{
  "prying":{
    "interested in what is not one's own business":{
      "examples":[
        "as we moved into our new home, we could sense that there were prying eyes watching us"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "curious",
        "inquisitive",
        "nosy",
        "nosey",
        "snoopy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interfering",
        "intrusive",
        "meddlesome",
        "meddling",
        "obtrusive",
        "officious",
        "inquisitional",
        "inquisitorial",
        "interrogative",
        "questioning",
        "quizzical",
        "concerned",
        "interested"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "apathetic",
        "disinterested",
        "indifferent",
        "unconcerned",
        "uninterested"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "incurious",
        "uncurious"
      ]
    },
    "thrusting oneself where one is not welcome or invited":{
      "examples":[
        "prying neighbors who refuse to mind their own business"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "busy",
        "interfering",
        "intruding",
        "intrusive",
        "meddlesome",
        "meddling",
        "nosy",
        "nosey",
        "obtrusive",
        "officious",
        "presuming",
        "presumptuous",
        "protrusive",
        "pushing",
        "pushy",
        "snoopy"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "bold",
        "brazen",
        "bumptious",
        "impertinent",
        "impudent",
        "insolent",
        "rude",
        "invading",
        "trespassing",
        "curious",
        "inquisitive",
        "annoying",
        "harassing",
        "pestiferous",
        "overbearing",
        "superserviceable"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "hands-off",
        "uninvolved",
        "quiet",
        "reclusive",
        "reserved",
        "reticent",
        "retiring",
        "silent",
        "taciturn",
        "withdrawn",
        "inhibited",
        "restrained",
        "subdued"
      ],
      "antonyms":[
        "unobtrusive"
      ]
    },
    "as in inquiry , questioning":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "inquiry",
        "interrogation",
        "questioning",
        "attentiveness",
        "concern",
        "interest",
        "regard",
        "wonderment",
        "interference",
        "intrusiveness",
        "meddlesomeness",
        "obtrusiveness",
        "officiousness",
        "curiosity",
        "curiousness",
        "inquisitiveness",
        "nosiness",
        "eavesdropping",
        "rubbernecking"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "incuriosity",
        "incuriousness",
        "apathy",
        "disinterestedness",
        "disregard",
        "indifference",
        "unconcern"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to raise, move, or pull apart with or as if with a lever":{
      "examples":[
        "it took some effort to pry up the trap door"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "jimmying",
        "levering",
        "prizing"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "elevating",
        "hoisting",
        "lifting",
        "uplifting",
        "breaking",
        "breaking up",
        "detaching",
        "disengaging",
        "disjoining",
        "dividing",
        "parting",
        "pulling",
        "separating",
        "shifting"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "connecting",
        "joining"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to draw out by force or with effort":{
      "examples":[
        "a vain attempt to pry the cork out of a wine bottle"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "corkscrewing",
        "extracting",
        "prizing",
        "pulling",
        "rooting (out)",
        "tearing (out)",
        "uprooting",
        "wresting",
        "wringing",
        "yanking"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "mining",
        "plucking",
        "removing",
        "taking (out)",
        "withdrawing"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "implanting",
        "inserting",
        "installing",
        "instilling",
        "cramming",
        "jamming",
        "ramming",
        "stuffing",
        "wedging"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "to interest oneself in what is not one's concern":{
      "examples":[
        "don't go prying into other people's business"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "butting in",
        "interfering",
        "interloping",
        "intermeddling",
        "intruding",
        "meddling",
        "messing",
        "mucking (about or around)",
        "nosing",
        "obtruding",
        "poking",
        "snooping"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "interceding",
        "interposing",
        "intervening",
        "barging (in)",
        "chiseling (in)",
        "chiselling (in)",
        "encroaching",
        "infringing",
        "invading",
        "trespassing",
        "fiddling",
        "fooling",
        "monkeying",
        "playing",
        "tampering"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "avoiding",
        "eschewing",
        "shunning",
        "disregarding",
        "ignoring",
        "neglecting",
        "overlooking"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "pryer":{
    "as in rubberneck , peeper":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gaper",
        "gawker",
        "gawper",
        "gazer",
        "peeper",
        "peeping Tom",
        "rubberneck",
        "rubbernecker",
        "snoop",
        "snooper",
        "spy",
        "busybody",
        "buttinsky",
        "buttinski",
        "interferer",
        "interloper",
        "intermeddler",
        "intruder",
        "kibitzer",
        "kibbitzer",
        "meddler",
        "nosey parker",
        "blabber",
        "discloser",
        "gossip",
        "gossiper",
        "prattler",
        "quidnunc",
        "revealer",
        "teller",
        "betrayer",
        "talebearer",
        "tattler",
        "tattletale",
        "telltale",
        "snake",
        "sneak",
        "informant",
        "informer",
        "snitcher",
        "squealer",
        "stool pigeon"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "pryers":{
    "as in rubbernecks , peepers":{
      "examples":[],
      "synonyms":[],
      "near synonyms":[
        "gapers",
        "gawkers",
        "gawpers",
        "gazers",
        "peepers",
        "peeping Toms",
        "rubberneckers",
        "rubbernecks",
        "snoopers",
        "snoops",
        "spies",
        "busybodies",
        "buttinskies",
        "interferers",
        "interlopers",
        "intermeddlers",
        "intruders",
        "kibitzers",
        "kibbitzers",
        "meddlers",
        "nosey parkers",
        "blabbers",
        "disclosers",
        "gossipers",
        "gossips",
        "prattlers",
        "quidnuncs",
        "revealers",
        "tellers",
        "betrayers",
        "talebearers",
        "tattlers",
        "tattletales",
        "telltales",
        "snakes",
        "sneaks",
        "informants",
        "informers",
        "snitchers",
        "squealers",
        "stool pigeons"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}