{ "brabbled":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "bored children brabbling in the back seat" ], "synonyms":[ "altercated", "argued", "argufied", "bickered", "brawled", "controverted", "disputed", "fell out", "fought", "hassled", "jarred", "quarreled", "quarrelled", "quibbled", "rowed", "scrapped", "spatted", "squabbled", "tiffed", "wrangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenged", "dared", "defied", "clashed", "contended", "contested", "tangled", "caviled", "cavilled", "fussed", "nitpicked", "considered", "debated", "discussed", "kicked", "objected", "protested" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexisted", "got along", "accepted", "agreed", "assented", "concurred", "consented" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brace":{ "a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{ "examples":[ "wore a brace for the injured knee" ], "synonyms":[ "buttress", "mount", "mounting", "prop", "reinforcement", "shore", "spur", "stay", "support", "underpinning" ], "near synonyms":[ "shoring", "column", "pedestal", "pilaster", "pillar", "arch", "bolster", "bracket", "cantilever", "girder", "bearing", "crutch", "peg", "post", "stake", "stanchion", "stand", "stilt", "strut", "truss", "base", "foundation", "frame" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{ "examples":[ "bagged a brace of pheasants" ], "synonyms":[ "couple", "couplet", "duo", "dyad", "pair", "twain", "twosome" ], "near synonyms":[ "span", "yoke", "partnership", "team", "companion", "complement", "doublet", "fellow", "half", "match", "mate", "twin", "coordinate", "counterpart", "equal", "equivalent", "like", "parallel", "peer", "rival" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "the pep talk braced the team up for the second half" ], "synonyms":[ "amp (up)", "animate", "energize", "enliven", "fillip", "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" ] }, "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "examples":[ "several boards braced the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "bolster", "buttress", "carry", "prop (up)", "shore (up)", "stay", "support", "sustain", "undergird", "underpin", "uphold" ], "near synonyms":[ "steady", "truss", "underlie" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{ "examples":[ "she braced herself for the job interview" ], "synonyms":[ "forearm", "fortify", "nerve", "poise", "psych (up)", "ready", "steel", "strengthen" ], "near synonyms":[ "arm", "harden", "inure", "season", "toughen", "bolster", "boost", "buoy (up)", "buttress", "enforce", "prop (up)", "reinforce", "reenforce", "support", "sustain", "cheer (up)", "comfort", "embolden", "encourage", "hearten", "inspire", "rally", "rouse", "stir" ], "near antonyms":[ "daunt", "demoralize", "discourage", "dishearten", "dispirit", "psych (out)", "shake", "unnerve", "debilitate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "prostrate", "sap", "soften", "tire", "undercut", "undermine", "weaken" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bracketed":{ "to describe as similar":{ "examples":[ "I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci" ], "synonyms":[ "analogized", "assimilated", "compared", "equated", "likened" ], "near synonyms":[ "associated", "connected", "coupled", "linked", "alluded", "referred", "related", "equaled", "equalled", "matched", "paralleled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contrasted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braggadocio":{ "boastful speech or writing":{ "examples":[ "his braggadocio hid the fact that he felt personally inadequate" ], "synonyms":[ "bluster", "bombast", "brag", "bull", "cockalorum", "fanfaronade", "gas", "gasconade", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "magniloquence", "rant", "rodomontade", "rhodomontade" ], "near synonyms":[ "oratory", "rhapsody", "rhetoric", "pomposity", "turgidity", "wind", "bloviation", "verbosity", "windiness", "babble", "blab", "chatter", "drivel", "gabble", "gibber", "gibberish", "jabber", "prattle", "jawing", "patter", "prating", "yammering", "egotism", "self-conceit", "self-importance", "swagger", "vaunt" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "someone who boasts":{ "examples":[ "the swaggering braggadocio is a stock figure of American folklore, with Davy Crockett and Mike Fink being prime examples" ], "synonyms":[ "blower", "blowhard", "boaster", "brag", "braggart", "bragger", "cockalorum", "cracker", "gascon", "gasconader", "swaggerer", "vaunter" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusterer", "cock", "self-advertiser", "self-dramatizer", "self-promoter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "braggart":{ "someone who boasts":{ "examples":[ "a braggart who was always talking about how much money he made" ], "synonyms":[ "blower", "blowhard", "boaster", "brag", "braggadocio", "bragger", "cockalorum", "cracker", "gascon", "gasconader", "swaggerer", "vaunter" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusterer", "cock", "self-advertiser", "self-dramatizer", "self-promoter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in boastful , cocky":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "assured", "biggety", "biggity", "bigheaded", "complacent", "conceited", "consequential", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-opinionated", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swellheaded", "vain", "vainglorious", "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "disdainful", "fastuous", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "huffy", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "peremptory", "pontifical", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "holier-than-thou", "pretentious", "overconfident", "presuming", "presumptuous", "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-adulatory", "self-congratulatory", "self-contented", "self-gratulatory", "self-applauding", "self-dramatizing", "self-glorifying", "self-promoting", "self-affected", "self-centered", "self-engrossed", "selfish" ], "near antonyms":[ "egoless", "humble", "modest", "uncomplacent", "diffident", "self-critical", "self-distrustful", "self-doubting", "self-reproachful", "self-reproving", "meek", "timid", "unassertive", "down-to-earth", "unarrogant", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "bashful", "demure", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "retiring", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "braid":{ "a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together":{ "examples":[ "until she was 15, she had a braid that reached to her knees" ], "synonyms":[ "lace", "lacing", "plait", "plat" ], "near synonyms":[ "rickrack", "ricrac", "stripe", "cornrow", "dreadlock", "pigtail", "queue", "braiding" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to form into a braid":{ "examples":[ "they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets" ], "synonyms":[ "plait", "plat", "pleat" ], "near synonyms":[ "interlace", "interweave", "weave" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brain-dead":{ "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "examples":[ "it seems like she's always doing some brain-dead thing or another" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "related":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brainchild":{ "something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{ "examples":[ "the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist" ], "synonyms":[ "coinage", "concoction", "contrivance", "creation", "innovation", "invention", "wrinkle" ], "near synonyms":[ "contraption", "device", "gadget", "gizmo", "gismo", "novelty", "design", "product", "work", "dream", "fantasy", "phantasy", "picture", "vision", "conception", "imagining", "origination" ], "near antonyms":[ "carbon copy", "clone", "copy", "dupe", "duplicate", "duplication", "facsimile", "imitation", "reduplication", "replica", "replication", "reproduction" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brained":{ "as in beaned , skulled":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beaned", "conked", "skulled", "caned", "clubbed", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "flailed", "flogged", "lashed", "sapped", "slashed", "sledged", "sledgehammered", "speared", "stabbed", "switched", "thrashed", "whipped", "rabbit-punched", "sucker punched", "bowled (down or over)", "creamed", "decked", "dumped", "felled", "floored", "knocked down", "leveled", "levelled", "bumped", "butted", "jabbed", "jostled", "kicked", "kneed", "poked", "prodded", "pushed", "shoved", "stamped", "bunted", "flicked", "stroked", "tapped", "scuffed", "battered", "beat", "buffeted", "bunged", "chopped", "cuffed", "drubbed", "laced", "lambasted", "licked", "mangled", "mauled", "pelted", "peppered", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pummeled", "pummelled", "roughed", "banged", "bashed", "batted", "belted", "biffed", "bludgeoned", "bobbed", "bonked", "bopped", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "clapped", "clapt", "clipped", "clobbered", "clocked", "clouted", "cracked", "hammered", "hit", "knocked", "nailed", "pasted", "pounded", "punched", "rapped", "slammed", "slapped", "slogged", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "struck", "swatted", "swiped", "tagged", "thumped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "whaled", "zapped" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braininess":{ "as in sense , reason":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brightness", "brilliance", "intellect", "intelligence", "judgment", "judgement", "reason", "sense", "smartness", "wit", "discernment", "perception", "perceptiveness", "perceptivity", "percipience", "sagacity", "sapience", "sense", "sensibility", "wisdom", "acuity", "acuteness", "keenness", "penetration", "perspicacity", "sensitivity", "sharpness", "deepness", "depth", "profoundness", "profundity" ], "near antonyms":[ "shallowness", "superficiality", "brainlessness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "mindlessness", "simpleness", "stupidity", "witlessness", "illogic", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "unsoundness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brainstorm":{ "to engage in an exchange of information or ideas":{ "examples":[ "they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization" ], "synonyms":[ "communicate", "intercommunicate" ], "near synonyms":[ "correspond", "converse", "talk", "message", "bond", "commune", "relate", "accost", "approach", "board", "contact" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in inspiration , brainstorming":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brainstorming", "inspiration", "contrivance", "creativity", "fancy", "fantasy", "phantasy", "ideation", "imagination", "imaginativeness", "invention", "inventiveness", "originality", "fecundity", "fertility", "ingenuity", "resourcefulness", "versatility", "chimera", "daydream", "delusion", "dream", "figment", "hallucination", "illusion", "mind's eye", "mirage", "phantasm", "fantasm", "pipe dream", "envisaging", "visualization" ], "near antonyms":[ "literality", "literalness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in spasm , convulsion":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "convulsion", "eclampsia", "pang", "paroxysm", "spasm", "throe", "recurrence", "relapse", "agitation", "frenzy", "access", "attack", "bout", "case", "fit", "seizure", "siege", "spell", "turn", "breakdown", "collapse", "prostration" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrest", "relief", "remission" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brainwashes":{ "to cause (someone) to think or believe something by using methods that make a person unable to think normally":{ "examples":[ "Terrorists brainwashed the prisoners.", "Does advertising brainwash children?" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "overpersuades", "argues", "brings", "brings around", "converts", "convinces", "gains", "gets", "induces", "moves", "persuades", "prevails (on or upon)", "satisfies", "talks (into)", "wins (over)", "inclines", "influences", "moves", "prompts", "sells", "sways", "enroots", "implants", "inculcates", "instills", "blandishes", "blarneys", "cajoles", "coaxes", "entreats", "exhorts", "fast-talks", "urges", "wheedles", "allures", "beguiles", "leads on", "lures", "seduces", "snows", "tempts", "attracts", "draws", "entices", "interests" ], "near antonyms":[ "deters", "discourages", "dissuades", "unsells" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braise":{ "as in smother , steam":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fricassee", "pressure-cook", "smother", "steam", "scald", "reboil", "boil", "coddle", "parboil", "poach", "simmer", "stew" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brake":{ "a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{ "examples":[ "built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer" ], "synonyms":[ "boscage", "boskage", "bosk", "bosque", "bosquet", "brushwood", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "thicket" ], "near synonyms":[ "canebrake", "brush", "bush", "scrub", "scrubland", "bramble", "jungle", "tangle", "grove", "hedge", "stand", "woodlot", "forest", "greenwood", "wildwood", "wood", "woodland" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us" ], "synonyms":[ "decelerate", "retard", "slacken", "slow" ], "near synonyms":[ "halt", "stop", "encumber", "hamper", "handicap", "hinder", "hobble", "hold back", "hold up", "impede", "inhibit", "obstruct", "set back", "tie up", "bottleneck", "arrest", "check", "constrain", "curb", "rein", "restrain", "baffle", "foil", "frustrate", "sabotage", "thwart" ], "near antonyms":[ "drive", "encourage", "goad", "propel", "push", "spur", "stir", "urge", "advance", "aid", "dispatch", "ease", "expedite", "facilitate", "forward", "further", "help" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerate", "hasten", "hurry", "quicken", "rush", "speed (up)", "step up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "branching (out)":{ "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis" ], "synonyms":[ "diverging", "dividing", "forking", "parting", "separating", "spreading" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrewing", "breaking up", "broadcasting", "clearing out", "disbanding", "dispelling", "dispersing", "dissipating", "distributing", "scattering", "sowing", "distancing", "receding", "retreating" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembling", "gathering", "meeting" ], "antonyms":[ "converging", "joining" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "branded":{ "to produce a vivid impression of":{ "examples":[ "the exact words my father spoke as he left us are branded in my memory" ], "synonyms":[ "engraved", "etched", "impressed", "imprinted", "infixed", "ingrained", "engrained" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrooted", "imbued", "implanted", "inculcated", "infused", "instilled", "fixed", "set", "stamped" ], "near antonyms":[ "blotted out", "erased", "expunged", "obliterated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "branding":{ "to produce a vivid impression of":{ "examples":[ "the exact words my father spoke as he left us are branded in my memory" ], "synonyms":[ "engraving", "etching", "impressing", "imprinting", "infixing", "ingraining", "engraining" ], "near synonyms":[ "enrooting", "imbuing", "implanting", "inculcating", "infusing", "instilling", "fixing", "setting", "stamping" ], "near antonyms":[ "blotting out", "erasing", "expunging", "obliterating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brashness":{ "shameless boldness":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "for sheer brashness it would be hard to beat the customer who wanted a refund on merchandise bought elsewhere" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "diffidence", "faintheartedness", "hesitancy", "modesty", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "timorousness", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "manners" ], "related":[ "arrogance", "assurance", "cockiness", "confidence", "hardihood", "overconfidence", "sanguinity", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "discourteousness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impoliteness", "impudence", "incivility", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "insolence", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "back talk", "sass", "swagger", "swash" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brass", "brassiness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "crust", "effrontery", "face", "gall", "nerve", "nerviness", "pertness", "presumption", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brass":{ "shameless boldness":{ "examples":[ "had the brass to demand a refund for something they had broken themselves!" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brassiness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "crust", "effrontery", "face", "gall", "nerve", "nerviness", "pertness", "presumption", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assurance", "cockiness", "confidence", "hardihood", "overconfidence", "sanguinity", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "discourteousness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impoliteness", "impudence", "incivility", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "insolence", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "back talk", "sass", "swagger", "swash" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "diffidence", "faintheartedness", "hesitancy", "modesty", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "timorousness", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "manners" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brass band":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "braved":{ "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "antonyms":[ "dodged", "ducked", "funked", "shirked", "sidestepped" ], "examples":[ "a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "shook" ], "related":[ "faced up (to)", "fronted", "affronted", "challenged", "encountered", "met", "accosted", "approached", "cornered", "repelled", "resisted", "stood", "withstood", "battled", "combated", "combatted", "contended (with)", "fought", "opposed", "squared (off)" ], "synonyms":[ "bearded", "brazened", "breasted", "confronted", "dared", "defied", "faced", "outbraved", "outfaced" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bravos":{ "as in hit men , torpedoes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hit men", "torpedoes", "triggermen", "assassins", "cutthroats", "homicides", "killers", "manslayers", "murderers", "butchers", "executioners", "massacrers", "slaughterers", "slayers", "murderesses" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hails , hurrahs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hails", "hallelujahs", "hosannas", "hurrahs", "hoorays", "hoorahs", "huzzahs", "huzzas", "acclamations", "applauses", "cheers", "ovations", "plaudits", "raves", "r\u00e9clames", "acclaim", "accolades", "citations", "commendations", "compliments", "encomiums", "encomia", "eulogies", "homages", "kudos", "paeans", "panegyrics", "salutations", "tributes", "kudos", "praises" ], "near antonyms":[ "boos", "hisses", "hoots", "jeers", "raspberries", "smirks", "sneers", "snickers", "sniggers", "snorts", "whistles", "gibes", "jibes", "put-downs", "taunts" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brawl":{ "a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{ "examples":[ "they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl" ], "synonyms":[ "affray", "broil", "donnybrook", "fracas", "fray", "free-for-all", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "rough-and-tumble", "row", "ruckus", "ruction" ], "near synonyms":[ "battle", "clash", "combat", "conflict", "contest", "fisticuffs", "handgrips", "hassle", "scrap", "scrimmage", "scuffle", "skirmish", "struggle", "tussle", "horseplay", "roughhousing", "altercation", "argument", "dispute", "kickup", "quarrel", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "examples":[ "the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "donnybrook", "falling-out", "fight", "hassle", "imbroglio", "kickup", "misunderstanding", "quarrel", "rhubarb", "row", "scrap", "set-to", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "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" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "examples":[ "we could hear the brawl of the river rapids ahead of us before we could actually see them" ], "synonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "bowwow", "bruit", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "decibel(s)", "din", "discordance", "katzenjammer", "noise", "racket", "rattle", "roar" ], "near synonyms":[ "discord", "dissonance", "commotion", "furor", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly-burly", "rumpus", "tumult", "uproar", "clatter", "jangle", "bang", "blast", "boom", "clap", "crack", "crash" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "lull", "quietude", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "antonyms":[ "quiet", "silence", "silentness", "still", "stillness" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "the Wilsons were always loudly brawling , and the neighbors were always shutting their windows" ], "synonyms":[ "altercate", "argue", "argufy", "bicker", "brabble", "controvert", "dispute", "fall out", "fight", "hassle", "jar", "quarrel", "quibble", "row", "scrap", "spat", "squabble", "tiff", "wrangle" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenge", "dare", "defy", "clash", "contend", "contest", "tangle", "cavil", "fuss", "nitpick", "consider", "debate", "discuss", "kick", "object", "protest" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexist", "get along", "accept", "agree", "assent", "concur", "consent" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brawly":{ "feeling or displaying eagerness to fight":{ "antonyms":[ "nonaggressive", "nonbelligerent", "pacific", "peaceable", "peaceful", "unbelligerent", "uncombative", "uncontentious" ], "examples":[ "a bar that was once a favorite haunt of brawly servicemen from the nearby military base" ], "near antonyms":[ "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" ], "related":[ "antagonistic", "fierce", "hostile", "hot-tempered", "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", "savage", "vicious", "battling", "fighting", "warring" ], "synonyms":[ "aggressive", "agonistic", "argumentative", "assaultive", "bellicose", "belligerent", "chippy", "combative", "confrontational", "contentious", "discordant", "disputatious", "feisty", "gladiatorial", "militant", "pugnacious", "quarrelsome", "scrappy", "truculent", "warlike" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brawny":{ "having muscles capable of exerting great physical force":{ "examples":[ "the store manager always asked the brawniest person there to do the heavy lifting" ], "synonyms":[ "muscular", "rugged", "sinewy", "stalwart", "stout", "strong" ], "near synonyms":[ "forceful", "forcible", "mighty", "potent", "powerful", "puissant", "able-bodied", "athletic", "fit", "trim", "beefy", "burly", "husky", "strapping", "masculine", "virile", "hard", "inured", "strengthened", "sturdy", "tough", "toughened", "energetic", "energized", "invigorated", "lusty", "red-blooded", "robust", "vigorous", "vitalized", "hale", "healthy", "hearty", "sound" ], "near antonyms":[ "challenged", "disabled", "incapacitated", "paralyzed", "impotent", "powerless", "puny", "slight", "small", "unathletic", "unfit", "unhealthy" ], "antonyms":[ "delicate", "feeble", "frail", "weak", "weakling", "wimpy" ] }, "marked by a well-developed musculature":{ "examples":[ "brawny arms that weren't developed in the gym but by years of work in the construction business" ], "synonyms":[ "muscular", "sinewy" ], "near synonyms":[ "wiry", "powerful", "strong", "beefy", "burly", "hefty", "hulking", "husky", "able-bodied", "athletic", "herculean", "mighty", "robust", "rugged", "stalwart", "stout", "strapping", "sturdy", "muscle-bound", "sculpted" ], "near antonyms":[ "nonathletic", "debilitated", "delicate", "effete", "enervated", "enfeebled", "feeble", "fragile", "frail", "weak", "weakened", "weakly", "wimpy", "light", "lightweight", "slight", "lean", "slender", "slim", "svelte", "sylphlike", "thin", "willowy", "emaciated", "gaunt", "lank", "rawboned", "scraggy", "spare" ], "antonyms":[ "scrawny", "skinny" ] }, "strongly and heavily built":{ "examples":[ "a tough little boy who's going to be a brawny man someday" ], "synonyms":[ "beefy", "burly", "hefty", "hulking", "husky", "mesomorphic" ], "near synonyms":[ "able-bodied", "athletic", "herculean", "mighty", "muscle-bound", "muscular", "powerful", "robust", "rugged", "sinewy", "stalwart", "stout", "strapping", "strong", "sturdy", "chunky", "compact", "heavy", "heavyset", "solid", "squat", "squatty", "stocky", "thickset", "chubby", "dumpy", "lumpish", "podgy", "portly", "pudgy", "roly-poly", "tubby" ], "near antonyms":[ "lean", "light", "lightweight", "slender", "slight", "slim", "svelte", "sylphlike", "thin", "willowy", "bony", "boney", "gangling", "gangly", "gaunt", "gawky", "lanky", "reedy", "scraggy", "scrawny", "skinny", "spare", "stringy", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "spidery", "wiry", "debilitated", "delicate", "effete", "emaciated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "feeble", "fragile", "frail", "infirm", "puny", "unathletic", "weak", "weakly", "wimpy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "braying":{ "to reduce to fine particles":{ "examples":[ "bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle" ], "synonyms":[ "atomizing", "beating", "comminuting", "crushing", "disintegrating", "grinding", "milling", "mulling", "pounding", "powdering", "pulverizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "grating", "kibbling", "crumbling", "crunching", "breaking", "busting", "dashing", "fracturing", "fragmenting", "shattering", "smashing", "splintering", "micronizing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braises":{ "as in smothers , steams":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fricassees", "pressure-cooks", "smothers", "steams", "scalds", "reboils", "boils", "coddles", "parboils", "poaches", "simmers", "stews" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braided":{ "to form into a braid":{ "examples":[ "they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets" ], "synonyms":[ "plaited", "platted", "pleated" ], "near synonyms":[ "interlaced", "interwove", "interweaved", "wove", "weaved" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braced":{ "as in armed , steeled":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "armed", "fortified", "steeled", "conditioned", "primed", "ripe", "qualified", "trained", "fit", "go", "prepared", "ready", "set" ], "near antonyms":[ "flat-footed", "half-baked", "half-cocked", "underprepared", "unprepared", "unready", "unqualified", "untrained" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "the pep talk braced the team up for the second half" ], "synonyms":[ "amped (up)", "animated", "energized", "enlivened", "filliped", "fired", "gingered (up)", "invigorated", "jazzed (up)", "juiced up", "jump-started", "livened (up)", "pepped (up)", "quickened", "spiked", "stimulated", "vitalized", "vivified", "zipped (up)" ], "near synonyms":[ "aroused", "awakened", "awoke", "awaked", "raised", "roused", "stirred", "woke (up)", "waked (up)", "activated", "actuated", "drove", "impelled", "motivated", "motived", "moved", "propelled", "charged", "electrified", "galvanized", "enkindled", "excited", "fermented", "fomented", "incited", "inflamed", "enflamed", "instigated", "kindled", "provoked", "set off", "sparked", "triggered", "turned on", "whipped (up)", "abetted", "boosted", "buoyed", "cheered", "emboldened", "fortified", "heartened", "infused", "inspired", "lifted", "rallied", "steeled", "strengthened", "reactivated", "reanimated", "reawakened", "reawoke", "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" ] }, "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "examples":[ "several boards braced the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bolstered", "bore", "buttressed", "carried", "propped (up)", "shored (up)", "stayed", "supported", "sustained", "undergirded", "underpinned", "upheld" ], "near synonyms":[ "steadied", "trussed", "underlay" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{ "examples":[ "she braced herself for the job interview" ], "synonyms":[ "forearmed", "fortified", "nerved", "poised", "psyched (up)", "readied", "steeled", "strengthened" ], "near synonyms":[ "armed", "hardened", "inured", "seasoned", "toughened", "bolstered", "boosted", "buoyed (up)", "buttressed", "enforced", "propped (up)", "reinforced", "reenforced", "supported", "sustained", "cheered (up)", "comforted", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened", "inspired", "rallied", "roused", "stirred" ], "near antonyms":[ "daunted", "demoralized", "discouraged", "disheartened", "dispirited", "psyched (out)", "shook", "unnerved", "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "prostrated", "sapped", "softened", "tired", "undercut", "undermined", "weakened" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "brass ring":{ "as in gold , prize money":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "catch", "gem", "jewel", "pearl", "plum", "prize", "treasure", "gold", "jackpot", "prize money", "treasure trove", "blessing", "find", "godsend", "goody", "goodie", "valuable", "windfall", "booty", "loot", "plunder", "spoil", "swag", "glory", "pride" ], "near antonyms":[ "lemon", "loser" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Brahmins":{ "as in sages , mandarins":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "mandarins", "sages", "blues", "bluestockings", "intellectualizers", "pseuds", "double-domes", "geeks", "highbrows", "intellectualists", "intellectuals", "longhairs", "nerds", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellects", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "near antonyms":[ "anti-intellectuals", "lowbrows", "philistines", "blockheads", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "half-wits", "imbeciles", "morons", "nitwits", "pinheads", "simpletons" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brassy":{ "displaying or marked by rude boldness":{ "examples":[ "a brassy customer insisted on arriving late and still being taken first" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "near synonyms":[ "assertive", "forward", "obtrusive", "defiant", "disrespectful", "shameless", "unabashed", "unblushing", "bluff", "blunt", "curt", "cute", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "lippy", "mouthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "demure", "humble", "modest", "courteous", "genteel", "mannerly", "polite", "proper", "deferential", "respectful", "abashed", "ashamed", "blushing", "embarrassed", "shamefaced", "gentle", "mild", "inconspicuous", "unobtrusive" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brass rings":{ "as in golds , prize moneys":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "catches", "gems", "jewels", "pearls", "plums", "prizes", "treasures", "golds", "jackpots", "prize moneys", "treasure troves", "blessings", "finds", "godsends", "goodies", "valuables", "windfalls", "booties", "loots", "plunders", "spoils", "swags", "glories", "prides" ], "near antonyms":[ "lemons", "losers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bracelets":{ "something that physically prevents free movement":{ "examples":[ "putting the handcuffs on the jewel thief, the detective asked him how he liked those bracelets" ], "synonyms":[ "bands", "binds", "bonds", "chains", "cuffs", "fetters", "handcuffs", "irons", "ligatures", "manacles", "shackles" ], "near synonyms":[ "captivities", "confinements", "constraints", "curbs", "enchainments", "enslavements", "hindrances", "immurements", "imprisonments", "incarcerations", "restraints", "restrictions", "entanglements", "nets", "trammels", "traps", "collars", "straitjackets", "straightjackets", "fasteners", "hobbles", "hold-downs", "holdings", "holds", "ties" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "braces":{ "a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{ "examples":[ "wore a brace for the injured knee" ], "synonyms":[ "buttresses", "mountings", "mounts", "props", "reinforcements", "shores", "spurs", "stays", "supports", "underpinnings" ], "near synonyms":[ "shorings", "columns", "pedestals", "pilasters", "pillars", "arches", "bolsters", "brackets", "cantilevers", "girders", "bearings", "crutches", "pegs", "posts", "stakes", "stanchions", "stands", "stilts", "struts", "trusses", "bases", "foundations", "frames" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "two things of the same or similar kind that match or are considered together":{ "examples":[ "bagged a brace of pheasants" ], "synonyms":[ "couples", "couplets", "duos", "dyads", "pairs", "pair", "twosomes" ], "near synonyms":[ "spans", "yokes", "partnerships", "teams", "companions", "complements", "doublets", "fellows", "halves", "matches", "mates", "twins", "coordinates", "counterparts", "equals", "equivalents", "likes", "parallels", "peers", "rivals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "the pep talk braced the team up for the second half" ], "synonyms":[ "amps (up)", "animates", "energizes", "enlivens", "fillips", "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" ] }, "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "examples":[ "several boards braced the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "bolsters", "buttresses", "carries", "props (up)", "shores (up)", "stays", "supports", "sustains", "undergirds", "underpins", "upholds" ], "near synonyms":[ "steadies", "trusses", "underlies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{ "examples":[ "she braced herself for the job interview" ], "synonyms":[ "forearms", "fortifies", "nerves", "poises", "psyches (up)", "readies", "steels", "strengthens" ], "near synonyms":[ "arms", "hardens", "inures", "seasons", "toughens", "bolsters", "boosts", "buoys (up)", "buttresses", "enforces", "props (up)", "reinforces", "reenforces", "supports", "sustains", "cheers (up)", "comforts", "emboldens", "encourages", "heartens", "inspires", "rallies", "rouses", "stirs" ], "near antonyms":[ "daunts", "demoralizes", "discourages", "disheartens", "dispirits", "psychs (out)", "shakes", "unnerves", "debilitates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "prostrates", "saps", "softens", "tires", "undercuts", "undermines", "weakens" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brawling":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "the Wilsons were always loudly brawling , and the neighbors were always shutting their windows" ], "synonyms":[ "altercating", "argufying", "arguing", "bickering", "brabbling", "controverting", "disputing", "falling out", "fighting", "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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braking":{ "a usually gradual decrease in the pace or level of activity of something":{ "examples":[ "there's always a braking in sales after lunch" ], "synonyms":[ "deceleration", "downshift", "letup", "retardation", "slowdown" ], "near synonyms":[ "decline", "drop", "slump", "ebb", "remission", "retreat", "wane", "flagging", "weakening", "arrest", "check", "halt", "stoppage", "collapse", "crash", "fall", "plunge" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "acceleration", "hastening", "quickening" ] }, "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us" ], "synonyms":[ "decelerating", "retarding", "slackening", "slowing" ], "near synonyms":[ "halting", "stopping", "encumbering", "hampering", "handicapping", "hindering", "hobbling", "holding back", "holding up", "impeding", "inhibiting", "obstructing", "setting back", "tying up", "tieing up", "bottlenecking", "arresting", "checking", "constraining", "curbing", "reining", "restraining", "baffling", "foiling", "frustrating", "sabotaging", "thwarting" ], "near antonyms":[ "driving", "encouraging", "goading", "propelling", "pushing", "spurring", "stirring", "urging", "advancing", "aiding", "dispatching", "easing", "expediting", "facilitating", "forwarding", "furthering", "helping" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerating", "hastening", "hurrying", "quickening", "rushing", "speeding (up)", "stepping up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "branch (out)":{ "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis" ], "synonyms":[ "diverge", "divide", "fork", "part", "separate", "spread" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrew", "break up", "broadcast", "clear out", "disband", "dispel", "disperse", "dissipate", "distribute", "scatter", "sow", "distance", "recede", "retreat" ], "near antonyms":[ "assemble", "gather", "meet" ], "antonyms":[ "converge", "join" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brainstorms":{ "to engage in an exchange of information or ideas":{ "examples":[ "they brainstormed about ways to raise money for their organization" ], "synonyms":[ "communicates", "intercommunicates" ], "near synonyms":[ "corresponds", "converses", "talks", "messages", "bonds", "communes", "relates", "accosts", "approaches", "boards", "contacts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in spasms , convulsions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "convulsions", "eclampsias", "pangs", "paroxysms", "spasms", "throes", "recurrences", "relapses", "agitations", "frenzies", "accesses", "attacks", "bouts", "cases", "fits", "seizures", "sieges", "spells", "turns", "breakdowns", "collapses", "prostrations" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrests", "reliefs", "remissions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in inspirations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "inspirations", "conceptions", "concepts", "images", "impressions", "mind's eyes", "pictures", "thoughts", "conceits", "fantasies", "phantasies", "impetuosities", "whimsicalities", "bees", "caprices", "cranks", "fancies", "freaks", "humors", "kinks", "maggots", "megrims", "notions", "vagaries", "vagrancies", "whims", "whimsies", "whimseys" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brawniness":{ "as in burliness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "burliness", "huskiness", "stoutness", "endomorphy", "bulkiness", "heaviness", "adiposity", "chubbiness", "corpulence", "corpulency", "embonpoint", "fat", "fatness", "fattiness", "fleshiness", "grossness", "obesity", "plumpness", "portliness", "pudginess", "pursiness", "rotundity", "weight" ], "near antonyms":[ "leanness", "reediness", "slenderness", "slimness", "svelteness", "thinness", "fitness", "trimness", "gauntness", "scrawniness", "skinniness", "weediness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brackets":{ "one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{ "examples":[ "they're in the same income bracket" ], "synonyms":[ "categories", "classes", "classifications", "divisions", "families", "genera", "genuses", "grades", "groups", "kinds", "leagues", "orders", "ranks", "rubrics", "sets", "species", "tiers", "types" ], "near synonyms":[ "descriptions", "feathers", "ilks", "kidneys", "likes", "manners", "natures", "sorts", "branches", "sections", "specialities", "specialties", "subclasses", "subdivisions", "subgroups", "subspecieses", "varieties", "breeds", "races", "generations", "headings", "labels", "titles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to describe as similar":{ "examples":[ "I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci" ], "synonyms":[ "analogizes", "assimilates", "compares", "equates", "likens" ], "near synonyms":[ "associates", "connects", "couples", "links", "alludes", "refers", "relates", "equals", "matches", "parallels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contrasts" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "braised":{ "as in fried , roasted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baked", "boiled", "broiled", "fried", "grilled", "heated", "roasted", "saut\u00e9ed", "sauteed", "overdone", "burned", "burnt", "charred", "scorched", "well-done", "cooked" ], "near antonyms":[ "raw", "uncooked", "unheated", "rare" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in smothered , steamed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fricasseed", "pressure-cooked", "smothered", "steamed", "scalded", "reboiled", "boiled", "coddled", "parboiled", "poached", "simmered", "stewed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "brass bands":{ "as in chamber orchestras , sinfoniettas":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "chamber orchestras", "sinfoniettas", "bands", "orchestras", "philharmonics", "symphonies", "symphony orchestras", "brasses", "strings", "woodwinds", "combos", "ensembles", "groups", "companies", "troupes", "duos", "octets", "quartets", "quartettes", "quintets", "septets", "sextets", "trios" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brainteasers":{ "as in puzzles , riddles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conundrums", "posers", "puzzles", "quizzes", "riddles", "sticklers", "stumpers", "toughies", "interrogatives", "problems", "questions" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "responses", "solutions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brays":{ "to reduce to fine particles":{ "examples":[ "bray the seeds using a mortar and pestle" ], "synonyms":[ "atomizes", "beats", "comminutes", "crushes", "disintegrates", "grinds", "mills", "mulls", "pounds", "powders", "pulverizes" ], "near synonyms":[ "grates", "kibbles", "crumbles", "crunches", "breaks", "busts", "dashes", "fractures", "fragments", "shatters", "smashes", "splinters", "micronizes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in bleats , howls":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barks", "bays", "bellows", "blats", "bleats", "cackles", "callings", "caterwauls", "caws", "cheeps", "chirps", "clucks", "coos", "crakes", "croaks", "crows", "grunts", "honks", "hoots", "howls", "lows", "meows", "miaows", "mews", "moos", "neighs", "oinks", "peeps", "quacks", "roars", "screeches", "squalls", "squawks", "squeaks", "squeals", "trumpets", "tu-whit tu-whoos", "twitters", "whinnies", "yaps", "yelps", "yips", "yowls", "calls", "cries", "notes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brainteaser":{ "as in puzzle , riddle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conundrum", "poser", "puzzle", "quiz", "riddle", "stickler", "stumper", "toughie", "toughy", "interrogative", "problem", "question" ], "near antonyms":[ "answer", "response", "solution" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bramble":{ "as in jungle , tangle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "jungle", "tangle", "brush", "bush", "scrub", "scrubland", "grove", "hedge", "stand", "woodlot", "canebrake", "forest", "greenwood", "wildwood", "wood", "woodland", "boscage", "boskage", "bosk", "bosque", "bosquet", "brake", "brushwood", "chaparral", "coppice", "copse", "covert", "thicket" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bragged":{ "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "examples":[ "she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state" ], "synonyms":[ "blew", "boasted", "bulled", "crowed", "gasconaded", "swaggered", "vapored", "vaunted" ], "near synonyms":[ "blustered", "harangued", "puffed", "prided", "gushed", "exulted", "gloried", "rejoiced", "brandished", "displayed", "exhibited", "exposed", "flaunted", "glorified", "paraded", "showed off", "magnified", "maximized" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittled", "deprecated", "diminished", "discounted", "laughed off", "minimized", "played down", "pooh-poohed", "poohed", "shrugged off", "underrated", "undervalued", "bemoaned", "lamented", "mourned", "regretted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brainsick":{ "having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{ "examples":[ "today he is regarded as a brainsick genius who produced some of the greatest paintings in the history of art" ], "synonyms":[ "balmy", "barmy", "bats", "batty", "bedlam", "bonkers", "bughouse", "certifiable", "crackbrained", "cracked", "crackers", "crackpot", "cranky", "crazed", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "demented", "deranged", "fruity", "gaga", "haywire", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loco", "loony", "looney", "loony tunes", "looney tunes", "lunatic", "mad", "maniacal", "maniac", "mental", "meshuga", "meshugge", "meshugah", "meshuggah", "moonstruck", "non compos mentis", "nuts", "nutty", "psycho", "psychotic", "scatty", "screwy", "unbalanced", "unhinged", "unsound", "wacko", "whacko", "wacky", "whacky", "wud" ], "near synonyms":[ "dotty", "fey", "loopy", "off", "potty", "teched", "tetched", "touched", "aberrant", "delirious", "delusional", "delusionary", "disordered", "disturbed", "neurotic", "obsessive-compulsive", "paranoiac", "paranoic", "paranoid", "paranoidal", "schizoid", "schizophrenic", "sociopathic", "eccentric", "odd", "oddball", "pixilated", "pixillated", "queer", "strange", "foolish", "senseless", "witless", "irrational", "unreasonable", "amok", "amuck", "ape", "ballistic", "bananas", "berserk", "nuclear", "depressed", "distracted", "distraught", "frantic", "frenzied", "hysterical", "hysteric", "raving", "wigged-out", "fixated", "monomaniac", "monomaniacal", "obsessed" ], "near antonyms":[ "clear", "lucid", "rational", "reasonable", "judicious", "sensible", "wise", "healthy", "normal", "well-adjusted", "unneurotic" ], "antonyms":[ "balanced", "compos mentis", "sane", "sound", "uncrazy" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brainchildren":{ "something (as a device) created for the first time through the use of the imagination":{ "examples":[ "the artificial language Esperanto was the brainchild of L. L. Zamenhof, a Polish oculist" ], "synonyms":[ "coinages", "concoctions", "contrivances", "creations", "innovations", "inventions", "wrinkles" ], "near synonyms":[ "contraptions", "devices", "gadgets", "gizmos", "gismos", "novelties", "designs", "products", "works", "dreams", "fantasies", "phantasies", "pictures", "visions", "conceptions", "originations" ], "near antonyms":[ "carbon copies", "clones", "copies", "dupes", "duplicates", "duplications", "facsimiles", "imitations", "reduplications", "replicas", "replications", "reproductions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brassiness":{ "shameless boldness":{ "examples":[ "the brassiness with which he would blame his mistakes on others left me speechless" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brass", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "crust", "effrontery", "face", "gall", "nerve", "nerviness", "pertness", "presumption", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assurance", "cockiness", "confidence", "hardihood", "overconfidence", "sanguinity", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "discourteousness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impoliteness", "impudence", "incivility", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "insolence", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "back talk", "sass", "swagger", "swash" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "diffidence", "faintheartedness", "hesitancy", "modesty", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "timorousness", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "manners" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "braves":{ "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade" ], "synonyms":[ "beards", "brazens", "breasts", "confronts", "dares", "defies", "faces", "outbraves", "outfaces" ], "near synonyms":[ "faces up (to)", "fronts", "affronts", "challenges", "encounters", "meets", "accosts", "approaches", "corners", "repels", "resists", "stands", "withstands", "battles", "combats", "contends (with)", "fights", "opposes", "squares (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoids", "eschews", "shuns", "eludes", "escapes", "evades", "shakes" ], "antonyms":[ "dodges", "ducks", "funks", "shirks", "sidesteps" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brainiacs":{ "a very smart person":{ "examples":[ "a techie who always has to have the latest gadget that the brainiacs in Silicon Valley have cooked up" ], "synonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellects", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "wizzes" ], "near synonyms":[ "polyhistors", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "blues", "bluestockings", "highbrows", "intellectuals", "sages", "savants", "geeks", "longhairs", "nerds", "masters", "virtuosos", "virtuosi", "aces", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "naturals" ], "near antonyms":[ "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "illiterates", "know-nothings", "lowbrows", "anti-intellectuals", "philistines", "asses", "donkeys", "fools", "jackasses", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers" ], "antonyms":[ "blockheads", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "idiots", "imbeciles", "knuckleheads", "morons", "nitwits", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "branch":{ "a major outgrowth from the main stem of a woody plant":{ "examples":[ "I loved climbing among the branches of that old tree" ], "synonyms":[ "bough", "limb" ], "near synonyms":[ "branchlet", "offshoot", "outgrowth", "shoot", "spur", "spray", "sprig", "twig" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a local unit of an organization":{ "examples":[ "a bank with many neighborhood branches" ], "synonyms":[ "affiliate", "cell", "chapter", "council", "local" ], "near synonyms":[ "arm", "division", "wing", "offshoot", "subchapter", "lodge", "post" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stream that flows into a larger body of water":{ "examples":[ "the Blue Nile, the Atbara, and the White Nile are the three primary branches of the Nile River" ], "synonyms":[ "affluent", "bayou", "confluent", "feeder", "influent", "tributary" ], "near synonyms":[ "backwater", "brook", "brooklet", "creek", "rill", "rivulet", "run", "streamlet", "fountainhead", "head", "headstream", "headwater", "source" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "distributary", "effluent" ] }, "a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{ "examples":[ "the two branches of the U.S. Congress" ], "synonyms":[ "agency", "arm", "bureau", "department", "desk", "division", "office", "service" ], "near synonyms":[ "subdepartment", "subdivision" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "threads branched from the center of the spider web" ], "synonyms":[ "fan (out)", "radiate", "ray" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffuse", "dispel", "disperse", "dissipate", "fork", "stem", "diverge", "divide", "part", "ramify", "separate", "split", "uncouple", "unlink", "unyoke", "scatter", "splay", "spread", "arise", "derive", "emanate", "flow", "issue", "proceed", "spring" ], "near antonyms":[ "approach", "close in (on)", "near", "center (on)", "centralize", "connect", "couple", "join", "link", "unite" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrate", "converge", "focus", "funnel", "meet" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brashly":{ "as in brazenly , wildly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brazenly", "foolhardily", "heedlessly", "hotheadedly", "impetuously", "imprudently", "impulsively", "incautiously", "overconfidently", "rashly", "recklessly", "thoughtlessly", "wildly", "crazily", "foolishly", "insanely", "hastily", "precipitately", "self-confidently", "adventurously", "audaciously", "daringly", "hardily", "venturesomely", "venturously", "spiritedly", "spunkily", "stoutly", "determinedly", "firmly", "gamely", "grittily", "pluckily", "resolutely", "boldly", "bravely", "courageously", "dauntlessly", "doughtily", "fearlessly", "gallantly", "gutsily", "heroically", "intrepidly", "manfully", "stalwartly", "stoutheartedly", "valiantly", "valorously" ], "near antonyms":[ "cowardly", "cravenly", "fearfully", "pusillanimously", "spinelessly", "spiritlessly", "timorously", "diffidently", "mousily", "shyly", "skittishly", "timidly", "anxiously", "apprehensively", "nervously", "carefully", "cautiously", "heedfully", "prudently" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "braids":{ "a length of something formed of three or more strands woven together":{ "examples":[ "until she was 15, she had a braid that reached to her knees" ], "synonyms":[ "laces", "lacings", "plaits", "plats" ], "near synonyms":[ "rickracks", "ricracs", "stripes", "cornrows", "dreadlocks", "pigtails", "queues", "braidings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to form into a braid":{ "examples":[ "they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets" ], "synonyms":[ "plaits", "plats", "pleats" ], "near synonyms":[ "interlaces", "interweaves", "weaves" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brawlers":{ "a person who takes part in a dispute":{ "examples":[ "every couple has marital problems, but those two are heavyweight brawlers in a seriously dysfunctional relationship" ], "synonyms":[ "arguers", "argufiers", "bickerers", "debaters", "disputants", "disputers", "fighters", "quarrelers", "quarrellers", "scrappers", "squabblers", "wranglers" ], "near synonyms":[ "advocates", "codefendants", "co-defendants", "defendants", "plaintiffs", "pleaders", "challengers", "contenders", "contestants", "skirmishers", "fussers", "nitpickers", "pettifoggers", "quibblers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brash":{ "displaying or marked by rude boldness":{ "examples":[ "a brash request to get something for free" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "near synonyms":[ "assertive", "forward", "obtrusive", "defiant", "disrespectful", "shameless", "unabashed", "unblushing", "bluff", "blunt", "curt", "cute", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "lippy", "mouthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "demure", "humble", "modest", "courteous", "genteel", "mannerly", "polite", "proper", "deferential", "respectful", "abashed", "ashamed", "blushing", "embarrassed", "shamefaced", "gentle", "mild", "inconspicuous", "unobtrusive" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ] }, "foolishly adventurous or bold":{ "examples":[ "that brash motorcyclist likes to show off by riding on only one wheel" ], "synonyms":[ "audacious", "daredevil", "foolhardy", "madcap", "overbold", "overconfident", "reckless", "temerarious" ], "near synonyms":[ "adventuresome", "adventurous", "bold", "daring", "venturesome", "venturous", "brave", "courageous", "dauntless", "doughty", "fearless", "gallant", "greathearted", "gutsy", "hardy", "heroic", "heroical", "intrepid", "lionhearted", "manful", "stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "undauntable", "undaunted", "valiant", "valorous", "hotheaded", "impetuous", "imprudent", "impulsive", "incautious", "rash", "brainless", "foolish", "harebrained", "scatterbrained", "careless", "heedless", "thoughtless", "hasty", "headlong", "precipitate" ], "near antonyms":[ "unadventurous", "unambitious", "fainthearted", "fearful", "mousy", "mousey", "scary", "shy", "skittish", "timid", "timorous", "calm", "cool", "levelheaded", "sensible", "alert", "intelligent", "quick-witted", "sharp", "chicken", "chickenhearted", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "lily-livered", "pusillanimous", "recreant", "spineless", "unheroic", "yellow" ], "antonyms":[ "careful", "cautious", "circumspect", "guarded", "heedful", "prudent", "safe", "wary" ] }, "showing