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forever giving me tacky tchotchkes" ], "synonyms":[ "ditzy", "ditsy", "dizzy", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "frothy", "futile", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "light-minded", "puerile", "scatterbrained", "silly", "yeasty" ], "near synonyms":[ "fatuous", "foolish", "inane", "nonsensical", "thoughtless", "witless", "crazy", "daffy", "daft", "fruity", "exuberant", "flippant", "fluttery", "giggly", "happy", "light", "lighthearted", "playful", "sappy", "shallow", "superficial" ], "near antonyms":[ "grave", "melancholy", "somber", "sombre", "thoughtful", "dignified", "heavy", "no-nonsense", "sedate", "severe", "solemn", "staid" ], "antonyms":[ "earnest", "serious", "serious-minded", "sober", "unfrivolous" ] }, "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "examples":[ "a group of apparently birdbrained teenagers were clearly bored by the memorial" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "fatuous", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "near synonyms":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "birthrights":{ "something that is or may be inherited":{ "examples":[ "believed that the house was her birthright" ], "synonyms":[ "bequests", "heritages", "inheritances", "legacies", "patrimonies" ], "near synonyms":[ "heirlooms", "bestowals", "gifts", "offerings", "presents" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something to which one has a just claim":{ "examples":[ "the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in" ], "synonyms":[ "appanages", "apanages", "prerogatives", "rights" ], "near synonyms":[ "calls", "dibs", "dues", "entitlements", "perquisites", "pretenses", "pretences", "pretensions", "privileges" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bird of passage":{ "a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{ "examples":[ "Once a bird of passage , she eventually married and settled down in the city that stole her heart." ], "synonyms":[ "drifter", "gadabout", "gypsy", "knockabout", "maunderer", "nomad", "rambler", "roamer", "rover", "stroller", "vagabond", "wanderer", "wayfarer" ], "near synonyms":[ "laggard", "straggler", "lingerer", "loiterer", "sojourner", "bum", "hobo", "tramp", "passenger", "sightseer", "traveler", "traveller", "migrant", "transient", "vagrant", "ambler", "saunterer" ], "near antonyms":[ "homebody", "denizen", "dweller", "habitant", "inhabitant", "resident", "settler" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "bird dog":{ "to go after or on the track of":{ "examples":[ "suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "track", "trail" ], "near synonyms":[ "accompany", "chaperone", "chaperon", "escort", "hunt", "search (for)", "seek", "eye", "observe", "watch" ], "near antonyms":[ "head" ], "antonyms":[ "guide", "lead", "pilot" ] }, "as in hunter , sled dog":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bandog", "coonhound", "courser", "gundog", "hunter", "sheepdog", "sled dog", "watchdog", "wolf dog", "wolfhound", "lapdog", "pup", "puppy", "puppy dog", "whelp", "guide dog", "police dog", "working dog", "bitch", "cur", "mongrel", "mutt", "canine", "dog", "doggy", "doggie", "hound", "pooch", "tyke", "tike" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "birth":{ "the act or instance of being born":{ "examples":[ "almost from birth , he showed all the marks of future greatness" ], "synonyms":[ "geniture", "nativity" ], "near synonyms":[ "creation", "genesis", "nascency", "origination", "rise", "accouchement", "bearing", "childbearing", "labor", "parturition", "begetting", "breeding", "fathering", "generation", "mothering", "parenting", "reproduction", "siring", "spawning", "fatherhood", "maternity", "motherhood", "parenthood", "paternity" ], "near antonyms":[ "abortion", "miscarriage", "stillbirth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "a man of noble birth" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestry", "blood", "bloodline", "breeding", "descent", "extraction", "family tree", "genealogy", "line", "lineage", "origin", "parentage", "pedigree", "stock", "strain" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredity", "succession", "family", "house", "kin", "kindred", "relations", "relatives", "race" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "child", "heir", "inheritor", "son", "successor" ], "antonyms":[ "issue", "posterity", "progeny", "seed" ] }, "the point at which something begins":{ "examples":[ "that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation" ], "synonyms":[ "alpha", "baseline", "beginning", "commencement", "dawn", "day one", "genesis", "get-go", "git-go", "inception", "incipience", "incipiency", "kickoff", "launch", "morning", "nascence", "nascency", "onset", "outset", "start", "threshold" ], "near synonyms":[ "drawing board", "first base", "ground zero", "square one", "creation", "founding", "inauguration", "initiation", "institution", "origination", "cradle", "fountain", "fountainhead", "germ", "origin", "root", "seedbed", "source", "spring", "well", "wellspring", "dawning", "opening", "advent", "appearance", "arrival", "debut", "d\u00e9but", "emergence", "childhood", "infancy", "youth" ], "near antonyms":[ "cessation", "closing", "closure", "completion", "finale", "finish", "period", "stop", "termination", "windup" ], "antonyms":[ "close", "conclusion", "end", "ending", "omega" ] }, "being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage":{ "examples":[ "argued that the birth mother had not been informed of all of her options at the time of the adoption" ], "synonyms":[ "biological", "biologic", "consanguineous", "natural" ], "near synonyms":[ "legitimate" ], "near antonyms":[ "illegitimate" ], "antonyms":[ "adopted", "adoptive", "nonbiological" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children" ], "synonyms":[ "bear", "deliver", "drop", "have", "mother", "produce" ], "near synonyms":[ "labor", "breed", "multiply", "propagate", "reproduce", "spawn", "beget", "father", "generate", "get", "sire", "calve", "kid", "kindle", "kitten", "litter", "pup", "whelp" ], "near antonyms":[ "abort", "lose", "miscarry" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "birching":{ "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "examples":[ "students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules" ], "synonyms":[ "cowhiding", "flagellating", "flailing", "flogging", "hiding", "horsewhipping", "lashing", "leathering", "rawhiding", "scourging", "slashing", "switching", "tanning", "thrashing", "whaling", "whipping" ], "near synonyms":[ "knouting", "quirting", "strapping", "cutting", "flicking", "touching up", "blackjacking", "caning", "clubbing", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "fustigating", "pistol-whipping", "banging", "bopping", "boxing", "busting", "clapping", "clipping", "clobbering", "clouting", "cracking", "cuffing", "hitting", "knocking", "lamming", "pasting", "punching", "slapping", "slugging", "smacking", "smiting", "socking", "spanking", "swatting", "swiping", "thwacking", "walloping", "whacking", "bashing", "basting", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belaboring", "belting", "bludgeoning", "buffeting", "bunging", "drubbing", "fibbing", "hammering", "lacing", "lambasting", "lathering", "licking", "mangling", "mauling", "paddling", "pelting", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "roughing", "slating", "slogging", "threshing", "thumping", "tromping", "whopping", "whapping", "whupping", "working over" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back" ], "synonyms":[ "bashing", "basting", "battering", "batting", "beating", "belaboring", "belting", "bludgeoning", "buffeting", "bunging up", "clubbing", "currying", "doing", "drubbing", "fibbing", "flogging", "hammering", "hiding", "lacing", "lambasting", "lashing", "lathering", "licking", "mauling", "messing (up)", "paddling", "pelting", "pommeling", "pommelling", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "punching out", "roughing (up)", "slating", "slogging", "switching", "tanning", "thrashing", "threshing", "thumping", "tromping", "walloping", "whaling", "whipping", "whopping", "whapping", "whupping", "working over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailing", "assaulting", "attacking", "besetting", "boxing", "busting", "chopping", "clobbering", "clouting", "cracking", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "cuffing", "descending (on or upon)", "hitting", "jumping (on)", "knocking", "lamming", "laying on", "pasting", "pouncing (on or upon)", "punching", "raiding", "rushing", "slamming", "slapping", "smacking", "smashing", "socking", "spanking", "storming", "swatting", "swiping", "thwacking", "whacking", "whamming", "whomping", "blackjacking", "caning", "cowhiding", "flagellating", "fustigating", "horsewhipping", "leathering", "pistol-whipping", "rawhiding", "scourging", "strapping", "goring", "lacerating", "wounding", "maiming", "mangling", "mutilating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "biretta":{ "as in turban , tricorne":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baseball cap", "beret", "billycock", "boater", "bonnet", "bowler", "calotte", "capuche", "casque", "castor", "cloche", "cocked hat", "cowboy hat", "cowl", "derby", "fedora", "fez", "garrison cap", "hard hat", "helm", "helmet", "high hat", "homburg", "hood", "kepi", "k\u00e9pi", "kufi", "leghorn", "miter", "mitre", "nightcap", "opera hat", "overseas cap", "panama", "picture hat", "pillbox", "plug hat", "porkpie hat", "service cap", "shako", "silk hat", "skimmer", "skullcap", "sombrero", "sou'wester", "Stetson", "stocking cap", "stovepipe", "sunbonnet", "tam", "tam-o'-shanter", "ten-gallon hat", "top hat", "topper", "toque", "tricorne", "tricorn", "turban", "zucchetto", "cap", "chapeau", "hat", "headdress", "headgear", "headpiece", "lid", "warbonnet" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birthing":{ "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children" ], "synonyms":[ "bearing", "delivering", "dropping", "having", "mothering", "producing" ], "near synonyms":[ "laboring", "breeding", "multiplying", "propagating", "reproducing", "spawning", "begetting", "fathering", "generating", "getting", "siring", "calving", "kidding", "kindling", "kittening", "littering", "pupping", "whelping" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborting", "losing", "miscarrying" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birdlimed":{ "as in captured , bagged":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bagged", "captured", "collared", "caught up", "enmeshed", "immeshed", "ensnared", "ensnarled", "entangled", "entoiled", "entrapped", "meshed", "netted", "snared", "tangled", "trapped", "embroiled", "implicated", "involved", "mired" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangled", "untangled", "detached", "disengaged", "extricated", "cleared", "freed", "liberated" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birthed":{ "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children" ], "synonyms":[ "bore", "delivered", "dropped", "had", "mothered", "produced" ], "near synonyms":[ "labored", "bred", "multiplied", "propagated", "reproduced", "spawned", "begot", "begat", "fathered", "generated", "got", "sired", "calved", "kidded", "kindled", "kittened", "littered", "pupped", "whelped" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborted", "lost", "miscarried" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bird dogs":{ "to go after or on the track of":{ "examples":[ "suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "chases", "courses", "dogs", "follows", "hounds", "pursues", "runs", "shadows", "tags", "tails", "traces", "tracks", "trails" ], "near synonyms":[ "accompanies", "chaperones", "chaperons", "escorts", "hunts", "searches (for)", "seeks", "eyes", "observes", "watches" ], "near antonyms":[ "heads" ], "antonyms":[ "guides", "leads", "pilots" ] }, "as in hunters , sled dogs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bandogs", "coonhounds", "coursers", "gundogs", "hunters", "sheepdogs", "sled dogs", "watchdogs", "wolf dogs", "wolfhounds", "lapdogs", "puppies", "puppy dogs", "pups", "whelps", "guide dogs", "police dogs", "working dogs", "bitches", "curs", "mongrels", "mutts", "canines", "doggies", "dogs", "hounds", "pooches", "tykes", "tikes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "birthright":{ "something that is or may be inherited":{ "examples":[ "believed that the house was her birthright" ], "synonyms":[ "bequest", "heritage", "inheritance", "legacy", "patrimony" ], "near synonyms":[ "heirloom", "bestowal", "gift", "offering", "present" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something to which one has a just claim":{ "examples":[ "the promotion is his birthright , after the work he put in" ], "synonyms":[ "appanage", "apanage", "prerogative", "right" ], "near synonyms":[ "call", "dibs", "due", "entitlement", "perquisite", "pretense", "pretence", "pretension", "privilege" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birdlime":{ "as in capture , bag":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bag", "capture", "collar", "catch up", "enmesh", "immesh", "ensnare", "ensnarl", "entangle", "entoil", "entrap", "mesh", "net", "snare", "tangle", "trap", "embroil", "implicate", "involve", "mire" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangle", "untangle", "detach", "disengage", "extricate", "clear", "free", "liberate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birling":{ "to take part in drunken revelry":{ "examples":[ "spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night" ], "synonyms":[ "bingeing", "binging", "carousing", "reveling", "revelling", "roistering", "wassailing" ], "near synonyms":[ "boozing", "drinking", "guzzling", "liquoring (up)", "soaking", "tippling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birdman":{ "one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{ "examples":[ "in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows" ], "synonyms":[ "airman", "aviator", "flier", "flyer", "pilot" ], "near synonyms":[ "ace", "barnstormer", "bush pilot", "copilot", "flyboy", "test pilot", "captain", "skipper" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "births":{ "the act or instance of being born":{ "examples":[ "almost from birth , he showed all the marks of future greatness" ], "synonyms":[ "genitures", "nativities" ], "near synonyms":[ "creations", "geneses", "nascencies", "originations", "rises", "accouchements", "bearings", "childbearings", "labors", "parturitions", "breedings", "generations", "parentings", "reproductions", "fatherhoods", "maternities", "motherhoods", "parenthoods", "paternities" ], "near antonyms":[ "abortions", "miscarriages", "stillbirths" ], "antonyms":[] }, "the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended":{ "examples":[ "a man of noble birth" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestries", "blood", "bloodlines", "breedings", "descents", "extractions", "family trees", "genealogies", "lineages", "lines", "origins", "parentages", "pedigrees", "stocks", "strains" ], "near synonyms":[ "heredities", "successions", "families", "houses", "kindreds", "kins", "relations", "relatives", "races" ], "near antonyms":[ "offspring", "offsprings", "children", "heirs", "inheritors", "sons", "successors" ], "antonyms":[ "issues", "posterities", "progenies", "seed", "seeds" ] }, "the point at which something begins":{ "examples":[ "that 12-second flight by Orville Wright marked the birth of aviation" ], "synonyms":[ "alphas", "baselines", "beginnings", "commencements", "dawns", "day ones", "geneses", "get-goes", "git-goes", "inceptions", "incipiences", "incipiencies", "kickoffs", "launches", "mornings", "nascences", "nascencies", "onsets", "outsets", "starts", "thresholds" ], "near synonyms":[ "drawing boards", "first bases", "ground zeros", "square ones", "creations", "inaugurations", "initiations", "institutions", "originations", "cradles", "fountainheads", "fountains", "germs", "origins", "roots", "seedbeds", "sources", "springs", "wells", "wellsprings", "openings", "advents", "appearances", "arrivals", "debuts", "d\u00e9buts", "emergences", "childhoods", "infancies", "youths" ], "near antonyms":[ "cessations", "closings", "closures", "completions", "finales", "finishes", "periods", "stops", "terminations", "windups" ], "antonyms":[ "closes", "conclusions", "endings", "ends", "omegas" ] }, "to bring forth from the womb":{ "examples":[ "back in those days a woman her age would have birthed several children" ], "synonyms":[ "bears", "delivers", "drops", "has", "mothers", "produces" ], "near synonyms":[ "labors", "breeds", "multiplies", "propagates", "reproduces", "spawns", "begets", "fathers", "generates", "gets", "sires", "calves", "kids", "kindles", "kittens", "litters", "pups", "whelps" ], "near antonyms":[ "aborts", "loses", "miscarries" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "birthplace":{ "a place of origin":{ "examples":[ "Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement" ], "synonyms":[ "cradle", "home", "mother country", "motherland" ], "near synonyms":[ "hometown", "Blighty", "country", "nativity", "old country", "roots" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birdmen":{ "one who flies or is qualified to fly an aircraft or spacecraft":{ "examples":[ "in the early days of aviation, birdmen would travel around the country in their biplanes, putting on flying shows" ], "synonyms":[ "airmen", "aviators", "fliers", "flyers", "pilots" ], "near synonyms":[ "aces", "barnstormers", "bush pilots", "copilots", "flyboys", "test pilots", "captains", "skippers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birthday suit":{ "the state of having no clothes on one's body":{ "examples":[ "with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits , socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant" ], "synonyms":[ "altogether", "bareness", "bottomlessness", "buff", "nakedness", "nude", "nudity", "raw" ], "near synonyms":[ "toplessness", "naturism", "nudism" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birdbrain":{ "a silly flighty person":{ "examples":[ "those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along" ], "synonyms":[ "cuckoo", "ditz", "featherbrain", "featherhead", "flibbertigibbet", "nitwit", "rattlebrain", "scatterbrain", "softhead" ], "near synonyms":[ "fool", "goose", "silly", "simpleton" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "some birdbrain left the water running" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "fathead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ], "near synonyms":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bird-dogging":{ "to go after or on the track of":{ "examples":[ "suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "chasing", "coursing", "dogging", "following", "hounding", "pursuing", "running", "shadowing", "tagging", "tailing", "tracing", "tracking", "trailing" ], "near synonyms":[ "accompanying", "chaperoning", "escorting", "hunting", "searching (for)", "seeking", "eyeing", "eying", "observing", "watching" ], "near antonyms":[ "heading" ], "antonyms":[ "guiding", "leading", "piloting" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birthday suits":{ "the state of having no clothes on one's body":{ "examples":[ "with all of the resort guests in their birthday suits , socioeconomic differences became invisible and irrelevant" ], "synonyms":[ "altogethers", "buffs", "nudes", "nudities", "raws" ], "near synonyms":[ "naturisms", "nudisms" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birdliming":{ "as in capturing , bagging":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bagging", "capturing", "collaring", "catching up", "enmeshing", "immeshing", "ensnaring", "ensnarling", "entangling", "entoiling", "entrapping", "meshing", "netting", "snaring", "tangling", "trapping", "embroiling", "implicating", "involving", "miring" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangling", "untangling", "detaching", "disengaging", "extricating", "clearing", "freeing", "liberating" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birders":{ "as in hawkers , falconers":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "falconers", "fowlers", "hawkers", "archers", "gunners", "hunter-gatherers", "trappers", "huntresses", "sportsmen", "sportswomen", "poachers", "hunters", "huntsmen", "nimrods" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birettas":{ "as in turbans , tricornes":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baseball caps", "berets", "billycocks", "boaters", "bonnets", "bowlers", "calottes", "capuches", "casques", "castors", "cloches", "cocked hats", "cowboy hats", "cowls", "derbies", "fedoras", "fezzes", "fezes", "garrison caps", "hard hats", "helmets", "helms", "high hats", "homburgs", "hoods", "kepis", "k\u00e9pis", "kufis", "leghorns", "miters", "mitres", "nightcaps", "opera hats", "overseas caps", "panamas", "picture hats", "pillboxes", "plug hats", "porkpie hats", "service caps", "shakos", "shakoes", "silk hats", "skimmers", "skullcaps", "sombreros", "sou'westers", "Stetsons", "stocking caps", "stovepipes", "sunbonnets", "tam-o'-shanters", "tams", "ten-gallon hats", "top hats", "toppers", "toques", "tricornes", "tricorns", "turbans", "zucchettos", "caps", "chapeaus", "chapeaux", "hats", "headdresses", "headgears", "headpieces", "lids", "warbonnets" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birdbrains":{ "a silly flighty person":{ "examples":[ "those birdbrains who eagerly adopt every fad diet that comes along" ], "synonyms":[ "cuckoos", "ditzes", "featherbrains", "featherheads", "flibbertigibbets", "nitwits", "rattlebrains", "scatterbrains", "softheads" ], "near synonyms":[ "fools", "geese", "sillies", "simpletons" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "some birdbrain left the water running" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "fatheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birthplaces":{ "a place of origin":{ "examples":[ "Montgomery, Alabama, is considered the birthplace of the civil rights movement" ], "synonyms":[ "cradles", "homes", "mother countries", "motherlands" ], "near synonyms":[ "hometowns", "Blighties", "countries", "nativities", "old countries", "roots" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birched":{ "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "examples":[ "students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules" ], "synonyms":[ "cowhided", "flagellated", "flailed", "flogged", "hided", "horsewhipped", "lashed", "leathered", "rawhided", "scourged", "slashed", "switched", "tanned", "thrashed", "whaled", "whipped" ], "near synonyms":[ "knouted", "quirted", "strapped", "cut", "flicked", "touched