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"jogging", "sprinting", "accelerating", "quickening", "stepping out", "catching up", "fast-forwarding", "outpacing", "outrunning", "outstripping", "overtaking", "arrowing", "beelining" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallying", "dawdling", "dillydallying", "dragging", "hanging (around or out)", "lagging", "lingering", "loitering", "poking", "tarrying", "ambling", "lumbering", "plodding", "sauntering", "shuffling", "strolling", "decelerating", "slowing (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "poking" ] }, "to rise abruptly and rapidly":{ "examples":[ "zoomed to a supervisory position after only a few short months" ], "synonyms":[ "rocketing", "shooting (up)", "skyrocketing", "soaring" ], "near synonyms":[ "accumulating", "appreciating", "ballooning", "building up", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "mounting", "multiplying", "mushrooming", "proliferating", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing", "cresting", "peaking", "surging", "heightening", "intensifying" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsing", "falling", "contracting", "decreasing", "diminishing", "dropping", "lessening", "waning" ], "antonyms":[ "nose-diving", "plummeting", "plunging", "slumping", "tumbling" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "zoo":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "the post office is always a zoo the day that tax returns are due" ], "synonyms":[ "ado", "alarums and excursions", "ballyhoo", "blather", "bluster", "bobbery", "bother", "bustle", "clatter", "clutter", "coil", "commotion", "corroboree", "disturbance", "do", "foofaraw", "fun", "furor", "furore", "fuss", "helter-skelter", "hoo-ha", "hoo-hah", "hoopla", "hubble-bubble", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "hurly", "hurly-burly", "hurricane", "hurry", "hurry-scurry", "hurry-skurry", "kerfuffle", "moil", "pandemonium", "pother", "row", "ruckus", "ruction", "rumpus", "shindy", "splore", "squall", "stew", "stir", "storm", "to-do", "tumult", "turmoil", "uproar", "welter", "whirl", "williwaw" ], "near synonyms":[ "cacophony", "clamor", "din", "howl", "hue and cry", "noise", "outcry", "racket", "roar", "disorder", "unrest", "upheaval", "eruption", "flare-up", "flurry", "flutter", "outbreak", "outburst", "brawl", "fracas", "fray", "hassle", "melee", "m\u00eal\u00e9e", "scuffle", "dither", "fever", "fret", "lather", "tizzy" ], "near antonyms":[ "calm", "hush", "peace", "quiet", "quietude", "rest", "stillness", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "order", "orderliness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "zoos":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "the post office is always a zoo the day that tax returns are due" ], "synonyms":[ "ados", "alarums and excursions", "ballyhoos", "blathers", "bluster", "bobberies", "bothers", "bustles", "clatters", "clutters", "coils", "commotions", "corroborees", "disturbances", "dos", "do's", "foofaraws", "fun", "furores", "furors", "fusses", "helter-skelters", "hoo-has", "hoo-hahs", "hooplas", "hubble-bubbles", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurlies", "hurly-burlies", "hurricanes", "hurry-scurries", "hurry-skurries", "kerfuffles", "moils", "pandemoniums", "pothers", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions", "rumpuses", "shindys", "shindies", "splores", "squalls", "stews", "stirs", "storms", "to-dos", "tumults", "turmoils", "uproars", "welters", "whirls", "williwaws" ], "near synonyms":[ "cacophonies", "clamors", "dins", "howls", "hue and cries", "noises", "outcries", "rackets", "roars", "disorders", "upheavals", "eruptions", "flare-ups", "flurries", "flutters", "outbreaks", "outbursts", "brawls", "fracases", "fracas", "frays", "hassles", "melees", "m\u00eal\u00e9es", "scuffles", "dithers", "fevers", "frets", "lathers", "tizzies" ], "near antonyms":[ "calms", "hushes", "peaces", "quiets", "quietudes", "rests", "tranquillities", "tranquilities", "orders" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "zooty":{ "as in fancy , snazzy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fancy", "snazzy", "baroque", "bedizened", "ornate", "blaring", "bright", "florid", "glaring", "glittery", "overbright", "spectacular", "pretentious", "graceless", "inelegant", "lurid", "tacky", "tasteless", "tawdry", "tinselly", "vulgar", "excessive", "extravagant", "fulsome", "hammy", "overdone", "over-the-top", "overwrought", "flamboyant", "flaring", "flashy", "garish", "gaudy", "glitzy", "loud", "noisy", "ostentatious", "razzle-dazzle", "splashy", "swank", "swanky" ], "near antonyms":[ "conservative", "quiet", "understated", "unflamboyant", "unflashy", "appropriate", "fitting", "proper", "inconspicuous", "muted", "restrained", "subdued", "toned (down)", "unobtrusive", "elegant", "graceful", "tasteful", "modest", "plain", "simple", "unpretentious" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] } }