{ "fianc\u00e9s":{ "the person to whom one is engaged to be married":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "couldn't wait to show off her fianc\u00e9 to all of her relatives" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "admirers", "beaux", "beaus", "beloveds", "boyfriends", "darlings", "dears", "favorites", "fellows", "flames", "girlfriends", "honeys", "lovers", "loves", "steadies", "swains", "sweethearts", "sweetie pies", "sweeties", "sweets", "valentines", "brides", "grooms" ], "synonyms":[ "betrotheds", "fianc\u00e9es", "intendeds" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiat":{ "an order publicly issued by an authority":{ "examples":[ "the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that" ], "synonyms":[ "bull", "decree", "diktat", "directive", "edict", "rescript", "ruling", "ukase" ], "near synonyms":[ "call", "conclusion", "decision", "deliverance", "determination", "diagnosis", "judgment", "judgement", "opinion", "resolution", "verdict", "announcement", "declaration", "dictum", "manifesto", "proclamation", "pronouncement", "canon", "encyclical" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fibbing":{ "as in lying , dishonest":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dishonest", "lying", "mendacious", "prevaricating", "untruthful", "fallacious", "false", "untrue", "unbelievable", "undependable", "unreliable", "unscrupulous", "untrustworthy", "bluffing", "dissembling", "dissimulating", "duplicitous", "equivocating", "hypocritical", "insincere", "posing", "pretending", "artful", "deceitful", "deceptive", "devious", "evasive", "slick", "slippery", "sly", "sneaky", "treacherous", "tricky", "underhanded", "wily" ], "near antonyms":[ "honest", "truthful", "veracious", "candid", "direct", "forthcoming", "forthright", "foursquare", "frank", "freehearted", "free-spoken", "open", "openhearted", "out-front", "outspoken", "plain", "plainspoken", "believable", "credible", "true", "veritable" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{ "examples":[ "fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away" ], "synonyms":[ "fabricating", "lying", "prevaricating" ], "near synonyms":[ "forswearing", "foreswearing", "perjuring", "equivocating", "fudging", "paltering", "beguiling", "cozening", "deceiving", "deluding", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "hoaxing", "hoodwinking", "kidding", "snowing", "taking in", "tricking", "defaming", "libeling", "libelling", "slandering", "traducing", "falsifying", "misreporting", "misrepresenting", "misstating", "distorting", "garbling", "dissembling", "dissimulating", "misguiding", "misinforming", "misleading" ], "near antonyms":[ "asserting", "swearing", "testifying", "authenticating", "confirming", "substantiating", "validating", "verifying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless" ], "synonyms":[ "bashing", "basting", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belaboring", "belting", "birching", "bludgeoning", "buffeting", "bunging up", "clubbing", "currying", "doing", "drubbing", "flogging", "hammering", "hiding", "lacing", "lambasting", "lashing", "lathering", "licking", "mauling", "messing (up)", "paddling", "pelting", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "punching out", "roughing (up)", "slating", "slogging", "switching", "tanning", "thrashing", "threshing", "thumping", "tromping", "walloping", "whaling", "whipping", "whopping", "whapping", "whupping", "working over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "boxing", "busting", "chopping", "clobbering", "clouting", "cracking", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "cuffing", "descending (on or upon)", "hitting", "jumping (on)", "knocking", "lamming", "laying on", "pasting", "pouncing (on or upon)", "punching", "raiding", "rushing", "slamming", "slapping", "smacking", "smashing", "socking", "spanking", "storming", "swatting", "swiping", "thwacking", "whacking", "whamming", "whomping", "blackjacking", "caning", "cowhiding", "flagellating", "fustigating", "horsewhipping", "leathering", "pistol-whipping", "rawhiding", "scourging", "strapping", "goring", "lacerating", "wounding", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fibs":{ "a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{ "examples":[ "the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs" ], "synonyms":[ "fables", "fabrications", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "lies", "mendacities", "prevarications", "stories", "tales", "taradiddles", "tarradiddles", "untruths", "whoppers" ], "near synonyms":[ "distortions", "exaggerations", "half-truths", "ambiguities", "equivocations", "obliquities", "defamations", "libels", "slanders", "perjuries", "bluffs", "fictions", "poses", "pretenses", "pretences", "humbug", "jives", "nonsense", "canards", "fallacies", "misconceptions", "myths", "falsifications", "misinformation", "misreports", "misrepresentations", "misstatements", "deceits", "dishonesties", "duplicities", "fraudulences" ], "near antonyms":[ "facts", "truisms", "verities", "honesties", "veracities", "authentications", "confirmations", "substantiations", "validations", "verifications" ], "antonyms":[ "truths" ] }, "to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{ "examples":[ "fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away" ], "synonyms":[ "fabricates", "lies", "prevaricates" ], "near synonyms":[ "forswears", "foreswears", "perjures", "equivocates", "fudges", "palters", "beguiles", "cozens", "deceives", "deludes", "dupes", "fools", "gulls", "hoaxes", "hoodwinks", "kids", "snows", "takes in", "tricks", "defames", "libels", "slanders", "traduces", "falsifies", "misreports", "misrepresents", "misstates", "distorts", "garbles", "dissembles", "dissimulates", "misguides", "misinforms", "misleads" ], "near antonyms":[ "asserts", "swears", "testifies", "authenticates", "confirms", "substantiates", "validates", "verifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless" ], "synonyms":[ "bashes", "bastes", "bats", "batters", "beats", "belabors", "belts", "birches", "bludgeons", "buffets", "bungs up", "clubs", "curries", "does", "drubs", "flogs", "hammers", "hides", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "lashes", "lathers", "licks", "mauls", "messes (up)", "paddles", "pelts", "pommels", "pounds", "pummels", "punches out", "roughs (up)", "slates", "slogs", "switches", "tans", "thrashes", "threshes", "thumps", "tromps", "wallops", "whales", "whips", "whops", "whaps", "whups", "works over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assails", "assaults", "attacks", "besets", "boxes", "busts", "chops", "clobbers", "clouts", "cracks", "cudgels", "cuffs", "descends (on or upon)", "hits", "jumps (on)", "knocks", "lams", "lays on", "pastes", "pounces (on or upon)", "punches", "raids", "rushes", "slams", "slaps", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "storms", "swats", "swipes", "thwacks", "whacks", "whams", "whomps", "blackjacks", "canes", "cowhides", "flagellates", "fustigates", "horsewhips", "leathers", "pistol-whips", "rawhides", "scourges", "straps", "gores", "lacerates", "wounds", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fictionalized":{ "as in fictional , fictitious":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fiddles":{ "an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country" ], "synonyms":[ "buncos", "bunkos", "cons", "flimflams", "frauds", "hustles", "scams", "shell games", "stings", "swindles" ], "near synonyms":[ "crosses", "fixes", "Ponzi schemes", "pyramid schemes", "rackets", "rip-offs", "thimblerigs", "three-card montes", "devices", "dodges", "gimmicks", "jigs", "ploys", "schemes", "sleights", "stratagems", "tricks", "wiles", "counterfeits", "fakes", "forgeries", "hoaxes", "humbug", "phonies", "phoneys", "shams" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin" ], "synonyms":[ "fidgets", "jerks", "jiggles", "jigs", "squiggles", "squirms", "thrashes", "threshes", "tosses", "twists", "twitches", "wiggles", "wriggles", "writhes" ], "near synonyms":[ "flits", "flutters", "twitters", "quakes", "quivers", "shakes", "shivers", "shudders", "trembles", "paces" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxes", "rests", "unwinds", "calms (down)", "stills" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive" ], "synonyms":[ "beats", "bilks", "bleeds", "cheats", "chisels", "chouses", "cons", "cozens", "defrauds", "diddles", "does", "does in", "euchres", "fleeces", "flimflams", "gaffs", "hoses", "hustles", "mulcts", "nobbles", "plucks", "reams", "rips off", "rooks", "screws", "shakes down", "shortchanges", "shorts", "skins", "skunks", "squeezes", "sticks", "stiffs", "stings", "suckers", "swindles", "thimblerigs", "victimizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorts", "wrenches", "wrests", "wrings", "clips", "gouges", "nicks", "overcharges", "soaks", "exploits", "milks", "deceives", "dupes", "fools", "gulls", "tricks", "ropes (in)", "betrays", "bitches", "double-crosses", "bamboozles", "fast-talks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fiddling":{ "lacking importance":{ "examples":[ "you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues" ], "synonyms":[ "foolish", "frivolous", "incidental", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "little", "Mickey Mouse", "minor", "minute", "negligible", "nugatory", "slight", "small", "small-fry", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant" ], "near synonyms":[ "jerkwater", "one-horse", "nickel-and-dime", "paltry", "petty", "small-time", "worthless", "anonymous", "nameless", "obscure", "uncelebrated", "unknown" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "fatal", "fateful", "chief", "dominant", "overbearing", "overmastering", "overriding", "principal", "distinctive", "exceptional", "impressive", "outstanding", "prominent", "remarkable", "valuable", "worthwhile", "worthy", "distinguished", "eminent", "great", "illustrious", "preeminent", "prestigious", "famous", "notorious", "renowned", "all-important", "basic", "essential", "fundamental", "key" ], "antonyms":[ "big", "consequential", "eventful", "important", "major", "material", "meaningful", "momentous", "significant", "substantial", "unfrivolous", "weighty" ] }, "as in fidgeting , twitching":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fidgeting", "squirm", "squirming", "twitching", "wriggling", "writhing", "locomotion", "mobility", "motility", "motivity", "flailing", "flapping", "waving", "dislocation", "migration", "relocation", "motion", "move", "movement", "shift", "shifting", "stir", "stirring" ], "near antonyms":[ "motionlessness", "immobility", "inertia", "inertness", "stillness", "cessation", "discontinuance", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "pause", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin" ], "synonyms":[ "fidgeting", "jerking", "jigging", "jiggling", "squiggling", "squirming", "thrashing", "threshing", "tossing", "twisting", "twitching", "wiggling", "wriggling", "writhing" ], "near synonyms":[ "flitting", "fluttering", "twittering", "quaking", "quivering", "shaking", "shivering", "shuddering", "trembling", "pacing" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxing", "resting", "unwinding", "calming (down)", "stilling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bilking", "bleeding", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "chousing", "conning", "cozening", "defrauding", "diddling", "doing", "doing in", "euchring", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "gaffing", "hosing", "hustling", "mulcting", "nobbling", "plucking", "reaming", "ripping off", "rooking", "screwing", "shaking down", "shortchanging", "shorting", "skinning", "skunking", "squeezing", "sticking", "stiffing", "stinging", "suckering", "swindling", "thimblerigging", "victimizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorting", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "clipping", "gouging", "nicking", "overcharging", "soaking", "exploiting", "milking", "deceiving", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "tricking", "roping (in)", "betraying", "bitching", "double-crossing", "bamboozling", "fast-talking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "fiddling (with)":{ "to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "abusing", "altering", "doctoring", "manhandling", "manipulating", "mistreating", "misusing", "butting in", "interfering", "intruding", "meddling", "mucking (about or around)" ], "synonyms":[ "diddling (with)", "fooling (with)", "messing (with)", "monkeying (with)", "playing (with)", "tampering (with)", "tinkering (with)", "toying (with)", "twiddling (with)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "field":{ "a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "corner", "section", "locale", "locality", "location", "locus", "place", "point", "position", "site", "space", "spot" ], "synonyms":[ "area", "demesne", "region", "zone" ] }, "a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "air base", "air park", "helipad", "heliport", "jetport", "airstrip", "landing field", "landing strip", "runway", "launchpad", "pad" ], "synonyms":[ "aerodrome", "airdrome", "airfield", "airport" ] }, "a place where a battle takes place":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battle line", "front", "front line", "ground", "beachhead", "bridgehead", "foothold", "killing field" ], "synonyms":[ "battlefield", "battleground" ] }, "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the first woman to enter the field of medicine" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "frontier", "study", "subject", "territory", "turf", "occupation", "profession", "pursuit", "racket", "vocation", "ambit", "amplitude", "breadth", "compass", "confine", "dimension(s)", "extent", "ken", "reach", "scope", "sweep", "width", "subfield", "subspecialty" ], "synonyms":[ "area", "arena", "bailiwick", "barony", "business", "circle", "demesne", "department", "discipline", "domain", "element", "fief", "fiefdom", "firmament", "front", "game", "kingdom", "line", "precinct", "province", "realm", "specialty", "sphere", "terrain", "walk" ] }, "a small area of usually open land":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "common(s)", "croft", "grass", "green", "greensward", "lawn", "glade", "grassland", "heath", "heathland", "lea", "ley", "meadow", "moor", "pasture", "pastureland" ], "synonyms":[ "clearing", "ground", "lot", "parcel", "plat", "plot", "tract" ] }, "a wide space or area":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "domain", "sphere", "territory", "compass", "range", "scope", "sweep", "gamut", "scale", "spectrum", "depth", "emptiness", "void", "extension", "latitude", "span", "amplitude", "immensity", "magnitude" ], "synonyms":[ "breadth", "distance", "expanse", "expansion", "extent", "length", "plain", "reach", "sheet", "spread", "stretch", "waste" ] }, "active fighting during the course of a war":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "attack", "fire", "firefight", "pitched battle", "single combat", "hostilities", "operations", "warfare", "duty", "service" ], "synonyms":[ "action", "battle", "combat" ] }, "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests" ], "near antonyms":[ "botch", "bungle", "foozle", "fumble", "goof (up)", "louse up", "mess (up)", "mishandle", "muff", "scamp" ], "related":[ "engineer", "finesse", "jockey", "bring off", "carry off", "carry out", "get off", "pull", "command", "direct", "guide", "steer", "control", "micromanage", "regulate", "run", "react (to)", "respond (to)" ], "synonyms":[ "address", "contend (with)", "cope (with)", "grapple (with)", "hack", "handle", "manage", "maneuver", "manipulate", "negotiate", "play", "swing", "take", "treat" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fiend":{ "a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{ "examples":[ "even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree" ], "synonyms":[ "baddie", "baddy", "beast", "brute", "caitiff", "devil", "evildoer", "heavy", "hound", "knave", "meanie", "meany", "miscreant", "monster", "nazi", "no-good", "rapscallion", "rascal", "reprobate", "rogue", "savage", "scalawag", "scallywag", "scamp", "scapegrace", "scoundrel", "varlet", "villain", "wretch" ], "near synonyms":[ "villainess", "blackguard", "criminal", "crook", "culprit", "felon", "lawbreaker", "malefactor", "offender", "perp", "perpetrator", "transgressor", "sinner", "trespasser", "wrongdoer", "cad", "heel", "serpent", "snake", "viper", "bandit", "bravo", "desperado", "outlaw", "con", "convict", "jailbird", "assassin", "cutthroat", "gangster", "goon", "gunman", "hoodlum", "hooligan", "racketeer", "ruffian", "thug", "rough", "rowdy", "tough", "loser", "lowlife", "ne'er-do-well", "stinker", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel", "innocent", "saint", "hero" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{ "examples":[ "the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends" ], "synonyms":[ "addict", "dopehead", "doper", "druggie", "druggy", "freak", "head", "hophead", "hype", "junkie", "junky", "stoner", "user" ], "near synonyms":[ "acidhead", "cokehead", "crackhead", "pothead", "speed freak", "burnout" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonaddict", "nonuser" ] }, "a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{ "examples":[ "comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world" ], "synonyms":[ "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "bug", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "fanatic", "fancier", "fool", "freak", "habitu\u00e9", "habitue", "head", "hound", "junkie", "junky", "lover", "maniac", "maven", "mavin", "nut", "sucker" ], "near synonyms":[ "groupie", "admirer", "amateur", "collector", "connoisseur", "dilettante", "authority", "expert", "adherent", "convert", "cultist", "disciple", "follower", "hanger-on", "votary", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "champion", "evangelist", "exponent", "friend", "patron", "promoter", "proponent", "supporter", "partisan", "partizan", "zealot", "booster", "rooter", "well-wisher", "faddist" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonadmirer", "belittler", "carper", "critic", "detractor" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfan" ] }, "an evil spirit":{ "examples":[ "the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber" ], "synonyms":[ "cacodemon", "demon", "daemon", "devil", "ghost", "ghoul", "ghoulie", "imp", "shaitan" ], "near synonyms":[ "hag", "lamia", "vampire", "incubus", "nightmare", "succubus", "afreet", "afrit", "genie", "jinni", "jinn", "djinni", "djinn", "apparition", "banshee", "bogey", "bogie", "bogy", "bugbear", "familiar", "familiar spirit", "genius", "phantasm", "fantasm", "phantom", "poltergeist", "shade", "shadow", "specter", "spectre", "spirit", "spook", "vision", "wraith", "brownie", "dwarf", "elf", "faerie", "faery", "fairy", "fay", "gnome", "goblin", "gremlin", "hobgoblin", "kobold", "leprechaun", "pixie", "pixy", "puck", "sprite", "troll", "monster", "ogre" ], "near antonyms":[ "angel" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell":{ "examples":[ "he swore that not even the fiend could tempt him to eat that dessert" ], "synonyms":[ "archfiend", "Beelzebub", "devil", "Lucifer", "Old Nick", "Satan", "serpent" ], "near synonyms":[ "deuce", "dickens", "Mephistopheles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{ "examples":[ "our in-house computer fiend fixed the problem in no time" ], "synonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "artist", "authority", "cognoscente", "connoisseur", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dab", "dab hand", "expert", "geek", "guru", "hand", "hotshot", "maestro", "master", "maven", "mavin", "meister", "past master", "proficient", "scholar", "shark", "sharp", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard" ], "near synonyms":[ "pro", "professional", "consultant", "hired gun", "specialist", "addict", "aficionado", "afficionado", "buff", "devotee", "enthusiast", "fan", "craftsman", "journeyman", "all-rounder", "jack-of-all-trades", "Renaissance man", "mistress" ], "near antonyms":[ "apprentice", "beginner", "neophyte", "novice", "dabbler", "dilettante", "layman", "nonprofessional" ], "antonyms":[ "amateur", "inexpert", "nonexpert" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fig":{ "the smallest amount or part imaginable":{ "examples":[ "they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "bubkes", "bupkes", "bupkus", "continental", "damn", "darn", "durn", "diddly", "diddly-squat", "doodley-squat", "doodly-squat", "ghost", "hoot", "iota", "jot", "lick", "modicum", "rap", "squat", "syllable", "tittle", "whit", "whoop" ], "near synonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "crumb", "dab", "driblet", "glimmer", "hint", "little", "mite", "nip", "ounce", "particle", "peanuts", "pin", "ray", "scrap", "scruple", "semblance", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snap", "speck", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "touch", "trace" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fight":{ "a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's schools" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "effort", "exertion", "labor", "pains", "trouble", "work", "drudgery", "grind", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "strife", "tussle", "war", "warfare", "attempt", "endeavor", "essay", "try" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "fray", "scrabble", "struggle", "throes" ] }, "a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a troubled youth who got into one fight after another" ], "near antonyms":[ "truce" ], "related":[ "pitched battle", "rough-and-tumble", "affray", "battle royal", "brawl", "broil", "donnybrook", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "mix-up", "ruckus", "ruction", "blows", "fistfight", "fisticuffs", "grapple", "handgrips", "punch-out", "punch-up", "slugfest", "confrontation", "duel", "face-off", "joust", "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "falling-out", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "row", "spat", "squabble", "tangle", "tiff", "wrangle", "catfight" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "dustup", "fracas", "fray", "hassle", "scrap", "scrimmage", "scrum", "scuffle", "skirmish", "struggle", "tussle" ] }, "an inclination to fight or quarrel":{ "antonyms":[ "nonaggression", "pacifism" ], "examples":[ "a tough, streetwise kid with a lot of fight in him" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiaggression", "anti-imperialism", "antimilitarism", "affability", "amiability", "amicability", "benevolence", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness", "amenability", "complaisance", "placability" ], "related":[ "antagonism", "fierceness", "hostility", "hyperaggressiveness", "unfriendliness", "imperialism", "jingoism", "militarism", "acidity", "biliousness", "captiousness", "crankiness", "crossness", "disagreeableness", "fractiousness", "fretfulness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "orneriness", "peevishness", "pettishness", "petulance", "querulousness", "rudeness", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "synonyms":[ "aggression", "aggressiveness", "assaultiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "defiance", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "militance", "militancy", "militantness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence" ] }, "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the couple have their share of fights , but they quickly get over them" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "clash", "run-in", "skirmish", "tangle", "tussle", "logomachy", "feud", "vendetta", "attack", "contention", "dissension", "dissention", "debate", "difference", "disputation", "fuss", "objection", "protest", "protestation", "affray", "fisticuffs", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "catfight" ], "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "challenge", "engage", "play", "jockey", "jostle", "maneuver", "go out", "try out", "train", "work" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "compete", "contend", "face off", "race", "rival", "vie" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexist", "get along", "accept", "agree", "assent", "concur", "consent" ], "related":[ "challenge", "dare", "defy", "clash", "contend", "contest", "tangle", "cavil", "fuss", "nitpick", "consider", "debate", "discuss", "kick", "object", "protest" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brabble", "brawl", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "row", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ] }, "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland" ], "near antonyms":[ "give up", "submit", "surrender" ], "related":[ "duel", "joust", "bang", "bash", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belt", "bludgeon", "bop", "buffet", "clobber", "hammer", "hit", "knock", "paste", "pound", "punch", "slam", "slap", "slog", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "strike", "swat", "swipe", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "whale", "box", "spar", "brawl", "grapple", "scuffle", "tussle", "wrestle", "bump", "collide" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "clash (with)", "combat", "scrimmage (with)", "skirmish (with)", "war (against)" ] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "antonyms":[ "bow (to)", "capitulate (to)", "give in (to)", "knuckle under (to)", "stoop (to)", "submit (to)", "succumb (to)", "surrender (to)", "yield (to)" ], "examples":[ "I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "challenge", "contest", "contradict", "dispute", "baffle", "balk", "foil", "frustrate", "thwart", "check", "counter", "hinder", "obstruct", "stem" ], "synonyms":[ "buck", "defy", "oppose", "repel", "resist", "withstand" ] }, "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{ "antonyms":[ "advance", "cultivate", "encourage", "forward", "foster", "further", "nourish", "nurture", "promote" ], "examples":[ "a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice" ], "near antonyms":[ "abide", "bear", "endure", "suffer", "advocate", "back", "champion", "endorse", "indorse", "support", "uphold" ], "related":[ "baffle", "checkmate", "foil", "frustrate", "resist", "thwart", "withstand", "confront", "defy", "face", "meet" ], "synonyms":[ "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "counter", "oppose", "oppugn" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fight shy of":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse." ], "synonyms":[ "avoid", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "finesse", "get around", "scape", "shake", "shirk", "shuffle (out of)", "shun", "weasel (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "miss", "avert", "deflect", "divert", "obviate", "parry", "prevent", "ward (off)", "ban", "bar", "debar", "eliminate", "except", "exclude", "preclude", "rule out", "bypass", "circumvent", "skirt", "foil", "fox", "frustrate", "outfox", "outsmart", "outwit", "overreach", "thwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "court", "embrace", "pursue", "seek", "welcome", "catch", "contract", "incur" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fighting":{ "as in battling , warring":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "battling", "warring", "savage", "vicious", "acidic", "bearish", "bilious", "bristly", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "fractious", "fretful", "grouchy", "grumpy", "huffy", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "irascible", "irritable", "ornery", "peevish", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "querulous", "rude", "snappish", "snappy", "stroppy", "surly", "testy", "touchy", "ugly", "waspish", "antagonistic", "fierce", "hostile", "hot-tempered", "aggressive", "agonistic", "argumentative", "assaultive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "brawly", "chippy", "combative", "confrontational", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "feisty", "gladiatorial", "militant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "warlike" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonaggressive", "nonbelligerent", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "unbelligerent", "uncombative", "uncontentious", "anti-imperialist", "antimilitarist", "unwarlike", "affable", "amiable", "amicable", "benevolent", "complaisant", "conciliatory", "cordial", "easygoing", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "ingratiating", "kindhearted", "obliging", "pleasant", "sociable", "calm", "quiet", "relaxed", "serene", "tranquil", "benign", "gentle", "kindly", "mild" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in combat , warfare":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "combat", "warfare", "action", "battle", "engagement", "skirmish", "civil war", "cold war", "holy war", "limited war", "police action", "world war", "conflagration", "conflict", "hostilities", "hot war", "war" ], "near antonyms":[ "peace", "demilitarization", "demobilization", "disarmament", "pacification", "cease-fire", "truce", "calm", "peacefulness", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{ "examples":[ "a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "clashing (with)", "combating", "combatting", "scrimmaging (with)", "skirmishing (with)", "warring (against)" ], "near synonyms":[ "dueling", "duelling", "jousting", "banging", "bashing", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belting", "bludgeoning", "bopping", "buffeting", "clobbering", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "boxing", "sparring", "brawling", "grappling", "scuffling", "tussling", "wrestling", "bumping", "colliding" ], "near antonyms":[ "giving up", "submitting", "surrendering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strive to reduce or eliminate":{ "examples":[ "a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "countering", "opposing", "oppugning" ], "near synonyms":[ "baffling", "checkmating", "foiling", "frustrating", "resisting", "thwarting", "withstanding", "confronting", "defying", "facing", "meeting" ], "near antonyms":[ "abiding", "bearing", "enduring", "suffering", "advocating", "backing", "championing", "endorsing", "indorsing", "supporting", "upholding" ], "antonyms":[ "advancing", "cultivating", "encouraging", "forwarding", "fostering", "furthering", "nourishing", "nurturing", "promoting" ] }, "to engage in a contest":{ "examples":[ "everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display" ], "synonyms":[ "battling", "competing", "contending", "facing off", "racing", "rivaling", "rivalling", "vying" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenging", "engaging", "playing", "jockeying", "jostling", "maneuvering", "going out", "trying out", "training", "working" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!" ], "synonyms":[ "altercating", "argufying", "arguing", "bickering", "brabbling", "brawling", "controverting", "disputing", "falling out", "hassling", "jarring", "quarreling", "quarrelling", "quibbling", "rowing", "scrapping", "spatting", "squabbling", "tiffing", "wrangling" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenging", "daring", "defying", "clashing", "contending", "contesting", "tangling", "caviling", "cavilling", "fussing", "nitpicking", "considering", "debating", "discussing", "kicking", "objecting", "protesting" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexisting", "getting along", "accepting", "agreeing", "assenting", "concurring", "consenting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to refuse to give in to":{ "examples":[ "I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost" ], "synonyms":[ "bucking", "defying", "opposing", "repelling", "resisting", "withstanding" ], "near synonyms":[ "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "challenging", "contesting", "contradicting", "disputing", "baffling", "balking", "foiling", "frustrating", "thwarting", "checking", "countering", "hindering", "obstructing", "stemming" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "bowing (to)", "capitulating (to)", "giving in (to)", "knuckling under (to)", "stooping (to)", "submitting (to)", "succumbing (to)", "surrendering (to)", "yielding (to)" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "fighting shy of":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse." ], "synonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "finessing", "getting around", "scaping", "shaking", "shirking", "shuffling (out of)", "shunning", "weaseling (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "missing", "averting", "deflecting", "diverting", "obviating", "parrying", "preventing", "warding (off)", "banning", "barring", "debarring", "eliminating", "excepting", "excluding", "precluding", "ruling out", "bypassing", "circumventing", "skirting", "foiling", "foxing", "frustrating", "outfoxing", "outsmarting", "outwitting", "overreaching", "thwarting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming", "catching", "contracting", "incurring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "figments":{ "a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{ "examples":[ "unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination" ], "synonyms":[ "chimeras", "conceits", "daydreams", "delusions", "dreams", "fancies", "fantasies", "phantasies", "hallucinations", "illusions", "nonentities", "phantasms", "fantasms", "pipe dreams", "unrealities", "visions" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignes fatui", "mirages", "will-o'-the-wisps", "brainchildren", "ideas", "concoctions", "fables", "fabrications", "fictions", "inventions", "visualizations", "cloud-cuckoo-lands", "cloudlands", "Shangri-las", "utopias", "daymares", "nightmares" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities", "facts", "realities" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that is the product of the imagination":{ "examples":[ "thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers" ], "synonyms":[ "fables", "fabrications", "fantasies", "phantasies", "fictions", "inventions" ], "near synonyms":[ "anecdotes", "anecdota", "narratives", "novels", "stories", "tales", "yarns", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "fibs", "lies", "mendacities", "misrepresentations", "prevarications", "untruths", "whoppers", "make-believe" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities" ], "antonyms":[ "facts", "materialities", "realities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figurehead":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filching":{ "as in shoplifting , pilfering":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "pilferage", "pilfering", "purloining", "shoplifting", "petit larceny", "petty larceny", "abduction", "carjacking", "hijacking", "highjacking", "kidnapping", "kidnaping", "shanghaiing", "embezzlement", "embezzling", "graft", "misapplication", "misappropriation", "peculation", "despoilment", "despoliation", "looting", "pillage", "plundering", "rapine", "spoliation", "burglary", "housebreaking", "poaching", "rustling", "larceny", "robbery", "stealing", "theft", "thievery", "black marketeering", "smuggling", "banditry", "piracy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{ "examples":[ "too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriating", "boosting", "heisting", "hooking", "lifting", "misappropriating", "nicking", "nipping", "pilfering", "pinching", "pocketing", "purloining", "ripping off", "snitching", "stealing", "swiping", "thieving" ], "near synonyms":[ "burglarizing", "knocking over", "robbing", "looting", "pillaging", "plundering", "sacking", "carjacking", "hijacking", "highjacking", "picking", "rifling", "poaching", "rustling", "shoplifting", "collaring", "grabbing", "grasping", "nailing", "seizing", "snatching", "taking", "mooching", "sponging", "abducting", "kidnapping", "kidnaping", "shanghaiing", "spiriting" ], "near antonyms":[ "buying", "purchasing", "bestowing", "contributing", "donating", "giving", "handing over", "presenting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "files":{ "a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "echelons", "ranks", "rows", "tiers", "chains", "progressions", "sequences", "successions", "arrays" ], "synonyms":[ "columns", "cues", "lines", "queues", "ranges", "strings", "trains" ] }, "to make smooth by friction":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarsens", "roughens", "roughs (up)", "scuffs" ], "related":[ "planes", "scrapes", "sandblasts", "scours", "burnishes", "dresses", "glosses", "polishes", "shines", "smooths", "smoothes", "edges", "sharpens", "strops", "whets", "regrinds" ], "synonyms":[ "buffs", "grinds", "hones", "rasps", "rubs", "sands" ] }, "to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium" ], "near antonyms":[ "ambles", "meanders", "rambles", "strolls", "wanders" ], "related":[ "goose-steps", "perambulates", "steps", "traipses", "treads", "hikes", "tramps", "lumbers", "plods", "stamps", "stomps", "trudges" ], "synonyms":[ "marches", "paces", "parades", "strides" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "filibuster":{ "as in stall , procrastinate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "procrastinate", "stall", "temporize", "crawl", "creep", "dally", "dawdle", "delay", "diddle", "dillydally", "drag", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "lollygag", "lallygag", "mope", "poke", "shilly-shally", "tarry", "fiddle (around)", "fool around", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "amble", "ease", "inch", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stagger", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowl", "breeze", "dart", "hump", "hurtle", "hustle", "scramble", "stampede", "gallop", "jog", "run", "sprint", "trot", "accelerate", "quicken", "speed (up)", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "barrel", "bolt", "career", "course", "dash", "fly", "hasten", "hotfoot (it)", "hurry", "race", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "scoot", "scud", "scurry", "speed", "tear", "whirl", "whisk", "whiz", "whizz", "zip" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in speak , harangue":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "declaim", "descant", "discourse", "expatiate", "harangue", "lecture", "orate", "speak", "talk", "dissert", "expound", "pontificate", "sermonize", "recite", "soliloquize", "mouth", "spout" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filigreeing":{ "as in lacing , ribboning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near 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"void" ] }, "to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{ "examples":[ "before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty" ], "synonyms":[ "block", "bung", "dam", "pack", "plug", "stop", "stuff" ], "near synonyms":[ "choke", "clog", "close (off)", "clot", "congest", "jam", "obstruct", "occlude", "caulk", "chink", "seal", "repack", "restuff" ], "near antonyms":[ "excavate", "hollow (out)", "scoop (out)", "shovel" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to do what is required by the terms of":{ "examples":[ "orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise" ], "synonyms":[ "answer", "complete", "comply (with)", "fulfill", "fulfil", "keep", "meet", "redeem", "satisfy" ], "near synonyms":[ "conclude", "consummate", "finalize", "finish", "perfect", "accomplish", "achieve", "bring about", "bring off", "carry out", "effect", "commit", "compass", "discharge", "execute", "follow through (with)", "make", "perform" ], "near antonyms":[ "default (on)", 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"redeems", "satisfies" ], "near synonyms":[ "concludes", "consummates", "finalizes", "finishes", "perfects", "accomplishes", "achieves", "brings about", "brings off", "carries out", "effects", "commits", "compasses", "discharges", "executes", "follows through (with)", "makes", "performs" ], "near antonyms":[ "defaults (on)", "disregards", "forgets", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks", "overpasses", "passes over", "slights" ], "antonyms":[ "breaches", "breaks", "transgresses", "violates" ] }, "soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{ "examples":[ "we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is" ], "synonyms":[ "fillers", "fillings", "paddings", "stuffings", "waddings" ], "near synonyms":[ "packings", "interlinings", "linings", "quiltings", "buffers", "bumpers", "cushions", "fenders", "pads" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fills the bill":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "We 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"transparent" ], "near synonyms":[ "peekaboo", "clear", "crystal", "crystalline", "limpid", "liquid", "lucent", "pellucid", "lucid", "translucent", "dainty", "delicate", "flimsy", "fragile", "frail", "insubstantial", "unsubstantial", "colorless", "uncolored" ], "near antonyms":[ "opaque", "cloudy", "foggy", "hazy", "misty", "murky", "nebulous", "smoky", "smokey", "drab", "dull", "lackluster", "lusterless" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "filtering":{ "to pass through a filter":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "leaching", "percolating" ], "synonyms":[ "screening", "straining" ] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again" ], "near antonyms":[ "clouding", "dulling", "muddying", "contaminating", "dirtying", "soiling", "defiling", "polluting", "tainting", "begriming", "besmirching", "fouling", "sullying" ], "related":[ "processing", "rectifying", "refining", "cleaning", "cleansing", "decontaminating", "elutriating", "purging", "washing", "extracting", "leaching", "bolting", "screening", "sieving", "sifting", "disinfecting", "sanitizing" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifying", "clearing", "distilling", "fining", "garbling", "purifying" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filth":{ "foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{ "examples":[ "the filth in the restaurant's kitchen was unbelievable" ], "synonyms":[ "crud", "dirt", "grime", "gunk", "muck", "smut", "soil" ], "near synonyms":[ "scum", "sewage", "sewerage", "slime", "sludge", "swill", "dross", "dust", "garbage", "junk", "litter", "refuse", "rubbish", "scrap", "trash", "waste", "crock", "soot", "dinginess", "dirtiness", "dustiness", "filthiness", "foulness", "griminess", "grubbiness", "nastiness", "squalidness", "uncleanliness", "uncleanness" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleanliness", "cleanness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the quality or state of being obscene":{ "examples":[ "films full of filth and violence" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdiness", "blueness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "dirt", "dirtiness", "filthiness", "foulness", "grossness", "impureness", "impurity", "indecency", "lasciviousness", "lewdness", "nastiness", "obscenity", "profanity", "raunch", "raunchiness", "ribaldry", "smut", "smuttiness", "vulgarity", "wantonness" ], "near synonyms":[ "broadness", "earthiness", "gaminess", "raciness", "saltiness", "suggestiveness", "immodesty", "indecorousness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "unbecomingness", "lechery", "depravedness", "depravity", "kinkiness", "naughtiness", "perverseness", "perversion", "perversity", "pervertedness", "wickedness", "exceptionability", "objectionableness", "unacceptability", "undesirability", "reprehensibility", "reprehensibleness", "abusiveness", "scurrilousness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "infamy", "loathsomeness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repugnance", "repulsiveness", "distastefulness", "obnoxiousness", "unpleasantness" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggery", "priggishness", "primness", "prudery", "prudishness", "puritanism", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "seemliness", "appropriateness", "fitness", "suitability", "suitableness", "perfection", "purity", "spotlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finaglers":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "double-crossers", "double-dealers", "bluffers", "charlatans", "fakers", "fakes", "humbugs", "impostors", "imposters", "mountebanks", "phonies", "phoneys", "pretenders", "quacks", "quacksalvers", "ringers", "shams", "adventurers", "foxes", "fox", "gamesmen", "knaves", "pranksters", "rascals", "rogues", "fast-talkers", "slickers", "slicks", "slicksters", "slyboots", "smoothies", "wheeler-dealers", "plotters", "schemers", "sneakers", "sneaks", "blacklegs", "cardsharps", "cardsharpers" ], "synonyms":[ "bilkers", "bilks", "cheaters", "cheats", "chiselers", "chisellers", "confidence men", "cozeners", "defrauders", "dodgers", "fakirs", "fraudsters", "hoaxers", "scammers", "scamsters", "sharks", "sharpers", "sharpies", "skinners", "swindlers", "trickers", "tricksters" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "final":{ "as in semifinal , play-off":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in test , investigation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "following all others of the same kind in order or time":{ "antonyms":[ "beginning", "earliest", "first", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "opening", "original", "pioneer", "primary", "starting" ], "examples":[ "this will be my final order" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "premier", "superior" ], "related":[ "consequent", "ensuing", "eventual", "following", "succeeding", "conclusive", "crowning", "decisive", "definitive", "farthermost", "farthest", "furthermost", "furthest", "remotest", "lowermost", "lowest", "nethermost", "endmost", "extreme", "outermost", "outmost", "utmost", "penultimate" ], "synonyms":[ "bottommost", "closing", "concluding", "hindmost", "lag", "last", "latest", "latter", "rearmost", "terminal", "terminating", "ultimate" ] }, "having been established and usually not subject to change":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the wedding date is final" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjustable", "changeable", "negotiable", "indefinite", "open-ended", "unspecified", "capricious", "changeful", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconstant", "mercurial", "mutable", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "unsteady", "variable", "volatile" ], "related":[ "nonadjustable", "noncancelable", "nonnegotiable", "unchangeable", "constant", "steady", "unchanging", "uniform", "unwavering", "definite", "exact", "explicit", "specific", "given", "stated", "stipulated", "dependable", "good", "reliable", "responsible", "safe", "solid", "sure", "tried", "tried-and-true", "true", "trustworthy", "trusty" ], "synonyms":[ "certain", "determinate", "firm", "fixed", "flat", "frozen", "hard", "hard-and-fast", "inexpugnable", "set", "settled", "stable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "financed":{ "to provide money for":{ "examples":[ "a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City" ], "synonyms":[ "bankrolled", "capitalized", "endowed", "funded", "staked", "subsidized", "underwrote" ], "near synonyms":[ "grubstaked", "cofinanced", "co-financed", "refinanced", "advocated", "aided", "backed", "championed", "endorsed", "indorsed", "patronized", "sponsored", "supported", "maintained", "nourished", "provided (for)", "cleared", "defrayed", "discharged", "footed", "liquidated", "paid", "paid 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"nourishing", "providing (for)", "clearing", "defraying", "discharging", "footing", "liquidating", "paying", "paying off", "paying up", "quitting", "recompensing", "settling", "springing (for)", "standing", "refunding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "defunding" ] }, "to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{ "examples":[ "established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college" ], "synonyms":[ "endowing", "funding", "subsidizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "establishing", "founding", "organizing", "bequeathing", "contributing", "donating", "subscribing", "supporting", "underwriting", "awarding", "granting", "backing", "promoting", "sponsoring", "capitalizing", "investing (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "drawing", "receiving", "subsisting" ], "antonyms":[ "defunding", "disendowing" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "findings":{ "a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{ "examples":[ "the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff" ], "synonyms":[ "dooms", "holdings", "judgments", "judgements", "rulings", "sentences" ], "near synonyms":[ "inquests", "verdicts", "authorities", "decrees", "edicts", "injunctions", "orders", "arbitraments", "awards", "declarations", "deliverances", "dicta", "dictums", "pronouncements", "conclusions", "decisions", "determinations", "opinions", "resolutions", "disciplines", "penalties", "punishments" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{ "examples":[ "the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil" ], "synonyms":[ "detections", "discoveries" ], "near synonyms":[ "espials", "notices", "disclosures", "exposures", "revelations", "creations", "inventions", "explorations", "rediscoveries" ], "near antonyms":[ "disappearances", "losses", "concealments" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finds fault (with)":{ "to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{ "examples":[ "She could always find fault with someone after only one date." ], "synonyms":[ "blames", "censures", "condemns", "criticizes", "denounces", "dispraises", "disses", "faults", "knocks", "pans", "reprehends", "slags" ], "near synonyms":[ "skewers", "tweaks", "assails", "attacks", "blasts", "clobbers", "slams", "slashes", "nicks (at)", "snipes (at)", "beefs", "bellyaches", "bitches", "carps", "cavils", "complains", "crabs", "croaks", "fusses", "gripes", "grouses", "growls", "grumbles", "kicks", "kvetches", "moans", "murmurs", "mutters", "niggles", "quibbles", "whines", "admonishes", "chides", "drubs", "rebukes", "reprimands", "reproaches", "reproves", "berates", "castigates", "crucifies", "excoriates", "flays", "gibbets", "hammers", "keelhauls", "lambastes", "lambasts", "lashes", "pillories", "scolds", "upbraids", "bad-mouths", "belittles", "decries", "derides", "discommends", "disparages", "puts down" ], "near antonyms":[ "approves", "commends", "endorses", "indorses", "recommends", "sanctions" ], "antonyms":[ "extols", "extolls", "lauds", "praises" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fine-tune":{ "to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fine-tune a TV set", "fine-tune the temperature of the room", "They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fine-tuning":{ "to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "fine-tune a TV set", "fine-tune the temperature of the room", "They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fined":{ "to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{ "examples":[ "the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out" ], "synonyms":[ "assessed", "charged", "exacted", "imposed", "laid", "levied", "put" ], "near synonyms":[ "docked", "excised", "mulcted", "penalized", "taxed", "extorted", "shook down", "wrested", "wrung", "bled", "fleeced", "gouged", "milked", "skinned", "squeezed", "coerced", "compelled", "forced", "inflicted", "wreaked", "set", "reapplied", "reimposed", "relaid" ], "near antonyms":[ "abated", "diminished", "lessened", "forgave", "released", "condoned", "disregarded", "excused", "glossed (over)", "glozed (over)", "ignored", "pardoned" ], "antonyms":[ "remitted" ] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "examples":[ "the use of egg shells to fine wine" ], "synonyms":[ "clarified", "cleared", "distilled", "filtered", "garbled", "purified" ], "near synonyms":[ "processed", "rectified", "refined", "cleaned", "cleansed", "decontaminated", "elutriated", "purged", "washed", "extracted", "leached", "bolted", "screened", "sieved", "sifted", "disinfected", "sanitized" ], "near antonyms":[ "clouded", "dulled", "muddied", "contaminated", "dirtied", "soiled", "defiled", "polluted", "tainted", "begrimed", "besmirched", "fouled", "sullied" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finery":{ "dressy clothing":{ "examples":[ "the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "best", "bravery", "caparison", "feather", "frippery", "full dress", "gaiety", "gayety", "glad rags", "regalia" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparel", "attire", "costume", "duds", "habiliment(s)", "rags", "raiment", "rig", "rigging", "threads", "toggery", "togs", "vestiary", "vesture", "wear" ], "near antonyms":[ "tatters", "disarray", "dishabille" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finger painting":{ "as in drawing , daub":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fingerprint":{ "something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{ "examples":[ "regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society" ], "synonyms":[ "affection", "attribute", "attribution", "character", "characteristic", "criterion", "diagnostic", "differentia", "feature", "hallmark", "mark", "marker", "note", "particularity", "peculiarity", "point", "property", "quality", "specific", "stamp", "touch", "trait" ], "near synonyms":[ "badge", "indication", "sign", "emblem", "symbol", "token", "charm", "grace", "excellence", "merit", "virtue", "eccentricity", "idiosyncrasy", "oddity", "quirk", "individuality", "singularity", "uniqueness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fingerprints":{ "something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{ "examples":[ "regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society" ], "synonyms":[ "affections", "attributes", "attributions", "characteristics", "characters", "criteria", "criterions", "diagnostics", "differentiae", "features", "hallmarks", "markers", "marks", "notes", "particularities", "peculiarities", "points", "properties", "qualities", "specifics", "stamps", "touches", "traits" ], "near synonyms":[ "badges", "indications", "signs", "emblems", "symbols", "tokens", "charms", "graces", "excellences", "merits", "virtues", "eccentricities", "idiosyncrasies", "oddities", "quirks", "individualities", "singularities" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finical":{ "hard to please":{ "examples":[ "a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar" ], "synonyms":[ "choosy", "choosey", "dainty", "delicate", "demanding", "exacting", "fastidious", "finicking", "finicky", "fussbudgety", "fussy", "nice", "old-maidish", "particular", "pernickety", "persnickety", "picky" ], "near synonyms":[ "hyperfastidious", "overdemanding", "ultrafastidious", "discerning", "discriminating", "selective", "insightful", "knowledgeable", "captious", "carping", "caviling", "cavilling", "critical", "faultfinding", "hypercritical", "overcritical", "careful", "meticulous", "painstaking", "punctilious", "scrupulous", "queasy", "queazy", "squeamish", "peevish", "petulant", "prickly", "touchy", "niminy-piminy", "prim", "prissy" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "breezy", "carefree", "devil-may-care", "happy-go-lucky", "lackadaisical", "laid-back", "low-pressure", "relaxed", "flexible", "lax", "loose", "lenient", "permissive", "uncritical", "indiscriminating", "undiscriminating" ], "antonyms":[ "undemanding", "unfastidious", "unfussy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fink":{ "a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{ "examples":[ "his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police" ], "synonyms":[ "betrayer", "canary", "deep throat", "informant", "informer", "nark", "rat", "rat fink", "snitch", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon", "stoolie", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale", "whistle-blower" ], "near synonyms":[ "collaborator", "blabber", "blabbermouth", "gossip", "gossiper", "leaker", "snoop", "snooper", "spy", "notifier" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{ "examples":[ "that fink would sell out every one of us to save her own behind" ], "synonyms":[ "bastard", "beast", "bleeder", "blighter", "boor", "bounder", "bugger", "buzzard", "cad", "chuff", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "crud", "crumb", "cur", "dirtbag", "dog", "heel", "hound", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "lout", "pill", "rat", "rat fink", "reptile", "rotter", "schmuck", "scum", "scumbag", "scuzzball", "skunk", "sleaze", "sleazebag", "sleazeball", "slime", "slimeball", "slob", "snake", "so-and-so", "sod", "stinkard", "stinker", "swine", "toad", "varmint", "vermin" ], "near synonyms":[ "barbarian", "brute", "caveman", "Neanderthal", "savage", "loudmouth", "vulgarian", "lowlife", "miscreant", "rascal", "rogue", "roughneck", "scab", "scamp", "scoundrel", "villain", "wretch", "booby", "doofus", "fool", "jackass", "nincompoop", "ninny", "nit", "nitwit", "nut", "schmo", "schmoe", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "dink", "dolt", "dope", "dork", "goon", "half-wit", "idiot", "imbecile", "moron", "turkey", "brat", "insolent", "nuisance", "pest", "snip", "snob", "snoot", "snot", "dweeb", "nerd" ], "near antonyms":[ "hero", "heroine", "idol", "role model", "gentleman", "lady", "angel", "saint" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us" ], "synonyms":[ "grass (on)", "inform", "rat (on)", "sing", "snitch", "split (on)", "squeak", "squeal", "talk", "tell (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betray", "give away", "turn in", "backstab", "cross", "double-cross", "sell (out)", "two-time", "blab", "tattle", "tip (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fired (up)":{ "to rouse to strong 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"potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple" ], "near synonyms":[ "aperitif", "bracer", "chaser", "digestif", "nightcap", "belt", "load", "nip", "peg", "pop", "shooter", "shot", "slug", "snifter", "snort", "tot", "whet", "cocktail", "mixed drink", "ale", "beer", "brew", "brewage", "brewski", "home brew", "malt liquor", "microbrew", "mum", "nappy", "mead", "sake", "saki", "wine", "barley-bree", "barley-broo", "brandy", "gin", "liqueur", "mao-tai", "mescal", "schnapps", "tequila", "vodka", "whiskey", "whisky", "Dutch courage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firm (up)":{ "to become physically firm or solid":{ "examples":[ "wait for the modeling clay to firm up before handling the finished pot" ], "synonyms":[ "concrete", "congeal", "freeze", "harden", "indurate", "set", "solidify" ], "near synonyms":[ "cake", "callus", "encrust", "incrust", "clot", "coagulate", "gel", "gelate", "gelatinize", "jell", "jelly", "stiffen", "thicken", "calcify", "crystallize", "crystalize", "ossify", "petrify", "rigidify", "anneal", "case-harden", "temper" ], "near antonyms":[ "deliquesce", "dissolve", "flux", "fuse", "melt", "smelt", "thaw", "unfreeze" ], "antonyms":[ "liquefy", "liquify", "soften" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "first off":{ "as in now , first":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "first-rate":{ "of the very best kind":{ "examples":[ "wanted a first-rate bike and not the cheap model she had been using" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-string", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "first-rateness":{ "exceptionally high quality":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "touristy restaurants generally are not known for the first-rateness of their cuisine" ], "near antonyms":[ "averageness", "badness", "crumminess", "inferiority", "mediocrity", "ordinariness", "worthlessness" ], "related":[ "faultlessness", "flawlessness", "impeccability", "perfectness", "goodness", "value", "worth", "consequence", "importance", "notability" ], "synonyms":[ "choiceness", "distinction", "excellence", "excellency", "greatness", "perfection", "preeminence", "primeness", "superbness", "superiority", "supremacy" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "first-string":{ "of the very best kind":{ "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ], "examples":[ "a first-string rendition of the musical piece" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fit the bill":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "satisfy", "suffice", "function", "work" ], "synonyms":[ "befit", "beseem", "do", "fit", "go", "serve", "suit" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fit to be 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"cool", "disagreeable", "disapproving", "distant", "frigid", "icy", "ill-tempered", "sorehead", "soreheaded", "sulky", "unfriendly", "unpleasant", "aggravated", "annoyed", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "churlish", "crabby", "cranky", "dyspeptic", "exasperated", "fretful", "fussy", "grouchy", "grumpy", "ill-humored", "inflammable", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perturbed", "petulant", "put out", "quick-tempered", "snappish", "testy", "touchy", "argumentative", "belligerent", "contentious", "contrary", "disputatious", "ornery", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "querulous" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "accommodating", "obliging", "agreeable", "amenable", "complaisant", "amicable", "cordial", "friendly", "content", "happy", "satisfied", "empathetic", "sympathetic", "tolerant", "understanding", "calm", "pacific", "peaceable", "placid", "serene", "tranquil", "unembittered", "affable", "amiable", "easygoing", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "kind", "pleasant", "sweet" ], "antonyms":[ "angerless", "delighted", "pleased" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fits":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit" ], "synonyms":[ "befits", "beseems", "does", "goes", "serves", "suits" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfies", "suffices", "functions", "works" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in agreement on every point":{ "examples":[ "now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit" ], "synonyms":[ "accords", "agrees", "answers", "checks", "chords", "coheres", "coincides", "comports", "conforms", "consists", "corresponds", "dovetails", "goes", "harmonizes", "jibes", "rhymes", "rimes", "sorts", "squares", "tallies" ], "near synonyms":[ "equals", "matches", "parallels", "aligns", "alines", "lines up", "registers" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicts", "disputes", "gainsays", "negates", "nullifies", "clashes", "conflicts", "jars" ], "antonyms":[ "differs (from)", "disagrees (with)" ] }, "to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{ "examples":[ "I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt" ], "synonyms":[ "acclimates", "acclimatizes", "accommodates", "adapts", "adjusts", "conditions", "conforms", "doctors", "edits", "fashions", "puts", "shapes", "suits", "tailors" ], "near synonyms":[ "readapts", "readjusts", "customizes", "gears", "matches", "models", "patterns", "attunes", "corrects", "harmonizes", "squares", "tunes", "establishes", "roots", "settles", "acquaints", "familiarizes", "orientates", "orients", "equips", "prepares", "primes", "rehearses", "hardens", "inures", "seasons", "toughens", "alters", "converts", "makes over", "modifies", "recasts", "reclaims", "recycles", "redesigns", "redevelops", "redoes", "reengineers", "refashions", "refigures", "refits", "refocuses", "reinvents", "rejiggers", "remakes", "remodels", "revamps", "revises", "reworks", "transforms", "accustoms", "habilitates", "habituates", "naturalizes", "readies", "trains", "bends", "fiddles (with)", "fine-tunes", "phases", "registers", "regulates", "rigs" ], "near antonyms":[ "misadjusts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{ "examples":[ "that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming" ], "synonyms":[ "equips", "prepares", "qualifies", "readies", "seasons", "trains" ], "near synonyms":[ "accustoms", "adapts", "adjusts", "conditions", "grooms", "habituates", "shapes", "tailors", "authorizes", "entitles", "empowers", "enables", "educates", "indoctrinates", "instructs", "schools", "teaches", "tutors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or have room for":{ "examples":[ "we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodates", "holds", "takes" ], "near synonyms":[ "carries", "contains", "seats", "encloses", "incloses", "encompasses", "enfolds", "harbors", "houses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make ready in advance":{ "examples":[ "I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests" ], "synonyms":[ "fixes", "grooms", "lays", "prepares", "preps", "readies" ], "near synonyms":[ "braces", "fortifies", "girds", "steels", "battens", "gathers", "gears up", "mounts", "educates", "indoctrinates", "instructs", "schools", "trains", "tutors", "boots (up)", "primes", "arranges", "sets", "spreads", "arms", "equips", "forearms", "furnishes", "outfits", "provides", "supplies", "inclines", "predisposes", "drafts", "draws up", "frames", "warms (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{ "examples":[ "without her medication, she'd have an epileptic fit" ], "synonyms":[ "accesses", "attacks", "bouts", "cases", "seizures", "sieges", "spells", "turns" ], "near synonyms":[ "recurrences", "relapses", "brainstorms", "convulsions", "eclampsias", "pangs", "paroxysms", "spasms", "throes", "agitations", "frenzies", "breakdowns", "collapses", "prostrations" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrests", "reliefs", "remissions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{ "examples":[ "helpless fits of laughter from the audience" ], "synonyms":[ "agonies", "blazes", "bursts", "ebullitions", "eruptions", "explosions", "flares", "flare-ups", "flashes", "flushes", "gales", "gushes", "gusts", "outbursts", "paroxysms", "spasms", "storms" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowups", "grouches", "rages", "tantrums", "ecstasies", "raptures", "transports", "deliriums", "firestorms", "frenzies", "furors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an outburst or display of excited anger":{ "examples":[ "found out what his wife had spent on clothes and threw a fit" ], "synonyms":[ "blowups", "explosions", "fireworks", "hissies", "hissy fits", "huffs", "scenes", "tantrums" ], "near synonyms":[ "eruptions", "flare-ups", "outbursts", "storms", "uproars", "agitations", "deliriums", "distractions", "frenzies", "furies", "furores", "furors", "hysterias", "rages", "rampages", "convulsions", "paroxysms", "seizures", "spasms", "upheavals", "cholers", "indignations", "ires", "lividities", "spleens", "wraths", "reactions", "rises", "danders", "tempers", "grouches", "humps", "pets", "pouts", "snits", "sulks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fittingly":{ "in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{ "examples":[ "he was dressed fittingly for the prom\u2014all decked out in a spiffy tux" ], "synonyms":[ "appositely", "appropriately", "congruously", "correctly", "duly", "happily", "meetly", "properly", "right", "rightly", "suitably" ], "near synonyms":[ "well", "acceptably", "adequately", "passably", "satisfactorily", "tolerably", "decently", "decorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "unacceptably", "unsatisfactorily", "inopportunely", "unfortunately", "unseasonably", "inappositely", "inaptly", "irrelevantly", "awkwardly", "ungracefully" ], "antonyms":[ "improperly", "inappropriately", "incongruously", "incorrectly", "unseemly", "unsuitably", "wrongly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "fittingness":{ "the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{ "antonyms":[ "improperness", "impropriety", "inappositeness", "inappropriateness", "inaptness", "infelicity", "unfitness", "unseemliness", "unsuitability", "wrongness" ], "examples":[ "trusted their judgment and didn't have to worry about the fittingness of their choice for a school play" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeableness", "incompatibility", "incongruence", "incongruity", "incongruousness", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "inharmoniousness", "unbecomingness", "immateriality", "inapplicability", "irrelevance", "irrelevancy", "meaninglessness", "pointlessness" ], "related":[ "agreeableness", "compatibility", "congruity", "harmoniousness", "applicability", "bearing", "connection", "justifiability", "materiality", "pertinence", "relevance", "relevancy", "validity", "acceptability", "adequacy", "adequateness", "convenience", "expedience", "expediency", "satisfactoriness", "serviceableness", "usefulness" ], "synonyms":[ "appositeness", "appropriateness", "aptness", "felicitousness", "felicity", "fitness", "happiness", "properness", "propriety", "rightness", "seemliness", "suitability", "suitableness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "five-star":{ "of the very best kind":{ "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ], "examples":[ "at those prices the restaurant's food should be nothing but five-star" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "related":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-class", "first-rate", "first-string", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fix up":{ "as in rebuild , overhaul":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "furbish", "overhaul", "rebuild", "reconstruct", "refurbish", "doctor", "fix", "mend", "patch", "recondition", "renovate", "repair", "revamp", "aid", "cure", "heal", "help", "condition", "prepare", "ready", "care (for)", "maintain", "service", "freshen", "refresh", "refreshen", "regenerate", "rejuvenate", "renew", "restore", "revitalize", "revive", "adjust", "correct", "modify", "rectify", "redress", "reform", "right", "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "break", "damage", "deface", "disfigure", "flaw", "harm", "hurt", "impair", "injure", "mar", "ruin", "spoil", "vandalize", "wreck", "cripple", "disable", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fixable":{ "capable of being corrected":{ "antonyms":[ "incorrigible", "irrecoverable", "irredeemable", "irremediable", "irreparable", "unredeemable" ], "examples":[ "don't worry, that mistake in scheduling is fixable" ], "near antonyms":[ "irretrievable", "unrecoverable", "irreplaceable", "irreversible", "irrevocable" ], "related":[ "amendable", "emendable", "improvable", "resolvable", "reversible", "undoable", "reconstructible", "reformable", "regenerable", "corrected", "fixed", "remedied", "repaired" ], "synonyms":[ "correctable", "corrigible", "redeemable", "remediable", "repairable", "reparable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fixate":{ "to look at or think about something constantly; to give all of your attention to something \u2014 usually + on or upon":{ "examples":[ "The cat was fixated on a small hole in the wall.", "Why do journalists fixate on scandals?" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "consider", "eye", "observe", "regard", "watch", "blink", "gape", "gawk", "gawp", "gaze", "goggle", "peer", "rubberneck", "stare", "glare", "gloat", "glower", "leer", "ogle", "peruse", "pore (over)", "study", "outface", "outstare", "stare down" ], "near antonyms":[ "glance", "glimpse", "peek", "peep", "browse", "dip (into)", "scan", "wink (at)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fixate (on or upon)":{ "as in brood (about or over) , obsess (about or over)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brood (about or over)", "obsess (about or over)", "cleave (to)", "cling (to)", "hug", "stick (to)", "carry", "keep", "maintain", "preserve", "remember", "retain", "treasure", "cultivate", "foster", "nurture", "support", "sustain", "bear", "cherish", "entertain", "harbor", "have", "hold", "nurse" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregard", "drop", "forget", "ignore", "neglect", "overlook", "abjure", "decline", "deny", "disdain", "refuse", "reject", "repudiate", "scorn", "abandon", "desert", "discard", "forsake", "give up", "part (with)", "quit", "renounce", "throw out", "erase", "expunge" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fixate (on)":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fixation":{ "something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathy", "disinterestedness", "disregard", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern", "unconcernedness" ], "related":[ "monomania", "complex", "hang-up", "problem", "trip", "appetite", "caco\u00ebthes", "compulsion", "craving", "desire", "drive", "enthusiasm", "fascination", "hankering", "hunger", "infatuation", "itch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "thirst", "urge", "yearning", "yen", "idiosyncrasy", "quirk", "bent", "disposition", "inclination", "leaning", "partiality", "penchant", "predilection", "predisposition", "proclivity", "propensity", "tendency" ], "synonyms":[ "fetish", "fetich", "id\u00e9e fixe", "mania", "obsession", "preoccupation", "prepossession" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixing":{ "as in repair , repairing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "mending", "repair", "repairing", "amendment", "correction", "rectification", "reform", "adjustment", "alteration", "change", "difference", "modification", "tweak", "overhaul", "reconstruction", "reconversion", "redesign", "redo", "redoing", "refashioning", "reformation", "remaking", "remodeling", "revamping", "review", "revise", "revision", "reworking", "variation", "changeover", "conversion", "metamorphosis", "transfiguration", "transformation", "shift", "transition", "deformation", "disfigurement", "distortion", "mutation", "transmutation", "displacement", "replacement", "substitution", "supplantation" ], "near antonyms":[ "fixation", "stabilization" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{ "examples":[ "fixed my hair so that it would stop falling in my eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "deposing", "depositing", "disposing", "emplacing", "laying", "placing", "positioning", "putting", "setting", "setting up", "situating", "sticking" ], "near synonyms":[ "moving", "rearranging", "reordering", "shifting", "orienting", "establishing", "locating", "planting", "settling", "clapping", "flopping", "planking", "plopping", "plumping", "plunking", "plonking", "plunking down", "plonking down", "slapping", "ensconcing", "niching", "assembling", "collecting", "carrying", "berthing", "parking", "affixing", "anchoring", "locking", "lodging", "wedging", "arraying", "laying out", "lining up", "queuing", "queueing", "ranking", "setting down" ], "near antonyms":[ "relocating", "removing", "taking", "banishing", "dislodging", "displacing", "replacing", "superseding", "supplanting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (something) to hold to another":{ "examples":[ "first, you need to fix those pieces of wood together" ], "synonyms":[ "affixing", "attaching", "bending", "fastening" ], "near synonyms":[ "adhering", "bolting", "cinching", "clamping", "clasping", "clenching", "clinching", "clipping", "gluing", "glueing", "hanging", "harnessing", "hasping", "lacing", "lashing", "latching", "nailing", "pasting", "pinning", "plastering", "riveting", "screwing", "shackling", "stapling", "sticking", "strapping", "tacking", "tackling", "toggling", "tying", "tieing", "yoking", "coapting", "connecting", "joining", "linking", "uniting", "reaffixing", "reattaching", "refastening", "refixing", "resecuring", "battening", "belaying", "buttoning", "doing up" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking up", "disconnecting", "disjoining", "disjointing", "dissevering", "dissociating", "disuniting", "dividing", "divorcing", "parting", "separating", "severing", "splitting", "sundering", "uncoupling", "unlinking", "unyoking", "loosening", "loosing", "unbinding", "unfixing", "unlashing", "untying", "untieing" ], "antonyms":[ "detaching", "undoing", "unfastening", "unhooking" ] }, "to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{ "examples":[ "make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeing (on)", "arranging", "deciding", "setting", "settling" ], "near synonyms":[ "contracting", "pledging", "promising", "blueprinting", "calculating", "charting", "concerting", "designing", "drafting", "framing", "hammering out", "intriguing", "laying out", "maneuvering", "mapping (out)", "planning", "programming", "programing", "schematizing", "scheming", "shaping", "squaring away", "working out", "choosing", "concluding", "determining", "figuring", "opting", "resolving", "affirming", "approving", "authorizing", "clearing", "confirming", "OK'ing", "okaying", "sanctioning", "warranting", "closing", "completing", "ending", "finalizing", "finishing", "rounding (off or out)", "winding up", "wrapping up", "bargaining", "chaffering", "dealing", "dickering", "haggling", "horse-trading", "negotiating" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborting", "calling", "calling off", "dropping", "recalling", "repealing", "rescinding", "revoking", "differing (over)", "disagreeing (with)", "countering", "debating", "objecting", "opposing", "protesting", "resisting", "contesting", "disputing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{ "examples":[ "have we fixed a day for the party yet?" ], "synonyms":[ "appointing", "designating", "naming", "setting" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopting", "assigning", "choosing", "determining", "establishing", "opting (for)", "picking", "pinning (down)", "preferring", "selecting", "settling", "singling (out)", "specifying", "arranging", "coordinating", "orchestrating", "advertising", "announcing", "declaring", "publishing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make ready in advance":{ "examples":[ "would you mind fixing dinner tonight?" ], "synonyms":[ "fitting", "grooming", "laying", "preparing", "prepping", "readying" ], "near synonyms":[ "bracing", "fortifying", "girding", "steeling", "battening", "gathering", "gearing up", "mounting", "educating", "indoctrinating", "instructing", "schooling", "training", "tutoring", "booting (up)", "priming", "arranging", "setting", "spreading", "arming", "equipping", "forearming", "furnishing", "outfitting", "providing", "supplying", "inclining", "predisposing", "drafting", "drawing up", "framing", "warming (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "have to fix the car before we can go" ], "synonyms":[ "doctoring", "mending", "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 put securely in place or in a desired position":{ "examples":[ "fixed the mittens to the child's snowsuit" ], "synonyms":[ "anchoring", "catching", "clamping", "fastening", "hitching", "mooring", "securing", "setting" ], "near synonyms":[ "embedding", "imbedding", "entrenching", "intrenching", "implanting", "ingraining", "engraining", "lodging", "stuffing", "wedging" ], "near antonyms":[ "extracting", "prizing", "prying", "pulling", "rooting (out)", "tearing (out)", "uprooting", "wresting", "yanking" ], "antonyms":[ "loosening", "loosing", "unfastening", "unfixing", "unloosening", "unloosing" ] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "the image of what Santa Claus looks like is solidly fixed in our minds" ], "synonyms":[ "bedding", "embedding", "imbedding", "enrooting", "entrenching", "intrenching", "impacting", "implanting", "ingraining", "engraining", "lodging", "rooting" ], "near synonyms":[ "imbuing", "infusing", "instilling", "beating (into)", "driving (into)", "establishing", "placing", "putting", "settling", "sticking" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminating", "eradicating", "ejecting", "expelling", "detaching", "disconnecting", "disengaging", "removing" ], "antonyms":[ "dislodging", "rooting (out)", "uprooting" ] }, "to remove the sex organs of":{ "examples":[ "the animal shelter requires a pledge from the adoptive owner that they will have their new pet fixed" ], "synonyms":[ "altering", "desexing", "neutering" ], "near synonyms":[ "castrating", "emasculating", "gelding", "spaying", "sterilizing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to restore to a healthy condition":{ "examples":[ "it took surgery and months of physical therapy to completely fix her bum knee" ], "synonyms":[ "curing", "healing", "mending", "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":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fiddle-footed":{ "easily excited by nature":{ "examples":[ "although fiddle-footed now, the kitten should settle down once it adjusts to its new home" ], "synonyms":[ "excitable", "flighty", "fluttery", "high-strung", "hyper", "hyperactive", "hyperexcitable", "hyperkinetic", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "skittery", "skittish", "spasmodic", "spooky" ], "related":[ "hot-blooded", "mercurial", "temperamental", "unstable", "volatile", "volcanic", "anxious", "edgy", "flibbertigibbety", "nervy", "tense", "uptight", "emotional", "emotionalistic", "hypersensitive", "intense", "sensitive", "soulful", "dramatic", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "irascible", "irritable", "perturbable", "prickly", "testy", "touchy" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "collected", "cool", "serene", "tranquil", "easy", "easygoing", "laid-back", "relaxed" ], "antonyms":[ "imperturbable", "nerveless", "unexcitable", "unflappable", "unshakable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "filled (up)":{ "as in diffused (through) , percolated (into)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "drenched", "imbued", "infused", "saturated", "soaked", "steeped", "interpenetrated", "percolated (into)", "permeated", "pervaded", "riddled", "suffused", "transfused", "diffused (through)", "impregnated", "passed (into)", "penetrated", "flooded", "glutted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fizzles":{ "a falling short of one's goals":{ "examples":[ "the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship" ], "synonyms":[ "collapses", "crashes", "croppers", "defeats", "failures", "nonachievements", "nonsuccesses" ], "near synonyms":[ "futilities", "ineffectualities", "inefficacies", "deficiencies", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies", "disappointments", "letdowns", "setbacks" ], "near antonyms":[ "victories", "wins" ], "antonyms":[ "accomplishments", "achievements", "successes" ] }, "something that has failed":{ "examples":[ "the play was a fizzle , opening and closing the same night" ], "synonyms":[ "bombs", "bummers", "busts", "catastrophes", "clinkers", "clunkers", "debacles", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles", "disasters", "duds", "failures", "fiascoes", "flops", "frosts", "lemons", "losers", "misses", "shipwrecks", "turkeys", "washouts" ], "near synonyms":[ "also-rans", "disappointments", "dogs", "has-beens", "near misses", "botches", "hashes", "messes", "muddles", "shambles", "nonevents", "nonstarters" ], "near antonyms":[ "corkers", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "dandies", "jim-dandies", "phenomena", "phenomenons" ], "antonyms":[ "blockbusters", "hits", "smashes", "successes", "winners" ] }, "to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{ "examples":[ "oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill" ], "synonyms":[ "fizzes", "hisses", "sizzles", "swishes", "whishes", "whizzes" ], "near synonyms":[ "swooshes", "wheezes", "whistles", "whooshes", "zips", "bubbles", "effervesces", "buzzes", "drones", "hums" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "find fault (with)":{ "to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{ "examples":[ "She could always find fault with someone after only one date." ], "synonyms":[ "blame", "censure", "condemn", "criticize", "denounce", "dis", "diss", "dispraise", "fault", "knock", "pan", "reprehend", "slag" ], "near synonyms":[ "skewer", "tweak", "assail", "attack", "blast", "clobber", "slam", "slash", "nick (at)", "snipe (at)", "beef", "bellyache", "bitch", "carp", "cavil", "complain", "crab", "croak", "fuss", "gripe", "grouse", "growl", "grumble", "kick", "kvetch", "moan", "murmur", "mutter", "niggle", "quibble", "whine", "admonish", "chide", "drub", "rebuke", "reprimand", "reproach", "reprove", "berate", "castigate", "crucify", "excoriate", "flay", "gibbet", "hammer", "keelhaul", "lambaste", "lambast", "lash", "pillory", "scold", "upbraid", "bad-mouth", "belittle", "decry", "deride", "discommend", "disparage", "put down" ], "near antonyms":[ "approve", "commend", "endorse", "indorse", "recommend", "sanction" ], "antonyms":[ "extol", "extoll", "laud", "praise" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "finessed":{ "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon" ], "synonyms":[ "contrived", "engineered", "finagled", "framed", "machinated", "maneuvered", "manipulated", "masterminded", "negotiated", "wangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "arranged", "concerted", "concluded", "hammered out", "worked out", "angled (for)", "compassed", "intrigued", "plotted", "schemed", "connived", "brewed", "concocted", "cooked (up)", "hatched", "captained", "commanded", "conducted", "directed", "handled", "managed", "quarterbacked", "ran", "run", "gerrymandered" ], "near antonyms":[ "blew", "bobbled", "botched", "bungled", "butchered", "flubbed", "fumbled", "gummed (up)", "loused up", "mangled", "messed (up)", "mishandled", "muffed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time" ], "synonyms":[ "avoided", "dodged", "ducked", "eluded", "escaped", "eschewed", "evaded", "got around", "scaped", "shirked", "shook", "shuffled (out of)", "shunned", "weaseled (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "missed", "averted", "deflected", "diverted", "obviated", "parried", "prevented", "warded (off)", "banned", "barred", "debarred", "eliminated", "excepted", "excluded", "precluded", "ruled out", "bypassed", "circumvented", "skirted", "foiled", "foxed", "frustrated", "outfoxed", "outsmarted", "outwitted", "overreached", "thwarted" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepted", "courted", "embraced", "pursued", "sought", "welcomed", "caught", "contracted", "incurred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fill the bill":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ." ], "synonyms":[ "befit", "beseem", "do", "fit", "go", "serve", "suit" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfy", "suffice", "function", "work" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "finagler":{ "a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{ "examples":[ "financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading" ], "synonyms":[ "bilk", "bilker", "cheat", "cheater", "chiseler", "chiseller", "confidence man", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fakir", "fraudster", "hoaxer", "scammer", "scamster", "shark", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler", "tricker", "trickster" ], "near synonyms":[ "double-crosser", "double-dealer", "bluffer", "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "humbug", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham", "adventurer", "fox", "gamesman", "knave", "prankster", "rascal", "rogue", "fast-talker", "slick", "slicker", "slickster", "slyboots", "smoothy", "smoothie", "wheeler-dealer", "plotter", "schemer", "sneak", "sneaker", "blackleg", "cardsharp", "cardsharper" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firestorm":{ "variance of opinion on a matter":{ "examples":[ "a seemingly endless firestorm was ignited by that U.S. Supreme Court decision" ], "synonyms":[ "contestation", "controversy", "debate", "difference", "difficulty", "disagreement", "disputation", "dispute", "dissension", "dissention", "dissensus", "nonconcurrence" ], "near synonyms":[ "clash", "collision", "conflict", "confliction", "disaccord", "discord", "dissonance", "apartness", "divarication", "division", "combat", "contention", "strife", "struggle", "altercation", "argument", "bicker", "falling-out", "fight", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "set-to" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptance", "compliance", "concord", "peace" ], "antonyms":[ "accord", "agreement", "consensus", "harmony", "unanimity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finis":{ "the last part of a process or action":{ "examples":[ "if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction" ], "synonyms":[ "capper", "close", "closing", "conclusion", "consummation", "end", "endgame", "ending", "finale", "finish", "grand finale", "homestretch", "mop-up", "windup", "wrap-up" ], "related":[ "acme", "apex", "capstone", "climax", "copestone", "coup de gr\u00e2ce", "coup de grace", "crescendo", "crown", "culmination", "high-water mark", "meridian", "peak", "pinnacle", "summit", "tip-top", "top", "zenith", "aftermath", "anticlimax", "coda", "epilogue", "epilog", "postscript", "shank", "tag end", "tail end" ], "near antonyms":[ "foreword", "introduction", "overture", "preamble", "preface", "prelude", "prologue", "prolog" ], "antonyms":[ "baseline", "beginning", "dawn", "day one", "nascence", "nascency", "opening", "start" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fissures":{ "an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{ "examples":[ "lava flows up through a fissure in the earth's crust" ], "synonyms":[ "checks", "chinks", "clefts", "cracks", "crannies", "crevices", "rifts", "splits" ], "near synonyms":[ "crevasses", "crazes", "hairlines", "fractures", "ruptures", "breaches", "gaps", "openings", "cuts", "gashes", "incisions", "slits" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filthy":{ "depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{ "examples":[ "you cannot use such filthy language on the public airwaves" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "coarse", "crude", "dirty", "foul", "gross", "gutter", "impure", "indecent", "lascivious", "lewd", "locker-room", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "profane", "raunchy", "ribald", "smutty", "stag", "trashy", "unprintable", "vulgar", "wanton", "X-rated" ], "near synonyms":[ "broad", "coarse-grained", "gamy", "gamey", "off", "off-color", "off-colored", "racy", "risqu\u00e9", "salacious", "salty", "suggestive", "barnyard", "earthy", "scatological", "immodest", "indecorous", "indelicate", "low", "unbecoming", "depraved", "kinky", "louche", "naughty", "perverse", "perverted", "wicked", "exceptionable", "objectionable", "unacceptable", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "abhorrent", "debasing", "disgusting", "loathsome", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "unpleasant", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "atrocious", "infamous", "abusive", "scurrilous", "hard-core", "soft", "soft-core" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "staid", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian", "correct", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "acceptable", "agreeable", "desirable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "welcome", "appropriate", "becoming", "fit", "meet", "suitable", "immaculate", "perfect", "pure", "spotless", "virginal", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned" ], "antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "G-rated", "nonobscene", "wholesome" ] }, "not clean":{ "examples":[ "you can't go to the concert unless you clean this filthy room first" ], "synonyms":[ "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "black", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "dusty", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "muddy", "nasty", "smudged", "smutty", "soiled", "sordid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly" ], "near synonyms":[ "contaminated", "defiled", "germy", "impure", "polluted", "tainted", "insanitary", "uncleaned", "unsanitary", "unsterile", "unsterilized", "unwashed", "greasy", "gunky", "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "rumpled", "scruffy", "sloppy", "slovenly", "unkempt", "untidy", "raunchy", "scuzzy", "shabby", "skanky", "sleazy", "squalid", "collied", "crocked", "fuliginous", "sooty" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "limpid", "pure", "cleaned", "cleansed", "combed", "groomed", "neat", "ordered", "orderly", "tidy", "bleached", "purified", "whitened", "bright", "flawless", "perfect", "shiny", "sparkling", "unspotted", "untouched", "taintless", "unblemished", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "virgin", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[ "clean", "cleanly", "immaculate", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "stainless", "ultraclean", "unsoiled", "unstained", "unsullied" ] }, "to a great degree":{ "examples":[ "the invention made him filthy rich" ], "synonyms":[ "achingly", "almighty", "archly", "awful", "awfully", "badly", "beastly", "blisteringly", "bone", "colossally", "corking", "cracking", "damn", "damned", "dang", "deadly", "desperately", "eminently", "enormously", "especially", "ever", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "fiercely", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaring", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "sorely", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "vastly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolutely", "altogether", "completely", "downright", "entirely", "flat-out", "fully", "positively", "purely", "radically", "thoroughly", "totally", "utterly", "wholly", "deeply", "profoundly", "exceptionally", "notably", "remarkably", "considerably", "extensively", "significantly", "substantially", "appreciably", "discernibly", "markedly", "noticeably", "obviously", "palpably", "plainly", "visibly", "abundantly", "plentifully", "astronomically", "grandly", "monstrously", "monumentally", "excessively", "obscenely", "overmuch", "amazingly", "astonishingly", "staggeringly" ], "near antonyms":[ "meagerly", "scantily", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely" ], "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "fiddlesticks":{ "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "examples":[ "some people have one word for the game of golf: fiddlesticks !" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "fish":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "he's rather an odd fish" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "guy", "head", "human", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{ "examples":[ "take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box" ], "synonyms":[ "feel", "fumble", "grope", "scrabble" ], "near synonyms":[ "grabble", "cast about", "hunt", "look", "reach", "seek (out)", "capture", "clutch", "corral", "get", "grab", "nab", "nail", "seize", "snatch", "comb", "dig (through)", "dredge", "rake", "ransack", "rifle", "rummage", "scour" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "firing":{ "a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{ "examples":[ "found a flaw in the gun's firing" ], "synonyms":[ "blasting", "discharge", "shot" ], "near synonyms":[ "potshot", "barrage", "blitz", "blitzkrieg", "bombardment", "broadside", "burst", "cannonade", "drumfire", "fusillade", "hail", "salvo", "shower", "storm", "volley" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "examples":[ "police officers firing rubber bullets" ], "synonyms":[ "blasting", "discharging", "loosing", "shooting", "squeezing off" ], "near synonyms":[ "launching", "projecting", "blazing (at)", "sniping (at)", "casting", "catapulting", "flinging", "heaving", "hurling", "hurtling", "lobbing", "pelting", "pitching", "slinging", "throwing", "tossing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{ "examples":[ "soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder" ], "synonyms":[ "blasting", "discharging", "shooting" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazing", "peppering", "plinking", "potshotting", "sniping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist" ], "synonyms":[ "amping (up)", "animating", "bracing", "energizing", "enlivening", "filliping", "gingering (up)", "invigorating", "jazzing (up)", "juicing up", "jump-starting", "livening (up)", "pepping (up)", "quickening", "spiking", "stimulating", "vitalizing", "vivifying", "zipping (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "arousing", "awakening", "awaking", "raising", "rousing", "stirring", "waking (up)", "activating", "actuating", "driving", "impelling", "motivating", "motiving", "moving", "propelling", "charging", "electrifying", "galvanizing", "enkindling", "exciting", "fermenting", "fomenting", "inciting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "instigating", "kindling", "provoking", "setting off", "sparking", "triggering", "turning on", "whipping (up)", "abetting", "boosting", "buoying", "cheering", "emboldening", "fortifying", "heartening", "infusing", "inspiring", "lifting", "rallying", "steeling", "strengthening", "reactivating", "reanimating", "reawakening", "reawaking", "recharging", "recreating", "reenergizing", "re-energizing", "refreshening", "refreshing", "regenerating", "reinvigorating", "rejuvenating", "rekindling", "renewing", "restimulating", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "revitalizing", "reviving" ], "near antonyms":[ "burning out", "debilitating", "doing in", "draining", "enervating", "enfeebling", "exhausting", "fagging", "fatiguing", "harassing", "kayoing", "knocking out", "sapping", "tuckering (out)", "undermining", "washing out", "weakening", "wearing", "wearing out", "wearying", "checking", "curbing", "inhibiting", "jading", "quelling", "quenching", "repressing", "restraining", "slowing", "stilling", "stunting", "suppressing", "daunting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "antonyms":[ "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "dulling", "killing" ] }, "to let go from office, service, or employment":{ "examples":[ "fired the secretary for incompetence" ], "synonyms":[ "axing", "bouncing", "canning", "cashiering", "discharging", "dismissing", "mustering out", "pink-slipping", "releasing", "removing", "retiring", "sacking", "terminating", "turning off" ], "near synonyms":[ "downsizing", "excessing", "furloughing", "laying off", "trimming", "booting (out)", "chucking (out)", "drumming (out)", "kicking out", "throwing out", "unseating", "separating" ], "near antonyms":[ "keeping", "reemploying", "re-employing", "rehiring", "contracting", "subcontracting", "recruiting" ], "antonyms":[ "employing", "engaging", "hiring", "retaining", "signing (up or on)", "taking on" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "fired a pass to the running back" ], "synonyms":[ "casting", "catapulting", "chucking", "dashing", "flinging", "heaving", "hurling", "hurtling", "launching", "lobbing", "lofting", "pegging", "pelting", "pitching", "slinging", "throwing", "tossing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowling", "darting", "flipping", "gunning", "hooking", "passing", "rolling", "shooting", "bucking", "ejecting", "impelling", "precipitating", "projecting", "propelling", "rifling", "thrusting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to set (something) on fire":{ "examples":[ "lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs" ], "synonyms":[ "burning", "enkindling", "igniting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "kindling", "lighting", "torching" ], "near synonyms":[ "immolating", "deflagrating", "charring", "frizzling", "scorching", "baking", "broiling", "cooking", "ashing", "cremating", "incinerating", "kilning", "setting off", "brightening", "illuminating", "illumining", "irradiating", "lightening", "radiating", "scalding", "scathing", "searing", "reigniting", "rekindling", "relighting", "banking", "stoking" ], "near antonyms":[ "choking", "smothering", "suffocating", "stamping (out)", "blackening", "darkening", "dimming", "dulling", "obscuring" ], "antonyms":[ "dousing", "dowsing", "extinguishing", "putting out", "quenching", "snuffing (out)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "field-worker":{ "as in investigator , researcher":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "experimenter", "investigator", "researcher", "empiric", "empiricist", "fact finder", "examiner", "inspector", "monitor", "observer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixations":{ "something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{ "examples":[ "their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers" ], "synonyms":[ "fetishes", "fetiches", "id\u00e9es fixes", "manias", "obsessions", "preoccupations", "prepossessions" ], "near synonyms":[ "monomanias", "complexes", "hang-ups", "problems", "trips", "appetites", "caco\u00ebtheses", "compulsions", "cravings", "desires", "drives", "enthusiasms", "fascinations", "hungers", "infatuations", "itches", "longings", "lusts", "passions", "thirsts", "urges", "yearnings", "yens", "idiosyncrasies", "quirks", "bents", "dispositions", "inclinations", "leanings", "partialities", "penchants", "predilections", "predispositions", "proclivities", "propensities", "tendencies" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathies", "disregards", "indifferences", "insouciances", "nonchalances" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firefight":{ "as in attack , fire":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attack", "fire", "pitched battle", "single combat", "action", "battle", "combat", "field", "hostilities", "operations", "warfare", "duty", "service" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fire-sale":{ "as in clearance , closeout":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clearance", "closeout", "purchase", "fair", "bargain", "buy", "steal", "garage sale", "jumble sale", "rummage sale", "tag sale", "yard sale", "haggle", "horse-trading", "negotiation", "auction", "silent auction", "deal", "sale", "trade", "transaction" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in reduced , discounted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "discount", "discounted", "lowered", "reduced", "cheapish", "moderate", "wholesale", "affordable", "bargain-basement", "budget", "cheap", "cheapie", "cheapo", "chintzy", "cut-price", "cut-rate", "dime-store", "dirt cheap", "el cheapo", "inexpensive", "low", "low-end", "popular", "reasonable", "valueless", "worthless", "supercheap", "ultracheap" ], "near antonyms":[ "costly", "dear", "deluxe", "expensive", "high", "high-ticket", "precious", "premium", "pricey", "pricy", "spendy", "valuable", "increased", "inflated", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "overpriced", "prohibitive", "prohibitory", "steep", "stiff", "superexpensive", "ultraexpensive", "unreasonable", "invaluable", "priceless", "luxurious" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "fiefdom":{ "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{ "examples":[ "you'll have to ask that guy\u2014the project is his fiefdom" ], "synonyms":[ "area", "arena", "bailiwick", "barony", "business", "circle", "demesne", "department", "discipline", "domain", "element", "fief", "field", "firmament", "front", "game", "kingdom", "line", "precinct", "province", "realm", "specialty", "sphere", "terrain", "walk" ], "near synonyms":[ "frontier", "study", "subject", "territory", "turf", "occupation", "profession", "pursuit", "racket", "vocation", "ambit", "amplitude", "breadth", "compass", "confine", "dimension(s)", "extent", "ken", "reach", "scope", "sweep", "width", "subfield", "subspecialty" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiddle (around)":{ "to spend time in aimless activity":{ "examples":[ "we spent the snow day just fiddling around" ], "synonyms":[ "doodle", "fool around", "fribble", "goof (around)", "hang about", "kick around", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "near synonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "loaf", "loll", "lounge", "clown (around)", "horse around", "diddle (with)", "tinker" ], "near antonyms":[ "buckle (down)", "knuckle down", "set (to)", "settle (down)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fielded":{ "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{ "examples":[ "gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests" ], "synonyms":[ "addressed", "contended (with)", "coped (with)", "grappled (with)", "hacked", "handled", "managed", "maneuvered", "manipulated", "negotiated", "played", "swung", "took", "treated" ], "near synonyms":[ "engineered", "finessed", "jockeyed", "brought off", "carried off", "carried out", "got off", "pulled", "commanded", "directed", "guided", "steered", "controlled", "micromanaged", "ran", "run", "regulated", "reacted (to)", "responded (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "botched", "bungled", "foozled", "fumbled", "goofed (up)", "loused up", "messed (up)", "mishandled", "muffed", "scamped" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "firings":{ "a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{ "examples":[ "found a flaw in the gun's firing" ], "synonyms":[ "discharges", "shots" ], "near synonyms":[ "potshots", "barrages", "blitzes", "blitzkriegs", "bombardments", "broadsides", "bursts", "cannonades", "drumfires", "fusillades", "hails", "salvos", "salvoes", "showers", "storms", "volleys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finks out":{ "to break a promise or agreement":{ "examples":[ "I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!" ], "synonyms":[ "backs down", "backs off", "backs out", "cops out", "reneges" ], "near synonyms":[ "chickens (out)", "wimps out", "backpedals", "backtracks", "abjures", "abnegates", "disavows", "forswears", "foreswears", "recalls", "recants", "repudiates", "retracts", "takes back", "unsays", "withdraws", "begs off", "cries off" ], "near antonyms":[ "adheres (to)", "follows through (with)", "complies (with)", "fulfills", "fulfils", "honors", "keeps", "satisfies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finish":{ "to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{ "examples":[ "we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "complete", "consummate", "finalize", "perfect", "polish" ], "near synonyms":[ "follow through (with)", "stick out", "accomplish", "achieve", "effect", "carry out", "carry through", "discharge", "do", "execute", "fulfill", "fulfil", "perform", "ameliorate", "amend", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "machine", "refine", "round (off or out)", "shine", "touch up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandon", "desert", "discontinue", "drop", "forsake", "quit" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{ "examples":[ "we'll finish the concert before dark" ], "synonyms":[ "close", "close out", "complete", "conclude", "end", "round (off or out)", "terminate", "wind up", "wrap up" ], "near synonyms":[ "climax", "crown", "consummate", "perfect", "halt", "stop", "suspend" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "begin", "commence", "inaugurate", "open", "start" ] }, "to come to an end":{ "examples":[ "the three-day race finished yesterday" ], "synonyms":[ "break off", "break up", "cease", "close", "conclude", "dead-end", "determine", "die", "discontinue", "elapse", "end", "expire", "go", "halt", "lapse", "leave off", "let up", "pass", "quit", "stop", "terminate", "wind up", "wink (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "desist (from)", "lay off (of)", "refrain (from)", "give over", "knock off", "pack (up or in)", "break down", "conk (out)", "cut out", "stall", "pause", "stay", "suspend", "abate", "peter (out)", "wind down" ], "near antonyms":[ "draw out", "extend", "prolong", "protract" ], "antonyms":[ "continue", "hang on", "persist" ] }, "the last part of a process or action":{ "examples":[ "a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish" ], "synonyms":[ "capper", "close", "closing", "conclusion", "consummation", "end", "endgame", "ending", "finale", "finis", "grand finale", "homestretch", "mop-up", "windup", "wrap-up" ], "near synonyms":[ "acme", "apex", "capstone", "climax", "copestone", "coup de gr\u00e2ce", "coup de grace", "crescendo", "crown", "culmination", "high-water mark", "meridian", "peak", "pinnacle", "summit", "tip-top", "top", "zenith", "aftermath", "anticlimax", "coda", "epilogue", "epilog", "postscript", "shank", "tag end", "tail end" ], "near antonyms":[ "foreword", "introduction", "overture", "preamble", "preface", "prelude", "prologue", "prolog" ], "antonyms":[ "baseline", "beginning", "dawn", "day one", "nascence", "nascency", "opening", "start" ] }, "the stopping of a process or activity":{ "examples":[ "an all-out fight right to the finish" ], "synonyms":[ "arrest", "arrestment", "cease", "cessation", "check", "close", "closedown", "closure", "conclusion", "cutoff", "discontinuance", "discontinuation", "end", "ending", "expiration", "halt", "lapse", "offset", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stay", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ], "near synonyms":[ "mop-up", "phaseout", "abeyance", "break", "interruption", "layoff", "letup", "moratorium", "pause", "standstill", "suspension" ], "near antonyms":[ "extension", "persistence", "prolongation" ], "antonyms":[ "continuance", "continuation" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "firths":{ "a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{ "examples":[ "the Firth of Forth in Scotland" ], "synonyms":[ "arms", "bays", "bights", "coves", "creeks", "embayments", "estuaries", "fjords", "fiords", "gulfs", "inlets", "lochs" ], "near synonyms":[ "harbors", "ports", "roads", "roadsteads", "narrows", "sounds", "straits", "bayous", "backwaters", "sloughs", "slews", "slues" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figure out":{ "to find an answer for through reasoning":{ "examples":[ "a book of brainteasers that even a really clever person won't have an easy time figuring out" ], "synonyms":[ "answer", "break", "crack", "dope (out)", "puzzle (out)", "resolve", "riddle (out)", "solve", "unravel", "unriddle", "work", "work out" ], "near synonyms":[ "conclude", "decide", "deduce", "gather", "infer", "judge", "reason", "clear (up)", "iron out", "straighten (out)", "unscramble", "untangle", "untie", "assume", "conjecture", "divine", "guess", "presume", "speculate", "decipher", "decode" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fiendishness":{ "disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{ "examples":[ "the unconscionable fiendishness of the acts committed by terrorists" ], "synonyms":[ "atrociousness", "atrocity", "barbarity", "barbarousness", "brutality", "cruelness", "cruelty", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "sadism", "savageness", "savagery", "truculence", "viciousness", "wantonness" ], "near synonyms":[ "hard-heartedness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "unfeelingness", "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":[ "tenderness", "warmheartedness", "warmness", "warmth", "charitableness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "mercy", "pity" ], "antonyms":[ "benignity", "compassion", "good-heartedness", "humaneness", "humanity", "kindheartedness", "kindness", "sympathy", "tenderheartedness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiddle away":{ "to use up carelessly":{ "examples":[ "fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "dissipate", "fritter (away)", "lavish", "lose", "misspend", "run through", "spend", "squander", "throw away", "trifle (away)", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "splurge", "consume", "deplete", "exhaust", "impoverish", "overspend", "shoot", "indulge", "overindulge", "disburse", "expend", "lay out" ], "near antonyms":[ "economize", "scrimp", "skimp", "preserve", "protect", "save", "hoard", "lay up" ], "antonyms":[ "conserve" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fires":{ "a destructive burning":{ "examples":[ "a number of suspicious fires in the neighborhood recently" ], "synonyms":[ "conflagrations", "holocausts", "infernos" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazes", "flare-ups", "backfires", "bonfires", "brush fires", "campfires", "forest fires", "wildfires", "arsons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a test of faith, patience, or strength":{ "examples":[ "asked to be sent to the front lines, as he was eager to prove himself in the fire of battle" ], "synonyms":[ "crosses", "crucibles", "gauntlets", "gantlets", "ordeals", "trials" ], "near synonyms":[ "baptisms", "initiations", "adversities", "afflictions", "asperities", "misadventures", "mischances", "misfortunes", "mishaps", "privations", "tragedies", "tribulations", "troubles", "vicissitudes", "woes", "acid tests", "litmus tests", "challenges", "complications", "difficulties", "griefs", "grievances", "hardships", "rigors", "annoyances", "discomforts", "inconveniences", "nuisances" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{ "examples":[ "police officers firing rubber bullets" ], "synonyms":[ "blasts", "discharges", "looses", "shoots", "squeezes off" ], "near synonyms":[ "launches", "projects", "blazes (at)", "snipes (at)", "casts", "catapults", "flings", "heaves", "hurls", "hurtles", "lobs", "pelts", "pitches", "slings", "throws", "tosses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{ "examples":[ "soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder" ], "synonyms":[ "blasts", "discharges", "shoots" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazes", "peppers", "plinks", "potshots", "snipes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist" ], "synonyms":[ "amps (up)", "animates", "braces", "energizes", "enlivens", "fillips", "gingers (up)", "invigorates", "jazzes (up)", "juices up", "jump-starts", "livens (up)", "peps (up)", "quickens", "spikes", "stimulates", "vitalizes", "vivifies", "zips (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "arouses", "awakens", "awakes", "raises", "rouses", "stirs", "wakes (up)", "activates", "actuates", "drives", "impels", "motivates", "motives", "moves", "propels", "charges", "electrifies", "galvanizes", "enkindles", "excites", "ferments", "foments", "incites", "inflames", "enflames", "instigates", "kindles", "provokes", "sets off", "sparks", "triggers", "turns on", "whips (up)", "abets", "boosts", "buoys", "cheers", "emboldens", "fortifies", "heartens", "infuses", "inspires", "lifts", "rallies", "steels", "strengthens", "reactivates", "reanimates", "reawakens", "reawakes", "recharges", "recreates", "reenergizes", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "reinvigorates", "rejuvenates", "rekindles", "renews", "restimulates", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revitalizes", "revives" ], "near antonyms":[ "burns out", "debilitates", "does in", "drains", "enervates", "enfeebles", "exhausts", "fags", "fatigues", "harasses", "kayoes", "knocks out", "saps", "tuckers (out)", "undermines", "washes out", "weakens", "wearies", "wears", "wears out", "checks", "curbs", "inhibits", "jades", "quells", "quenches", "represses", "restrains", "slows", "stills", "stunts", "suppresses", "daunts", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "antonyms":[ "dampens", "damps", "deadens", "dulls", "kills" ] }, "to let go from office, service, or employment":{ "examples":[ "fired the secretary for incompetence" ], "synonyms":[ "axes", "bounces", "cans", "cashiers", "discharges", "dismisses", "musters out", "pink-slips", "releases", "removes", "retires", "sacks", "terminates", "turns off" ], "near synonyms":[ "downsizes", "excesses", "furloughs", "lays off", "trims", "boots (out)", "chucks (out)", "drums (out)", "kicks out", "throws out", "unseats", "separates" ], "near antonyms":[ "keeps", "reemploys", "rehires", "contracts", "subcontracts", "recruits" ], "antonyms":[ "employs", "engages", "hires", "retains", "signs (up or on)", "takes on" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "fired a pass to the running back" ], "synonyms":[ "casts", "catapults", "chucks", "dashes", "flings", "heaves", "hurls", "hurtles", "launches", "lobs", "lofts", "pegs", "pelts", "pitches", "slings", "throws", "tosses" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowls", "darts", "flips", "guns", "hooks", "passes", "rolls", "shoots", "bucks", "ejects", "impels", "precipitates", "projects", "propels", "rifles", "thrusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to set (something) on fire":{ "examples":[ "lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs" ], "synonyms":[ "burns", "enkindles", "ignites", "inflames", "enflames", "kindles", "lights", "torches" ], "near synonyms":[ "immolates", "deflagrates", "chars", "frizzles", "scorches", "bakes", "broils", "cooks", "ashes", "cremates", "incinerates", "kilns", "sets off", "brightens", "illuminates", "illumines", "irradiates", "lightens", "radiates", "scalds", "scathes", "sears", "reignites", "rekindles", "relights", "banks", "stokes" ], "near antonyms":[ "chokes", "smothers", "suffocates", "stamps (out)", "blackens", "darkens", "dims", "dulls", "obscures" ], "antonyms":[ "douses", "dowses", "extinguishes", "puts out", "quenches", "snuffs (out)" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "firebug":{ "a person who deliberately and unlawfully sets fire to a building or other property":{ "examples":[ "after the second suspicious fire, police set a trap for the firebug" ], "synonyms":[ "arsonist", "incendiary", "torch" ], "near synonyms":[ "pyromaniac", "flamer", "igniter", "ignitor", "immolator", "inflamer", "kindler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "first names":{ "a name that is placed before one's family name":{ "examples":[ "the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby" ], "synonyms":[ "Christian names", "forenames", "given names", "prenames" ], "near synonyms":[ "appellations", "denominations", "designations", "cognomens", "cognomina", "denotations", "epithets", "handles", "nicknames", "sobriquets", "soubriquets", "titles", "aliases", "noms de plume", "pen names", "pseudonyms", "baptismal names" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixes up":{ "as in rebuilds , overhauls":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "furbishes", "overhauls", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "refurbishes", "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps", "aids", "cures", "heals", "helps", "conditions", "prepares", "readies", "cares (for)", "maintains", "services", "freshens", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "rejuvenates", "renews", "restores", "revitalizes", "revives", "adjusts", "corrects", "modifies", "rectifies", "redresses", "reforms", "rights", "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "breaks", "damages", "defaces", "disfigures", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "ruins", "spoils", "vandalizes", "wrecks", "cripples", "disables", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fist":{ "as in hold , grip":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clasp", "clutch", "fasten (on)", "grasp", "grip", "hold", "latch (on or onto)", "secure", "bay", "corner", "rend", "wrest", "apprehend", "arrest", "detain", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "entangle", "entrap", "mesh", "glove", "halter", "lasso", "rope", "abduct", "kidnap", "spirit (away or off)", "bag", "capture", "catch", "collar", "cop", "corral", "get", "glom", "grab", "grapple", "hook", "land", "nab", "nail", "net", "nobble", "rap", "seize", "snag", "snap (up)", "snare", "snatch", "trap" ], "near antonyms":[ "miss", "discharge", "free", "liberate", "release", "drop", "loosen", "unhand" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fig leafs":{ "as in Trojan horses , Potemkin villages":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Potemkin villages", "Trojan horses", "blinds", "concealers", "screens", "shields", "camouflages", "disguises", "facades", "fa\u00e7ades", "faces", "veneers", "blankets", "cloaks", "copes", "coverings", "covers", "covertures", "cover-ups", "curtains", "hoods", "mantles", "masks", "palls", "penumbrae", "penumbras", "robes", "shrouds", "veils", "wraps", "glosses", "varnishes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fillies":{ "a female person who has not yet reached adulthood":{ "examples":[ "she's still a filly , so she has plenty of time to decide what she wants to do in life" ], "synonyms":[ "girls", "lasses", "lassies", "misses", "missies", "nymphs", "sheilas" ], "near synonyms":[ "bobby-soxers", "junior misses", "schoolgirls", "subdebutantes", "teenyboppers", "gamines", "hoydens", "pixies", "romps", "snips", "tomboys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fidgetiness":{ "a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{ "examples":[ "she couldn't stay still before her speech, and by her fidgetiness you could tell that she absolutely dreads speaking in public" ], "synonyms":[ "edginess", "fidgets", "flightiness", "jitteriness", "jumpiness", "restiveness", "skittishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "agita", "agitation", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "disquiet", "feverishness", "franticness", "freneticism", "hand-wringing", "perturbation", "restlessness", "trepidation", "unease", "uneasiness", "upset", "worry", "nerves", "tenseness", "tension", "butterflies", "dither", "heebie-jeebies", "jimjams", "jitters", "shakes", "shivers", "willies" ], "near antonyms":[ "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness", "control", "self-control", "aplomb", "calm", "calmness", "collectedness", "composure", "coolness", "ease", "easiness", "equanimity", "equilibrium", "imperturbability", "poise", "repose", "self-possession", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finance":{ "to provide money for":{ "examples":[ "a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City" ], "synonyms":[ "bankroll", "capitalize", "endow", "fund", "stake", "subsidize", "underwrite" ], "near synonyms":[ "grubstake", "cofinance", "refinance", "advocate", "aid", "back", "champion", "endorse", "indorse", "patronize", "sponsor", "support", "maintain", "nourish", "provide (for)", "clear", "defray", "discharge", "foot", "liquidate", "pay", "pay off", "pay up", "quit", "recompense", "settle", "spring (for)", "stand", "refund" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "defund" ] }, "to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{ "examples":[ "established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college" ], "synonyms":[ "endow", "fund", "subsidize" ], "near synonyms":[ "establish", "found", "organize", "bequeath", "contribute", "donate", "subscribe", "support", "underwrite", "award", "grant", "back", "promote", "sponsor", "capitalize", 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I've heard that excuse a thousand times before" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country" ], "synonyms":[ "bunco", "bunko", "con", "flimflam", "fraud", "hustle", "scam", "shell game", "sting", "swindle" ], "near synonyms":[ "cross", "fix", "Ponzi scheme", "pyramid scheme", "racket", "rip-off", "thimblerig", "three-card monte", "device", "dodge", "gimmick", "jig", "ploy", "scheme", "sleight", "stratagem", "trick", "wile", "gouging", "overcharging", "soaking", "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "hoax", "humbug", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin" ], "synonyms":[ "fidget", "jerk", "jig", "jiggle", "squiggle", "squirm", "thrash", "thresh", "toss", "twist", "twitch", "wiggle", "wriggle", "writhe" ], "near synonyms":[ "flit", "flutter", "twitter", "quake", "quiver", "shake", "shiver", "shudder", "tremble", "pace" ], "near antonyms":[ "relax", "rest", "unwind", "calm (down)", "still" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "hustle", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ], "near synonyms":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "filter":{ "to pass through a filter":{ "examples":[ "steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves" ], "synonyms":[ "screen", "strain" ], "near synonyms":[ "leach", "percolate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "examples":[ "after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again" ], "synonyms":[ "clarify", "clear", "distill", "distil", "fine", "garble", "purify" ], "near synonyms":[ "process", "rectify", "refine", "clean", "cleanse", "decontaminate", "elutriate", "purge", "wash", "extract", "leach", "bolt", "screen", "sieve", "sift", "disinfect", "sanitize" ], "near antonyms":[ "cloud", "dull", "muddy", "contaminate", "dirty", "soil", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "begrime", "besmirch", "foul", "sully" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in purifier , refiner":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clarifier", "purifier", "refiner", "cleanliness", "immaculateness", "purity" ], "near antonyms":[ "adulterant", "contaminant", "contamination", "defilement", "impurity", "pollutant", "blot", "blotch", "spot", "stain", "taint", "dirt", "filth", "grime", "muck", "scum", "sludge", "smut", "soil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "finite":{ "having a limit":{ "examples":[ "our nation's natural resources are abundant, but they are also finite" ], "synonyms":[ "limited" ], "near synonyms":[ "circumscribed", "confined", "restricted", "definable", "defined", "definite", "determinate", "discrete", "decided", "established", "fixed", "set", "exact", "precise", "specific", "fathomable", "measurable", "mensurable", "numerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "unconfined", "unrestricted", "immeasurable", "indefinite", "indeterminate", "measureless", "undefinable", "undefined", "unfathomable" ], "antonyms":[ "boundless", "endless", "illimitable", "infinite", "limitless", "unbounded", "unlimited" ] }, "having distinct or certain limits":{ "examples":[ "we have a finite number of options to consider" ], "synonyms":[ "bounded", "circumscribed", "defined", "definite", "determinate", "limited", "measured", "narrow", "restricted" ], "near synonyms":[ "modified", "qualified", "detailed", "exact", "precise", "specific", "confined", "constricted", "moderate", "modest", "minute", "puny", "small", "tiny", "determined", "fixed", "settled" ], "near antonyms":[ "bottomless", "countless", "incalculable", "inestimable", "inexhaustible", "innumerable", "unfathomable", "unqualified", "unreserved", "general", "indeterminate", "nebulous", "vague", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "copious", "plenitudinous", "plentiful", "big", "bulky", "bumper", "considerable", "extensive", "goodly", "great", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "respectable", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "super", "vast", "voluminous", "whacking", "epic", "grandiose", "major", "ample", "broad", "comprehensive", "cosmopolitan", "expansive", "global", "inclusive", "sweeping", "universal", "whole" ], "antonyms":[ "boundless", "dimensionless", "endless", "illimitable", "immeasurable", "indefinite", "infinite", "limitless", "measureless", "unbounded", "undefined", "unlimited", "unmeasured" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "firm":{ "a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{ "examples":[ "merged with another firm to become a major player in the brokerage business" ], "synonyms":[ "business", "company", "concern", "enterprise", "establishment", "house", "interest", "outfit" ], "near synonyms":[ "conglomerate", "corporation", "multinational", "association", "cartel", "chain", "combine", "syndicate", "trust", "agency", "dealer", "outlet", "microenterprise" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "not showing weakness or uncertainty":{ "examples":[ "a friendly fellow with a ready smile and a firm handshake" ], "synonyms":[ "forceful", "hearty", "iron", "lusty", "robust", "solid", "stout", "strong", "sturdy", "vigorous" ], "near synonyms":[ "hard", "ironclad", "mighty", "powerful", "tough", "unyielding", "animated", "brisk", "energetic", "frisky", "jaunty", "jazzy", "lively", "peppy", "perky", "spirited", "sprightful", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "assured", "certain", "confident", "sanguine", "secure", "sure" ], "near antonyms":[ "feeble", "fragile", "frail", "limp", "listless", "spiritless", "diffident", "insecure", "self-doubting", "characterless", "effete", "frail", "spineless", "weakened", "weak-kneed", "wimpy", "wishy-washy" ], "antonyms":[ "uncertain", "weak" ] }, "having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{ "examples":[ "cold butter that was too firm to spread" ], "synonyms":[ "compact", "hard", "rigid", "solid", "stiff", "unyielding" ], "near synonyms":[ "case-hardened", "compacted", "compressed", "hardened", "indurated", "stiffened", "tempered", "close", "dense", "heavy", "thick", "thickset", "inelastic", "inflexible", "ramrod", "unbending", "compressed", "condensed", "adamantine", "rocklike", "sturdy", "substantial", "impenetrable", "impermeable", "nonporous" ], "near antonyms":[ "loose", "scattered", "thin", "bendable", "elastic", "flexible", "malleable", "pliable", "pliant", "supple", "droopy", "flaccid", "floppy", "lank", "limp", "slack", "airy", "light", "permeable", "porous", "ultrasoft" ], "antonyms":[ "flabby", "soft", "spongy", "squashy", "squishy" ] }, "firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{ "examples":[ "was firm in the saddle during the canter" ], "synonyms":[ "fast", "frozen", "jammed", "lodged", "set", "snug", "stuck", "tight", "wedged" ], "near synonyms":[ "bonded", "cemented", "glued", "anchored", "clamped", "embedded", "imbedded", "entrenched", "intrenched", "impacted", "implanted", "attached", "bound", "fastened", "secured", "immovable", "unyielding" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "dislodged", "freed", "loosened", "unattached", "unbound", "undone", "unfastened", "unsecured", "movable", "moveable", "yielding" ], "antonyms":[ "insecure", "loose" ] }, "fully committed to achieving a goal":{ "examples":[ "asked him to reconsider, but he was firm in his commitment to the project" ], "synonyms":[ "bent (on or upon)", "bound", "decisive", "determined", "do-or-die", "hell-bent (on or upon)", "intent", "out", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "set", "single-minded" ], "near synonyms":[ "bitter", "vehement", "certain", "cocksure", "confident", "positive", "sure", "earnest", "serious", "steady", "unfaltering", "unhesitating", "unswerving", "unwavering", "adamant", "adamantine", "dogged", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "headstrong", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "mulish", "obdurate", "persistent", "pertinacious", "perverse", "pigheaded", "rigid", "self-willed", "stubborn", "tenacious", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrustful", "doubtful", "dubious", "mistrustful", "skeptical", "suspicious", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "unsettled", "unsure", "disinclined", "indisposed", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant" ], "antonyms":[ "faltering", "hesitant", "indecisive", "irresolute", "undetermined", "unresolved", "vacillating", "wavering", "weak-kneed" ] }, "having been established and usually not subject to change":{ "examples":[ "the selling price of the house is firm , so there'll be no dickering" ], "synonyms":[ "certain", "determinate", "final", "fixed", "flat", "frozen", "hard", "hard-and-fast", "inexpugnable", "set", "settled", "stable" ], "near synonyms":[ "nonadjustable", "noncancelable", "nonnegotiable", "unchangeable", "constant", "steady", "unchanging", "uniform", "unwavering", "definite", "exact", "explicit", "specific", "given", "stated", "stipulated", "dependable", "good", "reliable", "responsible", "safe", "solid", "sure", "tried", "tried-and-true", "true", "trustworthy", "trusty" ], "near antonyms":[ "adjustable", "changeable", "negotiable", "indefinite", "open-ended", "unspecified", "capricious", "changeful", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconstant", "mercurial", "mutable", "temperamental", "uncertain", "unpredictable", "unsettled", "unstable", "unsteady", "variable", "volatile" ], "antonyms":[] }, "marked by the ability to withstand stress without structural damage or distortion":{ "examples":[ "built on a firm foundation, so the house hasn't settled" ], "synonyms":[ "bombproof", "fast", "sound", "stable", "stalwart", "strong", "sturdy" ], "near synonyms":[ "dependable", "durable", "reliable", "infrangible", "irrefragable", "unbreakable", "beefy", "solid", "cohesive", "tough" ], "near antonyms":[ "infirm", "insecure", "weak", "shaky", "tottering", "tottery", "unbalanced", "wobbly", "wabbly", "unsubstantial" ], "antonyms":[ "rickety", "unsound", "unstable", "unsteady" ] }, "based on sound reasoning or information":{ "examples":[ "that assassination theory is far from firm , since there's not a shred of actual evidence to back it up" ], "synonyms":[ "commonsense", "commonsensible", "commonsensical", "good", "hard", "informed", "just", "justified", "levelheaded", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "reasoned", "sensible", "sober", "solid", "valid", "well-founded" ], "near synonyms":[ "actual", "real", "true", "certain", "sure", "certified", "validated", "verified", "confirmed", "corroborated", "substantiated", "cogent", "convincing", "colorable", "credible", "plausible" ], "near antonyms":[ "unsubstantiated", "unsupported", "unwarranted", "flimsy", "implausible", "unconvincing", "weak", "fallacious", "false", "misguided", "misled" ], "antonyms":[ "groundless", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "nonsensical", "nonvalid", "unfounded", "uninformed", "unjustified", "unreasonable", "unreasoned", "unsound" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "filling (up)":{ "as in diffusing (through) , percolating (into)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "drenching", "imbuing", "infusing", "saturating", "soaking", "steeping", "interpenetrating", "percolating (into)", "permeating", "pervading", "riddling", "suffusing", "transfusing", "diffusing (through)", "impregnating", "passing (into)", "penetrating", "flooding", "glutting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filches":{ "to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{ "examples":[ "too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriates", "boosts", "heists", "hooks", "lifts", "misappropriates", "nicks", "nips", "pilfers", "pinches", "pockets", "purloins", "rips off", "snitches", "steals", "swipes", "thieves" ], "near synonyms":[ "burglarizes", "knocks over", "robs", "loots", "pillages", "plunders", "sacks", "carjacks", "hijacks", "highjacks", "picks", "rifles", "poaches", "rustles", "shoplifts", "collars", "grabs", "grasps", "nails", "seizes", "snatches", "takes", "mooches", "sponges", "abducts", "kidnaps", "shanghais", "spirits" ], "near antonyms":[ "buys", "purchases", "bestows", "contributes", "donates", "gives", "hands over", "presents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fitting (in or into)":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "edging in", "injecting", "inserting", "insinuating", "intercalating", "interjecting", "interpolating", "interposing", "interspersing", "introducing", "sandwiching (in or between)", "working in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cutting in", "inlaying", "insetting", "installing", "interfiling", "interlining", "larding", "weaving", "cramming", "shoving", "thrusting", "wedging", "adding", "appending", "attaching" ], "near antonyms":[ "ejecting", "eliminating", "excluding", "expelling", "extracting", "withdrawing", "deducting", "detaching", "subtracting", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "fires (up)":{ "to rouse to strong feeling or action":{ "examples":[ "the dynamic speaker fired up the audience as no one had previously done" ], "synonyms":[ "arouses", "encourages", "excites", "impassions", "incites", "instigates", "moves", "piques", "provokes", "revs (up)", "sparks", "stimulates", "stirs" ], "near synonyms":[ "fans", "ignites", "inflames", "enflames", "kindles", "triggers", "activates", "animates", "drives", "energizes", "galvanizes", "induces", "inspires", "keys (up)", "motivates", "motives", "pumps up", "quickens", "sets off", "vitalizes", "abets", "ferments", "foments", "raises", "whips (up)", "angers", "enrages", "maddens", "upsets", "jeers", "taunts", "teases", "aggravates", "annoys", "bothers", "exasperates", "galls", "gets", "irritates", "vexes" ], "near antonyms":[ "calms", "soothes", "subdues", "tranquilizes", "tranquillizes", "appeases", "mollifies", "pacifies", "placates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "figurative":{ "expressing one thing in terms normally used for another":{ "examples":[ "the figurative use of \"allergy\" to mean \"a feeling of dislike\"" ], "synonyms":[ "extended", "figural", "metaphoric", "metaphorical", "tropical", "tropological" ], "near synonyms":[ "Aesopian", "Aesopic", "allegorical", "emblematic", "emblematical", "symbolic", "symbolical", "catachrestic", "catachrestical", "sylleptic", "euphemistic", "nonliteral", "veritable" ], "near antonyms":[ "literal", "nonsymbolic" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfigurative", "nonmetaphorical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "firsthand":{ "done or working without something else coming in between":{ "examples":[ "had firsthand knowledge of the events of that evening" ], "synonyms":[ "direct", "immediate", "primary", "unmediated" ], "near synonyms":[ "clinical", "empirical", "empiric", "efficient", "proximate", "hands-on" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "indirect", "secondhand" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fiddled (with)":{ "to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{ "examples":[ "I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system" ], "synonyms":[ "diddled (with)", "fooled (with)", "messed (with)", "monkeyed (with)", "played (with)", "tampered (with)", "tinkered (with)", "toyed (with)", "twiddled (with)" ], "near synonyms":[ "abused", "altered", "doctored", "manhandled", "manipulated", "mistreated", "misused", "butted in", "interfered", "intruded", "meddled", "mucked (about or around)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "first base":{ "as in ground zero , drawing board":{ 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"distressed", "overanxious", "uneasy", "unquiet", "unsettled", "worried", "high-strung", "unstable", "uptight", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic" ], "near antonyms":[ "unneurotic", "relaxed", "relieved", "tranquilized", "tranquillized", "collected", "composed", "cool", "coolheaded", "equal", "level", "limpid", "peaceful", "placid", "possessed", "recollected", "sedate", "self-composed", "self-possessed", "serene", "smooth", "together", "tranquil", "undisturbed", "unperturbed", "unruffled", "unshaken", "untroubled", "unworried", "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to look at or think about something constantly; to give all of your attention to something \u2014 usually + on or upon":{ "examples":[ "The cat was fixated on a small 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"near synonyms":[ "affection", "fondness", "determination", "firmness", "resolution", "dependability", "reliability", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "alienation", "disaffection", "estrangement", "separation" ], "antonyms":[ "disloyalty", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "inconstancy", "infidelity", "perfidiousness", "perfidy", "treachery", "unfaithfulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figurines":{ "a small statue":{ "examples":[ "his collection of figurines includes toy soldiers from every war that America has fought" ], "synonyms":[ "figures", "statuettes" ], "near synonyms":[ "dollies", "dolls", "hand puppets", "marionettes", "puppets", "busts", "figureheads", "carvings", "models", "sculptures", "dummies", "forms", "manikins", "mannikins", "mannequins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "colossi" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "first-line":{ "singled out from a number or group as more to one's liking":{ "examples":[ "surgery is usually not 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"incapability", "incapableness", "incapacity", "incompetence", "incompetency", "ineffectiveness", "ineffectuality", "ineffectualness", "inefficaciousness", "inefficacy", "uselessness", "helplessness", "paralysis" ], "antonyms":[ "impotence", "impotency", "powerlessness", "weakness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiddlings":{ "as in squirms":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "squirms", "locomotions", "mobilities", "motilities", "motivities", "dislocations", "migrations", "relocations", "motions", "movements", "moves", "shifts", "stirrings", "stirs" ], "near antonyms":[ "immobilities", "inertias", "cessations", "discontinuances", "endings", "expirations", "finishes", "halts", "lapses", "pauses", "shutdowns", "shutoffs", "stoppages", "stops", "surceases", "terminations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fit (out)":{ "to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{ "examples":[ "fitted the hikers out with good boots and heavy socks" ], "synonyms":[ "accoutre", "accouter", "equip", "furnish", "gird", "kit (up or out)", "outfit", "provision", "rig", "supply" ], "near synonyms":[ "stock", "store", "bestow", "contribute", "donate", "give", "present", "apportion", "deal (out)", "dispense", "distribute", "dole out", "hand out", "mete (out)", "parcel (out)", "portion", "prorate", "allocate", "allot", "assign", "arm", "fortify", "prepare", "reequip", "refit", "refurnish", "reoutfit" ], "near antonyms":[ "deprive", "dispossess", "divest", "strip" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finagled":{ "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum" ], "synonyms":[ "contrived", "engineered", "finessed", "framed", "machinated", "maneuvered", "manipulated", "masterminded", "negotiated", "wangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "arranged", "concerted", "concluded", "hammered out", "worked out", "angled (for)", "compassed", "intrigued", "plotted", "schemed", "connived", "brewed", "concocted", "cooked (up)", "hatched", "captained", "commanded", "conducted", "directed", "handled", "managed", "quarterbacked", "ran", "run", "gerrymandered" ], "near antonyms":[ "blew", "bobbled", "botched", "bungled", "butchered", "flubbed", "fumbled", "gummed (up)", "loused up", "mangled", "messed (up)", "mishandled", "muffed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{ "examples":[ "she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants" ], "synonyms":[ "cheated", "chicaned", "fudged" ], "near synonyms":[ "cribbed", "colored", "distorted", "falsified", "misinterpreted", "misrepresented", "misstated", "perverted", "twisted", "warped", "doctored", "faked", "tampered (with)", "elaborated", "embellished", "embroidered", "exaggerated", "magnified", "padded", "stretched", "dodged", "evaded", "hedged" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fitted":{ "meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation":{ "examples":[ "her 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"infelicitous", "malapropos", "misbecoming", "unapt", "unbecoming", "unbeseeming", "unfit", "unfitting", "unhappy", "unmeet", "unseemly", "unsuitable", "wrong" ] }, "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit" ], "synonyms":[ "befitted", "beseemed", "did", "served", "suited", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfied", "sufficed", "functioned", "worked", "wrought" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be in agreement on every point":{ "examples":[ "now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit" ], "synonyms":[ "accorded", "agreed", "answered", "checked", "chorded", "cohered", "coincided", "comported", "conformed", "consisted", "corresponded", "dovetailed", "harmonized", "jibed", "rhymed", "rimed", "sorted", "squared", "tallied", "went" ], "near synonyms":[ "equaled", "equalled", "matched", "paralleled", "aligned", "alined", "lined up", "registered" ], "near antonyms":[ "contradicted", "disputed", "gainsaid", "negated", "nullified", "clashed", "conflicted", "jarred" ], "antonyms":[ "differed (from)", "disagreed (with)" ] }, "to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{ "examples":[ "I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt" ], "synonyms":[ "acclimated", "acclimatized", "accommodated", "adapted", "adjusted", "conditioned", "conformed", "doctored", "edited", "fashioned", "put", "shaped", "suited", "tailored" ], "near synonyms":[ "readapted", "readjusted", "customized", "geared", "matched", "modeled", "modelled", "patterned", "attuned", "corrected", "harmonized", "squared", "tuned", "established", "rooted", "settled", "acquainted", "familiarized", "orientated", "oriented", "equipped", "prepared", "primed", "rehearsed", "hardened", "inured", "seasoned", "toughened", "altered", "converted", "made over", "modified", "recast", "reclaimed", "recycled", "redesigned", "redeveloped", "redid", "reengineered", "refashioned", "refigured", "refitted", "refocused", "reinvented", "rejiggered", "remade", "remodeled", "revamped", "revised", "reworked", "transformed", "accustomed", "habilitated", "habituated", "naturalized", "readied", "trained", "bent", "fiddled (with)", "fine-tuned", "phased", "registered", "regulated", "rigged" ], "near antonyms":[ "misadjusted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{ "examples":[ "that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming" ], "synonyms":[ "equipped", "prepared", "qualified", "readied", "seasoned", "trained" ], "near synonyms":[ "accustomed", "adapted", "adjusted", "conditioned", "groomed", "habituated", "shaped", "tailored", "authorized", "entitled", "empowered", "enabled", "educated", "indoctrinated", "instructed", "schooled", "taught", "tutored" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or have room for":{ "examples":[ "we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodated", "held", "took" ], "near synonyms":[ "carried", "contained", "seated", "enclosed", "inclosed", "encompassed", "enfolded", "harbored", "housed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make ready in advance":{ "examples":[ "I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests" ], "synonyms":[ "fixed", "groomed", "laid", "prepared", "prepped", "readied" ], "near synonyms":[ "braced", "fortified", "girded", "girt", "steeled", "battened", "gathered", "geared up", "mounted", "educated", "indoctrinated", "instructed", "schooled", "trained", "tutored", "booted (up)", "primed", "arranged", "set", "spread", "armed", "equipped", "forearmed", "furnished", "outfitted", "provided", "supplied", "inclined", "predisposed", "drafted", "drew up", "framed", "warmed (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fight songs":{ "as in drinking songs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near 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"dissentions", "dissensuses", "nonconcurrences" ], "near synonyms":[ "clashes", "collisions", "conflictions", "conflicts", "disaccords", "discords", "dissonances", "divarications", "divisions", "combats", "contentions", "strifes", "struggles", "altercations", "arguments", "bickers", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "fights", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "set-tos" ], "near antonyms":[ "acceptances", "compliances", "concords", "peaces" ], "antonyms":[ "accords", "agreements", "consensuses", "harmonies", "unanimities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finises":{ "the last part of a process or action":{ "examples":[ "if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction" ], "synonyms":[ "cappers", "closes", "closings", "conclusions", "consummations", "endgames", "endings", "ends", "finales", "finishes", "grand finales", "homestretches", "mop-ups", "windups", "wrap-ups" ], "near synonyms":[ "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "capstones", "climaxes", "copestones", "coups de gr\u00e2ce", "coups de grace", "crescendos", "crescendoes", "crescendi", "crowns", "culminations", "high-water marks", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "tip-tops", "tops", "zeniths", "aftermaths", "anticlimaxes", "codas", "epilogues", "epilogs", "postscripts", "shanks", "tag ends", "tail ends" ], "near antonyms":[ "forewords", "introductions", "overtures", "preambles", "prefaces", "preludes", "prologues", "prologs" ], "antonyms":[ "baselines", "beginnings", "dawns", "day ones", "nascences", "nascencies", "openings", "starts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fighters":{ "a person engaged in military service":{ "examples":[ "the debate whether more fighters are needed to bring order to that war-torn country" ], "synonyms":[ "dogfaces", "legionaries", "legionnaires", "men-at-arms", "regulars", "servicemen", "soldiers", "troopers", "warriors" ], "near synonyms":[ "servicewomen", "carabineers", "carabiniers", "cavaliers", "cavalrymen", 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"synonyms":[ "soundness", "stability", "strength", "sturdiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "dependability", "durability", "reliability", "solidity", "solidness", "cohesion", "toughness" ], "near antonyms":[ "insubstantiality", "unsoundness", "unsubstantiality", "weakness" ], "antonyms":[ "insecurity", "instability", "precariousness", "shakiness", "unstableness", "unsteadiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fieldpieces":{ "as in shotguns , muskets":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blunderbusses", "breechloaders", "culverins", "firelocks", "flintlocks", "harquebuses", "arquebuses", "matchlocks", "muskets", "shotguns", "smoothbores", "twenty-twos", ".22s", "arms", "firearms", "heat", "pieces", "small arms", "derringers", "forty-fives", ".45s", "gats", "handguns", "pistols", "revolvers", "rods", "roscoes", "sidearms", "six-guns", "six-shooters", "zip guns", "self-loaders", "semiautomatics", "AK-47s", "assault rifles", "assault weapons", "automatics", "carbines", "machine guns", 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"galloping", "jogging", "running", "sprinting", "trotting", "accelerating", "quickening", "speeding (up)", "catching up", "fast-forwarding", "outpacing", "outrunning", "outstripping", "overtaking", "barreling", "barrelling", "bolting", "careering", "coursing", "dashing", "flying", "hastening", "hotfooting (it)", "hurrying", "racing", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "speeding", "tearing", "whirling", "whisking", "whizzing", "zipping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in speaking , haranguing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "declaiming", "descanting", "discoursing", "expatiating", "haranguing", "lecturing", "orating", "speaking", "talking", "disserting", "expounding", "pontificating", "sermonizing", "reciting", "soliloquizing", "mouthing", "spouting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fissure":{ "an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{ "examples":[ "lava flows 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"improvements", "appliqu\u00e9s", "embossments", "embroideries", "fancyworks", "bedizenments", "gilts", "glitters", "designs", "figures", "patterns", "furnishings", "regalia", "trappings" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defacements", "disfigurements", "scars", "blots", "spots", "stains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in laces , ribbons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braids", "embroiders", "feathers", "figures", "fillets", "flounces", "frills", "fringes", "furbelows", "garlands", "hangs", "laces", "ribbons", "swags", "wreathes", "bosses", "chases", "appliqu\u00e9s", "gilds", "paints", "brightens", "freshens", "smartens", "spruces (up)", "diamonds", "gems", "impearls", "jewels", "pearls", "accessorizes", "dresses up", "traps", "tricks (out)", "redecorates", "redoes", "adorns", "arrays", "beautifies", "bedecks", "bedizens", "blazons", "caparisons", "decks", "decorates", "does", "does up", "dolls up", "drapes", "dresses", "embellishes", "emblazes", "embosses", "enriches", "fancies up", "fancifies", "festoons", "garnishes", "glitzes (up)", "graces", "gussies up", "ornaments", "pretties (up)", "trims" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defaces", "disfigures", "mars", "scars", "spoils", "simplifies", "streamlines", "bares", "denudes", "dismantles", "displays", "divests", "exposes", "reveals", "strips", "uncovers", "uglifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "filigree":{ "decoration that consists of delicate and complicated designs made of fine gold or silver wire":{ "examples":[ "a surface decorated with filigree and pearls" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "apparel", "bells and whistles", "blazonry", "bric-a-brac", "chichi", "emblazonry", "finery", "foofaraw", "frippery", "frosting", "froufrou", "adornment", "beautifier", "caparison", "doodad", "embellisher", "embellishment", "frill", "garnish", "garnishment", "garniture", "ornament", "ornamentation", "setoff", "trim", "fal-lal", "flounce", "flourish", "furbelow", "ruffle", "enhancement", "enrichment", "improvement", "appliqu\u00e9", "embossment", "embroidery", "fancywork", "bedizenment", "gilt", "glitter", "design", "figure", "pattern", "furnishings", "regalia", "trappings" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "defacement", "disfigurement", "scar", "blot", "spot", "stain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in lace , ribbon":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braid", "embroider", "feather", "figure", "fillet", "flounce", "frill", "fringe", "furbelow", "garland", "hang", "lace", "ribbon", "swag", "wreathe", "boss", "chase", "appliqu\u00e9", "gild", "paint", "brighten", "freshen", "smarten", "spruce (up)", "diamond", "gem", "impearl", "jewel", "pearl", "accessorize", "dress up", "trap", "trick (out)", "redecorate", "redo", "adorn", "array", "beautify", "bedeck", "bedizen", "blazon", "caparison", "deck", "decorate", "do", "doll up", "do up", "drape", "dress", "embellish", "emblaze", "emboss", "enrich", "fancify", "fancy up", "festoon", "garnish", "glitz (up)", "grace", "gussy up", "ornament", "pretty (up)", "trim" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "deface", "disfigure", "mar", "scar", "spoil", "simplify", "streamline", "bare", "denude", "dismantle", "display", "divest", "expose", "reveal", "strip", "uncover", "uglify" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "firesides":{ "the place where one lives":{ "examples":[ "couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside" ], "synonyms":[ "abodes", "diggings", "domiciles", "dwellings", "habitations", "hearths", "hearthstones", "homes", "houses", "lodgings", "pads", "places", "quarters", "residences", "roofs" ], "near synonyms":[ "accommodations", "housings", "nests", "residencies", "shelters", "bungalows", "cabins", "casitas", "chalets", "cottages", "duplexes", "ranches", "ranch houses", "saltboxes", "semis", "split levels", "townhomes", "town houses", "tract houses", "triplexes", "apartment houses", "apartments", "condominiums", "condominia", "condos", "flats", "tenement houses", "tenements", "walk-ups", "penthouses", "salons", "suites", "barracks", "billets", "boardinghouses", "dormitories", "dorms", "flophouses", "lodging houses", "lodgments", "lodgements", "rooming houses", "rooms", "castles", "ch\u00e2teaus", "ch\u00e2teaux", "countryseats", "estates", "halls", "manor houses", "manors", "mansions", "McMansions", "palaces", "villas", "farmhouses", "granges", "haciendas", "homesteads", "double-wides", "houseboats", "house trailers", "mobile homes", "motor homes", "recreational vehicles", "RVs", "trailers", "hermitages", "manses", "parsonages", "rectories", "vicarages", "hooches", "hootches", "hovels", "hutches", "huts", "shacks", "shanties" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fit":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit" ], "synonyms":[ "befit", "beseem", "do", "go", "serve", "suit" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfy", "suffice", "function", "work" ], 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"readjust", "customize", "gear", "match", "model", "pattern", "attune", "correct", "harmonize", "square", "tune", "establish", "root", "settle", "acquaint", "familiarize", "orient", "orientate", "equip", "prepare", "prime", "rehearse", "harden", "inure", "season", "toughen", "alter", "convert", "make over", "modify", "recast", "reclaim", "recycle", "redesign", "redevelop", "redo", "reengineer", "refashion", "refigure", "refit", "refocus", "reinvent", "rejigger", "remake", "remodel", "revamp", "revise", "rework", "transform", "accustom", "habilitate", "habituate", "naturalize", "ready", "train", "bend", "fiddle (with)", "fine-tune", "phase", "register", "regulate", "rig" ], "near antonyms":[ "misadjust" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{ "examples":[ "that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming" ], "synonyms":[ "equip", "prepare", "qualify", "ready", "season", "train" ], "near synonyms":[ "accustom", "adapt", "adjust", "condition", "groom", "habituate", "shape", "tailor", "authorize", "entitle", "empower", "enable", "educate", "indoctrinate", "instruct", "school", "teach", "tutor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make or have room for":{ "examples":[ "we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together" ], "synonyms":[ "accommodate", "hold", "take" ], "near synonyms":[ "carry", "contain", "seat", "enclose", "inclose", "encompass", "enfold", "harbor", "house" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make ready in advance":{ "examples":[ "I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests" ], "synonyms":[ "fix", "groom", "lay", "prep", "prepare", "ready" ], "near synonyms":[ "brace", "fortify", "gird", "steel", "batten", "gather", "gear up", "mount", "educate", "indoctrinate", "instruct", "school", "train", "tutor", "boot (up)", "prime", "arrange", "set", "spread", "arm", "equip", "forearm", "furnish", "outfit", "provide", "supply", "incline", "predispose", "draft", "draw up", "frame", "warm (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{ "examples":[ "without her medication, she'd have an epileptic fit" ], "synonyms":[ "access", "attack", "bout", "case", "seizure", "siege", "spell", "turn" ], "near synonyms":[ "recurrence", "relapse", "brainstorm", "convulsion", "eclampsia", "pang", "paroxysm", "spasm", "throe", "agitation", "frenzy", "breakdown", "collapse", "prostration" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrest", "relief", "remission" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{ "examples":[ "helpless fits of laughter from the audience" ], "synonyms":[ "agony", "blaze", "burst", "ebullition", "eruption", "explosion", "flare", "flare-up", "flash", "flush", "gale", "gush", "gust", "outburst", "paroxysm", "spasm", "storm" ], "near synonyms":[ "blowup", "grouch", "rage", "tantrum", "ecstasy", "rapture", "transport", "delirium", "firestorm", "frenzy", "furor" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an outburst or display of excited anger":{ "examples":[ "found out what his wife had spent on clothes and threw a fit" ], "synonyms":[ "blowup", "explosion", "fireworks", "hissy", "hissy fit", "huff", "scene", "tantrum" ], "near synonyms":[ "eruption", "flare-up", "outburst", "storm", "uproar", "agitation", "delirium", "distraction", "frenzy", "furor", "furore", "fury", "hysteria", "rage", "rampage", "convulsion(s)", "paroxysm", "seizure", "spasm", "upheaval", "angriness", "choler", "indignation", "irateness", "ire", "lividity", "lividness", "spleen", "wrath", "wrathfulness", "reaction", "rise", "dander", "temper", "grouch", "hump", "pet", "pouts", "snit", "sulk(s)", "sulkiness", "sullenness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation":{ "examples":[ "clothing that is fit for horseback riding" ], "synonyms":[ "applicable", "appropriate", "apt", "becoming", "befitting", "felicitous", "fitted", "fitting", "good", "happy", "meet", "pretty", "proper", "right", "suitable" ], "near synonyms":[ "condign", "deserved", "just", "justified", "needed", "required", "requisite", "able", "capable", "competent", "cut out", "qualified", "trained", "pitch-perfect", "acceptable", "adequate", "decent", "kosher", "satisfactory", "serviceable", "tolerable", "correct", "decorous", "respectable", "seemly", "balanced", "companionate", "congruous", "consonant", "harmonious", "rightful" ], "near antonyms":[ "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "inexpert", "unqualified", "unskilled", "unskillful", "untrained", "inadequate", "intolerable", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "graceless", "incorrect", "indecorous", "incompatible", "uncongenial" ], "antonyms":[ "improper", "inapplicable", "inapposite", "inappropriate", "inapt", "incongruous", "indecent", "infelicitous", "malapropos", "misbecoming", "unapt", "unbecoming", "unbeseeming", "unfit", "unfitting", "unhappy", "unmeet", "unseemly", "unsuitable", "wrong" ] }, "being in a state of fitness for some experience or action":{ "examples":[ "fit for military service" ], "synonyms":[ "go", "prepared", "ready", "set" ], "near synonyms":[ "conditioned", "primed", "ripe", "armed", "braced", "fortified", "steeled", "qualified", "trained" ], "near antonyms":[ "unqualified", "untrained" ], "antonyms":[ "flat-footed", "half-baked", "half-cocked", "underprepared", "unprepared", "unready" ] }, "capable of or suitable for being used for a particular purpose":{ "examples":[ "I don't think those bald tires are fit for winter driving" ], "synonyms":[ "available", "employable", "exploitable", "functional", "operable", "practicable", "serviceable", "usable", "useable", "useful" ], "near synonyms":[ "applicable", "relevant", "doable", "feasible", "viable", "workable", "reusable" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "impracticable", "inoperable", "nonfunctional", "unavailable", "unemployable", "unusable" ] }, "enjoying health and vigor":{ "examples":[ "eat well and stay fit" ], "synonyms":[ "able-bodied", "bouncing", "hale", "healthy", "hearty", "robust", "sound", "well", "well-conditioned", "whole", "wholesome" ], "near synonyms":[ "hard", "hardy", "iron", "lusty", "rugged", "stalwart", "strong", "sturdy", "tough", "ambulatory", "nondisabled", "uncrippled", "active", "agile", "chipper", "lively", "sprightful", "sprightly", "spry", "vigorous", "vital", "blooming", "clean-cut", "flourishing", "flush", "prospering", "thriving", "all right", "good", "right" ], "near antonyms":[ "decrepit", "enfeebled", "feeble", "infirm", "run-down", "sickened", "sickly", "weak", "weakened", "weakly", "worn-out", "challenged", "crippled", "debilitated", "differently abled", "disabled", "halt", "incapacitated", "lame", "delicate", "fragile", "frail", "emaciated", "gaunt", "haggard", "malnourished", "undernourished", "afflicted", "troubled", "bad", "poorly" ], "antonyms":[ "ailing", "diseased", "ill", "sick", "unfit", "unhealthy", "unsound", "unwell" ] }, "having the required skills for an acceptable level of performance":{ "examples":[ "need to hire someone whose language skills make them fit for the job" ], "synonyms":[ "able", "capable", "competent", "equal", "good", "qualified", "suitable" ], "near synonyms":[ "accomplished", "ace", "adept", "experienced", "expert", "master", "masterful", "masterly", "practiced", "practised", "proficient", "seasoned", "skilled", "skillful", "veteran", "overqualified", "prepared", "schooled", "trained", "apt", "ready", "willing", "all-around", "all-round", "protean", "versatile" ], "near antonyms":[ "inexperienced", "inexpert", "unseasoned", "unskilled", "unskillful", "unprepared", "unschooled", "untrained", "beginning", "green", "new", "raw", "untested", "untried" ], "antonyms":[ "incompetent", "inept", "poor", "unfit", "unfitted", "unqualified" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "filthiness":{ "the quality or state of being obscene":{ "examples":[ "the book was controversial partly because of the filthiness of the language" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdiness", "blueness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "dirt", "dirtiness", "filth", "foulness", "grossness", "impureness", "impurity", "indecency", "lasciviousness", "lewdness", "nastiness", "obscenity", "profanity", "raunch", "raunchiness", "ribaldry", "smut", "smuttiness", "vulgarity", "wantonness" ], "near synonyms":[ "broadness", "earthiness", "gaminess", "raciness", "saltiness", "suggestiveness", "immodesty", "indecorousness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "unbecomingness", "lechery", "depravedness", "depravity", "kinkiness", "naughtiness", "perverseness", "perversion", "perversity", "pervertedness", "wickedness", "exceptionability", "objectionableness", "unacceptability", "undesirability", "reprehensibility", "reprehensibleness", "abusiveness", "scurrilousness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "infamy", "loathsomeness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repugnance", "repulsiveness", "distastefulness", "obnoxiousness", "unpleasantness" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggery", "priggishness", "primness", "prudery", "prudishness", "puritanism", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "seemliness", "appropriateness", "fitness", "suitability", "suitableness", "perfection", "purity", "spotlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the state or quality of being dirty":{ "examples":[ "the appalling filthiness of the oven in the vacated apartment" ], "synonyms":[ "blackness", "dinge", "dinginess", "dirtiness", "dustiness", "foulness", "griminess", "grubbiness", "nastiness", "smuttiness", "soilage", "sordidness", "squalidness", "uncleanliness", "uncleanness" ], "near synonyms":[ "discoloration", "staining", "impureness", "impurity", "messiness", "mussiness", "sloppiness", "untidiness", "insanitation", "squalor", "muddiness", "sootiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "purity" ], "antonyms":[ "cleanliness", "spotlessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fishes":{ "to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{ "examples":[ "take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box" ], "synonyms":[ "feels", "fumbles", "gropes", "scrabbles" ], "near synonyms":[ "grabbles", "casts about", "hunts", "looks", "reaches", "seeks (out)", "captures", "clutches", "corrals", "gets", "grabs", "nabs", "nails", "seizes", "snatches", "combs", "digs (through)", "dredges", "rakes", "ransacks", "rifles", "rummages", "scours" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fiddler":{ "as in pianist , guitarist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "accordionist", "bassoonist", "clarinetist", "clarinettist", "cornetist", "cornettist", "drummer", "flautist", "flutist", "guitarist", "harpist", "hornist", "keyboardist", "oboist", "organ-grinder", "organist", "percussionist", "pianist", "picker", "piper", "reedman", "saxophonist", "trombonist", "trumpeter", "violinist", "violist", "accompanist", "recitalist", "soloist", "symphonist", "maestro", "virtuoso", "artist", "performer", "minstrel", "instrumentalist", "musician", "player" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiends":{ "a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{ "examples":[ "even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree" ], "synonyms":[ "baddies", "beasts", "brutes", "caitiffs", "devils", "evildoers", "heavies", "hounds", "knaves", "meanies", "miscreants", "monsters", "nazis", "no-goods", "rapscallions", "rascals", "reprobates", "rogues", "savages", "scalawags", "scallywags", "scamps", "scapegraces", "scoundrels", "varlets", "villains", "wretches" ], "near synonyms":[ "villainesses", "blackguards", "criminals", "crooks", "culprits", "felons", "lawbreakers", "malefactors", "offenders", "perpetrators", "perps", "transgressors", "sinners", "trespassers", "wrongdoers", "cads", "heels", "serpents", "snakes", "vipers", "bandits", "bravos", "bravoes", "desperadoes", "desperados", "outlaws", "cons", "convicts", "jailbirds", "assassins", "cutthroats", "gangsters", "goons", "gunmen", "hoodlums", "hooligans", "racketeers", "ruffians", "thugs", "roughs", "rowdies", "toughs", "losers", "lowlifes", "lowlives", "ne'er-do-wells", "stinkers", "trash" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels", "innocents", "saints", "heroes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{ "examples":[ "the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends" ], "synonyms":[ "addicts", "dopeheads", "dopers", "druggies", "freaks", "heads", "hopheads", "hypes", "junkies", "stoners", "users" ], "near synonyms":[ "acidheads", "cokeheads", "crackheads", "potheads", "speed freaks", "burnouts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "nonaddicts", "nonusers" ] }, "a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{ "examples":[ "comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world" ], "synonyms":[ "addicts", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "bugs", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fanatics", "fanciers", "fans", "fools", "freaks", "habitu\u00e9s", "habitues", "heads", "hounds", "junkies", "lovers", "maniacs", "mavens", "mavins", "nuts", "suckers" ], "near synonyms":[ "groupies", "admirers", "amateurs", "collectors", "connoisseurs", "dilettantes", "dilettanti", "authorities", "experts", "adherents", "converts", "cultists", "disciples", "followers", "hangers-on", "votaries", "advocates", "apostles", "backers", "champions", "evangelists", "exponents", "friends", "patrons", "promoters", "proponents", "supporters", "partisans", "partizans", "zealots", "boosters", "rooters", "well-wishers", "faddists" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonadmirers", "belittlers", "carpers", "critics", "detractors" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfans" ] }, "an evil spirit":{ "examples":[ "the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber" ], "synonyms":[ "cacodemons", "demons", "daemons", "devils", "ghosts", "ghoulies", "ghouls", "imps", "shaitans" ], "near synonyms":[ "hags", "lamiae", "lamias", "vampires", "incubi", "incubuses", "nightmares", "succubi", "afreets", "afrits", "genies", "genii", "jinn", "jinns", "djinn", "djinns", "apparitions", "banshees", "bogeys", "bogies", "bugbears", "familiars", "familiar spirits", "geniuses", "genii", "phantasms", "fantasms", "phantoms", "poltergeists", "shades", "shadows", "specters", "spectres", "spirits", "spooks", "visions", "wraiths", "brownies", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "elves", "faeries", "fairies", "fays", "gnomes", "goblins", "gremlins", "hobgoblins", "kobolds", "leprechauns", "pixies", "pucks", "sprites", "trolls", "monsters", "ogres" ], "near antonyms":[ "angels" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{ "examples":[ "our in-house computer fiend fixed the problem in no time" ], "synonyms":[ "aces", "adepts", "artists", "authorities", "cognoscenti", "connoisseurs", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "dab hands", "dabs", "experts", "geeks", "gurus", "hands", "hotshots", "maestros", "maestri", "masters", "mavens", "mavins", "meisters", "past masters", "proficients", "scholars", "sharks", "sharps", "virtuosos", "virtuosi", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "near synonyms":[ "professionals", "pros", "consultants", "hired guns", "specialists", "addicts", "aficionados", "afficionados", "buffs", "devotees", "enthusiasts", "fans", "craftsmen", "journeymen", "all-rounders", "jacks-of-all-trades", "Renaissance men", "mistresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "apprentices", "beginners", "neophytes", "novices", "dabblers", "dilettantes", "dilettanti", "laymen", "nonprofessionals" ], "antonyms":[ "amateurs", "inexperts", "nonexperts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firming (up)":{ "to become physically firm or solid":{ "examples":[ "wait for the modeling clay to firm up before handling the finished pot" ], "synonyms":[ "concreting", "congealing", "freezing", "hardening", "indurating", "setting", "solidifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "caking", "callusing", "encrusting", "incrusting", "clotting", "coagulating", "gelating", "gelatinizing", "gelling", "jelling", "jellying", "stiffening", "thickening", "calcifying", "crystallizing", "crystalizing", "ossifying", "petrifying", "rigidifying", "annealing", "case-hardening", "tempering" ], "near antonyms":[ "deliquescing", "dissolving", "fluxing", "fusing", "melting", "thawing", "unfreezing" ], "antonyms":[ "liquefying", "liquifying", "softening" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finds out":{ "to come to an awareness of":{ "examples":[ "that was around the time that I found out I was adopted" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertains", "catches on (to)", "discovers", "gets on (to)", "hears", "learns", "realizes", "sees", "wises (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "hits (on or upon)", "tumbles (to)", "descries", "detects", "encounters", "espies", "spots", "calculates", "dopes (out)", "figures out", "finds", "puzzles (out)", "discerns", "minds", "notes", "observes", "perceives", "divines" ], "near antonyms":[ "misses", "overlooks", "disregards", "ignores", "forgets", "unlearns", "blankets", "blots out", "cloaks", "conceals", "covers", "curtains", "enshrouds", "hides", "masks", "occults", "screens", "shrouds", "veils" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertains", "descries", "detects", "determines", "digs out", "digs up", "discovers", "dredges (up)", "ferrets (out)", "finds", "gets", "hits (on or upon)", "hunts (down or up)", "learns", "locates", "noses out", "roots (out)", "routs (out)", "rummages", "runs down", "scares up", "scouts (up)", "tracks (down)", "turns up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espies", "sights", "spots", "looks for", "searches (for or out)", "seeks" ], "near antonyms":[ "loses", "mislays", "misplaces", "missets" ], "antonyms":[ "misses", "overlooks", "passes over" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fine-tunes":{ "to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{ "examples":[ "fine-tune a TV set", "fine-tune the temperature of the room", "They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fiddles (with)", "phases", "registers", "regulates", "rigs", "acclimates", "acclimatizes", "accommodates", "adapts", "adjusts", "conditions", "conforms", "doctors", "edits", "fashions", "fits", "puts", "shapes", "suits", "tailors", "readapts", "readjusts", "customizes", "gears", "matches", "models", "patterns", "attunes", "corrects", "harmonizes", "squares", "tunes", "establishes", "roots", "settles", "acquaints", "familiarizes", "orientates", "orients", "equips", "prepares", "primes", "rehearses", "hardens", "inures", "seasons", "toughens", "alters", "converts", "makes over", "modifies", "recasts", "reclaims", "recycles", "redesigns", "redevelops", "redoes", "reengineers", "refashions", "refigures", "refits", "refocuses", "reinvents", "rejiggers", "remakes", "remodels", "revamps", "revises", "reworks", "transforms", "accustoms", "conditions", "habilitates", "habituates", "naturalizes", "readies", "seasons", "bends" ], "near antonyms":[ "misadjusts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filch":{ "to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{ "examples":[ "too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriate", "boost", "heist", "hook", "lift", "misappropriate", "nick", "nip", "pilfer", "pinch", "pocket", "purloin", "rip off", "snitch", "steal", "swipe", "thieve" ], "near synonyms":[ "burglarize", "knock over", "rob", "loot", "pillage", "plunder", "sack", "carjack", "hijack", "highjack", "pick", "rifle", "poach", "rustle", "shoplift", "collar", "grab", "grasp", "nail", "seize", "snatch", "take", "mooch", "sponge", "abduct", "kidnap", "shanghai", "spirit" ], "near antonyms":[ "buy", "purchase", "bestow", "contribute", "donate", "give", "hand over", "present" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "firebrand":{ "a person who stirs up public feelings especially of discontent":{ "examples":[ "a firebrand who urged crowds to riot during the blackouts" ], "synonyms":[ "agitator", "demagogue", "demagog", "exciter", "fomenter", "incendiary", "inciter", "instigator", "kindler", "provocateur", "rabble-rouser" ], "near synonyms":[ "demonstrator", "marcher", "objector", "picketer", "protester", "protestor", "advocate", "apostle", "backer", "booster", "champion", "exponent", "persuader", "promoter", "proponent", "reformer", "reformist", "supporter", "alarmist", "extremist", "insurgent", "insurrectionist", "radical", "rebel", "revolter", "revolutionary", "revolutionist", "subversive", "troublemaker", "prodder", "prompter", "provoker", "agent provocateur" ], "near antonyms":[ "peacemaker", "reconciler", "uniter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firearms":{ "a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder":{ "examples":[ "will need a permit to carry a firearm" ], "synonyms":[ "arms", "guns", "heat", "pieces", "small arms" ], "near synonyms":[ "derringers", "forty-fives", ".45s", "gats", "handguns", "pistols", "revolvers", "rods", "roscoes", "sidearms", "six-guns", "six-shooters", "zip guns", "self-loaders", "semiautomatics", "blunderbusses", "breechloaders", "culverins", "fieldpieces", "firelocks", "flintlocks", "harquebuses", "arquebuses", "matchlocks", "muskets", "rifles", "shotguns", "smoothbores", "twenty-twos", ".22s", "AK-47s", "assault rifles", "assault weapons", "automatics", "carbines", "machine guns", "machine pistols", "repeaters", "submachine guns", "tommy guns", "spearguns" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixating (on or upon)":{ "as in brooding (about or over) , obsessing (about or over)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brooding (about or over)", "obsessing (about or over)", "cleaving (to)", "clinging (to)", "hugging", "sticking (to)", "carrying", "keeping", "maintaining", "preserving", "remembering", "retaining", "treasuring", "cultivating", "fostering", "nurturing", "supporting", "sustaining", "bearing", "cherishing", "entertaining", "harboring", "having", "holding", "nursing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarding", "dropping", "forgetting", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "abjuring", "declining", "denying", "disdaining", "refusing", "rejecting", "repudiating", "scorning", "abandoning", "deserting", "discarding", "forsaking", "giving up", "parting (with)", "quitting", "renouncing", "throwing out", "erasing", "expunging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "filling (in)":{ "to give information to":{ "examples":[ "my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed" ], "synonyms":[ "acquainting", "advising", "apprising", "briefing", "catching up", "clearing", "clueing (in)", "cluing (in)", "enlightening", "familiarizing", "hipping", "informing", "instructing", "telling", "versing", "wising (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertising", "alerting", "notifying", "announcing (to)", "disclosing (to)", "assuring", "certifying", "convincing", "reassuring", "warranting", "educating", "lecturing", "schooling", "teaching", "tutoring", "disabusing", "disenchanting", "disillusioning", "undeceiving" ], "near antonyms":[ "misinforming", "misleading" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "covering", "pinch-hitting", "standing in", "stepping in", "subbing", "substituting", "taking over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudying", "relieving", "spelling", "doubling (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finalizes":{ "to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{ "examples":[ "we're still finalizing our travel plans but hope to have them done by the end of the week" ], "synonyms":[ "completes", "consummates", "finishes", "perfects", "polishes" ], "near synonyms":[ "follows through (with)", "sticks out", "accomplishes", "achieves", "effects", "carries out", "carries through", "discharges", "does", "executes", "fulfills", "fulfils", "performs", "ameliorates", "amends", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates", "machines", "refines", "rounds (off or out)", "shines", "touches up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandons", "deserts", "discontinues", "drops", "forsakes", "quits" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{ "examples":[ "the bank won't finalize the loan before Tuesday because of the holiday" ], "synonyms":[ "accredits", "approbates", "approves", "authorizes", "clears", "confirms", "formalizes", "homologates", "OKs", "okays", "ratifies", "sanctions", "warrants" ], "near synonyms":[ "accepts", "acknowledges", "affirms", "certifies", "endorses", "indorses", "validates", "blesses", "canonizes", "sanctifies", "initials", "rubber-stamps", "signs", "signs off (on)", "allows", "enables", "legalizes", "licenses", "licences", "passes", "permits", "reapproves" ], "near antonyms":[ "bans", "enjoins", "forbids", "illegalizes", "interdicts", "prohibits", "proscribes", "disregards", "ignores", "neglects", "overlooks", "rebuffs", "rebuts", "refuses", "spurns" ], "antonyms":[ "declines", "denies", "disallows", "disapproves", "negatives", "rejects", "turns down", "vetoes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finest":{ "a body of officers of the law":{ "examples":[ "proud to be a member of New York's finest" ], "synonyms":[ "constabulary", "force", "fuzz", "heat", "man", "police", "police force" ], "near synonyms":[ "bluecoat", "bobby", "bull", "constable", "cop", "copper", "gendarme", "officer", "peeler", "policeman", "police officer", "policewoman", "shamus", "trooper" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fizz":{ "a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{ "examples":[ "the light bulb burned out with a quick fizz" ], "synonyms":[ "hiss", "sizzle", "swish", "whish", "whiz", "whizz" ], "near synonyms":[ "swoosh", "wheeze", "whistle", "whoosh", "zip", "sibilance", "sibilant" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{ "examples":[ "soda pop fizzing in the glass" ], "synonyms":[ "fizzle", "hiss", "sizzle", "swish", "whish", "whiz", "whizz" ], "near synonyms":[ "swoosh", "wheeze", "whistle", "whoosh", "zip", "bubble", "effervesce", "buzz", "drone", "hum" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fibbed":{ "to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{ "examples":[ "fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away" ], "synonyms":[ "fabricated", "lied", "prevaricated" ], "near synonyms":[ "forswore", "foreswore", "perjured", "equivocated", "fudged", "paltered", "beguiled", "cozened", "deceived", "deluded", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "hoaxed", "hoodwinked", "kidded", "snowed", "took in", "tricked", "defamed", "libeled", "libelled", "slandered", "traduced", "falsified", "misreported", "misrepresented", "misstated", "distorted", "garbled", "dissembled", "dissimulated", "misguided", "misinformed", "misled" ], "near antonyms":[ "asserted", "swore", "testified", "authenticated", "confirmed", "substantiated", "validated", "verified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless" ], "synonyms":[ "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "birched", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged up", "clubbed", "curried", "did", "drubbed", "flogged", "hammered", "hided", "laced", "lambasted", "lashed", "lathered", "licked", "mauled", "messed (up)", "paddled", "pelted", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pounded", "pummeled", "pummelled", "punched out", "roughed (up)", "slated", "slogged", "switched", "tanned", "thrashed", "threshed", "thumped", "tromped", "walloped", "whaled", "whipped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "chopped", "clobbered", "clouted", "cracked", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "cuffed", "descended (on or upon)", "hit", "jumped (on)", "knocked", "laid on", "lammed", "pasted", "pounced (on or upon)", "punched", "raided", "rushed", "slammed", "slapped", "smacked", "smashed", "socked", "spanked", "stormed", "swatted", "swiped", "thwacked", "whacked", "whammed", "whomped", "blackjacked", "caned", "cowhided", "flagellated", "fustigated", "horsewhipped", "leathered", "pistol-whipped", "rawhided", "scourged", "strapped", "gored", "lacerated", "wounded", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fifty":{ "as in one , hundred":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "C-note", "fin", "five", "fiver", "hundred", "one", "sawbuck", "ten", "tenner", "twenty", 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synonyms":[ "microfibers", "cords", "ropes", "strings", "wires", "yarns", "fuzzes", "tufts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "first-class":{ "of the very best kind":{ "examples":[ "a first-class production of a classic American musical" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "fine", "first-rate", "first-string", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "finalizing":{ "to bring (something) to a state 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"OK'ing", "okaying", "ratifying", "sanctioning", "warranting" ], "near synonyms":[ "accepting", "acknowledging", "affirming", "certifying", "endorsing", "indorsing", "validating", "blessing", "canonizing", "sanctifying", "initialing", "initialling", "rubber-stamping", "signing", "signing off (on)", "allowing", "enabling", "legalizing", "licensing", "licencing", "passing", "permitting", "reapproving" ], "near antonyms":[ "banning", "enjoining", "forbidding", "illegalizing", "interdicting", "prohibiting", "proscribing", "disregarding", "ignoring", "neglecting", "overlooking", "rebuffing", "rebutting", "refusing", "spurning" ], "antonyms":[ "declining", "denying", "disallowing", "disapproving", "negativing", "rejecting", "turning down", "vetoing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fie":{ "how surprising, doubtful, or unbelievable":{ "examples":[ "fie ! you expect me to believe that sorry excuse?" ], "synonyms":[ "ah", "aha", "come on", "indeed", "my word", "no", "pshaw", "well", "what", "why" ], "near synonyms":[ "gee", "gee whiz", "ha", "hello", "hey", "lo", "oh", "fiddlesticks", "phooey", "pooh", "there", "oops", "whoops", "woops", "ugh", "egad", "gad", "gadzooks", "(the) deuce", "the devil", "the dickens", "zounds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "used to express disgust":{ "examples":[ "fie on anyone who disagrees!" ], "synonyms":[ "faugh", "phew", "phooey", "rats", "ugh", "yech", "yecch", "yuck", "yuk" ], "near synonyms":[ "ah", "bah", "boo", "humph", "pish", "pooh", "pshaw", "sheesh", "tush", "tut", "tut-tut", "alack", "alas", "woe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "interjection" ] }, "firelocks":{ "as in muskets , shotguns":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blunderbusses", "breechloaders", "culverins", "fieldpieces", "flintlocks", "harquebuses", "arquebuses", "matchlocks", "muskets", "shotguns", "smoothbores", "twenty-twos", ".22s", "arms", "firearms", "heat", "pieces", "small arms", "derringers", "forty-fives", ".45s", "gats", "handguns", "pistols", "revolvers", "rods", "roscoes", "sidearms", "six-guns", "six-shooters", "zip guns", "self-loaders", "semiautomatics", "AK-47s", "assault rifles", "assault weapons", "automatics", "carbines", "machine guns", "machine pistols", "repeaters", "submachine guns", "tommy guns", "spearguns" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fidelity":{ "adherence to something to which one is bound by a pledge or duty":{ "examples":[ "they have never wavered in their fidelity to the cause of freedom" ], "synonyms":[ "adhesion", "allegiance", "attachment", "commitment", "constancy", "dedication", "devotedness", "devotion", "faith", "faithfulness", "fastness", "fealty", "loyalty", "piety", "steadfastness", "troth" ], "near synonyms":[ "affection", "fondness", "determination", "firmness", "resolution", "dependability", "reliability", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "alienation", "disaffection", "estrangement", "separation" ], "antonyms":[ "disloyalty", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "inconstancy", "infidelity", "perfidiousness", "perfidy", "treachery", "unfaithfulness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fireproof":{ "incapable of being burned":{ "examples":[ "remember to store valuable papers in a fireproof box" ], "synonyms":[ "incombustible", "noncombustible", "nonflammable", "noninflammable" ], "near synonyms":[ "nonexplosive" ], "near antonyms":[ "ablaze", "afire", "aflame", "blazing", "burning", "combusting", "fiery", "flaming", "ignited", "inflamed", "enflamed", "kindled", "lit", "lighted", "consumable", "explosive", "incendiary", "volcanic" ], "antonyms":[ "burnable", "combustible", "flammable", "ignitable", "ignitible", "inflammable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fixated (on)":{ "as in obsessed (over)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "obsessed (over)", "attended", "heeded", "minded", "refocused", "aimed", "directed", "homed (in on)", "honed in (on)", "leveled", "levelled", "nailed", "pointed", "set", "zeroed (in on)", "centered", "concentrated", "fastened", "focused", "focussed", "riveted", "trained" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fine":{ "consisting of very small particles":{ "examples":[ "the fine sand found on the island's beaches" ], "synonyms":[ "dusty", "floury", "powdery" ], "near synonyms":[ "smooth", "filtered", "pulverized", "refined", "superfine", "ultrafine" ], "near antonyms":[ "rough", "unfiltered", "unrefined", "gravelly", "gritty", "sandy", "pebbly", "rocky", "stony", "stoney", "lumpy", "mealy" ], "antonyms":[ "coarse", "grainy", "granular", "granulated" ] }, "made or done with extreme care and accuracy":{ "examples":[ "the fine distinction between bravery and recklessness" ], "synonyms":[ "delicate", "exact", "finespun", "hairline", "hairsplitting", "minute", "nice", "nuanced", "refined", "subtle" ], "near synonyms":[ "nitpicking", "quibbling", "frivolous", "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "negligible", "petty", "piddling", "trifling", "trivial", "demanding", "exacting", "fastidious", "finical", "finicking", "finicky", "fussy", "meticulous", "particular", "picky" ], "near antonyms":[ "apparent", "clear", "clear-cut", "evident", "manifest", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "palpable", "patent", "perspicuous", "plain", "transparent", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "unmistakable", "broad", "indefinite", "careless", "heedless", "incautious", "slapdash", "slipshod", "sloppy" ], "antonyms":[ "coarse", "inexact", "rough" ] }, "being of less than usual width":{ "examples":[ "use a fine line for the outline of the facial features you intend to carve into the pumpkin" ], "synonyms":[ "hairline", "narrow", "needlelike", "paper-thin", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "slim-jim", "thin", "ultrathin" ], "near synonyms":[ "attenuate", "attenuated", "elongate", "elongated", "linear", "bottleneck", "close", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "squeezed", "tight", "tightened", "lanky", "rangy", "reedy", "shoestring", "spindly", "stalky", "stringy", "twiggy", "willowy", "wispy", "lank", "spare" ], "near antonyms":[ "chunky", "squat", "stocky", "stumpy", "thick", "thickset", "bulky", "massive", "voluminous", "thickish", "widish" ], "antonyms":[ "broad", "fat", "wide" ] }, "being to one's liking":{ "examples":[ "that arrangement is fine with me" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeable", "all right", "alright", "copacetic", "copasetic", "copesetic", "ducky", "good", "hunky-dory", "jake", "OK", "okay", "palatable", "satisfactory" ], "near synonyms":[ "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "dreamy", "felicitous", "gratifying", "nice", "pleasant", "pleasing", "scrumptious", "welcome", "acceptable", "adequate", "decent", "passable", "tolerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "deficient", "inferior", "lousy", "poor", "punk", "substandard", "unacceptable", "wanting", "wretched", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "unsatisfactory" ] }, "free from added matter":{ "examples":[ "that silver is .9600 fine" ], "synonyms":[ "absolute", "neat", "plain", "pure", "purified", "refined", "straight", "unadulterated", "unalloyed", "undiluted", "unmixed" ], "near synonyms":[ "clarified", "filtered", "clean", "fresh", "taintless", "uncontaminated", "uncorrupted", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "rendered", "tried", "concentrated", "full-bodied", "strong", "uncombined" ], "near antonyms":[ "befouled", "besmirched", "contaminated", "corrupted", "debased", "defiled", "fouled", "polluted", "soiled", "spoiled", "sullied", "tainted", "unclarified", "amalgamated", "blended", "coalesced", "combined", "commingled", "compounded", "incorporated", "intermingled", "intermixed", "merged", "mingled", "conjoined", "fused", "joined", "linked", "united", "cheapened", "doctored", "watered-down" ], "antonyms":[ "adulterated", "alloyed", "diluted", "impure", "mixed" ] }, "meeting the highest standard of 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"serviceable", "tolerable" ], "near synonyms":[ "agreeable", "bearable", "endurable", "sufferable", "average", "fair", "indifferent", "mediocre", "middling", "minimal", "common", "ordinary", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "second-rate", "so-so", "standard", "unexceptional", "appropriate", "correct", "due", "fitting", "meet", "proper", "right", "seemly", "suitable", "useful", "worthy", "gratifying", "satisfying" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "disreputable", "improper", "indecent", "objectionable", "unfit", "unsuitable", "unworthy", "useless", "wrong", "bad", "cheap", "defective", "faulty", "imperfect", "incomplete", "lamentable", "pitiful", "shoddy", "dissatisfying", "insufficient", "meager", "meagre", "mean", "miserly", "niggardly", "poor", "scanty", "shabby", "short", "skimpy", "spare", "stingy", "insufferable", "intolerable", "unbearable", "unendurable", "atrocious", "execrable", "miserable", "vile", "wretched", "exceptional", "exquisite", "extreme", "fancy", "first-class", "high-grade", "matchless", "maximized", "maximum", "optimal", "optimum", "peerless", "preeminent", "premium", "special", "supreme", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "A1", "bang-up", "banner", "boss", "capital", "classic", "crackerjack", "dandy", "divine", "fabulous", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "jim-dandy", "keen", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "par excellence", "prime", "sensational", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "unsurpassed", "wonderful" ], "antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting" ] }, "of a size that is less than average":{ "examples":[ "read the fine print" ], "synonyms":[ "bantam", "diminutive", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint", "Lilliputian", "little", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "puny", "pygmy", "shrimpy", "slight", "small", "smallish", "subnormal", "toylike", "undersized", "undersize" ], "near synonyms":[ "dwarf", "toy", "runtish", "runty", "scrubby", "stunted", "bitty", "inappreciable", "infinitesimal", "little bitty", "micro", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "miniaturized", "minikin", "minim", "minuscule", "minute", "pinpoint", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "weeny", "weensy", "meager", "meagre", "niggardly", "poor", "scant", "scanty", "scarce", "skimp", "skimpy", "slender", "slim", "spare", "sparse", "stingy", "deficient", "inadequate", "insufficient", "lacking", "wanting", "bite-size", "bite-sized", "capsule" ], "near antonyms":[ "bulky", "hefty", "hulking", "massive", "voluminous", "boxcar", "Brobdingnagian", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantic", "gross", "Himalayan", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "bountiful", "copious", "generous", "healthy", "liberal", "plenteous", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "broad", "wide", "boundless", "cosmic", "cosmical", "immeasurable", "incalculable", "infinite", "adequate", "enough", "sufficient" ], "antonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "husky", "king-size", "king-sized", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "overscale", "overscaled", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "whacking", "whopping" ] }, "of the very best kind":{ "examples":[ "a fine performance of a classic ballet" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "brag", "brave", "bully", "bumper", "capital", "choice", "classic", "cool", "corking", "crackerjack", "cracking", "dandy", "divine", "dope", "down", "dynamite", "excellent", "fab", "fabulous", "famous", "fantabulous", "fantastic", "first-class", "first-rate", "first-string", "five-star", "four-star", "frontline", "gangbusters", "gangbuster", "gilt-edged", "gilt-edge", "gone", "grand", "great", "groovy", "heavenly", "high-class", "hot", "hype", "immense", "jim-dandy", "keen", "lovely", "marvelous", "marvellous", "mean", "neat", "nifty", "noble", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "out-of-sight", "par excellence", "peachy", "peachy keen", "phat", "prime", "primo", "prize", "prizewinning", "quality", "radical", "righteous", "sensational", "slick", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "swell", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "top-of-the-line", "top-shelf", "topflight", "topping", "unsurpassed", "wizard", "wonderful" ], "near synonyms":[ "acceptable", "adequate", "all right", "decent", "good", "OK", "okay", "passable", "satisfactory", "tolerable", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "high-test", "premium", "select", "special", "superfine", "classical", "standard", "traditional" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unsatisfactory", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "awful", "execrable", "lousy", "pathetic", "poor", "rotten", "terrible", "vile", "wretched" ] }, "having qualities that appeal to a refined taste":{ "examples":[ "savored every morsel of the restaurant's fine cuisine" ], "synonyms":[ "choice", "dainty", "delicate", "elegant", "exquisite", "rare", "recherch\u00e9", "select" ], "near synonyms":[ "bijou", "jewellike", "better", "exceptional", "fancy", "high-grade", "special", "elite", "exclusive", "classic", "excellent", "fabulous", "first-class", "first-rate", "grand", "great", "marvelous", "marvellous", "noble", "outstanding", "par excellence", "premium", "prime", "sensational", "splendid", "stellar", "sterling", "superb", "superior", "superlative", "supernal", "terrific", "tip-top", "top", "top-notch", "transcendent", "unsurpassed", "wonderful", "ultrarare" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarse", "gross", "kitsch", "kitschy", "lowbrow", "raffish", "rough", "rough-hewn", "tasteless", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar", "commercial", "mass-produced", "popular", "common", "ordinary", "average", "lesser", "mediocre", "run-of-the-mill", "run-of-the-mine", "run-of-mine", "second-class", "second-rate", "deficient", "inferior", "low-grade", "substandard", "unacceptable", "unsatisfactory", "wanting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "able to sense slight impressions or differences":{ "examples":[ "hearing so fine that it can seemingly hear the tiniest twig snap" ], "synonyms":[ "acute", "delicate", "keen", "perceptive", "quick", "sensitive", "sharp" ], "near synonyms":[ "accurate", "clear", "discerning", "good", "piercing", "precise", "receptive", "sensible", "subtle", "hair-trigger", "hyperacute", "hypersensitive", "oversensitive", "supersensitive" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "deadened", "dimmed", "dull", "dulled", "fading", "dead", "imperceptive", "insensible", "insensitive", "numb", "imprecise", "inaccurate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "having or showing elegance":{ "examples":[ "a fine old structure in the city's historic district" ], "synonyms":[ "classy", "courtly", "elegant", "graceful", "handsome", "majestic", "refined", "stately", "tasteful" ], "near synonyms":[ "august", "baronial", "gallant", "glorious", "grand", "heroic", "heroical", "imposing", "lavish", "luxurious", "magnificent", "monumental", "noble", "ornate", "proud", "regal", "rich", "royal", "splendid", "superb", "artful", "genteel", "polished", "sophisticated", "classic", "conservative", "exquisite", "quiet", "restrained", "simple", "understated", "aristocratic", "patrician", "\u00e0 la mode", "a la mode", "chic", "fashionable", "in", "modish", "posh", "sharp", "sleek", "smart", "snappy", "stylish", "swagger", "swank", "swanky", "affected", "grandiose", "ostentatious", "pretentious", "recherch\u00e9" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheesy", "coarse", "crude", "flamboyant", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "grotesque", "loud", "raffish", "splashy", "tacky", "tawdry", "ticky-tacky", "ticky-tack", "rough-edged", "rough-hewn", "rude", "trashy", "uncouth", "uncultivated", "uncultured", "unpolished", "unrefined", "vulgar" ], "antonyms":[ "dowdy", "graceless", "inelegant", "styleless", "tasteless", "unfashionable", "unhandsome", "unstylish" ] }, "a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{ "examples":[ "a $50 fine for speeding" ], "synonyms":[ "damages", "forfeit", "forfeiture", "mulct", "penalty" ], "near synonyms":[ "reparations", "assessment", "award", "compensation", "indemnity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{ "examples":[ "the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out" ], "synonyms":[ "assess", "charge", "exact", "impose", "lay", "levy", "put" ], "near synonyms":[ "dock", "excise", "mulct", "penalize", "tax", "extort", "shake down", "wrest", "wring", "bleed", "fleece", "gouge", "milk", "skin", "squeeze", "coerce", "compel", "force", "inflict", "wreak", "set", "reapply", "reimpose", "relay" ], "near antonyms":[ "abate", "diminish", "lessen", "forgive", "release", "condone", "disregard", "excuse", "gloss (over)", "gloze (over)", "ignore", "pardon" ], "antonyms":[ "remit" ] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "examples":[ "the use of egg shells to fine wine" ], "synonyms":[ "clarify", "clear", "distill", "distil", "filter", "garble", "purify" ], "near synonyms":[ "process", "rectify", "refine", "clean", "cleanse", "decontaminate", "elutriate", "purge", "wash", "extract", "leach", "bolt", "screen", "sieve", "sift", "disinfect", "sanitize" ], "near antonyms":[ "cloud", "dull", "muddy", "contaminate", "dirty", "soil", "defile", "pollute", "taint", "begrime", "besmirch", "foul", "sully" ], "antonyms":[] }, "in a satisfactory way":{ "examples":[ "you did just fine on the stress test" ], "synonyms":[ "acceptably", "adequately", "all right", "alright", "creditably", "decently", "good", "middlingly", "nicely", "OK", "okay", "passably", "respectably", "satisfactorily", "serviceably", "so-so", "sufficiently", "tolerably", "well" ], "near synonyms":[ "appropriately", "aptly", "congruously", "correctly", "decorously", "felicitously", "fittingly", "happily", "meetly", "rightly", "seemly", "suitably", "gratifyingly", "satisfyingly", "effectively", "effectually", "efficiently", "neatly", "tidily" ], "near antonyms":[ "unbearably", "inappropriately", "incorrectly", "indecently", "unsuitably", "awfully", "deplorably", "disastrously", "dreadfully", "horrendously", "horribly", "horridly", "miserably", "terribly" ], "antonyms":[ "bad", "badly", "deficiently", "ill", "inadequately", "insufficiently", "intolerably", "poorly", "unacceptably", "unsatisfactorily" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ] }, "fickleness":{ "as in irregularity , inconstancy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arbitrariness", "inconstancy", "irregularity", "volatileness", "volatility", "eccentricity", "flakiness", "changeability", "flexibility", "mutability", "variability", "variableness", "mercurialness", "moodiness", "unpredictability", "willfulness", "caprice", "capriciousness", "freakishness", "impulsiveness", "whimsicality", "whimsicalness" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "practicality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "fastness", "firmness", "fixedness", "immovability", "immovableness", "immutability", "inflexibility", "invariability", "changelessness", "constancy", "stability", "steadfastness", "steadiness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filicides":{ "as in patricides , fratricides":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fratricides", "matricides", "parricides", "patricides", "regicides", "uxoricides", "blood", "foul play", "homicides", "murders", "rubouts", "slayings", "chance-medleys", "killings", "manslaughters", "bloodsheds", "butcheries", "carnages", "decimations", "destructions", "massacres", "slaughters", "assassinations", "executions", "hits", "assisted suicides", "euthanasias", "mercy killings", "physician-assisted suicides" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firearm":{ "a portable weapon from which a shot is discharged by gunpowder":{ "examples":[ "will need a permit to carry a firearm" ], "synonyms":[ "arm", "gun", "heat", "piece", "small arm" ], "near synonyms":[ "derringer", "forty-five", ".45", "gat", "handgun", "pistol", "revolver", "rod", "roscoe", "sidearm", "six-gun", "six-shooter", "zip gun", "self-loader", "semiautomatic", "blunderbuss", "breechloader", "culverin", "fieldpiece", "firelock", "flintlock", "harquebus", "arquebus", "matchlock", "musket", "rifle", "shotgun", "smoothbore", "twenty-two", ".22", "AK-47", "assault rifle", "assault weapon", "automatic", "carbine", "machine gun", "machine pistol", "repeater", "submachine gun", "tommy gun", "speargun" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fibers":{ "a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair":{ "examples":[ "the fibers found on the victim's body came from a carpet in the suspect's home" ], "synonyms":[ "bristles", "filaments", "hairs", "threads" ], "near synonyms":[ "microfibers", "cords", "ropes", "strings", "wires", "yarns", "fuzzes", "tufts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fillers":{ "soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{ "examples":[ "the vase was packed in Styrofoam filler to protect it during shipping" ], "synonyms":[ "fillings", "fills", "paddings", "stuffings", "waddings" ], "near synonyms":[ "packings", "interlinings", "linings", "quiltings", "buffers", "bumpers", "cushions", "fenders", "pads" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finely":{ "as in superbly , marvelously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "excellently", "fabulously", "grandly", "greatly", "marvelously", "superbly", "superiorly", "superlatively", "terrifically", "faultlessly", "flawlessly", "ideally", "immaculately", "impeccably", "pat", "perfectly", "exceptionally", "fancily", "specially" ], "near antonyms":[ "amiss", "badly", "defectively", "faultily", "imperfectly", "deficiently", "inadequately", "incompletely", "insufficiently", "fallibly", "atrociously", "execrably", "wretchedly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "fistfights":{ "as in fisticuffs , slugfests":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blows", "fisticuffs", "grapples", "handgrips", "punch-outs", "punch-ups", "slugfests", "affrays", "battles royal", "battle royals", "battles royale", "battle royales", "brawls", "broils", "donnybrooks", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "mix-ups", "ruckuses", "ructions", "confrontations", "duels", "face-offs", "jousts", "pitched battles", "rough-and-tumbles", "altercations", "argle-bargles", "arguments", "argy-bargies", "contretemps", "controversies", "cross fires", "disagreements", "disputes", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "rows", "spats", "squabbles", "tangles", "tiffs", "wrangles", "battles", "clashes", "combats", "conflicts", "contests", "dustups", "fights", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "hassles", "scraps", "scrimmages", "scrums", "scuffles", "skirmishes", "struggles", "tussles", "catfights" ], "near antonyms":[ "truces" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filled in":{ "to give information to":{ "examples":[ "my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed" ], "synonyms":[ "acquainted", "advised", "apprised", "briefed", "caught up", "cleared", "clued (in)", "enlightened", "familiarized", "hipped", "informed", "instructed", "told", "versed", "wised (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertised", "alerted", "notified", "announced (to)", "disclosed (to)", "assured", "certified", "convinced", "reassured", "warranted", "educated", "lectured", "schooled", "taught", "tutored", "disabused", "disenchanted", "disillusioned", "undeceived" ], "near antonyms":[ "misinformed", "misled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "covered", "pinch-hit", "stepped in", "stood in", "subbed", "substituted", "took over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudied", "relieved", "spelled", "doubled (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "firms":{ "a commercial or industrial activity or organization":{ "examples":[ "merged with another firm to become a major player in the brokerage business" ], "synonyms":[ "businesses", "companies", "concerns", "enterprises", "establishments", "houses", "interests", "outfits" ], "near synonyms":[ "conglomerates", "corporations", "multinationals", "associations", "cartels", "chains", "combines", "syndicates", "trusts", "agencies", "dealers", "outlets", "microenterprises" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "five-and-tens":{ "as in department stores , dime stores":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boutiques", "chain stores", "department stores", "dime stores", "exchanges", "marts", "mini-marts", "thrift shops", "variety stores", "bazaars", "emporiums", "emporia", "shops", "stores", "marketplaces", "markets", "outlets", "showrooms", "big boxes", "supercenters", "superstores" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filling the bill":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ." ], "synonyms":[ "befitting", "beseeming", "doing", "fitting", "going", "serving", "suiting" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfying", "sufficing", "functioning", "working" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "firmaments":{ "the expanse of air surrounding the earth":{ "examples":[ "the stars in the firmament twinkled ever so brightly" ], "synonyms":[ "blues", "heavens", "highs", "skies", "welkins" ], "near synonyms":[ "midairs", "horizons", "skylines" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{ "examples":[ "a major figure in the classical music firmament" ], "synonyms":[ "areas", "arenas", "bailiwicks", "baronies", "businesses", "circles", "demesnes", "departments", "disciplines", "domains", "elements", "fiefdoms", "fiefs", "fields", "fronts", "games", "kingdoms", "lines", "precincts", "provinces", "realms", "specialties", "spheres", "terrains", "walks" ], "near synonyms":[ "frontiers", "studies", "subjects", "territories", "turfs", "turves", "occupations", "professions", "pursuits", "rackets", "vocations", "ambits", "amplitudes", "breadths", "compasses", "confines", "dimensions", "extents", "kens", "reaches", "scopes", "sweeps", "widths", "subfields", "subspecialties", "sub-specialties" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finagles":{ "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum" ], "synonyms":[ "contrives", "engineers", "finesses", "frames", "machinates", "maneuvers", "manipulates", "masterminds", "negotiates", "wangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "arranges", "concerts", "concludes", "hammers out", "works out", "angles (for)", "compasses", "intrigues", "plots", "schemes", "connives", "brews", "concocts", "cooks (up)", "hatches", "captains", "commands", "conducts", "directs", "handles", "manages", "quarterbacks", "runs", "gerrymanders" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "flubs", "fumbles", "gums (up)", "louses up", "mangles", "messes (up)", "mishandles", "muffs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{ "examples":[ "she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants" ], "synonyms":[ "cheats", "chicanes", "fudges" ], "near synonyms":[ "cribs", "colors", "distorts", "falsifies", "misinterprets", "misrepresents", "misstates", "perverts", "twists", "warps", "doctors", "fakes", "tampers (with)", "elaborates", "embellishes", "embroiders", "exaggerates", "magnifies", "pads", "stretches", "dodges", "evades", "hedges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fines":{ "a sum of money to be paid as a punishment":{ "examples":[ "a $50 fine for speeding" ], "synonyms":[ "damages", "forfeits", "forfeitures", "mulcts", "penalties" ], "near synonyms":[ "reparations", "assessments", "awards", "compensations", "indemnities" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{ "examples":[ "the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out" ], "synonyms":[ "assesses", "charges", "exacts", "imposes", "lays", "levies", "puts" ], "near synonyms":[ "docks", "excises", "mulcts", "penalizes", "taxes", "extorts", "shakes down", "wrests", "wrings", "bleeds", "fleeces", "gouges", "milks", "skins", "squeezes", "coerces", "compels", "forces", "inflicts", "wreaks", "sets", "reapplies", "reimposes", "relays" ], "near antonyms":[ "abates", "diminishes", "lessens", "forgives", "releases", "condones", "disregards", "excuses", "glosses (over)", "glozes (over)", "ignores", "pardons" ], "antonyms":[ "remits" ] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "examples":[ "the use of egg shells to fine wine" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifies", "clears", "distills", "distils", "filters", "garbles", "purifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "processes", "rectifies", "refines", "cleans", "cleanses", "decontaminates", "elutriates", "purges", "washes", "extracts", "leaches", "bolts", "screens", "sieves", "sifts", "disinfects", "sanitizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "clouds", "dulls", "muddies", "contaminates", "dirties", "soils", "defiles", "pollutes", "taints", "begrimes", "besmirches", "fouls", "sullies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fired (at)":{ "as in blasted (at)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blasted (at)", "blazed", "peppered", "potshot", "sniped (at)", "pistoled", "pistolled", "shotgunned", "blew away", "brought down", "dropped", "picked off", "shot down", "machine-gunned", "tommy-gunned", "drilled", "gunned", "plugged", "popped", "shot", "croaked", "destroyed", "did in", "dispatched", "felled", "iced", "killed", "slew", "annihilated", "blotted out", "butchered", "decimated", "massacred", "slaughtered", "wiped out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "first estate":{ "the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{ "examples":[ "a nation in which the first estate had long held a privileged position" ], "synonyms":[ "church", "clergy", "cloth", "ministry", "spirituality", "spiritualty" ], "near synonyms":[ "diaconate", "episcopate", "hierarchy", "presbytery", "clerkship", "monkhood", "priesthood" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "laity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figures":{ "the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{ "examples":[ "a person with a good head for figures" ], "synonyms":[ "arithmetic", "calculation", "calculus", "ciphering", "computation", "figuring", "math", "mathematics", "number crunching", "numbers", "reckoning" ], "near synonyms":[ "addition", "division", "multiplication", "subtraction", "calibration", "measurement", "mensuration", "appraisal", "assessment", "estimation", "evaluation", "valuation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{ "examples":[ "we figured that we had better arrive early at the concert in order to get good seats" ], "synonyms":[ "chooses", "concludes", "decides", "determines", "names", "opts", "resolves", "settles (on or upon)" ], 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"concludes", "deduces", "extrapolates", "gathers", "infers", "reasons", "understands" ], "near antonyms":[ "calibrates", "measures", "scales", "computes", "works out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{ "examples":[ "the car dealer figured that our monthly car payment would be $357" ], "synonyms":[ "calculates", "ciphers", "computes", "reckons", "works out" ], "near synonyms":[ "adds up", "averages", "sums", "tallies", "totalizes", "totals", "adds", "divides", "multiplies", "subtracts", "allows (for)", "deducts", "factors (in or into or out)", "figures in", "figures out", "solves (for)", "counts", "itemizes", "numbers", "calibrates", "gauges", "gages", "measures", "scales", "appraises", "assesses", "estimates", "evaluates", "rates", "values", "recalculates", "recomputes", "refigures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have as an opinion":{ "examples":[ "the father figures that girls should have the same athletic opportunities as boys and supports his daughter's interest in soccer" ], "synonyms":[ "allows", "believes", "conceives", "considers", "deems", "esteems", "feels", "guesses", "holds", "imagines", "judges", "reckons", "supposes", "thinks" ], "near synonyms":[ "regards", "views", "accepts", "perceives", "depends", "relies", "trusts", "assumes", "presumes", "presupposes", "surmises", "concludes", "deduces", "infers" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusts", "doubts", "mistrusts", "questions", "suspects", "disbelieves", "discredits", "rejects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "figure on":{ "to have in mind as a purpose or goal":{ "examples":[ "Let's figure on leaving around 6:30." ], "synonyms":[ "aim", "allow", "aspire", "calculate", "contemplate", "design", "go", "intend", "look", "mean", "meditate", "plan", "propose", "purport", "purpose" ], "near synonyms":[ "dream", "hope", "wish", "consider", "debate", "mull (over)", "ponder", "attempt", "endeavor", "strive", "struggle", "try", "plot", "scheme", "accomplish", "achieve", "effect", "execute", "perform" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give consideration to (as unexpected circumstances or contingencies)":{ "examples":[ "We figure on a few setbacks along the way." ], "synonyms":[ "allow (for)", "consider", "factor (in or into)", "provide (for)", "regard" ], "near synonyms":[ "accommodate", "adapt", "adjust", "condition", "anticipate", "contemplate", "envisage", "expect", "foresee", "assume", "presume", "presuppose", "plan", "calculate", "face" ], "near antonyms":[ "factor (out)" ], "antonyms":[ "discount", "disregard" ] }, "to place reliance or trust":{ "examples":[ "She figures on her friends to come through when she needs them." ], "synonyms":[ "calculate", "count", "depend", "lean", "reckon", "rely" ], "near synonyms":[ "commit", "confide", "entrust", "intrust", "trust" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrust", "mistrust", "question", "suspect" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fiord":{ "a 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"braid", "embroider", "feather", "figure", "filigree", "flounce", "frill", "fringe", "furbelow", "garland", "hang", "lace", "ribbon", "swag", "wreathe", "boss", "chase", "appliqu\u00e9", "gild", "paint", "brighten", "freshen", "smarten", "spruce (up)", "diamond", "gem", "impearl", "jewel", "pearl", "accessorize", "dress up", "trap", "trick (out)", "redecorate", "redo", "adorn", "array", "beautify", "bedeck", "bedizen", "blazon", "caparison", "deck", "decorate", "do", "doll up", "do up", "drape", "dress", "embellish", "emblaze", "emboss", "enrich", "fancify", "fancy up", "festoon", "garnish", "glitz (up)", "grace", "gussy up", "ornament", "pretty (up)", "trim" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "deface", "disfigure", "mar", "scar", "spoil", "simplify", "streamline", "bare", "denude", "dismantle", "display", "divest", "expose", "reveal", "strip", "uncover", "uglify" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filmdom":{ "the art or business of making a movie":{ "examples":[ "that will go down in the annals of filmdom as the worst movie ever" ], "synonyms":[ "big screen", "cinema", "film", "filmland", "filmmaking", "movie", "moviemaking", "pictures", "screen", "silver screen" ], "near synonyms":[ "Bollywood", "Hollywood", "showbiz", "show business" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fisted":{ "as in held , gripped":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clasped", "clutched", "fastened (on)", "grasped", "gripped", "held", "latched (on or onto)", "secured", "bayed", "cornered", "rent", "rended", "wrested", "apprehended", "arrested", "detained", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "entangled", "entrapped", "meshed", "gloved", "haltered", "lassoed", "roped", "abducted", "kidnapped", "kidnaped", "spirited (away or off)", "bagged", "captured", "caught", "collared", "copped", "corralled", "glommed", "got", "grabbed", "grappled", "hooked", "landed", "nabbed", "nailed", "netted", "nobbled", "rapped", "seized", "snagged", "snapped (up)", "snared", "snatched", "trapped" ], "near antonyms":[ "missed", "discharged", "freed", "liberated", "released", "dropped", "loosened", "unhanded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "figural":{ "expressing one thing in terms normally used for another":{ "examples":[ "\"a candidate running for office\" is just a figural expression" ], "synonyms":[ "extended", "figurative", "metaphoric", "metaphorical", "tropical", "tropological" ], "near synonyms":[ "Aesopian", "Aesopic", "allegorical", "emblematic", "emblematical", "symbolic", "symbolical", "catachrestic", "catachrestical", "sylleptic", "euphemistic", "nonliteral", "veritable" ], "near antonyms":[ "literal", "nonsymbolic" ], "antonyms":[ "nonfigurative", "nonmetaphorical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "field officers":{ "as in commissioned officers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "commissioned officers", "captains", "commandants", "commanders", "commanding officers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fit (in or into)":{ "to put among or between others":{ "examples":[ "do you think you can fit this picture into the album?", "I can fit you in between my two o'clock and three o'clock appointments" ], "synonyms":[ "edge in", "inject", "insert", "insinuate", "intercalate", "interject", "interpolate", "interpose", "intersperse", "introduce", "sandwich (in or between)", "work in" ], "near synonyms":[ "cut in", "inlay", "inset", "install", "interfile", "interline", "lard", "weave", "cram", "shove", "thrust", "wedge", "add", "append", "attach" ], "near antonyms":[ "eject", "eliminate", "exclude", "expel", "extract", "withdraw", "deduct", "detach", "subtract", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fiendishly":{ "as in diabolically":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "diabolically", "ill-naturedly", "inconsiderately", "insensitively", "thoughtlessly", "misanthropically", "disagreeably", "ill", "ungraciously", "unkindly", "balefully", "caddishly", "callously", "cruelly", "evil-mindedly", "felly", "hard-heartedly", "heartlessly", "inhumanely", "kindlessly", "mercilessly", "pitilessly", "ruthlessly", "soullessly", "unfeelingly", "bitterly", "enviously", "jealously", "resentfully", "acrimoniously", "antagonistically", "caustically", "envyingly", "hostilely", "invidiously", "obnoxiously", "rancorously", "venomously", "vindictively", "vituperatively", "contemptuously", "deprecatingly", "disdainfully", "scornfully", "bitchily", "cattily", "despitefully", "hatefully", "malevolently", "maliciously", "malignantly", "meanly", "nastily", "spitefully", "viciously", "villainously", "virulently", "wickedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "benevolently", "benignantly", "good-heartedly", "kindheartedly", "kindly", "affably", "agreeably", "amiably", "cordially", "genially", "good-humoredly", "good-naturedly", "graciously", "nicely", "pleasantly", "altruistically", "humanely", "considerately", "feelingly", "lovingly", "mercifully", "sensitively", "softheartedly", "solicitously", "soulfully", "thoughtfully", "compassionately", "sympathetically", "angelically", "divinely", "gently", "sweetly", "tenderly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "filters":{ "to pass through a filter":{ "examples":[ "steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves" ], "synonyms":[ "screens", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "leaches", "percolates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "examples":[ "after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifies", "clears", "distills", "distils", "fines", "garbles", "purifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "processes", "rectifies", "refines", "cleans", "cleanses", "decontaminates", "elutriates", "purges", "washes", "extracts", "leaches", "bolts", "screens", "sieves", "sifts", "disinfects", "sanitizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "clouds", "dulls", "muddies", "contaminates", "dirties", "soils", "defiles", "pollutes", "taints", "begrimes", "besmirches", "fouls", "sullies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in purifiers , refiners":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clarifiers", "purifiers", "refiners", "purities" ], "near antonyms":[ "adulterants", "contaminants", "contaminations", "defilements", "impurities", "pollutants", "blotches", "blots", "spots", "stains", "taints", "dirt", "filth", "grime", "muck", "scums", "sludges", "smut", "soil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fitting (out)":{ "to provide (someone) with what is needed for a task or activity":{ "examples":[ "fitted the hikers out with good boots and heavy socks" ], "synonyms":[ "accoutring", "accoutering", "equipping", "furnishing", "girding", "kitting (up or out)", "outfitting", "provisioning", "rigging", "supplying" ], "near synonyms":[ "stocking", "storing", "bestowing", "contributing", "donating", "giving", "presenting", "apportioning", "dealing (out)", "dispensing", "distributing", "doling out", "handing out", "meting (out)", "parceling (out)", "parcelling (out)", "portioning", "prorating", "allocating", "allotting", "assigning", "arming", "fortifying", "preparing", "reequipping", "re-equipping", "refitting", "refurnishing", "reoutfitting" ], "near antonyms":[ "depriving", "dispossessing", "divesting", "stripping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fillets":{ "as in braids , laces":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braids", "embroiders", "feathers", "figures", "filigrees", "flounces", "frills", "fringes", "furbelows", "garlands", "hangs", "laces", "ribbons", "swags", "wreathes", "bosses", "chases", "appliqu\u00e9s", "gilds", "paints", "brightens", "freshens", "smartens", "spruces (up)", "diamonds", "gems", "impearls", "jewels", "pearls", "accessorizes", "dresses up", "traps", "tricks (out)", "redecorates", "redoes", "adorns", "arrays", "beautifies", "bedecks", "bedizens", "blazons", "caparisons", "decks", "decorates", "does", "does up", "dolls up", "drapes", "dresses", "embellishes", "emblazes", "embosses", "enriches", "fancies up", "fancifies", "festoons", "garnishes", "glitzes (up)", "graces", "gussies up", "ornaments", "pretties (up)", "trims" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defaces", "disfigures", "mars", "scars", "spoils", "simplifies", "streamlines", "bares", "denudes", "dismantles", "displays", "divests", "exposes", "reveals", "strips", "uncovers", "uglifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fielding":{ "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{ "examples":[ "gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests" ], "synonyms":[ "addressing", "contending (with)", "coping (with)", "grappling (with)", "hacking", "handling", "managing", "maneuvering", "manipulating", "negotiating", "playing", "swinging", "taking", "treating" ], "near synonyms":[ "engineering", "finessing", "jockeying", "bringing off", "carrying off", "carrying out", "getting off", "pulling", "commanding", "directing", "guiding", "steering", "controlling", "micromanaging", "regulating", "running", "reacting (to)", "responding (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "botching", "bungling", "foozling", "fumbling", "goofing (up)", "lousing up", "messing (up)", "mishandling", "muffing", "scamping" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "field day":{ "as in outing , derby":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "derby", "gymkhana", "open", "outing", "final", "nightcap", "play-off", "semifinal", "biathlon", "decathlon", "heptathlon", "pentathlon", "triathlon", "championship", "national(s)", "marathon", "race", "ultramarathon", "battle", "conflict", "scrimmage", "skirmish", "struggle", "tug-of-war", "tussle", "heat", "round", "run", "set", "athletics", "sport", "rally", "volley", "bout", "competition", "contest", "event", "game", "match", "matchup", "meet", "sweepstakes", "sweep-stake", "tournament", "tourney" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in rollick , splore":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "binge", "fling", "frisk", "frolic", "gambol", "idyll", "idyl", "lark", "ploy", "revel", "rollick", "romp", "spree", "bender", "brannigan", "bum", "bust", "carouse", "souse", "splore", "toot", "amusement", "diversion", "entertainment", "recreation", "enjoyment", "indulgence", "pleasure", "self-indulgence", "festivity", "merriment", "merrymaking", "caper", "escapade", "prank", "antic", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filched":{ "to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{ "examples":[ "too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking" ], "synonyms":[ "appropriated", "boosted", "heisted", "hooked", "lifted", "misappropriated", "nicked", "nipped", "pilfered", "pinched", "pocketed", "purloined", "ripped off", "snitched", "stole", "swiped", "thieved" ], "near synonyms":[ "burglarized", "knocked over", "robbed", "looted", "pillaged", "plundered", "sacked", "carjacked", "hijacked", "highjacked", "picked", "rifled", "poached", "rustled", "shoplifted", "collared", "grabbed", "grasped", "nailed", "seized", "snatched", "took", "mooched", "sponged", "abducted", "kidnapped", "kidnaped", "shanghaied", "spirited" ], "near antonyms":[ "bought", "purchased", "bestowed", "contributed", "donated", "gave", "handed over", "presented" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filmmaking":{ "the art or business of making a movie":{ "examples":[ "plans to attend New York University to learn filmmaking" ], "synonyms":[ "big screen", "cinema", "film", "filmdom", "filmland", "movie", "moviemaking", "pictures", "screen", "silver screen" ], "near synonyms":[ "Bollywood", "Hollywood", "showbiz", "show business" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiats":{ "an order publicly issued by an authority":{ "examples":[ "the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that" ], "synonyms":[ "bulls", "decrees", "diktats", "directives", "edicts", "rescripts", "rulings", "ukases" ], "near synonyms":[ "calls", "conclusions", "decisions", "deliverances", "determinations", "diagnoses", "judgments", "judgements", "opinions", "resolutions", "verdicts", "announcements", "declarations", "dicta", "dictums", "manifestos", "manifestoes", "proclamations", "pronouncements", "canons", "encyclicals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firewaters":{ "a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{ "examples":[ "the bartender recommended a drink made with the local firewater , a potent gin" ], "synonyms":[ "alcohols", "aqua vitaes", "ardent spirits", "boozes", "bottles", "drinks", "grogs", "hooches", "inebriants", "intoxicants", "John Barleycorns", "juices", "liquors", "lushes", "moonshines", "potables", "rums", "sauces", "spirits", "stimulants", "strong drinks", "tipples" ], "near synonyms":[ "aperitifs", "bracers", "chasers", "digestifs", "nightcaps", "belts", "loads", "nips", "pegs", "pops", "shooters", "shots", "slugs", "snifters", "snorts", "tots", "whets", "cocktails", "mixed drinks", "ales", "beers", "brewages", "brews", "brewskis", "home brews", "malt liquors", "microbrews", "mums", "nappies", "meads", "sakes", "sakis", "wines", "barley-brees", "barley-broos", "brandies", "gins", "liqueurs", "mao-tais", "mescals", "schnapps", "tequilas", "vodkas", "whiskeys", "whiskies", "Dutch courages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finger":{ "as in stick":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "stick", "cake", "croquette", "cutlet", "fritter", "galette", "patty", "pattie", "g\u00e2teau", "gateau" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to find out or establish the identity of":{ "examples":[ "thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town" ], "synonyms":[ "distinguish", "ID", "identify", "pinpoint", "single (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "diagnose", "determine", "find", "locate", "pick out", "place", "recognize", "spot", "check", "examine", "inspect", "investigate", "notice", "observe", "scrutinize", "betray", "disclose", "discover", "reveal" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "conceal", "disguise", "hide", "counterfeit", "feign", "sham", "simulate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fills in":{ "to give information to":{ "examples":[ "my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed" ], "synonyms":[ "acquaints", "advises", "apprises", "briefs", "catches up", "clears", "clues (in)", "enlightens", "familiarizes", "hips", "informs", "instructs", "tells", "verses", "wises (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertises", "alerts", "notifies", "announces (to)", "discloses (to)", "assures", "certifies", "convinces", "reassures", "warrants", "educates", "lectures", "schools", "teaches", "tutors", "disabuses", "disenchants", "disillusions", "undeceives" ], "near antonyms":[ "misinforms", "misleads" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "covers", "pinch-hits", "stands in", "steps in", "subs", "substitutes", "takes over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudies", "relieves", "spells", "doubles (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "five-and-ten":{ "as in department store , dime store":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boutique", "chain store", "department store", "dime store", "exchange", "mart", "mini-mart", "thrift shop", "variety store", "bazaar", "emporium", "shop", "store", "market", "marketplace", "outlet", "showroom", "big box", "supercenter", "superstore" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "first":{ "coming before all others in time or order":{ "examples":[ "the much-studied first \u2014and last\u2014voyage of the Titanic" ], "synonyms":[ "earliest", "foremost", "headmost", "inaugural", "initial", "leadoff", "maiden", "original", "pioneer", "premier", "virgin" ], "near synonyms":[ "ancient", "early", "primal", "primary", "prime", "primeval", "primitive", "primordial", "antecedent", "preceding", "previous" ], "near antonyms":[ "advanced", "late", "consequent", "ensuing", "following", "subsequent", "succeeding", "penultimate" ], "antonyms":[ "final", "last", "latest", "latter", "terminal", "terminating", "ultimate" ] }, "coming before all others in importance":{ "examples":[ "there are a number of reasons we can't go, but the first is that we don't have the money" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "big", "capital", "cardinal", "central", "chief", "dominant", "foremost", "grand", "great", "greatest", "highest", "key", "leading", "main", "master", "number one", "No. 1", "numero uno", "overbearing", "overmastering", "overriding", "paramount", "predominant", "preeminent", "premier", "primal", "primary", "principal", "prior", "sovereign", "sovran", "supreme" ], "near synonyms":[ "distinguished", "eminent", "illustrious", "noble", "notable", "noteworthy", "outstanding", "prestigious", "signal", "star", "stellar", "superior", "high-level", "senior", "top", "important", "influential", "major", "mighty", "momentous", "significant", "incomparable", "matchless", "unequaled", "unequalled", "unparalleled", "unsurpassed", "celebrated", "famed", "famous", "renowned" ], "near antonyms":[ "inconsequential", "inconsiderable", "insignificant", "minor", "negligible", "slight", "trifling", "trivial", "unimportant", "collateral", "inferior", "secondary", "subordinate", "subsidiary" ], "antonyms":[ "last", "least" ] }, "highest in rank or authority":{ "examples":[ "auditioned and got first clarinet in the band" ], "synonyms":[ "chief", "commanding", "foremost", "head", "high", "lead", "leading", "preeminent", "premier", "presiding", "primary", "prime", "principal", "supereminent", "supreme", "top" ], "near synonyms":[ "high-level", "senior", "controlling", "directing", "managing", "officiating", "overseeing", "regnant", "reigning", "ruling", "supervisory", "main", "major", "paramount", "predominant", "predominate", "sovereign", "sovran", "ascendant", "ascendent", "dominant", "grand", "superior", "topmost", "upmost", "upper", "uppermost" ], "near antonyms":[ "ancillary", "inferior", "last", "less", "lesser", "lower", "lowly", "second", "secondary", "subordinate", "subsidiary", "assistant", "assisting", "coadjutor", "deputy", "junior", "under" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as a substitute":{ "examples":[ "eat peas? I'd eat cockroaches first" ], "synonyms":[ "instead", "rather" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternately", "alternatively" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "by choice or preference":{ "examples":[ "we will not give in, but will fight for our freedom first" ], "synonyms":[ "fain", "preferably", "rather", "readily", "soon", "willingly" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternately", "alternatively", "either", "instead", "electively", "optionally", "desirably", "gladly", "wishfully", "obligingly", "voluntarily" ], "near antonyms":[ "reluctantly", "forcibly", "willy-nilly" ], "antonyms":[ "involuntarily", "unwillingly" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "figure in":{ "as in allow (for) , factor (in or into or out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "allow (for)", "deduct", "factor (in or into or out)", "calibrate", "gauge", "gage", "measure", "scale", "figure out", "solve (for)", "calculate", "cipher", "compute", "figure", "reckon", "work out", "quantify", "quantitate", "count", "itemize", "number", "add up", "average", "sum", "tally", "total", "totalize", "add", "divide", "multiply", "subtract", "appraise", "assess", "estimate", "evaluate", "rate", "value", "recalculate", "recompute", "refigure" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fixating":{ "to look at or think about something constantly; to give all of your attention to something \u2014 usually + on or upon":{ "examples":[ "The cat was fixated on a small hole in the wall.", "Why do journalists fixate on scandals?" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "considering", "eyeing", "eying", "observing", "regarding", "watching", "blinking", "gaping", "gawking", "gawping", "gazing", "goggling", "peering", "rubbernecking", "staring", "glaring", "gloating", "glowering", "leering", "ogling", "perusing", "poring (over)", "studying", "outfacing", "outstaring", "staring down" ], "near antonyms":[ "glancing", "glimpsing", "peeking", "peeping", "browsing", "dipping (into)", "scanning", "winking (at)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fizzle":{ "a falling short of one's goals":{ "examples":[ "the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship" ], "synonyms":[ "collapse", "crash", "cropper", "defeat", "failure", "nonachievement", "nonsuccess" ], "near synonyms":[ "futility", "uselessness", "ineffectiveness", "ineffectuality", "ineffectualness", "inefficaciousness", "inefficacy", "deficiency", "inadequacy", "inadequateness", "insufficiency", "disappointment", "letdown", "setback" ], "near antonyms":[ "victory", "win" ], "antonyms":[ "accomplishment", "achievement", "success" ] }, "something that has failed":{ "examples":[ "the play was a fizzle , opening and closing the same night" ], "synonyms":[ "bomb", "bummer", "bust", "catastrophe", "clinker", "clunker", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "disaster", "dud", "failure", "fiasco", "flop", "frost", "lemon", "loser", "miss", "shipwreck", "turkey", "washout" ], "near synonyms":[ "also-ran", "disappointment", "dog", "has-been", "near miss", "botch", "hash", "mess", "muddle", "shambles", "nonevent", "nonstarter" ], "near antonyms":[ "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "dandy", "jim-dandy", "phenomenon" ], "antonyms":[ "blockbuster", "hit", "smash", "success", "winner" ] }, "to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{ "examples":[ "oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill" ], "synonyms":[ "fizz", "hiss", "sizzle", "swish", "whish", "whiz", "whizz" ], "near synonyms":[ "swoosh", "wheeze", "whistle", "whoosh", "zip", "bubble", "effervesce", "buzz", "drone", "hum" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "filibusters":{ "as in stalls , procrastinates":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "procrastinates", "stalls", "temporizes", "crawls", "creeps", "dallies", "dawdles", "delays", "diddles", "dillydallies", "drags", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "lollygags", "lallygags", "mopes", "pokes", "shilly-shallies", "tarries", "fiddles (around)", "fools around", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "ambles", "eases", "inches", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "staggers", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowls", "breezes", "darts", "humps", "hurtles", "hustles", "scrambles", "stampedes", "gallops", "jogs", "runs", "sprints", "trots", "accelerates", "quickens", "speeds (up)", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "barrels", "bolts", "careers", "courses", "dashes", "flies", "hastens", "hotfoots (it)", "hurries", "races", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "scoots", "scuds", "scurries", "speeds", "tears", "whirls", "whisks", "whizzes", "zips" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in speaks , harangues":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "declaims", "descants", "discourses", "expatiates", "harangues", "lectures", "orates", "speaks", "talks", "disserts", "expounds", "pontificates", "sermonizes", "recites", "soliloquizes", "mouths", "spouts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fiords":{ "a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{ "examples":[ "a cruise through the breathtaking fjords along the coast of Norway" ], "synonyms":[ "arms", "bays", "bights", "coves", "creeks", "embayments", "estuaries", "firths", "gulfs", "inlets", "lochs" ], "near synonyms":[ "harbors", "ports", "roads", "roadsteads", "narrows", "sounds", "straits", "bayous", "backwaters", "sloughs", "slews", "slues" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finding out":{ "to come to an awareness of":{ "examples":[ "that was around the time that I found out I was adopted" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertaining", "catching on (to)", "discovering", "getting on (to)", "hearing", "learning", "realizing", "seeing", "wising (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "hitting (on or upon)", "tumbling (to)", "descrying", "detecting", "encountering", "espying", "spotting", "calculating", "doping (out)", "figuring out", "finding", "puzzling (out)", "discerning", "minding", "noting", "observing", "perceiving", "divining" ], "near antonyms":[ "missing", "overlooking", "disregarding", "ignoring", "forgetting", "unlearning", "blanketing", "blotting out", "cloaking", "concealing", "covering", "curtaining", "enshrouding", "hiding", "masking", "occulting", "screening", "shrouding", "veiling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "found out about the new restaurant by reading reviews online" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertaining", "descrying", "detecting", "determining", "digging out", "digging up", "discovering", "dredging (up)", "ferreting (out)", "finding", "getting", "hitting (on or upon)", "hunting (down or up)", "learning", "locating", "nosing out", "rooting (out)", "routing (out)", "rummaging", "running down", "scaring up", "scouting (up)", "tracking (down)", "turning up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espying", "sighting", "spotting", "looking for", "searching (for or out)", "seeking" ], "near antonyms":[ "losing", "mislaying", "misplacing", "missetting", "mis-setting" ], "antonyms":[ "missing", "overlooking", "passing over" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fireball":{ "a very energetic person":{ "examples":[ "what this club needs is a fireball who will bring some sorely needed energy and enthusiasm" ], "synonyms":[ "dynamo", "live wire", "pistol" ], "near synonyms":[ "bootstrapper", "go-ahead", "go-getter", "highflier", "highflyer", "hummer", "hustler", "powerhouse", "self-starter", "achiever", "comer", "dasher", "doer", "enterpriser" ], "near antonyms":[ "dawdler", "idler", "loafer", "lounger", "trifler", "clock-watcher", "goldbrick", "shirker", "slacker", "couch potato", "deadbeat", "do-nothing", "drone", "layabout", "lazybones", "slouch", "slug", "slugabed", "sluggard", "dallier", "laggard", "lingerer", "loiterer", "slowpoke", "stick-in-the-mud" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fit (in)":{ "as in go , stay":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "belong", "go", "place", "stay" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fire (up)":{ "to rouse to strong feeling or action":{ "examples":[ "the dynamic speaker fired up the audience as no one had previously done" ], "synonyms":[ "arouse", "encourage", "excite", "impassion", "incite", "instigate", "move", "pique", "provoke", "rev (up)", "spark", "stimulate", "stir" ], "near synonyms":[ "fan", "ignite", "inflame", "enflame", "kindle", "trigger", "activate", "animate", "drive", "energize", "galvanize", "induce", "inspire", "key (up)", "motivate", "motive", "pump up", "quicken", "set off", "vitalize", "abet", "ferment", "foment", "raise", "whip (up)", "anger", "enrage", "madden", "upset", "jeer", "taunt", "tease", "aggravate", "annoy", "bother", "exasperate", "gall", "get", "irritate", "vex" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "soothe", "subdue", "tranquilize", "tranquillize", "appease", "mollify", "pacify", "placate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fits the bill":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ." ], "synonyms":[ "befits", "beseems", "does", "fits", "goes", "serves", "suits" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfies", "suffices", "functions", "works" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "fisher":{ "someone who catches fish":{ "examples":[ "few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father" ], "synonyms":[ "fisherman" ], "near synonyms":[ "fisherfolk", "fisherwoman", "angler", "fly fisherman", "giller", "surf caster", "trawler", "trawlerman", "troller", "waterman" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fillip":{ "a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{ "examples":[ "gave him a sharp fillip on the noggin with her teakettle" ], "synonyms":[ "bang", "bash", "bat", "beat", "belt", "biff", "blow", "bop", "box", "buffet", "bust", "chop", "clap", "clip", "clout", "crack", "cuff", "dab", "douse", "hack", "haymaker", "hit", "hook", "knock", "larrup", "lash", "lick", "pelt", "pick", "plump", "poke", "pound", "punch", "rap", "slam", "slap", "slug", "smack", "smash", "sock", "spank", "stinger", "stripe", "stroke", "swat", "swipe", "switch", "thud", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "welt", "whack", "wham", "whop", "whap" ], "near synonyms":[ "counter", "counterblow", "counterpunch", "counterstroke", "body blow", "hand", "kick", "knee", "left", "one-two", "rabbit punch", "right", "right-hander", "roundhouse", "shiver", "sidewinder", "sucker punch", "swing", "uppercut", "cruncher", "kayo", "knockdown", "knockout", "KO", "bastinado", "bastinade", "battering", "beating", "bludgeoning", "clobbering", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "drubbing", "hammering", "lambasting", "licking", "pasting", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "thrashing", "flogging", "walloping", "whip", "whipping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "used a splash of orange-flavored liqueur to fillip the otherwise ordinary cranberry sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "amp (up)", "animate", "brace", "energize", "enliven", "fire", "ginger (up)", "invigorate", "jazz (up)", "juice up", "jump-start", "liven (up)", "pep (up)", "quicken", "spike", "stimulate", "vitalize", "vivify", "zip (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "arouse", "awake", "awaken", "raise", "rouse", "stir", "wake (up)", "activate", "actuate", "drive", "impel", "motivate", "motive", "move", "propel", "charge", "electrify", "galvanize", "enkindle", "excite", "ferment", "foment", "incite", "inflame", "enflame", "instigate", "kindle", "provoke", "set off", "spark", "trigger", "turn on", "whip (up)", "abet", "boost", "buoy", "cheer", "embolden", "fortify", "hearten", "infuse", "inspire", "lift", "rally", "steel", "strengthen", "reactivate", "reanimate", "reawake", "reawaken", "recharge", "recreate", "reenergize", "refresh", "refreshen", "regenerate", "reinvigorate", "rejuvenate", "rekindle", "renew", "restimulate", "resurrect", "resuscitate", "revitalize", "revive" ], "near antonyms":[ "burn out", "debilitate", "do in", "drain", "enervate", "enfeeble", "exhaust", "fag", "fatigue", "harass", "kayo", "knock out", "sap", "tucker (out)", "undermine", "wash out", "weaken", "wear", "wear out", "weary", "check", "curb", "inhibit", "jade", "quell", "quench", "repress", "restrain", "slow", "still", "stunt", "suppress", "daunt", "demoralize", "discourage", "dishearten", "dispirit" ], "antonyms":[ "damp", "dampen", "deaden", "dull", "kill" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fiddling away":{ "to use up carelessly":{ "examples":[ "fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet" ], "synonyms":[ "blowing", "dissipating", "frittering (away)", "lavishing", "losing", "misspending", "running through", "spending", "squandering", "throwing away", "trifling (away)", "wasting" ], "near synonyms":[ "splurging", "consuming", "depleting", "exhausting", "impoverishing", "overspending", "shooting", "indulging", "overindulging", "disbursing", "expending", "laying out" ], "near antonyms":[ "economizing", "scrimping", "skimping", "preserving", "protecting", "saving", "hoarding", "laying up" ], "antonyms":[ "conserving" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "figment":{ "a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{ "examples":[ "unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination" ], "synonyms":[ "chimera", "conceit", "daydream", "delusion", "dream", "fancy", "fantasy", "phantasy", "hallucination", "illusion", "nonentity", "phantasm", "fantasm", "pipe dream", "unreality", "vision" ], "near synonyms":[ "ignis fatuus", "mirage", "will-o'-the-wisp", "brainchild", "idea", "concoction", "fable", "fabrication", "fiction", "invention", "envisaging", "imaging", "visualization", "cloud-cuckoo-land", "cloudland", "Shangri-la", "utopia", "daymare", "nightmare" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "fact", "reality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that is the product of the imagination":{ "examples":[ "thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers" ], "synonyms":[ "fable", "fabrication", "fantasy", "phantasy", "fiction", "invention" ], "near synonyms":[ "anecdote", "narrative", "novel", "story", "tale", "yarn", "fairy tale", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "lie", "mendacity", "misrepresentation", "prevarication", "untruth", "whopper", "make-believe" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "realness" ], "antonyms":[ "fact", "materiality", "reality" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixing(s)":{ "as in topping , garnish":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "garnish", "topping", "condiment", "relish", "seasoning", "dip", "marinade", "dressing", "gravy", "sauce" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fitfully":{ "as in intermittently , unpredictably":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disconnectedly", "disjointedly", "intermittently", "spottily", "unpredictably", "accidentally", "fortuitously", "inadvertently", "unconsciously", "unintentionally", "unwittingly", "higgledy-piggledy", "topsy-turvy", "arbitrarily", "capriciously", "carelessly", "casually", "indiscriminately", "informally", "offhand", "offhandedly", "promiscuously", "whimsically", "aimlessly", "anyhow", "anyway", "anywise", "desultorily", "erratically", "haphazard", "haphazardly", "helter-skelter", "hit or miss", "irregularly", "randomly", "willy-nilly" ], "near antonyms":[ "methodically", "systematically", "carefully", "formally", "gingerly", "meticulously", "orderly", "punctiliously", "deliberately", "intentionally", "purposefully", "purposely" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "fishwife":{ "as in gorgon":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gorgon", "battle-ax", "battle-axe", "dragon lady", "fury", "harpy", "harridan", "shrew", "termagant", "virago", "vixen", "carper", "castigator", "caviler", "caviller", "censurer", "critic", "faultfinder", "nitpicker", "railer", "scold", "belittler", "derider", "detractor", "pettifogger", "quibbler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fictitious":{ "not real and existing only in the imagination":{ "examples":[ "his wartime exploits turned out to be entirely fictitious , as he had never even been in the military" ], "synonyms":[ "chimerical", "chimeric", "fabulous", "fanciful", "fantasied", "fantastic", "fantastical", "fictional", "ideal", "imaginal", "imaginary", "imagined", "invented", "made-up", "make-believe", "mythical", "mythic", "notional", "phantasmal", "phantasmic", "phantom", "pretend", "unreal", "visionary" ], "near synonyms":[ "fabled", "legendary", "romantic", "abstract", "hypothetical", "theoretical", "theoretic", "unbelievable", "unconvincing", "unlikely", "conceived", "envisaged", "envisioned", "pictured", "visualized", "daydreamlike", "deceptive", "delusional", "delusive", "hallucinatory", "illusory", "phantasmagoric", "phantasmagorical", "concocted", "fabricated", "feigned", "fictive", "inexistent", "nonexistent" ], "near antonyms":[ "authentic", "genuine", "true", "factual", "verifiable", "verified", "believable", "convincing", "realistic", "corporeal", "material", "physical", "solid", "substantial", "palpable", "tangible" ], "antonyms":[ "actual", "existent", "existing", "real" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "finances":{ "available money":{ "examples":[ "will have to take a look at our finances to see if we can afford it" ], "synonyms":[ "bankroll", "coffers", "exchequer", "fund", "pocket", "resources", "wherewithal" ], "near synonyms":[ "shirt", "bread", "cash", "chips", "currency", "dough", "gold", "jack", "legal tender", "lucre", "pelf", "scratch", "tender", "wampum", "assets", "capital", "deep pockets", "fortune", "means", "opulence", "riches", "roll", "substance", "wealth", "purse", "treasury", "cash flow", "financing" ], "near antonyms":[ "debts", "liabilities", "indebtedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to provide money for":{ "examples":[ "a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City" ], "synonyms":[ "bankrolls", "capitalizes", "endows", "funds", "stakes", "subsidizes", "underwrites" ], "near synonyms":[ "grubstakes", "cofinances", "refinances", "advocates", "aids", "backs", "champions", "endorses", "indorses", "patronizes", "sponsors", "supports", "maintains", "nourishes", "provides (for)", "clears", "defrays", "discharges", "foots", "liquidates", "pays", "pays off", "pays up", "quits", "recompenses", "settles", "springs (for)", "stands", "refunds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "defunds" ] }, "to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{ "examples":[ "established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college" ], "synonyms":[ "endows", "funds", "subsidizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "establishes", "founds", "organizes", "bequeaths", "contributes", "donates", "subscribes", "supports", "underwrites", "awards", "grants", "backs", "promotes", "sponsors", "capitalizes", "invests (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "draws", "receives", "subsists" ], "antonyms":[ "defunds", "disendows" ] }, "type":[ "plural noun", "verb" ] }, "field hands":{ "as in harvesters , reapers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "farmhands", "gleaners", "harvesters", "plowmen", "reapers", "agriculturists", "agriculturalists", "agronomists", "cultivators", "farmers", "growers", "planters", "tillers", "workfolks", "crofters", "croppers", "gentlemen farmers", "sharecroppers", "subsistence farmers", "tenant farmers", "yeomen", "homesteaders", "nesters", "grangers", "rancheros", "ranchers", "ranchmen", "campesinos" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filthily":{ "as in nastily , dirtily":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dingily", "dirtily", "foully", "grubbily", "nastily", "shabbily", "sleazily", "chaotically", "messily", "untidily", "slatternly", "dowdily", "sloppily", "slovenly" ], "near antonyms":[ "nattily", "sharply", "smart", "smartly", "sprucely", "neatly", "orderly", "tidily", "fashionably", "modishly", "carefully", "fastidiously", "fussily", "meticulously", "cleanly", "immaculately", "spotlessly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "fiddles (around)":{ "to spend time in aimless activity":{ "examples":[ "we spent the snow day just fiddling around" ], "synonyms":[ "doodles", "fools around", "fribbles", "goofs (around)", "hangs about", "kicks around", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles" ], "near synonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "loafs", "lolls", "lounges", "clowns (around)", "horses around", "diddles (with)", "tinkers" ], "near antonyms":[ "buckles (down)", "knuckles down", "sets (to)", "settles (down)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "firewood":{ "as in cordwood":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cordwood", "bar", "billet", "block", "beam", "brace", "pile", "post", "ridgepole", "sill", "splint", "stake", "stave", "stick", "lumber", "timber", "wood" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fizzed":{ "to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{ "examples":[ "soda pop fizzing in the glass" ], "synonyms":[ "fizzled", "hissed", "sizzled", "swished", "whished", "whizzed" ], "near synonyms":[ "swooshed", "wheezed", "whistled", "whooshed", "zipped", "bubbled", "effervesced", "buzzed", "droned", "hummed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fining":{ "to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{ "examples":[ "the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out" ], "synonyms":[ "assessing", "charging", "exacting", "imposing", "laying", "levying", "putting" ], "near synonyms":[ "docking", "excising", "mulcting", "penalizing", "taxing", "extorting", "shaking down", "wresting", "wringing", "bleeding", "fleecing", "gouging", "milking", "skinning", "squeezing", "coercing", "compelling", "forcing", "inflicting", "wreaking", "setting", "reapplying", "reimposing", "relaying" ], "near antonyms":[ "abating", "diminishing", "lessening", "forgiving", "releasing", "condoning", "disregarding", "excusing", "glossing (over)", "glozing (over)", "ignoring", "pardoning" ], "antonyms":[ "remitting" ] }, "to remove usually visible impurities from":{ "examples":[ "the use of egg shells to fine wine" ], "synonyms":[ "clarifying", "clearing", "distilling", "filtering", "garbling", "purifying" ], "near synonyms":[ "processing", "rectifying", "refining", "cleaning", "cleansing", "decontaminating", "elutriating", "purging", "washing", "extracting", "leaching", "bolting", "screening", "sieving", "sifting", "disinfecting", "sanitizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "clouding", "dulling", "muddying", "contaminating", "dirtying", "soiling", "defiling", "polluting", "tainting", "begriming", "besmirching", "fouling", "sullying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fineness":{ "the quality or state of being little in size":{ "examples":[ "the fineness of the grains of sand enhances the appeal of the beach" ], "synonyms":[ "diminutiveness", "littleness", "puniness", "slightness", "smallness" ], "near synonyms":[ "petiteness", "minuteness", "tininess", "meagerness", "poorness", "scantiness", "scantness", "scarceness", "scarcity", "skimpiness", "slenderness", "slimness", "spareness", "sparseness", "sparsity", "stinginess", "deficiency", "inadequacy", "inadequateness" ], "near antonyms":[ "enormity", "enormousness", "grossness", "hugeness", "immenseness", "immensity", "magnitude", "mountainousness", "prodigiousness", "stupendousness", "extensiveness", "vastness", "excessiveness", "extravagance", "extremeness", "immoderacy", "abundance", "ampleness", "bountifulness", "copiousness", "generosity", "healthiness", "liberality", "adequacy", "sufficiency", "heaviness", "heftiness", "weightiness", "bulkiness", "massiveness", "voluminousness" ], "antonyms":[ "bigness", "grandness", "greatness", "largeness", "magnitude" ] }, "the quality or state of being very accurate":{ "examples":[ "the fineness of the telescope's lens and mirror" ], "synonyms":[ "accuracy", "accurateness", "closeness", "delicacy", "exactitude", "exactness", "nicety", "perfection", "preciseness", "precision", "rigor", "rigorousness", "ultraprecision", "veracity" ], "near synonyms":[ "correctness", "fidelity", "rightness", "strictness", "truth", "definiteness", "definitiveness", "definitude", "determinacy", "subtlety", "care", "carefulness", "fastidiousness", "meticulousness", "persnicketiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "approximation", "roundness", "falseness", "falsity", "incorrectness", "wrongness", "carelessness", "guesswork", "looseness", "indefiniteness", "vagueness" ], "antonyms":[ "coarseness", "impreciseness", "imprecision", "inaccuracy", "inexactitude", "inexactness", "roughness" ] }, "the state or quality of having a delicate structure":{ "examples":[ "the fineness of the cat's bones" ], "synonyms":[ "daintiness", "delicacy", "exquisiteness", "fragility", "frangibility" ], "near synonyms":[ "diaphanousness", "flimsiness", "insubstantiality", "wispiness", "brittleness", "crumbliness", "friability" ], "near antonyms":[ "firmness", "solidity", "strength" ], "antonyms":[ "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "roughness", "rudeness" ] }, "dignified or restrained beauty of form, appearance, or style":{ "examples":[ "there's a fineness to the jewelry designs of Faberg\u00e9 that elevates them to the level of decorative art" ], "synonyms":[ "class", "classiness", "courtliness", "elegance", "elegancy", "grace", "gracefulness", "handsomeness", "majesty", "refinement", "stateliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "augustness", "brilliance", "gloriousness", "glory", "grandeur", "grandness", "lavishness", "luxuriance", "luxuriousness", "luxury", "magnificence", "nobility", "nobleness", "opulence", "ornateness", "plushiness", "plushness", "resplendence", "resplendency", "richness", "splendor", "sumptuousness", "artfulness", "chic", "polish", "sophistication", "taste", "tastefulness", "choiceness", "classicism", "dignity", "exquisiteness", "restraint", "simplicity", "affectedness", "grandiosity", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "pretentiousness", "showiness" ], "near antonyms":[ "coarseness", "crudeness", "flamboyance", "flashiness", "garishness", "gaudiness", "glitz", "grotesqueness", "grotesquerie", "grotesquery", "kitsch", "tastelessness", "tawdriness", "vulgarity" ], "antonyms":[ "gracelessness", "inelegance" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fishwives":{ "as in gorgons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gorgons", "battle-axes", "dragon ladies", "furies", "harpies", "harridans", "shrews", "termagants", "viragoes", "viragos", "vixens", "carpers", "castigators", "cavilers", "cavillers", "censurers", "critics", "faultfinders", "nitpickers", "railers", "scolds", "belittlers", "deriders", "detractors", "pettifoggers", "quibblers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fishers":{ "someone who catches fish":{ "examples":[ "few fishers of lake trout are more ardent or adept than my father" ], "synonyms":[ "fishermen" ], "near synonyms":[ "fisherfolk", "fisherwomen", "anglers", "fly fishermen", "gillers", "surf casters", "trawlermen", "trawlers", "trollers", "watermen" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finalized":{ "to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{ "examples":[ "we're still finalizing our travel plans but hope to have them done by the end of the week" ], "synonyms":[ "completed", "consummated", "finished", "perfected", "polished" ], "near synonyms":[ "followed through (with)", "stuck out", "accomplished", "achieved", "effected", "carried out", "carried through", "did", "discharged", "executed", "fulfilled", "performed", "ameliorated", "amended", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "improved", "meliorated", "machined", "refined", "rounded (off or out)", "shone", "shined", "touched up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandoned", "deserted", "discontinued", "dropped", "forsook", "quit", "quitted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{ "examples":[ "the bank won't finalize the loan before Tuesday because of the holiday" ], "synonyms":[ "accredited", "approbated", "approved", "authorized", "cleared", "confirmed", "formalized", "homologated", "OK'd", "okayed", "ratified", "sanctioned", "warranted" ], "near synonyms":[ "accepted", "acknowledged", "affirmed", "certified", "endorsed", "indorsed", "validated", "blessed", "blest", "canonized", "sanctified", "initialed", "initialled", "rubber-stamped", "signed", "signed off (on)", "allowed", "enabled", "legalized", "licensed", "licenced", "passed", "permitted", "reapproved" ], "near antonyms":[ "banned", "enjoined", "forbade", "forbad", "illegalized", "interdicted", "prohibited", "proscribed", "disregarded", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "rebuffed", "rebutted", "refused", "spurned" ], "antonyms":[ "declined", "denied", "disallowed", "disapproved", "negatived", "rejected", "turned down", "vetoed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "first blush":{ "outward and often deceptive indication":{ "examples":[ "At first blush the story seemed plausible, but a closer look proved it to be false." ], "synonyms":[ "appearance", "face", "guise", "name", "outward", "seeming", "semblance", "show" ], "near synonyms":[ "air", "effect", "impression", "hint", "implication", "insinuation", "resemblance", "suggestion", "affectation", "demonstration", "display", "fiction", "image", "imitation", "imposture", "likeness", "make-believe", "make-belief", "pose", "pretense", "pretence", "representation", "simulation", "cloak", "disguise", "exterior", "facade", "fa\u00e7ade", "front", "gloss", "mask", "masquerade", "patina", "Potemkin village", "shape", "shell", "surface", "veneer" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "finger foods":{ "a piece of food that is meant to be picked up with the fingers and eaten":{ "examples":[ "Waiters offered the guests finger food during the cocktail hour." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "natural foods", "amuse-bouches", "amuses-bouches", "amuse-gueules", "antipasti", "appetizers", "apps", "canap\u00e9s", "cocktails", "hors d'oeuvres", "hors d'oeuvre", "munchies", "starters", "commissaries", "rations", "supplies", "aliments", "nutriments", "diets", "nourishments", "nurtures", "sustenances", "messes", "paps", "ensilages", "feeds", "fodders", "forages", "silages", "slop", "swills", "feasts", "meals", "refreshments", "regales", "repasts", "spreads", "boards", "dishes", "plates", "platters", "servings", "nibbles", "snacks", "tidbits", "bread", "chow", "chucks", "comestibles", "eatables", "eats", "edibles", "fares", "foods", "foodstuffs", "grubs", "meats", "provenders", "provisions", "tables", "tuckers", "viands", "victuals", "vittles" ], "near antonyms":[ "banes", "poisons", "toxins", "venoms" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filming":{ "as in videotaping":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "videotaping", "imaging", "picturing", "rephotographing", "retaking", "mugging", "photographing", "photoing", "shooting", "snapping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fizzes":{ "a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{ "examples":[ "the light bulb burned out with a quick fizz" ], "synonyms":[ "hisses", "sizzles", "swishes", "whishes", "whizzes" ], "near synonyms":[ "swooshes", "wheezes", "whistles", "whooshes", "zips", "sibilances", "sibilants" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{ "examples":[ "soda pop fizzing in the glass" ], "synonyms":[ "fizzles", "hisses", "sizzles", "swishes", "whishes", "whizzes" ], "near synonyms":[ "swooshes", "wheezes", "whistles", "whooshes", "zips", "bubbles", "effervesces", "buzzes", "drones", "hums" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "figureheads":{ "as in busts":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "busts", "dollies", "dolls", "hand puppets", "marionettes", "puppets", "carvings", "models", "sculptures", "figures", "figurines", "statuettes", "dummies", "forms", "manikins", "mannikins", "mannequins" ], "near antonyms":[ "colossi" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in leaders , chiefs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bosses", "boss men", "captains", "chiefs", "foremen", "headmen", "heads", "helmsmen", "honchos", "jefes", "kingpins", "leaders", "masters", "taskmasters", "leadmen", "managers", "overseers", "principals", "skippers", "standard-bearers", "stewards", "straw bosses", "superintendents", "superiors", "supervisors", "barons", "czars", "tsars", "tzars", "kings", "magnates", "moguls", "presidents", "princes", "administrators", "commanders", "directors", "executives", "generals", "governors", "hierarchs", "higher-ups", "dominators", "lords", "overlords", "potentates", "rulers", "sovereigns", "sovrans", "big cheeses", "big guns", "bigwigs", "top dogs", "top guns", "employers", "gaffers", "gangers", "coheads", "co-heads", "coleaders", "co-leaders", "directresses", "mistresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependents", "inferiors", "juniors", "secondaries", "subjects", "subordinates", "underlings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finked":{ "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us" ], "synonyms":[ "grassed (on)", "informed", "ratted (on)", "sang", "sung", "snitched", "split (on)", "squeaked", "squealed", "talked", "told (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betrayed", "gave away", "turned in", "backstabbed", "crossed", "double-crossed", "sold (out)", "two-timed", "blabbed", "tattled", "tipped (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fidgeted":{ "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "small children are likely to fidget in church" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddled", "jerked", "jigged", "jiggled", "squiggled", "squirmed", "thrashed", "threshed", "tossed", "twisted", "twitched", "wiggled", "wriggled", "writhed" ], "near synonyms":[ "flitted", "fluttered", "twittered", "quaked", "quivered", "shivered", "shook", "shuddered", "trembled", "paced" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxed", "rested", "unwound", "calmed (down)", "stilled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fin":{ "as in one , ten":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "C-note", "fifty", "five", "fiver", "hundred", "one", "sawbuck", "ten", "tenner", "twenty", "two", "buck", "dollar", "simoleon", "smacker", "cash", "chips", "currency", "dough", "legal tender", "lucre", "money", "pelf", "dead presidents", "paper money", "scrip", "check", "draft", "money order", "banknote", "bill", "greenback", "note" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "field of honor":{ "a place where a battle takes place":{ "examples":[ "Officials memorialized the old field of honor with a monument." ], "synonyms":[ "battlefield", "battleground", "field" ], "near synonyms":[ "battle line", "front", "front line", "ground", "beachhead", "bridgehead", "foothold", "killing field" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "firing (at)":{ "as in blasting (at)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blasting (at)", "blazing", "peppering", "potshotting", "sniping (at)", "pistoling", "pistolling", "shotgunning", "blowing away", "bringing down", "dropping", "picking off", "shooting down", "machine-gunning", "tommy-gunning", "drilling", "gunning", "plugging", "popping", "shooting", "croaking", "destroying", "dispatching", "doing in", "felling", "icing", "killing", "slaying", "annihilating", "blotting out", "butchering", "decimating", "massacring", "slaughtering", "wiping out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fidgets":{ "a state of nervousness marked by sudden jerky movements":{ "examples":[ "one dental patient in the waiting room had a bad case of the fidgets" ], "synonyms":[ "edginess", "fidgetiness", "flightiness", "jitteriness", "jumpiness", "restiveness", "skittishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "agita", "agitation", "anxiety", "anxiousness", "apprehension", "apprehensiveness", "disquiet", "feverishness", "franticness", "freneticism", "hand-wringing", "perturbation", "restlessness", "trepidation", "unease", "uneasiness", "upset", "worry", "nerves", "tenseness", "tension", "butterflies", "dither", "heebie-jeebies", "jimjams", "jitters", "shakes", "shivers", "willies" ], "near antonyms":[ "confidence", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "sureness", "control", "self-control", "aplomb", "calm", "calmness", "collectedness", "composure", "coolness", "ease", "easiness", "equanimity", "equilibrium", "imperturbability", "poise", "repose", "self-possession", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "tranquilness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "small children are likely to fidget in church" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddles", "jerks", "jiggles", "jigs", "squiggles", "squirms", "thrashes", "threshes", "tosses", "twists", "twitches", "wiggles", "wriggles", "writhes" ], "near synonyms":[ "flits", "flutters", "twitters", "quakes", "quivers", "shakes", "shivers", "shudders", "trembles", "paces" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxes", "rests", "unwinds", "calms (down)", "stills" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun", "verb" ] }, "field trip":{ "a trip to a place (such as a museum or zoo) that is made by students to learn about something":{ "examples":[ "We took a class field trip to the power plant." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "excursion", "outing", "sojourn", "stay", "tarry", "visit", "homestay", "sleepover", "layover", "stop", "stopover" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fistfuls":{ "a considerable amount":{ "examples":[ "repairing the roof is going to cost a fistful of money" ], "synonyms":[ "abundances", "barrels", "basketfuls", "basketsful", "boatloads", "buckets", "bunches", "bundles", "bushels", "carloads", "chunks", "deals", "dozens", "dozen", "gobs", "good deals", "heaps", "hundreds", "hundred", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lots", "masses", "messes", "mountains", "much", "multiplicities", "myriads", "oodles", "packs", "passels", "pecks", "piles", "platefuls", "plenitudes", "plenties", "plentitudes", "potfuls", "pots", "profusions", "quantities", "rafts", "reams", "scads", "sheaves", "shiploads", "sights", "slews", "spates", "stacks", "stores", "tons", "truckloads", "volumes", "wads", "wealths", "yards" ], "near synonyms":[ "epidemics", "plagues", "rashes", "bonanzas", "embarrassments", "excesses", "overabundances", "overages", "overkills", "overmuch", "oversupplies", "plethoras", "redundancies", "superabundances", "superfluities", "surfeits", "surpluses", "deluges", "floods", "overflows", "armies", "bevies", "crams", "crowds", "crushes", "droves", "flocks", "herds", "hordes", "hosts", "legions", "mobs", "multitudes", "presses", "scores", "seas", "swarms", "throngs", "gazillions", "jillions", "kazillions", "millions", "million", "thousands", "trillions", "zillions" ], "near antonyms":[ "atoms", "crumbs", "dots", "flecks", "flyspecks", "fragments", "grains", "granules", "iotas", "jots", "modicums", "molecules", "motes", "nubbins", "particles", "rays", "scintillas", "scraps", "shreds", "tittles", "whits", "smatterings", "smatters", "dashes", "drops", "morsels", "shots", "pieces", "portions", "sections", "absences", "dearths", "famines", "lacks", "paucities", "poverties", "scarcities", "shortages", "undersupplies", "wants", "deficiencies", "deficits", "inadequacies", "insufficiencies" ], "antonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "dabs", "drams", "driblets", "glimmers", "handfuls", "handsful", "hints", "licks", "little", "mites", "mouthfuls", "nips", "ounces", "peanuts", "pinches", "pittances", "scruples", "shades", "shadows", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "specks", "spots", "sprinkles", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "tastes", "touches", "traces" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiddling (around)":{ "to spend time in aimless activity":{ "examples":[ "we spent the snow day just fiddling around" ], "synonyms":[ "doodling", "fooling around", "fribbling", "goofing (around)", "hanging about", "kicking around", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling" ], "near synonyms":[ "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "loafing", 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"saturate", "soak", "steep", "interpenetrate", "percolate (into)", "permeate", "pervade", "riddle", "suffuse", "transfuse", "diffuse (through)", "impregnate", "pass (into)", "penetrate", "flood", "glut" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finding (for or against)":{ "as in trying , deciding":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "adjudging", "adjudicating", "arbitrating", "deciding", "determining", "judging", "refereeing", "ruling (on)", "settling", "umpiring", "considering", "deeming", "deliberating", "hearing", "pondering", "weighing", "prosecuting", "trying", "redetermining", "rejudging", "mediating", "moderating", "negotiating", "concluding", "resolving", "sizing up" ], "near antonyms":[ "equivocating", "hedging", "pussyfooting", "skirting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "fiercely":{ "to a great degree":{ "examples":[ "fiercely hot weather" ], "synonyms":[ "achingly", "almighty", "archly", "awful", "awfully", "badly", "beastly", "blisteringly", "bone", "colossally", "corking", "cracking", "damn", "damned", "dang", "deadly", "desperately", "eminently", "enormously", "especially", "ever", "exceedingly", "exceeding", "extra", "extremely", "fabulously", "fantastically", "far", "filthy", "frightfully", "full", "greatly", "heavily", "highly", "hugely", "immensely", "incredibly", "intensely", "jolly", "majorly", "mightily", "mighty", "monstrous", "mortally", "most", "much", "particularly", "passing", "rattling", "real", "really", "right", "roaring", "roaringly", "seriously", "severely", "so", "sore", "sorely", "spanking", "specially", "stinking", "such", "super", "supremely", "surpassingly", "terribly", "that", "thumping", "too", "unco", "uncommonly", "vastly", "very", "vitally", "way", "whacking", "wicked", "wildly" ], "near synonyms":[ "absolutely", "altogether", "completely", "downright", "entirely", "flat-out", "fully", "positively", "purely", "radically", "thoroughly", "totally", "utterly", "wholly", "deeply", "profoundly", "exceptionally", "notably", "remarkably", "considerably", "extensively", "significantly", "substantially", "appreciably", "discernibly", "markedly", "noticeably", "obviously", "palpably", "plainly", "visibly", "abundantly", "plentifully", "astronomically", "grandly", "monstrously", "monumentally", "excessively", "obscenely", "overmuch", "amazingly", "astonishingly", "staggeringly" ], "near antonyms":[ "meagerly", "scantily", "barely", "hardly", "just", "marginally", "minimally", "scarcely" ], "antonyms":[ "little", "negligibly", "nominally", "slightly", "somewhat" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "finessing":{ "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon" ], "synonyms":[ "contriving", "engineering", "finagling", "framing", "machinating", "maneuvering", "manipulating", "masterminding", "negotiating", "wangling" ], "near synonyms":[ "arranging", "concerting", "concluding", "hammering out", "working out", "angling (for)", "compassing", "intriguing", "plotting", "scheming", "conniving", "brewing", "concocting", "cooking (up)", "hatching", "captaining", "commanding", "conducting", "directing", "handling", "managing", "quarterbacking", "running", "gerrymandering" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing", "bobbling", "botching", "bungling", "butchering", "flubbing", "fumbling", "gumming (up)", "lousing up", "mangling", "messing (up)", "mishandling", "muffing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time" ], "synonyms":[ "avoiding", "dodging", "ducking", "eluding", "escaping", "eschewing", "evading", "getting around", "scaping", "shaking", "shirking", "shuffling (out of)", "shunning", "weaseling (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "missing", "averting", "deflecting", "diverting", "obviating", "parrying", "preventing", "warding (off)", "banning", "barring", "debarring", "eliminating", "excepting", "excluding", "precluding", "ruling out", "bypassing", "circumventing", "skirting", "foiling", "foxing", "frustrating", "outfoxing", "outsmarting", "outwitting", "overreaching", "thwarting" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepting", "courting", "embracing", "pursuing", "seeking", "welcoming", "catching", "contracting", "incurring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fireplugs":{ "as in hydrants , fire hydrants":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fire hydrants", "hydrants", "channels", "conduits", "ducts", "leaders", "lines", "penstocks", "pipes", "troughs", "tubes", "drainpipes", "drains", "funnels", "smokestacks", "spouts", "standpipes", "stovepipes", "tiles", "waste pipes", "waterspouts", "pipages", "pipeages", "pipelines", "pipings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filliped":{ "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "used a splash of 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"reawaked", "recharged", "recreated", "reenergized", "re-energized", "refreshed", "refreshened", "regenerated", "reinvigorated", "rejuvenated", "rekindled", "renewed", "restimulated", "resurrected", "resuscitated", "revitalized", "revived" ], "near antonyms":[ "burned out", "burnt out", "debilitated", "did in", "drained", "enervated", "enfeebled", "exhausted", "fagged", "fatigued", "harassed", "kayoed", "knocked out", "sapped", "tuckered (out)", "undermined", "washed out", "weakened", "wearied", "wore", "wore out", "checked", "curbed", "inhibited", "jaded", "quelled", "quenched", "repressed", "restrained", "slowed", "stilled", "stunted", "suppressed", "daunted", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited" ], "antonyms":[ "damped", "dampened", "deadened", "dulled", "killed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finesse":{ "mental skill or quickness":{ "examples":[ "maneuvered his opponent into checkmate with his customary finesse" ], "synonyms":[ "adroitness", "cleverness", "dexterity", "sleight" ], "near synonyms":[ "ability", "aptitude", "capability", "capacity", "faculty", "knack", "prowess", "talent", "competence", "competency", "efficiency", "expertise", "know-how", "proficiency", "ingeniousness", "ingenuity", "resourcefulness", "savvy", "sharpness", "shrewdness", "artfulness", "artifice", "caginess", "cageyness", "canniness", "craft", "craftiness", "cunning", "cunningness", "deviousness", "foxiness", "guile", "slickness", "slyness", "sneakiness", "subtleness", "wiliness" ], "near antonyms":[ "inadequacy", "incompetence", "incompetency", "ineptitude", "ineptness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "foolishness", "mindlessness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "witlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon" ], "synonyms":[ "contrive", "engineer", "finagle", "frame", "machinate", "maneuver", "manipulate", "mastermind", "negotiate", "wangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrange", "concert", "conclude", "hammer out", "work out", "angle (for)", "compass", "intrigue", "plot", "scheme", "connive", "brew", "concoct", "cook (up)", "hatch", "captain", "command", "conduct", "direct", "handle", "manage", "quarterback", "run", "gerrymander" ], "near antonyms":[ "blow", "bobble", "botch", "bungle", "butcher", "flub", "fumble", "gum (up)", "louse up", "mangle", "mess (up)", "mishandle", "muff" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time" ], "synonyms":[ "avoid", "dodge", "duck", "elude", "escape", "eschew", "evade", "get around", "scape", "shake", "shirk", "shuffle (out of)", "shun", "weasel (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "miss", "avert", "deflect", "divert", "obviate", "parry", "prevent", "ward (off)", "ban", "bar", "debar", "eliminate", "except", "exclude", "preclude", "rule out", "bypass", "circumvent", "skirt", "foil", "fox", "frustrate", "outfox", "outsmart", "outwit", "overreach", "thwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "accept", "court", "embrace", "pursue", "seek", "welcome", "catch", "contract", "incur" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "finalists":{ "as in champions , champs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "champions", "champs", "placers", "beaters", "conquerors", "masters", "subduers", "trimmers", "vanquishers", "victors", "whippers", "winners", "dominators", "overdogs", "rulers", "subjugators", "top dogs" ], "near antonyms":[ "losers", "punching bags", "pushovers", "quitters", "failures", "flops", "washouts", "underdogs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in semifinalists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "semifinalists", "archrivals", "also-rans", "entrants", "entries", "players", "challengers", "competitions", "competitors", "contenders", "contestants", "corrivals", "rivals", "adversaries", "antagonists", "opponents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fight song":{ "as in drinking song":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "drinking song", "aria", "art song", "barcarole", "barcarolle", "blues", "chanson", "chant", "chantey", "chanty", "shanty", "chorus", "croon", "descant", "discant", "folk song", "glee", "lullaby", "madrigal", "motet", "part-song", "pop", "rocker", "round", "roundelay", "serenade", "standard", "torch song", "hallelujah", "paean", "cover", "medley", "remix", "dirge", "lament", "requiem", "threnody", "anthem", "cantata", "canticle", "carol", "chorale", "hymn", "noel", "psalm", "spiritual", "ballad", "ditty", "jingle", "lay", "lyric", "song", "vocal" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fidgeting":{ "as in twitching , fiddling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fiddling", "squirm", "squirming", "twitching", "wriggling", "writhing", "locomotion", "mobility", "motility", "motivity", "flailing", "flapping", "waving", "dislocation", "migration", "relocation", "motion", "move", "movement", "shift", "shifting", "stir", "stirring" ], "near antonyms":[ "motionlessness", "immobility", "inertia", "inertness", "stillness", "cessation", "discontinuance", "ending", "expiration", "finish", "halt", "lapse", "pause", "shutdown", "shutoff", "stop", "stoppage", "surcease", "termination" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "small children are likely to fidget in church" ], "synonyms":[ "fiddling", "jerking", "jigging", "jiggling", "squiggling", "squirming", "thrashing", "threshing", "tossing", "twisting", "twitching", "wiggling", "wriggling", "writhing" ], "near synonyms":[ "flitting", "fluttering", "twittering", "quaking", "quivering", "shaking", "shivering", "shuddering", "trembling", "pacing" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxing", "resting", "unwinding", "calming (down)", "stilling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "finger food":{ "a piece of food that is meant to be picked up with the fingers and eaten":{ "examples":[ "Waiters offered the guests finger food during the cocktail hour." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "natural food", "amuse-bouche", "amuse-gueule", "antipasto", "app", "appetizer", "cocktail", "canap\u00e9", "hors d'oeuvre", "munchies", "starter", "commissary", "rations", "supplies", "aliment", "nutriment", "diet", "nourishment", "nurture", "sustenance", "mess", "pap", "ensilage", "feed", "fodder", "forage", "silage", "slop", "swill", "feast", "meal", "refreshments", "regale", "repast", "spread", "board", "dish", "plate", "platter", "serving", "nibble", "snack", "tidbit", "bread", "chow", "chuck", "comestibles", "eatables", "eats", "edibles", "fare", "food", "foodstuffs", "grub", "meat", "provender", "provisions", "table", "tucker", "viands", "victuals", "vittles" ], "near antonyms":[ "bane", "poison", "toxin", "venom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "first name":{ "a name that is placed before one's family name":{ "examples":[ "the parents still haven't picked a first name for the baby" ], "synonyms":[ "Christian name", "forename", "given name", "prename" ], "near synonyms":[ "appellation", "denomination", "designation", "cognomen", "denotation", "epithet", "handle", "nickname", "sobriquet", "soubriquet", "title", "alias", "nom de plume", "pen name", "pseudonym", "baptismal name" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firing (up)":{ "to rouse to strong feeling or action":{ "examples":[ "the dynamic speaker fired up the audience as no one had previously done" ], "synonyms":[ "arousing", "encouraging", "exciting", "impassioning", "inciting", "instigating", "moving", "piquing", "provoking", "revving (up)", "sparking", "stimulating", "stirring" ], "near synonyms":[ "fanning", "igniting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "kindling", "triggering", "activating", "animating", "driving", "energizing", "galvanizing", "inducing", "inspiring", "keying (up)", "motivating", "motiving", "pumping up", "quickening", "setting off", "vitalizing", "abetting", "fermenting", "fomenting", "raising", "whipping (up)", "angering", "enraging", "maddening", "upsetting", "jeering", "taunting", "teasing", "aggravating", "annoying", "bothering", "exasperating", "galling", "getting", "irritating", "vexing" ], "near antonyms":[ "calming", "soothing", "subduing", "tranquilizing", "tranquillizing", "appeasing", "mollifying", "pacifying", "placating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "filliping":{ "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "used a splash of orange-flavored liqueur to fillip the otherwise ordinary cranberry sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "amping (up)", "animating", "bracing", "energizing", "enlivening", "firing", "gingering (up)", "invigorating", "jazzing (up)", "juicing up", "jump-starting", "livening (up)", "pepping (up)", "quickening", "spiking", "stimulating", "vitalizing", "vivifying", "zipping (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "arousing", "awakening", "awaking", "raising", "rousing", "stirring", "waking (up)", "activating", "actuating", "driving", "impelling", "motivating", "motiving", "moving", "propelling", "charging", "electrifying", "galvanizing", "enkindling", "exciting", "fermenting", "fomenting", "inciting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "instigating", "kindling", "provoking", "setting off", "sparking", "triggering", "turning on", "whipping (up)", "abetting", "boosting", "buoying", "cheering", "emboldening", "fortifying", "heartening", "infusing", "inspiring", "lifting", "rallying", "steeling", "strengthening", "reactivating", "reanimating", "reawakening", "reawaking", "recharging", "recreating", "reenergizing", "re-energizing", "refreshening", "refreshing", "regenerating", "reinvigorating", "rejuvenating", "rekindling", "renewing", "restimulating", "resurrecting", "resuscitating", "revitalizing", "reviving" ], "near antonyms":[ "burning out", "debilitating", "doing in", "draining", "enervating", "enfeebling", "exhausting", "fagging", "fatiguing", "harassing", "kayoing", "knocking out", "sapping", "tuckering (out)", "undermining", "washing out", "weakening", "wearing", "wearing out", "wearying", "checking", "curbing", "inhibiting", "jading", "quelling", "quenching", "repressing", "restraining", "slowing", "stilling", "stunting", "suppressing", "daunting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting" ], "antonyms":[ "dampening", "damping", "deadening", "dulling", "killing" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fishes (for)":{ "as in angles (for)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "angles (for)", "asks (for)", "courts", "flirts (with)", "invites", "woos", "hunts", "searches", "seeks", "provokes", "tempts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fisherman":{ "someone who catches fish":{ "examples":[ "fishermen sorting out their catch" ], "synonyms":[ "fisher" ], "near synonyms":[ "fisherfolk", "fisherwoman", "angler", "fly fisherman", "giller", "surf caster", "trawler", "trawlerman", "troller", "waterman" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fished (for)":{ "as in angled (for)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "angled (for)", "asked (for)", "courted", "flirted (with)", "invited", "wooed", "hunted", "searched", "sought", "provoked", "tempted" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "firth":{ "a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline":{ "examples":[ "the Firth of Forth in Scotland" ], "synonyms":[ "arm", "bay", "bight", "cove", "creek", "embayment", "estuary", "fjord", "fiord", "gulf", "inlet", "loch" ], "near synonyms":[ "harbor", "port", "road(s)", "roadstead", "narrow", "sound", "strait", "bayou", "backwater", "slough", "slew", "slue" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fief":{ "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{ "examples":[ "the logistics of the relief effort is the director's fief" ], "synonyms":[ "area", "arena", "bailiwick", "barony", "business", "circle", "demesne", "department", "discipline", "domain", "element", "fiefdom", "field", "firmament", "front", "game", "kingdom", "line", "precinct", "province", "realm", "specialty", "sphere", "terrain", "walk" ], "near synonyms":[ "frontier", "study", "subject", "territory", "turf", "occupation", "profession", "pursuit", "racket", "vocation", "ambit", "amplitude", "breadth", "compass", "confine", "dimension(s)", "extent", "ken", "reach", "scope", "sweep", "width", "subfield", "subspecialty" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firkin":{ "an enclosed wooden vessel for holding beverages":{ "examples":[ "the innkeeper opened up a firkin of his special ale for the weary travelers" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "butt", "cask", "hogshead", "keg", "kilderkin", "pipe", "puncheon", "rundlet", "runlet", "tun" ], "near synonyms":[ "scuttlebutt", "cistern", "tub", "vat", "can", "drum" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figuring":{ "the act or process of performing mathematical operations to find a value":{ "examples":[ "the figuring of the cost of the car repair was rushed, and so it bears little resemblance to the actual result" ], "synonyms":[ "arithmetic", "calculation", "calculus", "ciphering", "computation", "figures", "math", "mathematics", "number crunching", "numbers", "reckoning" ], "near synonyms":[ "addition", "division", "multiplication", "subtraction", "calibration", "measurement", "mensuration", "appraisal", "assessment", "estimation", "evaluation", "valuation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{ "examples":[ "we figured that we had better arrive early at the concert in order to get good seats" ], "synonyms":[ "choosing", "concluding", "deciding", "determining", "naming", "opting", "resolving", "settling (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "decreeing", "ruling", "culling", "electing", "handpicking", "picking", "preferring", "selecting", "singling (out)", "adjudging", "adjudicating", "arbitrating", "finding", "judging", "refereeing", "ruling (on)", "umpiring", "chewing over", "cogitating", "considering", "contemplating", "debating", "deliberating", "entertaining", "meditating", "mulling (over)", "pondering", "questioning", "ruminating", "studying", "thinking (about or over)", "weighing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstaining", "declining", "refusing", "rejecting", "turning down", "delaying", "halting", "hesitating", "stalling", "temporizing", "shilly-shallying", "vacillating", "waffling", "wavering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{ "examples":[ "let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix" ], "synonyms":[ "calculating", "calling", "conjecturing", "estimating", "gauging", "gaging", "guessing", "judging", "making", "placing", "putting", "reckoning", "supposing" ], "near synonyms":[ "concluding", "deducing", "extrapolating", "gathering", "inferring", "reasoning", "understanding" ], "near antonyms":[ "calibrating", "measuring", "scaling", "computing", "working out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{ "examples":[ "the car dealer figured that our monthly car payment would be $357" ], "synonyms":[ "calculating", "ciphering", "computing", "reckoning", "working out" ], "near synonyms":[ "adding up", "averaging", "summing", "tallying", "totaling", "totalling", "totalizing", "adding", "dividing", "multiplying", "subtracting", "allowing (for)", "deducting", "factoring (in or into or out)", "figuring in", "figuring out", "solving (for)", "counting", "itemizing", "numbering", "calibrating", "gauging", "gaging", "measuring", "scaling", "appraising", "assessing", "estimating", "evaluating", "rating", "valuing", "recalculating", "recomputing", "refiguring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have as an opinion":{ "examples":[ "the father figures that girls should have the same athletic opportunities as boys and supports his daughter's interest in soccer" ], "synonyms":[ "allowing", "believing", "conceiving", "considering", "deeming", "esteeming", "feeling", "guessing", "holding", "imagining", "judging", "reckoning", "supposing", "thinking" ], "near synonyms":[ "regarding", "viewing", "accepting", "perceiving", "depending", "relying", "trusting", "assuming", "presuming", "presupposing", "surmising", "concluding", "deducing", "inferring" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusting", "doubting", "mistrusting", "questioning", "suspecting", "disbelieving", "discrediting", "rejecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "figures out":{ "to find an answer for through reasoning":{ "examples":[ "a book of 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"gathered", "inferred", "judged", "reasoned", "cleared (up)", "ironed out", "straightened (out)", "unscrambled", "untangled", "untied", "assumed", "conjectured", "divined", "guessed", "presumed", "speculated", "deciphered", "decoded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finagling":{ "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "let me look at my schedule and see if I can't finagle a visit to the museum" ], "synonyms":[ "contriving", "engineering", "finessing", "framing", "machinating", "maneuvering", "manipulating", "masterminding", "negotiating", "wangling" ], "near synonyms":[ "arranging", "concerting", "concluding", "hammering out", "working out", "angling (for)", "compassing", "intriguing", "plotting", "scheming", "conniving", "brewing", "concocting", "cooking (up)", "hatching", "captaining", "commanding", "conducting", "directing", "handling", "managing", "quarterbacking", "running", "gerrymandering" ], "near antonyms":[ "blowing", "bobbling", "botching", "bungling", "butchering", "flubbing", "fumbling", "gumming (up)", "lousing up", "mangling", "messing (up)", "mishandling", "muffing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal":{ "examples":[ "she'll finagle until she gets exactly what she wants" ], "synonyms":[ "cheating", "chicaning", "fudging" ], "near synonyms":[ "cribbing", "coloring", "distorting", "falsifying", "misinterpreting", "misrepresenting", "misstating", "perverting", "twisting", "warping", "doctoring", "faking", "tampering (with)", "elaborating", "embellishing", "embroidering", "exaggerating", "magnifying", "padding", "stretching", "dodging", "evading", "hedging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fiddled":{ "to make jerky or restless movements":{ "examples":[ "the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin" ], "synonyms":[ "fidgeted", "jerked", "jigged", "jiggled", "squiggled", "squirmed", "thrashed", "threshed", "tossed", "twisted", "twitched", "wiggled", "wriggled", "writhed" ], "near synonyms":[ "flitted", "fluttered", "twittered", "quaked", "quivered", "shivered", "shook", "shuddered", "trembled", "paced" ], "near antonyms":[ "relaxed", "rested", "unwound", "calmed (down)", "stilled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilked", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "choused", "conned", "cozened", "defrauded", "did", "diddled", "did in", "euchred", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "gaffed", "hosed", "hustled", "mulcted", "nobbled", "plucked", "reamed", "ripped off", "rooked", "screwed", "shook down", "shortchanged", "shorted", "skinned", "skunked", "squeezed", "stiffed", "stuck", "stung", "suckered", "swindled", "thimblerigged", "victimized" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorted", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "clipped", "gouged", "nicked", "overcharged", "soaked", "exploited", "milked", "deceived", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "tricked", "roped (in)", "betrayed", "bitched", "double-crossed", "bamboozled", "fast-talked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finished (off)":{ "as in fleshed (out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fleshed (out)", "complemented", "completed", "rounded (off or out)", "adorned", "beautified", "decorated", "embellished", "bettered", "enhanced", "improved", "constituted", "formed", "made up", "enriched", "perfected" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fills (in)":{ "to give information to":{ "examples":[ "my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed" ], "synonyms":[ "acquaints", "advises", "apprises", "briefs", "catches up", "clears", "clues (in)", "enlightens", "familiarizes", "hips", "informs", "instructs", "tells", "verses", "wises (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertises", "alerts", "notifies", "announces (to)", "discloses (to)", "assures", "certifies", "convinces", "reassures", "warrants", "educates", "lectures", "schools", "teaches", "tutors", "disabuses", "disenchants", "disillusions", "undeceives" ], "near antonyms":[ "misinforms", "misleads" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "covers", "pinch-hits", "stands in", "steps in", "subs", "substitutes", "takes over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudies", "relieves", "spells", "doubles (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fill in":{ "a person or thing that takes the place of another":{ "examples":[ "I'm just a fill-in , so I have no idea where office supplies are kept" ], "synonyms":[ "backup", "cover", "designated hitter", "locum tenens", "pinch hitter", "relief", "replacement", "reserve", "stand-in", "sub", "substitute" ], "near synonyms":[ "alternate", "understudy", "apology", "makeshift", "stopgap", "agent", "assignee", "attorney", "commissary", "delegate", "deputy", "envoy", "factor", "procurator", "proxy", "rep", "representative", "surrogate", "assistant", "reliever", "second", "successor", "superseder" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give information to":{ "examples":[ "my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed" ], "synonyms":[ "acquaint", "advise", "apprise", "brief", "catch up", "clear", "clue (in)", "enlighten", "familiarize", "hip", "inform", "instruct", "tell", "verse", "wise (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "advertise", "alert", "notify", "announce (to)", "disclose (to)", "assure", "certify", "convince", "reassure", "warrant", "educate", "lecture", "school", "teach", "tutor", "disabuse", "disenchant", "disillusion", "undeceive" ], "near antonyms":[ "misinform", "mislead" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to serve as a replacement usually for a time only":{ "examples":[ "she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation" ], "synonyms":[ "cover", "pinch-hit", "stand in", "step in", "sub", "substitute", "take over" ], "near synonyms":[ "understudy", "relieve", "spell", "double (as)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "figured in":{ "as in allowed (for) , factored (in or into or out)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "allowed (for)", "deducted", "factored (in or into or out)", "calibrated", "gauged", "gaged", "measured", "scaled", "figured out", "solved (for)", "calculated", "ciphered", "computed", "figured", "reckoned", "worked out", "quantified", "quantitated", "counted", "itemized", "numbered", "added up", "averaged", "summed", "tallied", "totaled", "totalled", "totalized", "added", "divided", "multiplied", "subtracted", "appraised", "assessed", "estimated", "evaluated", "rated", "valued", "recalculated", "recomputed", "refigured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finalization":{ "as in ratification , formalization":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "backing", "cachet", "endorsement", "indorsement", "formalization", "homologation", "nod", "ratification", "rubber stamp", "sanction", "support", "thumbs-up", "vote", "approbation", "approval", "blessing", "favor", "imprimatur", "OK", "okay", "benediction", "goodwill", "acceptation", "accession", "agreement", "assent", "concurrence", "consent", "countenance", "liking", "satisfaction" ], "near antonyms":[ "disapprobation", "disapproval", "disfavor", "refusal", "rejection", "repudiation", "dislike", "dissatisfaction", "censure", "condemnation", "criticism", "denunciation", "deprecation", "depreciation", "disparagement", "opprobrium", "reprehension", "reproach", "reprobation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finally":{ "at a later time":{ "examples":[ "we're making steady progress and may finally finish this project" ], "synonyms":[ "eventually", "someday", "sometime", "sooner or later", "ultimately", "yet" ], "near synonyms":[ "anon", "before long", "by and by", "directly", "imminently", "momentarily", "presently", "shortly", "soon", "forthwith", "immediately", "promptly", "pronto", "right away", "right now", "right off", "straightaway", "straightway" ], "near antonyms":[ "ne'er", "never", "nevermore" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "fireplug":{ "as in hydrant , fire hydrant":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fire hydrant", "hydrant", "channel", "conduit", "duct", "leader", "line", "penstock", "pipe", "trough", "tube", "drain", "drainpipe", "funnel", "smokestack", "spout", "standpipe", "stovepipe", "tile", "waste pipe", "waterspout", "pipage", "pipeage", "pipeline", "piping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fibbers":{ "a person who tells lies":{ "examples":[ "research that shows that children learn to become fibbers at a remarkably early age" ], "synonyms":[ "fabricators", "fabulists", "liars", "prevaricators", "storytellers" ], "near synonyms":[ "exaggerators", "mythomaniacs", "calumniators", "defamers", "libelers", "libelists", "slanderers", "perjurers", "distorters", "falsifiers", "equivocators", "palterers", "gossipers", "gossips", "talebearers", "charlatans", "cheaters", "cheats", "counterfeiters", "cozeners", "deceivers", "defrauders", "dissemblers", "dissimulators", "double-dealers", "frauds", "hustlers", "knaves", "mountebanks", "operators", "pretenders" ], "near antonyms":[ "square shooters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finking":{ "to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{ "examples":[ "we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us" ], "synonyms":[ "grassing (on)", "informing", "ratting (on)", "singing", "snitching", "splitting (on)", "squeaking", "squealing", "talking", "telling (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "betraying", "giving away", "turning in", "backstabbing", "crossing", "double-crossing", "selling (out)", "two-timing", "blabbing", "tattling", "tipping (off)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "five":{ "as in one , ten":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "C-note", "fifty", "fin", "fiver", "hundred", "one", "sawbuck", "ten", "tenner", "twenty", "two", "buck", "dollar", "simoleon", "smacker", "cash", "chips", "currency", "dough", "legal tender", "lucre", "money", "pelf", "dead presidents", "paper money", "scrip", "check", "draft", "money order", "banknote", "bill", "greenback", "note" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fingers":{ "as in sticks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sticks", "cakes", "croquettes", "cutlets", "fritters", "galettes", "patties", "g\u00e2teaux", "gateaux", "gateaus" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to find out or establish the identity of":{ "examples":[ "thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town" ], 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(out)", "parceled (out)", "parcelled (out)", "portioned", "prorated", "allocated", "allotted", "assigned", "armed", "fortified", "prepared", "reequipped", "re-equipped", "refitted", "refurnished", "reoutfitted" ], "near antonyms":[ "deprived", "dispossessed", "divested", "stripped", "stript" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fits (in)":{ "as in goes , stays":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "belongs", "goes", "places", "stays" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fictionist":{ "as in novelist , storyteller":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fabulist", "fictioneer", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist", "biographer", "hagiographer", "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "scriptwriter", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "prosaist", "prosateur", "proser", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "bard", "poet", "rhymer", "versifier", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figured":{ "to come to a judgment about after discussion or consideration":{ "examples":[ "we figured that we had better arrive early at the concert in order to get good seats" ], "synonyms":[ "chose", "concluded", "decided", "determined", "named", "opted", "resolved", "settled (on or upon)" ], "near synonyms":[ "decreed", "ruled", "culled", "elected", "handpicked", "picked", "preferred", "selected", "singled (out)", "adjudged", "adjudicated", "arbitrated", "found", "judged", "refereed", "ruled (on)", "umpired", "chewed over", "cogitated", "considered", "contemplated", "debated", "deliberated", "entertained", "meditated", "mulled (over)", "pondered", "questioned", "ruminated", "studied", "thought (about or over)", "weighed" ], "near antonyms":[ "abstained", "declined", "refused", "rejected", "turned down", "delayed", "halted", "hesitated", "stalled", "temporized", "shilly-shallied", "vacillated", "waffled", "wavered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement":{ "examples":[ "let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix" ], "synonyms":[ "calculated", "called", "conjectured", "estimated", "gauged", "gaged", "guessed", "judged", "made", "placed", "put", "reckoned", "supposed" ], "near synonyms":[ "concluded", "deduced", "extrapolated", "gathered", "inferred", "reasoned", "understood" ], "near antonyms":[ "calibrated", "measured", "scaled", "computed", "worked out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to determine (a value) by doing the necessary mathematical operations":{ "examples":[ "the car dealer figured that our monthly car payment would be $357" ], "synonyms":[ "calculated", "ciphered", "computed", "reckoned", "worked out" ], "near synonyms":[ "added up", "averaged", "summed", "tallied", "totaled", "totalled", "totalized", "added", "divided", "multiplied", "subtracted", "allowed (for)", "deducted", "factored (in or into or out)", "figured in", "figured out", "solved (for)", "counted", "itemized", "numbered", "calibrated", "gauged", "gaged", "measured", "scaled", "appraised", "assessed", "estimated", "evaluated", "rated", "valued", "recalculated", "recomputed", "refigured" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to have as an opinion":{ "examples":[ "the father figures that girls should have the same athletic opportunities as boys and supports his daughter's interest in soccer" ], "synonyms":[ "allowed", "believed", "conceived", "considered", "deemed", "esteemed", "felt", "guessed", "held", "imagined", "judged", "reckoned", "supposed", "thought" ], "near synonyms":[ "regarded", "viewed", "accepted", "perceived", "depended", "relied", "trusted", "assumed", "presumed", "presupposed", "surmised", "concluded", "deduced", "inferred" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrusted", "doubted", "mistrusted", "questioned", "suspected", "disbelieved", "discredited", "rejected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "first estates":{ "the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{ "examples":[ "a nation in which the first estate had long held a privileged position" ], "synonyms":[ "churches", "clergies", "cloths", "ministries", "spiritualities", "spiritualties" ], "near synonyms":[ "diaconates", "episcopates", "hierarchies", "presbyteries", "clerkships", "monkhoods", "priesthoods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "laities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixates":{ "to look at or think about something constantly; to give all of your attention to something \u2014 usually + on or upon":{ "examples":[ "The cat was fixated on a small hole in the wall.", "Why do journalists fixate on scandals?" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "considers", "eyes", "observes", "regards", "watches", "blinks", "gapes", "gawks", "gawps", "gazes", "goggles", "peers", "rubbernecks", "stares", "glares", "gloats", "glowers", "leers", "ogles", "peruses", "pores (over)", "studies", "outfaces", "outstares", "stares down" ], "near antonyms":[ "glances", "glimpses", "peeks", "peeps", "browses", "dips (into)", "scans", "winks (at)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fitness":{ "the condition of being sound in body":{ "examples":[ "a gymnastics program promoting fitness and agility in school-aged children" ], "synonyms":[ "health", "healthiness", "heartiness", "robustness", "sap", "soundness", "verdure", "wellness", "wholeness", "wholesomeness" ], "near synonyms":[ "fettle", "shape", "cleanliness", "hygiene", "hardiness", "lustiness", "robustiousness", "ruggedness", "stamina", "strength", "toughness", "vigor", "vigorousness", "vitality", "bloom", "flush", "flushness", "activeness", "agility", "liveliness", "spryness", "weal", "welfare", "well-being" ], "near antonyms":[ "debility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "frailness", "infirmity", "lameness", "sickliness", "weakness", "ailment", "condition", "disease", "disorder", "malady", "trouble" ], "antonyms":[ "illness", "sickness", "unhealthiness", "unsoundness" ] }, "the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{ "examples":[ "I have to question the fitness of wearing a bright red dress to a funeral" ], "synonyms":[ "appositeness", "appropriateness", "aptness", "felicitousness", "felicity", "fittingness", "happiness", "properness", "propriety", "rightness", "seemliness", "suitability", "suitableness" ], "near synonyms":[ "agreeableness", "compatibility", "congruity", "harmoniousness", "applicability", "bearing", "connection", "justifiability", "materiality", "pertinence", "relevance", "relevancy", "validity", "acceptability", "adequacy", "adequateness", "convenience", "expedience", "expediency", "satisfactoriness", "serviceableness", "usefulness" ], "near antonyms":[ "disagreeableness", "incompatibility", "incongruence", "incongruity", "incongruousness", "inexpedience", "inexpediency", "inharmoniousness", "unbecomingness", "immateriality", "inapplicability", "irrelevance", "irrelevancy", "meaninglessness", "pointlessness" ], "antonyms":[ "improperness", "impropriety", "inappositeness", "inappropriateness", "inaptness", "infelicity", "unfitness", "unseemliness", "unsuitability", "wrongness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "figurine":{ "a small statue":{ "examples":[ "his collection of figurines includes toy soldiers from every war that America has fought" ], "synonyms":[ "figure", "statuette" ], "near synonyms":[ "doll", "dolly", "hand puppet", "marionette", "puppet", "bust", "figurehead", "carving", "model", "sculpture", "dummy", "form", "manikin", "mannikin", "mannequin" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "colossus" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finding":{ "a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{ "examples":[ "the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for 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found the information after searching dozens of Internet sites" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertaining", "descrying", "detecting", "determining", "digging out", "digging up", "discovering", "dredging (up)", "ferreting (out)", "finding out", "getting", "hitting (on or upon)", "hunting (down or up)", "learning", "locating", "nosing out", "rooting (out)", "routing (out)", "rummaging", "running down", "scaring up", "scouting (up)", "tracking (down)", "turning up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espying", "sighting", "spotting", "looking for", "searching (for or out)", "seeking" ], "near antonyms":[ "losing", "mislaying", "misplacing", "missetting", "mis-setting" ], "antonyms":[ "missing", "overlooking", "passing over" ] }, "to come upon unexpectedly or by chance":{ "examples":[ "hey, I found my notebook!" ], "synonyms":[ "chancing (upon)", "encountering", "happening (on or upon)", "hitting (upon)", "lighting (on or upon)", "meeting", "pitching (upon)", "stumbling (on or onto)", "tumbling (upon)" ], "near 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"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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fig leaves":{ "as in Trojan horses , Potemkin villages":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Potemkin villages", "Trojan horses", "blinds", "concealers", "screens", "shields", "camouflages", "disguises", "facades", "fa\u00e7ades", "faces", "veneers", "blankets", "cloaks", "copes", "coverings", "covers", "covertures", "cover-ups", "curtains", "hoods", "mantles", "masks", "palls", "penumbrae", "penumbras", "robes", "shrouds", "veils", "wraps", "glosses", "varnishes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "firms (up)":{ "to become physically firm or solid":{ "examples":[ "wait for the modeling clay to firm up before handling the finished pot" ], "synonyms":[ "concretes", "congeals", "freezes", "hardens", "indurates", "sets", "solidifies" ], "near synonyms":[ "cakes", "calluses", "encrusts", "incrusts", "clots", "coagulates", "gelates", "gelatinizes", "gels", "jellies", "jells", "stiffens", "thickens", "calcifies", "crystallizes", "crystalizes", "ossifies", "petrifies", "rigidifies", "anneals", "case-hardens", "tempers" ], "near antonyms":[ "deliquesces", "dissolves", "fluxes", "fuses", "melts", "thaws", "unfreezes" ], "antonyms":[ "liquefies", "liquifies", "softens" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fiddles away":{ "to use up carelessly":{ "examples":[ "fiddled away the entire evening surfing the Internet" ], "synonyms":[ "blows", "dissipates", "fritters (away)", "lavishes", "loses", "misspends", "runs through", "spends", "squanders", "throws away", "trifles (away)", "wastes" ], "near synonyms":[ "splurges", "consumes", "depletes", "exhausts", "impoverishes", "overspends", "shoots", "indulges", "overindulges", "disburses", "expends", "lays out" ], "near antonyms":[ "economizes", "scrimps", "skimps", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "hoards", "lays up" ], "antonyms":[ "conserves" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "finesses":{ "to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{ "examples":[ "had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon" ], "synonyms":[ "contrives", "engineers", "finagles", "frames", "machinates", "maneuvers", "manipulates", "masterminds", "negotiates", "wangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "arranges", "concerts", "concludes", "hammers out", "works out", "angles (for)", "compasses", "intrigues", "plots", "schemes", "connives", "brews", "concocts", "cooks (up)", "hatches", "captains", "commands", "conducts", "directs", "handles", "manages", "quarterbacks", "runs", "gerrymanders" ], "near antonyms":[ "blows", "bobbles", "botches", "bungles", "butchers", "flubs", "fumbles", "gums (up)", "louses up", "mangles", "messes (up)", "mishandles", "muffs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time" ], "synonyms":[ "avoids", "dodges", "ducks", "eludes", "escapes", "eschews", "evades", "gets around", "scapes", "shakes", "shirks", "shuffles (out of)", "shuns", "weasels (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "misses", "averts", "deflects", "diverts", "obviates", "parries", "prevents", "wards (off)", "bans", "bars", "debars", "eliminates", "excepts", "excludes", "precludes", "rules out", "bypasses", "circumvents", "skirts", "foils", "foxes", "frustrates", "outfoxes", "outsmarts", "outwits", "overreaches", "thwarts" ], "near antonyms":[ "accepts", "courts", "embraces", "pursues", "seeks", "welcomes", "catches", "contracts", "incurs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fingering":{ "to find out or establish the identity of":{ "examples":[ "thus far authorities haven't been able to finger the person who's been lighting fires around town" ], "synonyms":[ "distinguishing", "identifying", "ID'ing", "IDing", "pinpointing", "singling (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "diagnosing", "determining", "finding", "locating", "picking out", "placing", "recognizing", "spotting", "checking", "examining", "inspecting", "investigating", "noticing", "observing", "scrutinizing", "betraying", "disclosing", "discovering", "revealing" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflaging", "concealing", "disguising", "hiding", "counterfeiting", "feigning", "shamming", "simulating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fisherwomen":{ "as in fisherfolk":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fisherfolk", "fishermen", "fishers", "anglers", "fly fishermen", "gillers", "surf casters", "trawlermen", "trawlers", "trollers", "watermen" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fishermen":{ "someone who catches fish":{ "examples":[ "fishermen sorting out their catch" ], "synonyms":[ "fishers" ], "near synonyms":[ "fisherfolk", "fisherwomen", "anglers", "fly fishermen", "gillers", "surf casters", "trawlermen", "trawlers", "trollers", "watermen" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fields":{ "a small area of usually open land":{ "examples":[ "a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games" ], "synonyms":[ "clearings", "grounds", "lots", "parcels", "plats", "plots", "tracts" ], "near synonyms":[ "commons", "crofts", "grasses", "green", "greenswards", "lawns", "glades", "grasslands", "heathlands", "heaths", "leas", "leys", "meadows", "moors", "pasturelands", "pastures" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{ "examples":[ "the first woman to enter the field of medicine" ], "synonyms":[ "areas", "arenas", "bailiwicks", "baronies", "businesses", "circles", "demesnes", "departments", "disciplines", "domains", "elements", "fiefdoms", "fiefs", "firmaments", "fronts", "games", "kingdoms", "lines", "precincts", "provinces", "realms", "specialties", "spheres", "terrains", "walks" ], "near synonyms":[ "frontiers", "studies", "subjects", "territories", "turfs", "turves", "occupations", "professions", "pursuits", "rackets", "vocations", "ambits", "amplitudes", "breadths", "compasses", "confines", "dimensions", "extents", "kens", "reaches", "scopes", "sweeps", "widths", "subfields", "subspecialties", "sub-specialties" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{ "examples":[ "if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large" ], "synonyms":[ "areas", "demesnes", "regions", "zones" ], "near synonyms":[ "corners", "sections", "locales", "localities", "locations", "loci", "places", "points", "positions", "sites", "spaces", "spots" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a place where a battle takes place":{ "examples":[ "the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history" ], "synonyms":[ "battlefields", "battlegrounds" ], "near synonyms":[ "battle lines", "front lines", "fronts", "grounds", "beachheads", "bridgeheads", "footholds", "killing fields" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal":{ "examples":[ "Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation" ], "synonyms":[ "aerodromes", "airdromes", "airfields", "airports" ], "near synonyms":[ "air bases", "air parks", "helipads", "heliports", "jetports", "airstrips", "landing fields", "landing strips", "runways", "launchpads", "pads" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a wide space or area":{ "examples":[ "the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity" ], "synonyms":[ "breadths", "distances", "expanses", "expansions", "extents", "lengths", "plains", "reaches", "sheets", "spreads", "stretches", "wastes" ], "near synonyms":[ "domains", "spheres", "territories", "compasses", "ranges", "scopes", "sweeps", "gamuts", "scales", "spectra", "spectrums", "depths", "voids", "extensions", "latitudes", "spans", "amplitudes", "immensities", "magnitudes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "active fighting during the course of a war":{ "examples":[ "in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician" ], "synonyms":[ "actions", "battles", "combats" ], "near synonyms":[ "attacks", "firefights", "fires", "pitched battles", "hostilities", "operations", "warfares", "duties", "services" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{ "examples":[ "gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests" ], "synonyms":[ "addresses", "contends (with)", "copes (with)", "grapples (with)", "hacks", "handles", "manages", "maneuvers", "manipulates", "negotiates", "plays", "swings", "takes", "treats" ], "near synonyms":[ "engineers", "finesses", "jockeys", "brings off", "carries off", "carries out", "gets off", "pulls", "commands", "directs", "guides", "steers", "controls", "micromanages", "regulates", "runs", "reacts (to)", "responds (to)" ], "near antonyms":[ "botches", "bungles", "foozles", "fumbles", "goofs (up)", "louses up", "messes (up)", "mishandles", "muffs", "scamps" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "finalities":{ "as in eventualities":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "eventualities", "by-and-bys", "futures", "futurities", "hereafters", "offings", "tomorrows", "posterities" ], "near antonyms":[ "pasts", "yesterdays", "yesteryears", "antiquities", "olds", "yores", "moments", "nows", "presents", "todays" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fillips":{ "a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{ "examples":[ "gave him a sharp fillip on the noggin with her teakettle" ], "synonyms":[ "bangs", "bashes", "bats", "beats", "belts", "biffs", "blows", "bops", "boxes", "buffets", "busts", "chops", "claps", "clips", "clouts", "cracks", "cuffs", "dabs", "douses", "hacks", "haymakers", "hits", "hooks", "knocks", "larrups", "lashes", "licks", "pelts", "picks", "plumps", "pokes", "pounds", "punches", "raps", "slams", "slaps", "slugs", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "stingers", "stripes", "strokes", "swats", "swipes", "switches", "thuds", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "welts", "whacks", "whams", "whops", "whaps" ], "near synonyms":[ "counterblows", "counter-blows", "counterpunches", "counters", "counterstrokes", "counter-strokes", "body blows", "hands", "kicks", "knees", "lefts", "one-twos", "rabbit punches", "right-handers", "rights", "roundhouses", "shivers", "sidewinders", "sucker punches", "swings", "uppercuts", "crunchers", "kayos", "knockdowns", "knockouts", "KOs", "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batterings", "beatings", "drubbings", "lickings", "pastings", "thrashings", "wallopings", "whippings", "whips" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "used a splash of orange-flavored liqueur to fillip the otherwise ordinary cranberry sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "amps (up)", "animates", "braces", "energizes", "enlivens", "fires", "gingers (up)", "invigorates", "jazzes (up)", "juices up", "jump-starts", "livens (up)", "peps (up)", "quickens", "spikes", "stimulates", "vitalizes", "vivifies", "zips (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "arouses", "awakens", "awakes", "raises", "rouses", "stirs", "wakes (up)", "activates", "actuates", "drives", "impels", "motivates", "motives", "moves", "propels", "charges", "electrifies", "galvanizes", "enkindles", "excites", "ferments", "foments", "incites", "inflames", "enflames", "instigates", "kindles", "provokes", "sets off", "sparks", "triggers", "turns on", "whips (up)", "abets", "boosts", "buoys", "cheers", "emboldens", "fortifies", "heartens", "infuses", "inspires", "lifts", "rallies", "steels", "strengthens", "reactivates", "reanimates", "reawakens", "reawakes", "recharges", "recreates", "reenergizes", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "reinvigorates", "rejuvenates", "rekindles", "renews", "restimulates", "resurrects", "resuscitates", "revitalizes", "revives" ], "near antonyms":[ "burns out", "debilitates", "does in", "drains", "enervates", "enfeebles", "exhausts", "fags", "fatigues", "harasses", "kayoes", "knocks out", "saps", "tuckers (out)", "undermines", "washes out", "weakens", "wearies", "wears", "wears out", "checks", "curbs", "inhibits", "jades", "quells", "quenches", "represses", "restrains", "slows", "stills", "stunts", "suppresses", "daunts", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits" ], "antonyms":[ "dampens", "damps", "deadens", "dulls", "kills" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "filled":{ "containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{ "examples":[ "filled baskets of every variety of apple were available at the farmers' market" ], "synonyms":[ "brimful", "brimming", "bursting", "chock-full", "chockful", "chockablock", "crammed", "crowded", "fat", "full", "jam-packed", "jammed", "loaded", "packed", "stuffed" ], "near synonyms":[ "overcrowded", "overfilled", "overflowing", "overfull", "overladen", "overloaded", "overstuffed", "abounding", "flush", "fraught", "replete", "rife", "swarming", "teeming" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "short", "shortish", "shy", "wanting", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted" ], "antonyms":[ "bare", "blank", "devoid", "empty", "stark", "vacant", "void" ] }, "to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{ "examples":[ "fill the basket with apples" ], "synonyms":[ "brimmed", "charged", "crammed", "heaped", "jammed", "jam-packed", "loaded", "packed", "stuffed" ], "near synonyms":[ "drenched", "flooded", "glutted", "swamped", "bloated", "bulked", "crowded", "crushed", "matted", "pressed", "rammed", "shoved", "squashed", "squeezed", "refilled", "refreshed", "reloaded", "repacked", "replenished", "overcharged", "overfilled", "overflowed", "saturated", "honeycombed", "penetrated" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightened", "depleted", "drained", "eliminated", "exhausted", "bled", "drew (off)", "cleaned", "flushed", "purged", "scoured", "swept" ], "antonyms":[ "cleared", "emptied", "evacuated", "vacated", "voided" ] }, "to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{ "examples":[ "before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty" ], "synonyms":[ "blocked", "bunged", "dammed", "packed", "plugged", "stopped", "stuffed" ], "near synonyms":[ "choked", "clogged", "closed (off)", "clotted", "congested", "jammed", "obstructed", "occluded", "caulked", "calked", "chinked", "sealed", "repacked", "restuffed" ], "near antonyms":[ "excavated", "hollowed (out)", "scooped (out)", "shoveled", "shovelled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to do what is required by the terms of":{ "examples":[ "orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise" ], "synonyms":[ "answered", "completed", "complied (with)", "fulfilled", "kept", "met", "redeemed", "satisfied" ], "near synonyms":[ "concluded", "consummated", "finalized", "finished", "perfected", "accomplished", "achieved", "brought about", "brought off", "carried out", "effected", "committed", "compassed", "discharged", "executed", "followed through (with)", "made", "performed" ], "near antonyms":[ "defaulted (on)", "disregarded", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "overpassed", "passed over", "slighted" ], "antonyms":[ "breached", "broke", "transgressed", "violated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fitting the bill":{ "to be fitting or proper":{ 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"fearlessness", "gallantry", "greatheartedness", "intrepidity", "intrepidness", "nerve", "stoutness", "valor", "endurance", "forbearance", "stamina", "sufferance", "tolerance", "heart", "mettle", "spirit", "audacity", "boldness", "brass", "cheek", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "effrontery", "gall", "hardihood", "nerve", "nerviness", "temerity" ], "near antonyms":[ "indecisiveness", "irresoluteness", "irresolution", "vacillation", "cowardice", "cowardliness", "cravenness", "dastardliness", "faintheartedness", "pusillanimity", "timidity", "timorousness" ], "antonyms":[ "spinelessness" ] }, "a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair":{ "examples":[ "the fibers found on the victim's body came from a carpet in the suspect's home" ], "synonyms":[ "bristle", "filament", "hair", "thread" ], "near synonyms":[ "microfiber", "cord", "rope", "string", "wire", "yarn", "fuzz", "tuft" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixedly":{ "as in rigidly , 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"ineffectively", "ineffectually", "lamely", "nervelessly", "spinelessly", "uncertainly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "fiendish":{ "of, relating to, or worthy of an evil spirit":{ "examples":[ "a fiendish delight in playing cruel tricks" ], "synonyms":[ "cacodemonic", "demoniac", "demoniacal", "demonian", "demonic", "demonical", "devilish", "diabolical", "diabolic", "Luciferian", "satanic" ], "near synonyms":[ "hellish", "infernal", "baleful", "evil", "sinister", "malevolent", "malicious", "malignant", "heinous", "monstrous", "immoral", "iniquitous", "nefarious", "vicious", "vile", "villainous", "wicked", "barbarous", "cruel", "ferocious", "inhuman", "savage" ], "near antonyms":[ "celestial", "heavenly", "beneficent", "benevolent", "benign", "benignant", "godly", "holy", "sainted", "saintly", "ethical", "good", "moral", "righteous", "virtuous" ], "antonyms":[ "angelic", "angelical" ] }, "having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{ 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] }, "finicking":{ "hard to please":{ "examples":[ "finicking drinkers will find the bar's trendy cocktails far too sweet" ], "synonyms":[ "choosy", "choosey", "dainty", "delicate", "demanding", "exacting", "fastidious", "finical", "finicky", "fussbudgety", "fussy", "nice", "old-maidish", "particular", "pernickety", "persnickety", "picky" ], "near synonyms":[ "hyperfastidious", "overdemanding", "ultrafastidious", "discerning", "discriminating", "selective", "insightful", "knowledgeable", "captious", "carping", "caviling", "cavilling", "critical", "faultfinding", "hypercritical", "overcritical", "careful", "meticulous", "painstaking", "punctilious", "scrupulous", "queasy", "queazy", "squeamish", "peevish", "petulant", "prickly", "touchy", "niminy-piminy", "prim", "prissy" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "breezy", "carefree", "devil-may-care", "happy-go-lucky", "lackadaisical", "laid-back", "low-pressure", "relaxed", "flexible", "lax", "loose", "lenient", "permissive", "uncritical", "indiscriminating", "undiscriminating" ], "antonyms":[ "undemanding", "unfastidious", "unfussy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fiery":{ "being on fire":{ "examples":[ "the fiery Yule log made a splendid backdrop for our holiday party" ], "synonyms":[ "ablaze", "afire", "aflame", "alight", "blazing", "burning", "combusting", "conflagrant", "flaming", "ignited", "inflamed", "enflamed", "kindled", "lit", "lighted" ], "near synonyms":[ "aglow", "flaring", "flickering", "glowing", "live", "smoldering", "smouldering", "broiling", "hot", "piping hot", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "sizzling", "burned", "burnt", "charred", "incinerated", "scorched", "seared", "singed" ], "near antonyms":[ "choked", "damped", "dead", "doused", "dowsed", "extinguished", "quenched", "smothered", "snuffed (out)", "stamped (out)", "suffocated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "having a notably high temperature":{ "examples":[ "the long, dangerous trek across the fiery desert" ], "synonyms":[ "ardent", "boiling", "broiling", "burning", "fervent", "fervid", "hot", "piping hot", "red", "red-hot", "roasting", "scalding", "scorching", "searing", "sultry", "superheated", "sweltering", "torrid", "ultrahot", "white-hot" ], "near synonyms":[ "blazing", "glowing", "igneous", "molten", "seething", "sizzling", "heated", "overheated", "reheated", "warmed", "snug", "toasty", "warm", "warmish", "feverish", "flushed", "inflamed", "enflamed", "canicular", "muggy", "steamy", "summerlike", "summery", "tropical" ], "near antonyms":[ "chill", "chilly", "coldish", "cool", "coolish", "nippy", "snappy", "blizzardly", "frosty", "snowy", "subfreezing", "subzero", "wintry", "wintery", "chilled", "cooled", "refrigerated", "unheated", "benumbed", "numb", "shivering" ], "antonyms":[ "algid", "arctic", "bitter", "bone-chilling", "cold", "freezing", "frigid", "frozen", "glacial", "ice-cold", "iced", "icy" ] }, "having or expressing great depth of feeling":{ "examples":[ "the fiery preacher held the members of the revival meeting spellbound" ], "synonyms":[ "ardent", "blazing", "burning", "charged", "demonstrative", "emotional", "fervent", "fervid", "feverish", "flaming", "glowing", "hot-blooded", "impassioned", "incandescent", "intense", "passional", "passionate", "perfervid", "red-hot", "religious", "superheated", "torrid", "vehement", "warm", "warm-blooded" ], "near synonyms":[ "gushing", "gushy", "maudlin", "mawkish", "mushy", "saccharine", "sappy", "schmaltzy", "sentimental", "sloppy", "sugary", "histrionic", "melodramatic", "enthusiastic", "gung ho", "keen", "zealous", "enamored", "infatuated", "obsessed", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "unrestrained", "frenzied", "orgiastic", "overemotional", "overexcited", "overheated" ], "near antonyms":[ "detached", "dry", "impersonal", "objective", "reserved", "undemonstrative" ], "antonyms":[ "cold", "cool", "dispassionate", "emotionless", "impassive", "unemotional" ] }, "marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{ "examples":[ "the controversial editorial sparked a page's worth of fiery letters to the editor" ], "synonyms":[ "gingery", "high-spirited", "mettlesome", "peppery", "spirited", "spunky" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggressive", "ambitious", "assertive", "high-pressure", "in-your-face", "militant", "pushy", "animate", "animated", "bouncing", "bouncy", "brisk", "energetic", "feisty", "frisky", "jaunty", "jazzy", "kinetic", "peppy", "perky", "pert", "racy", "scrappy", "snappy", "spanking", "sparky", "sprightly", "springy", "vital", "vivacious", "zippy", "ardent", "fervent", "impassioned", "passionate", "emphatic", "obtrusive" ], "near antonyms":[ "bloodless", "boring", "dull", "lifeless", "dead", "inanimate", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languorous", "limp", "listless", "inert", "lethargic", "sleepy", "sluggish", "tired", "torpid", "low-pressure", "nonassertive", "unaggressive", "unambitious", "unassertive", "unenterprising" ], "antonyms":[ "halfhearted", "leaden", "spiritless" ] }, "capable of catching or being set on fire":{ "examples":[ "with a fiery vapor like that, the lighting of a single match could cause an explosion" ], "synonyms":[ "burnable", "combustible", "combustive", "flammable", "ignitable", "ignitible", "inflammable", "touchy" ], "near synonyms":[ "explosive", "incendiary" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonexplosive" ], "antonyms":[ "fireproof", "incombustible", "nonburnable", "noncombustible", "nonflammable", "noninflammable", "unburnable" ] }, "easily irritated or annoyed":{ "examples":[ "since the governor was known for his fiery temper, naturally his aides always shielded him from bad news" ], "synonyms":[ "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "crotchety", "grouchy", "grumpy", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perverse", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "quick-tempered", "raspy", "ratty", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snappy", "snarky", "snippety", "snippy", "stuffy", "testy", "waspish" ], "near synonyms":[ "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "cross-grained", "curmudgeonly", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "off-color", "off-colored", "ornery", "querulous", "snarly", "surly", "argumentative", "bellicose", "belligerent", "combative", "contentious", "disputatious", "fractious", "fretful", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "huffy", "pouty", "sensitive", "short", "sulky", "sullen", "tetchy", "thin-skinned", "touchy", "hot-blooded", "passionate" ], "near antonyms":[ "affable", "companionable", "cordial", "extroverted", "extraverted", "friendly", "genial", "gregarious", "outgoing", "sociable", "agreeable", "amiable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "sweet", "well-disposed", "carefree", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "relaxed", "forbearing", "long-suffering", "obliging", "patient", "stoic", "stoical", "tolerant", "uncomplaining", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "films":{ "a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound 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"terminated", "through", "up" ], "near synonyms":[ "accomplished", "achieved", "attained", "compassed", "realized", "dead", "defunct", "extinct", "kaput", "kaputt", "obsolete", "expired" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "continuing", "incomplete", "ongoing", "uncompleted", "undone", "unfinished" ] }, "facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{ "examples":[ "since there was no way it could possibly make up the scoring deficit, the team knew that it was finished" ], "synonyms":[ "dead", "done", "done for", "doomed", "kaput", "kaputt", "ruined", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangered", "imperiled", "imperilled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{ "examples":[ "we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "completed", "consummated", "finalized", "perfected", "polished" ], "near synonyms":[ "followed through (with)", "stuck out", "accomplished", "achieved", "effected", "carried out", "carried through", "did", "discharged", "executed", "fulfilled", "performed", "ameliorated", "amended", "bettered", "enhanced", "enriched", "improved", "meliorated", "machined", "refined", "rounded (off or out)", "shone", "shined", "touched up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandoned", "deserted", "discontinued", "dropped", "forsook", "quit", "quitted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{ "examples":[ "we'll finish the concert before dark" ], "synonyms":[ "closed", "closed out", "completed", "concluded", "ended", "rounded (off or out)", "terminated", "wound up", "winded up", "wrapped up" ], "near synonyms":[ "climaxed", "crowned", "consummated", "perfected", "halted", "stopped", "suspended" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "began", "commenced", "inaugurated", "opened", "started" ] }, "to come to an end":{ "examples":[ "the three-day race finished yesterday" ], "synonyms":[ "broke off", "broke up", "ceased", "closed", "concluded", "dead-ended", "determined", "died", "discontinued", "elapsed", "ended", "expired", "halted", "lapsed", "left off", "let up", "passed", "quit", "quitted", "stopped", "terminated", "went", "winked (out)", "wound up", "winded up" ], "near synonyms":[ "desisted (from)", "laid off (of)", "refrained (from)", "gave over", "knocked off", "packed (up or in)", "broke down", "conked (out)", "cut out", "stalled", "paused", "stayed", "suspended", "abated", "petered (out)", "wound down", "winded down" ], "near antonyms":[ "drew out", "extended", "prolonged", "protracted" ], "antonyms":[ "continued", "hung on", "persisted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "figure":{ "a character used to represent a mathematical value":{ "examples":[ "no doubt the figures on the price tags at the jewelry store are so small because the zeroes are so many" ], "synonyms":[ "digit", "integer", "number", "numeral", "numeric", "whole number" ], "near synonyms":[ "decimal", "fraction", "cipher", "symbol" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{ "examples":[ "we could gradually see the figure of a ship coming our way through the fog" ], "synonyms":[ "contour", "outline", "silhouette" ], "near synonyms":[ "delineation", "sketch", "profile", "skyline", "cast", "configuration", "conformation", "form", "geometry", "shape", "framework", "skeleton" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{ "examples":[ "figures from the worlds of sport and entertainment will be guests at the White House dinner" ], "synonyms":[ "cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre", "cause celebre", "celeb", "celebrity", "icon", "ikon", "light", "luminary", "megastar", "name", "notability", "notable", "notoriety", "personage", "personality", "somebody", "standout", "star", "superstar", "VIP" ], "near synonyms":[ "favorite", "heartthrob", "hero", "idol", "demigod", "dignitary", "eminence", "immortal", "monument", "pillar", "worthy", "baron", "big shot", "bigwig", "kahuna", "magnate", "mogul", "nabob", "panjandrum" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightweight", "mediocrity", "has-been" ], "antonyms":[ "nobody", "noncelebrity" ] }, "a small statue":{ "examples":[ "painted wooden figures by untrained artists can be quite valuable on today's antiques market" ], "synonyms":[ "figurine", "statuette" ], "near synonyms":[ "doll", "dolly", "hand puppet", "marionette", "puppet", "bust", "figurehead", "carving", "model", "sculpture", "dummy", "form", "manikin", "mannikin", "mannequin" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "colossus" ] }, "a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{ "examples":[ "the museum features a collection of figures strikingly attired in suits of medieval armor" ], "synonyms":[ "dummy", "form", "manikin", "mannikin", "mannequin" ], "near synonyms":[ "doll" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something 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that is demanded as payment for something":{ "examples":[ "a number of the paintings at the auction sold at figures far higher than had been estimated" ], "synonyms":[ "ante", "charge", "cost", "damage", "fee", "freight", "price", "price tag" ], "near synonyms":[ "fair market value", "market value", "valuation", "value", "asking price", "list price", "sticker price", "price point", "rate", "tariff", "unit price", "carrying charge", "overcharge", "service charge", "service fee", "surcharge", "deduction", "discount", "markdown", "reduction", "sale", "deposit", "down payment", "account", "bill", "check", "invoice", "tab" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the outward appearance of something as distinguished from its substance":{ "examples":[ "the ice sculpture at the banquet was in the figure of an eagle spreading its wings" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "configuration", "conformation", "fashion", "form", "geometry", "shape" ], "near synonyms":[ "contour", "outline", "profile", 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"conceive", "consider", "deem", "esteem", "feel", "guess", "hold", "imagine", "judge", "reckon", "suppose", "think" ], "near synonyms":[ "regard", "view", "accept", "perceive", "depend", "rely", "trust", "assume", "presume", "presuppose", "surmise", "conclude", "deduce", "infer" ], "near antonyms":[ "distrust", "doubt", "mistrust", "question", "suspect", "disbelieve", "discredit", "reject" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fights shy of":{ "to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{ "examples":[ "They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse." ], "synonyms":[ "avoids", "dodges", "ducks", "eludes", "escapes", "eschews", "evades", "finesses", "gets around", "scapes", "shakes", "shirks", "shuffles (out of)", "shuns", "weasels (out of)" ], "near synonyms":[ "misses", "averts", "deflects", "diverts", "obviates", "parries", "prevents", "wards (off)", "bans", "bars", "debars", "eliminates", "excepts", "excludes", "precludes", "rules 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"measuring", "scaling", "figuring out", "solving (for)", "calculating", "ciphering", "computing", "figuring", "reckoning", "working out", "quantifying", "quantitating", "counting", "itemizing", "numbering", "adding up", "averaging", "summing", "tallying", "totaling", "totalling", "totalizing", "adding", "dividing", "multiplying", "subtracting", "appraising", "assessing", "estimating", "evaluating", "rating", "valuing", "recalculating", "recomputing", "refiguring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fitful":{ "lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{ "examples":[ "a night of fitful sleep did not leave me feeling well rested the next morning" ], "synonyms":[ "aperiodic", "casual", "catchy", "choppy", "discontinuous", "episodic", "episodical", "erratic", "intermittent", "irregular", "occasional", "spasmodic", "spastic", "sporadic", "spotty", "unsteady" ], "near synonyms":[ "convulsive", "sudden", "violent", "broken", "disconnected", "fragmentary", 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"honey", "love", "lover", "steady", "swain", "sweet", "sweetheart", "sweetie", "sweetie pie", "valentine", "bride", "groom" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filtered":{ "as in clarified":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clarified", "absolute", "fine", "neat", "plain", "pure", "purified", "refined", "straight", "unadulterated", "unalloyed", "undiluted", "unmixed", "clean", "fresh", "taintless", "uncontaminated", "uncorrupted", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "rendered", "tried", "concentrated", "full-bodied", "strong", "uncombined" ], "near antonyms":[ "adulterated", "alloyed", "diluted", "impure", "mixed", "befouled", "besmirched", "contaminated", "corrupted", "debased", "defiled", "fouled", "polluted", "soiled", "spoiled", "sullied", "tainted", "unclarified", "amalgamated", "blended", "coalesced", "combined", "commingled", "compounded", "incorporated", "intermingled", "intermixed", "merged", "mingled", "conjoined", "fused", 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"champion", "knight", "digger", "gallowglass", "gendarme" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "civilian" ] }, "one that engages in the sport of fighting with the fists":{ "examples":[ "a program at the community center for training local youths as fighters" ], "synonyms":[ "boxer", "gladiator", "prizefighter", "pug", "pugilist" ], "near synonyms":[ "palooka", "slugger", "stumblebum", "bantamweight", "cruiserweight", "featherweight", "flyweight", "heavyweight", "light heavyweight", "lightweight", "middleweight", "superheavyweight", "welterweight" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who takes part in a dispute":{ "examples":[ "kept the two fighters apart until they had calmed down and could talk sensibly" ], "synonyms":[ "arguer", "argufier", "bickerer", "brawler", "debater", "disputant", "disputer", "quarreler", "quarreller", "scrapper", "squabbler", "wrangler" ], "near synonyms":[ "advocate", "codefendant", "defendant", "plaintiff", "pleader", "challenger", "contender", "contestant", "skirmisher", "fusser", "nitpicker", "pettifogger", "quibbler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "filicide":{ "as in patricide , fratricide":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fratricide", "matricide", "parricide", "patricide", "regicide", "uxoricide", "blood", "foul play", "homicide", "murder", "rubout", "slaying", "chance-medley", "killing", "manslaughter", "bloodshed", "butchery", "carnage", "decimation", "destruction", "massacre", "slaughter", "assassination", "execution", "hit", "assisted suicide", "euthanasia", "mercy killing", "physician-assisted suicide" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fire-eater":{ "an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{ "examples":[ "if you want to make it in Hollywood, you'll need a fire-eater for an agent" ], "synonyms":[ "barracuda", "fire-breather", "pit bull", "tiger" ], "near synonyms":[ "attack dog", "hatchet man", "aggressor", "bully", "shark", "go-getter", "hustler", "live wire", "self-starter", "battler", "fighter", "scrapper", "diehard", "militant" ], "near antonyms":[ "pushover", "pussycat", "reed", "softy", "softie", "weakling", "wimp" ], "antonyms":[ "milquetoast" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fiesta":{ "a time or program of special events and entertainment in honor of something":{ "examples":[ "the city's Latinos have a series of fiestas throughout the summer" ], "synonyms":[ "carnival", "celebration", "fest", "festival", "festivity", "fete", "f\u00eate", "gala", "jubilee" ], "near synonyms":[ "jamboree", "jollification", "jollity", "merriment", "merrymaking", "rejoicing", "revel", "revelry", "exhibit", "exhibition", "exposition", "fair", "show", "exercises", "honors" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixedness":{ "the state of continuing without change":{ "examples":[ "wasn't comfortable with the fixedness of her stare" ], "synonyms":[ "changelessness", "constancy", "immutability", "immutableness", 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"fire-breather":{ "an aggressive and fiercely determined person":{ "examples":[ "the only hope for turning around that failing company would be a CEO who's a real fire-breather" ], "synonyms":[ "barracuda", "fire-eater", "pit bull", "tiger" ], "near synonyms":[ "attack dog", "hatchet man", "aggressor", "bully", "shark", "go-getter", "hustler", "live wire", "self-starter", "battler", "fighter", "scrapper", "diehard", "militant" ], "near antonyms":[ "pushover", "pussycat", "reed", "softy", "softie", "weakling", "wimp" ], "antonyms":[ "milquetoast" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixes":{ "to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{ "examples":[ "fixed my hair so that it would stop falling in my eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "deposes", "deposits", "disposes", "emplaces", "lays", "places", "positions", "puts", "sets", "sets up", "situates", "sticks" ], "near synonyms":[ "moves", "rearranges", "reorders", "shifts", "orients", "establishes", "locates", "plants", "settles", "claps", "flops", "planks", "plops", "plumps", "plunks", "plonks", "plunks down", "slaps", "ensconces", "niches", "assembles", "collects", "carries", "berths", "parks", "affixes", "anchors", "locks", "lodges", "wedges", "arrays", "lays out", "lines up", "queues", "ranks", "sets down" ], "near antonyms":[ "relocates", "removes", "takes", "banishes", "dislodges", "displaces", "replaces", "supersedes", "supplants" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (something) to hold to another":{ "examples":[ "first, you need to fix those pieces of wood together" ], "synonyms":[ "affixes", "attaches", "bends", "fastens" ], "near synonyms":[ "adheres", "bolts", "cinches", "clamps", "clasps", "clenches", "clinches", "clips", "glues", "hangs", "harnesses", "hasps", "laces", "lashes", "latches", "nails", "pastes", "pins", "plasters", "rivets", "screws", "shackles", "staples", "sticks", "straps", "tackles", "tacks", "ties", "toggles", "yokes", "coapts", "connects", "joins", "links", "unites", "reaffixes", "reattaches", "refastens", "refixes", "resecures", "battens", "belays", "buttons", "does up" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks up", "disconnects", "disjoins", "disjoints", "dissevers", "dissociates", "disunites", "divides", "divorces", "parts", "separates", "severs", "splits", "sunders", "uncouples", "unlinks", "unyokes", "loosens", "looses", "unbinds", "unfixes", "unlashes", "unties" ], "antonyms":[ "detaches", "undoes", "unfastens", "unhooks" ] }, "to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{ "examples":[ "make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side" ], "synonyms":[ "agrees (on)", "arranges", "decides", "sets", "settles" ], "near synonyms":[ "contracts", "pledges", "promises", "blueprints", "calculates", "charts", "concerts", "designs", "drafts", "frames", "hammers out", "intrigues", "lays out", "maneuvers", "maps (out)", "plans", "programs", "programmes", "schematizes", "schemes", "shapes", "squares away", "works out", "chooses", "concludes", "determines", "figures", "opts", "resolves", "affirms", "approves", "authorizes", "clears", "confirms", "OKs", "okays", "sanctions", "warrants", "closes", "completes", "ends", "finalizes", "finishes", "rounds (off or out)", "winds up", "wraps up", "bargains", "chaffers", "deals", "dickers", "haggles", "horse-trades", "negotiates" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborts", "calls", "calls off", "drops", "recalls", "repeals", "rescinds", "revokes", "differs (over)", "disagrees (with)", "counters", "debates", "objects", "opposes", "protests", "resists", "contests", "disputes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{ "examples":[ "have we fixed a day for the party yet?" ], "synonyms":[ "appoints", "designates", "names", "sets" ], "near synonyms":[ "adopts", "assigns", "chooses", "determines", "establishes", "opts (for)", "picks", "pins (down)", "prefers", "selects", "settles", "singles (out)", "specifies", "arranges", "coordinates", "orchestrates", "advertises", "announces", "declares", "publishes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make ready in advance":{ "examples":[ "would you mind fixing dinner tonight?" ], "synonyms":[ "fits", "grooms", "lays", "prepares", "preps", "readies" ], "near synonyms":[ "braces", "fortifies", "girds", "steels", "battens", "gathers", "gears up", "mounts", "educates", "indoctrinates", "instructs", "schools", "trains", "tutors", "boots (up)", "primes", "arranges", "sets", "spreads", "arms", "equips", "forearms", "furnishes", "outfits", "provides", "supplies", "inclines", "predisposes", "drafts", "draws up", "frames", "warms (up)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to put into good shape or working order again":{ "examples":[ "have to fix the car before we can go" ], "synonyms":[ "doctors", "mends", "patches", "reconditions", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "near synonyms":[ "fixes up", "furbishes", "overhauls", "rebuilds", "reconstructs", "refurbishes", "aids", "cures", "heals", "helps", "conditions", "prepares", "readies", "cares (for)", "maintains", "services", "freshens", "refreshens", "refreshes", "regenerates", "rejuvenates", "renews", "restores", "revitalizes", "revives", "adjusts", "corrects", "modifies", "rectifies", "redresses", "reforms", "rights", "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "breaks", "damages", "defaces", "disfigures", "flaws", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "ruins", "spoils", "vandalizes", "wrecks", "cripples", "disables", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put securely in place or in a desired position":{ "examples":[ "fixed the mittens to the child's snowsuit" ], "synonyms":[ "anchors", "catches", "clamps", "fastens", "hitches", "moors", "secures", "sets" ], "near synonyms":[ "embeds", "imbeds", "entrenches", "intrenches", "implants", "ingrains", "engrains", "lodges", "stuffs", "wedges" ], "near antonyms":[ "extracts", "pries", "prizes", "pulls", "roots (out)", "tears (out)", "uproots", "wrests", "yanks" ], "antonyms":[ "loosens", "looses", "unfastens", "unfixes", "unloosens", "unlooses" ] }, "to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{ "examples":[ "the image of what Santa Claus looks like is solidly fixed in our minds" ], "synonyms":[ "beds", "embeds", "imbeds", "enroots", "entrenches", "intrenches", "impacts", "implants", "ingrains", "engrains", "lodges", "roots" ], "near synonyms":[ "imbues", "infuses", "instills", "beats (into)", "drives (into)", "establishes", "places", "puts", "settles", "sticks" ], "near antonyms":[ "eliminates", "eradicates", "ejects", "expels", "detaches", "disconnects", "disengages", "removes" ], "antonyms":[ "dislodges", "roots (out)", "uproots" ] }, "to remove the sex organs of":{ "examples":[ "the animal shelter requires a pledge from the adoptive owner that they will have their new pet fixed" ], "synonyms":[ "alters", "desexes", "neuters" ], "near synonyms":[ "castrates", "emasculates", "gelds", "spays", "sterilizes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to restore to a healthy condition":{ "examples":[ "it took surgery and months of physical therapy to completely fix her bum knee" ], "synonyms":[ "cures", "heals", "mends", "rehabilitates", "rehabs", "sets up" ], "near synonyms":[ "attends (to)", "cares (for)", "doctors", "medicates", "ministers (to)", "nurses", "physics", "treats", "fortifies", "rejuvenates", "renews", "resuscitates", "revitalizes", "revives", "alleviates", "relieves", "remedies", "repairs" ], "near antonyms":[ "cripples", "damages", "disables", "harms", "hurts", "impairs", "injures", "lacerates", "lames", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates", "wounds", "afflicts", "ails", "debilitates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "lays up", "saps", "sickens", "wastes", "weakens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{ "examples":[ "what a fix we're in!" ], "synonyms":[ "binds", "boxes", "catch-22's", "catch-22s", "corners", "dilemmas", "holes", "impasses", "jackpots", "jams", "mires", "pickles", "predicaments", "quagmires", "rabbit holes", "rattraps", "spots", "sticky wickets", "swamps" ], "near synonyms":[ "difficulties", "nodes", "hot waters", "soups", "pinches", "plights", "quandaries", "scrapes", "troubles", "deadlocks", "halts", "logjams", "stalemates", "standstills", "clutches", "crises", "crossroads", "emergencies", "exigencies", "junctures", "straits" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{ "examples":[ "caught the judge on video accepting the fix from the mob boss" ], "synonyms":[ "backhanders", "boodles", "bribes", "cumshaws", "sops" ], "near synonyms":[ "baksheeshs", "kickbacks", "payoffs", "slush funds", "incentives", "incitements", "instigations", "motivations", "provocations", "spurs", "stimulations", "stimuli", "boosts", "encouragements", "goads", "inducements", "allurements", "baits", "enticements", "lures", "seductions", "temptations", "turn-ons", "flatteries", "persuasions", "decoys", "snares", "traps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an opinion on the nature, character, or quality of something":{ "examples":[ "what's your fix on the military situation over there?" ], "synonyms":[ "appraisals", "appraisements", "assessments", "estimates", "estimations", "evaluations", "judgments", "judgements", "value judgments" ], "near synonyms":[ "aper\u00e7us", "feelings", "impressions", "notions", "perceptions", "confidences", "faiths", "stocks", "trusts", "beliefs", "convictions", "minds", "persuasions", "sentiments", "views", "conjectures", "guesses", "hunches", "hypotheses", "surmises", "theories" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fickle":{ "likely to change frequently, suddenly, or unexpectedly":{ "examples":[ "a fickle friendship that was on and off over the years" ], "synonyms":[ "capricious", "changeable", "changeful", "flickery", "fluctuating", "fluid", "inconsistent", "inconstant", "mercurial", "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" ] }, "not true in one's allegiance to someone or something":{ "examples":[ "when the family's fortune disappeared, so did their fickle friends" ], "synonyms":[ "disloyal", "faithless", "false", "inconstant", "perfidious", "recreant", "traitorous", "treacherous", "unfaithful", "untrue" ], "near synonyms":[ "irresponsible", "trustless", "undependable", "unreliable", "untrustworthy", "faltering", "hesitant", "vacillating", "wavering", "dubious", "irresolute", "uncertain", "apathetic", "dispassionate", "uninterested" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependable", "dutiful", "reliable", "responsible", "solid", "tried", "tried-and-true", "trustable", "trustworthy", "trusty", "unfaltering", "unhesitating", "unwavering", "determined", "intent", "resolute", "confirmed", "dyed-in-the-wool", "inveterate", "sworn", "ardent", "avid", "enthusiastic", "fervent", "fervid", "impassioned", "passionate" ], "antonyms":[ "constant", "dedicated", "devoted", "devout", "down-the-line", "faithful", "fast", "loyal", "staunch", "stanch", "steadfast", "steady", "true" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fink out":{ "to break a promise or agreement":{ "examples":[ "I can't believe you'd fink out on me and leave me to go to the party alone!" ], "synonyms":[ "back down", "back off", "back out", "cop out", "renege" ], "near synonyms":[ "chicken (out)", "wimp out", "backpedal", "backtrack", "abjure", "abnegate", "disavow", "forswear", "foreswear", "recall", "recant", "repudiate", "retract", "take back", "unsay", "withdraw", "beg off", "cry off" ], "near antonyms":[ "adhere (to)", "follow through (with)", "comply (with)", "fulfill", "fulfil", "honor", "keep", "satisfy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fictioneer":{ "as in novelist , storyteller":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fabulist", "fictionist", "novelist", "romancer", "storyteller", "autobiographer", "memoirist", "memorialist", "essayist", "pamphleteer", "satirist", "biographer", "hagiographer", "dramatist", "playwright", "scenarist", "screenwriter", "scriptwriter", "ghostwriter", "hack", "hatchet man", "scribbler", "wordmonger", "prosaist", "prosateur", "proser", "coauthor", "coscenarist", "cowriter", "bard", "poet", "rhymer", "versifier", "auteur", "belletrist", "belle-lettrist", "stylist", "wordsmith" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonauthor" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fishwifes":{ "as in gorgons":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gorgons", "battle-axes", "dragon ladies", "furies", "harpies", "harridans", "shrews", "termagants", "viragoes", "viragos", "vixens", "carpers", "castigators", "cavilers", "cavillers", "censurers", "critics", "faultfinders", "nitpickers", "railers", "scolds", "belittlers", "deriders", "detractors", "pettifoggers", "quibblers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fine-tuned":{ "to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{ "examples":[ "fine-tune a TV set", "fine-tune the temperature of the room", "They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (with)", "phased", "registered", "regulated", "rigged", "acclimated", "acclimatized", "accommodated", "adapted", "adjusted", "conditioned", "conformed", "doctored", "edited", "fashioned", "fitted", "fit", "put", "shaped", "suited", "tailored", "readapted", "readjusted", "customized", "geared", "matched", "modeled", "modelled", "patterned", "attuned", "corrected", "harmonized", "squared", "tuned", "established", "rooted", "settled", "acquainted", "familiarized", "orientated", "oriented", "equipped", "prepared", "primed", "rehearsed", "hardened", "inured", "seasoned", "toughened", "altered", "converted", "made over", "modified", "recast", "reclaimed", "recycled", "redesigned", "redeveloped", "redid", "reengineered", "refashioned", "refigured", "refitted", "refocused", "reinvented", "rejiggered", "remade", "remodeled", "revamped", "revised", "reworked", "transformed", "accustomed", "conditioned", "habilitated", "habituated", "naturalized", "readied", "seasoned", "bent" ], "near antonyms":[ "misadjusted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fireside":{ "the place where one lives":{ "examples":[ "couldn't wait to get off the plane and back to his comfortable fireside" ], "synonyms":[ "abode", "diggings", "domicile", "dwelling", "habitation", "hearth", "hearthstone", "home", "house", "lodging", "pad", "place", "quarters", "residence", "roof" ], "near synonyms":[ "accommodations", "housing", "nest", "residency", "shelter", "bungalow", "cabin", "casita", "chalet", "cottage", "duplex", "ranch", "ranch house", "saltbox", "semi", "split level", "townhome", "town house", "tract house", "triplex", "apartment", "apartment house", "condo", "condominium", "flat", "tenement", "tenement house", "walk-up", "penthouse", "salon", "suite", "barracks", "billet", "boardinghouse", "dorm", "dormitory", "flophouse", "lodging house", "lodgment", "lodgement", "room(s)", "rooming house", "castle", "ch\u00e2teau", "countryseat", "estate", "hall", "manor", "manor house", "mansion", "McMansion", "palace", "villa", "farmhouse", "grange", "hacienda", "homestead", "double-wide", "houseboat", "house trailer", "mobile home", "motor home", "recreational vehicle", "RV", "trailer", "hermitage", "manse", "parsonage", "rectory", "vicarage", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "shack", "shanty" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in intimate , familiar":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "casual", "familiar", "intimate", "colloquial", "conversational", "informal", "modest", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "cracker-barrel", "down-home", "folksy", "homespun" ], "near antonyms":[ "affected", "grandiose", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "ostentatious", "pompous", "pretentious" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "fictions":{ "something that is the product of the imagination":{ "examples":[ "most stories about famous outlaws of the Old West are fictions that have little or nothing to do with fact" ], "synonyms":[ "fables", "fabrications", "fantasies", "phantasies", "figments", "inventions" ], "near synonyms":[ "anecdotes", "anecdota", "narratives", "novels", "stories", "tales", "yarns", "fairy tales", "falsehoods", "falsities", "fibs", "lies", "mendacities", "misrepresentations", "prevarications", "untruths", "whoppers", "make-believe" ], "near antonyms":[ "actualities" ], "antonyms":[ "facts", "materialities", "realities" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finishes":{ "to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done":{ "examples":[ "we should finish the painting of the house by tomorrow" ], "synonyms":[ "completes", "consummates", "finalizes", "perfects", "polishes" ], "near synonyms":[ "follows through (with)", "sticks out", "accomplishes", "achieves", "effects", "carries out", "carries through", "discharges", "does", "executes", "fulfills", "fulfils", "performs", "ameliorates", "amends", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates", "machines", "refines", "rounds (off or out)", "shines", "touches up" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandons", "deserts", "discontinues", "drops", "forsakes", "quits" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{ "examples":[ "we'll finish the concert before dark" ], "synonyms":[ "closes", "closes out", "completes", "concludes", "ends", "rounds (off or out)", "terminates", "winds up", "wraps up" ], "near synonyms":[ "climaxes", "crowns", "consummates", "perfects", "halts", "stops", "suspends" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "begins", "commences", "inaugurates", "opens", "starts" ] }, "to come to an end":{ "examples":[ "the three-day race finished yesterday" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks off", "breaks up", "ceases", "closes", "concludes", "dead-ends", "determines", "dies", "discontinues", "elapses", "ends", "expires", "goes", "halts", "lapses", "leaves off", "lets up", "passes", "quits", "stops", "terminates", "winds up", "winks (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "desists (from)", "lays off (of)", "refrains (from)", "gives over", "knocks off", "packs (up or in)", "breaks down", "conks (out)", "cuts out", "stalls", "pauses", "stays", "suspends", "abates", "peters (out)", "winds down" ], "near antonyms":[ "draws out", "extends", "prolongs", "protracts" ], "antonyms":[ "continues", "hangs on", "persists" ] }, "the last part of a process or action":{ "examples":[ "a pie-eating contest is the fair's traditional finish" ], "synonyms":[ "cappers", "closes", "closings", "conclusions", "consummations", "endgames", "endings", "ends", "finales", "finises", "grand finales", "homestretches", "mop-ups", "windups", "wrap-ups" ], "near synonyms":[ "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "capstones", "climaxes", "copestones", "coups de gr\u00e2ce", "coups de grace", "crescendos", "crescendoes", "crescendi", "crowns", "culminations", "high-water marks", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "tip-tops", "tops", "zeniths", "aftermaths", "anticlimaxes", "codas", "epilogues", "epilogs", "postscripts", "shanks", "tag ends", "tail ends" ], "near antonyms":[ "forewords", "introductions", "overtures", "preambles", "prefaces", "preludes", "prologues", "prologs" ], "antonyms":[ "baselines", "beginnings", "dawns", "day ones", "nascences", "nascencies", "openings", "starts" ] }, "the stopping of a process or activity":{ "examples":[ "an all-out fight right to the finish" ], "synonyms":[ "arrestments", "arrests", "ceases", "cessations", "checks", "closedowns", "closes", "closures", "conclusions", "cutoffs", "discontinuances", "discontinuations", "endings", "ends", "expirations", "halts", "lapses", "offsets", "shutdowns", "shutoffs", "stays", "stoppages", "stops", "surceases", "terminations" ], "near synonyms":[ "mop-ups", "phaseouts", "abeyances", "breaks", "interruptions", "layoffs", "letups", "moratoriums", "moratoria", "pauses", "standstills", "suspensions" ], "near antonyms":[ "extensions", "persistences", "prolongations" ], "antonyms":[ "continuances", "continuations" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "firefights":{ "as in attacks , fires":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "attacks", "fires", "pitched battles", "actions", "battles", "combats", "fields", "hostilities", "operations", "warfares", "duties", "services" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "finales":{ "the last part of a process or action":{ "examples":[ "the finale to the festivities was a grand display of fireworks" ], "synonyms":[ "cappers", "closes", "closings", "conclusions", "consummations", "endgames", "endings", "ends", "finises", "finishes", "grand finales", "homestretches", "mop-ups", "windups", "wrap-ups" ], "near synonyms":[ "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "capstones", "climaxes", "copestones", "coups de gr\u00e2ce", "coups de grace", "crescendos", "crescendoes", "crescendi", "crowns", "culminations", "high-water marks", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "tip-tops", "tops", "zeniths", "aftermaths", "anticlimaxes", "codas", "epilogues", "epilogs", "postscripts", "shanks", "tag ends", "tail ends" ], "near antonyms":[ "forewords", "introductions", "overtures", "preambles", "prefaces", "preludes", "prologues", "prologs" ], "antonyms":[ "baselines", "beginnings", "dawns", "day ones", "nascences", "nascencies", "openings", "starts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fixture":{ "a person who has long been associated with a place or activity":{ "examples":[ "has been a fixture in the Republican Party for the last 30 years" ], "synonyms":[ "institution" ], "near synonyms":[ "first lady", "grand old man", "icon", "ikon", "symbol", "dean", "elder statesman" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }