenating", "renewing", "restoring", "revitalizing", "reviving", "adjusting", "correcting", "modifying", "rectifying", "redressing", "reforming", "righting", "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "enriching", "improving", "meliorating" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishing", "breaking", "damaging", "defacing", "disfiguring", "flawing", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "ruining", "spoiling", "vandalizing", "wrecking", "crippling", "disabling", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to become healthy and strong again after illness or weakness":{ "examples":[ "she's mending after a particularly nasty bout of the flu" ], "synonyms":[ "coming back", "convalescing", "gaining", "healing", "pulling round", "rallying", "recouping", "recovering", "recuperating", "snapping back" ], "near synonyms":[ "coming around", "coming round", "coming to", "improving", "picking up", "reviving", "cheering (up)", "perking (up)", "pulling through", "surviving", "recruiting" ], "near antonyms":[ "ailing", "collapsing", "coming down", "sickening", "declining", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "fading", "failing", "languishing", "sinking", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "worsening", "regressing", "relapsing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to restore to a healthy condition":{ "examples":[ "mended the broken plant so that it was soon thriving again" ], "synonyms":[ "curing", "fixing", "healing", "rehabbing", "rehabilitating", "setting up" ], "near synonyms":[ "attending (to)", "caring (for)", "doctoring", "medicating", "ministering (to)", "nursing", "physicking", "treating", "fortifying", "rejuvenating", "renewing", "resuscitating", "revitalizing", "reviving", "alleviating", "relieving", "remedying", "repairing" ], "near antonyms":[ "crippling", "damaging", "disabling", "harming", "hurting", "impairing", "injuring", "lacerating", "laming", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating", "wounding", "afflicting", "ailing", "debilitating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "laying up", "sapping", "sickening", "wasting", "weakening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make up for (an offense)":{ "examples":[ "the proverb \"least said, soonest mended \" should be heeded by anyone tempted to angrily blurt out things they really don't mean" ], "synonyms":[ "atoning (for)", "expiating", "redeeming" ], "near synonyms":[ "compensating", "recompensing", "reimbursing", "remunerating", "repaying", "amending", "correcting", "rectifying", "redressing", "propitiating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to change one's behavior or character for the better":{ "examples":[ "everyone's written her off as a liar and a thief, but I say it's never too late to mend" ], "synonyms":[ "amending", "reforming", "shaping up", "straightening (up or out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "behaving", "regenerating", "bettering", "improving" ], "near antonyms":[ "backsliding", "regressing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring about recovery from":{ "examples":[ "the old adage that only time can mend a broken heart" ], "synonyms":[ "curing", "healing", "remedying" ], "near synonyms":[ "allaying", "alleviating", "assuaging", "relieving", "palliating", "salving", "soothing", "easing", "lightening", "moderating", "tempering", "doctoring", "nursing", "medicating", "treating", "diagnosing" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggravating", "worsening", "misdiagnosing", "overdiagnosing", "underdiagnosing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "mentalists":{ "as in clairvoyants , telepaths":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clairvoyants", "mind readers", "telepaths", "sensitives", "channelers", "channels", "mediums", "media", "psychics", "spiritists", "spiritualists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "mentoring":{ "as in coaching , assistance":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "assistance", "briefing", "coaching", "priming", "prompting", "teaching", "tutoring", "advice", "advisement", "assistance", "counsel", "guidance", "input", "recommendation", "suggestion", "caution", "cautioning", "sign", "signal", "telltale", "tip-off", "warning", "brief", "direction", "feedback", "instruction", "observation", "prompt", "reminder", "urging", "answer", "clue", "solution", "hint", "lead", "pointer", "tip" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give advice and instruction to (someone) regarding the course or process to be followed":{ "examples":[ "we're looking for volunteers to mentor students in the theater arts" ], "synonyms":[ "coaching", "counseling", "counselling", "guiding", "leading", "piloting", "shepherding", "showing", "tutoring" ], "near synonyms":[ "godfathering", "directing", "engineering", "steering", "swaying", "accompanying", "attending", "chaperoning", "convoying", "escorting", "seeing", "squiring", "overseeing", "superintending", "supervising", "drilling", "training", "briefing", "enlightening", "informing", "instructing", "schooling", "teaching", "inculcating", "indoctrinating", "cultivating", "fostering", "nurturing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "menagerie":{ "an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{ "examples":[ "the living room is eclectically furnished with a menagerie of garage-sale finds" ], "synonyms":[ "agglomerate", "agglomeration", "alphabet soup", "assortment", "botch", "clutter", "collage", "crazy quilt", "farrago", "gallimaufry", "grab bag", "gumbo", "hash", "hodgepodge", "hotchpotch", "jambalaya", "jumble", "jungle", "litter", "mac\u00e9doine", "medley", "m\u00e9lange", "miscellanea", "miscellany", "mishmash", "mixed bag", "montage", "motley", "muddle", "olio", "olla podrida", "omnium-gatherum", "pastiche", "patchwork", "patchwork quilt", "potpourri", "ragbag", "ragout", "rummage", "salad", "salmagundi", "scramble", "shuffle", "smorgasbord", "stew", "tumble", "variety", "welter" ], "near synonyms":[ "detritus", "notions", "oddments", "odds and ends", "sundries", "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomerate", "conglomeration", "catchall", "admixture", "alloy", "amalgam", "blend", "combination", "commixture", "composite", "compound", "fusion", "intermixture", "mix-up", "bollix", "chaos", "confusion", "disarrangement", "disarray", "disorder", "dog's breakfast", "mess", "morass", "shambles", "imbroglio", "knot", "snarl", "tangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }