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"governess", "homeschooler" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "donate":{ "to make a present of":{ "examples":[ "we plan to donate all the profits from the rummage sale to charity" ], "synonyms":[ "bestow", "contribute", "give", "give away", "present", "volunteer" ], "near synonyms":[ "chip in", "kick in", "pitch in", "throw in", "award", "confer", "endow", "endue", "indue", "render", "afford", "comp", "furnish", "provide", "lavish", "regale", "aid", "assist", "benefit", "help", "administer", "dish out", "dispense", "dole out", "hand out", "impart", "issue", "mete (out)", "extend", "fork (over, out, or up)", "offer", "pay", "proffer", "pungle (up)", "put up", "tender", "sacrifice" ], "near antonyms":[ "hold", "keep", "pocket", "retain", "withhold", "preserve", "save", "advance", "lend", "loan", "sell" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "donations":{ "a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution":{ 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"windfalls", "courtesies", "favors", "generosities", "sacrifices", "gratuities", "propines", "tips", "awards", "prizes", "rewards", "dowries", "bequests", "legacies" ], "synonyms":[ "bestowals", "comps", "donatives", "fairings", "freebies", "freebees", "gifts", "giveaways", "handsels", "lagniappes", "largesses", "presentations", "presents" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donnybrook":{ "a rough and often noisy fight usually involving several people":{ "examples":[ "a dozen people were arrested after the donnybrook at the stadium" ], "synonyms":[ "affray", "brawl", "broil", "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 kind of hot-button issue that inevitably creates a donnybrook in the halls of the statehouse" ], "synonyms":[ "altercation", "argle-bargle", "argument", "argy-bargy", "battle royal", "bicker", "brawl", "contretemps", "controversy", "cross fire", "disagreement", "dispute", "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":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donators":{ "one that helps another with gifts or 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angels", "protectors", "saviors", "saviours" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficiaries", "donees", "giftees", "recipients" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donkey's years":{ "a long or seemingly long period of time":{ "examples":[ "the greengrocer and the fishmonger haven't spoken in donkey's years" ], "synonyms":[ "aeon", "eon", "age", "blue moon", "coon's age", "cycle", "eternity", "forever", "long", "months", "moon" ], "near synonyms":[ "infinity", "lifetime" ], "near antonyms":[ "flash", "instant", "jiffy", "minute", "moment", "second", "shake", "split second", "trice", "twinkle", "twinkling", "wink", "microsecond", "nanosecond" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "donkeywork":{ "very hard or unpleasant work":{ "examples":[ "the donkeywork involved in setting up one's own start-up software firm" ], "synonyms":[ "drudge", "drudgery", "fatigue", "grind", "labor", "moil", "slavery", "sweat", "toil", "travail" ], "near synonyms":[ "spadework", "effort", "exertion", "pains", "struggle", "trouble", "chore", "duty", "job", "obligation", "responsibility", "routine", "tedium", "treadmill" ], "near antonyms":[ "decompression", "ease", "leisure", "relaxation", "repose", "rest", "amusement", "dalliance", "diversion", "entertainment", "recreation", "sport", "dormancy", "idleness", "inactivity", "inertia", "inertness", "dallying", "goldbricking", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging" ], "antonyms":[ "fun", "play" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donor":{ "one that helps another with gifts or money":{ "examples":[ "a list of donors in the charitable foundation's annual report" ], "synonyms":[ "angel", "benefactor", "donator", "fairy godmother", "Maecenas", "patron", "sugar daddy" ], "near synonyms":[ "benefactress", "patroness", "almoner", "almsgiver", "philanthropist", "altruist", "bestower", "contributor", "giver", "helper", "subscriber", "supporter", "guardian angel", "protector", "savior", "saviour" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficiary", "donee", "giftee", "recipient" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donning":{ "to place on one's person":{ "examples":[ "she donned her best gown for the ball" ], "synonyms":[ "putting on", "slipping (on or into)", "throwing (on)" ], "near synonyms":[ "appareling", "apparelling", "arraying", "attiring", "bedecking", "bedizening", "bundling up", "caparisoning", "clothing", "dolling up", "dressing", "garbing", "rigging", "robing", "suiting", "tricking", "uniforming", "overdressing" ], "near antonyms":[ "disrobing", "stripping", "undressing" ], "antonyms":[ "doffing", "removing", "taking off" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "donatives":{ "something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{ "examples":[ "the support of the military was bought with a large donative to a couple of well-placed generals" ], "synonyms":[ "bonuses", "cumshaws", "dividends", "extras", "gratuities", "gravies", "gravy trains", "lagniappes", "perks", "perquisites", "throw-ins", "tips" ], "near synonyms":[ "pensions", "bestowals", "presentations", "benefactions", "beneficences", "benevolences", "bounties", "charities", "generosities", "largesses", "philanthropies", "contributions", "donations", "gifts", "offerings", "presents", "grants", "subsidies", "boons", "mannas", "windfalls", "favors", "freebies", "freebees", "giveaways", "premiums", "awards", "prizes", "rewards", "fringe benefits", "icings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something given to someone without expectation of a return":{ "examples":[ "regarded her annual bonus as a just recompense for her job performance and not as some corporate donative" ], "synonyms":[ "bestowals", "comps", "donations", "fairings", "freebies", "freebees", "gifts", "giveaways", "handsels", "lagniappes", "largesses", "presentations", "presents" ], "near synonyms":[ "alms", "benefactions", "beneficences", "benevolences", "charities", "contributions", "doles", "handouts", "oblations", "offerings", "philanthropies", "tithes", "boxes", "care packages", "foys", "grants", "subsidies", "remembrances", "tributes", "valentines", "bonuses", "boons", "windfalls", "courtesies", "favors", "generosities", "sacrifices", "gratuities", "propines", "tips", "awards", "prizes", "rewards", "dowries", "bequests", "legacies" ], "near antonyms":[ "advances", "loans", "bribes", "douceurs", "peace offerings", "sops" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "done the trick":{ "to turn out as planned or desired":{ "examples":[ "The suggested revisions did the trick , and the updated article was well-received." ], "synonyms":[ "clicked", "come off", "delivered", "gone", "gone over", "panned out", "worked out" ], "near synonyms":[ "caught on", "flourished", "prospered", "thrived", "thriven", "cooked", "percolated" ], "near antonyms":[ "languished", "floundered", "struggled", "declined", "skidded", "slipped", "slumped", "sunk", "waned", "crashed", "cratered", "crumbled", "flamed out", "choked", "cracked up", "miscarried", "misfired", "fallen down", "gone under", "imploded", "self-destructed" ], "antonyms":[ "bombed", "collapsed", "failed", "flopped", "flunked", "folded", "foundered", "missed", "struck out", "stricken out", "washed out" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "donation":{ "a gift of money or its equivalent to a charity, humanitarian cause, or public institution":{ "examples":[ "a generous donation to the orphanage from an anonymous benefactor" ], "synonyms":[ "alms", "benefaction", "beneficence", "charity", "contribution", "philanthropy" ], "near synonyms":[ "offering", "tithe", "bequest", "endowment", "legacy", "aid", "assistance", "dole", "handout", "relief", "welfare", "grant", "subsidy", "benevolence", "bestowal", "largesse", "largess", "present", "presentation" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something given to someone without expectation of a return":{ "examples":[ "a chocolate cake was my donation to the office party" ], "synonyms":[ "bestowal", "comp", "donative", "fairing", "freebie", "freebee", "gift", "giveaway", "handsel", "lagniappe", "largesse", "largess", "present", "presentation" ], "near synonyms":[ "alms", "benefaction", "beneficence", "benevolence", "charity", "contribution", "dole", "handout", "oblation", "offering", "philanthropy", "tithe", "box", "care package", "foy", "grant", "subsidy", "remembrance", "tribute", "valentine", "bonus", "boon", "windfall", "courtesy", "favor", "generosity", "sacrifice", "gratuity", "propine", "tip", "award", "prize", "reward", "dowry", "bequest", "legacy" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "loan", "bribe", "douceur", "peace offering", "sop" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donative":{ "something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{ "examples":[ "the support of the military was bought with a large donative to a couple of well-placed generals" ], "synonyms":[ "bonus", "cumshaw", "dividend", "extra", "gratuity", "gravy", "gravy train", "lagniappe", "perk", "perquisite", "throw-in", "tip" ], "near synonyms":[ "pension", "bestowal", "presentation", "benefaction", "beneficence", "benevolence", "bounty", "charity", "generosity", "largesse", "largess", "philanthropy", "contribution", "donation", "gift", "offering", "present", "grant", "subsidy", "boon", "manna", "windfall", "favor", "freebie", "freebee", "giveaway", "premium", "award", "prize", "reward", "fringe benefit", "icing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something given to someone without expectation of a return":{ "examples":[ "regarded her annual bonus as a just recompense for her job performance and not as some corporate donative" ], "synonyms":[ "bestowal", "comp", "donation", "fairing", "freebie", "freebee", "gift", "giveaway", "handsel", "lagniappe", "largesse", "largess", "present", "presentation" ], "near synonyms":[ "alms", "benefaction", "beneficence", "benevolence", "charity", "contribution", "dole", "handout", "oblation", "offering", "philanthropy", "tithe", "box", "care package", "foy", "grant", "subsidy", "remembrance", "tribute", "valentine", "bonus", "boon", "windfall", "courtesy", "favor", "generosity", "sacrifice", "gratuity", "propine", "tip", "award", "prize", "reward", "dowry", "bequest", "legacy" ], "near antonyms":[ "advance", "loan", "bribe", "douceur", "peace offering", "sop" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "donkey":{ "a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things":{ "examples":[ "we put our bags on the donkey and headed down the canyon" ], "synonyms":[ "ass", "burro", "jackass", "moke" ], "near synonyms":[ "jack", "jennet", "jenny", "hinny", "mule", "pack animal" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ], "near synonyms":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "done for":{ "facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{ "examples":[ "with no means of escape, the stranded climbers knew that they were done for" ], "synonyms":[ "dead", "done", "doomed", "finished", "kaput", "kaputt", "ruined", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangered", "imperiled", "imperilled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to attend to the needs and comforts of":{ "examples":[ "I trust him to do for my kids while I am at work." ], "synonyms":[ "administered (to)", "cared (for)", "ministered (to)", "mothered", "nursed" ], "near synonyms":[ "cured", "healed", "remedied", "doctored", "treated", "aided", "conserved", "preserved", "provided (for)", "supported", "babied", "coddled", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt", "catered (to)", "humored", "indulged" ], "near antonyms":[ "brushed (aside or off)", "forgotten", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "slighted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to deprive of life":{ "examples":[ "The long journey on foot nearly did for her." ], "synonyms":[ "carried off", "claimed", "croaked", "destroyed", "dispatched", "done in", "felled", "killed", "slain", "taken" ], "near synonyms":[ "bumped off", "butchered", "cut down", "finished", "got", "gotten", "iced", "knocked off", "murdered", "neutralized", "offed", "put away", "rubbed out", "scragged", "snuffed", "taken out", "wasted", "whacked", "annihilated", "blotted out", "decimated", "killed off", "massacred", "mowed", "slaughtered", "smitten", "smote", "assassinated", "executed", "martyred", "terminated", "euthanized", "euthanatized", "put down", "suicided" ], "near antonyms":[ "raised", "restored", "resurrected", "resuscitated", "revived", "nurtured" ], "antonyms":[ "animated" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "phrase" ] }, "Don Juan":{ "a man given to seducing women":{ "examples":[ "at the hotel bar she was immediately hit on by the local Don Juan" ], "synonyms":[ "Casanova", "lecher", "lothario", "lounge lizard", "masher", "philanderer", "satyr", "wolf", "womanizer" ], "near synonyms":[ "amorist", "gallant", "ladies' man", "lady's man", "lady-killer", "lover", "paramour", "Romeo", "debaucher", "romancer", "seducer", "whoremaster", "whoremonger" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Don Quixote":{ "one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{ "examples":[ "a latter-day Don Quixote , she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies" ], "synonyms":[ "dreamer", "fantast", "idealist", "idealizer", "ideologue", "idealogue", "romantic", "romanticist", "utopian", "visionary" ], "near synonyms":[ "emotionalist", "sentimentalist", "daydreamer", "fantasizer", "woolgatherer", "Micawber", "optimist", "Pollyanna", "do-gooder", "reformer", "perfectionist", "doctrinaire", "theorist", "thinker" ], "near antonyms":[ "cynic", "defeatist", "pessimist", "empiric", "empiricist" ], "antonyms":[ "hardnose", "pragmatist", "realist" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "done a number on":{ "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "The scammers really did a number on some unsuspecting homeowners." ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozled", "beguiled", "bluffed", "buffaloed", "burned", "burnt", "caught", "conned", "cozened", "deceived", "deluded", "duped", "faked out", "fooled", "gaffed", "gammoned", "gulled", "had", "had on", "hoaxed", "hoodwinked", "hornswoggled", "humbugged", "juggled", "misguided", "misinformed", "misled", "snookered", "snowed", "spoofed", "strung along", "sucked in", "suckered", "taken in", "tricked" ], "near synonyms":[ "kidded", "put on", "teased", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "defrauded", "diddled", "euchred", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "hustled", "mulcted", "rooked", "shortchanged", "skinned", "squeezed", "stuck", "stung", "swindled" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "revealed", "shown up", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled", "disabused", "disenchanted", "disillusioned" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceived" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "done down":{ "to achieve a victory over":{ "examples":[ "you'll do her down at cards, but she'll probably win at croquet" ], "synonyms":[ "beaten", "beat", "bested", "conquered", "defeated", "dispatched", "got", "gotten", "got around", "gotten around", "licked", "mastered", "overborne", "overborn", "overcome", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "skunked", "stopped", "subdued", "surmounted", "taken", "trimmed", "triumphed (over)", "upended", "won (against)", "worsted" ], "near synonyms":[ "swept", "edged (out)", "nosed out", "pipped", "annihilated", "blown away", "blown out", "bombed", "broken", "buried", "clobbered", "creamed", "crushed", "drubbed", "finished", "flattened", "overwhelmed", "routed", "shellacked", "skinned", "slaughtered", "smoked", "snowed under", "thrashed", "trounced", "upset", "walloped", "waxed", "whipped", "capped", "excelled", "flourished", "scored", "succeeded", "knocked off", "knocked over", "overpowered", "overthrown", "subjugated", "unseated", "vanquished", "aced (out)", "bettered", "eclipsed", "exceeded", "excelled", "outdistanced", "outdone", "outfought", "outshone", "outshined", "outstripped", "overtopped", "surpassed", "topped", "transcended" ], "near antonyms":[ "fallen", "given up", "gone down", "gone under", "collapsed", "failed", "flopped", "flunked", "folded", "washed out" ], "antonyms":[ "lost (to)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "donkeys":{ "a sturdy and patient domestic mammal that is used especially to carry things":{ "examples":[ "we put our bags on the donkey and headed down the canyon" ], "synonyms":[ "asses", "burros", "jackasses", "mokes" ], "near synonyms":[ "jacks", "jennets", "jennies", "hinnies", "mules", "pack animals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "called him a donkey when he refused to go along with their plans" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "done away with":{ "to put an end to by formal action":{ "examples":[ "They decided to do away with the old dress code." ], "synonyms":[ "abated", "abolished", "abrogated", "annulled", "avoided", "canceled", "cancelled", "disannulled", "dissolved", "invalidated", "negated", "nulled", "nullified", "quashed", "repealed", "rescinded", "rolled back", "struck down", "stricken down", "vacated", "voided" ], "near synonyms":[ "countermanded", "overridden", "overruled", "overturned", "vetoed", "aborted", "called", "called off", "dropped", "recalled", "retracted", "reversed", "revoked", "suspended", "withdrawn", "banned", "enjoined", "forbidden", "outlawed", "prohibited", "disallowed", "dismissed", "rejected", "annihilated", "broken down", "eliminated", "eradicated", "erased", "liquidated", "removed", "thrown out", "written off" ], "near antonyms":[ "enacted", "laid down", "legislated", "established", "founded", "instituted", "formalized", "legalized", "legitimated", "legitimized", "validated", "passed", "ratified", "allowed", "approved", "authorized", "cleared", "endorsed", "indorsed", "permitted", "sanctioned", "warranted", "commanded", "decreed", "mandated", "ordered", "prescribed" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put to death deliberately":{ "examples":[ "He resolved to do away with the man who killed his parents." ], "synonyms":[ "assassinated", "bumped off", "croaked", "dispatched", "done in", "executed", "got", "gotten", "iced", "knocked off", "liquidated", "murdered", "neutralized", "offed", "put away", "rubbed out", "slain", "snuffed", "taken out", "terminated", "whacked" ], "near synonyms":[ "blown away", "shot", "shot down", "blotted out", "carried off", "claimed", "cut down", "destroyed", "felled", "killed", "smitten", "smote", "zapped", "butchered", "massacred", "mowed (down)", "mown (down)", "slaughtered", "annihilated", "eliminated", "eradicated", "exterminated", "wiped out" ], "near antonyms":[ "animated", "raised", "restored", "resurrected", "resuscitated", "revived" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "done by":{ "to behave toward in a stated way":{ "examples":[ "The company did well by him after he was injured on the job." ], "synonyms":[ "acted (toward)", "been (to)", "dealt (with)", "handled", "served", "treated", "used" ], "near synonyms":[ "considered", "esteemed", "rated", "reckoned", "regarded", "viewed", "engaged (with)", "reacted (to)", "responded 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"attires", "bedecks", "bedizens", "bundles up", "caparisons", "clothes", "dolls up", "dresses", "garbs", "rigs", "robes", "suits", "tricks", "uniforms", "overdresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "disrobes", "strips", "undresses" ], "antonyms":[ "doffs", "removes", "takes off" ] }, "as in doctors , professors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "deans", "docents", "doctors", "professors", "profs", "regius professors", "educationists", "educators", "instructors", "pedagogues", "pedagogs", "preceptors", "schoolteachers", "headmasters", "masters", "rectors", "schoolmasters", "headmistresses", "instructresses", "mistresses", "schoolmarms", "schoolma'ams", "schoolmistresses", "coaches", "guides", "gurus", "preparers", "trainers", "mentors", "tutoresses", "tutors", "drillmasters", "inculcators", "academes", "academicians", "academics", "didacts", "pedants", "governesses", "homeschoolers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "Don Quixotes":{ "one whose conduct is guided more by the image of perfection than by the real world":{ "examples":[ "a latter-day Don Quixote , she's spent her life fighting the state's big logging companies" ], "synonyms":[ "dreamers", "fantasts", "idealists", "idealizers", "ideologues", "idealogues", "romanticists", "romantics", "utopians", "visionaries" ], "near synonyms":[ "emotionalists", "sentimentalists", "daydreamers", "fantasizers", "woolgatherers", "Micawbers", "optimists", "Pollyannas", "do-gooders", "reformers", "perfectionists", "doctrinaires", "theorists", "thinkers" ], "near antonyms":[ "cynics", "defeatists", "pessimists", "empiricists", "empirics" ], "antonyms":[ "hardnoses", "pragmatists", "realists" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "done":{ "brought or having come to an end":{ "examples":[ "the demanding job was finally done" ], "synonyms":[ "complete", "completed", "concluded", "down", "ended", "finished", "over", "over with", "terminated", "through", "up" ], "near synonyms":[ "accomplished", "achieved", "attained", "compassed", "realized", "dead", "defunct", "extinct", "kaput", "kaputt", "obsolete", "expired" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "continuing", "incomplete", "ongoing", "uncompleted", "undone", "unfinished" ] }, "depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{ "examples":[ "after bicycling 30 miles we were completely done" ], "synonyms":[ "all in", "aweary", "beat", "beaten", "bleary", "burned-out", "burnt-out", "bushed", "dead", "drained", "exhausted", "fatigued", "jaded", "knackered", "limp", "logy", "loggy", "played out", "pooped", "prostrate", "spent", "tapped out", "tired", "tuckered (out)", "washed-out", "wearied", "weary", "wiped out", "worn", "worn-out" ], "near synonyms":[ "overfatigued", "overtaxed", "overworked", "broken-down", "run-down", "debilitated", "enervate", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "weakened", "drowsy", "heavy", "sleepy", "lethargic", "sluggish" ], "near antonyms":[ "fresh", "refreshed", "rejuvenated", "relaxed", "rested", "revitalized", "active", "energetic", "invigorated", "peppy", "strengthened", "strong", "tireless", "vitalized", "weariless" ], "antonyms":[ "unwearied" ] }, "facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{ "examples":[ "at this point retailing in the city's downtown is done" ], "synonyms":[ "dead", "done for", "doomed", "finished", "kaput", "kaputt", "ruined", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangered", "imperiled", "imperilled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "no longer existing":{ "examples":[ "the day of the small independent grocer is done" ], "synonyms":[ "bygone", "bypast", "dead", "defunct", "departed", "expired", "extinct", "gone", "nonextant", "vanished" ], "near synonyms":[ "nonexistent", "dying", "faded", "moribund", "collapsed", "fallen", "overthrown", "antiquated", "dated", "obsolete", "pass\u00e9", "finished", "lapsed", "terminated", "lost", "missing" ], "near antonyms":[ "active", "dynamic", "thriving", "vibrant" ], "antonyms":[ "alive", "existent", "existing", "extant", "living" ] }, "to be fitting or proper":{ "examples":[ "that outfit just won't do for the opera" ], "synonyms":[ "befitted", "beseemed", "fitted", "fit", "gone", "served", "suited" ], "near synonyms":[ "satisfied", "sufficed", "functioned", "worked", "wrought" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to be enough":{ "examples":[ "even half of that amount of sugar will do" ], "synonyms":[ "served", "sufficed" ], "near synonyms":[ "answered", "suited", "assuaged", "contented", "quenched", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to carry through (as a process) to completion":{ "examples":[ "do as much as you can and leave the rest" ], "synonyms":[ "accomplished", "achieved", "brought off", "carried off", "carried out", "committed", "compassed", "executed", "followed through (with)", "fulfilled", "made", "negotiated", "performed", "perpetrated", "prosecuted", "pulled off", "put through" ], "near synonyms":[ "brought about", "effected", "effectuated", "implemented", "aced", "nailed", "engaged (in)", "practiced", "practised", "worked (at)", "reduplicated", "reenacted", "repeated", "actualized", "attained", "realized", "completed", "ended", "finished", "wound up", "winded up" ], "near antonyms":[ "failed", "skimped", "slighted", "slurred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make more attractive by adding something that is beautiful or becoming":{ "examples":[ "did the living room in French provincial style" ], "synonyms":[ "adorned", "arrayed", "beautified", "bedecked", "bedizened", "blazoned", "caparisoned", "decked", "decorated", "dolled up", "done up", "draped", "dressed", "embellished", "emblazed", "embossed", "enriched", "fancied up", "fancified", "festooned", "garnished", "glitzed (up)", "graced", "gussied up", "ornamented", "prettied (up)", "trimmed" ], "near synonyms":[ "accessorized", "dressed up", "trapped", "tricked (out)", "brightened", "freshened", "smartened", "spruced (up)", "bossed", "chased", "braided", "embroidered", "feathered", "figured", "filigreed", "filleted", "flounced", "frilled", "fringed", "furbelowed", "garlanded", "hung", "hanged", "laced", "ribboned", "swagged", "wreathed", "appliqu\u00e9d", "gilded", "gilt", "painted", "diamonded", "gemmed", "impearled", "jeweled", "jewelled", "pearled", "redecorated", "redone" ], "near antonyms":[ "simplified", "streamlined", "bared", "denuded", "dismantled", "displayed", "divested", "exposed", "revealed", "stripped", "stript", "uncovered", "uglified" ], "antonyms":[ "blemished", "defaced", "disfigured", "marred", "scarred", "spoiled", "spoilt" ] }, "to meet one's day-to-day needs":{ "examples":[ "I'm doing just fine" ], "synonyms":[ "coped", "fared", "got along", "gotten along", "got by", "gotten by", "got on", "gotten on", "made out", "managed", "shifted" ], "near synonyms":[ "carried on", "contrived", "scraped (by or through)", "scrounged", "lasted", "survived", "eked out", "scraped (out)", "squeezed", "wrested", "wrung", "afforded", "swung" ], "near antonyms":[ "collapsed", "failed", "fallen short", "fizzled", "floundered", "declined", "petered (out)", "slumped", "waned", "given up" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{ "examples":[ "this neighborhood cleanup effort might just do some good" ], "synonyms":[ "begotten", "begot", "bred", "brought", "brought about", "brought on", "catalyzed", "caused", "created", "drawn on", "effected", "effectuated", "engendered", "generated", "induced", "invoked", "made", "occasioned", "produced", "prompted", "resulted (in)", "spawned", "translated (into)", "worked", "wrought", "yielded" ], "near synonyms":[ "conduced (to)", "contributed (to)", "decided", "determined", "begun", "established", "fathered", "founded", "inaugurated", "initiated", "innovated", "instituted", "introduced", "launched", "pioneered", "set", "set up", "started", "advanced", "cultivated", "developed", "encouraged", "forwarded", "fostered", "furthered", "nourished", "nurtured", "promoted", "enacted", "rendered", "turned out" ], "near antonyms":[ "impeded", "limited", "restricted", "clamped down (on)", "cracked down (on)", "crushed", "dampened", "put down", "quashed", "quelled", "repressed", "smothered", "squashed", "squelched", "stifled", "subdued", "suppressed", "arrested", "checked", "controlled", "curbed", "inhibited", "reined (in)", "restrained", "retarded", "canned", "killed", "snuffed (out)", "stilled", "abolished", "demolished", "destroyed", "extinguished", "liquidated", "quenched" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{ "examples":[ "the laughing partygoers begged their host to do Marlon Brando again" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesqued", "caricatured", "imitated", "mimicked", "mocked", "parodied", "sent up", "spoofed", "travestied" ], "near synonyms":[ "lampooned", "pasquinaded", "satirized", "derided", "gibed", "jibed", "ridiculed", "aped", "copycatted", "monkeyed", "parroted", "duplicated", "emulated", "replicated", "reproduced", "acted", "counterfeited", "dissembled", "faked", "feigned", "pretended", "shammed", "simulated", "elaborated", "embellished", "embroidered", "exaggerated", "magnified", "padded", "played up", "stretched", "amplified", "enhanced", "enlarged (on or upon)", "expanded", "fleshed (out)", "overdrawn", "overstated", "put on", "mimed", "pantomimed", "impersonated", "performed", "personated", "played" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to move forward along a course":{ "examples":[ "how are you doing with the house restoration?" ], "synonyms":[ "advanced", "come", "come along", "fared", "forged", "gone", "gone along", "gone off", "got along", "gotten along", "got on", "gotten on", "marched", "paced", "proceeded", "progressed" ], "near synonyms":[ "accelerated", "fast-forwarded", "sped", "speeded", "approached", "neared", "journeyed", "passed", "repaired", "run", "traveled", "travelled", "wended", "actuated", "driven", "impelled", "propelled", "pushed", "taken out" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrested", "balked", "blocked", "checked", "detained", "halted", "held back", "hindered", "impeded", "nipped", "obstructed", "slowed (down or up)", "stemmed", "repressed", "retarded", "stunted", "suppressed", "delayed", "interrupted", "stalled", "cramped", "hampered", "inhibited", "ceased", "let up", "paused", "regressed", "waited" ], "antonyms":[ "remained", "stayed", "stood", "stopped" ] }, "to present a portrayal or performance of":{ "examples":[ "she's done Eliza Doolittle on the stage so many times that she can probably play the flower girl in her sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "acted", "impersonated", "interpreted", "performed", "played", "portrayed" ], "near synonyms":[ "depicted", "dramatized", "rendered", "represented", "acted out", "enacted", "pantomimed", "playacted", "role-played", "taken on", "overacted", "overplayed", "underplayed", "aped", "clowned", "hammed", "imitated", "masqueraded", "mimed", "mimicked", "posed (as)", "starred (in)", "coacted", "co-acted", "costarred", "co-starred" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "did them out of their savings with surprising ease" ], "synonyms":[ "beaten", "beat", "bilked", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "choused", "conned", "cozened", "defrauded", "diddled", "done in", "euchred", "fiddled", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "gaffed", "hosed", "hustled", "mulcted", "nobbled", "plucked", "reamed", "ripped off", "rooked", "screwed", "shaken down", "shortchanged", "shorted", "skinned", "skunked", "squeezed", "stiffed", "stuck", "stung", "suckered", "swindled", "thimblerigged", "victimized" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorted", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "clipped", "gouged", "nicked", "overcharged", "soaked", "exploited", "milked", "deceived", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "tricked", "roped (in)", "betrayed", "bitched", "double-crossed", "bamboozled", "fast-talked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "no one is sure who did them in that alley" ], "synonyms":[ "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beaten", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "birched", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged up", "clubbed", "curried", "drubbed", "fibbed", "flogged", "hammered", "hided", "laced", "lambasted", "lashed", "lathered", "licked", "mauled", "messed (up)", "paddled", "pelted", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pounded", "pummeled", "pummelled", "punched out", "roughed (up)", "slated", "slogged", "switched", "tanned", "thrashed", "threshed", "thumped", "tromped", "walloped", "whaled", "whipped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "chopped", "clobbered", "clouted", "cracked", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "cuffed", "descended (on or upon)", "hit", "jumped (on)", "knocked", "laid on", "lammed", "pasted", "pounced (on or upon)", "punched", "raided", "rushed", "slammed", "slapped", "smacked", "smashed", "socked", "spanked", "stormed", "swatted", "swiped", "thwacked", "whacked", "whammed", "whomped", "blackjacked", "caned", "cowhided", "flagellated", "fustigated", "horsewhipped", "leathered", "pistol-whipped", "rawhided", "scourged", "strapped", "gored", "lacerated", "wounded", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to take place":{ "examples":[ "nothing's ever doing in this boring little town" ], "synonyms":[ "been", "befallen", "betided", "chanced", "come", "come about", "come down", "come off", "cooked", "gone down", "gone on", "happed", "happened", "occurred", "passed", "transpired" ], "near synonyms":[ "broken", "developed", "risen", "shaped (up)", "arisen", "come up", "cropped (up)", "materialized", "sprung (up)", "intervened", "fallen out", "followed", "resulted", "turned out", "gone off", "proceeded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] } }