poor judgment especially in personal relationships or social situations":{ "examples":[ "he was reprimanded for his brash comments to the media about the team's coaching staff" ], "synonyms":[ "graceless", "ill-advised", "imprudent", "inadvisable", "indelicate", "indiscreet", "injudicious", "tactless", "undiplomatic", "unwise" ], "near synonyms":[ "dumb", "idiotic", "idiotical", "moronic", "stupid", "careless", "heedless", "inconsiderate", "mindless", "thoughtless", "ill-mannered", "improper", "inappropriate", "indecorous", "unbecoming", "uncivil", "unseemly", "foolish", "harebrained", "nonsensical", "preposterous", "senseless", "silly" ], "near antonyms":[ "intelligent", "logical", "rational", "sensible", "smart", "sound", "appropriate", "becoming", "civil", "decorous", "proper", "seemly", "sage", "sane", "sapient" ], "antonyms":[ "advisable", "discreet", "judicious", "prudent", "tactful", "wise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "braising":{ "as in smothering , steaming":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fricasseeing", "pressure-cooking", "smothering", "steaming", "scalding", "reboiling", "boiling", "coddling", "parboiling", "poaching", "simmering", "stewing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brains":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own" ], "synonyms":[ "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "mentality", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in beans , skulls":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beans", "conks", "skulls", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "flails", "flogs", "lashes", "saps", "slashes", "sledgehammers", "sledges", "spears", "stabs", "switches", "thrashes", "whips", "rabbit-punches", "sucker punches", "bowls (down or over)", "creams", "decks", "dumps", "fells", "floors", "knocks down", "levels", "bumps", "butts", "jabs", "jostles", "kicks", "knees", "pokes", "prods", "pushes", "shoves", "stamps", "bunts", "flicks", "strokes", "taps", "scuffs", "batters", "beats", "buffets", "bungs", "chops", "cuffs", "drubs", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "licks", "mangles", "mauls", "pelts", "peppers", "pommels", "pummels", "roughs", "bangs", "bashes", "bats", "belts", "biffs", "bludgeons", "bobs", "bonks", "bops", "boxes", "busts", "claps", "clips", "clobbers", "clocks", "clouts", "cracks", "hammers", "hits", "knocks", "nails", "pastes", "pounds", "punches", "raps", "slams", "slaps", "slogs", "slugs", "smacks", "smites", "socks", "strikes", "swats", "swipes", "tags", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "whacks", "whales", "zaps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "braggy":{ "as in boastful , cocky":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "cocky", "swaggering", "assured", "biggety", "biggity", "bigheaded", "complacent", "conceited", "consequential", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "important", "overweening", "pompous", "prideful", "proud", "self-conceited", "self-important", "self-opinionated", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swellheaded", "vain", "vainglorious", "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "disdainful", "fastuous", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-hat", "huffy", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "peremptory", "pontifical", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity", "domineering", "high-handed", "imperious", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "holier-than-thou", "pretentious", "overconfident", "presuming", "presumptuous", "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "self-adulatory", "self-congratulatory", "self-contented", "self-gratulatory", "self-applauding", "self-dramatizing", "self-glorifying", "self-promoting", "self-affected", "self-centered", "self-engrossed", "selfish" ], "near antonyms":[ "egoless", "humble", "modest", "uncomplacent", "diffident", "self-critical", "self-distrustful", "self-doubting", "self-reproachful", "self-reproving", "meek", "timid", "unassertive", "down-to-earth", "unarrogant", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "bashful", "demure", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "retiring", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brainy":{ "having or showing quickness of mind":{ "examples":[ "a brainy student who didn't fit in socially" ], "synonyms":[ "alert", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "exceptional", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ], "near synonyms":[ "apt", "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "heady", "insightful", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "genial", "highbrow", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "creative", "inventive", "judicious", "prudent", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "logical", "rational", "reasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "half-baked", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "silly", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "nonintellectual", "unacademic", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany" ], "antonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thickheaded", "thick-witted", "unbrilliant", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brain":{ "a very smart person":{ "examples":[ "the brains all sit together at lunch" ], "synonyms":[ "brainiac", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wiz", "wizard" ], "near synonyms":[ "polyhistor", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "blue", "bluestocking", "highbrow", "intellectual", "sage", "savant", "geek", "longhair", "nerd", "master", "virtuoso", "ace", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "natural" ], "near antonyms":[ "ignoramus", "illiterate", "know-nothing", "lowbrow", "anti-intellectual", "philistine", "ass", "donkey", "fool", "jackass", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "louse", "lout", "skunk", "snake", "stinker" ], "antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dodo", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "idiot", "imbecile", "knucklehead", "moron", "nitwit", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead" ] }, "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own" ], "synonyms":[ "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "mentality", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the part of a person that feels, thinks, perceives, wills, and especially reasons":{ "examples":[ "I'd love to get inside his brain and experience the world as he experiences it" ], "synonyms":[ "cerebrum", "head", "mind", "psyche", "thinker" ], "near synonyms":[ "belfry", "gray matter", "intellect", "intelligence", "loaf", "noodle", "reason", "skull", "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "brilliance", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "mentality", "perception", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "awareness", "cognizance", "consciousness", "self-awareness", "self-consciousness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in bean , skull":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bean", "conk", "skull", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "flail", "flog", "lash", "sap", "slash", "sledge", "sledgehammer", "spear", "stab", "switch", "thrash", "whip", "rabbit-punch", "sucker punch", "bowl (down or over)", "cream", "deck", "dump", "fell", "floor", "knock down", "level", "bump", "butt", "jab", "jostle", "kick", "knee", "poke", "prod", "push", "shove", "stamp", "bunt", "flick", "stroke", "tap", "scuff", "batter", "beat", "buffet", "bung", "chop", "cuff", "drub", "lace", "lambaste", "lambast", "lick", "mangle", "maul", "pelt", "pepper", "pommel", "pummel", "rough", "bang", "bash", "bat", "belt", "biff", "bludgeon", "bob", "bonk", "bop", "box", "bust", "clap", "clip", "clobber", "clock", "clout", "crack", "hammer", "hit", "knock", "nail", "paste", "pound", "punch", "rap", "slam", "slap", "slog", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "strike", "swat", "swipe", "tag", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "whale", "zap" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "branched (out)":{ "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis" ], "synonyms":[ "diverged", "divided", "forked", "parted", "separated", "spread" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrewed", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "broke up", "cleared out", "disbanded", "dispelled", "dispersed", "dissipated", "distributed", "scattered", "sowed", "distanced", "receded", "retreated" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembled", "gathered", "met" ], "antonyms":[ "converged", "joined" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bracing":{ "having a renewing effect on the state of the body or mind":{ "examples":[ "a chilly but bracing day" ], "synonyms":[ "cordial", "invigorating", "refreshing", "rejuvenating", "restorative", "reviving", "stimulating", "stimulative", "tonic", "vital", "vitalizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "life-giving", "conditioning", "strengthening", "animating", "exhilarating", "exhilarative", "quickening", "sharp", "corrective", "curative", "curing", "medicinal", "rectifying", "recuperative", "reformative", "reformatory", "rehabilitative", "remedial", "remedying", "reparative", "therapeutic", "beneficial", "healthful", "healthy", "helpful", "salubrious", "salutary", "wholesome" ], "near antonyms":[ "deadening", "debilitating", "draining", "enervating", "enfeebling", "exhausting", "numbing", "sapping", "weakening", "wearying", "deleterious", "injurious", "pernicious", "insalubrious", "noxious", "unhealthful", "unhealthy", "unwholesome" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{ "examples":[ "the pep talk braced the team up for the second half" ], "synonyms":[ "amping (up)", "animating", "energizing", "enlivening", "filliping", "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" ] }, "to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{ "examples":[ "several boards braced the wall" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "bolstering", "buttressing", "carrying", "propping (up)", "shoring (up)", "staying", "supporting", "sustaining", "undergirding", "underpinning", "upholding" ], "near synonyms":[ "steadying", "trussing", "underlying" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to prepare (oneself) mentally or emotionally":{ "examples":[ "she braced herself for the job interview" ], "synonyms":[ "forearming", "fortifying", "nerving", "poising", "psyching (up)", "readying", "steeling", "strengthening" ], "near synonyms":[ "arming", "hardening", "inuring", "seasoning", "toughening", "bolstering", "boosting", "buoying (up)", "buttressing", "enforcing", "propping (up)", "reinforcing", "reenforcing", "supporting", "sustaining", "cheering (up)", "comforting", "emboldening", "encouraging", "heartening", "inspiring", "rallying", "rousing", "stirring" ], "near antonyms":[ "daunting", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting", "psyching (out)", "shaking", "unnerving", "debilitating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "prostrating", "sapping", "softening", "tiring", "undercutting", "undermining", "weakening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "brazening":{ "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke" ], "synonyms":[ "bearding", "braving", "breasting", "confronting", "daring", "defying", "facing", "outbraving", "outfacing" ], "near synonyms":[ "facing up (to)", "fronting", "affronting", "challenging", "encountering", "meeting", "accosting", "approaching", "cornering", "repelling", "resisting", "standing", "withstanding", "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "fighting", "opposing", "squaring (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "shaking" ], "antonyms":[ "dodging", "ducking", "funking", "shirking", "sidestepping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brandish":{ "to put into view in a threatening or excited manner":{ "examples":[ "She brandished a stick at the dog.", "brandished a petition signed by hundreds of town residents" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flourish", "wave", "display", "disport", "exhibit", "expose", "flash", "flaunt", "lay out", "parade", "produce", "show", "show off", "sport", "strut", "unveil", "advertise", "air", "announce", "blaze", "broadcast", "herald", "placard", "post", "proclaim", "publicize", "sound", "trumpet", "divulge", "talk (about)", "tell (of)", "bare", "discover", "reveal", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflage", "disguise", "mask", "conceal", "cover", "curtain", "enshroud", "hide", "obscure", "occlude", "occult", "shroud", "veil" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brag":{ "of the very best kind":{ "examples":[ "he did a really brag job on restoring that classic car" ], "synonyms":[ "A-OK", "A1", "awesome", "bang-up", "banner", "beautiful", "blue-chip", "blue-ribbon", "boffo", "bonny", "bonnie", "boss", "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", "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" ] }, "boastful speech or writing":{ "examples":[ "for all his brag about diving, he actually does very little" ], "synonyms":[ "bluster", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bull", "cockalorum", "fanfaronade", "gas", "gasconade", "grandiloquence", "hot air", "magniloquence", "rant", "rodomontade", "rhodomontade" ], "near synonyms":[ "oratory", "rhapsody", "rhetoric", "pomposity", "turgidity", "wind", "bloviation", "verbosity", "windiness", "babble", "blab", "chatter", "drivel", "gabble", "gibber", "gibberish", "jabber", "prattle", "jawing", "patter", "prating", "yammering", "egotism", "self-conceit", "self-importance", "swagger", "vaunt" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "someone who boasts":{ "examples":[ "he's an irritating brag whose sense of selfhood is defined by what he owns" ], "synonyms":[ "blower", "blowhard", "boaster", "braggadocio", "braggart", "bragger", "cockalorum", "cracker", "gascon", "gasconader", "swaggerer", "vaunter" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusterer", "cock", "self-advertiser", "self-dramatizer", "self-promoter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{ "examples":[ "she bragged that she was richer than anyone else in the state" ], "synonyms":[ "blow", "boast", "bull", "crow", "gasconade", "swagger", "vapor", "vaunt" ], "near synonyms":[ "bluster", "harangue", "puff", "pride", "gush", "exult", "glory", "rejoice", "brandish", "display", "exhibit", "expose", "flaunt", "glorify", "parade", "show off", "magnify", "maximize" ], "near antonyms":[ "belittle", "deprecate", "diminish", "discount", "laugh off", "minimize", "play down", "pooh-pooh", "pooh", "shrug off", "underrate", "undervalue", "bemoan", "lament", "mourn", "regret" ], 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takes part in a dispute":{ "examples":[ "every couple has marital problems, but those two are heavyweight brawlers in a seriously dysfunctional relationship" ], "synonyms":[ "arguer", "argufier", "bickerer", "debater", "disputant", "disputer", "fighter", "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" ] }, "brambly":{ "having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{ "examples":[ "be careful of the brambly blackberry bushes" ], "synonyms":[ "prickly", "scratchy", "thistly", "thorny" ], "near synonyms":[ "burred", "bristly", "coarse", "jagged", "rough" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brain wave":{ "as in inspiration , brainstorm":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brainchild", "brainstorm", "inspiration", "conjecture", "guess", "hunch", "hypothesis", "speculation", "supposition", "surmise", "theory", "assumption", "belief", "conclusion", "conviction", "cognition", "observation", "perception", "reflection", "caprice", "conceit", "fancy", "freak", "kink", "vagary", "whim", "chimera", "delusion", "hallucination", "illusion", "phantasm", "fantasm", "preconception", "prejudice", "prepossession", "apprehension", "premonition", "presentiment", "abstraction", "cogitation", "concept", "conception", "idea", "image", "impression", "intellection", "mind's eye", "notion", "picture", "thought" ], "near antonyms":[ "actuality", "fact", "reality" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Brahmin":{ "as in sage , mandarin":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "mandarin", "sage", "blue", "bluestocking", "intellectualizer", "pseud", "double-dome", "geek", "highbrow", "intellectual", "intellectualist", "longhair", "nerd", "brain", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "near antonyms":[ "anti-intellectual", "lowbrow", "philistine", "blockhead", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "half-wit", "imbecile", "moron", "nitwit", "pinhead", "simpleton" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "braggarts":{ "someone who boasts":{ "examples":[ "a braggart who was always talking about how much money he made" ], "synonyms":[ "blowers", "blowhards", "boasters", "braggadocios", "braggers", "brags", "cockalorums", "crackers", "gasconaders", "gascons", "swaggerers", "vaunters" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusterers", "cocks", "self-advertisers", "self-dramatizers", "self-promoters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brabbles":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "bored children brabbling in the back seat" ], "synonyms":[ "altercates", "argues", "argufies", "bickers", "brawls", "controverts", "disputes", "falls out", "fights", "hassles", "jars", "quarrels", "quibbles", "rows", "scraps", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenges", "dares", "defies", "clashes", "contends", "contests", "tangles", "cavils", "fusses", "nitpicks", "considers", "debates", "discusses", "kicks", "objects", "protests" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexists", "gets along", "accepts", "agrees", "assents", "concurs", "consents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brat":{ "as in nuisance , disrupter":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disrupter", "misbehaver", "nuisance", "ragamuffin", "juvenile delinquent", "cutup", "larker", "madcap", "skylarker", "gamin", "gamine", "devil", "hellion", "imp", "mischief", "monkey", "rapscallion", "rascal", "rogue", "scamp", "urchin" ], "near antonyms":[ "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "joker", "louse", "lout", "skunk", "snake", "stinkard", "stinker", "knave", "miscreant", "reprobate", "scalawag", "scallywag", "scapegrace", "scoundrel", "varlet", "villain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brand-new":{ "being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{ "examples":[ "his car is so well cared for that three years later it still looks brand-new" ], "synonyms":[ "fresh", "mint", "pristine", "span-new", "virgin", "virginal" ], "near synonyms":[ "unaltered", "unblemished", "unbruised", "uncontaminated", "undamaged", "undefiled", "unharmed", "unhurt", "unimpaired", "uninjured", "unmarred", "unpolluted", "unsoiled", "unspoiled", "unsullied", "untainted", "untouched", "unworn", "new", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemished", "broken", "bruised", "damaged", "defaced", "defiled", "disfigured", "harmed", "hurt", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "soiled", "sullied", "tainted", "faded", "shopworn", "used", "well-worn", "worn", "contaminated", "polluted", "spoiled", "hand-me-down", "secondhand" ], "antonyms":[ "stale" ] }, "recently made and never used before":{ "examples":[ "a brand-new disk still in its original packaging" ], "synonyms":[ "new", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "unused" ], "near synonyms":[ "clean", "fresh", "mint", "pristine", "unspoiled", "untouched", "newfangled", "new-fashioned", "natural", "raw", "unprocessed", "untreated", "unworked", "virgin" ], "near antonyms":[ "dirty", "soiled", "spoiled", "stale", "aged", "beat-up", "old", "shabby", "shopworn", "well-handled", "worn" ], "antonyms":[ "hand-me-down", "secondhand", "used" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "braveries":{ "dressy clothing":{ "examples":[ "children in their Sunday bravery" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "best", "caparison", "feather", "finery", "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":[] }, "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{ "examples":[ "it took great bravery to rescue the baby trapped in the burning building" ], "synonyms":[ "bottle", "courage", "courageousness", "daring", "daringness", "dauntlessness", "doughtiness", "fearlessness", "gallantry", "greatheartedness", "guts", "gutsiness", "hardihood", "heart", "heroism", "intestinal fortitude", "intrepidity", "intrepidness", "moxie", "nerve", "pecker", "prowess", "stoutness", "valor", "virtue" ], "near synonyms":[ "backbone", "fiber", "fortitude", "grit", "gumption", "mettle", "pluck", "pluckiness", "spunk", "temper", "determination", "perseverance", "resolution", "endurance", "stamina", "stomach", "tenacity", "audacity", "boldness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cojones", "effrontery", "gall", "temerity" ], "near antonyms":[ "cold feet", "faintheartedness", "fearfulness", "mousiness", "timidity", "timorousness", "feebleness", "softness", "weakness", "impotence", "ineffectualness", "hesitation", "indecision", "indecisiveness", "irresolution" ], "antonyms":[ "cowardice", "cowardliness", "cravenness", "dastardliness", "poltroonery", "spinelessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "branches (out)":{ "to go or move in different directions from a central point":{ "examples":[ "the vine branched out as it climbed the trellis" ], "synonyms":[ "diverges", "divides", "forks", "parts", "separates", "spreads" ], "near synonyms":[ "bestrews", "breaks up", "broadcasts", "clears out", "disbands", "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", "distributes", "scatters", "sows", "distances", "recedes", "retreats" ], "near antonyms":[ "assembles", "gathers", "meets" ], "antonyms":[ "converges", "joins" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "branched":{ "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "threads branched from the center of the spider web" ], "synonyms":[ "fanned (out)", "radiated", "rayed" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffused", "dispelled", "dispersed", "dissipated", "forked", "stemmed", "diverged", "divided", "parted", "ramified", "separated", "split", "uncoupled", "unlinked", "unyoked", "scattered", "splayed", "spread", "arose", "derived", "emanated", "flowed", "issued", "proceeded", "sprang", "sprung" ], "near antonyms":[ "approached", "closed in (on)", "neared", "centered (on)", "centralized", "connected", "coupled", "joined", "linked", "united" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrated", "converged", "focused", "focussed", "funneled", "funnelled", "met" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brasses":{ "as in woodwinds , strings":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "strings", "woodwinds", "brass band", "chamber orchestra", "sinfonietta", "combo", "ensemble", "group", "band", "orchestra", "philharmonic", "symphony", "symphony orchestra", "company", "troupe", "duo", "octet", "quartet", "quartette", "quintet", "septet", "sextet", "trio" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "braidings":{ "as in braids , laces":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braids", "laces", "lacings", "plaits", "plats", "cornrows", "dreadlocks", "pigtails", "queues", "rickracks", "ricracs", "stripes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bracketing":{ "to describe as similar":{ "examples":[ "I wouldn't exactly bracket your paintings with those of Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci" ], "synonyms":[ "analogizing", "assimilating", "comparing", "equating", "likening" ], "near synonyms":[ "associating", "connecting", "coupling", "linking", "alluding", "referring", "relating", "equaling", "equalling", "matching", "paralleling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "contrasting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brazened":{ "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke" ], "synonyms":[ "bearded", "braved", "breasted", "confronted", "dared", "defied", "faced", "outbraved", "outfaced" ], "near synonyms":[ "faced up (to)", "fronted", "affronted", "challenged", "encountered", "met", "accosted", "approached", "cornered", "repelled", "resisted", "stood", "withstood", "battled", "combated", "combatted", "contended (with)", "fought", "opposed", "squared (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "eschewed", "shunned", "eluded", "escaped", "evaded", "shook" ], "antonyms":[ "dodged", "ducked", "funked", "shirked", "sidestepped" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bravado":{ "confident or brave talk or behavior that is intended to impress other people":{ "examples":[ "His stories are always told with bravado .", "I remember his youthful bravado ." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness", "authoritativeness", "bossiness", "bowwow", "brag", "dominance", "high-handedness", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "chest-thumping", "inflation", "self-assertion", "side", "snobbery", "snobbishness", "snobbism", "snootiness", "attitude", "cheek", "cheekiness", "impertinence", "impudence", "sauciness", "cockiness", "complacence", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "pride", "pridefulness", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-content", "self-contentment", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "smugness", "swelled head", "vanity", "superiority complex" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "demureness", "retiringness", "shyness", "diffidence", "self-distrust", "self-doubt", "timidity", "timidness", "lowliness", "meekness", "mousiness", "passiveness", "passivity", "submissiveness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness", "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "branches":{ "a major outgrowth from the main stem of a woody plant":{ "examples":[ "I loved climbing among the branches of that old tree" ], "synonyms":[ "boughs", "limbs" ], "near synonyms":[ "branchlets", "offshoots", "outgrowths", "shoots", "spurs", "sprays", "sprigs", "twigs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a local unit of an organization":{ "examples":[ "a bank with many neighborhood branches" ], "synonyms":[ "affiliates", "cells", "chapters", "councils", "locals" ], "near synonyms":[ "arms", "divisions", "wings", "offshoots", "subchapters", "sub-chapters", "lodges", "posts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stream that flows into a larger body of water":{ "examples":[ "the Blue Nile, the Atbara, and the White Nile are the three primary branches of the Nile River" ], "synonyms":[ "affluents", "bayous", "confluents", "feeders", "influents", "tributaries" ], "near synonyms":[ "backwaters", "brooklets", "brooks", "creeks", "rills", "rivulets", "runs", "streamlets", "fountainheads", "heads", "headstreams", "headwaters", "sources" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "distributaries", "effluents" ] }, "a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{ "examples":[ "the two branches of the U.S. Congress" ], "synonyms":[ "agencies", "arms", "bureaus", "bureaux", "departments", "desks", "divisions", "offices", "services" ], "near synonyms":[ "subdepartments", "sub-departments", "subdivisions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "threads branched from the center of the spider web" ], "synonyms":[ "fans (out)", "radiates", "rays" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffuses", "dispels", "disperses", "dissipates", "forks", "stems", "diverges", "divides", "parts", "ramifies", "separates", "splits", "uncouples", "unlinks", "unyokes", "scatters", "splays", "spreads", "arises", "derives", "emanates", "flows", "issues", "proceeds", "springs" ], "near antonyms":[ "approaches", "closes in (on)", "nears", "centers (on)", "centralizes", "connects", "couples", "joins", "links", "unites" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrates", "converges", "focuses", "focusses", "funnels", "meets" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "braiding":{ "as in braid , lace":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "braid", "lace", "lacing", "plait", "plat", "cornrow", "dreadlock", "pigtail", "queue", "rickrack", "ricrac", "stripe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to form into a braid":{ "examples":[ "they taught each other how to braid yarn into bracelets" ], "synonyms":[ "plaiting", "platting", "pleating" ], "near synonyms":[ "interlacing", "interweaving", "weaving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brazenness":{ "shameless boldness":{ "examples":[ "she had the brazenness to expect us to let her tap into our cable connection" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brass", "brassiness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "chutzpah", "chutzpa", "hutzpah", "hutzpa", "crust", "effrontery", "face", "gall", "nerve", "nerviness", "pertness", "presumption", "presumptuousness", "sauce", "sauciness", "temerity" ], "near synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assurance", "cockiness", "confidence", "hardihood", "overconfidence", "sanguinity", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "discourteousness", "disrespect", "impertinence", "impoliteness", "impudence", "incivility", "inconsiderateness", "inconsideration", "insolence", "rudeness", "ungraciousness", "back talk", "sass", "swagger", "swash" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashfulness", "diffidence", "faintheartedness", "hesitancy", "modesty", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness", "timorousness", "civility", "courteousness", "courtesy", "gentility", "graciousness", "mannerliness", "manners" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brawls":{ "a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{ "examples":[ "they were thrown out of the party after starting a brawl" ], "synonyms":[ "affrays", "broils", "donnybrooks", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "rough-and-tumbles", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions" ], "near synonyms":[ "battles", "clashes", "combats", "conflicts", "contests", "fisticuffs", "handgrips", "hassles", "scraps", "scrimmages", "scuffles", "skirmishes", "struggles", "tussles", "horseplays", "altercations", "arguments", "disputes", "kickups", "quarrels", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{ "examples":[ "the student drama society's decision to put on the controversial play prompted a brawl at the school board meeting" ], "synonyms":[ "altercations", "argle-bargles", "arguments", "argy-bargies", "battles royal", "battle royals", "battles royale", "battle royales", "bickers", "contretemps", "controversies", "cross fires", "disagreements", "disputes", "donnybrooks", "fallings-out", "falling-outs", "fights", "hassles", "imbroglios", "kickups", "misunderstandings", "quarrels", "rhubarbs", "rows", "scraps", "set-tos", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "clashes", "run-ins", "skirmishes", "tangles", "tussles", "logomachies", "feuds", "vendettas", "attacks", "contentions", "dissensions", "dissentions", "debates", "differences", "disputations", "fusses", "objections", "protestations", "protests", "affrays", "fisticuffs", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "free-for-alls", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "catfights" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "loud, confused, and usually inharmonious sound":{ "examples":[ "we could hear the brawl of the river rapids ahead of us before we could actually see them" ], "synonyms":[ "babels", "blares", "bluster", "bowwows", "bruits", "cacophonies", "chatters", "clamors", "clangors", "decibels", "dins", "discordances", "katzenjammers", "noises", "rackets", "rattles", "roars" ], "near synonyms":[ "discords", "dissonances", "commotions", "furors", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurly-burlies", "rumpuses", "tumults", "uproars", "clatters", "jangles", "bangs", "blasts", "booms", "claps", "cracks", "crashes" ], "near antonyms":[ "calms", "hushes", "lulls", "quietudes", "serenities", "tranquillities", "tranquilities" ], "antonyms":[ "quiets", "silences", "stills" ] }, "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "the Wilsons were always loudly brawling , and the neighbors were always shutting their windows" ], "synonyms":[ "altercates", "argues", "argufies", "bickers", "brabbles", "controverts", "disputes", "falls out", "fights", "hassles", "jars", "quarrels", "quibbles", "rows", "scraps", "spats", "squabbles", "tiffs", "wrangles" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenges", "dares", "defies", "clashes", "contends", "contests", "tangles", "cavils", "fusses", "nitpicks", "considers", "debates", "discusses", "kicks", "objects", "protests" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexists", "gets along", "accepts", "agrees", "assents", "concurs", "consents" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "braincase":{ "as in cranium , skull":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "head", "noddle", "noggin", "pate", "poll", "cranium", "skull", "crown", "scalp", "death's-head" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bragger":{ "someone who boasts":{ "examples":[ "she's a tiresome bragger who should be put in her place" ], "synonyms":[ "blower", "blowhard", "boaster", "brag", "braggadocio", "braggart", "cockalorum", "cracker", "gascon", "gasconader", "swaggerer", "vaunter" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusterer", "cock", "self-advertiser", "self-dramatizer", "self-promoter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "braining":{ "as in beaning , skulling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beaning", "conking", "skulling", "caning", "clubbing", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "flailing", "flogging", "lashing", "sapping", "slashing", "sledgehammering", "sledging", "spearing", "stabbing", "switching", "thrashing", "whipping", "rabbit-punching", "sucker punching", "bowling (down or over)", "creaming", "decking", "dumping", "felling", "flooring", "knocking down", "leveling", "levelling", "bumping", "butting", "jabbing", "jostling", "kicking", "kneeing", "poking", "prodding", "pushing", "shoving", "stamping", "bunting", "flicking", "stroking", "tapping", "scuffing", "battering", "beating", "buffeting", "bunging", "chopping", "cuffing", "drubbing", "lacing", "lambasting", "licking", "mangling", "mauling", "pelting", "peppering", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pummeling", "pummelling", "roughing", "banging", "bashing", "batting", "belting", "biffing", "bludgeoning", "bobbing", "bonking", "bopping", "boxing", "busting", "clapping", "clipping", "clobbering", "clocking", "clouting", "cracking", "hammering", "hitting", "knocking", "nailing", "pasting", "pounding", "punching", "rapping", "slamming", "slapping", "slogging", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "striking", "swatting", "swiping", "tagging", "thumping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "whaling", "zapping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braggadocios":{ "someone who boasts":{ "examples":[ "the swaggering braggadocio is a stock figure of American folklore, with Davy Crockett and Mike Fink being prime examples" ], "synonyms":[ "blowers", "blowhards", "boasters", "braggarts", "braggers", "brags", "cockalorums", "crackers", "gasconaders", "gascons", "swaggerers", "vaunters" ], "near synonyms":[ "blusterers", "cocks", "self-advertisers", "self-dramatizers", "self-promoters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brazen-faced":{ "displaying or marked by rude boldness":{ "examples":[ "shocked by his brazen-faced insistence that he had never uttered the insult, even though it was heard by a score of onlookers" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "near synonyms":[ "assertive", "forward", "obtrusive", "defiant", "disrespectful", "shameless", "unabashed", "unblushing", "bluff", "blunt", "curt", "cute", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "lippy", "mouthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "demure", "humble", "modest", "courteous", "genteel", "mannerly", "polite", "proper", "deferential", "respectful", "abashed", "ashamed", "blushing", "embarrassed", "shamefaced", "gentle", "mild", "inconspicuous", "unobtrusive" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "brain(s)":{ "the ability to learn and understand or to deal with problems":{ "examples":[ "you have the brains to figure out that problem on your own" ], "synonyms":[ "brainpower", "gray matter", "headpiece", "intellect", "intellectuality", "intelligence", "mentality", "reason", "sense", "smarts" ], "near synonyms":[ "eggheadedness", "highbrowism", "intellectualism", "braininess", "brilliance", "acumen", "alertness", "apprehension", "astuteness", "discernment", "discriminability", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "common sense", "horse sense", "mother wit", "aptitude", "talent", "sagacity", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "head", "mind", "skull" ], "near antonyms":[ "denseness", "density", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "fatuity", "feeblemindedness", "foolishness", "half-wittedness", "idiocy", "imbecility", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in beans , skulls":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beans", "conks", "skulls", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "flails", "flogs", "lashes", "saps", "slashes", "sledgehammers", "sledges", "spears", "stabs", "switches", "thrashes", "whips", "rabbit-punches", "sucker punches", "bowls (down or over)", "creams", "decks", "dumps", "fells", "floors", "knocks down", "levels", "bumps", "butts", "jabs", "jostles", "kicks", "knees", "pokes", "prods", "pushes", "shoves", "stamps", "bunts", "flicks", "strokes", "taps", "scuffs", "batters", "beats", "buffets", "bungs", "chops", "cuffs", "drubs", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "licks", "mangles", "mauls", "pelts", "peppers", "pommels", "pummels", "roughs", "bangs", "bashes", "bats", "belts", "biffs", "bludgeons", "bobs", "bonks", "bops", "boxes", "busts", "claps", "clips", "clobbers", "clocks", "clouts", "cracks", "hammers", "hits", "knocks", "nails", "pastes", "pounds", "punches", "raps", "slams", "slaps", "slogs", "slugs", "smacks", "smites", "socks", "strikes", "swats", "swipes", "tags", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "whacks", "whales", "zaps" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brainless":{ "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "examples":[ "a teacher who affirms that there are no brainless students, only lazy ones" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "near synonyms":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ] }, "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "a brainless decision to talk on her cell phone while weaving in and out of traffic" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "near synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "bravery":{ "dressy clothing":{ "examples":[ "children in their Sunday bravery" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "best", "caparison", "feather", "finery", "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":[] }, "strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{ "examples":[ "it took great bravery to rescue the baby trapped in the burning building" ], "synonyms":[ "bottle", "courage", "courageousness", "daring", "daringness", "dauntlessness", "doughtiness", "fearlessness", "gallantry", "greatheartedness", "guts", "gutsiness", "hardihood", "heart", "heroism", "intestinal fortitude", "intrepidity", "intrepidness", "moxie", "nerve", "pecker", "prowess", "stoutness", "valor", "virtue" ], "near synonyms":[ "backbone", "fiber", "fortitude", "grit", "gumption", "mettle", "pluck", "pluckiness", "spunk", "temper", "determination", "perseverance", "resolution", "endurance", "stamina", "stomach", "tenacity", "audacity", "boldness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cojones", "effrontery", "gall", "temerity" ], "near antonyms":[ "cold feet", "faintheartedness", "fearfulness", "mousiness", "timidity", "timorousness", "feebleness", "softness", "weakness", "impotence", "ineffectualness", "hesitation", "indecision", "indecisiveness", "irresolution" ], "antonyms":[ "cowardice", "cowardliness", "cravenness", "dastardliness", "poltroonery", "spinelessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "branching":{ "to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{ "examples":[ "threads branched from the center of the spider web" ], "synonyms":[ "fanning (out)", "radiating", "raying" ], "near synonyms":[ "diffusing", "dispelling", "dispersing", "dissipating", "forking", "stemming", "diverging", "dividing", "parting", "ramifying", "separating", "splitting", "uncoupling", "unlinking", "unyoking", "scattering", "splaying", "spreading", "arising", "deriving", "emanating", "flowing", "issuing", "proceeding", "springing" ], "near antonyms":[ "approaching", "closing in (on)", "nearing", "centering (on)", "centralizing", "connecting", "coupling", "joining", "linking", "uniting" ], "antonyms":[ "concentrating", "converging", "focusing", "focussing", "funneling", "funnelling", "meeting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "braving":{ "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a soldier who braved enemy fire to rescue her wounded comrade" ], "synonyms":[ "bearding", "brazening", "breasting", "confronting", "daring", "defying", "facing", "outbraving", "outfacing" ], "near synonyms":[ "facing up (to)", "fronting", "affronting", "challenging", "encountering", "meeting", "accosting", "approaching", "cornering", "repelling", "resisting", "standing", "withstanding", "battling", "combating", "combatting", "contending (with)", "fighting", "opposing", "squaring (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoiding", "eschewing", "shunning", "eluding", "escaping", "evading", "shaking" ], "antonyms":[ "dodging", "ducking", "funking", "shirking", "sidestepping" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brands":{ "a device (as a word) identifying the maker of a piece of merchandise and legally reserved for the exclusive use of that person or company":{ "examples":[ "a company that was sued for using a name that was very similar to a rival's brand" ], "synonyms":[ "trademarks" ], "near synonyms":[ "brand names", "trade names", "collective marks", "emblems", "hallmarks", "imprints", "labels", "logos", "marks", "service marks", "stamps", "copyrights", "patents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a mark of guilt or disgrace":{ "examples":[ "always felt that her shabby clothes showed the brand of poverty" ], "synonyms":[ "blots", "onuses", "slurs", "smirches", "smudges", "spots", "stains", "stigmas", "stigmata", "taints" ], "near synonyms":[ "black eyes", "discredit", "disesteems", "disgraces", "dishonors", "disreputes", "guilts", "ignominies", "infamies", "obloquies", "odiums", "opprobriums", "reproaches", "shames", "corruptions", "debaucheries", "depravities", "immoralities", "iniquities", "sins", "vices" ], "near antonyms":[ "awards", "credits", "honors", "chastities", "modesties", "purities", "goods", "rights", "honesties", "integrities", "legitimacies", "probities", "rectitudes", "fames", "glories", "renowns", "reputes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a hand weapon with a length of metal sharpened on one or both sides and usually tapered to a sharp point":{ "examples":[ "on the battlefield lies our hero, slain by some fell brand" ], "synonyms":[ "blades", "steels", "swords" ], "near synonyms":[ "broadswords", "cutlasses", "rapiers", "sabers", "sabres", "scimitars", "smallswords" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to produce a vivid impression of":{ "examples":[ "the exact words my father spoke as he left us are branded in my memory" ], "synonyms":[ "engraves", "etches", "impresses", "imprints", "infixes", "ingrains", "engrains" ], "near synonyms":[ "enroots", "imbues", "implants", "inculcates", "infuses", "instills", "fixes", "sets", "stamps" ], "near antonyms":[ "blots out", "erases", "expunges", "obliterates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brandishing":{ "to put into view in a threatening or excited manner":{ "examples":[ "She brandished a stick at the dog.", "brandished a petition signed by hundreds of town residents" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "flourishing", "waving", "displaying", "disporting", "exhibiting", "exposing", "flashing", "flaunting", "laying out", "parading", "producing", "showing", "showing off", "sporting", "strutting", "unveiling", "advertising", "airing", "announcing", "blazing", "broadcasting", "heralding", "placarding", "posting", "proclaiming", "publicizing", "sounding", "trumpeting", "divulging", "talking (about)", "telling (of)", "baring", "discovering", "revealing", "uncloaking", "uncovering", "unmasking" ], "near antonyms":[ "camouflaging", "disguising", "masking", "concealing", "covering", "curtaining", "enshrouding", "hiding", "obscuring", "occluding", "occulting", "shrouding", "veiling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "branchlet":{ "as in shoot , spur":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "offshoot", "outgrowth", "shoot", "spur", "bough", "branch", "limb", "spray", "sprig", "twig" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brandy":{ "as in whiskey , vodka":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barley-bree", "barley-broo", "gin", "liqueur", "mao-tai", "mescal", "schnapps", "tequila", "vodka", "whiskey", "whisky", "mead", "sake", "saki", "wine", "Dutch courage", "ale", "beer", "brew", "brewage", "brewski", "home brew", "malt liquor", "microbrew", "mum", "nappy", "cocktail", "mixed drink", "belt", "load", "nip", "peg", "pop", "shooter", "shot", "slug", "snifter", "snort", "tot", "whet", "aperitif", "bracer", "chaser", "digestif", "nightcap", "alcohol", "aqua vitae", "ardent spirits", "booze", "bottle", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "inebriant", "intoxicant", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "liquor", "lush", "moonshine", "potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bracer":{ "as in nightcap , aperitif":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aperitif", "chaser", "digestif", "nightcap", "alcohol", "aqua vitae", "ardent spirits", "booze", "bottle", "drink", "firewater", "grog", "hooch", "inebriant", "intoxicant", "John Barleycorn", "juice", "liquor", "lush", "moonshine", "potable", "rum", "sauce", "spirits", "stimulant", "strong drink", "tipple", "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" ] }, "bravoes":{ "as in rises (to) , claps":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "claps", "rises (to)", "acclaims", "accredits", "applauds", "cheers", "cracks up", "hails", "lauds", "praises", "salutes", "touts", "ballyhoos", "approves", "commends", "endorses", "indorses", "favors", "recommends", "roots (for)", "supports", "celebrates", "emblazons", "eulogizes", "extols", "extolls", "glorifies", "magnifies", "sings", "adulates", "belauds", "flatters", "overpraises", "deifies", "idolizes" ], "near antonyms":[ "knocks", "pans", "slams", "belittles", "discommends", "disparages", "puts down", "blames", "censures", "reprehends", "reprobates", "admonishes", "chides", "criticizes", "rebukes", "reprimands", "reproaches", "reproves", "castigates", "excoriates", "keelhauls", "lambastes", "lambasts", "skewers", "slags", "vilifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brass tacks":{ "the specific practical details of something":{ "examples":[ "after the usual introductions and requisite pleasantries, we got down to the brass tacks of our business proposal" ], "synonyms":[ "nitty-gritty", "nuts and bolts", "ropes" ], "near synonyms":[ "incidentals", "ins and outs", "minutiae", "particulars", "specifics", "technicalities", "oddities", "peculiarities", "quirks", "ramifications" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "brakes":{ "a thick patch of shrubbery, small trees, or underbrush":{ "examples":[ "built a small shelter in the brake to watch for deer" ], "synonyms":[ "boscages", "boskages", "bosks", "bosques", "bosquets", "brushwoods", "chaparrals", "coppices", "copses", "coverts", "thickets" ], "near synonyms":[ "canebrakes", "brushes", "bushes", "scrublands", "scrubs", "brambles", "jungles", "tangles", "groves", "hedges", "stands", "woodlots", "forests", "greenwoods", "wildwoods", "woodlands", "woods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{ "examples":[ "braked the car sharply when someone pulled out in front of us" ], "synonyms":[ "decelerates", "retards", "slackens", "slows" ], "near synonyms":[ "halts", "stops", "encumbers", "hampers", "handicaps", "hinders", "hobbles", "holds back", "holds up", "impedes", "inhibits", "obstructs", "sets back", "ties up", "bottlenecks", "arrests", "checks", "constrains", "curbs", "reins", "restrains", "baffles", "foils", "frustrates", "sabotages", "thwarts" ], "near antonyms":[ "drives", "encourages", "goads", "propels", "pushes", "spurs", "stirs", "urges", "advances", "aids", "dispatches", "eases", "expedites", "facilitates", "forwards", "furthers", "helps" ], "antonyms":[ "accelerates", "hastens", "hurries", "quickens", "rushes", "speeds (up)", "steps up" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "brabbling":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "bored children brabbling in the back seat" ], "synonyms":[ "altercating", "argufying", "arguing", "bickering", "brawling", "controverting", "disputing", "falling out", "fighting", "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":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brand name":{ "as in trade name":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "trade name", "brand", "trademark", "collective mark", "emblem", "hallmark", "imprint", "label", "logo", "mark", "service mark", "stamp", "copyright", "patent" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bravoed":{ "as in rose (to) , clapped":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clapped", "clapt", "rose (to)", "acclaimed", "accredited", "applauded", "cheered", "cracked up", "hailed", "lauded", "praised", "saluted", "touted", "ballyhooed", "approved", "commended", "endorsed", "indorsed", "favored", "recommended", "rooted (for)", "supported", "celebrated", "emblazoned", "eulogized", "extolled", "glorified", "magnified", "sang", "sung", "adulated", "belauded", "flattered", "overpraised", "deified", "idolized" ], "near antonyms":[ "knocked", "panned", "slammed", "belittled", "discommended", "disparaged", "put down", "blamed", "censured", "reprehended", "reprobated", "admonished", "chid", "chided", "criticized", "rebuked", "reprimanded", "reproached", "reproved", "castigated", "excoriated", "keelhauled", "lambasted", "skewered", "slagged", "vilified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brawled":{ "to express different opinions about something often angrily":{ "examples":[ "the Wilsons were always loudly brawling , and the neighbors were always shutting their windows" ], "synonyms":[ "altercated", "argued", "argufied", "bickered", "brabbled", "controverted", "disputed", "fell out", "fought", "hassled", "jarred", "quarreled", "quarrelled", "quibbled", "rowed", "scrapped", "spatted", "squabbled", "tiffed", "wrangled" ], "near synonyms":[ "challenged", "dared", "defied", "clashed", "contended", "contested", "tangled", "caviled", "cavilled", "fussed", "nitpicked", "considered", "debated", "discussed", "kicked", "objected", "protested" ], "near antonyms":[ "coexisted", "got along", "accepted", "agreed", "assented", "concurred", "consented" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brazen":{ "displaying or marked by rude boldness":{ "examples":[ "a brazen demand for special treatment just because she's rich" ], "synonyms":[ "arch", "audacious", "bold", "bold-faced", "brash", "brassbound", "brassy", "brazen-faced", "cheeky", "cocksure", "cocky", "fresh", "impertinent", "impudent", "insolent", "nervy", "sassy", "saucy", "wise" ], "near synonyms":[ "assertive", "forward", "obtrusive", "defiant", "disrespectful", "shameless", "unabashed", "unblushing", "bluff", "blunt", "curt", "cute", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "lippy", "mouthy" ], "near antonyms":[ "demure", "humble", "modest", "courteous", "genteel", "mannerly", "polite", "proper", "deferential", "respectful", "abashed", "ashamed", "blushing", "embarrassed", "shamefaced", "gentle", "mild", "inconspicuous", "unobtrusive" ], "antonyms":[ "meek", "mousy", "mousey", "retiring", "shy", "timid" ] }, "to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or courage":{ "examples":[ "a filmmaker willing to brazen the criticism that such a violent film was sure to provoke" ], "synonyms":[ "beard", "brave", "breast", "confront", "dare", "defy", "face", "outbrave", "outface" ], "near synonyms":[ "face up (to)", "front", "affront", "challenge", "encounter", "meet", "accost", "approach", "corner", "repel", "resist", "stand", "withstand", "battle", "combat", "contend (with)", "fight", "oppose", "square (off)" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoid", "eschew", "shun", "elude", "escape", "evade", "shake" ], "antonyms":[ "dodge", "duck", "funk", "shirk", "sidestep" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "bravoing":{ "as in rising (to) , clapping":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clapping", "rising (to)", "acclaiming", "accrediting", "applauding", "cheering", "cracking up", "hailing", "lauding", "praising", "saluting", "touting", "ballyhooing", "approving", "commending", "endorsing", "indorsing", "favoring", "recommending", "rooting (for)", "supporting", "celebrating", "emblazoning", "eulogizing", "extolling", "glorifying", "magnifying", "singing", "adulating", "belauding", "flattering", "overpraising", "deifying", "idolizing" ], "near antonyms":[ "knocking", "panning", "slamming", "belittling", "discommending", "disparaging", "putting down", "blaming", "censuring", "reprehending", "reprobating", "admonishing", "chiding", "criticizing", "rebuking", "reprimanding", "reproaching", "reproving", "castigating", "excoriating", "keelhauling", "lambasting", "skewering", "slagging", "vilifying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "brats":{ "as in nuisances , disrupters":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disrupters", "misbehavers", "nuisances", "ragamuffins", "juvenile delinquents", "cutups", "larkers", "madcaps", "skylarkers", "gamines", "gamins", "devils", "hellions", "imps", "mischiefs", "monkeys", "rapscallions", "rascals", "rogues", "scamps", "urchins" ], "near antonyms":[ "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkards", "stinkers", "knaves", "miscreants", "reprobates", "scalawags", "scallywags", "scapegraces", "scoundrels", "varlets", "villains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "brawn":{ "muscular strength":{ "examples":[ "an actor who is more famous for his brawn than for his talent" ], "synonyms":[ "beef", "main", "muscle", "thew" ], "near synonyms":[ "force", "might", "potency", "power", "puissance", "sinew", "energy", "vigor" ], "near antonyms":[ "impotence", "impotency", "weakness", "debilitation", "debility", "enfeeblement", "faintness", "feebleness", "frailness", "frailty", "infirmity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }