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"approval", "authorization", "certification", "permission", "qualification", "open door", "welcome mat" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharge", "dismissal", "ejection", "expulsion", "ouster", "rejection", "removal" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{ "examples":[ "he stood in the doorway until we finally invited him in" ], "synonyms":[ "door", "entrance", "gate", "gateway", "way" ], "near synonyms":[ "hatch", "hatchway" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "door":{ "a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened":{ "examples":[ "we locked the door to the room so that no one could get in" ], "synonyms":[ "gate", "hatch", "portal" ], "near synonyms":[ "double door", "Dutch door", "French door", "lattice", "portcullis", "postern", "revolving door", "storm door", "trapdoor", "wicket" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure":{ "examples":[ "a steady stream of 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"dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "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" ] }, "doomsayer":{ "one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{ "examples":[ "doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst" ], "synonyms":[ "Cassandra", "Chicken Little", "doomsdayer", "doomster" ], "near synonyms":[ "defeatist", "fatalist", "naysayer", "negativist", "pessimist", "handwringer", "worrier", "worrywart" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dooryard":{ "as in backyard , churchyard":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "backyard", "churchyard", "campus", "close", "enclosure", "inclosure", "garden", "garth", "plaza", "acres", "estate", "land", "lot", "parcel", "plot", "property", "real estate", "realty", "demesne", "ground", "park", "premises", "premisses", "yard" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doomed":{ "facing certain defeat, disaster, or death":{ "examples":[ "at that point it was obvious to all that the astronauts were doomed" ], "synonyms":[ "dead", "done", "done for", "finished", "kaput", "kaputt", "ruined", "sunk" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangered", "imperiled", "imperilled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "the actor felt that he was doomed to be forever remembered for that one terrible performance" ], "synonyms":[ "destined", "fated", "foredoomed", "foreordained", "ordained", "predestined", "predetermined", "preordained" ], "near synonyms":[ "predestinated", "augured", "forecast", "forecasted", "foretold", "predicted", "presaged", "prognosticated", "prophesied", "preconceived", "prejudged", "condemned", "sentenced", "boded", "foreboded", "forboded", "portended", "anticipated", "divined", "foreknew", "foresaw" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to impose a judicial punishment on":{ "examples":[ "doomed the murderer to life in prison without the possibility of parole" ], "synonyms":[ "condemned", "damned", "sentenced" ], "near synonyms":[ "adjudged", "judged", "castigated", "censured", "chastened", "chastised", "corrected", "disciplined", "penalized", "punished", "concluded", "decided", "decreed", "determined", "found", "opined", "resolved", "ruled" ], "near antonyms":[ "pardoned", "reprieved" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "doozies":{ "something very good of its kind":{ "examples":[ "you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy" ], "synonyms":[ "beauties", "beauts", "bee's knees", "corkers", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "daisies", "dandies", "dillies", "dreams", "honeys", "hot stuff", "humdingers", "hummers", "jim-dandies", "knockouts", "lollapaloozas", "lulus", "nifties", "peaches", "pippins", "pips", "rippers", "ripsnorters", "snorters", "sockdolagers", "sockdologers", "standouts", "sweethearts" ], "near synonyms":[ "marvels", "phenomena", "phenomenons", "prodigies", "sensations", "wonders", "catches", "crown jewels", "diamonds", "gems", "imperials", "jewels", "pearls", "plums", "treasures" ], "near antonyms":[ "busts", "disappointments", "duds", "failures", "flops", "lemons", "letdowns", "losers", "stinkers", "turkeys" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doozie":{ "something very good of its kind":{ "examples":[ "you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy" ], "synonyms":[ "beaut", "beauty", "bee's knees", "cat's meow", "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "daisy", "dandy", "dilly", "dream", "honey", "hot stuff", "humdinger", "hummer", "jim-dandy", "knockout", "lollapalooza", "lulu", "nifty", "peach", "pip", "pippin", "ripper", "ripsnorter", "snorter", "sockdolager", "sockdologer", "standout", "sweetheart" ], "near synonyms":[ "marvel", "phenomenon", "prodigy", "sensation", "wonder", "catch", "crown jewel", "diamond", "gem", "imperial", "jewel", "pearl", "plum", "treasure" ], "near antonyms":[ "bust", "disappointment", "dud", "failure", "flop", "lemon", "letdown", "loser", "stinker", "turkey" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doodly-squats":{ "the smallest amount or part imaginable":{ "examples":[ "tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "continentals", "damns", "darns", "durns", "diddlies", "diddly-squats", "figs", "ghosts", "hoots", "iotas", "jots", "licks", "modicums", "raps", "squats", "syllables", "tittles", "whits", "whoops" ], "near synonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "crumbs", "dabs", "driblets", "glimmers", "hints", "little", "mites", "nips", "ounces", "particles", "peanuts", "pins", "rays", "scraps", "scruples", "semblances", "shades", "shadows", "shreds", "skoshes", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "snaps", "specks", "spots", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "touches", "traces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doodly-squat":{ "the smallest amount or part imaginable":{ "examples":[ "tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "bubkes", "bupkes", "bupkus", "continental", "damn", "darn", "durn", "diddly", "diddly-squat", "fig", "ghost", "hoot", "iota", "jot", "lick", "modicum", "rap", "squat", "syllable", "tittle", "whit", "whoop" ], "near synonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "crumb", "dab", "driblet", "glimmer", "hint", "little", "mite", "nip", "ounce", "particle", "peanuts", "pin", "ray", "scrap", "scruple", "semblance", "shade", "shadow", "shred", "skosh", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "snap", "speck", "spot", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "touch", "trace" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doomsayers":{ "one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{ "examples":[ "doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst" ], "synonyms":[ "Cassandras", "Chicken Littles", "doomsdayers", "doomsters" ], "near synonyms":[ "defeatists", "fatalists", "naysayers", "negativists", "pessimists", "handwringers", "worriers", "worrywarts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "optimists", "Pollyannas" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doomsdays":{ "the day the world ends or is destroyed":{ "examples":[ "a warning that doomsday is near", "doomsday predictions" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Armageddons", "end-times", "apocalypses", "calamities", "cataclysms", "catastrophes", "debacles", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles", "disasters", "tragedies", "bloodbaths", "collapses", "crashes", "meltdowns", "convulsions", "paroxysms", "upheavals", "accidents", "casualties", "fatalities", "misadventures", "mischances", "misfortunes", "mishaps", "blasts", 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"ornament", "ornamentation", "setoff", "trim" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparel", "bells and whistles", "blazonry", "bric-a-brac", "chichi", "emblazonry", "filigree", "finery", "foofaraw", "frippery", "frosting", "froufrou", "fal-lal", "flounce", "flourish", "furbelow", "ruffle", "enhancement", "enrichment", "improvement", "appliqu\u00e9", "embossment", "embroidery", "fancywork", "bedizenment", "gilt", "glitter", "design", "figure", "pattern", "furnishings", "regalia", "trappings" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemish", "defacement", "disfigurement", "scar", "blot", "spot", "stain" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doozy":{ "something very good of its kind":{ "examples":[ "you don't make mistakes very often, but when you do, it's a real doozy" ], "synonyms":[ "beaut", "beauty", "bee's knees", "cat's meow", "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "daisy", "dandy", "dilly", "dream", "honey", "hot stuff", "humdinger", "hummer", "jim-dandy", "knockout", "lollapalooza", "lulu", "nifty", "peach", "pip", "pippin", "ripper", "ripsnorter", "snorter", "sockdolager", "sockdologer", "standout", "sweetheart" ], "near synonyms":[ "marvel", "phenomenon", "prodigy", "sensation", "wonder", "catch", "crown jewel", "diamond", "gem", "imperial", "jewel", "pearl", "plum", "treasure" ], "near antonyms":[ "bust", "disappointment", "dud", "failure", "flop", "lemon", "letdown", "loser", "stinker", "turkey" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doodley-squats":{ "the smallest amount or part imaginable":{ "examples":[ "tried to act intelligent but it was painfully obvious that he didn't know doodley-squat about cosmology" ], "synonyms":[ "beans", "continentals", "damns", "darns", "durns", "diddlies", "diddly-squats", "figs", "ghosts", "hoots", "iotas", "jots", "licks", "modicums", "raps", "squats", "syllables", "tittles", "whits", "whoops" ], "near synonyms":[ "aces", "bits", "crumbs", "dabs", "driblets", "glimmers", "hints", "little", "mites", "nips", "ounces", "particles", "peanuts", "pins", "rays", "scraps", "scruples", "semblances", "shades", "shadows", "shreds", "skoshes", "smidgens", "smidgeons", "smidgins", "smidges", "snaps", "specks", "spots", "sprinklings", "strains", "streaks", "suspicions", "touches", "traces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doomsdayer":{ "one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{ "examples":[ "once again doomsdayers were issuing warnings about the dangers of nuclear proliferation" ], "synonyms":[ "Cassandra", "Chicken Little", "doomsayer", "doomster" ], "near synonyms":[ "defeatist", "fatalist", "naysayer", "negativist", "pessimist", "handwringer", "worrier", "worrywart" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doorman":{ "a person who tends a door":{ "examples":[ "we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab" ], "synonyms":[ "doorkeeper", "gatekeeper", "janitor", "porter" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doodads":{ "a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{ "examples":[ "where does this little doodad go?" ], "synonyms":[ "dinguses", "doohickeys", "doohickies", "hickeys", "thingamabobs", "thingamajigs", "thingumajigs", "thingummies", "whatchamacallits", "whatnots", "whatsits", "whatses", "what-is-its" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a small object displayed for its attractiveness or interest":{ "examples":[ "has a habit of buying gadgets and doodads sold on television shopping channels" ], "synonyms":[ "baubles", "bibelots", "curios", "curiosities", "gauds", "gewgaws", "geegaws", "gimcracks", "kickshaws", "knickknacks", "nicknacks", "novelties", "ornamentals", "tchotchkes", "trinkets" ], "near synonyms":[ "bijouteries", "bric-a-brac", "gimcrackeries", "trinketries", "trumperies", "virtus", "vertus", "bagatelles", "trifles", "figurines", "objets d'art", "objets", "ornaments", "keepsakes", "mementos", "mementoes", "souvenirs", "conversation pieces", "collectibles", "collectables", "collector's items" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something that decorates or beautifies":{ "examples":[ "the array of doodads that some drivers hang from their rearview mirror" ], "synonyms":[ "adornments", "beautifiers", "caparisons", "decorations", "embellishers", "embellishments", "frills", "garnishes", "garnishments", "garnitures", "ornamentations", "ornaments", "setoffs", "trims" ], "near synonyms":[ "apparels", "bells and whistles", "blazonries", "bric-a-brac", "chichis", "emblazonries", "filigrees", "fineries", "foofaraws", "fripperies", "frostings", "froufrous", "frou-frous", "fal-lals", "flounces", "flourishes", "furbelows", "ruffles", "enhancements", "enrichments", "improvements", "appliqu\u00e9s", "embossments", "embroideries", "fancyworks", "bedizenments", "gilts", "glitters", "designs", "figures", "patterns", "furnishings", "regalia", "trappings" ], "near antonyms":[ "blemishes", "defacements", "disfigurements", "scars", "blots", "spots", "stains" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doo-doo":{ "solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{ "examples":[ "a three-year-old who thought talking about doo-doo was the funniest thing ever" ], "synonyms":[ "dirt", "dropping", "dung", "excrement", "excreta", "feces", "ordure", "poop", "scat", "slops", "soil", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "night soil", "stool", "dunghill", "guano", "manure", "midden", "muck", "spoor", "sewage", "sewerage", "coprolite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doomster":{ "one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity":{ "examples":[ "from time immemorial doomsters have been saying that the world is going to hell in a handbasket" ], "synonyms":[ "Cassandra", "Chicken Little", "doomsayer", "doomsdayer" ], "near synonyms":[ "defeatist", "fatalist", "naysayer", "negativist", "pessimist", "handwringer", "worrier", "worrywart" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "optimist", "Pollyanna" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doormen":{ "a person who tends a door":{ "examples":[ "we tipped the hotel doorman for getting us a cab" ], "synonyms":[ "doorkeepers", "gatekeepers", "janitors", "porters" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doo-doos":{ "solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{ "examples":[ "a three-year-old who thought talking about doo-doo was the funniest thing ever" ], "synonyms":[ "dirt", "dropping", "dung", "excrement", "excreta", "feces", "ordure", "poop", "scat", "slops", "soil", "waste" ], "near synonyms":[ "night soil", "stool", "dunghill", "guano", "manure", "midden", "muck", "spoor", "sewage", "sewerage", "coprolite" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doormats":{ "a person without strength of character":{ "examples":[ "a doormat who always gave in to his father's demands" ], "synonyms":[ "jellyfish", "namby-pambies", "pushovers", "reeds", "weaklings", "wimps" ], "near synonyms":[ "cowards", "mice", "milquetoasts", "nebbishes", "nervous Nellies", "pussies", "wusses", "wussies", "sheep" ], "near antonyms":[ "mensches" ], "antonyms":[ "stalwarts" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doohickey":{ "a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{ "examples":[ "screw in the doohickey at the top of the lamp shade" ], "synonyms":[ "dingus", "doodad", "hickey", "thingamabob", "thingamajig", "thingumajig", "thingummy", "whatchamacallit", "whatnot", "whatsit", "whatsis", "what-is-it" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doomy":{ "being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{ "examples":[ "the surging doomy music in the background was an unmistakable sign that things would not end well for the movie's hero" ], "synonyms":[ "baleful", "dire", "direful", "foreboding", "ill", "ill-boding", "inauspicious", "menacing", "minatory", "ominous", "portentous", "sinister", "threatening" ], "near synonyms":[ "black", "bleak", "cheerless", "chill", "Cimmerian", "cloudy", "cold", "comfortless", "dark", "darkening", "depressing", "depressive", "desolate", "dim", "disconsolate", "dismal", "drear", "dreary", "dreich", "elegiac", "elegiacal", "forlorn", "funereal", "gloomy", "glum", "godforsaken", "gray", "grey", "lonely", "lonesome", "lugubrious", "miserable", "morbid", "morose", "murky", "plutonian", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "sunless", "tenebrific", "tenebrous", "wretched", "discouraging", "disheartening", "hopeless", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "star-crossed", "troubled", "unfortunate", "unlucky", "evil", "malign", "malignant" ], "near antonyms":[ "auspicious", "benign", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "promising", "propitious", "prosperous" ], "antonyms":[ "unthreatening" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "doorkeeper":{ "a person who tends a door":{ "examples":[ "the doorkeeper held the door open for us so we didn't have to put down our packages" ], "synonyms":[ "doorman", "gatekeeper", "janitor", "porter" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }