{ "hub":{ "a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest":{ "examples":[ "Broadway is the hub of theater life in New York" ], "synonyms":[ "axis", "base", "capital", "center", "central", "core", "cynosure", "epicenter", "eye", "focus", "ground zero", "heart", "locus", "mecca", "navel", "nerve center", "nexus", "nucleus", "omphalos", "seat" ], "near synonyms":[ "headquarters", "happy hunting ground", "hive", "hotbed", "hot spot", "playground", "playland", "kernel", "nub", "pith", "deep", "thick", "essence", "quintessence", "soul", "attraction", "lodestone", "loadstone", "magnet", "polestar" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huddling":{ "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the puppies huddled together to keep warm" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking up", "disbanding", "dispersing", "splitting (up)" ], "related":[ "assembling", "collecting", "concentering", "concentrating", "conglomerating", "congregating", "convening", "converging", "flocking", "forgathering", "foregathering", "herding", "swarming", "thronging", "encircling", "mobbing", "surrounding", "embracing", "hugging" ], "synonyms":[ "bunching", "clustering", "crowding", "piling", "pressing" ] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "curling up" ], "synonyms":[ "couching", "crouching", "hunching", "hunkering (down)", "scrunching", "squatting", "squinching" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "huff":{ "a state of nervous or irritated concern":{ "examples":[ "was in a huff because everyone was running late and the school bus would stop to pick them up in a matter of minutes" ], "synonyms":[ "dither", "fluster", "fret", "fuss", "lather", "pother", "stew", "sweat", "swelter", "swivet", "tizzy", "twitter" ], "near synonyms":[ "bother", "dudgeon", "pique", "alarm", "alarum", "hand-wringing", "panic", "ado", "agitation", "delirium", "distraction", "furor", "hysteria", "uproar", "nervous breakdown" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an outburst or display of excited anger":{ "examples":[ "gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism" ], "synonyms":[ "blowup", "explosion", "fireworks", "fit", "hissy", "hissy fit", "scene", "tantrum" ], "near synonyms":[ "eruption", "flare-up", "outburst", "storm", "uproar", "agitation", "delirium", "distraction", "frenzy", "furor", "furore", "fury", "hysteria", "rage", "rampage", "convulsion(s)", "paroxysm", "seizure", "spasm", "upheaval", "angriness", "choler", "indignation", "irateness", "ire", "lividity", "lividness", "spleen", "wrath", "wrathfulness", "reaction", "rise", "dander", "temper", "grouch", "hump", "pet", "pouts", "snit", "sulk(s)", "sulkiness", "sullenness" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{ "examples":[ "left the restaurant in a huff after waiting 15 minutes to be seated" ], "synonyms":[ "dudgeon", "miff", "offense", "offence", "peeve", "pique", "resentment", "umbrage" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggravation", "anger", "annoyance", "bother", "botheration", "discomfort", "exasperation", "frustration", "grief", "irritation", "vexation", "agitation", "angriness", "displeasure", "distress", "disturbance", "indignation", "irateness", "ire", "outrage", "perturbation", "upset", "dander", "temper", "fit", "pet", "pouts", "sulk(s)", "tantrum", "tizzy", "affront", "barb", "brickbat", "dig", "indignity", "insult", "put-down", "slap", "slight", "slur" ], "near antonyms":[ "satisfaction", "appeasement", "mollification", "pacification", "contentment", "delight", "gratification", "happiness", "pleasure" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to talk loudly and wildly":{ "examples":[ "demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant" ], "synonyms":[ "bluster", "fulminate", "rant", "rave", "spout" ], "near synonyms":[ "sound off", "speak out", "speak up", "blare", "blurt (out)", "bolt", "bloviate", "blow", "declaim", "harangue", "mouth (off)", "orate", "pontificate", "carry on", "rage", "storm", "take on" ], "near antonyms":[ "grunt", "murmur", "mutter", "slur", "breathe", "whisper" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "huffiness":{ "an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{ "examples":[ "the huffiness in his voice put off his coworkers" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "consequence", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "high horse", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "masterfulness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "self-consequence", "self-importance", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ], "near synonyms":[ "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", "boastfulness", "bombast", "braggadocio", "bravado", "strut", "swagger", "triumphalism", "vaingloriousness", "vainglory", "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" ], "antonyms":[ "humility", "modesty", "unassumingness", "unpretentiousness" ] }, "readiness to show annoyance or impatience":{ "examples":[ "there's no point in telling her what you think unless you want to put up with her huffiness" ], "synonyms":[ "biliousness", "choler", "crankiness", "crossness", "crotchetiness", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "peevishness", "perverseness", "perversity", "pettishness", "petulance", "testiness", "waspishness" ], "near synonyms":[ "cantankerousness", "crustiness", "curmudgeonliness", "disagreeableness", "dyspepsia", "fretfulness", "orneriness", "sulkiness", "surliness", "aggression", "aggressiveness", "bellicosity", "belligerence", "belligerency", "combativeness", "contentiousness", "contrariness", "disputatiousness", "feistiness", "fight", "pugnaciousness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "scrappiness", "truculence", "truculency", "fussiness", "querulousness", "rudeness", "oversensitiveness", "sensitivity", "supersensitivity", "touchiness", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "fierceness", "hostility", "jaundice", "rancor", "unfriendliness", "anger", "exasperation", "fury", "indignation", "rage", "spleen", "wrath", "hot-bloodedness", "passion" ], "near antonyms":[ "forbearance", "long-suffering", "patience", "tolerance", "understanding", "affability", "agreeableness", "amenity", "amicability", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "sociability", "amiability", "amiableness", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "good-temperedness", "coolness", "serenity", "tranquillity", "tranquility", "easygoingness", "gentleness", "kindliness", "mildness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huffish":{ "having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{ "antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest", "unarrogant", "unpretentious" ], "examples":[ "huffish wealthy people who expected to receive top priority in the ship's dining room" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashful", "cowering", "cringing", "demure", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "self-critical", "self-doubting", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "meek", "passive", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "unassuming", "unobtrusive", "yielding", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring" ], "related":[ "authoritarian", "bossy", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "pontifical", "pontificating", "condescending", "disdainful", "patronizing", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "complacent", "conceited", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "hubristic", "narcissistic", "orgulous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "self-flattering", "self-loving", "self-promoting", "brash", "forward", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "huffy", "imperious", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "sniffy", "stiff-necked", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hug":{ "to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{ "examples":[ "she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment" ], "synonyms":[ "compliment", "congratulate", "felicitate" ], "near synonyms":[ "applaud", "cheer", "commend", "hail", "salute", "extol", "extoll", "glorify", "laud", "praise" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad-mouth", "belittle", "cry down", "decry", "deprecate", "depreciate", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "write off", "jeer", "mock", "ridicule", "taunt", "tease" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put one's arms around and press tightly":{ "examples":[ "Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye" ], "synonyms":[ "bear-hug", "clasp", "crush", "embrace", "enclasp", "enfold", "grasp", "strain" ], "near synonyms":[ "clamp", "cling", "cradle", "grab", "grip", "hold", "bosom", "embosom", "encircle", "entwine", "envelop", "enwind", "fold", "lock", "twine", "wrap", "cuddle", "fondle", "nestle", "nuzzle", "pat", "pet", "snuggle", "stroke" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in embrace , clinch":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinch", "embrace", "foothold", "footing", "toehold", "grab", "seizure", "anchorage", "leverage", "purchase", "clasp", "clench", "grapple", "grasp", "grip", "handgrip", "handhold", "hold" ], "near antonyms":[ "release", "relinquishment" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hugging":{ "to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{ "examples":[ "she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment" ], "synonyms":[ "complimenting", "congratulating", "felicitating" ], "near synonyms":[ "applauding", "cheering", "commending", "hailing", "saluting", "extolling", "glorifying", "lauding", "praising" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad-mouthing", "belittling", "crying down", "decrying", "deprecating", "depreciating", "diminishing", "discounting", "disparaging", "minimizing", "putting down", "writing off", "jeering", "mocking", "ridiculing", "taunting", "teasing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put one's arms around and press tightly":{ "examples":[ "Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye" ], "synonyms":[ "bear-hugging", "clasping", "crushing", "embracing", "enclasping", "enfolding", "grasping", "straining" ], "near synonyms":[ "clamping", "clinging", "cradling", "grabbing", "gripping", "holding", "bosoming", "embosoming", "encircling", "entwining", "enveloping", "enwinding", "folding", "locking", "twining", "wrapping", "cuddling", "fondling", "nestling", "nuzzling", "patting", "petting", "snuggling", "stroking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hulk(s)":{ "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle" ], "synonyms":[ "clodhoppers", "clods", "gawks", "louts", "lubbers", "lugs", "lumps", "Neanderthals", "oafs", "palookas" ], "near synonyms":[ "chumps", "losers", "schlemiels", "shlemiels", "turkeys", "slouches", "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "blunderers", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "galoots", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "simps", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos", "anthropoids", "apes", "beasts", "boors", "brutes", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "louses", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "tykes", "tikes", "villains", "boobies", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "rascals", "rogues", "scamps" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainiacs", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hull":{ "something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{ "examples":[ "the coffin was placed in a cement hull" ], "synonyms":[ "armor", "capsule", "case", "casing", "cocoon", "cover", "covering", "encasement", "housing", "husk", "jacket", "pod", "sheath", "shell" ], "near synonyms":[ "cartridge", "cassette", "casette", "bark", "crust", "carapace", "house", "mail", "panoply", "plate", "plating", "shield", "cuticle", "hide", "skin", "envelope", "package", "wrapper", "backing", "coating", "coverture", "facing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to remove the natural covering of":{ "examples":[ "hull the pinto beans before adding them" ], "synonyms":[ "bark", "flay", "husk", "peel", "shell", "shuck", "skin" ], "near synonyms":[ "bare", "denude", "expose", "scale", "strip", "pare" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hulls":{ "something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the coffin was placed in a cement hull" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cartridges", "cassettes", "casettes", "barks", "crusts", "carapaces", "houses", "mails", "panoplies", "plates", "platings", "shields", "cuticles", "hides", "skins", "envelopes", "packages", "wrappers", "backings", "coatings", "covertures", "facings" ], "synonyms":[ "armors", "capsules", "cases", "casings", "cocoons", "coverings", "covers", "encasements", "housings", "husks", "jackets", "pods", "sheaths", "shells" ] }, "to remove the natural covering of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "hull the pinto beans before adding them" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bares", "denudes", "exposes", "scales", "strips", "pares" ], "synonyms":[ "barks", "flays", "husks", "peels", "shells", "shucks", "skins" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "human being":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "we're all human beings , regardless of our differences" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humane":{ "having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{ "examples":[ "humane guards who treated the prisoners decently", "the Geneva conventions spelled out standards for the humane treatment of prisoners of war" ], "synonyms":[ "beneficent", "benevolent", "benignant", "compassionate", "good-hearted", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "softhearted", "sympathetic", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warmhearted" ], "near synonyms":[ "attentive", "considerate", "solicitous", "thoughtful", "affable", "amicable", "benign", "companionable", "comradely", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "gentle", "good", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "mild", "neighborly", "nice", "pleasant", "sweet", "warm", "clement", "forbearing", "forgiving", "lenient", "merciful", "soft", "patient", "pitying", "tolerant", "understanding", "altruistic", "brotherly", "charitable", "freehanded", "generous", "greathearted", "humanitarian", "liberal", "magnanimous", "munificent", "noble", "openhearted", "philanthropic", "philanthropical", "selfless", "unselfish", "unsparing", "anticruelty", "cruelty-free" ], "near antonyms":[ "ironhearted", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "stonyhearted", "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "uncaring", "unthinking", "grim", "hard-boiled", "harsh", "heavy-handed", "severe", "stern", "tough", "unsentimental", "hateful", "malevolent", "malicious", "malign", "malignant", "mean", "nasty", "spiteful", "virulent", "antihumanitarian", "uncharitable" ], "antonyms":[ "atrocious", "barbaric", "barbarous", "bestial", "brutal", "brute", "brutish", "callous", "cold-blooded", "cruel", "fiendish", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "sadistic", "savage", "truculent", "uncompassionate", "unfeeling", "unkind", "unkindly", "unsympathetic", "vicious", "wanton" ] }, "having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another":{ "examples":[ "the movie's humane depiction of people who are physically and mentally challenged" ], "synonyms":[ "commiserative", "compassionate", "empathetic", "empathic", "sympathetic", "understanding" ], "near synonyms":[ "feeling", "perceptive", "sensitive", "considerate", "gentle", "softhearted", "tender", "tenderhearted", "warm", "warmhearted", "benevolent", "benignant", "bighearted", "charitable", "kind", "kindhearted", "kindly", "largehearted", "magnanimous", "clement", "lenient", "merciful", "tolerant", "pitying", "ruthful", "congenial", "cordial", "friendly", "genial", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "gracious", "well-disposed", "affectionate", "loving" ], "near antonyms":[ "inconsiderate", "insensitive", "thoughtless", "unthinking", "aloof", "cool", "indifferent", "uncaring", "uninterested", "unaffectionate", "unfriendly", "unloving", "merciless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "bigoted", "blinkered", "narrow-minded", "small-minded", "brutal", "grim", "hard-bitten", "hard-boiled", "harsh", "oppressive", "rough", "severe", "stern", "tough", "ungentle", "unrelenting", "abusive", "acrimonious", "disagreeable", "hateful", "hostile", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "malevolent", "malicious", "mean", "rancorous", "spiteful", "surly", "unkind", "virulent" ], "antonyms":[ "callous", "cold-blooded", "coldhearted", "hard", "hard-hearted", "heartless", "inhuman", "inhumane", "insensate", "obdurate", "unfeeling", "unsympathetic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "humanitarianism":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humanoid":{ "as in homo , hominid":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "looking or acting like a human being":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "humanoid robots", "The movie is about humanoid aliens invading Earth." ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "humble":{ "not having or showing any feelings of superiority, self-assertiveness, or showiness":{ "examples":[ "a medical scientist who remained remarkably humble even after winning the Nobel Prize", "even though she'd been proven wrong, her attitude was still far from humble" ], "synonyms":[ "demure", "down-to-earth", "lowly", "meek", "modest", "unassuming", "unpretentious" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "resigned", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "yielding", "cowering", "cringing", "shrinking", "ingenuous", "naive", "na\u00efve", "plain", "simple", "unaffected", "bashful", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "passive", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring", "sheepish", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "unobtrusive", "aw-shucks", "self-deprecating", "self-deprecatory", "self-effacing" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressive", "assertive", "audacious", "bold", "brash", "brassy", "cheeky", "forward", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "cocksure", "cocky", "confident", "hubristic", "overconfident", "self-confident", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "narcissistic", "prideful", "self-affected", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-congratulatory", "self-contented", "self-engrossed", "self-important", "self-obsessed", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "swelled-headed", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggy", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "condescending", "disdainful", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "overbearing", "patronizing", "pontificating", "flamboyant", "ostentatious", "showy", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest", "outgoing", "uninhibited", "unreserved" ], "antonyms":[ "arrogant", "bumptious", "chesty", "conceited", "egotistic", "egotistical", "fastuous", "haughty", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "hoity-toity", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "lordly", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ] }, "belonging to the class of people of low social or economic rank":{ "examples":[ "a humble peasant girl who claimed she was chosen by God to restore the French king to his throne" ], "synonyms":[ "baseborn", "common", "ignoble", "inferior", "low", "low-life", "lowborn", "lower-class", "lowly", "lumpen", "mean", "plebeian", "prole", "proletarian", "unwashed", "vulgar" ], "near synonyms":[ "bourgeois", "middle-class", "plain", "poor", "simple", "working-class", "d\u00e9class\u00e9", "down-market", "downscale" ], "near antonyms":[ "eminent", "illustrious", "notable", "prominent" ], "antonyms":[ "aristocratic", "blue-blooded", "genteel", "gentle", "grand", "great", "high", "highborn", "highbred", "lofty", "noble", "patrician", "upper-class", "upper-crust", "wellborn" ] }, "showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{ "examples":[ "please accept my humble thanks for this unexpected favor" ], "synonyms":[ "abject", "base", "menial", "servile", "slavish" ], "near synonyms":[ "hangdog", "lamblike", "sheepish", "demure", "lowly", "meek", "modest", "retiring", "unassuming", "unpretentious", "fawning", "sycophant", "sycophantic", "toadyish" ], "near antonyms":[ "arrogant", "haughty", "high-handed", "imperious", "lordly", "supercilious", "superior", "uppity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "chasten", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "humiliate", "lower", "shame", "sink", "smirch", "take down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "mortify", "nonplus", "rattle", "belittle", "castigate", "criticize", "cry down", "decry", "depreciate", "detract", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "ridicule", "write off", "bad-mouth", "defame", "defile", "libel", "malign", "slander", "affront", "insult", "censure", "condemn", "damn", "denounce", "execrate", "reprehend", "reprobate" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "boast", "celebrate", "cheer", "cite", "commend", "compliment", "congratulate", "decorate", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "fete", "f\u00eate", "hail", "honor", "laud", "praise", "salute", "tout", "acknowledge", "recognize", "highlight", "play up", "spotlight", "dignify", "ennoble", "enshrine", "ensky", "enthrone", "glorify", "magnify", "advance", "boost", "lift", "promote", "raise", "upgrade", "uplift", "idealize", "romanticize" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "canonize", "deify", "elevate", "exalt" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "humbles":{ "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament" ], "synonyms":[ "abases", "chastens", "cheapens", "debases", "degrades", "demeans", "discredits", "disgraces", "dishonors", "fouls", "humiliates", "lowers", "shames", "sinks", "smirches", "takes down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abashes", "confounds", "confuses", "discomfits", "disconcerts", "discountenances", "embarrasses", "fazes", "flusters", "mortifies", "nonpluses", "nonplusses", "rattles", "belittles", "castigates", "cries down", "criticizes", "decries", "depreciates", "detracts", "diminishes", "discounts", "disparages", "minimizes", "puts down", "ridicules", "writes off", "bad-mouths", "defames", "defiles", "libels", "maligns", "slanders", "affronts", "insults", "censures", "condemns", "damns", "denounces", "execrates", "reprehends", "reprobates" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaims", "applauds", "boasts", "celebrates", "cheers", "cites", "commends", "compliments", "congratulates", "decorates", "eulogizes", "extols", "extolls", "fetes", "f\u00eates", "hails", "honors", "lauds", "praises", "salutes", "touts", "acknowledges", "recognizes", "highlights", "plays up", "spotlights", "dignifies", "ennobles", "enshrines", "enskies", "enthrones", "glorifies", "magnifies", "advances", "boosts", "lifts", "promotes", "raises", "upgrades", "uplifts", "idealizes", "romanticizes" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizes", "canonizes", "deifies", "elevates", "exalts" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humbug":{ "an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{ "examples":[ "tests showed that the \"old\" map of America was a cleverly made humbug" ], "synonyms":[ "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "hoax", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near synonyms":[ "copycat", "knockoff", "copy", "facsimile", "replica", "reproduction", "dummy", "mock-up", "fraud", "gaff", "imposture", "spoof", "swindle", "simulation", "synthetic", "bastard", "brummagem", "duffer", "shoddy" ], "near antonyms":[ "original" ], "antonyms":[] }, "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "examples":[ "those UFO stories are a lot of humbug" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbuggery", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{ "examples":[ "one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar" ], "synonyms":[ "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "fakir", "fraud", "hoaxer", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham" ], "near synonyms":[ "copycat", "imitator", "impersonator", "mimic", "actor", "bluffer", "counterfeiter", "deceiver", "dissembler", "duper", "feigner", "misleader", "operator", "trickster", "poseur", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fraudster", "scammer", "scamster", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler" ], "near antonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "authority", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "expert", "maestro", "master", "past master", "professional", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozle", "beguile", "bluff", "buffalo", "burn", "catch", "con", "cozen", "deceive", "delude", "dupe", "fake out", "fool", "gaff", "gammon", "gull", "have", "have on", "hoax", "hoodwink", "hornswoggle", "juggle", "misguide", "misinform", "mislead", "snooker", "snow", "spoof", "string along", "suck in", "sucker", "take in", "trick" ], "near synonyms":[ "kid", "put on", "tease", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "defraud", "diddle", "euchre", "fleece", "flimflam", "hustle", "mulct", "rook", "shortchange", "skin", "squeeze", "stick", "sting", "swindle" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunk", "expose", "reveal", "show up", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask", "disclose", "divulge", "tell", "unveil", "disabuse", "disenchant", "disillusion" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceive" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "humbuggery":{ "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a lot of humbuggery about a mean old witch that lives in the woods" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "related":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humiliation":{ "as in debasement , abasement":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abasement", "debasement", "dismissal", "firing", "layoff", "sacking", "disrating", "downgrade", "bump", "demotion", "reduction" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humongous":{ "unusually large":{ "examples":[ "I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous", "august", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "cavernous", "monolithic", "overwhelming", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "immeasurable", "infinite" ], "near antonyms":[ "little", "mini", "petite", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "humped":{ "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains" ], "near antonyms":[ "broke", "eased (up)", "let up", "slackened", "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dillydallied", "footled", "goldbricked", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "lazed", "loafed", "lounged", "shirked", "slacked (off)", "vegged out", "basked", "lolled", "relaxed", "reposed", "rested", "unwound", "dabbled", "doodled", "fooled around", "fribbled", "goofed (around)", "hung", "hanged", "hung about", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled" ], "related":[ "applied (oneself)", "buckled (down)", "dug in", "hammered (away)", "knuckled down", "pitched in", "attacked", "drove", "essayed", "tried", "exercised", "exerted", "overexerted", "overworked", "eked out", "ground (out)", "put out", "scrabbled", "scratched", "trudged", "waded" ], "synonyms":[ "banged away", "beavered (away)", "drudged", "dug (away)", "endeavored", "fagged", "grubbed", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged (away)", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "slogged", "strained", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "tugged", "worked", "wrought" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ], "examples":[ "the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "related":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "hurled", "hurried", "hurtled", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humps":{ "an area of high ground":{ "antonyms":[ "lowlands" ], "examples":[ "the grassy hump at the center of the park is a popular sledding spot during the winter" ], "near antonyms":[ "dales", "dells", "depressions", "dingles", "glens", "hollows", "vales", "valleys", "basins", "bottomlands", "bottoms", "fens", "flats", "floodplains", "plains", "tidewaters" ], "related":[ "alps", "mountains", "mounts", "peaks", "buttes", "mesas", "plateaus", "plateaux", "tablelands", "tables", "bluffs", "cliffs", "crags", "precipices", "steeps", "tors", "ridges", "sierras", "domes", "sugarloafs", "sugarloaves", "foothills", "hillocks", "hummocks", "knobs", "knolls", "downs" ], "synonyms":[ "altitudes", "elevations", "eminences", "heights", "highlands", "hills", "mounds", "prominences", "rises", "uplands" ] }, "an elevation of land higher than a hill":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries" ], "near antonyms":[ "basins", "bowls", "depressions", "hollows", "vales", "valleys" ], "related":[ "cordilleras", "mountain ranges", "ranges", "sierras", "inselbergs", "inselberge", "knobs", "seamounts", "aiguilles", "horns", "mountaintops", "pinnacles", "summits" ], "synonyms":[ "alps", "mountains", "mounts", "peaks" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks", "eases (up)", "lets up", "slackens", "bums", "chills", "dallies", "dillydallies", "footles", "goldbricks", "goofs (off)", "hacks (around)", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "lazes", "loafs", "lounges", "shirks", "slacks (off)", "vegges out", "veges out", "basks", "lolls", "relaxes", "reposes", "rests", "unwinds", "dabbles", "doodles", "fools around", "fribbles", "goofs (around)", "hangs", "hangs about", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles" ], "related":[ "applies (oneself)", "buckles (down)", "digs in", "hammers (away)", "knuckles down", "pitches in", "attacks", "drives", "essays", "tries", "exercises", "exerts", "overexerts", "overworks", "ekes out", "grinds (out)", "puts out", "scrabbles", "scratches", "trudges", "wades" ], "synonyms":[ "bangs away", "beavers (away)", "digs (away)", "drudges", "endeavors", "fags", "grubs", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs (away)", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "slogs", "strains", "strives", "struggles", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "tugs", "works" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "pokes" ], "examples":[ "the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drags", "hangs (around or out)", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "tarries", "ambles", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "related":[ "beetles", "darts", "flits", "scampers", "scuds", "scuffles", "stampedes", "streaks", "whizzes", "gallops", "jogs", "sprints", "accelerates", "quickens", "steps out", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "arrows", "beelines" ], "synonyms":[ "barrels", "belts", "blasts", "blazes", "blows", "bolts", "bombs", "bowls", "breezes", "bundles", "bustles", "buzzes", "cannonballs", "careens", "careers", "chases", "courses", "cracks (on)", "dashes", "drives", "flies", "hares", "hastens", "hies", "highballs", "hotfoots (it)", "hurls", "hurries", "hurtles", "hustles", "jets", "jumps", "motors", "nips", "pelts", "races", "rams", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "rustles", "scoots", "scurries", "scuttles", "shoots", "speeds", "steps", "tears", "travels", "trots", "whirls", "whisks", "zips", "zooms" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hunch":{ "as in hump":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in idea , notion":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "as in theory , speculation":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "curl up" ], "synonyms":[ "couch", "crouch", "huddle", "hunker (down)", "scrunch", "squat", "squinch" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hunching":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen" ], "synonyms":[ "couching", "crouching", "huddling", "hunkering (down)", "scrunching", "squatting", "squinching" ], "near synonyms":[ "curling up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung (over)":{ "to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{ "examples":[ "as long as the possibility of having to move again was hanging over them, the family couldn't really settle in" ], "synonyms":[ "hovered (over)", "impended (over)", "menaced", "overhung", "threatened" ], "near synonyms":[ "endangered", "hazarded", "imperiled", "imperilled", "jeopardized", "periled", "perilled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung about":{ "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[ "a tea house near campus where many university students could be seen hanging about" ], "synonyms":[ "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "kicked around", "kicked back", "lazed", "lazied", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "vegged out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "messed", "monkeyed", "mucked", "piddled", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "dozed", "estivated", "aestivated", "hibernated", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "relaxed", "rested", "tarried", "ambled", "moseyed", "sauntered", "strolled", "swanned", "furloughed", "goldbricked", "malingered", "truanted" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "ground", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "applied", "buckled (down)", "exerted", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time in aimless activity":{ "examples":[ "we'll be hanging about at the pub if you need us" ], "synonyms":[ "doodled", "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "fribbled", "goofed (around)", "kicked around", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled" ], "near synonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "clowned (around)", "horsed around", "diddled (with)", "tinkered" ], "near antonyms":[ "buckled (down)", "knuckled down", "settled (down)", "set (to)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung up":{ "having extreme or relentless concern":{ "examples":[ "parents of a toddler who are already hung up about her getting into a good college" ], "synonyms":[ "happy", "obsessed", "queer" ], "near synonyms":[ "absorbed", "anxious", "concerned", "distracted", "engaged", "engrossed", "full", "involved", "knee-deep", "occupied", "preoccupied", "prepossessed", "worried", "ardent", "crazy", "dotty", "fervent", "fervid", "feverish", "foolish", "impassioned", "nuts", "passionate", "silly" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathetic", "casual", "cool", "detached", "disinterested", "dispassionate", "incurious", "indifferent", "insouciant", "nonchalant", "unconcerned", "uncurious", "unenthusiastic", "uninterested", "uninvolved" ], "antonyms":[] }, "feeling or showing uncomfortable feelings of uncertainty":{ "examples":[ "so hung up about having his tax returns audited that he can't sleep" ], "synonyms":[ "aflutter", "antsy", "anxious", "atwitter", "dithery", "edgy", "goosey", "het up", "hinky", "ill at ease", "insecure", "jittery", "jumpy", "nervous", "nervy", "perturbed", "queasy", "queazy", "tense", "troubled", "uneasy", "unquiet", "upset", "uptight", "worried" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggrieved", "bothered", "concerned", "disquieted", "distraught", "distressed", "disturbed", "freaked", "freaked-out", "shook-up", "apprehensive", "foreboding", "hesitant", "misgiving", "fretful", "fretting", "stewing", "vexed", "qualmish", "qualmy", "flustered", "twittered", "undone", "unnerved", "unstrung", "obsessed", "preoccupied", "restless", "fidgety", "flighty", "fluttery", "high-strung", "hypertense", "skittish", "spooky" ], "near antonyms":[ "confident", "self-assured", "self-confident", "sure", "controlled", "self-controlled" ], "antonyms":[ "calm", "collected", "cool", "easy", "happy-go-lucky", "nerveless", "relaxed" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hunker (down)":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate" ], "synonyms":[ "couch", "crouch", "huddle", "hunch", "scrunch", "squat", "squinch" ], "near synonyms":[ "curl up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunks":{ "a mean grasping person who is usually stingy with money":{ "examples":[ "a horrible old hunks who refused to lend money to his destitute brother" ], "synonyms":[ "cheapskate", "churl", "miser", "niggard", "penny-pincher", "piker", "scrooge", "skinflint", "tightwad" ], "near synonyms":[ "hoarder", "pack rat", "saver" ], "near antonyms":[ "prodigal", "profligate", "spender", "spendthrift", "squanderer", "waster", "wastrel" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "hunted (down or up)":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "antonyms":[ "missed", "overlooked", "passed over" ], "examples":[ "managed to hunt down his ancestors, who arrived back to the 16th century" ], "near antonyms":[ "lost", "mislaid", "misplaced", "misset", "mis-set" ], "related":[ "espied", "sighted", "spotted", "looked for", "searched (for or out)", "sought" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertained", "descried", "detected", "determined", "discovered", "dredged (up)", "dug out", "dug up", "ferreted (out)", "found", "found out", "got", "hit (on or upon)", "learned", "located", "nosed out", "ran down", "rooted (out)", "routed (out)", "rummaged", "scared up", "scouted (up)", "tracked (down)", "turned up" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunting (through)":{ "to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{ "examples":[ "she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree" ], "synonyms":[ "combing", "digging (through)", "dredging", "raking", "ransacking", "rifling", "rummaging", "scouring", "searching", "sorting (through)", "trolling" ], "near synonyms":[ "frisking", "patting down", "shaking down", "auditing", "checking (out)", "examining", "inspecting", "investigating", "reviewing", "scanning", "scrutinizing", "surveying", "ascertaining", "descrying", "detecting", "determining", "discovering", "ferreting (out)", "finding", "finding out", "getting", "hitting (on or upon)", "learning", "locating", "running down", "scaring up", "tracking (down)", "grubbing (about)", "poking (around)", "exploring", "probing", "prospecting", "skirmishing", "snooping", "browsing", "glancing (over)", "looking over", "perusing", "studying" ], "near antonyms":[ "hiding", "abandoning", "losing", "ignoring", "neglecting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunts":{ "an act or process of looking carefully or thoroughly for someone or something":{ "examples":[ "soon the whole family was involved in the hunt for Mom's car keys" ], "synonyms":[ "quests", "searches" ], "near synonyms":[ "shakedowns", "sweeps", "chases", "pursuits", "reconnaissances", "recons", "scouts", "canvasses", "canvases", "surveys", "explorations", "probes", "forages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to seek out (game) for food or sport":{ "examples":[ "Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter" ], "synonyms":[ "chases", "stalks" ], "near synonyms":[ "captures", "drags", "nets", "snares", "traps", "dogs", "ferrets", "hawks", "hounds", "courses", "pursues", "runs", "runs down", "spoors", "tracks", "trails", "guns (for)", "harpoons", "kills", "shoots", "poaches", "culls" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go in search of":{ "examples":[ "I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer" ], "synonyms":[ "casts about (for)", "casts around (for)", "chases (down)", "forages (for)", "looks up", "pursues", "quests", "searches (for or out)", "seeks", "shops (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "ferrets (out)", "roots (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "hides", "loses", "ignores", "neglects" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{ "examples":[ "a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles" ], "synonyms":[ "explores", "probes", "prospects", "searches", "skirrs" ], "near synonyms":[ "reconnoiters", "reconnoitres", "scouts", "discloses", "discovers", "reveals", "unearths", "fathoms", "plumbs", "sounds" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hurdles":{ "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{ "examples":[ "the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success" ], "synonyms":[ "balks", "bars", "blocks", "chains", "clogs", "cramps", "crimps", "deterrents", "drags", "embarrassments", "encumbrances", "fetters", "handicaps", "hindrances", "holdbacks", "impediments", "inhibitions", "interferences", "lets", "manacles", "obstacles", "obstructions", "shackles", "stops", "stumbling blocks", "trammels" ], "near synonyms":[ "catches", "hitches", "rubs", "snags", "barriers", "blockades", "blockages", "brick walls", "stone walls", "arrests", "bits", "brakes", "checks", "constraints", "curbs", "hobbles", "reins", "restraints", "embargoes", "stoppages", "delays", "holdups", "stalls", "burdens", "cumbers", "loads", "dangers", "hazards", "perils", "reefs", "adversities", "difficulties", "disadvantages", "drawbacks", "hardships" ], "near antonyms":[ "catalysts", "goads", "impetuses", "incentives", "spurs", "stimulants", "stimuli", "advantages", "breaks", "edges", "aids", "assistances", "benefits", "boosts", "handmaidens", "handmaids", "help" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in bounces , skips":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bounces", "leapfrogs", "lopes", "skips", "bounds", "hops", "jumps", "leaps", "springs", "vaults", "bucks", "capers", "caprioles", "cavorts", "frolics", "gambols", "romps", "attacks", "pounces", "shoots", "skyrockets" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in takes , overcomes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beats", "bests", "conquers", "dispatches", "licks", "masters", "overbears", "overcomes", "overmatches", "prevails (over)", "subdues", "surmounts", "takes", "throws", "triumphs (over)", "wins (against)", "worsts", "sweeps", "upsets", "crushes", "knocks off", "knocks over", "overpowers", "overthrows", "overwhelms", "subjugates", "upends", "vanquishes", "annihilates", "blows away", "bombs", "buries", "clobbers", "creams", "drubs", "dusts", "flattens", "pastes", "routs", "shellacs", "skins", "skunks", "smokes", "smothers", "snows under", "thrashes", "trims", "tromps", "trounces", "wallops", "waxes", "whips", "whomps", "whops", "whaps", "whups", "aces (out)", "betters", "eclipses", "exceeds", "outdistances", "outdoes", "outfights", "outshines", "outstrips", "overtops", "surpasses", "tops", "transcends", "edges (out)", "noses out", "pips", "caps", "excels", "flourishes", "scores", "succeeds", "breaks", "destroys", "does in", "finishes", "sinks", "slaughters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hurled":{ "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{ "examples":[ "that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl" ], "synonyms":[ "barfed", "gagged", "heaved", "hove", "puked", "retched", "spewed", "spit up", "spat up", "threw up", "upchucked", "vomited" ], "near synonyms":[ "disgorged", "regurgitated", "ejected", "expelled", "nauseated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "a fighter jet hurled through the sky" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurried", "hurtled", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "hurled snowballs at each other" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapulted", "chucked", "dashed", "fired", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurtled", "launched", "lobbed", "lofted", "pegged", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowled", "darted", "flipped", "gunned", "hooked", "passed", "rolled", "shot", "bucked", "ejected", "impelled", "precipitated", "projected", "propelled", "rifled", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurray":{ "how delightful":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "\" Hooray !\" he cried when he heard that his team had won" ], "near antonyms":[ "alack", "alas", "aw", "boo" ], "related":[ "wow", "zowie", "ooh", "gee", "gee whiz", "gosh" ], "synonyms":[ "glory", "glory be", "ha", "hah", "hallelujah", "hey", "hot dog", "huzzah", "wahoo", "whee", "whoopee", "yahoo", "yippee" ] }, "type":[ "interjection" ] }, "hurries":{ "to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{ "examples":[ "the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerates", "bundles", "fast-tracks", "hastens", "quickens", "rushes", "speeds (up)", "whisks" ], "near synonyms":[ "drives", "goads", "prods", "propels", "pushes", "races", "spurs", "stirs", "urges", "aids", "dispatches", "eases", "encourages", "expedites", "facilitates" ], "near antonyms":[ "delays", "encumbers", "fetters", "hampers", "hinders", "hobbles", "holds back", "holds up", "impedes", "interferes (with)", "manacles", "reins (in)", "restrains", "shackles", "ties up", "trammels", "arrests", "checks", "stalls", "stays", "stills", "stops" ], "antonyms":[ "brakes", "decelerates", "retards", "slows (down)" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "if we hurry , we'll make the four o'clock train" ], "synonyms":[ "barrels", "belts", "blasts", "blazes", "blows", "bolts", "bombs", "bowls", "breezes", "bundles", "bustles", "buzzes", "cannonballs", "careens", "careers", "chases", "courses", "cracks (on)", "dashes", "drives", "flies", "hares", "hastens", "hies", "highballs", "hotfoots (it)", "humps", "hurls", "hurtles", "hustles", "jets", "jumps", "motors", "nips", "pelts", "races", "rams", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "rustles", "scoots", "scurries", "scuttles", "shoots", "speeds", "steps", "tears", "travels", "trots", "whirls", "whisks", "zips", "zooms" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetles", "darts", "flits", "scampers", "scuds", "scuffles", "stampedes", "streaks", "whizzes", "gallops", "jogs", "sprints", "accelerates", "quickens", "steps out", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "arrows", "beelines" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drags", "hangs (around or out)", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "tarries", "ambles", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "pokes" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurrying":{ "as in scurrying , rushing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "barreling", "bolting", "breakneck", "breathless", "brisk", "careering", "dizzy", "fast", "fleet", "flying", "hasty", "lightning", "meteoric", "quick", "racing", "rapid", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "scooting", "scudding", "scurrying", "snappy", "speeding", "speedy", "swift", "warp-speed", "whirling", "whirlwind", "whisking", "zipping", "expeditious", "prompt", "ready", "accelerated", "hastened", "quickened", "hurried", "rushed" ], "near antonyms":[ "crawling", "creeping", "dallying", "dawdling", "dilatory", "dillydallying", "dragging", "laggard", "lagging", "languid", "leisurely", "poking", "poky", "pokey", "slow", "sluggish", "snaillike", "snail-paced", "tardy", "unhurried", "deliberate", "measured", "inactive", "inert", "lethargic", "loafing", "lounging" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{ "examples":[ "the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerating", "bundling", "fast-tracking", "hastening", "quickening", "rushing", "speeding (up)", "whisking" ], "near synonyms":[ "driving", "goading", "prodding", "propelling", "pushing", "racing", "spurring", "stirring", "urging", "aiding", "dispatching", "easing", "encouraging", "expediting", "facilitating" ], "near antonyms":[ "delaying", "encumbering", "fettering", "hampering", "hindering", "hobbling", "holding back", "holding up", "impeding", "interfering (with)", "manacling", "reining (in)", "restraining", "shackling", "trammeling", "trammelling", "tying up", "tieing up", "arresting", "checking", "stalling", "staying", "stilling", "stopping" ], "antonyms":[ "braking", "decelerating", "retarding", "slowing (down)" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "if we hurry , we'll make the four o'clock train" ], "synonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "belting", "blasting", "blazing", "blowing", "bolting", "bombing", "bowling", "breezing", "bundling", "bustling", "buzzing", "cannonballing", "careening", "careering", "chasing", "coursing", "cracking (on)", "dashing", "driving", "flying", "haring", "hastening", "highballing", "hotfooting (it)", "humping", "hurling", "hurtling", "hustling", "hying", "hieing", "jetting", "jumping", "motoring", "nipping", "pelting", "racing", "ramming", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "rustling", "scooting", "scurrying", "scuttling", "shooting", "speeding", "stepping", "tearing", "traveling", "travelling", "trotting", "whirling", "whisking", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetling", "darting", "flitting", "scampering", "scudding", "scuffling", "stampeding", "streaking", "whizzing", "galloping", "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" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "hurtfully":{ "as in cruelly , ill":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cruelly", "ill", "rancorously", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "dourly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "blissfully", "gladly", "happily", "joyfully", "joyously", "cheerfully", "cheerily", "delightedly", "gaily", "gayly", "gleefully", "good-naturedly", "lightheartedly", "merrily", "mirthfully", "rejoicingly", "sunnily", "blithely", "blithesomely", "calmly", "casually", "dispassionately", "easily", "impassively", "indifferently", "lightly", "nonchalantly", "stoically", "unconcernedly", "favorably", "well" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "hurting":{ "causing or feeling bodily pain":{ "examples":[ "a badly hurting finger kept her from writing neatly" ], "synonyms":[ "aching", "achy", "afflictive", "nasty", "painful", "sore" ], "near synonyms":[ "agonizing", "excruciating", "torturous", "damaging", "deleterious", "detrimental", "harmful", "hurtful", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "raw", "tender", "bleeding", "burning", "chafing", "cramping", "festering", "itching", "nagging", "pinching", "pricking", "prickling", "smarting", "stinging", "inflamed", "enflamed", "swollen", "grievous", "severe", "threatening", "wounding" ], "near antonyms":[ "curative", "healing", "helping", "remedial" ], "antonyms":[ "indolent", "painless" ] }, "to feel or cause physical pain":{ "examples":[ "my head hurts", "a bad sprain that really hurts", "I hurt all over" ], "synonyms":[ "aching", "paining", "smarting" ], "near synonyms":[ "biting", "bleeding", "burning", "chafing", "cramping", "festering", "itching", "nagging", "pinching", "pounding", "racking", "stinging", "swelling", "throbbing", "tingling", "twinging", "twingeing", "agonizing", "anguishing", "suffering", "afflicting", "harrowing", "tormenting", "torturing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishing", "bloodying", "breaking", "compromising", "crabbing", "crippling", "crossing (up)", "damaging", "defacing", "disfiguring", "endamaging", "flawing", "harming", "impairing", "injuring", "marring", "spoiling", "vitiating" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "undermining", "weakening", "eroding", "scouring", "washing out", "wearing (away)", "blighting", "tarnishing", "denting", "dinging", "dinting", "botching", "gumming (up)", "queering", "lacerating", "wounding", "disabling", "hamstringing", "laming", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating", "tormenting", "torturing", "annihilating", "banging up", "bashing", "battering", "clobbering", "crushing", "dashing", "decimating", "demolishing", "desolating", "destroying", "devastating", "doing in", "pulverizing", "razing", "ruining", "scourging", "shattering", "smashing", "tearing down", "totaling", "totalling", "wasting", "wiping out", "wrecking" ], "near antonyms":[ "curing", "healing", "helping", "rectifying", "rehabilitating", "remedying", "editing", "remodeling", "revising", "ameliorating", "bettering", "enhancing", "enriching", "improving", "meliorating", "perfecting", "refining" ], "antonyms":[ "doctoring", "fixing", "mending", "patching", "rebuilding", "reconditioning", "reconstructing", "renovating", "repairing", "revamping" ] }, "to cause bodily damage to":{ "examples":[ "the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "damaging", "harming", "injuring", "wounding" ], "near synonyms":[ "battering", "bloodying", "blowing out", "bruising", "contusing", "cutting", "gashing", "goring", "lacerating", "scalding", "scarring", "scathing", "straining", "tearing", "creasing", "grazing", "nicking", "crippling", "hamstringing", "laming", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating", "abusing", "afflicting", "aggrieving", "maltreating", "tormenting", "torturing", "laying up", "blemishing", "impairing", "marring", "scraping", "spoiling" ], "near antonyms":[ "curing", "fixing", "healing", "mending", "remedying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizing", "anguishing", "bleeding", "grieving", "mourning", "sorrowing", "suffering" ], "near synonyms":[ "aching", "longing (for)", "pining (away)", "sighing", "smarting", "racking", "tormenting", "torturing", "bemoaning", "bewailing", "deploring", "lamenting", "ruing", "bawling", "blubbering", "crying", "groaning", "howling", "keening", "moaning", "sobbing", "taking on", "wailing", "weeping", "yammering", "yowling", "languishing", "regretting" ], "near antonyms":[ "beaming", "cheering", "crowing", "delighting", "exulting", "glorying", "joying", "laughing", "ravishing", "rejoicing", "triumphing", "assuring", "cheering", "comforting", "commiserating", "consoling", "reassuring", "solacing", "soothing", "sympathizing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "hurtles":{ "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter" ], "synonyms":[ "barrels", "belts", "blasts", "blazes", "blows", "bolts", "bombs", "bowls", "breezes", "bundles", "bustles", "buzzes", "cannonballs", "careens", "careers", "chases", "courses", "cracks (on)", "dashes", "drives", "flies", "hares", "hastens", "hies", "highballs", "hotfoots (it)", "humps", "hurls", "hurries", "hustles", "jets", "jumps", "motors", "nips", "pelts", "races", "rams", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "rustles", "scoots", "scurries", "scuttles", "shoots", "speeds", "steps", "tears", "travels", "trots", "whirls", "whisks", "zips", "zooms" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetles", "darts", "flits", "scampers", "scuds", "scuffles", "stampedes", "streaks", "whizzes", "gallops", "jogs", "sprints", "accelerates", "quickens", "steps out", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "arrows", "beelines" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drags", "hangs (around or out)", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "tarries", "ambles", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "pokes" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field" ], "synonyms":[ "casts", "catapults", "chucks", "dashes", "fires", "flings", "heaves", "hurls", "launches", "lobs", "lofts", "pegs", "pelts", "pitches", "slings", "throws", "tosses" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowls", "darts", "flips", "guns", "hooks", "passes", "rolls", "shoots", "bucks", "ejects", "impels", "precipitates", "projects", "propels", "rifles", "thrusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurts":{ "a state of great suffering of body or mind":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "in her hurt she said a lot of things to her boyfriend that she didn't really mean" ], "near antonyms":[ "comforts", "consolations", "solaces", "alleviations", "assuagements", "eases", "reliefs", "peaces", "securities", "well-beings" ], "related":[ "discomforts", "crosses", "crucibles", "trials", "heartaches", "heartbreaks", "sorrows", "emergencies", "pinches", "asperities", "difficulties", "hardships", "rigors", "aches", "pangs", "stitches", "throes", "twinges", "dangers", "jeopardies", "troubles" ], "synonyms":[ "afflictions", "agonies", "anguishes", "distresses", "excruciations", "miseries", "pains", "racks", "straits", "torments", "tortures", "travails", "tribulations", "woes" ] }, "something that causes loss or pain":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation" ], "near antonyms":[ "recoveries", "cures", "fixes", "remedies" ], "related":[ "disservices", "injustices", "outrages", "wrongs", "affronts", "darts", "indignities", "insults", "offenses", "offences", "beatings", "mayhem", "mutilations", "defacements", "disabilities", "disablements", "disfigurements", "impairments", "lesions", "ruptures", "strains", "abrasions", "chafes", "scrapes", "scratches", "boo-boos", "bruises", "contusions", "swellings", "wounds", "bumps", "concussions", "cuts", "gashes", "lacerations", "burns", "scalds", "scars", "scathes", "sears" ], "synonyms":[ "afflictions", "damages", "detriments", "harms", "injuries" ] }, "to cause bodily damage to":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes" ], "near antonyms":[ "cures", "fixes", "heals", "mends", "remedies" ], "related":[ "batters", "bloodies", "blows out", "bruises", "contuses", "cuts", "gashes", "gores", "lacerates", "scalds", "scars", "scathes", "strains", "tears", "creases", "grazes", "nicks", "cripples", "hamstrings", "lames", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates", "abuses", "afflicts", "aggrieves", "maltreats", "torments", "tortures", "lays up", "blemishes", "impairs", "mars", "scrapes", "spoils" ], "synonyms":[ "damages", "harms", "injures", "wounds" ] }, "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said" ], "near antonyms":[ "beams", "cheers", "crows", "delights", "exults", "glories", "joys", "laughs", "ravishes", "rejoices", "triumphs", "assures", "cheers", "comforts", "commiserates", "consoles", "reassures", "solaces", "soothes", "sympathizes" ], "related":[ "aches", "longs (for)", "pines (away)", "sighs", "smarts", "racks", "torments", "tortures", "bemoans", "bewails", "deplores", "laments", "rues", "bawls", "blubbers", "cries", "groans", "howls", "keens", "moans", "sobs", "takes on", "wails", "weeps", "yammers", "yowls", "languishes", "regrets" ], "synonyms":[ "agonizes", "anguishes", "bleeds", "grieves", "mourns", "sorrows", "suffers" ] }, "to feel or cause physical pain":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "my head hurts", "a bad sprain that really hurts", "I hurt all over" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bites", "bleeds", "burns", "chafes", "cramps", "festers", "itches", "nags", "pinches", "pounds", "racks", "stings", "swells", "throbs", "tingles", "twinges", "agonizes", "anguishes", "suffers", "afflicts", "harrows", "torments", "tortures" ], "synonyms":[ "aches", "pains", "smarts" ] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "antonyms":[ "doctors", "fixes", "mends", "patches", "rebuilds", "reconditions", "reconstructs", "renovates", "repairs", "revamps" ], "examples":[ "don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it" ], "near antonyms":[ "cures", "heals", "helps", "rectifies", "rehabilitates", "remedies", "edits", "remodels", "revises", "ameliorates", "betters", "enhances", "enriches", "improves", "meliorates", "perfects", "refines" ], "related":[ "deteriorates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "undermines", "weakens", "erodes", "scours", "washes out", "wears (away)", "blights", "tarnishes", "dents", "dings", "dints", "botches", "gums (up)", "queers", "lacerates", "wounds", "disables", "hamstrings", "lames", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates", "torments", "tortures", "annihilates", "bangs up", "bashes", "batters", "clobbers", "crushes", "dashes", "decimates", "demolishes", "desolates", "destroys", "devastates", "does in", "pulverizes", "razes", "ruins", "scourges", "shatters", "smashes", "tears down", "totals", "wastes", "wipes out", "wrecks" ], "synonyms":[ "blemishes", "bloodies", "breaks", "compromises", "crabs", "cripples", "crosses (up)", "damages", "defaces", "disfigures", "endamages", "flaws", "harms", "impairs", "injures", "mars", "spoils", "vitiates" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hushed":{ "free from disturbing noise or uproar":{ "examples":[ "entered the hushed interior of the Gothic church" ], "synonyms":[ "arcadian", "calm", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "restful", "serene", "still", "stilly", "tranquil" ], "near synonyms":[ "noiseless", "silent", "soundless", "mute", "speechless", "wordless", "dead", "motionless", "quiescent", "muffled", "muted", "quieted", "dull", "gentle", "low", "soft", "ultraquiet" ], "near antonyms":[ "crazy", "tempestuous", "wild", "blaring", "blasting", "booming", "earsplitting", "piercing", "roaring", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "antonyms":[ "boisterous", "clamorous", "clattery", "deafening", "loud", "noisy", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "roistering", "romping", "rowdy", "tumultuous", "unquiet", "uproarious", "woolly", "wooly" ] }, "free from storms or physical disturbance":{ "examples":[ "the hushed lake was smooth as glass the morning after the storm" ], "synonyms":[ "calm", "halcyon", "lown", "peaceful", "placid", "quiet", "serene", "still", "stilly", "tranquil", "untroubled" ], "near synonyms":[ "balmy", "clement", "equable", "gentle", "mild", "moderate", "temperate", "clear", "cloudless", "fair", "rainless", "sunny", "sunshiny", "windless" ], "near antonyms":[ "blizzardy", "blizzardly", "blustery", "squally", "windy", "extreme", "foul", "intemperate", "nasty", "severe" ], "antonyms":[ "agitated", "angry", "inclement", "restless", "rough", "stormy", "tempestuous", "turbulent", "unquiet", "unsettled" ] }, "mostly or entirely without sound":{ "examples":[ "a hushed sickroom" ], "synonyms":[ "muted", "noiseless", "quiet", "quieted", "silent", "soundless", "still", "stilly" ], "near synonyms":[ "calm", "peaceable", "peaceful", "serene", "tranquil" ], "near antonyms":[ "boisterous", "clamorous", "clangorous", "clattering", "clattery", "raucous", "rip-roaring", "roaring", "roistering", "tumultuous" ], "antonyms":[ "noisy", "rackety", "unquiet", "uproarious" ] }, "not known or meant to be known by the general populace":{ "examples":[ "hushed negotiations between the two countries" ], "synonyms":[ "behind-the-scenes", "confidential", "esoteric", "hush-hush", "inside", "intimate", "nonpublic", "private", "privy", "secret" ], "near synonyms":[ "classified", "restricted", "top secret", "silent", "unadvertised", "unannounced", "undisclosed", "unmentioned", "unsaid", "untold", "clandestine", "closet", "collusive", "conspiratorial", "covert", "furtive", "hugger-mugger", "occult", "sneak", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underground", "underhand", "underhanded", "personal", "closeted", "concealed", "hidden", "repressed", "silenced", "stifled", "suppressed", "backstage", "offscreen", "offstage" ], "near antonyms":[ "well-known", "advertised", "aired", "announced", "blazed", "broadcast", "declared", "disclosed", "divulged", "enunciated", "heralded", "proclaimed", "professed", "promulgated", "publicized", "published", "reported", "spotlighted", "general", "popular", "prevailing", "vulgar", "current", "prevalent", "rife", "widespread", "communal", "shared" ], "antonyms":[ "common", "open", "public" ] }, "to become still and orderly":{ "examples":[ "the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance" ], "synonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "chilled out", "cooled", "piped down", "quieted", "settled (down)" ], "near synonyms":[ "dried up", "relaxed", "tranquilized", "tranquillized", "unwound", "zoned out" ], "near antonyms":[ "clowned (around)", "fooled around", "horsed around", "monkeyed (around)", "showed off", "skylarked" ], "antonyms":[ "acted up", "carried on", "cut up" ] }, "to stop talking":{ "examples":[ "the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony" ], "synonyms":[ "belted up", "clammed up", "dried up", "dummied up", "piped down", "quieted (down)", "shut up" ], "near synonyms":[ "calmed (down)", "cooled (down)", "settled (down)", "hawed", "hemmed" ], "near antonyms":[ "piped up", "sounded off", "spoke out", "spoke up", "spouted (off)", "talked up" ], "antonyms":[ "spoke", "talked" ] }, "to stop the noise or speech of":{ "examples":[ "he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces" ], "synonyms":[ "dumbed", "extinguished", "muted", "quelled", "quieted", "quietened", "settled", "shushed", "shut up", "silenced", "squelched", "stilled" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "agitated", "stirred" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "hushed (up)":{ "to keep from being publicly known":{ "examples":[ "the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers" ], "synonyms":[ "burked", "covered (up)", "suppressed" ], "near synonyms":[ "blacked out", "censored", "gagged", "muzzled", "silenced", "quashed", "repressed", "smothered", "spiked", "squashed", "squelched", "stifled", "strangled", "throttled" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunked", "exposed", "revealed", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "blabbed", "disclosed", "divulged", "spilled", "spilt", "told", "unveiled", "broadcast", "broadcasted", "circulated", "published", "spread", "described", "narrated", "recited", "recounted", "rehearsed", "related", "reported" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "husked":{ "to remove the natural covering of":{ "examples":[ "the tedious task of husking coconuts" ], "synonyms":[ "barked", "flayed", "hulled", "peeled", "shelled", "shucked", "skinned" ], "near synonyms":[ "bared", "denuded", "exposed", "scaled", "stripped", "stript", "pared" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "husks":{ "something that encloses another thing especially to protect it":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "corn husks", "a high stone wall is the husk that protects the actor from prying curiosity seekers" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "cartridges", "cassettes", "casettes", "barks", "crusts", "carapaces", "houses", "mails", "panoplies", "plates", "platings", "shields", "cuticles", "hides", "skins", "envelopes", "packages", "wrappers", "backings", "coatings", "covertures", "facings" ], "synonyms":[ "armors", "capsules", "cases", "casings", "cocoons", "coverings", "covers", "encasements", "housings", "hulls", "jackets", "pods", "sheaths", "shells" ] }, "to remove the natural covering of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the tedious task of husking coconuts" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "bares", "denudes", "exposes", "scales", "strips", "pares" ], "synonyms":[ "barks", "flays", "hulls", "peels", "shells", "shucks", "skins" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hustles":{ "an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a clever hustle that tricked people into revealing their bank account information" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "crosses", "fixes", "Ponzi schemes", "pyramid schemes", "rackets", "rip-offs", "thimblerigs", "three-card montes", "devices", "dodges", "gimmicks", "jigs", "ploys", "schemes", "sleights", "stratagems", "tricks", "wiles", "counterfeits", "fakes", "forgeries", "hoaxes", "humbug", "phonies", "phoneys", "shams" ], "synonyms":[ "buncos", "bunkos", "cons", "fiddles", "flimflams", "frauds", "scams", "shell games", "stings", "swindles" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks", "eases (up)", "lets up", "slackens", "bums", "chills", "dallies", "dillydallies", "footles", "goldbricks", "goofs (off)", "hacks (around)", "hangs (around or out)", "idles", "lazes", "loafs", "lounges", "shirks", "slacks (off)", "vegges out", "veges out", "basks", "lolls", "relaxes", "reposes", "rests", "unwinds", "dabbles", "doodles", "fools around", "fribbles", "goofs (around)", "hangs", "hangs about", "messes around", "monkeys (around)", "plays", "potters (around)", "putters (around)", "trifles" ], "related":[ "applies (oneself)", "buckles (down)", "digs in", "hammers (away)", "knuckles down", "pitches in", "attacks", "drives", "essays", "tries", "exercises", "exerts", "overexerts", "overworks", "ekes out", "grinds (out)", "puts out", "scrabbles", "scratches", "trudges", "wades" ], "synonyms":[ "bangs away", "beavers (away)", "digs (away)", "drudges", "endeavors", "fags", "grubs", "humps", "labors", "moils", "pegs (away)", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "slogs", "strains", "strives", "struggles", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "tugs", "works" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "antonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "pokes" ], "examples":[ "we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drags", "hangs (around or out)", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "tarries", "ambles", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "related":[ "beetles", "darts", "flits", "scampers", "scuds", "scuffles", "stampedes", "streaks", "whizzes", "gallops", "jogs", "sprints", "accelerates", "quickens", "steps out", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "arrows", "beelines" ], "synonyms":[ "barrels", "belts", "blasts", "blazes", "blows", "bolts", "bombs", "bowls", "breezes", "bundles", "bustles", "buzzes", "cannonballs", "careens", "careers", "chases", "courses", "cracks (on)", "dashes", "drives", "flies", "hares", "hastens", "hies", "highballs", "hotfoots (it)", "humps", "hurls", "hurries", "hurtles", "jets", "jumps", "motors", "nips", "pelts", "races", "rams", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "rustles", "scoots", "scurries", "scuttles", "shoots", "speeds", "steps", "tears", "travels", "trots", "whirls", "whisks", "zips", "zooms" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "extorts", "wrenches", "wrests", "wrings", "clips", "gouges", "nicks", "overcharges", "soaks", "exploits", "milks", "deceives", "dupes", "fools", "gulls", "tricks", "ropes (in)", "betrays", "bitches", "double-crosses", "bamboozles", "fast-talks" ], "synonyms":[ "beats", "bilks", "bleeds", "cheats", "chisels", "chouses", "cons", "cozens", "defrauds", "diddles", "does", "does in", "euchres", "fiddles", "fleeces", "flimflams", "gaffs", "hoses", "mulcts", "nobbles", "plucks", "reams", "rips off", "rooks", "screws", "shakes down", "shortchanges", "shorts", "skins", "skunks", "squeezes", "sticks", "stiffs", "stings", "suckers", "swindles", "thimblerigs", "victimizes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hutch":{ "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "examples":[ "the campers slept in a hutch near the riverbank" ], "synonyms":[ "cabin", "camp", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutment", "shack", "shanty" ], "near synonyms":[ "lean-to", "shed", "cot", "cottage", "lodge", "cabana", "bungalow", "chalet", "hogan", "wickiup", "wigwam", "tent" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{ "examples":[ "keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room" ], "synonyms":[ "buffet", "cabinet", "closet", "console", "cupboard", "locker", "press", "sideboard" ], "near synonyms":[ "bookcase", "breakfront", "chest", "china closet", "credence", "credenza", "\u00e9tag\u00e8re", "etagere", "secretary", "showcase", "taboret", "tabouret", "vitrine", "cuddy", "dresser", "pie safe", "armoire", "clothespress", "garderobe", "wardrobe", "cabinetry", "shelving" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{ "examples":[ "the owner took the rabbit out of the hutch so the children could pet it" ], "synonyms":[ "cage", "coop", "corral", "pen", "pound" ], "near synonyms":[ "kennel", "run", "kraal", "stockade", "cote", "dovecote", "dovecot", "henhouse", "fold", "sheepfold", "pigpen", "aquarium", "terrarium", "live-box", "fence" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hutment":{ "a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{ "examples":[ "the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed" ], "synonyms":[ "bivouac", "camp", "campground", "campsite", "encampment" ], "near synonyms":[ "canvas", "canvass", "tentage", "colony", "plantation", "settlement", "Hooverville", "jungle", "shantytown", "concentration camp", "prison camp", "barracks", "cantonment", "installation", "laager", "leaguer", "post" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "examples":[ "a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees" ], "synonyms":[ "cabin", "camp", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "shack", "shanty" ], "near synonyms":[ "lean-to", "shed", "cot", "cottage", "lodge", "cabana", "bungalow", "chalet", "hogan", "wickiup", "wigwam", "tent" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hubbubs":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "imagine all the hubbub at the zoo when the lion escaped" ], "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", "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", "zoos" ], "related":[ "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":[] }, "a violent shouting":{ "examples":[ "the people who had been in line for tickets made a huge hubbub when they were told that the concert was all sold out" ], "synonyms":[ "clamors", "howls", "hue and cries", "hullabaloos", "noises", "outcries", "roars", "tumults", "uproars", "vociferations" ], "related":[ "clangors", "dins", "jangle", "rackets", "cris de coeur", "outbursts", "protests" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumbles", "murmurs", "rumbles", "rumblings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hung one on":{ "to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{ "examples":[ "The bouncer at the club hung one on him when he tried to jump the rope." ], "synonyms":[ "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 synonyms":[ "battered", "beat", "buffeted", "bunged", "chopped", "cuffed", "drubbed", "laced", "lambasted", "licked", "mangled", "mauled", "pelted", "peppered", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pummeled", "pummelled", "roughed", "scuffed", "bunted", "flicked", "stroked", "tapped", "bumped", "butted", "jabbed", "jostled", "kicked", "kneed", "poked", "prodded", "pushed", "shoved", "stamped", "bowled (down or over)", "creamed", "decked", "dumped", "felled", "floored", "knocked down", "leveled", "levelled", "rabbit-punched", "sucker punched", "caned", "clubbed", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "flailed", "flogged", "lashed", "sapped", "slashed", "sledged", "sledgehammered", "speared", "stabbed", "switched", "thrashed", "whipped", "beaned", "brained", "conked", "skulled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "humiliations":{ "as in debasements , abasements":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abasements", "debasements", "dismissals", "firings", "layoffs", "sackings", "downgrades", "bumps", "demotions", "reductions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humoristic":{ "causing or intended to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "a somewhat humoristic scene in an otherwise dark and brooding drama" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "chucklesome", "comedic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "humorous", "hysterical", "hysteric", "killing", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "clownish", "knockabout", "slapstick", "slapsticky", "zany", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "snickery", "jocular", "playful", "waggish", "campy", "jokey", "joky", "priceless", "rich", "whimsical", "witty", "wry", "blithesome", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "mad", "merry", "mirthful" ], "near antonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "serious", "severe", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty", "affecting", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "tragic", "tragical", "lachrymose", "mournful", "sad", "sorrowful", "tearful", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[ "humorless", "lame", "unamusing", "uncomic", "unfunny", "unhumorous", "unhysterical" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "huddle":{ "a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{ "examples":[ "after an all-night huddle , the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year" ], "synonyms":[ "assembly", "congress", "convention", "convocation", "council", "gathering", "get-together", "meeting" ], "related":[ "clinic", "workshop", "cabinet", "caucus", "conclave", "synod", "demonstration", "rally", "confab", "conversation", "dialogue", "dialog", "discourse", "discussion", "palaver", "talk", "negotiation", "parley", "summit", "conference", "forum", "round-robin", "roundtable", "seminar", "symposium", "audience", "interview", "session" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a number of things considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "assemblage", "band", "bank", "batch", "battery", "block", "bunch", "clot", "clump", "cluster", "clutch", "collection", "constellation", "group", "grouping", "knot", "lot", "muster", "package", "parcel", "passel", "set", "suite" ], "related":[ "accumulation", "aggregate", "aggregation", "conglomeration", "agglomeration", "assortment", "hodgepodge", "jumble", "miscellany", "mixture", "odds and ends", "sundries", "variety", "cycle", "run", "series", "suit" ], "near antonyms":[ "entity", "item", "single", "unit" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play" ], "synonyms":[ "array", "band", "batch", "battery", "body", "boodle", "bunch", "cluster", "clutch", "consort", "constellation", "crop", "group", "grouping", "knot", "lot", "parcel", "party", "passel" ], "related":[ "assembly", "collective", "congregation", "gathering", "muster", "organization", "circle", "clan", "clique", "coterie", "fellowship", "gang", "ring", "round", "set", "faction", "guild", "gild", "order", "school", "sect", "brigade", "crew", "outfit", "phalanx", "platoon", "posse", "task force", "team", "alliance", "bloc", "coalition", "confederacy", "confederation", "federation", "league", "union", "battalion", "squadron", "bevy", "brood", "covey" ], "near antonyms":[ "individual", "single" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "examples":[ "the puppies huddled together to keep warm" ], "synonyms":[ "bunch", "cluster", "crowd", "pile", "press" ], "related":[ "assemble", "collect", "concenter", "concentrate", "conglomerate", "congregate", "convene", "converge", "flock", "forgather", "foregather", "herd", "swarm", "throng", "encircle", "mob", "surround", "embrace", "hug" ], "near antonyms":[ "break up", "disband", "disperse", "split (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek" ], "synonyms":[ "couch", "crouch", "hunch", "hunker (down)", "scrunch", "squat", "squinch" ], "related":[ "curl up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hunkers (down)":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate" ], "synonyms":[ "couches", "crouches", "huddles", "hunches", "scrunches", "squats", "squinches" ], "near synonyms":[ "curls up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hue and cries":{ "a violent shouting":{ "examples":[ "the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake" ], "synonyms":[ "clamors", "howls", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "noises", "outcries", "roars", "tumults", "uproars", "vociferations" ], "near synonyms":[ "clangors", "dins", "jangle", "rackets", "cris de coeur", "outbursts", "protests" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumbles", "murmurs", "rumbles", "rumblings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hurriedly":{ "with excessive or careless speed":{ "examples":[ "hurriedly dashed off a note to let them know she'd been called away for an emergency" ], "synonyms":[ "cursorily", "hastily", "headlong", "hotfoot", "pell-mell", "precipitately", "precipitously", "rashly" ], "near synonyms":[ "headfirst", "headily", "hotheadedly", "impatiently", "impetuously", "impulsively", "recklessly", "thoughtlessly", "automatically", "glancingly", "haphazardly", "impromptu", "spontaneously", "abruptly", "suddenly", "offhand", "offhandedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "calculatingly", "circumspectly", "designedly", "falteringly", "haltingly", "hesitantly", "hesitatingly", "tentatively", "leisurely", "slowly" ], "antonyms":[ "deliberately", "studiedly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "hut":{ "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "examples":[ "smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake" ], "synonyms":[ "cabin", "camp", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hutch", "hutment", "shack", "shanty" ], "near synonyms":[ "lean-to", "shed", "cot", "cottage", "lodge", "cabana", "bungalow", "chalet", "hogan", "wickiup", "wigwam", "tent" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huffing":{ "to talk loudly and wildly":{ "examples":[ "demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant" ], "synonyms":[ "blustering", "fulminating", "ranting", "raving", "spouting" ], "near synonyms":[ "sounding off", "speaking out", "speaking up", "blaring", "blurting (out)", "bolting", "bloviating", "blowing", "declaiming", "haranguing", "mouthing (off)", "orating", "pontificating", "carrying on", "raging", "storming", "taking on" ], "near antonyms":[ "grunting", "murmuring", "muttering", "slurring", "breathing", "whispering" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humored":{ "to give in to (a desire)":{ "examples":[ "humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time" ], "synonyms":[ "catered (to)", "gratified", "indulged" ], "near synonyms":[ "basked", "luxuriated", "reveled", "revelled", "wallowed", "coddled", "mollycoddled", "pampered", "spoiled", "spoilt", "delighted", "pleased", "pleasured", "sated", "satiated", "satisfied" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridled", "checked", "constrained", "curbed", "inhibited", "restrained", "stifled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hummocks":{ "a small hill":{ "examples":[ "The hummocks of grass dotting the landscape were easy to traverse." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "foothills", "hillocks", "knobs", "knolls", "altitudes", "elevations", "eminences", "heights", "highlands", "humps", "mounds", "prominences", "rises", "uplands", "alps", "mountains", "mounts", "peaks", "buttes", "mesas", "plateaus", "plateaux", "tablelands", "tables", "bluffs", "cliffs", "crags", "precipices", "steeps", "tors", "ridges", "sierras", "domes", "sugarloafs", "sugarloaves", "downs" ], "near antonyms":[ "dales", "dells", "depressions", "dingles", "glens", "hollows", "vales", "valleys", "canyons", "gorges", "ravines", "basins", "bottomlands", "bottoms", "fens", "flats", "floodplains", "plains", "tidewaters", "lowlands" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "husbandry":{ "careful management of material resources":{ "examples":[ "in accordance with his practice of good husbandry , he never buys anything on credit" ], "synonyms":[ "economy", "frugality", "parsimony", "penny-pinching", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift" ], "near 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hurrahs , hails":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bravos", "bravoes", "hails", "hallelujahs", "hosannas", "hurrahs", "hoorays", "hoorahs", "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" ] }, "hurt":{ "to feel or cause physical pain":{ "examples":[ "my head hurts", "a bad sprain that really hurts", "I hurt all over" ], "synonyms":[ "ache", "pain", "smart" ], "near synonyms":[ "bite", "bleed", "burn", "chafe", "cramp", "fester", "itch", "nag", "pinch", "pound", "rack", "sting", "swell", "throb", "tingle", "twinge", "agonize", "anguish", "suffer", "afflict", "harrow", "torment", "torture" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{ "examples":[ "don't worry that you'll hurt the new lawn by walking across it" ], "synonyms":[ "blemish", "bloody", "break", "compromise", "crab", "cripple", "cross (up)", "damage", "deface", "disfigure", "endamage", "flaw", "harm", "impair", "injure", "mar", "spoil", "vitiate" ], "near synonyms":[ "deteriorate", "enervate", "enfeeble", "undermine", "weaken", "erode", "scour", "wash out", "wear (away)", "blight", "tarnish", "dent", "ding", "dint", "botch", "gum (up)", "queer", "lacerate", "wound", "disable", "hamstring", "lame", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate", "torment", "torture", "annihilate", "bang up", "bash", "batter", "clobber", "crush", "dash", "decimate", "demolish", "desolate", "destroy", "devastate", "do in", "pulverize", "raze", "ruin", "scourge", "shatter", "smash", "tear down", "total", "waste", "wipe out", "wreck" ], "near antonyms":[ "cure", "heal", "help", "rectify", "rehabilitate", "remedy", "edit", "remodel", "revise", "ameliorate", "better", "enhance", "enrich", "improve", "meliorate", "perfect", "refine" ], "antonyms":[ "doctor", "fix", "mend", "patch", "rebuild", "recondition", "reconstruct", "renovate", "repair", "revamp" ] }, "to cause bodily damage to":{ "examples":[ "the common belief that reading in poor light hurts your eyes" ], "synonyms":[ "damage", "harm", "injure", "wound" ], "near synonyms":[ "batter", "bloody", "blow out", "bruise", "contuse", "cut", "gash", "gore", "lacerate", "scald", "scar", "scathe", "strain", "tear", "crease", "graze", "nick", "cripple", "hamstring", "lame", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate", "abuse", "aggrieve", "afflict", "maltreat", "torment", "torture", "lay up", "blemish", "impair", "mar", "scrape", "spoil" ], "near antonyms":[ "cure", "fix", "heal", "mend", "remedy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{ "examples":[ "I know you must be hurting from the cruel words they said" ], "synonyms":[ "agonize", "anguish", "bleed", "grieve", "mourn", "sorrow", "suffer" ], "near synonyms":[ "ache", "long (for)", "pine (away)", "sigh", "smart", "rack", "torment", "torture", "bemoan", "bewail", "deplore", "lament", "rue", "bawl", "blubber", "cry", "groan", "howl", "keen", "moan", "sob", "take on", "wail", "weep", "yammer", "yowl", "languish", "regret" ], "near antonyms":[ "beam", "cheer", "crow", "delight", "exult", "glory", "joy", "laugh", "ravish", "rejoice", "triumph", "assure", "cheer", "comfort", "commiserate", "console", "reassure", "solace", "soothe", "sympathize" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in broken , injured":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blemished", "broken", "crippled", "damaged", "defaced", "disfigured", "harmed", "impaired", "injured", "marred", "spoiled", "vitiated", "fallible", "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "wanting", "amiss", "bad", "defective", "faulty", "flawed", "imperfect" ], "near antonyms":[ "faultless", "flawless", "impeccable", "perfect", "complete", "entire", "intact", "whole", "unblemished", "undamaged", "unimpaired", "unspoiled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a state of great suffering of body or mind":{ "examples":[ "in her hurt she said a lot of things to her boyfriend that she didn't really mean" ], "synonyms":[ "affliction", "agony", "anguish", "distress", "excruciation", "misery", "pain", "rack", "strait(s)", "torment", "torture", "travail", "tribulation", "woe" ], "near synonyms":[ "discomfort", "cross", "crucible", "trial", "heartache", "heartbreak", "joylessness", "sadness", "sorrow", "unhappiness", "emergency", "pinch", "asperity", "difficulty", "hardship", "rigor", "ache", "pang", "smarting", "soreness", "stitch", "throe", "twinge", "danger", "jeopardy", "trouble" ], "near antonyms":[ "comfort", "consolation", "solace", "alleviation", "assuagement", "ease", "relief", "peace", "security", "well-being" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something that causes loss or pain":{ "examples":[ "a totally baseless accusation that caused lasting hurt to his reputation" ], "synonyms":[ "affliction", "damage", "detriment", "harm", "injury" ], "near synonyms":[ "disservice", "injustice", "outrage", "wrong", "affront", "dart", "indignity", "insult", "offense", "offence", "beating", "crippling", "mayhem", "mutilation", "defacement", "disability", "disablement", "disfigurement", "impairment", "lesion", "rupture", "strain", "abrasion", "chafe", "scrape", "scratch", "boo-boo", "bruise", "contusion", "swelling", "wound", "bump", "concussion", "cut", "gash", "laceration", "burn", "scald", "scar", "scathe", "sear" ], "near antonyms":[ "healing", "recovery", "cure", "fix", "remedy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "hugger-mugger":{ "lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{ "examples":[ "a hugger-mugger presentation of the facts of the case that left everyone confused" ], "synonyms":[ "chaotic", "cluttered", "confused", "disarranged", "disarrayed", "disheveled", "dishevelled", "disordered", "disorderly", "higgledy-piggledy", "jumbled", "littered", "messed", "messy", "muddled", "mussed", "mussy", "pell-mell", "rumpled", "sloppy", "topsy-turvy", "tousled", "tumbled", "unkempt", "untidy", "upside-down" ], "near synonyms":[ "bedraggled", "befouled", "begrimed", "bemired", "besmirched", "blackened", "cruddy", "dingy", "dirty", "draggled", "filthy", "foul", "grimy", "grotty", "grubby", "grungy", "mucky", "nasty", "smudged", "soiled", "spotted", "squalid", "stained", "sullied", "unclean", "uncleanly", "dowdy", "frowsy", "frowzy", "shaggy", "slatternly", "sloven", "slovenly", "uncombed", "wrinkled", "adulterated", "contaminated", "defiled", "polluted", "tainted", "knotted", "snarled", "tangled", "seedy", "shabby", "sleazy", "sordid", "neglected", "neglectful", "negligent" ], "near antonyms":[ "antiseptic", "clean", "cleaned", "cleanly", "hygienic", "immaculate", "sparkling", "spick-and-span", "spic-and-span", "spotless", "stainless", "unsoiled", "unsullied", "methodical", "methodic", "regular", "systematic", "systematized", "careful", "fastidious", "finicky", "fussy", "meticulous", "combed", "groomed", "manicured", "well-groomed", "taintless", "undefiled", "unpolluted", "untainted", "wholesome" ], "antonyms":[ "bandbox", "crisp", "kempt", "neat", "neatened", "ordered", "orderly", "organized", "shipshape", "snug", "tidied", "tidy", "trim", "uncluttered", "well-ordered" ] }, "undertaken or done so as to escape being observed or known by others":{ "examples":[ "a tale of hugger-mugger doings and international espionage" ], "synonyms":[ "backstairs", "behind-the-scenes", "clandestine", "covert", "furtive", "hole-and-corner", "hush-hush", "private", "privy", "secret", "sneak", "sneaking", "sneaky", "stealth", "stealthy", "surreptitious", "undercover", "underground", "underhand", "underhanded" ], "near synonyms":[ "back-channel", "closed-door", "off-the-books", "off-the-record", "classified", "confidential", "restricted", "top secret", "undisclosed", "concealed", "hidden", "secreted", "subterranean", "unadvertised", "unexposed" ], "near antonyms":[ "acknowledged", "avowed", "aboveboard", "straightforward", "unconcealed", "undisguised", "unclassified", "unrestricted", "clear", "evident", "manifest", "obvious", "patent", "plain" ], "antonyms":[ "open", "overt", "public" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hump":{ "a state of resentful silence or irritability":{ "examples":[ "failing her A-levels has certainly given her the hump" ], "synonyms":[ "grouch", "pet", "pouts", "snit", "sulk", "sulkiness", "sullenness" ], "near synonyms":[ "blues", "dumps", "mopes", "surliness", "biliousness", "choler", "crankiness", "crossness", "crotchetiness", "fantods", "grouchiness", "grumpiness", "huffiness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "irritableness", "peevishness", "perverseness", "perversity", "pettishness", "petulance", "surliness", "testiness", "waspishness", "cantankerousness", "disagreeableness", "dyspepsia", "fretfulness", "orneriness", "fussiness", "querulousness", "oversensitiveness", "sensitivity" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerfulness", "gaiety", "gayety", "gladsomeness", "high-spiritedness", "lightheartedness", "perkiness", "affability", "agreeableness", "amenity", "amicability", "cordiality", "friendliness", "geniality", "graciousness", "pleasantness", "sociability", "sociality", "amiability", "amiableness", "good-humoredness", "good-naturedness", "good-temperedness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an elevation of land higher than a hill":{ "examples":[ "a cloud-capped hump straddles the border separating the two countries" ], "synonyms":[ "alp", "mount", "mountain", "peak" ], "near synonyms":[ "cordillera", "mountain range", "range", "sierra", "inselberg", "knob", "seamount", "aiguille", "horn", "mountaintop", "pinnacle", "summit" ], "near antonyms":[ "basin", "bowl", "depression", "hollow", "vale", "valley" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an area of high ground":{ "examples":[ "the grassy hump at the center of the park is a popular sledding spot during the winter" ], "synonyms":[ "altitude(s)", "elevation", "eminence", "height", "highland", "hill", "mound", "prominence", "rise", "upland" ], "near synonyms":[ "alp", "mount", "mountain", "peak", "butte", "mesa", "plateau", "table", "tableland", "bluff", "cliff", "crag", "precipice", "steep", "tor", "ridge", "sierra", "dome", "sugarloaf", "foothill", "hillock", "hummock", "knob", "knoll", "downs" ], "near antonyms":[ "dale", "dell", "depression", "dingle", "glen", "hollow", "vale", "valley", "basin", "bottom", "bottomland", "fen", "flat", "floodplain", "plain", "tidewater" ], "antonyms":[ "lowland" ] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "examples":[ "the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains" ], "synonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "tug", "work" ], "near synonyms":[ "apply (oneself)", "buckle (down)", "dig in", "hammer (away)", "knuckle down", "pitch in", "attack", "drive", "essay", "try", "exercise", "exert", "overexert", "overwork", "eke out", "grind (out)", "put out", "scrabble", "scratch", "trudge", "wade" ], "near antonyms":[ "break", "ease (up)", "let up", "slacken", "bum", "chill", "dally", "dillydally", "footle", "goldbrick", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "lounge", "shirk", "slack (off)", "veg out", "bask", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest", "unwind", "dabble", "doodle", "fool around", "fribble", "goof (around)", "hang", "hang about", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hurl", "hurry", "hurtle", "hustle", "jet", "jump", "motor", "nip", "pelt", "race", "ram", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hurdled":{ "as in bounced , skipped":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bounced", "leapfrogged", "loped", "skipped", "bounded", "hopped", "jumped", "leaped", "leapt", "sprang", "sprung", "vaulted", "bucked", "capered", "caprioled", "cavorted", "frolicked", "gamboled", "gambolled", "romped", "attacked", "pounced", "shot", "skyrocketed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in took , overcame":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "bested", "conquered", "dispatched", "licked", "mastered", "overbore", "overcame", "overmatched", "prevailed (over)", "subdued", "surmounted", "threw", "took", "triumphed (over)", "won (against)", "worsted", "swept", "upset", "crushed", "knocked off", "knocked over", "overpowered", "overthrew", "overwhelmed", "subjugated", "upended", "vanquished", "annihilated", "blew away", "bombed", "buried", "clobbered", "creamed", "drubbed", "dusted", "flattened", "pasted", "routed", "shellacked", "skinned", "skunked", "smoked", "smothered", "snowed under", "thrashed", "trimmed", "tromped", "trounced", "walloped", "waxed", "whipped", "whomped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "aced (out)", "bettered", "eclipsed", "exceeded", "outdid", "outdistanced", "outfought", "outshone", "outshined", "outstripped", "overtopped", "surpassed", "topped", "transcended", "edged (out)", "nosed out", "pipped", "capped", "excelled", "flourished", "scored", "succeeded", "broke", "destroyed", "did in", "finished", "sank", "sunk", "slaughtered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunches":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen" ], "synonyms":[ "couches", "crouches", "huddles", "hunkers (down)", "scrunches", "squats", "squinches" ], "near synonyms":[ "curls up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in theories , speculations":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "conjectures", "guesses", "hypotheses", "speculations", "surmises", "theories", "arguments", "assertions", "contentions", "theses", "proposals", "propositions", "assumptions", "presuppositions", "suppositions", "positions", "stands", "cases", "explanations", "rationales", "reasons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in humps":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "humps", "growths", "tumors", "warts", "bruises", "contusions", "welts", "bumps", "knots", "lumps", "nodes", "nodules", "swellings", "blisters", "boils", "blobs", "chunks", "clods", "clumps", "gobbets", "gobs", "hunks", "knobs", "nubbles", "nubs", "nuggets", "wads" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in ideas , notions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ideas", "inspirations", "notions", "breaths", "flickers", "glimmers", "glimpses", "mentions", "scents", "whiffs", "winds", "allusions", "implications", "inferences", "innuendos", "innuendoes", "insinuations", "clues", "cues", "hints", "indications", "inklings", "intimations", "leads", "suggestions", "denotations", "evidences", "guideposts", "keys", "marks", "overtones", "pointers", "signals", "signs", "telltales", "tokens", "assistances", "nods", "prompts", "tip-offs", "tips", "winks", "feelings", "forebodings", "intuitions", "premonitions", "presentiments", "suspicions", "auguries", "foreshadowers", "foretastes", "harbingers", "omens", "portents", "prefigurements", "presages", "symptoms" ], "near antonyms":[ "answers", "solutions" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "huffed":{ "to talk loudly and wildly":{ "examples":[ "demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant" ], "synonyms":[ "blustered", "fulminated", "ranted", "raved", "spouted" ], "near synonyms":[ "sounded off", "spoke out", "spoke up", "blared", "blurted (out)", "bolted", "blew", "bloviated", "declaimed", "harangued", "mouthed (off)", "orated", "pontificated", "carried on", "raged", "stormed", "took on" ], "near antonyms":[ "grunted", "murmured", "muttered", "slurred", "breathed", "whispered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humankind":{ "human beings in general":{ "examples":[ "all humankind shares the desire for peace" ], "synonyms":[ "folks", "humanity", "people", "public", "species", "world" ], "near synonyms":[ "community", "society", "crowd", "masses", "mob", "populace", "proletariat", "rabble", "rabblement", "riffraff" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the human race":{ "examples":[ "perhaps someday humankind will find the key that unlocks the mystery of the universe" ], "synonyms":[ "Homo sapiens", "humanity", "man", "mankind" ], "near synonyms":[ "being", "body", "creature", "fellowman", "human", "individual", "mortal", "party", "person" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humbleness":{ "the absence of any feelings of being better than others":{ "examples":[ "in a display of true humbleness he gave much of the credit for his discovery to others" ], "synonyms":[ "demureness", "down-to-earthness", "humility", "lowliness", "meekness", "modesty" ], "near synonyms":[ "acquiescence", "compliance", "deference", "passivity", "resignedness", "submission", "submissiveness", "ingenuousness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "directness", "plainness", "simpleness", "bashfulness", "diffidence", "mousiness", "quietness", "reserve", "reservedness", "retiringness", "sheepishness", "shyness", "timidity", "timidness" ], "near antonyms":[ "aggressiveness", "assertiveness", "attitude", "audaciousness", "boldness", "brashness", "brassiness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "cockiness", "cocksureness", "forwardness", "overconfidence", "swagger", "swash", "temerity", "impertinence", "impudence", "insolence", "nerve", "sauciness", "boastfulness", "chest-thumping", "self-applause", "self-assumption", "self-centeredness", "self-complacency", "self-conceit", "self-glorification", "self-importance", "self-opinion", "self-partiality", "self-satisfaction", "vaingloriousness", "vanity", "condescension", "disdain", "scorn", "flamboyance", "ostentation", "ostentatiousness", "showiness" ], "antonyms":[ "arrogance", "assumption", "bumptiousness", "conceit", "egoism", "egotism", "haughtiness", "hauteur", "huffiness", "imperiousness", "loftiness", "lordliness", "peremptoriness", "pomposity", "pompousness", "presumptuousness", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "pretentiousness", "pride", "pridefulness", "superciliousness", "superiority", "toploftiness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunt (through)":{ "to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{ "examples":[ "she hunted through old birth and marriage records to trace the family tree" ], "synonyms":[ "comb", "dig (through)", "dredge", "rake", "ransack", "rifle", "rummage", "scour", "search", "sort (through)", "troll" ], "near synonyms":[ "frisk", "pat down", "shake down", "audit", "check (out)", "examine", "inspect", "investigate", "review", "scan", "scrutinize", "survey", "ascertain", "descry", "detect", "determine", "discover", "ferret (out)", "find", "find out", "get", "hit (on or upon)", "learn", "locate", "run down", "scare up", "track (down)", "grub (about)", "poke (around)", "explore", "probe", "prospect", "skirmish", "snoop", "browse", "glance (over)", "look over", "peruse", "study" ], "near antonyms":[ "hide", "abandon", "lose", "ignore", "neglect" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humiliate":{ "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "the reigning tennis champ was humiliated on the court by a newcomer who defeated him in straight sets" ], "synonyms":[ "abase", "chasten", "cheapen", "debase", "degrade", "demean", "discredit", "disgrace", "dishonor", "foul", "humble", "lower", "shame", "sink", "smirch", "take down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abash", "confound", "confuse", "discomfit", "disconcert", "discountenance", "embarrass", "faze", "fluster", "mortify", "nonplus", "rattle", "belittle", "castigate", "criticize", "cry down", "decry", "depreciate", "detract", "diminish", "discount", "disparage", "minimize", "put down", "ridicule", "write off", "bad-mouth", "defame", "defile", "libel", "malign", "slander", "affront", "insult", "censure", "condemn", "damn", "denounce", "execrate", "reprehend", "reprobate" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaim", "applaud", "boast", "celebrate", "cheer", "cite", "commend", "compliment", "congratulate", "decorate", "eulogize", "extol", "extoll", "fete", "f\u00eate", "hail", "honor", "laud", "praise", "salute", "tout", "acknowledge", "recognize", "highlight", "play up", "spotlight", "dignify", "ennoble", "enshrine", "ensky", "enthrone", "glorify", "magnify", "advance", "boost", "lift", "promote", "raise", "upgrade", "uplift", "idealize", "romanticize" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandize", "canonize", "deify", "elevate", "exalt" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunky":{ "as in studly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "studly", "foxy", "nubile", "alluring", "seductive", "sultry", "vampish", "vampy", "bodacious", "desirable", "dishy", "hot", "luscious", "sexy", "toothsome" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hugs":{ "to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{ "examples":[ "she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment" ], "synonyms":[ "compliments", "congratulates", "felicitates" ], "near synonyms":[ "applauds", "cheers", "commends", "hails", "salutes", "extols", "extolls", "glorifies", "lauds", "praises" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad-mouths", "belittles", "cries down", "decries", "deprecates", "depreciates", "diminishes", "discounts", "disparages", "minimizes", "puts down", "writes off", "jeers", "mocks", "ridicules", "taunts", "teases" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put one's arms around and press tightly":{ "examples":[ "Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye" ], "synonyms":[ "bear-hugs", "clasps", "crushes", "embraces", "enclasps", "enfolds", "grasps", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "clamps", "clings", "cradles", "grabs", "grips", "holds", "bosoms", "embosoms", "encircles", "entwines", "envelops", "enwinds", "folds", "locks", "twines", "wraps", "cuddles", "fondles", "nestles", "nuzzles", "pats", "pets", "snuggles", "strokes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in embraces , clinches":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "clinches", "embraces", "footholds", "footings", "toeholds", "grabs", "seizures", "anchorages", "leverages", "purchases", "clasps", "clenches", "grapples", "grasps", "grips", "handgrips", "handholds", "holds" ], "near antonyms":[ "releases", "relinquishments" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "humdrum":{ "causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{ "examples":[ "she leads a humdrum life that will never be made into a major motion picture", "a humdrum meal" ], "synonyms":[ "arid", "boring", "colorless", "drab", "dreary", "drudging", "dry", "dull", "dusty", "flat", "heavy", "ho-hum", "jading", "jejune", "leaden", "mind-numbing", "monochromatic", "monotonous", "numbing", "old", "pedestrian", "ponderous", "slow", "stale", "stodgy", "stuffy", "stupid", "tame", "tedious", "tiresome", "tiring", "uninteresting", "wearisome", "weary", "wearying" ], "near synonyms":[ "aseptic", "barren", "blah", "dullish", "pleasureless", "prosaic", "prosy", "soggy", "spiritless", "blank", "earthbound", "gray", "grey", "inanimate", "pallid", "pedantic", "sterile", "suspenseless", "undramatic", "uneventful", "unexciting", "unimaginative", "uninspiring", "unnewsworthy", "unrewarding", "unsensational", "unspectacular", "annoying", "bothersome", "irksome", "irritating", "longsome", "palling", "draining", "enervating", "exhausting", "fatiguing", "wearing", "debilitating", "enfeebling", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting", "common", "commonplace", "ordinary", "tepid", "unexceptional", "unsurprising", "vapid", "cumbersome", "lumbering", "plodding", "poky", "pokey" ], "near antonyms":[ "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "awesome", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "sensational", "spectacular", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "animating", "breathtaking", "electrifying", "energizing", "enlivening", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "hair-raising", "inspiring", "invigorating", "rip-roaring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "alluring", "attracting", "attractive", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "enthralling", "entrancing", "fascinating", "mesmerizing", "spellbinding", "suspenseful", "arresting", "provocative", "tantalizing" ], "antonyms":[ "absorbing", "engaging", "engrossing", "gripping", "interesting", "intriguing", "involving", "riveting" ] }, "a 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"disturbances", "dos", "do's", "foofaraws", "fun", "furores", "furors", "fusses", "helter-skelters", "hoo-has", "hoo-hahs", "hooplas", "hubble-bubbles", "hubbubs", "hullabaloos", "hurlies", "hurly-burlies", "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", "zoos" ], "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" ] }, "hubbub":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "imagine all the hubbub at the zoo when the lion escaped" ], "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", "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", "zoo" ], "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":[] }, "a violent shouting":{ "examples":[ "the people who had been in line for tickets made a huge hubbub when they were told that the concert was all sold out" ], "synonyms":[ "clamor", "howl", "hue and cry", "hullabaloo", "noise", "outcry", "roar", "tumult", "uproar", "vociferation" ], "near synonyms":[ "clangor", "din", "jangle", "racket", "cri de coeur", "outburst", "protest" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumble", "mumbling", "murmur", "murmuring", "rumble", "rumbling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huckster":{ "one who sells things outdoors":{ "examples":[ "hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers" ], "synonyms":[ "hawker", "peddler", "pedlar" ], "near synonyms":[ "dealer", "merchandiser", "merchant", "seller", "vendor", "vender", "costermonger", "concessionaire", "black marketer", "black marketeer", "bootlegger", "fence", "fencer", "hustler", "pusher", "smuggler", "trader" ], "near antonyms":[ "buyer", "purchaser", "consumer", "end user", "user" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huts":{ "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "examples":[ "smoke rose from a fisherman's hut on the shore of the lake" ], "synonyms":[ "cabins", "camps", "hooches", "hootches", "hovels", "hutches", "hutments", "shacks", "shanties" ], "near synonyms":[ "lean-tos", "sheds", "cots", "cottages", "lodges", "cabanas", "bungalows", "chalets", "hogans", "wickiups", "wigwams", "tents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunting (down or up)":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "ascertaining", "descrying", "detecting", "determining", "digging out", "digging up", "discovering", "dredging (up)", "ferreting (out)", "finding", "finding out", "getting", "hitting (on or upon)", "learning", "locating", "nosing out", "rooting (out)", "routing (out)", "rummaging", "running down", "scaring up", "scouting (up)", "tracking (down)", "turning up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espying", "sighting", "spotting", "looking for", "searching (for or out)", "seeking" ], "near antonyms":[ "losing", "mislaying", "misplacing", "missetting", "mis-setting" ], "antonyms":[ "missing", "overlooking", "passing over" ] }, "type":[] }, "humorlessness":{ "as in gravitas":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gravitas", "earnest", "earnestness", "graveness", "gravity", "intentness", "serious-mindedness", "seriousness", "soberness", "sobriety", "solemnity", "solemnness", "staidness", "decisiveness", "deliberation", "determination", "firmness", "purposefulness", "resoluteness", "resolve", "absorption", "attentiveness", "concentration", "engrossment", "enthrallment", "immersion", "intensity" ], "near antonyms":[ "facetiousness", "flightiness", "flippancy", "frivolity", "frivolousness", "levity", "lightheartedness", "lightness", "play", "unseriousness", "lightness", "shallowness", "superficiality", "dalliance", "dilettantism", "cheerfulness", "gaiety", "gayety", "glee", "high-spiritedness", "merriment", "mirth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humorist":{ "a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{ "examples":[ "Mark Twain is perhaps America's most beloved humorist" ], "synonyms":[ "card", "comedian", "comic", "droll", "farceur", "funnyman", "gagger", "gagman", "gagster", "jester", "joker", "jokester", "wag", "wit" ], "near synonyms":[ "comedienne", "entertainer", "banterer", "cutup", "kidder", "knockabout", "practical joker", "prankster", "quipper", "quipster", "teaser", "wisecracker", "buffoon", "clown", "fool", "harlequin", "zany", "caricaturist", "lampooner", "parodist", "satirist" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "husbands":{ "a male partner in a marriage":{ "examples":[ "she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary" ], "synonyms":[ "hubbies", "men", "misters", "old men" ], "near synonyms":[ "better halves", "companions", "consorts", "mates", "partners", "significant others", "spouses", "Mr. Rights", "soul mates", "bridegrooms", "grooms", "benedicts", "widowers", "househusbands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{ "examples":[ "husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them" ], "synonyms":[ "conserves" ], "near synonyms":[ "economizes", "saves", "scrimps", "skimps", "preserves", "protects", "saves", "hoards", "lays by", "lays up" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleans (out)", "consumes", "depletes", "drains", "exhausts", "expends", "impoverishes", "spends", "uses up" ], "antonyms":[ "blows", "dissipates", "fritters (away)", "lavishes", "misspends", "runs through", "squanders", "throws away", "wastes" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hugged":{ "to express to (someone) admiration for his or her success or good fortune":{ "examples":[ "she hugged herself for having made a killing on the investment" ], "synonyms":[ "complimented", "congratulated", "felicitated" ], "near synonyms":[ "applauded", "cheered", "commended", "hailed", "saluted", "extolled", "glorified", "lauded", "praised" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad-mouthed", "belittled", "cried down", "decried", "deprecated", "depreciated", "diminished", "discounted", "disparaged", "minimized", "put down", "wrote off", "jeered", "mocked", "ridiculed", "taunted", "teased" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to put one's arms around and press tightly":{ "examples":[ "Grandma hugged the grandchildren good-bye" ], "synonyms":[ "bear-hugged", "clasped", "crushed", "embraced", "enclasped", "enfolded", "grasped", "strained" ], "near synonyms":[ "clamped", "clung", "cradled", "grabbed", "gripped", "held", "bosomed", "embosomed", "encircled", "entwined", "enveloped", "enwound", "folded", "locked", "twined", "wrapped", "cuddled", "fondled", "nestled", "nuzzled", "patted", "petted", "snuggled", "stroked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humaneness":{ "sympathetic concern for the well-being of others":{ "examples":[ "with more humaneness than good sense, I decided to take in yet another stray cat" ], "synonyms":[ "beneficence", "benevolence", "benignancy", "benignity", "compassionateness", "good-heartedness", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "softheartedness", "tenderheartedness", "tenderness", "warmheartedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "attentiveness", "considerateness", "thoughtfulness", "affability", "friendliness", "good-naturedness", "good-temperedness", "warmth", "graciousness", "niceness", "pleasantness", "clemency", "leniency", "mercifulness", "patience", "tolerance", "understanding", "altruism", "charitableness", "charity", "generosity", "greatheartedness", "magnanimity", "philanthropy", "unselfishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "mercilessness", "pitilessness", "ruthlessness", "inconsiderateness", "insensitivity", "thoughtlessness", "grimness", "harshness", "severity", "sternness", "toughness", "hatefulness", "malevolence", "maliciousness", "meanness", "spitefulness", "virulence", "vitriol" ], "antonyms":[ "barbarity", "barbarousness", "bestiality", "brutality", "brutishness", "callousness", "cold-bloodedness", "cruelty", "hard-heartedness", "heartlessness", "inhumanity", "savageness", "savagery", "unfeelingness", "unkindliness", "unkindness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hulling":{ "to remove the natural covering of":{ "examples":[ "hull the pinto beans before adding them" ], "synonyms":[ "barking", "flaying", "husking", "peeling", "shelling", "shucking", "skinning" ], "near synonyms":[ "baring", "denuding", "exposing", "scaling", "stripping", "paring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hullabaloo":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "there was a lot of needless hullabaloo as the new millennium approached" ], "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", "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", "zoo" ], "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":[] }, "a violent shouting":{ "examples":[ "there was such a hullabaloo in the room that he couldn't hear himself think" ], "synonyms":[ "clamor", "howl", "hubbub", "hue and cry", "noise", "outcry", "roar", "tumult", "uproar", "vociferation" ], "near synonyms":[ "clangor", "din", "jangle", "racket", "cri de coeur", "outburst", "protest" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumble", "mumbling", "murmur", "murmuring", "rumble", "rumbling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hush (up)":{ "to keep from being publicly known":{ "examples":[ "the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers" ], "synonyms":[ "burke", "cover (up)", "suppress" ], "near synonyms":[ "black out", "censor", "gag", "muzzle", "silence", "quash", "repress", "smother", "spike", "squash", "squelch", "stifle", "strangle", "throttle" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunk", "expose", "reveal", "show up", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask", "blab", "disclose", "divulge", "spill", "tell", "unveil", "broadcast", "circulate", "publish", "spread", "describe", "narrate", "recite", "recount", "rehearse", "relate", "report" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humbugs":{ "one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{ "examples":[ "one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar" ], "synonyms":[ "charlatans", "fakers", "fakes", "fakirs", "frauds", "hoaxers", "impostors", "imposters", "mountebanks", "phonies", "phoneys", "pretenders", "quacks", "quacksalvers", "ringers", "shams" ], "near synonyms":[ "copycats", "imitators", "impersonators", "mimics", "actors", "bluffers", "counterfeiters", "deceivers", "dissemblers", "duper", "feigners", "misleaders", "operators", "tricksters", "poseurs", "cozeners", "defrauders", "dodgers", "fraudsters", "scammers", "scamsters", "sharpers", "sharpies", "skinners", "swindlers" ], "near antonyms":[ "aces", "adepts", "authorities", "crackerjacks", "crackajacks", "experts", "maestros", "maestri", "masters", "past masters", "professionals", "virtuosos", "virtuosi", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozles", "beguiles", "bluffs", "buffaloes", "burns", "catches", "cons", "cozens", "deceives", "deludes", "dupes", "fakes out", "fools", "gaffs", "gammons", "gulls", "has", "has on", "hoaxes", "hoodwinks", "hornswoggles", "juggles", "misguides", "misinforms", "misleads", "snookers", "snows", "spoofs", "strings along", "suckers", "sucks in", "takes in", "tricks" ], "near synonyms":[ "kids", "puts on", "teases", "bleeds", "cheats", "chisels", "defrauds", "diddles", "euchres", "fleeces", "flimflams", "hustles", "mulcts", "rooks", "shortchanges", "skins", "squeezes", "sticks", "stings", "swindles" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunks", "exposes", "reveals", "shows up", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "unmasks", "discloses", "divulges", "tells", "unveils", "disabuses", "disenchants", "disillusions" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceives" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hunters":{ "a person who hunts game":{ "examples":[ "hunters must have a license to shoot deer" ], "synonyms":[ "huntsmen", "nimrods" ], "near synonyms":[ "huntresses", "sportsmen", "sportswomen", "archers", "gunners", "birders", "falconers", "fowlers", "hawkers", "hunter-gatherers", "trappers", "poachers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humorousness":{ "the amusing quality or element in something":{ "examples":[ "the humorousness of falling on a banana peel is usually lost on the person who falls" ], "synonyms":[ "comedy", "comic", "comicality", "drollery", "drollness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humor", "richness", "uproariousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusement", "enjoyment", "fun", "pleasure", "absurdity", "irony", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "ridiculousness", "whimsicality", "wittiness", "wryness", "burlesque", "caricature", "farce", "jest", "lampoon", "parody", "satire", "slapstick", "spoof", "takeoff", "jocularity", "jokiness", "playfulness", "waggishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "agony", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "misery", "sorrow", "torment", "torture", "tribulation", "woe", "gravity", "seriousness", "soberness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "somberness" ], "antonyms":[ "pathos" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huntresses":{ "as in sportsmen , sportswomen":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "sportsmen", "sportswomen", "hunters", "huntsmen", "nimrods", "archers", "gunners", "birders", "falconers", "fowlers", "hawkers", "hunter-gatherers", "trappers", "poachers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "human":{ "relating to or characteristic of human beings":{ "examples":[ "it's human nature to care about what people think of us" ], "synonyms":[ "earthborn", "mortal", "natural" ], "near synonyms":[ "anthropoid", "creatural", "hominid", "humanlike", "humanoid" ], "near antonyms":[ "angelic", "angelical", "divine", "godlike", "preternatural", "superhuman", "supernatural", "supernormal", "immortal", "omnipotent", "omniscient", "animal", "beastly", "bestial", "brute", "infrahuman", "inhuman", "robotic", "subhuman" ], "antonyms":[ "nonhuman" ] }, "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bird", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human being", "individual", "life", "man", "mortal", "party", "person", "personage", "scout", "slob", "sort", "soul", "specimen", "stiff", "thing", "wight" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominid", "homo", "humanoid", "brother", "fellow", "fellowman", "neighbor", "celebrity", "personality", "self", "somebody" ], "near antonyms":[ "animal", "beast", "beastie", "brute", "critter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "hustlers":{ "a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{ "examples":[ "policemen kept the street clean of hustlers" ], "synonyms":[ "bawds", "call girls", "cocottes", "courtesans", "drabs", "hookers", "prostitutes", "sex workers", "streetwalkers", "tarts", "whores" ], "near synonyms":[ "madames", "mesdames", "madams", "chippies", "doxies", "floozies", "tramps", "hussies", "jades", "minxes", "coquettes", "flirts", "libertines", "sirens", "tempters", "temptresses", "vamps", "wenches" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{ "examples":[ "the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler , the sky's the limit" ], "synonyms":[ "bootstrappers", "go-aheads", "go-getters", "highfliers", "highflyers", "hummers", "live wires", "powerhouses", "self-starters" ], "near synonyms":[ "eager beavers", "achievers", "comers", "doers", "enterprisers", "he-men", "individualists" ], "near antonyms":[ "dawdlers", "idlers", "loafers", "loungers", "putterers", "triflers", "goldbricks", "malingerers", "procrastinators", "shirkers", "slackers", "drones", "lazybones", "sluggards", "dalliers", "laggards", "lingerers", "loiterers", "slowpokes", "stick-in-the-muds", "ignorers", "ne'er-do-wells", "neglecters", "daydreamers", "dreamers", "dropouts", "quitters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humor":{ "the amusing quality or element in something":{ "examples":[ "we failed to see any humor in his mean and juvenile jokes" ], "synonyms":[ "comedy", "comic", "comicality", "drollery", "drollness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humorousness", "richness", "uproariousness" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusement", "enjoyment", "fun", "pleasure", "absurdity", "irony", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "ridiculousness", "whimsicality", "wittiness", "wryness", "burlesque", "caricature", "farce", "jest", "lampoon", "parody", "satire", "slapstick", "spoof", "takeoff", "jocularity", "jokiness", "playfulness", "waggishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "agony", "anguish", "dolor", "grief", "heartache", "heartbreak", "misery", "sorrow", "torment", "torture", "tribulation", "woe", "gravity", "seriousness", "soberness", "solemnity", "solemnness", "somberness" ], "antonyms":[ "pathos" ] }, "humorous entertainment":{ "examples":[ "a screenwriter best known for lowbrow humor" ], "synonyms":[ "comedy", "farce", "slapstick" ], "near synonyms":[ "high comedy", "low comedy", "burlesque", "parody", "satire", "improv", "stand-up", "banter", "drollery", "persiflage", "wit", "foolery", "fun", "horseplay", "knockabout", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{ "examples":[ "the prospect of going out to dinner put her in a good humor all day" ], "synonyms":[ "cheer", "feather", "mode", "mood", "spirit", "temper" ], "near synonyms":[ "angle", "attitude", "mind-set", "outlook", "perspective", "slant", "standpoint", "viewpoint", "emotion", "feeling", "heart", "passion", "sentiment", "strain", "belief", "conviction", "judgment", "judgement", "mind", "opinion", "expression", "tone", "vein", "character", "disposition", "identity", "individuality", "makeup", "mettle", "personality", "selfhood", "self-identity", "temperament", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitiveness", "sensitivity" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{ "examples":[ "she was seized by a sudden humor to contact an old college friend that she hadn't seen in ages" ], "synonyms":[ "bee", "caprice", "crank", "fancy", "freak", "kink", "maggot", "megrim", "notion", "vagary", "vagrancy", "whim", "whimsy", "whimsey" ], "near synonyms":[ "capriciousness", "fancifulness", "fantasy", "phantasy", "freakishness", "impetuosity", "whimsicality", "conceit", "concept", "conception", "image", "impression", "mind's eye", "picture", "thought", "brainstorm", "inspiration" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to give in to (a desire)":{ "examples":[ "humored her grandfather by listening to his war stories for the hundredth time" ], "synonyms":[ "cater (to)", "gratify", "indulge" ], "near synonyms":[ "bask", "luxuriate", "revel", "wallow", "coddle", "mollycoddle", "pamper", "spoil", "delight", "please", "pleasure", "sate", "satiate", "satisfy" ], "near antonyms":[ "bridle", "check", "constrain", "curb", "inhibit", "restrain", "stifle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "humdinger":{ "something very good of its kind":{ "examples":[ "the concert concluded with a humdinger of a fireworks display" ], "synonyms":[ "beaut", "beauty", "bee's knees", "cat's meow", "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "daisy", "dandy", "dilly", "doozy", "doozie", "doozer", "dream", "honey", "hot stuff", "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" ] }, "hurrah":{ "as in hail , huzzah":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bravo", "hail", "hallelujah", "hosanna", "huzzah", "huzza", "clapping", "acclaim", "accolade", "citation", "commendation", "compliment", "encomium", "eulogy", "homage", "kudo", "paean", "panegyric", "salutation", "tribute", "acclamation", "applause", "cheer", "cheering", "ovation", "plaudit(s)", "rave(s)", "r\u00e9clame", "kudos", "praise" ], "near antonyms":[ "booing", "hissing", "boo", "hiss", "hoot", "jeer", "raspberry", "smirk", "sneer", "snicker", "snigger", "snort", "whistle", "gibe", "jibe", "put-down", "taunt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunter":{ "a person who hunts game":{ "examples":[ "hunters must have a license to shoot deer" ], "synonyms":[ "huntsman", "nimrod" ], "near synonyms":[ "huntress", "sportsman", "sportswoman", "archer", "gunner", "birder", "falconer", "fowler", "hawker", "hunter-gatherer", "trapper", "poacher" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "husbanded":{ "to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{ "examples":[ "husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them" ], "synonyms":[ "conserved" ], "near synonyms":[ "economized", "saved", "scrimped", "skimped", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "hoarded", "laid by", "laid up" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaned (out)", "consumed", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted", "expended", "impoverished", "spent", "used up" ], "antonyms":[ "blew", "dissipated", "frittered (away)", "lavished", "misspent", "ran through", "squandered", "threw away", "wasted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung back":{ "to show uncertainty about the right course of action":{ "examples":[ "she hung back in offering her opinion about her daughter's career choices because it wasn't her business" ], "synonyms":[ "balanced", "dithered", "faltered", "halted", "hesitated", "scrupled", "shilly-shallied", "staggered", "teetered", "vacillated", "wavered", "wobbled", "wabbled" ], "near synonyms":[ "hawed", "hemmed", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "lingered", "paused", "procrastinated", "waited", "backed down", "chickened (out)", "considered", "debated", "deliberated", "pondered", "weighed", "oscillated", "swayed", "equivocated", "hedged", "pussyfooted", "waffled" ], "near antonyms":[ "decided", "budged", "stirred", "advanced", "continued" ], "antonyms":[ "dived (in)", "dove (in)", "plunged (in)" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunter-gatherers":{ "a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals":{ "examples":[ "a tribe of hunter-gatherers" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "trappers", "hunters", "huntsmen", "nimrods", "huntresses", "sportsmen", "sportswomen", "archers", "gunners", "birders", "falconers", "fowlers", "hawkers", "poachers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "husking":{ "to remove the natural covering of":{ "examples":[ "the tedious task of husking coconuts" ], "synonyms":[ "barking", "flaying", "hulling", "peeling", "shelling", "shucking", "skinning" ], "near synonyms":[ "baring", "denuding", "exposing", "scaling", "stripping", "paring" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung (around or out)":{ "to come or be together as friends":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "associated", "chummed", "companied", "consociated", "consorted", "fraternized", "hobnobbed", "hooked up", "messed around", "palled (around)", "ran", "run", "sorted", "traveled", "travelled" ], "near synonyms":[ "affiliated", "allied", "attached", "banded", "bonded", "clubbed", "collaborated", "colluded", "confederated", "conjoined", "connected", "cooperated", "coupled", "ganged", "got along", "got on", "grouped", "interrelated", "joined", "knotted", "leagued", "linked", "mingled", "mixed", "rallied", "related", "sided", "socialized", "teamed", "tied", "wedded", "wed", "befriended", "friended" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoided", "cold-shouldered", "shunned", "snubbed", "alienated", "estranged", "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)", "disjoined", "dissociated", "disunited", "divorced", "severed", "split", "sundered" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to spend time doing nothing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[ "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung about", "idled", "kicked around", "kicked back", "lazed", "lazied", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "vegged out" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled", "messed", "monkeyed", "mucked", "piddled", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "dozed", "estivated", "aestivated", "hibernated", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "relaxed", "rested", "tarried", "ambled", "moseyed", "sauntered", "strolled", "swanned", "furloughed", "goldbricked", "malingered", "truanted" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "ground", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "applied", "buckled (down)", "exerted", "put out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[] }, "humidifies":{ "as in moistens , moisturizes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "asperses", "bedews", "dampens", "damps", "drizzles", "hydrates", "mists", "moistens", "moisturizes", "showers", "sprinkles", "bathes", "bedraggles", "douses", "dowses", "drenches", "drowns", "soaks", "soddens", "sops", "souses", "washes", "waterlogs", "waters", "water-soaks", "wets", "wets down", "deluges", "floods", "hoses (down)", "inundates", "overflows", "submerges", "swamps", "splashes", "impregnates", "saturates", "steeps", "flushes", "irrigates", "laves", "rinses", "sloshes", "sluices", "dips", "ducks", "dunks", "rehydrates", "rewashes", "rewets" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears", "dewaters", "evaporates", "freeze-dries", "drip-dries", "wrings", "dehumidifies" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "huffily":{ "as in haughtily , pompously":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "arrogantly", "audaciously", "boldly", "brashly", "brazenly", "contemptuously", "haughtily", "imperiously", "loftily", "pompously", "presumptuously", "pretentiously", "pridefully", "proudly", "scornfully", "self-importantly", "superciliously", "swaggeringly", "uppishly", "fearlessly", "discourteously", "disdainfully", "disrespectfully", "impertinently", "rashly", "recklessly", "saucily", "bitchily", "impolitely", "impudently", "rudely", "uncivilly", "ungraciously" ], "near antonyms":[ "abjectly", "deferentially", "hat in hand", "humbly", "lowly", "meanly", "meekly", "modestly", "sheepishly", "submissively", "obsequiously", "servilely", "subserviently", "fearfully", "mousily", "timidly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "hungering (for)":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "voters hungering for honest and upright leadership" ], "synonyms":[ "aching (for)", "coveting", "craving", "desiderating", "desiring", "dying (for)", "hankering (for or after)", "itching (for)", "jonesing (for)", "longing (for)", "lusting (for or after)", "panting (after)", "pining (for)", "repining (for)", "salivating (for)", "sighing (for)", "thirsting (for)", "wanting", "wishing (for)", "yearning (for)", "yenning (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoiling (for)", "adoring", "delighting (in)", "digging", "enjoying", "fancying", "grooving (on)", "liking", "loving", "relishing", "reveling (in)", "revelling (in)", "favoring", "preferring", "admiring", "appreciating", "cherishing", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "execrating", "hating", "loathing", "declining", "refusing", "rejecting", "spurning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humbugged":{ "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being" ], "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", "juggled", "misguided", "misinformed", "misled", "snookered", "snowed", "spoofed", "strung along", "sucked in", "suckered", "took 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", "showed up", "uncloaked", "uncovered", "unmasked", "disclosed", "divulged", "told", "unveiled", "disabused", "disenchanted", "disillusioned" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceived" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humbled":{ "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament" ], "synonyms":[ "abased", "chastened", "cheapened", "debased", "degraded", "demeaned", "discredited", "disgraced", "dishonored", "fouled", "humiliated", "lowered", "sank", "sunk", "shamed", "smirched", "took down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abashed", "confounded", "confused", "discomfited", "disconcerted", "discountenanced", "embarrassed", "fazed", "flustered", "mortified", "nonplussed", "nonplused", "rattled", "belittled", "castigated", "cried down", "criticized", "decried", "depreciated", "detracted", "diminished", "discounted", "disparaged", "minimized", "put down", "ridiculed", "wrote off", "bad-mouthed", "defamed", "defiled", "libeled", "libelled", "maligned", "slandered", "affronted", "insulted", "censured", "condemned", "damned", "denounced", "execrated", "reprehended", "reprobated" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaimed", "applauded", "boasted", "celebrated", "cheered", "cited", "commended", "complimented", "congratulated", "decorated", "eulogized", "extolled", "feted", "f\u00eated", "hailed", "honored", "lauded", "praised", "saluted", "touted", "acknowledged", "recognized", "highlighted", "played up", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "dignified", "ennobled", "enshrined", "enskied", "enthroned", "glorified", "magnified", "advanced", "boosted", "lifted", "promoted", "raised", "upgraded", "uplifted", "idealized", "romanticized" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandized", "canonized", "deified", "elevated", "exalted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hulk":{ "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ "examples":[ "the team recruited a 6 foot, 5 inch hulk to play offensive tackle" ], "synonyms":[ "clod", "clodhopper", "gawk", "lout", "lubber", "lug", "lump", "Neanderthal", "oaf", "palooka" ], "near synonyms":[ "chump", "loser", "schlemiel", "shlemiel", "turkey", "slouch", "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "blunderer", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dum-dum", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "galoot", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simp", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo", "anthropoid", "ape", "beast", "boor", "brute", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "louse", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "tyke", "tike", "villain", "booby", "fool", "goose", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "rascal", "rogue", "scamp" ], "near antonyms":[ "brain", "brainiac", "genius", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hungers (for)":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "voters hungering for honest and upright leadership" ], "synonyms":[ "aches (for)", "covets", "craves", "desiderates", "desires", "dies (for)", "hankers (for or after)", "itches (for)", "joneses (for)", "longs (for)", "lusts (for or after)", "pants (after)", "pines (for)", "repines (for)", "salivates (for)", "sighs (for)", "thirsts (for)", "wants", "wishes (for)", "yearns (for)", "yens (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoils (for)", "adores", "delights (in)", "digs", "enjoys", "fancies", "grooves (on)", "likes", "loves", "relishes", "revels (in)", "favors", "prefers", "admires", "appreciates", "cherishes", "prizes", "treasures", "values" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "despises", "detests", "execrates", "hates", "loathes", "declines", "refuses", "rejects", "spurns" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunger (for)":{ "to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{ "examples":[ "voters hungering for honest and upright leadership" ], "synonyms":[ "ache (for)", "covet", "crave", "desiderate", "desire", "die (for)", "hanker (for or after)", "itch (for)", "jones (for)", "long (for)", "lust (for or after)", "pant (after)", "pine (for)", "repine (for)", "salivate (for)", "sigh (for)", "thirst (for)", "want", "wish (for)", "yearn (for)", "yen (for)" ], "near synonyms":[ "spoil (for)", "adore", "delight (in)", "dig", "enjoy", "fancy", "groove (on)", "like", "love", "relish", "revel (in)", "favor", "prefer", "admire", "appreciate", "cherish", "prize", "treasure", "value" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "execrate", "hate", "loathe", "decline", "refuse", "reject", "spurn" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurly-burlies":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "lost sight of his children in all the hurly-burly of the fair" ], "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", "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", "zoos" ], "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" ] }, "hunkering (down)":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate" ], "synonyms":[ "couching", "crouching", "huddling", "hunching", "scrunching", "squatting", "squinching" ], "near synonyms":[ "curling up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hubble-bubble":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "amidst the hubble-bubble of Christmas morning we forgot to walk the dog" ], "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", "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", "zoo" ], "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" ] }, "husbandries":{ "careful management of material resources":{ "examples":[ "in accordance with his practice of good husbandry , he never buys anything on credit" ], "synonyms":[ "economy", "frugality", "parsimony", "penny-pinching", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift" ], "near synonyms":[ "conservation", "saving", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "stinginess", "belt-tightening", "retrenchment", "discretion", "forehandedness", "prudence", "austerity", "moderation", "restraint", "temperance" ], "near antonyms":[ "extravagance", "improvidence", "lavishness", "prodigality", "squandering" ], "antonyms":[ "diseconomy", "wastefulness" ] }, "the science or occupation of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock":{ "examples":[ "a family of winemakers whose tradition of vineyard husbandry goes back several generations" ], "synonyms":[ "agriculture", "farming" ], "near synonyms":[ "cultivation", "culture", "farmwork", "gardening", "horticulture", "tillage", "agribusiness", "agroecology", "agronomy", "agroforestry", "arboriculture", "pomology", "aquaculture", "aquiculture", "hydroponics", "animal husbandry", "mixed farming", "monoculture", "pastoralism", "sharecropping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hung loose":{ "to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{ "examples":[ "We just hung loose while waiting for the server to take our orders." ], "synonyms":[ "chilled", "chilled out", "decompressed", "de-stressed", "loosened up", "mellowed (out)", "relaxed", "unwound", "wound down", "winded down" ], "near synonyms":[ "unbent", "basked", "kicked back", "lolled", "lounged", "reposed", "rested", "bummed", "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "droned", "footled", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "lazed", "loafed", "vegetated", "vegged out", "zoned out", "alleviated", "comforted", "eased", "relieved", "calmed", "composed", "cooled", "quieted", "settled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "tensed (up)" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "humbuggeries":{ "an imitation that is passed off as genuine":{ "examples":[ "tests showed that the \"old\" map of America was a cleverly made humbug" ], "synonyms":[ "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "hoax", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near synonyms":[ "copycat", "knockoff", "copy", "facsimile", "replica", "reproduction", "dummy", "mock-up", "fraud", "gaff", "imposture", "spoof", "swindle", "simulation", "synthetic", "bastard", "brummagem", "duffer", "shoddy" ], "near antonyms":[ "original" ], "antonyms":[] }, "language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{ "examples":[ "a lot of humbuggery about a mean old witch that lives in the woods" ], "synonyms":[ "applesauce", "balderdash", "baloney", "boloney", "beans", "bilge", "blah", "blah-blah", "blarney", "blather", "blatherskite", "blither", "bosh", "bull", "bunk", "bunkum", "buncombe", "claptrap", "codswallop", "crapola", "crock", "drivel", "drool", "fiddle", "fiddle-faddle", "fiddlesticks", "flannel", "flapdoodle", "folderol", "falderal", "folly", "foolishness", "fudge", "garbage", "guff", "hogwash", "hokeypokey", "hokum", "hoodoo", "hooey", "horsefeathers", "humbug", "jazz", "malarkey", "malarky", "moonshine", "muck", "nerts", "nonsense", "nuts", "piffle", "poppycock", "punk", "rot", "rubbish", "senselessness", "silliness", "slush", "stupidity", "taradiddle", "tarradiddle", "tommyrot", "tosh", "trash", "trumpery", "twaddle" ], "near synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "fatuity", "foolery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "kookiness", "lunacy", "absurdness", "craziness", "madness", "witlessness", "hoity-toity", "monkey business", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "gas", "hot air", "rigmarole", "rigamarole", "double-talk", "greek", "hocus-pocus" ], "near antonyms":[ "levelheadedness", "rationality", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "sensibleness", "common sense", "horse sense", "sense", "discernment", "judgment", "judgement", "wisdom" ], "antonyms":[] }, "one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{ "examples":[ "one humbug after another claimed to be the miraculously surviving daughter of the Russian czar" ], "synonyms":[ "charlatan", "fake", "faker", "fakir", "fraud", "hoaxer", "impostor", "imposter", "mountebank", "phony", "phoney", "pretender", "quack", "quacksalver", "ringer", "sham" ], "near synonyms":[ "copycat", "imitator", "impersonator", "mimic", "actor", "bluffer", "counterfeiter", "deceiver", "dissembler", "duper", "feigner", "misleader", "operator", "trickster", "poseur", "cozener", "defrauder", "dodger", "fraudster", "scammer", "scamster", "sharper", "sharpie", "sharpy", "skinner", "swindler" ], "near antonyms":[ "ace", "adept", "authority", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "expert", "maestro", "master", "past master", "professional", "virtuoso", "whiz", "wizard" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozle", "beguile", "bluff", "buffalo", "burn", "catch", "con", "cozen", "deceive", "delude", "dupe", "fake out", "fool", "gaff", "gammon", "gull", "have", "have on", "hoax", "hoodwink", "hornswoggle", "juggle", "misguide", "misinform", "mislead", "snooker", "snow", "spoof", "string along", "suck in", "sucker", "take in", "trick" ], "near synonyms":[ "kid", "put on", "tease", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "defraud", "diddle", "euchre", "fleece", "flimflam", "hustle", "mulct", "rook", "shortchange", "skin", "squeeze", "stick", "sting", "swindle" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunk", "expose", "reveal", "show up", "uncloak", "uncover", "unmask", "disclose", "divulge", "tell", "unveil", "disabuse", "disenchant", "disillusion" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceive" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hung fire":{ "to move or act slowly":{ "examples":[ "He asked his team to hang fire until he was ready." ], "synonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "dallied", "dawdled", "delayed", "diddled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "lollygagged", "lallygagged", "moped", "poked", "shilly-shallied", "tarried" ], "near synonyms":[ "fiddled (around)", "fooled around", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "loafed", "lolled", "lounged", "ambled", "eased", "inched", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "staggered", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)", "filibustered", "procrastinated", "stalled", "temporized" ], "near antonyms":[ "bowled", "breezed", "darted", "humped", "hurtled", "hustled", "scrambled", "stampeded", "galloped", "jogged", "ran", "run", "sprinted", "trotted", "accelerated", "quickened", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook" ], "antonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "bolted", "careered", "coursed", "dashed", "flew", "hastened", "hotfooted (it)", "hurried", "raced", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "scooted", "scudded", "scurried", "sped", "speeded", "tore", "whirled", "whisked", "whizzed", "zipped" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "hunkers":{ "the part of the body upon which someone sits":{ "examples":[ "the tree had a stout branch, and I found the boy perched there on his hunkers" ], "synonyms":[ "backside", "behind", "booty", "bootie", "bottom", "breech", "bum", "buns", "butt", "buttocks", "caboose", "can", "cheeks", "derriere", "derri\u00e8re", "duff", "fanny", "fundament", "hams", "haunches", "heinie", "keister", "keester", "nates", "posterior", "rear", "rear end", "rump", "seat", "tail", "tail end", "tush" ], "near synonyms":[ "beam", "stern", "moon" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "humping":{ "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "examples":[ "the farmers had to really hump to get the harvest in before the rains" ], "synonyms":[ "banging away", "beavering (away)", "digging (away)", "drudging", "endeavoring", "fagging", "grubbing", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging (away)", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "slogging", "straining", "striving", "struggling", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "tugging", "working" ], "near synonyms":[ "applying (oneself)", "buckling (down)", "digging in", "hammering (away)", "knuckling down", "pitching in", "attacking", "driving", "essaying", "trying", "exercising", "exerting", "overexerting", "overworking", "eking out", "grinding (out)", "putting out", "scrabbling", "scratching", "trudging", "wading" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking", "easing (up)", "letting up", "slackening", "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dillydallying", "footling", "goldbricking", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "lazing", "loafing", "lounging", "shirking", "slacking (off)", "vegging out", "basking", "lolling", "relaxing", "reposing", "resting", "unwinding", "dabbling", "doodling", "fooling around", "fribbling", "goofing (around)", "hanging", "hanging about", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the boat was really humping before the motor started to sputter all of a sudden" ], "synonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "belting", "blasting", "blazing", "blowing", "bolting", "bombing", "bowling", "breezing", "bundling", "bustling", "buzzing", "cannonballing", "careening", "careering", "chasing", "coursing", "cracking (on)", "dashing", "driving", "flying", "haring", "hastening", "highballing", "hotfooting (it)", "hurling", "hurrying", "hurtling", "hustling", "hying", "hieing", "jetting", "jumping", "motoring", "nipping", "pelting", "racing", "ramming", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "rustling", "scooting", "scurrying", "scuttling", "shooting", "speeding", "stepping", "tearing", "traveling", "travelling", "trotting", "whirling", "whisking", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetling", "darting", "flitting", "scampering", "scudding", "scuffling", "stampeding", "streaking", "whizzing", "galloping", "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" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hundred":{ "a considerable amount":{ "examples":[ "it seems like we've answered this question hundreds of times" ], "synonyms":[ "abundance", "barrel", "basketful", "boatload", "bucket", "bunch", "bundle", "bushel", "carload", "chunk", "deal", "dozen", "fistful", "gobs", "good deal", "heap", "lashings", "lashins", "loads", "lot", "mass", "mess", "mountain", "much", "multiplicity", "myriad", "oodles", "pack", "passel", "peck", "pile", "plateful", "plenitude", "plentitude", "plenty", "pot", "potful", "profusion", "quantity", "raft", "reams", "scads", "sheaf", "shipload", "sight", "slew", "spate", "stack", "store", "ton", "truckload", "volume", "wad", "wealth", "yard" ], "near synonyms":[ "epidemic", "plague", "rash", "bonanza", "embarrassment", "excess", "overabundance", "overage", "overkill", "overmuch", "oversupply", "plethora", "redundancy", "superabundance", "superfluity", "surfeit", "surplus", "deluge", "flood", "overflow", "army", "bevy", "cram", "crowd", "crush", "drove", "flock", "herd", "horde", "host", "legion", "mob", "multitude", "press", "score", "sea", "swarm", "throng", "gazillion", "jillion", "kazillion", "million", "thousands", "trillion", "zillion" ], "near antonyms":[ "atom", "crumb", "dot", "fleck", "flyspeck", "fragment", "grain", "granule", "iota", "jot", "modicum", "molecule", "mote", "nubbin", "particle", "ray", "scintilla", "scrap", "shred", "tittle", "whit", "smatter", "smattering", "dash", "drop", "morsel", "shot", "piece", "portion", "section", "absence", "dearth", "famine", "lack", "paucity", "poverty", "scarceness", "scarcity", "shortage", "undersupply", "want", "deficiency", "deficit", "inadequacy", "insufficiency", "meagerness", "scantiness", "scantness", "skimpiness" ], "antonyms":[ "ace", "bit", "dab", "dram", "driblet", "glimmer", "handful", "hint", "lick", "little", "mite", "mouthful", "nip", "ounce", "peanuts", "pinch", "pittance", "scruple", "shade", "shadow", "smidgen", "smidgeon", "smidgin", "smidge", "speck", "spot", "sprinkle", "sprinkling", "strain", "streak", "suspicion", "tad", "taste", "touch", "trace" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunched":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "he hunched next to a bush to avoid being seen" ], "synonyms":[ "couched", "crouched", "huddled", "hunkered (down)", "scrunched", "squatted", "squinched" ], "near synonyms":[ "curled up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hue":{ "a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{ "examples":[ "decorated the room in hues of blue and green" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "color", "shade", "tincture", "tinge", "tint", "tone" ], "near synonyms":[ "overtone", "undertone", "primary color", "secondary color", "tertiary color", "brightness", "chroma", "chromaticity", "contrast", "lightness", "saturation", "value", "coloration", "coloring", "colorway", "pigmentation" ], "near antonyms":[ "achromatism" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humans":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "humans are the only mammals not endowed with a natural defense against the elements, such as fur or a thick hide" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "beings", "birds", "bodies", "bods", "characters", "cookies", "creatures", "customers", "devils", "ducks", "eggs", "faces", "fish", "fishes", "guys", "heads", "human beings", "individuals", "lives", "men", "mortals", "parties", "people", "personages", "scouts", "slobs", "sorts", "souls", "specimens", "stiffs", "things", "wights" ], "near synonyms":[ "hominids", "homos", "humanoids", "brothers", "brethren", "fellowmen", "fellows", "neighbors", "celebrities", "personalities", "selves", "somebodies" ], "near antonyms":[ "animals", "beasties", "beasts", "brutes", "critters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hummer":{ "an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{ "examples":[ "he's a real hummer when it comes to getting new clients for his advertising agency" ], "synonyms":[ "bootstrapper", "go-ahead", "go-getter", "highflier", "highflyer", "hustler", "live wire", "powerhouse", "self-starter" ], "near synonyms":[ "eager beaver", "achiever", "comer", "doer", "enterpriser", "he-man", "individualist" ], "near antonyms":[ "dawdler", "idler", "loafer", "lounger", "putterer", "trifler", "goldbrick", "malingerer", "procrastinator", "shirker", "slacker", "drone", "lazybones", "sluggard", "dallier", "laggard", "lingerer", "loiterer", "slowpoke", "stick-in-the-mud", "ignorer", "ne'er-do-well", "neglecter", "daydreamer", "dreamer", "dropout", "quitter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "something very good of its kind":{ "examples":[ "this is the author's first mystery novel, and it's a hummer" ], "synonyms":[ "beaut", "beauty", "bee's knees", "cat's meow", "corker", "crackerjack", "crackajack", "daisy", "dandy", "dilly", "doozy", "doozie", "doozer", "dream", "honey", "hot stuff", "humdinger", "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" ] }, "hutzpa":{ "shameless boldness":{ "examples":[ "had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brass", "brassiness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "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" ] }, "humanitarians":{ "as in philanthropists , altruists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "altruists", "philanthropists" ], "near antonyms":[ "egocentrics", "egoists", "egomaniacs", "egotists", "ego-trippers", "narcissists", "megalomaniacs", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "jokers", "louses", "louts", "skunks", "skunk", "slobs", "snakes", "stinkers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunger":{ "a need or desire for food":{ "examples":[ "no degree of hunger would induce me to eat octopus" ], "synonyms":[ "appetite", "belly", "emptiness", "famishment", "munchies", "stomach" ], "near synonyms":[ "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "ravenousness", "voraciousness", "voracity", "malnutrition", "starvation", "undernourishment", "craving", "sweet tooth", "famine", "fast", "hunger strike", "gluttony", "gourmandism", "greed", "hoggishness" ], "near antonyms":[ "fill", "fullness", "glut", "repleteness", "repletion", "satiation", "satiety", "satisfaction", "surfeit" ], "antonyms":[ "inappetence" ] }, "a strong wish for something":{ "examples":[ "a lonely girl with a desperate hunger for love" ], "synonyms":[ "appetency", "appetite", "craving", "desire", "drive", "hankering", "itch", "jones", "letch", "longing", "lust", "passion", "pining", "thirst", "thirstiness", "urge", "yearning", "yen" ], "near synonyms":[ "compulsion", "impulse", "impulsion", "will", "zeal", "liking", "love", "taste", "weakness", "eagerness", "impatience", "want", "wish", "necessity", "need", "requirement", "obsession", "acquisitiveness", "avarice", "avariciousness", "avidity", "covetousness", "cupidity", "greed", "greediness", "rapaciousness", "rapacity", "caco\u00ebthes", "mania" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorrence", "abomination", "allergy", "averseness", "aversion", "disfavor", "disgust", "disinclination", "dislike", "disliking", "distaste", "hatred", "loathing", "nausea", "repugnance", "repulsion", "revulsion", "apathy", "indifference", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern" ], "antonyms":[] }, "urgent desire or interest":{ "examples":[ "reads everything he can find on airplanes with a seemingly insatiable hunger" ], "synonyms":[ "appetite", "ardor", "avidity", "avidness", "desirousness", "eagerness", "enthusiasm", "excitement", "impatience", "keenness", "lust", "thirst" ], "near synonyms":[ "alacrity", "quickness", "ambition", "gusto", "zest", "appetence", "appetency", "fervency", "passion", "warmth", "zeal", "amenability", "readiness", "willingness" ], "near antonyms":[ "casualness", "insouciance", "nonchalance", "unconcern", "aloofness", "detachment", "impassivity", "languidness", "languor", "halfheartedness", "lukewarmness" ], "antonyms":[ "apathy", "indifference" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hustle":{ "excited and often showy or disorderly speed":{ "examples":[ "enjoyed the hustle and bustle of the holiday season" ], "synonyms":[ "haste", "hastiness", "hurry", "precipitation", "precipitousness", "rush" ], "near synonyms":[ "bustle", "flurry", "flutter", "scurry", "scuttle", "stir", "whirl", "beeline", "dash", "scramble", "stampede", "hotheadedness", "impetuosity", "impetuousness", "impulsiveness", "impulsivity", "rashness", "expedition", "expeditiousness", "fastness", "fleetness", "quickness", "rapidity", "rapidness", "speed", "speediness", "swiftness", "velocity", "celerity", "dispatch", "promptitude", "promptness" ], "near antonyms":[ "dilatoriness", "lateness", "pokiness", "procrastination", "slowness", "languor", "leisureliness", "lethargy", "sluggishness", "torpor", "dormancy", "inaction", "inactivity", "inertia", "inertness", "quiescence" ], "antonyms":[ "deliberateness", "deliberation" ] }, "readiness to engage in daring or difficult activity":{ "examples":[ "with his characteristic hustle , he had all the plans for the conference lined up in a matter of days" ], "synonyms":[ "action", "aggressiveness", "ambition", "drive", "enterprise", "go", "initiative" ], "near synonyms":[ "grit", "gumption", "pluck", "snap", "spirit", "spunk", "starch", "ambitiousness", "killer instinct", "overambitiousness", "assertiveness", "self-reliance", "energy", "hardihood", "pep", "vigor", "vitality" ], "near antonyms":[ "inactivity", "inertia", "passivity", "diffidence", "faintheartedness", "timidity", "hesitation", "reluctance", "indolence", "laziness", "lethargy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "a clever hustle that tricked people into revealing their bank account information" ], "synonyms":[ "bunco", "bunko", "con", "fiddle", "flimflam", "fraud", "scam", "shell game", "sting", "swindle" ], "near synonyms":[ "cross", "fix", "Ponzi scheme", "pyramid scheme", "racket", "rip-off", "thimblerig", "three-card monte", "device", "dodge", "gimmick", "jig", "ploy", "scheme", "sleight", "stratagem", "trick", "wile", "gouging", "overcharging", "soaking", "counterfeit", "fake", "forgery", "hoax", "humbug", "phony", "phoney", "sham" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "examples":[ "everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule" ], "synonyms":[ "bang away", "beaver (away)", "dig (away)", "drudge", "endeavor", "fag", "grub", "hump", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "tug", "work" ], "near synonyms":[ "apply (oneself)", "buckle (down)", "dig in", "hammer (away)", "knuckle down", "pitch in", "attack", "drive", "essay", "try", "exercise", "exert", "overexert", "overwork", "eke out", "grind (out)", "put out", "scrabble", "scratch", "trudge", "wade" ], "near antonyms":[ "break", "ease (up)", "let up", "slacken", "bum", "chill", "dally", "dillydally", "footle", "goldbrick", "goof (off)", "hack (around)", "hang (around or out)", "idle", "laze", "loaf", "lounge", "shirk", "slack (off)", "veg out", "bask", "loll", "relax", "repose", "rest", "unwind", "dabble", "doodle", "fool around", "fribble", "goof (around)", "hang", "hang about", "mess around", "monkey (around)", "play", "potter (around)", "putter (around)", "trifle" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hump", "hurl", "hurry", "hurtle", "jet", "jump", "motor", "nip", "pelt", "race", "ram", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilk", "bleed", "cheat", "chisel", "chouse", "con", "cozen", "defraud", "diddle", "do", "do in", "euchre", "fiddle", "fleece", "flimflam", "gaff", "hose", "mulct", "nobble", "pluck", "ream", "rip off", "rook", "screw", "shake down", "short", "shortchange", "skin", "skunk", "squeeze", "stick", "stiff", "sting", "sucker", "swindle", "thimblerig", "victimize" ], "near synonyms":[ "extort", "wrench", "wrest", "wring", "clip", "gouge", "nick", "overcharge", "soak", "exploit", "milk", "deceive", "dupe", "fool", "gull", "trick", "rope (in)", "betray", "bitch", "double-cross", "bamboozle", "fast-talk" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hulled":{ "to remove the natural covering of":{ "examples":[ "hull the pinto beans before adding them" ], "synonyms":[ "barked", "flayed", "husked", "peeled", "shelled", "shucked", "skinned" ], "near synonyms":[ "bared", "denuded", "exposed", "scaled", "stripped", "stript", "pared" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hugeness":{ "the quality or state of being very large":{ "examples":[ "you can only appreciate the hugeness of the dome when you see how tiny the people standing under it look" ], "synonyms":[ "enormity", "enormousness", "giantism", "gigantism", "immenseness", "immensity", "magnitude", "massiveness", "prodigiousness", "vastitude", "vastness" ], "near synonyms":[ "bigness", "extensiveness", "greatness", "largeness", "sizableness", "voluminousness", "weightiness", "awesomeness", "grandness", "stupendousness", "tremendousness", "boundlessness", "limitlessness", "ampleness", "capaciousness", "commodiousness", "spaciousness", "excessiveness", "extravagance", "extremeness", "gaudiness", "grandiosity", "immoderacy" ], "near antonyms":[ "littleness", "puniness", "smallness", "triviality" ], "antonyms":[ "diminutiveness", "minuteness", "tininess" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hung on to":{ "to continue to have in one's possession or power":{ "examples":[ "You can hang on to that necklace if you like." ], "synonyms":[ "held", "kept", "reserved", "retained", "withheld" ], "near synonyms":[ "conserved", "guarded", "preserved", "protected", "saved", "boasted", "enjoyed", "had", "owned", "possessed", "commanded", "controlled", "detained", "directed", "managed", "ruled", "bore", "harbored", "cherished", "clung (to)", "hugged", "treasured" ], "near antonyms":[ "abandoned", "ceded", "dropped", "contributed", "donated", "gave", "handed out", "discarded", "dumped", "declined", "rejected", "repudiated", "spurned", "lost" ], "antonyms":[ "gave up", "handed over", "released", "relinquished", "surrendered", "yielded" ] }, "to keep in one's mind or heart":{ "examples":[ "She hangs on to memories of her traveling days." ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "cherished", "entertained", "had", "harbored", "held", "nursed" ], "near synonyms":[ "cultivated", "fostered", "nurtured", "supported", "sustained", "carried", "kept", "maintained", "preserved", "remembered", "retained", "treasured", "cleaved (to)", "clung (to)", "hugged", "stuck (to)", "brooded (about or over)", "fixated (on or upon)", "obsessed (about or over)" ], "near antonyms":[ "disregarded", "dropped", "forgot", "ignored", "neglected", "overlooked", "abjured", "declined", "denied", "disdained", "refused", "rejected", "repudiated", "scorned", "abandoned", "deserted", "discarded", "forsook", "gave up", "parted (with)", "quit", "quitted", "renounced", "threw out", "erased", "expunged" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to have or keep in one's hands":{ "examples":[ "Can you hang on to my purse while I use the bathroom?" ], "synonyms":[ "clenched", "clung (to)", "clutched", "gripped", "held" ], "near synonyms":[ "bore", "carried", "bagged", "captured", "caught", "collared", "corralled", "grabbed", "grappled", "hooked", "landed", "latched (on or onto)", "nabbed", "nailed", "seized", "snapped (up)", "snared", "snatched", "took", "trapped", "felt", "fingered", "handled", "pawed", "clasped", "embraced", "grasped", "hugged", "cradled" ], "near antonyms":[ "dropped", "gave", "handed", "unclasped", "unhanded", "ceded", "delivered", "gave up", "handed out", "handed over", "released", "relinquished", "rendered", "turned over", "yielded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{ "examples":[ "Hang on to this rope for support." ], "synonyms":[ "clasped", "grasped", "gripped", "held", "took" ], "near synonyms":[ "clenched", "clung (to)", "clutched", "held on (to)", "caught", "nabbed", "seized", "snatched" ], "near antonyms":[ "discharged", "dropped", "freed", "liberated", "released", "delivered", "entrusted", "intrusted", "gave", "handed", "handed over", "passed", "relinquished", "transferred", "transmitted", "turned over", "unhanded" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "huge":{ "unusually large":{ "examples":[ "the old stadium was replaced by a huge new one that seats 100,000 spectators" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous", "august", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "cavernous", "monolithic", "overwhelming", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "immeasurable", "infinite" ], "near antonyms":[ "little", "mini", "petite", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hunky-dory":{ "being to one's liking":{ "examples":[ "if she just agrees to cooperate, everything will be hunky-dory" ], "synonyms":[ "agreeable", "all right", "alright", "copacetic", "copasetic", "copesetic", "ducky", "fine", "good", "jake", "OK", "okay", "palatable", "satisfactory" ], "near synonyms":[ "delectable", "delicious", "delightful", "dreamy", "felicitous", "gratifying", "nice", "pleasant", "pleasing", "scrumptious", "welcome", "acceptable", "adequate", "decent", "passable", "tolerable" ], "near antonyms":[ "bad", "deficient", "inferior", "lousy", "poor", "punk", "substandard", "unacceptable", "wanting", "wretched", "mediocre", "middling", "second-class", "second-rate" ], "antonyms":[ "disagreeable", "unsatisfactory" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hurtless":{ "not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{ "examples":[ "unlike some parodies, which are mean-spirited, this one was marked by hurtless humor and affectionate exaggeration" ], "synonyms":[ "anodyne", "benign", "harmless", "innocent", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "safe", "white" ], "near synonyms":[ "healthful", "healthy", "salubrious", "wholesome", "benignant", "sound", "trustworthy", "gentle", "gracious", "mild", "nonthreatening", "painless", "unobjectionable", "noncorrosive", "nondestructive", "nonfatal", "noninfectious", "nonlethal", "nonpoisonous", "nonpolluting", "nontoxic", "nonvenomous" ], "near antonyms":[ "poisonous", "venomous", "menacing", "ominous", "sinister", "threatening", "hazardous", "imperiling", "imperilling", "jeopardizing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "unsafe", "unsound", "nasty", "noisome", "unhealthful", "unhealthy", "unwholesome", "offensive", "painful", "scathing", "wounding", "deadly", "fatal", "lethal", "ruinous", "destructive", "insidious", "malignant", "noxious", "pestilent", "polluted", "tainted" ], "antonyms":[ "adverse", "bad", "baleful", "baneful", "damaging", "dangerous", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "injurious", "mischievous", "nocuous", "noxious", "pernicious", "prejudicial", "wicked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hucksters":{ "one who sells things outdoors":{ "examples":[ "hucksters outside the auditorium selling everything from key chains to life-size cutouts of the performers" ], "synonyms":[ "hawkers", "peddlers", "pedlars" ], "near synonyms":[ "dealers", "merchandisers", "merchants", "sellers", "vendors", "venders", "costermongers", "concessionaires", "black marketers", "black marketeers", "bootleggers", "fencers", "fences", "hustlers", "pushers", "smugglers", "traders" ], "near antonyms":[ "buyers", "purchasers", "consumers", "end users", "users" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humorists":{ "a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{ "examples":[ "Mark Twain is perhaps America's most beloved humorist" ], "synonyms":[ "cards", "comedians", "comics", "drolls", "farceurs", "funnymen", "gaggers", "gagmen", "gagsters", "jesters", "jokers", "jokesters", "wags", "wits" ], "near synonyms":[ "comediennes", "entertainers", "banterers", "cutups", "kidders", "knockabouts", "practical jokers", "pranksters", "quippers", "quipsters", "teasers", "wisecrackers", "buffoons", "clowns", "fools", "harlequins", "zanies", "caricaturists", "lampooners", "parodists", "satirists" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hurtled":{ "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurled", "hurried", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapulted", "chucked", "dashed", "fired", "flung", "heaved", "hove", "hurled", "launched", "lobbed", "lofted", "pegged", "pelted", "pitched", "slung", "threw", "tossed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowled", "darted", "flipped", "gunned", "hooked", "passed", "rolled", "shot", "bucked", "ejected", "impelled", "precipitated", "projected", "propelled", "rifled", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "husbanding":{ "as in managing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "managing", "conservation", "saving", "conserving", "economizing", "economy", "frugality", "husbandry", "providence", "scrimping", "skimping", "thrift", "cheapness", "cheeseparing", "closeness", "miserliness", "niggardliness", "parsimony", "penny-pinching", "penuriousness", "pinching", "stinginess", "tightfistedness", "tightness" ], "near antonyms":[ "bountifulness", "bounty", "generosity", "largesse", "largess", "liberality", "openhandedness", "openheartedness", "philanthropy", "unselfishness", "extravagance", "lavishness", "dissipation", "improvidence", "prodigality", "squandering", "wastefulness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{ "examples":[ "husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them" ], "synonyms":[ "conserving" ], "near synonyms":[ "economizing", "saving", "scrimping", "skimping", "preserving", "protecting", "saving", "hoarding", "laying by", "laying up" ], "near antonyms":[ "cleaning (out)", "consuming", "depleting", "draining", "exhausting", "expending", "impoverishing", "spending", "using up" ], "antonyms":[ "blowing", "dissipating", "frittering (away)", "lavishing", "misspending", "running through", "squandering", "throwing away", "wasting" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hung in there":{ "to continue despite difficulties, opposition, or discouragement":{ "examples":[ "We're almost ready, so just hang in there ." ], "synonyms":[ "carried on", "persevered", "persisted" ], "near synonyms":[ "dug in", "hung on", "kept up", "followed through (with)", "knuckled down" ], "near antonyms":[ "gave up", "knocked off", "quit", "quitted", "bowed", "gave in", "submitted", "succumbed", "surrendered", "yielded", "faltered", "hesitated", "hung back", "shilly-shallied", "vacillated", "wavered", "wobbled", "wabbled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "hubristic":{ "as in egotistic , prideful":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "complacent", "conceited", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "narcissistic", "orgulous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "self-flattering", "self-loving", "self-promoting", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "brash", "forward", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest", "condescending", "disdainful", "patronizing", "authoritarian", "bossy", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "pontifical", "pontificating", "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "high-handed", "high-hat", "huffish", "huffy", "imperious", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "sniffy", "stiff-necked", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ], "near antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest", "unarrogant", "unpretentious", "bashful", "cowering", "cringing", "demure", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "self-critical", "self-doubting", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "meek", "passive", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "unassuming", "unobtrusive", "yielding", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hurry-skurry":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws" ], "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", "kerfuffle", "moil", "pandemonium", "pother", "row", "ruckus", "ruction", "rumpus", "shindy", "splore", "squall", "stew", "stir", "storm", "to-do", "tumult", "turmoil", "uproar", "welter", "whirl", "williwaw", "zoo" ], "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" ] }, "hutzpah":{ "shameless boldness":{ "examples":[ "had the chutzpah to demand that he be treated as a special case and be given priority in settling his insurance claim" ], "synonyms":[ "audaciousness", "audacity", "brashness", "brass", "brassiness", "brazenness", "cheek", "cheekiness", "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" ] }, "hustler":{ "a woman who engages in sexual activities for money":{ "examples":[ "policemen kept the street clean of hustlers" ], "synonyms":[ "bawd", "call girl", "cocotte", "courtesan", "drab", "hooker", "prostitute", "sex worker", "streetwalker", "tart", "whore" ], "near synonyms":[ "madam", "madame", "chippie", "chippy", "doxy", "doxie", "floozy", "floozie", "tramp", "hussy", "jade", "minx", "coquette", "flirt", "libertine", "siren", "tempter", "temptress", "vamp", "wench" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an ambitious person who eagerly goes after what is desired":{ "examples":[ "the ad for the sales job claims that for someone who's a real hustler , the sky's the limit" ], "synonyms":[ "bootstrapper", "go-ahead", "go-getter", "highflier", "highflyer", "hummer", "live wire", "powerhouse", "self-starter" ], "near synonyms":[ "eager beaver", "achiever", "comer", "doer", "enterpriser", "he-man", "individualist" ], "near antonyms":[ "dawdler", "idler", "loafer", "lounger", "putterer", "trifler", "goldbrick", "malingerer", "procrastinator", "shirker", "slacker", "drone", "lazybones", "sluggard", "dallier", "laggard", "lingerer", "loiterer", "slowpoke", "stick-in-the-mud", "ignorer", "ne'er-do-well", "neglecter", "daydreamer", "dreamer", "dropout", "quitter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humus":{ "a brown or black material in soil that is formed when plants and animals decay":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "loam", "topsoil", "clod", "dirt", "earth", "ground", "mold", "blackland", "clay", "gault", "gley", "guck", "gook", "gumbo", "kaolin", "muck", "mud", "dust", "gravel", "sand", "alluvium", "colluvium", "detritus", "loess", "marl", "sediment", "shingle", "silt", "duff", "mull", "subsoil", "substratum" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hurl":{ "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{ "examples":[ "that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl" ], "synonyms":[ "barf", "gag", "heave", "puke", "retch", "spew", "spit up", "throw up", "upchuck", "vomit" ], "near synonyms":[ "disgorge", "regurgitate", "eject", "expel", "nauseate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "a fighter jet hurled through the sky" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hump", "hurry", "hurtle", "hustle", "jet", "jump", "motor", "nip", "pelt", "race", "ram", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "hurled snowballs at each other" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapult", "chuck", "dash", "fire", "fling", "heave", "hurtle", "launch", "lob", "loft", "peg", "pelt", "pitch", "sling", "throw", "toss" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowl", "dart", "flip", "gun", "hook", "pass", "roll", "shoot", "buck", "eject", "impel", "precipitate", "project", "propel", "rifle", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung together":{ "as in combined , associated":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "affiliated", "allied", "associated", "combined", "confederated", "interfaced", "banded (together)", "collaborated", "concerted", "concurred", "conjoined", "conspired", "cooperated", "joined", "leagued", "teamed (up)", "united", "connived" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hummed":{ "to be copiously supplied":{ "examples":[ "one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty" ], "synonyms":[ "abounded", "brimmed", "bristled", "bulged", "burst", "bursted", "bustled", "buzzed", "crawled", "overflowed", "pullulated", "swarmed", "teemed" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "lacked", "needed", "wanted" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "a helicopter hummed overhead" ], "synonyms":[ "bumbled", "burred", "buzzed", "droned", "whirred", "whished", "whizzed", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirred", "churred", "thrummed", "fizzed", "hissed", "murmured", "purred", "rustled", "sighed", "sizzled", "swished", "whispered", "cooed", "curred", "wheezed", "whistled", "whooshed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hustled":{ "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "examples":[ "everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule" ], "synonyms":[ "banged away", "beavered (away)", "drudged", "dug (away)", "endeavored", "fagged", "grubbed", "humped", "labored", "moiled", "pegged (away)", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "slogged", "strained", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "tugged", "worked", "wrought" ], "near synonyms":[ "applied (oneself)", "buckled (down)", "dug in", "hammered (away)", "knuckled down", "pitched in", "attacked", "drove", "essayed", "tried", "exercised", "exerted", "overexerted", "overworked", "eked out", "ground (out)", "put out", "scrabbled", "scratched", "trudged", "waded" ], "near antonyms":[ "broke", "eased (up)", "let up", "slackened", "bummed", "chilled", "dallied", "dillydallied", "footled", "goldbricked", "goofed (off)", "hacked (around)", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "idled", "lazed", "loafed", "lounged", "shirked", "slacked (off)", "vegged out", "basked", "lolled", "relaxed", "reposed", "rested", "unwound", "dabbled", "doodled", "fooled around", "fribbled", "goofed (around)", "hung", "hanged", "hung about", "messed around", "monkeyed (around)", "played", "pottered (around)", "puttered (around)", "trifled" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurled", "hurried", "hurtled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ] }, "to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change" ], "synonyms":[ "beat", "bilked", "bled", "cheated", "chiseled", "chiselled", "choused", "conned", "cozened", "defrauded", "did", "diddled", "did in", "euchred", "fiddled", "fleeced", "flimflammed", "gaffed", "hosed", "mulcted", "nobbled", "plucked", "reamed", "ripped off", "rooked", "screwed", "shook down", "shortchanged", "shorted", "skinned", "skunked", "squeezed", "stiffed", "stuck", "stung", "suckered", "swindled", "thimblerigged", "victimized" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorted", "wrenched", "wrested", "wrung", "clipped", "gouged", "nicked", "overcharged", "soaked", "exploited", "milked", "deceived", "duped", "fooled", "gulled", "tricked", "roped (in)", "betrayed", "bitched", "double-crossed", "bamboozled", "fast-talked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hutches":{ "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "examples":[ "the campers slept in a hutch near the riverbank" ], "synonyms":[ "cabins", "camps", "hooches", "hootches", "hovels", "hutments", "huts", "shacks", "shanties" ], "near synonyms":[ "lean-tos", "sheds", "cots", "cottages", "lodges", "cabanas", "bungalows", "chalets", "hogans", "wickiups", "wigwams", "tents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a storage case typically having doors and shelves":{ "examples":[ "keeps her best china in a hutch in the dining room" ], "synonyms":[ "buffets", "cabinets", "closets", "consoles", "cupboards", "lockers", "presses", "sideboards" ], "near synonyms":[ "bookcases", "breakfronts", "chests", "china closets", "credences", "credenzas", "\u00e9tag\u00e8res", "etageres", "secretaries", "showcases", "taborets", "tabourets", "vitrines", "cuddies", "dressers", "pie safes", "armoires", "clothespresses", "garderobes", "wardrobes", "cabinetries", "shelvings" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an enclosure with an open framework for keeping animals":{ "examples":[ "the owner took the rabbit out of the hutch so the children could pet it" ], "synonyms":[ "cages", "coops", "corrals", "pens", "pounds" ], "near synonyms":[ "kennels", "runs", "kraals", "stockades", "cotes", "dovecotes", "dovecots", "henhouses", "folds", "sheepfolds", "pigpens", "aquariums", "aquaria", "terraria", "terrariums", "live-boxes", "fences" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huzzah":{ "how delightful":{ "examples":[ "the beleaguered soldiers cried, \" Huzzah !\" as badly needed reinforcements appeared" ], "synonyms":[ "glory", "glory be", "ha", "hah", "hallelujah", "hey", "hooray", "hurrah", "hurray", "hot dog", "wahoo", "whee", "whoopee", "yahoo", "yippee" ], "near synonyms":[ "wow", "zowie", "ooh", "gee", "gee whiz", "gosh" ], "near antonyms":[ "alack", "alas", "aw", "boo" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hurrah , hail":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bravo", "hail", "hallelujah", "hosanna", "hurrah", "hooray", "hoorah", "clapping", "acclaim", "accolade", "citation", "commendation", "compliment", "encomium", "eulogy", "homage", "kudo", "paean", "panegyric", "salutation", "tribute", "acclamation", "applause", "cheer", "cheering", "ovation", "plaudit(s)", "rave(s)", "r\u00e9clame", "kudos", "praise" ], "near antonyms":[ "booing", "hissing", "boo", "hiss", "hoot", "jeer", "raspberry", "smirk", "sneer", "snicker", "snigger", "snort", "whistle", "gibe", "jibe", "put-down", "taunt" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "interjection", "noun" ] }, "hushing":{ "to become still and orderly":{ "examples":[ "the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance" ], "synonyms":[ "calming (down)", "chilling out", "cooling", "piping down", "quieting", "settling (down)" ], "near synonyms":[ "drying up", "relaxing", "tranquilizing", "tranquillizing", "unwinding", "zoning out" ], "near antonyms":[ "clowning (around)", "fooling around", "horsing around", "monkeying (around)", "showing off", "skylarking" ], "antonyms":[ "acting up", "carrying on", "cutting up" ] }, "to stop talking":{ "examples":[ "the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony" ], "synonyms":[ "belting up", "clamming up", "drying up", "dummying up", "piping down", "quieting (down)", "shutting up" ], "near synonyms":[ "calming (down)", "cooling (down)", "settling (down)", "hawing", "hemming" ], "near antonyms":[ "piping up", "sounding off", "speaking out", "speaking up", "spouting (off)", "talking up" ], "antonyms":[ "speaking", "talking" ] }, "to stop the noise or speech of":{ "examples":[ "he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces" ], "synonyms":[ "dumbing", "extinguishing", "muting", "quelling", "quietening", "quieting", "settling", "shushing", "shutting up", "silencing", "squelching", "stilling" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "agitating", "stirring" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunkered (down)":{ "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "had to hunker down so no one would see him behind the gate" ], "synonyms":[ "couched", "crouched", "huddled", "hunched", "scrunched", "squatted", "squinched" ], "near synonyms":[ "curled up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunter-gatherer":{ "a member of a culture in which people hunt animals and look for plants to eat instead of growing crops and raising animals":{ "examples":[ "a tribe of hunter-gatherers" ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "trapper", "hunter", "huntsman", "nimrod", "huntress", "sportsman", "sportswoman", "archer", "gunner", "birder", "falconer", "fowler", "hawker", "poacher" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humidify":{ "as in moisten , moisturize":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "asperse", "bedew", "damp", "dampen", "drizzle", "hydrate", "mist", "moisten", "moisturize", "shower", "sprinkle", "bathe", "bedraggle", "douse", "dowse", "drench", "drown", "soak", "sodden", "sop", "souse", "wash", "water", "waterlog", "water-soak", "wet", "wet down", "deluge", "flood", "hose (down)", "inundate", "overflow", "submerge", "swamp", "splash", "impregnate", "saturate", "steep", "flush", "irrigate", "lave", "rinse", "slosh", "sluice", "dip", "duck", "dunk", "rehydrate", "rewash", "rewet" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "parch", "scorch", "sear", "dewater", "evaporate", "freeze-dry", "drip-dry", "wring", "dehumidify" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung (at)":{ "to go to or spend time in often":{ "examples":[ "most summer afternoons, we'd hang at the municipal pool for a few hours" ], "synonyms":[ "affected", "frequented", "habituated", "haunted", "resorted (to)", "visited" ], "near synonyms":[ "patronized", "attended", "took in", "infested", "invaded", "overran", "swarmed", "called (on or upon)", "dropped by", "dropped in", "popped (in)", "ran (in)", "camped (out in)", "sojourned (at)", "stayed (at)", "stopped (over)", "tarried (in)" ], "near antonyms":[ "dodged", "ducked", "eluded", "escaped", "eschewed", "evaded", "shook" ], "antonyms":[ "avoided", "shunned" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humidity":{ "the amount of water suspended in the air in tiny droplets":{ "examples":[ "the oppressive humidity made the hot day seem even hotter" ], "synonyms":[ "damp", "dampness", "moistness", "moisture" ], "near synonyms":[ "mugginess", "stickiness", "stuffiness", "sultriness", "clamminess", "dankness", "soddenness", "sogginess", "wetness" ], "near antonyms":[ "aridity", "dehumidification", "dehydration", "dryness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "huddled":{ "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "examples":[ "the puppies huddled together to keep warm" ], "synonyms":[ "bunched", "clustered", "crowded", "piled", "pressed" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembled", "collected", "concentered", "concentrated", "conglomerated", "congregated", "convened", "converged", "flocked", "forgathered", "foregathered", "herded", "swarmed", "thronged", "encircled", "mobbed", "surrounded", "embraced", "hugged" ], "near antonyms":[ "broke up", "disbanded", "dispersed", "split (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek" ], "synonyms":[ "couched", "crouched", "hunched", "hunkered (down)", "scrunched", "squatted", 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"touted", "acknowledged", "recognized", "highlighted", "played up", "spotlighted", "spotlit", "dignified", "ennobled", "enshrined", "enskied", "enthroned", "glorified", "magnified", "advanced", "boosted", "lifted", "promoted", "raised", "upgraded", "uplifted", "idealized", "romanticized" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandized", "canonized", "deified", "elevated", "exalted" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "humanity":{ "human beings in general":{ "examples":[ "all humanity can learn from this tragedy" ], "synonyms":[ "folks", "humankind", "people", "public", "species", "world" ], "near synonyms":[ "community", "society", "crowd", "masses", "mob", "populace", "proletariat", "rabble", "rabblement", "riffraff" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the capacity for feeling for another's unhappiness or misfortune":{ "examples":[ "a country known for the humanity of its liberal immigration policy" ], "synonyms":[ "bigheartedness", "charity", "commiseration", "compassion", "feeling", "good-heartedness", "heart", "kindheartedness", "kindliness", "kindness", "largeheartedness", "mercy", "pity", "ruth", "softheartedness", "sympathy", "warmheartedness" ], "near synonyms":[ "feelings", "responsiveness", "sensibility", "sensitivity", "affection", "love", "regard", "affinity", "empathy", "rapport", "altruism", "benevolence", "benignancy", "benignity", "generosity", "goodwill", "humaneness", "humanism", "humanitarianism", "philanthropy" ], "near antonyms":[ "callousness", "coldness", "disinterest", "indifference", "unconcern", "cruelty", "harshness", "animosity", "antipathy", "dislike", "hatred", "hostility" ], "antonyms":[ "coldheartedness", "hard-heartedness", "inhumanity", "inhumanness", "mercilessness", "pitilessness" ] }, "the human race":{ "examples":[ "in Greek mythology, the gods display many of the weaknesses of humanity , such as jealousy, foolishness, and greed" ], "synonyms":[ "Homo sapiens", "humankind", "man", "mankind" ], "near synonyms":[ "being", "body", "creature", "fellowman", "human", "individual", "mortal", "party", "person" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humorous":{ "causing or intended to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "the humorous moments in an otherwise somber affair", "\"most humorous costume\" went to the girl dressed as Little Bo Peep" ], "synonyms":[ "antic", "chucklesome", "comedic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hilarious", "humoristic", "hysterical", "hysteric", "killing", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious" ], "near synonyms":[ "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "clownish", "knockabout", "slapstick", "slapsticky", "zany", "facetious", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "snickery", "jocular", "playful", "waggish", "campy", "jokey", "joky", "priceless", "rich", "whimsical", "witty", "wry", "blithesome", "gleeful", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "mad", "merry", "mirthful" ], "near antonyms":[ "earnest", "grave", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "serious", "severe", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty", "affecting", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "tragic", "tragical", "lachrymose", "mournful", "sad", "sorrowful", "tearful", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[ "humorless", "lame", "unamusing", "uncomic", "unfunny", "unhumorous", "unhysterical" ] }, "given to or marked by mature intelligent humor":{ "examples":[ "the movie's a humorous look at love and marriage" ], "synonyms":[ "clever", "facetious", "jocular", "smart", "witty" ], "near synonyms":[ "cerebral", "highbrow", "highbrowed", "intellectual", "bantering", "frivolous", "jesting", "joking", "joshing", "teasing", "antic", "comic", "comical", "droll", "farcical", "funny", "hysterical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "riotous", "risible", "rollicking", "screaming", "sidesplitting", "uproarious", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "mischievous", "playful", "prankish", "jocose", "jocund", "jolly", "jovial", "laughing", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "scintillating", "sparkling", "flip", "flippant", "pert", "smart-aleck", "smart-alecky", "waggish", "whimsical" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainless", "lowbrow", "stupid", "witless", "corny", "hackney", "hackneyed", "lame", "humorless", "unamusing", "uncomic", "unfunny", "earnest", "grave", "serious", "serious-minded", "sober", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "doleful", "dolorous", "lachrymose", "plaintive", "sorry", "tearful", "woeful" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "humidified":{ "as in moistened , moisturized":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aspersed", "bedewed", "damped", "dampened", "drizzled", "hydrated", "misted", "moistened", "moisturized", "showered", "sprinkled", "bathed", "bedraggled", "doused", "dowsed", "drenched", "drowned", "soaked", "soddened", "sopped", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "wet", "wetted", "wet down", "wetted down", "deluged", "flooded", "hosed (down)", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "splashed", "impregnated", "saturated", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sloshed", "sluiced", "dipped", "ducked", "dunked", "rehydrated", "rewashed", "rewet", "rewetted" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "parched", "scorched", "seared", "dewatered", "evaporated", "freeze-dried", "drip-dried", "wrung", "dehumidified" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "husband":{ "a male partner in a marriage":{ "examples":[ "she and her husband just celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary" ], "synonyms":[ "hubby", "man", "mister", "old man" ], "near synonyms":[ "better half", "companion", "consort", "mate", "partner", "significant other", "spouse", "Mr. Right", "soul mate", "bridegroom", "groom", "benedict", "widower", "househusband" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to avoid the wasteful or destructive use of":{ "examples":[ "husband our natural resources so that our children and grandchildren may benefit from them" ], "synonyms":[ "conserve" ], "near synonyms":[ "economize", "save", "scrimp", "skimp", "preserve", "protect", "save", "hoard", "lay by", "lay up" ], "near antonyms":[ "clean (out)", "consume", "deplete", "drain", "exhaust", "expend", "impoverish", "spend", "use up" ], "antonyms":[ "blow", "dissipate", "fritter (away)", "lavish", "misspend", "run through", "squander", "throw away", "waste" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "huntings":{ "as in attacks , traps":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ambuscades", "ambushes", "ambushments", "surprises", "surprizes", "traps", "assaults", "attacks", "charges", "sallies", "captures", "entrapments", "mousetraps", "snares" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humble pie":{ "as in shame , confusion":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "agitation", "bother", "chagrin", "discomfort", "discomposure", "dismay", "disquiet", "distress", "disturbance", "perturbation", "unease", "uneasiness", "upset", "abashment", "confusion", "discomfiture", "disconcertment", "embarrassment", "fluster", "mortification", "disgrace", "ignominy", "shame", "debasement", "degradation", "humiliation" ], "near antonyms":[ "aplomb", "assurance", "composure", "confidence", "coolness", "equanimity", "poise", "self-assurance", "self-confidence", "self-possession" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humming":{ "marked by much life, movement, or activity":{ "examples":[ "the new science center is usually humming with school groups on Thursdays" ], "synonyms":[ "aboil", "abubble", "abuzz", "alive", "animated", "astir", "brisk", "bustling", "busy", "buzzing", "flourishing", "happening", "hopping", "kinetic", "lively", "rousing", "stirring", "thriving", "vibrant" ], "near synonyms":[ "abounding", "crowded", "overflowing", "populous", "swarming", "teeming", "thronging" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "asleep", "dead", "inactive", "lifeless", "sleepy" ] }, "to be copiously supplied":{ "examples":[ "one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty" ], "synonyms":[ "abounding", "brimming", "bristling", "bulging", "bursting", "bustling", "buzzing", "crawling", "overflowing", "pullulating", "swarming", "teeming" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "lacking", "needing", "wanting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "a helicopter hummed overhead" ], "synonyms":[ "bumbling", "burring", "buzzing", "droning", "whirring", "whishing", "whizzing", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirring", "churring", "thrumming", "fizzing", "hissing", "murmuring", "purring", "rustling", "sighing", "sizzling", "swishing", "whispering", "cooing", "curring", "wheezing", "whistling", "whooshing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "hued":{ "as in colored , painted":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "colored", "colorized", "dyed", "painted", "pigmented", "stained", "tinct", "tinctured", "tinged", "tinted", "colorful", "multicolored", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "varicolored", "variegated" ], "near antonyms":[ "colorless", "tintless", "uncolored", "undyed", "unpainted", "unstained", "white", "clear", "limpid", "liquid", "lucent", "pellucid", "transparent", "bleached", "faded", "palish", "washed-out", "washy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hurrahs":{ "as in hails , huzzahs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bravos", "bravoes", "hails", "hallelujahs", "hosannas", "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" ] }, "huddles":{ "a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose":{ "examples":[ "after an all-night huddle , the state legislature finally approved a budget for the coming year" ], "synonyms":[ "assemblies", "congresses", "conventions", "convocations", "councils", "gatherings", "get-togethers", "meetings" ], "near synonyms":[ "clinics", "workshops", "cabinets", "caucuses", "conclaves", "synods", "demonstrations", "rallies", "confabs", "conversations", "dialogues", "dialogs", "discourses", "discussions", "palavers", "talks", "negotiations", "parleys", "summits", "conferences", "forums", "fora", "round-robins", "roundtables", "round tables", "seminars", "symposia", "symposiums", "audiences", "interviews", "sessions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a number of things considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "saw a huddle of tents that turned out to be a Scout encampment" ], "synonyms":[ "arrays", "assemblages", "bands", "banks", "batches", "batteries", "blocks", "bunches", "clots", "clumps", "clusters", "clutches", "collections", "constellations", "groupings", "groups", "knots", "lots", "musters", "packages", "parcels", "passels", "sets", "suites" ], "near synonyms":[ "accumulations", "aggregates", "aggregations", "conglomerations", "agglomerations", "assortments", "hodgepodges", "jumbles", "miscellanies", "mixtures", "odds and ends", "sundries", "varieties", "cycles", "runs", "series", "suits" ], "near antonyms":[ "entities", "items", "singles", "units" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{ "examples":[ "in the lobby during intermission huddles of theatergoers were excitedly discussing the play" ], "synonyms":[ "arrays", "bands", "batches", "batteries", "bodies", "boodles", "bunches", "clusters", "clutches", "consorts", "constellations", "crops", "groupings", "groups", "knots", "lots", "parcels", "parties", "passels" ], "near synonyms":[ "assemblies", "collectives", "congregations", "gatherings", "musters", "organizations", "circles", "clans", "cliques", "coteries", "fellowships", "gangs", "rings", "rounds", "sets", "factions", "guilds", "gilds", "orders", "schools", "sects", "brigades", "crews", "outfits", "phalanxes", "phalanges", "platoons", "posses", "task forces", "teams", "alliances", "blocs", "coalitions", "confederacies", "confederations", "federations", "leagues", "unions", "battalions", "squadrons", "bevies", "broods", "coveys" ], "near antonyms":[ "individuals", "singles" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to gather into a closely packed group":{ "examples":[ "the puppies huddled together to keep warm" ], "synonyms":[ "bunches", "clusters", "crowds", "piles", "presses" ], "near synonyms":[ "assembles", "collects", "concenters", "concentrates", "conglomerates", "congregates", "convenes", "converges", "flocks", "forgathers", "foregathers", "herds", "swarms", "throngs", "encircles", "mobs", "surrounds", "embraces", "hugs" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaks up", "disbands", "disperses", "splits (up)" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to lie low with the limbs close to the body":{ "examples":[ "huddled under her bed during a game of hide-and-seek" ], "synonyms":[ "couches", "crouches", "hunches", "hunkers (down)", "scrunches", "squats", "squinches" ], "near synonyms":[ "curls up" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hurts (for)":{ "as in lacks":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lacks", "asks", "begs", "clamors (for)", "cries (for)", "commands", "enjoins", "exacts", "insists", "presses", "quests", "stipulates", "entails", "involves", "bears", "challenges", "claims", "demands", "necessitates", "needs", "requires", "takes", "wants", "warrants" ], "near antonyms":[ "has", "holds", "owns", "possesses" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "humph":{ "as in ah , pshaw":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ah", "bah", "boo", "pish", "pooh", "pshaw", "sheesh", "tush", "tut", "tut-tut", "faugh", "fie", "phew", "phooey", "rats", "ugh", "yech", "yecch", "yuck", "yuk", "alack", "alas", "woe" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "interjection" ] }, "humidifying":{ "as in moistening , moisturizing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aspersing", "bedewing", "dampening", "damping", "drizzling", "hydrating", "misting", "moistening", "moisturizing", "showering", "sprinkling", "bathing", "bedraggling", "dousing", "dowsing", "drenching", "drowning", "soaking", "soddening", "sopping", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "waterlogging", "water-soaking", "wetting", "wetting down", "deluging", "flooding", "hosing (down)", "inundating", "overflowing", "submerging", "swamping", "splashing", "impregnating", "saturating", "steeping", "flushing", "irrigating", "laving", "rinsing", "sloshing", "sluicing", "dipping", "ducking", "dunking", "rehydrating", "rewashing", "rewetting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "scorching", "searing", "dewatering", "evaporating", "freeze-drying", "drip-drying", "wringing", "dehumidifying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hulking":{ "of a size greater than average of its kind":{ "examples":[ "a heavy, hulking stone blocked the way" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "boxcar", "bulky", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "hefty", "husky", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous" ], "near synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "gigantic", "gross", "hellacious", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "major", "mammoth", "massive", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "super", "super-duper", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping", "excessive", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "extreme", "immoderate", "inordinate", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "copious", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "capacious", "commodious", "roomy", "spacious" ], "near antonyms":[ "diminutive", "half-pint", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "petite", "slender", "slight", "slim", "thin" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "dinky", "dwarf", "dwarfish", "little", "puny", "shrimpy", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize" ] }, "strongly and heavily built":{ "examples":[ "several hulking shot putters waited outside the throwing circle for their turn in the competition" ], "synonyms":[ "beefy", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "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" ] }, "huntsman":{ "a person who hunts game":{ "examples":[ "the huntsman presented the king with two pheasants for the royal table" ], "synonyms":[ "hunter", "nimrod" ], "near synonyms":[ "huntress", "sportsman", "sportswoman", "archer", "gunner", "birder", "falconer", "fowler", "hawker", "hunter-gatherer", "trapper", "poacher" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hutments":{ "a place where a group of people live for a short time in tents or cabins":{ "examples":[ "the arriving national guardsmen were forced to live in a hutment until permanent barracks could be constructed" ], "synonyms":[ "bivouacs", "campgrounds", "camps", "campsites", "encampments" ], "near synonyms":[ "canvases", "canvasses", "tentages", "colonies", "plantations", "settlements", "Hoovervilles", "jungles", "shantytowns", "concentration camps", "prison camps", "barracks", "cantonments", "installations", "laagers", "leaguers", "posts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling":{ "examples":[ "a group of shabby hutments that had been erected to shelter the refugees" ], "synonyms":[ "cabins", "camps", "hooches", "hootches", "hovels", "hutches", "huts", "shacks", "shanties" ], "near synonyms":[ "lean-tos", "sheds", "cots", "cottages", "lodges", "cabanas", "bungalows", "chalets", "hogans", "wickiups", "wigwams", "tents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "humanities":{ "human beings in general":{ "examples":[ "all humanity can learn from this tragedy" ], "synonyms":[ "folks", "humankinds", "people", "publics", "species", "worlds" ], "near synonyms":[ "communities", "societies", "crowds", "masses", "mobs", "populaces", "proletariats", "rabblements", "rabbles", "riffraffs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the human race":{ "examples":[ "in Greek mythology, the gods display many of the weaknesses of humanity , such as jealousy, foolishness, and greed" ], "synonyms":[ "humankinds", "men" ], "near synonyms":[ "beings", "bodies", "creatures", "fellowmen", "humans", "individuals", "mortals", "parties", "people" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunted":{ "to seek out (game) for food or sport":{ "examples":[ "Native Americans of the plains hunted buffalo for food, clothing, and shelter" ], "synonyms":[ "chased", "stalked" ], "near synonyms":[ "captured", "dragged", "netted", "snared", "trapped", "dogged", "ferreted", "hawked", "hounded", "coursed", "pursued", "ran", "run", "ran down", "spoored", "tracked", "trailed", "gunned (for)", "harpooned", "killed", "shot", "poached", "culled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to go in search of":{ "examples":[ "I spent all afternoon hunting a job for the summer" ], "synonyms":[ "cast about (for)", "cast around (for)", "chased (down)", "foraged (for)", "looked up", "pursued", "quested", "searched (for or out)", "shopped (for)", "sought" ], "near synonyms":[ "ferreted (out)", "rooted (out)" ], "near antonyms":[ "hid", "lost", "ignored", "neglected" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to go into or range over for purposes of discovery":{ "examples":[ "a bag lady hunts the neighborhood for returnable bottles" ], "synonyms":[ "explored", "probed", "prospected", "searched", "skirred" ], "near synonyms":[ "reconnoitered", "reconnoitred", "scouted", "disclosed", "discovered", "revealed", "unearthed", "fathomed", "plumbed", "sounded" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurdle":{ "something that makes movement or progress difficult":{ "examples":[ "the many hurdles he had to overcome on the road to success" ], "synonyms":[ "balk", "bar", "block", "chain", "clog", "cramp", "crimp", "deterrent", "drag", "embarrassment", "encumbrance", "fetter", "handicap", "hindrance", "holdback", "impediment", "inhibition", "interference", "let", "manacle", "obstacle", "obstruction", "shackles", "stop", "stumbling block", "trammel" ], "near synonyms":[ "catch", "hitch", "rub", "snag", "barrier", "blockade", "blockage", "brick wall", "stone wall", "arrest", "bit", "brake", "check", "constraint", "curb", "hobble", "rein", "restraint", "embargo", "stoppage", "delay", "holdup", "stall", "burden", "cumber", "load", "danger", "hazard", "peril", "reef", "adversity", "difficulty", "disadvantage", "drawback", "hardship" ], "near antonyms":[ "catalyst", "goad", "impetus", "incentive", "spur", "stimulant", "stimulus", "advantage", "break", "edge", "aid", "assistance", "benefit", "boost", "handmaiden", "handmaid", "help" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in bounce , skip":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bounce", "leapfrog", "lope", "skip", "bound", "hop", "jump", "leap", "spring", "vault", "buck", "caper", "capriole", "cavort", "frolic", "gambol", "romp", "attack", "pounce", "shoot", "skyrocket" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in take , overcome":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "beat", "best", "conquer", "dispatch", "lick", "master", "overbear", "overcome", "overmatch", "prevail (over)", "subdue", "surmount", "take", "throw", "triumph (over)", "win (against)", "worst", "sweep", "upset", "crush", "knock off", "knock over", "overpower", "overthrow", "overwhelm", "subjugate", "upend", "vanquish", "annihilate", "blow away", "bomb", "bury", "clobber", "cream", "drub", "dust", "flatten", "paste", "rout", "shellac", "skin", "skunk", "smoke", "smother", "snow under", "thrash", "trim", "tromp", "trounce", "wallop", "wax", "whip", "whomp", "whop", "whap", "whup", "ace (out)", "better", "eclipse", "exceed", "outdistance", "outdo", "outfight", "outshine", "outstrip", "overtop", "surpass", "top", "transcend", "edge (out)", "nose out", "pip", "cap", "excel", "flourish", "score", "succeed", "break", "destroy", "do in", "finish", "sink", "slaughter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hurry-scurry":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws" ], "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", "kerfuffle", "moil", "pandemonium", "pother", "row", "ruckus", "ruction", "rumpus", "shindy", "splore", "squall", "stew", "stir", "storm", "to-do", "tumult", "turmoil", "uproar", "welter", "whirl", "williwaw", "zoo" ], "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" ] }, "humbling":{ "as in humiliating , demeaning":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "debasing", "degrading", "demeaning", "humiliating", "mortifying", "unsettling", "confusing", "difficult", "disagreeable", "impossible", "inconvenient", "intolerable", "troublesome", "unpleasant", "unwieldy", "awkward", "discomfiting", "disconcerting", "disturbing", "embarrassing", "flustering", "uncomfortable" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeable", "comfortable", "convenient", "pleasing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in humiliation , abasement":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "abasement", "debasement", "debasing", "degradation", "dust", "humiliation", "deprecation", "disapprobation", "disapproval", "disfavor", "blot", "brand", "shadow", "slur", "smirch", "spot", "stain", "stigma", "taint", "contempt", "despite", "disdain", "scorn", "scandal", "discredit", "disesteem", "disgrace", "dishonor", "disrepute", "ignominy", "infamy", "obloquy", "odium", "opprobrium", "reproach", "shame" ], "near antonyms":[ "esteem", "honor", "respect", "admiration", "appreciation", "estimation", "regard", "awe", "fear", "reverence", "fame", "glory", "renown", "repute" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{ "examples":[ "Philip was utterly humbled by a crushing defeat in the first round of the state chess tournament" ], "synonyms":[ "abasing", "chastening", "cheapening", "debasing", "degrading", "demeaning", "discrediting", "disgracing", "dishonoring", "fouling", "humiliating", "lowering", "shaming", "sinking", "smirching", "taking down" ], "near synonyms":[ "abashing", "confounding", "confusing", "discomfiting", "disconcerting", "discountenancing", "embarrassing", "fazing", "flustering", "mortifying", "nonplussing", "nonplusing", "rattling", "belittling", "castigating", "criticizing", "crying down", "decrying", "depreciating", "detracting", "diminishing", "discounting", "disparaging", "minimizing", "putting down", "ridiculing", "writing off", "bad-mouthing", "defaming", "defiling", "libeling", "libelling", "maligning", "slandering", "affronting", "insulting", "censuring", "condemning", "damning", "denouncing", "execrating", "reprehending", "reprobating" ], "near antonyms":[ "acclaiming", "applauding", "boasting", "celebrating", "cheering", "citing", "commending", "complimenting", "congratulating", "decorating", "eulogizing", "extolling", "feting", "f\u00eating", "hailing", "honoring", "lauding", "praising", "saluting", "touting", "acknowledging", "recognizing", "highlighting", "playing up", "spotlighting", "dignifying", "ennobling", "enshrining", "enskying", "enthroning", "glorifying", "magnifying", "advancing", "boosting", "lifting", "promoting", "raising", "upgrading", "uplifting", "idealizing", "romanticizing" ], "antonyms":[ "aggrandizing", "canonizing", "deifying", "elevating", "exalting" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "hurly-burly":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "lost sight of his children in all the hurly-burly of the fair" ], "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", "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", "zoo" ], "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" ] }, "hushing (up)":{ "to keep from being publicly known":{ "examples":[ "the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers" ], "synonyms":[ "burking", "covering (up)", "suppressing" ], "near synonyms":[ "blacking out", "censoring", "gagging", "muzzling", "silencing", "quashing", "repressing", "smothering", "spiking", "squashing", "squelching", "stifling", "strangling", "throttling" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunking", "exposing", "revealing", "showing up", "uncloaking", "uncovering", "unmasking", "blabbing", "disclosing", "divulging", "spilling", "telling", "unveiling", "broadcasting", "circulating", "publishing", "spreading", "describing", "narrating", "reciting", "recounting", "rehearsing", "relating", "reporting" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "huffs":{ "a state of nervous or irritated concern":{ "examples":[ "was in a huff because everyone was running late and the school bus would stop to pick them up in a matter of minutes" ], "synonyms":[ "dithers", "flusters", "frets", "fusses", "lathers", "pothers", "stews", "sweats", "swelters", "swivets", "tizzies", "twitters" ], "near synonyms":[ "bothers", "dudgeons", "piques", "alarms", "alarums", "hand-wringings", "panics", "ados", "agitations", "deliriums", "distractions", "furors", "hysterias", "uproars", "nervous breakdowns" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "an outburst or display of excited anger":{ "examples":[ "gets all in a huff every time anyone makes the slightest criticism" ], "synonyms":[ "blowups", "explosions", "fireworks", "fits", "hissies", "hissy fits", "scenes", "tantrums" ], "near synonyms":[ "eruptions", "flare-ups", "outbursts", "storms", "uproars", "agitations", "deliriums", "distractions", "frenzies", "furies", "furores", "furors", "hysterias", "rages", "rampages", "convulsions", "paroxysms", "seizures", "spasms", "upheavals", "cholers", "indignations", "ires", "lividities", "spleens", "wraths", "reactions", "rises", "danders", "tempers", "grouches", "humps", "pets", "pouts", "snits", "sulks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "the feeling of being offended or resentful after a slight or indignity":{ "examples":[ "left the restaurant in a huff after waiting 15 minutes to be seated" ], "synonyms":[ "dudgeons", "miffs", "offenses", "offences", "peeves", "piques", "resentments", "umbrages" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggravations", "angers", "annoyances", "botherations", "bothers", "discomforts", "exasperations", "frustrations", "griefs", "irritations", "vexations", "agitations", "displeasures", "distresses", "disturbances", "indignations", "ires", "outrages", "perturbations", "upsets", "danders", "tempers", "fits", "pets", "pouts", "sulks", "tantrums", "tizzies", "affronts", "barbs", "brickbats", "digs", "indignities", "insults", "put-downs", "slaps", "slights", "slurs" ], "near antonyms":[ "satisfactions", "appeasements", "mollifications", "pacifications", "contentments", "delights", "gratifications", "pleasures" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to talk loudly and wildly":{ "examples":[ "demanding to speak to the manager, he huffed about the rudeness of the sales assistant" ], "synonyms":[ "blusters", "fulminates", "rants", "raves", "spouts" ], "near synonyms":[ "sounds off", "speaks out", "speaks up", "blares", "blurts (out)", "bolts", "bloviates", "blows", "declaims", "harangues", "mouths (off)", "orates", "pontificates", "carries on", "rages", "storms", "takes on" ], "near antonyms":[ "grunts", "murmurs", "mutters", "slurs", "breathes", "whispers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "huntsmen":{ "a person who hunts game":{ "examples":[ "the huntsman presented the king with two pheasants for the royal table" ], "synonyms":[ "hunters", "nimrods" ], "near synonyms":[ "huntresses", "sportsmen", "sportswomen", "archers", "gunners", "birders", "falconers", "fowlers", "hawkers", "hunter-gatherers", "trappers", "poachers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hunt (down or up)":{ "to come upon after searching, study, or effort":{ "examples":[ "managed to hunt down his ancestors, who arrived back to the 16th century" ], "synonyms":[ "ascertain", "descry", "detect", "determine", "dig out", "dig up", "discover", "dredge (up)", "ferret (out)", "find", "find out", "get", "hit (on or upon)", "learn", "locate", "nose out", "root (out)", "rout (out)", "rummage", "run down", "scare up", "scout (up)", "track (down)", "turn up" ], "near synonyms":[ "espy", "sight", "spot", "look for", "search (for or out)", "seek" ], "near antonyms":[ "lose", "mislay", "misplace", "misset" ], "antonyms":[ "miss", "overlook", "pass over" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurry-skurries":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "for all the hurry-scurry you would have thought that the guests were the British royal family and not my in-laws" ], "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", "kerfuffles", "moils", "pandemoniums", "pothers", "rows", "ruckuses", "ructions", "rumpuses", "shindys", "shindies", "splores", "squalls", "stews", "stirs", "storms", "to-dos", "tumults", "turmoils", "uproars", "welters", "whirls", "williwaws", "zoos" ], "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" ] }, "hue and cry":{ "a violent shouting":{ "examples":[ "the hue and cry in the classroom when someone let loose a snake" ], "synonyms":[ "clamor", "howl", "hubbub", "hullabaloo", "noise", "outcry", "roar", "tumult", "uproar", "vociferation" ], "near synonyms":[ "clangor", "din", "jangle", "racket", "cri de coeur", "outburst", "protest" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumble", "mumbling", "murmur", "murmuring", "rumble", "rumbling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hurtling":{ "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter" ], "synonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "belting", "blasting", "blazing", "blowing", "bolting", "bombing", "bowling", "breezing", "bundling", "bustling", "buzzing", "cannonballing", "careening", "careering", "chasing", "coursing", "cracking (on)", "dashing", "driving", "flying", "haring", "hastening", "highballing", "hotfooting (it)", "humping", "hurling", "hurrying", "hustling", "hying", "hieing", "jetting", "jumping", "motoring", "nipping", "pelting", "racing", "ramming", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "rustling", "scooting", "scurrying", "scuttling", "shooting", "speeding", "stepping", "tearing", "traveling", "travelling", "trotting", "whirling", "whisking", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetling", "darting", "flitting", "scampering", "scudding", "scuffling", "stampeding", "streaking", "whizzing", "galloping", "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 send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field" ], "synonyms":[ "casting", "catapulting", "chucking", "dashing", "firing", "flinging", "heaving", "hurling", "launching", "lobbing", "lofting", "pegging", "pelting", "pitching", "slinging", "throwing", "tossing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowling", "darting", "flipping", "gunning", "hooking", "passing", "rolling", "shooting", "bucking", "ejecting", "impelling", "precipitating", "projecting", "propelling", "rifling", "thrusting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hushes (up)":{ "to keep from being publicly known":{ "examples":[ "the well-connected family was able to hush up the scandal so it never reached the papers" ], "synonyms":[ "burkes", "covers (up)", "suppresses" ], "near synonyms":[ "blacks out", "censors", "gags", "muzzles", "silences", "quashes", "represses", "smothers", "spikes", "squashes", "squelches", "stifles", "strangles", "throttles" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunks", "exposes", "reveals", "shows up", "uncloaks", "uncovers", "unmasks", "blabs", "discloses", "divulges", "spills", "tells", "unveils", "broadcasts", "circulates", "publishes", "spreads", "describes", "narrates", "recites", "recounts", "rehearses", "relates", "reports" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hurtle":{ "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "the probe hurtled through space to its destination: Jupiter" ], "synonyms":[ "barrel", "belt", "blast", "blaze", "blow", "bolt", "bomb", "bowl", "breeze", "bundle", "bustle", "buzz", "cannonball", "careen", "career", "chase", "course", "crack (on)", "dash", "drive", "fly", "hare", "hasten", "hie", "highball", "hotfoot (it)", "hump", "hurl", "hurry", "hustle", "jet", "jump", "motor", "nip", "pelt", "race", "ram", "rip", "rocket", "run", "rush", "rustle", "scoot", "scurry", "scuttle", "shoot", "speed", "step", "tear", "travel", "trot", "whirl", "whisk", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetle", "dart", "flit", "scamper", "scud", "scuffle", "stampede", "streak", "whiz", "whizz", "gallop", "jog", "sprint", "accelerate", "quicken", "step out", "catch up", "fast-forward", "outpace", "outrun", "outstrip", "overtake", "arrow", "beeline" ], "near antonyms":[ "dally", "dawdle", "dillydally", "drag", "hang (around or out)", "lag", "linger", "loiter", "poke", "tarry", "amble", "lumber", "plod", "saunter", "shuffle", "stroll", "decelerate", "slow (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawl", "creep", "poke" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "competitors taking turns hurtling their javelins down the field" ], "synonyms":[ "cast", "catapult", "chuck", "dash", "fire", "fling", "heave", "hurl", "launch", "lob", "loft", "peg", "pelt", "pitch", "sling", "throw", "toss" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowl", "dart", "flip", "gun", "hook", "pass", "roll", "shoot", "buck", "eject", "impel", "precipitate", "project", "propel", "rifle", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hunk":{ "a physically attractive man":{ "examples":[ "her new boyfriend is quite the hunk" ], "synonyms":[ "beefcake", "pretty boy", "stud", "superstud" ], "near synonyms":[ "babe", "dish", "doll", "dreamboat", "eye candy", "eyeful", "fox", "knockout", "stunner", "lady-killer", "sheik", "womanizer" ], "near antonyms":[ "dog", "grotesquerie", "grotesquery", "monster", "nerd" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a small uneven mass":{ "examples":[ "what looked like a hunk of potato in her stew turned out to be a pebble" ], "synonyms":[ "blob", "chunk", "clod", "clot", "clump", "dollop", "glob", "gob", "gobbet", "knob", "lump", "nub", "nubble", "nugget", "wad" ], "near synonyms":[ "bead", "drop", "globule", "block", "body", "bulk", "particle", "piece", "portion", "bit", "chip", "crumb", "granule", "morsel", "nubbin", "patch", "scrap" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hum":{ "a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{ "examples":[ "we heard the hum of an outboard motor and a few minutes later the small craft came into sight" ], "synonyms":[ "burr", "buzz", "chirr", "churr", "drone", "purr", "thrum", "whir", "whirr", "whiz", "whizz", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "babble", "coo", "gasp", "gurgle", "hiss", "moan", "murmur", "rustle", "sigh", "suspiration", "susurration", "susurrus", "whisper", "whish", "zing", "zip" ], "near antonyms":[ "bawl", "howl", "roar", "scream", "screech", "shriek", "squall", "squeal", "yelp", "yell" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to be copiously supplied":{ "examples":[ "one restaurant was humming with diners, while a neighboring eatery was practically empty" ], "synonyms":[ "abound", "brim", "bristle", "bulge", "burst", "bustle", "buzz", "crawl", "overflow", "pullulate", "swarm", "teem" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "lack", "need", "want" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{ "examples":[ "a helicopter hummed overhead" ], "synonyms":[ "bumble", "burr", "buzz", "drone", "whir", "whirr", "whish", "whiz", "whizz", "zip", "zoom" ], "near synonyms":[ "chirr", "churr", "thrum", "fizz", "hiss", "murmur", "purr", "rustle", "sigh", "sizzle", "swish", "whisper", "coo", "curr", "wheeze", "whistle", "whoosh" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hustling":{ "as in enterprising , industrious":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "determined", "diligent", "driving", "dynamic", "enterprising", "gung ho", "hungry", "industrious", "motivated", "venturesome", "venturous", "animated", "lively", "spirited", "ardent", "avid", "eager", "energetic", "impassioned", "keen", "raring", "vigorous", "aggressive", "assertive", "high-flying", "opportunistic", "overambitious", "pretentious", "pushy", "self-assertive", "competing", "competitive", "rival", "rivalrous", "ambitious", "aspiring", "go-getting", "hard-driving", "pushing", "self-seeking" ], "near antonyms":[ "apathetic", "disinterested", "indifferent", "uneager", "unenthusiastic", "unexcited", "uninterested", "casual", "easygoing", "lackadaisical", "lazyish", "halfhearted", "lukewarm", "tepid", "lazy", "lethargic", "listless", "shiftless", "sluggish", "spiritless", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "ambitionless", "unambitious" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to devote serious and sustained effort":{ "examples":[ "everyone really hustled to get the project finished on schedule" ], "synonyms":[ "banging away", "beavering (away)", "digging (away)", "drudging", "endeavoring", "fagging", "grubbing", "humping", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging (away)", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "slogging", "straining", "striving", "struggling", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "tugging", "working" ], "near synonyms":[ "applying (oneself)", "buckling (down)", "digging in", "hammering (away)", "knuckling down", "pitching in", "attacking", "driving", "essaying", "trying", "exercising", "exerting", "overexerting", "overworking", "eking out", "grinding (out)", "putting out", "scrabbling", "scratching", "trudging", "wading" ], "near antonyms":[ "breaking", "easing (up)", "letting up", "slackening", "bumming", "chilling", "dallying", "dillydallying", "footling", "goldbricking", "goofing (off)", "hacking (around)", "hanging (around or out)", "idling", "lazing", "loafing", "lounging", "shirking", "slacking (off)", "vegging out", "basking", "lolling", "relaxing", "reposing", "resting", "unwinding", "dabbling", "doodling", "fooling around", "fribbling", "goofing (around)", "hanging", "hanging about", "messing around", "monkeying (around)", "playing", "pottering (around)", "puttering (around)", "trifling" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "we'd better hustle , or we'll miss the train" ], "synonyms":[ "barreling", "barrelling", "belting", "blasting", "blazing", "blowing", "bolting", "bombing", "bowling", "breezing", "bundling", "bustling", "buzzing", "cannonballing", "careening", "careering", "chasing", "coursing", "cracking (on)", "dashing", "driving", "flying", "haring", "hastening", "highballing", "hotfooting (it)", "humping", "hurling", "hurrying", "hurtling", "hying", "hieing", "jetting", "jumping", "motoring", "nipping", "pelting", "racing", "ramming", "ripping", "rocketing", "running", "rushing", "rustling", "scooting", "scurrying", "scuttling", "shooting", "speeding", "stepping", "tearing", "traveling", "travelling", "trotting", "whirling", "whisking", "zipping", "zooming" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetling", "darting", "flitting", "scampering", "scudding", "scuffling", "stampeding", "streaking", "whizzing", "galloping", "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 rob by the use of trickery or threats":{ "examples":[ "a swindler who hustled cashiers by getting them all confused while they were making change" ], "synonyms":[ "beating", "bilking", "bleeding", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "chousing", "conning", "cozening", "defrauding", "diddling", "doing", "doing in", "euchring", "fiddling", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "gaffing", "hosing", "mulcting", "nobbling", "plucking", "reaming", "ripping off", "rooking", "screwing", "shaking down", "shortchanging", "shorting", "skinning", "skunking", "squeezing", "sticking", "stiffing", "stinging", "suckering", "swindling", "thimblerigging", "victimizing" ], "near synonyms":[ "extorting", "wrenching", "wresting", "wringing", "clipping", "gouging", "nicking", "overcharging", "soaking", "exploiting", "milking", "deceiving", "duping", "fooling", "gulling", "tricking", "roping (in)", "betraying", "bitching", "double-crossing", "bamboozling", "fast-talking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "hussy":{ "a boldly flirtatious or sexually promiscuous woman":{ "examples":[ "\"Grandma, you hussy !\" joked the girl when her grandmother admitted kissing on her first date" ], "synonyms":[ "chippie", "chippy", "doxy", "doxie", "fancy woman", "floozy", "floozie", "hoochie", "Jezebel", "minx", "quean", "tramp", "trollop", "wench" ], "near synonyms":[ "siren", "temptress", "vamp", "grisette", "prostitute", "trull" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "husky":{ "strongly and heavily built":{ "examples":[ "a husky weight lifter" ], "synonyms":[ "beefy", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "hulking", "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":[] }, "of a size greater than average of its kind":{ "examples":[ "the neighbors bought a fairly husky lawn mower for their small yard" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "biggish", "boxcar", "bulky", "considerable", "goodly", "grand", "great", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "large", "largish", "outsize", "outsized", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous" ], "near synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "Bunyanesque", "cavernous", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "gigantic", "gross", "hellacious", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "humongous", "humungous", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "major", "mammoth", "massive", "monolithic", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "pharaonic", "prodigious", "staggering", "stupendous", "super", "super-duper", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping", "excessive", "exorbitant", "extravagant", "extreme", "immoderate", "inordinate", "abundant", "ample", "appreciable", "copious", "plentiful", "fat", "thick", "capacious", "commodious", "roomy", "spacious" ], "near antonyms":[ "diminutive", "half-pint", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "mini", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "pocket-size", "pocket-sized", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee", "petite", "slender", "slight", "slim", "thin" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "dinky", "dwarf", "dwarfish", "little", "puny", "shrimpy", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize" ] }, "harsh and dry in sound":{ "examples":[ "a voice that was husky from an afternoon of cheering on the team" ], "synonyms":[ "coarse", "croaking", "croaky", "grating", "gravel", "gravelly", "gruff", "hoarse", "rasping", "raspy", "rusty", "scratchy", "throaty" ], "near synonyms":[ "growling", "growly", "guttural", "abrasive", "cacophonous", "discordant", "grinding", "jarring", "rough", "scraping", "scratching", "cawing", "raucous", "screeching", "squawking", "strident", "choked", "cracked", "strained", "strangled", "dissonant", "inharmonious", "unmelodious", "unmusical" ], "near antonyms":[ "gentle", "gliding", "golden", "liquid", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "soothing", "sweet", "tender", "satiny", "silken", "smooth", "soft", "velvety", "euphonious", "lyric", "lyrical", "melodic", "melodious", "musical" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "humbugging":{ "to cause to believe what is untrue":{ "examples":[ "humbugged into believing that the bones were the skeleton of a prehistoric human being" ], "synonyms":[ "bamboozling", "beguiling", "bluffing", "buffaloing", "burning", "catching", "conning", "cozening", "deceiving", "deluding", "duping", "faking out", "fooling", "gaffing", "gammoning", "gulling", "having", "having on", "hoaxing", "hoodwinking", "hornswoggling", "juggling", "misguiding", "misinforming", "misleading", "snookering", "snowing", "spoofing", "stringing along", "suckering", "sucking in", "taking in", "tricking" ], "near synonyms":[ "kidding", "putting on", "teasing", "bleeding", "cheating", "chiseling", "chiselling", "defrauding", "diddling", "euchring", "fleecing", "flimflamming", "hustling", "mulcting", "rooking", "shortchanging", "skinning", "squeezing", "sticking", "stinging", "swindling" ], "near antonyms":[ "debunking", "exposing", "revealing", "showing up", "uncloaking", "uncovering", "unmasking", "disclosing", "divulging", "telling", "unveiling", "disabusing", "disenchanting", "disillusioning" ], "antonyms":[ "undeceiving" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hush":{ "a state of freedom from storm or disturbance":{ "examples":[ "the storm passed, and a hush fell over the sea" ], "synonyms":[ "calm", "calmness", "peace", "peacefulness", "placidity", "quiet", "quietness", "quietude", "repose", "restfulness", "sereneness", "serenity", "still", "stillness", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "near synonyms":[ "lull", "pause", "respite", "silence", "mildness", "soothingness", "comity", "concord", "harmony", "casualness", "easygoingness", "informality", "laid-backness", "relaxedness" ], "near antonyms":[ "clamor", "din", "noise", "racket" ], "antonyms":[ "bustle", "commotion", "hubbub", "hurly-burly", "pandemonium", "tumult", "turmoil", "unquietness", "unrest", "uproar" ] }, "the near or complete absence of sound":{ "examples":[ "a hush fell over the auditorium as the lights went down" ], "synonyms":[ "quiet", "quietness", "quietude", "silence", "still", "stillness" ], "near synonyms":[ "calm", "lull", "peace", "peacefulness", "tranquillity", "tranquility" ], "near antonyms":[ "babel", "blare", "bluster", "cacophony", "chatter", "clamor", "clangor", "din", "hubbub", "racket", "rattle", "roar", "tumult", "uproar" ], "antonyms":[ "noise", "sound", "unquietness" ] }, "to become still and orderly":{ "examples":[ "the whole room hushed when the queen made her entrance" ], "synonyms":[ "calm (down)", "chill out", "cool", "pipe down", "quiet", "settle (down)" ], "near synonyms":[ "dry up", "relax", "tranquilize", "tranquillize", "unwind", "zone out" ], "near antonyms":[ "clown (around)", "fool around", "horse around", "monkey (around)", "show off", "skylark" ], "antonyms":[ "act up", "carry on", "cut up" ] }, "to stop talking":{ "examples":[ "the principal asked the children to hush and pay attention during the ceremony" ], "synonyms":[ "belt up", "clam up", "dry up", "dummy up", "pipe down", "quiet (down)", "shut up" ], "near synonyms":[ "calm (down)", "cool (down)", "settle (down)", "haw", "hem" ], "near antonyms":[ "pipe up", "sound off", "speak out", "speak up", "spout (off)", "talk up" ], "antonyms":[ "speak", "talk" ] }, "to stop the noise or speech of":{ "examples":[ "he tried to hush the baby by making a lot of silly faces" ], "synonyms":[ "dumb", "extinguish", "mute", "quell", "quiet", "quieten", "settle", "shush", "shut up", "silence", "squelch", "still" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[ "agitate", "stir" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "hubbies":{ "a male partner in a marriage":{ "examples":[ "my hubby's been gone on a trip all week, and I really miss him" ], "synonyms":[ "husbands", "men", "misters", "old men" ], "near synonyms":[ "better halves", "companions", "consorts", "mates", "partners", "significant others", "spouses", "Mr. Rights", "soul mates", "bridegrooms", "grooms", "benedicts", "widowers", "househusbands" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hues":{ "a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{ "examples":[ "decorated the room in hues of blue and green" ], "synonyms":[ "casts", "colors", "shades", "tinctures", "tinges", "tints", "tones" ], "near synonyms":[ "overtones", "undertones", "primary colors", "secondary colors", "tertiary colors", "chromas", "chromaticities", "contrasts", "saturations", "values", "colorations", "colorings", "colorways", "pigmentations" ], "near antonyms":[ "achromatisms" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hullabaloos":{ "a state of noisy, confused activity":{ "examples":[ "there was a lot of needless hullabaloo as the new millennium approached" ], "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", "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", "zoos" ], "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":[] }, "a violent shouting":{ "examples":[ "there was such a hullabaloo in the room that he couldn't hear himself think" ], "synonyms":[ "clamors", "howls", "hubbubs", "hue and cries", "noises", "outcries", "roars", "tumults", "uproars", "vociferations" ], "near synonyms":[ "clangors", "dins", "jangle", "rackets", "cris de coeur", "outbursts", "protests" ], "near antonyms":[ "mumbles", "murmurs", "rumbles", "rumblings" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hung up (on)":{ "as in obsessed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "obsessed", "besotted (by)", "crazy (about or over)", "dotty (over)", "enamored (of)", "enraptured (by)", "gaga (over)", "gone (on)", "infatuated (with)", "mad (about)", "nuts (about)", "foolish", "silly", "wild", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "entranced", "fascinated" ], "near antonyms":[ "cool", "detached", "unenchanted", "unimpressed", "disenchanted", "disillusioned", "heart-free" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hulks":{ "a big clumsy often slow-witted person":{ 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"naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "simps", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos", "anthropoids", "apes", "beasts", "boors", "brutes", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "cretins", "curs", "heels", "louses", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "tykes", "tikes", "villains", "boobies", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "rascals", "rogues", "scamps" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainiacs", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hurting (for)":{ "as in lacking":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "lacking", "asking", "begging", "clamoring (for)", "crying (for)", "commanding", "enjoining", "exacting", "insisting", "pressing", "questing", "stipulating", "entailing", "involving", "bearing", "challenging", "claiming", "demanding", "necessitating", "needing", "requiring", "taking", "wanting", "warranting" ], "near antonyms":[ "having", "holding", "owning", "possessing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "huskiness":{ "as in stoutness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "stoutness", "bulkiness", "heaviness", "brawniness", "burliness", "adiposity", "chubbiness", "corpulence", "corpulency", "embonpoint", "fat", "fatness", "fattiness", "fleshiness", "grossness", "obesity", "plumpness", "portliness", "pudginess", "pursiness", "rotundity", "weight", "endomorphy" ], "near antonyms":[ "leanness", "reediness", "slenderness", "slimness", "svelteness", "thinness", "fitness", "trimness", "gauntness", "scrawniness", "skinniness", "weediness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "hungry":{ "feeling a desire or need for food":{ "examples":[ "John was still hungry after eating only a muffin for breakfast" ], "synonyms":[ "empty", "famished", "peckish", "starved", "starving" ], "near synonyms":[ "rapacious", "ravenous", "voracious", "wolfish", "malnourished", "underfed", "undernourished", "gluttonous", "gormandizing", "greedy", "hoggish", "insatiable", "piggish", "piggy" ], "near antonyms":[ "engorged", "glutted", "gorged", "overfed", "overfull", "overstuffed", "replete", "stuffed", "surfeited" ], "antonyms":[ "full", "sated", "satiate", "satiated", "satisfied" ] }, "showing urgent desire or interest":{ "examples":[ "hungry for the latest news" ], "synonyms":[ "agog", "antsy", "anxious", "ardent", "athirst", "avid", "crazy", "desirous", "eager", "enthused", "enthusiastic", "excited", "geeked", "great", "greedy", "gung ho", "hepped up", "hopped-up", "hot", "impatient", "juiced", "keen", "nuts", "pumped", "raring", "solicitous", "stoked", "thirsty", "voracious", "wild" ], "near synonyms":[ "engaged", "interested", "happy", "hung up", "obsessed", "ambitious", "appetent", "covetous", "craving", "hankering", "longing", "pining", "breathless", "restive", "restless", "amenable", "disposed", "game", "glad", "inclined", "ready", "unreluctant", "willing" ], "near antonyms":[ "casual", "incurious", "insouciant", "nonchalant", "unconcerned", "uninterested", "aloof", "detached", "disinterested", "impassive", "stolid", "halfhearted", "lackadaisical", "languid", "languorous", "lukewarm", "spiritless", "averse", "disinclined", "hesitant", "loath", "loth", "loathe", "reluctant", "unwilling" ], "antonyms":[ "apathetic", "indifferent", "uneager", "unenthusiastic" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "humungous":{ "unusually large":{ "examples":[ "I'm sleepy because I ate a humongous lunch" ], "synonyms":[ "astronomical", "astronomic", "Brobdingnagian", "bumper", "colossal", "cosmic", "cosmical", "cyclopean", "elephantine", "enormous", "galactic", "gargantuan", "giant", "gigantesque", "gigantic", "grand", "herculean", "heroic", "heroical", "Himalayan", "huge", "immense", "jumbo", "king-size", "king-sized", "leviathan", "mammoth", "massive", "mega", "mighty", "monster", "monstrous", "monumental", "mountainous", "oceanic", "pharaonic", "planetary", "prodigious", "super", "super-duper", "supersize", "supersized", "titanic", "tremendous", "vast", "vasty", "walloping", "whacking", "whopping" ], "near synonyms":[ "big", "bulky", "considerable", "extensive", "good", "goodly", "great", "gross", "handsome", "hefty", "hulking", "largish", "major", "outsize", "outsized", "overgrown", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous", "august", "formidable", "grandiose", "imposing", "lofty", "majestic", "cavernous", "monolithic", "overwhelming", "staggering", "stupendous", "towering", "boundless", "immeasurable", "infinite" ], "near antonyms":[ "little", "mini", "petite", "pint-size", "pint-sized", "puny", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize", "dinky", "dwarfish", "half-pint" ], "antonyms":[ "bantam", "bitty", "diminutive", "infinitesimal", "Lilliputian", "little bitty", "micro", "microminiature", "microscopic", "microscopical", "midget", "miniature", "minuscule", "minute", "pocket", "pygmy", "teensy", "teensy-weensy", "teeny", "teeny-weeny", "tiny", "wee" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hurried":{ "acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{ "examples":[ "hurried shoppers who grab the wrong items", "ate a hurried meal" ], "synonyms":[ "cursory", "drive-by", "flying", "gadarene", "hasty", "headlong", "helter-skelter", "overhasty", "pell-mell", "precipitate", "precipitous", "rash", "rushed" ], "near synonyms":[ "breakneck", "breathtaking", "headstrong", "heady", "hotheaded", "impatient", "impetuous", "impulsive", "madcap", "reckless", "unadvised", "quick", "rapid", "speedy", "swift", "horseback", "impromptu", "makeshift", "offhand", "offhanded", "off-the-cuff", "rush", "slapdash", "snap", "spontaneous", "spur-of-the-moment", "abrupt", "sudden" ], "near antonyms":[ "calculated", "calculating", "measured", "circumspect", "foresighted", "forethoughtful", "drawn-out", "extended", "long-term", "prolonged", "faltering", "hesitant", "hesitating", "tentative", "dallying", "dawdling", "laggard", "leisurely", "poky", "pokey", "shilly-shallying", "slow" ], "antonyms":[ "deliberate", "unhurried", "unrushed" ] }, "to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{ "examples":[ "the new nurses were hurried through the orientation program because they were so desperately needed on the ward" ], "synonyms":[ "accelerated", "bundled", "fast-tracked", "hastened", "quickened", "rushed", "sped (up)", "speeded (up)", "whisked" ], "near synonyms":[ "drove", "goaded", "prodded", "propelled", "pushed", "raced", "spurred", "stirred", "urged", "aided", "dispatched", "eased", "encouraged", "expedited", "facilitated" ], "near antonyms":[ "delayed", "encumbered", "fettered", "hampered", "held back", "held up", "hindered", "hobbled", "impeded", "interfered (with)", "manacled", "reined (in)", "restrained", "shackled", "tied up", "trammeled", "trammelled", "arrested", "checked", "stalled", "stayed", "stilled", "stopped" ], "antonyms":[ "braked", "decelerated", "retarded", "slowed (down)" ] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "if we hurry , we'll make the four o'clock train" ], "synonyms":[ "barreled", "barrelled", "belted", "blasted", "blazed", "blew", "bolted", "bombed", "bowled", "breezed", "bundled", "bustled", "buzzed", "cannonballed", "careened", "careered", "chased", "coursed", "cracked (on)", "dashed", "drove", "flew", "hared", "hastened", "hied", "highballed", "hotfooted (it)", "humped", "hurled", "hurtled", "hustled", "jetted", "jumped", "motored", "nipped", "pelted", "raced", "rammed", "ran", "run", "ripped", "rocketed", "rushed", "rustled", "scooted", "scurried", "scuttled", "shot", "sped", "speeded", "stepped", "tore", "traveled", "travelled", "trotted", "whirled", "whisked", "zipped", "zoomed" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetled", "darted", "flitted", "scampered", "scudded", "scuffled", "stampeded", "streaked", "whizzed", "galloped", "jogged", "sprinted", "accelerated", "quickened", "stepped out", "caught up", "fast-forwarded", "outpaced", "outran", "outstripped", "overtook", "arrowed", "beelined" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallied", "dawdled", "dillydallied", "dragged", "hung (around or out)", "hanged (around or out)", "lagged", "lingered", "loitered", "poked", "tarried", "ambled", "lumbered", "plodded", "sauntered", "shuffled", "strolled", "decelerated", "slowed (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawled", "crept", "poked" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "huffy":{ "easily offended":{ "examples":[ "the comedy is about a huffy actress who loudly protests every perceived insult, no matter how slight" ], "synonyms":[ "tetchy", "thin-skinned", "ticklish", "touchy" ], "near synonyms":[ "hypersensitive", "oversensitive", "sensitive", "supersensitive", "tender", "choleric", "crabby", "cranky", "cross", "cross-grained", "crotchety", "grouchy", "grumpy", "irascible", "irritable", "peevish", "perverse", "pettish", "petulant", "prickly", "quick-tempered", "raspy", "ratty", "short-tempered", "snappish", "snappy", "snarky", "snippety", "snippy", "stroppy", "stuffy", "testy", "waspish", "bearish", "bilious", "cantankerous", "curmudgeonly", "disagreeable", "dyspeptic", "ill-humored", "ill-natured", "ill-tempered", "ornery", "querulous", "surly" ], "near antonyms":[ "agreeable", "amiable", "good-natured", "good-tempered", "well-disposed", "carefree", "easygoing", "happy-go-lucky", "relaxed", "unconcerned", "forbearing", "long-suffering", "obliging", "understanding" ], "antonyms":[ "thick-skinned" ] }, "having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{ "examples":[ "he's been acting very huffy ever since he was named head of the department" ], "synonyms":[ "arrogant", "assumptive", "bumptious", "cavalier", "chesty", "haughty", "high-and-mighty", "high-handed", "high-hat", "highfalutin", "hifalutin", "huffish", "imperious", "important", "lofty", "lordly", "masterful", "overweening", "peremptory", "pompous", "presuming", "presumptuous", "pretentious", "self-asserting", "self-assertive", "sniffy", "stiff-necked", "supercilious", "superior", "toplofty", "toploftical", "uppish", "uppity" ], "near synonyms":[ "authoritarian", "bossy", "dominant", "dominating", "domineering", "magisterial", "pontifical", "pontificating", "condescending", "disdainful", "patronizing", "impertinent", "impudent", "saucy", "snobbish", "snobby", "snooty", "blusterous", "blustery", "boastful", "bombastic", "braggart", "bragging", "braggy", "cocky", "swaggering", "vain", "vainglorious", "complacent", "conceited", "egocentric", "egoistic", "egoistical", "egotistic", "egotistical", "hubristic", "narcissistic", "orgulous", "prideful", "proud", "self-affected", "self-applauding", "self-centered", "self-complacent", "self-conceited", "self-pleased", "self-satisfied", "smug", "stuck-up", "self-flattering", "self-loving", "self-promoting", "brash", "forward", "uninhibited", "unreserved", "extroverted", "extraverted", "immodest" ], "near antonyms":[ "bashful", "cowering", "cringing", "demure", "diffident", "introverted", "mousy", "mousey", "overmodest", "self-critical", "self-doubting", "sheepish", "shrinking", "shy", "subdued", "timid", "acquiescent", "compliant", "deferential", "meek", "passive", "submissive", "unaggressive", "unassertive", "unassuming", "unobtrusive", "yielding", "quiet", "reserved", "retiring" ], "antonyms":[ "humble", "lowly", "modest", "unarrogant", "unpretentious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hugest":{ "as in biggest , largest":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "biggest", "largest", "unequaled", "unequalled", "unmatched", "unparalleled", "unrivaled", "unrivalled", "unsurpassed", "topmost", "upmost", "uppermost", "consummate", "last", "max", "maximum", "most", "nth", "outside", "paramount", "supreme", "top", "ultimate", "utmost", "uttermost" ], "near antonyms":[ "least", "minimal", "minimum", "slightest", "littlest", "minutest", "smallest", "tiniest", "lowest", "fewest" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "hurls":{ "to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{ "examples":[ "that meal was so gross I thought I was going to hurl" ], "synonyms":[ "barfs", "gags", "heaves", "pukes", "retches", "spews", "spits up", "throws up", "upchucks", "vomits" ], "near synonyms":[ "disgorges", "regurgitates", "ejects", "expels", "nauseates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to proceed or move quickly":{ "examples":[ "a fighter jet hurled through the sky" ], "synonyms":[ "barrels", "belts", "blasts", "blazes", "blows", "bolts", "bombs", "bowls", "breezes", "bundles", "bustles", "buzzes", "cannonballs", "careens", "careers", "chases", "courses", "cracks (on)", "dashes", "drives", "flies", "hares", "hastens", "hies", "highballs", "hotfoots (it)", "humps", "hurries", "hurtles", "hustles", "jets", "jumps", "motors", "nips", "pelts", "races", "rams", "rips", "rockets", "runs", "rushes", "rustles", "scoots", "scurries", "scuttles", "shoots", "speeds", "steps", "tears", "travels", "trots", "whirls", "whisks", "zips", "zooms" ], "near synonyms":[ "beetles", "darts", "flits", "scampers", "scuds", "scuffles", "stampedes", "streaks", "whizzes", "gallops", "jogs", "sprints", "accelerates", "quickens", "steps out", "catches up", "fast-forwards", "outpaces", "outruns", "outstrips", "overtakes", "arrows", "beelines" ], "near antonyms":[ "dallies", "dawdles", "dillydallies", "drags", "hangs (around or out)", "lags", "lingers", "loiters", "pokes", "tarries", "ambles", "lumbers", "plods", "saunters", "shuffles", "strolls", "decelerates", "slows (down or up)" ], "antonyms":[ "crawls", "creeps", "pokes" ] }, "to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{ "examples":[ "hurled snowballs at each other" ], "synonyms":[ "casts", "catapults", "chucks", "dashes", "fires", "flings", "heaves", "hurtles", "launches", "lobs", "lofts", "pegs", "pelts", "pitches", "slings", "throws", "tosses" ], "near synonyms":[ "bowls", "darts", "flips", "guns", "hooks", "passes", "rolls", "shoots", "bucks", "ejects", "impels", "precipitates", "projects", "propels", "rifles", "thrusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "hung it up":{ "to stop doing (something) permanently":{ "examples":[ "We've had a good go of it, but I think it's time to hang it up ." ], "synonyms":[ "abandoned", "discontinued", "dropped", "gave up", "knocked off", "laid off (of)", "packed (up or in)", "quit", "quitted" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke off", "broke up", "ceased", "closed", "concluded", "ended", "expired", "finished", "halted", "left off", "shut off", "paused", "tapered off", "threw up", "rounded (off or out)", "terminated", "wound up", "winded up", "wrapped up" ], "near antonyms":[ "ran on", "went", "held on", "hung in", "hung on", "persevered", "persisted", "followed through (with)", "renewed", "reopened", "restarted", "resumed", "preserved", "stayed", "began", "commenced", "started" ], "antonyms":[ "carried on", "continued", "kept", "kept up", "maintained" ] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "huzzas":{ "as in hurrahs , hails":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bravos", "bravoes", "hails", "hallelujahs", "hosannas", "hurrahs", "hoorays", "hoorahs", "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" ] }, "humanitarian":{ "having or showing a concern for the welfare of others":{ "examples":[ "humanitarian efforts to aid the earthquake victims" ], "synonyms":[ "altruistic", "beneficent", "benevolent", "charitable", "do-good", "eleemosynary", "good", "philanthropic", "philanthropical" ], "near synonyms":[ "selfless", "self-sacrificing", "bighearted", "bounteous", "bountiful", "free", "freehanded", "generous", "greathearted", "handsome", "liberal", "magnanimous", "munificent", "openhanded", "openhearted", "unselfish", "unsparing", "compassionate", "humane", "kind", "kindhearted", "social-minded" ], "near antonyms":[ "self-indulgent", "self-seeking", "cheap", "closefisted", "miserly", "niggardly", "parsimonious", "stingy", "tight", "tightfisted", "hard-hearted", "pitiless", "unfeeling", "self-obsessed" ], "antonyms":[ "self-centered", "self-concerned", "selfish" ] }, "as in philanthropist , altruist":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "altruist", "philanthropist" ], "near antonyms":[ "egocentric", "egoist", "egomaniac", "egotist", "ego-tripper", "narcissist", "megalomaniac", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cretin", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "joker", "louse", "lout", "skunk", "slob", "snake", "stinker" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] } }