up", "blackjacked", "caned", "clubbed", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "fustigated", "pistol-whipped", "banged", "bopped", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "clapped", "clapt", "clipped", "clobbered", "clouted", "cracked", "cuffed", "hit", "knocked", "lammed", "pasted", "punched", "slapped", "slugged", "smacked", "smote", "socked", "spanked", "swatted", "swiped", "thwacked", "walloped", "whacked", "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged", "drubbed", "fibbed", "hammered", "laced", "lambasted", "lathered", "licked", "mangled", "mauled", "paddled", "pelted", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pounded", "pummeled", "pummelled", "roughed", "slated", "slogged", "threshed", "thumped", "tromped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back" ], "synonyms":[ "bashed", "basted", "batted", "battered", "beat", "belabored", "belted", "bludgeoned", "buffeted", "bunged up", "clubbed", "curried", "did", "drubbed", "fibbed", "flogged", "hammered", "hided", "laced", "lambasted", "lashed", "lathered", "licked", "mauled", "messed (up)", "paddled", "pelted", "pommeled", "pommelled", "pounded", "pummeled", "pummelled", "punched out", "roughed (up)", "slated", "slogged", "switched", "tanned", "thrashed", "threshed", "thumped", "tromped", "walloped", "whaled", "whipped", "whopped", "whapped", "whupped", "worked over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assailed", "assaulted", "attacked", "beset", "boxed", "busted", "bust", "chopped", "clobbered", "clouted", "cracked", "cudgeled", "cudgelled", "cuffed", "descended (on or upon)", "hit", "jumped (on)", "knocked", "laid on", "lammed", "pasted", "pounced (on or upon)", "punched", "raided", "rushed", "slammed", "slapped", "smacked", "smashed", "socked", "spanked", "stormed", "swatted", "swiped", "thwacked", "whacked", "whammed", "whomped", "blackjacked", "caned", "cowhided", "flagellated", "fustigated", "horsewhipped", "leathered", "pistol-whipped", "rawhided", "scourged", "strapped", "gored", "lacerated", "wounded", "maimed", "mangled", "mutilated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birthmark":{ "as in mole , freckle":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "freckle", "mole", "blotch", "dapple", "dot", "eyespot", "fleck", "mottle", "patch", "pip", "point", "speck", "speckle", "splotch", "spot", "blob", "blot", "mark", "smear", "smudge", "smutch", "stain", "spatter", "splash", "polka dot" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birds of passage":{ "a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{ "examples":[ "Once a bird of passage , she eventually married and settled down in the city that stole her heart." ], "synonyms":[ "drifters", "gadabouts", "gypsies", "knockabouts", "maunderers", "nomads", "ramblers", "roamers", "rovers", "strollers", "vagabonds", "wanderers", "wayfarers" ], "near synonyms":[ "laggards", "stragglers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "sojourners", "bums", "hoboes", "hobos", "tramps", "passengers", "sightseers", "travelers", "travellers", "migrants", "transients", "vagrants", "amblers", "saunterers" ], "near antonyms":[ "homebodies", "denizens", "dwellers", "habitants", "inhabitants", "residents", "settlers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "phrase" ] }, "birthmarks":{ "as in moles , freckles":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "freckles", "moles", "blotches", "dapples", "dots", "eyespots", "flecks", "mottles", "patches", "pips", "points", "speckles", "specks", "splotches", "spots", "blobs", "blots", "marks", "smears", "smudges", "smutches", "stains", "spatters", "splashes", "polka dots" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birder":{ "as in hawker , falconer":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "falconer", "fowler", "hawker", "archer", "gunner", "hunter-gatherer", "trapper", "huntress", "sportsman", "sportswoman", "poacher", "hunter", "huntsman", "nimrod" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birch":{ "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "examples":[ "students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules" ], "synonyms":[ "cowhide", "flagellate", "flail", "flog", "hide", "horsewhip", "lash", "leather", "rawhide", "scourge", "slash", "switch", "tan", "thrash", "whale", "whip" ], "near synonyms":[ "knout", "quirt", "strap", "cut", "flick", "touch up", "blackjack", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "fustigate", "pistol-whip", "bang", "bop", "box", "bust", "clap", "clip", "clobber", "clout", "crack", "cuff", "hit", "knock", "lam", "paste", "punch", "slap", "slug", "smack", "smite", "sock", "spank", "swat", "swipe", "thwack", "wallop", "whack", "bash", "baste", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belabor", "belt", "bludgeon", "buffet", "bung", "drub", "fib", "hammer", "lace", "lambaste", "lambast", "lather", "lick", "mangle", "maul", "paddle", "pelt", "pommel", "pound", "pummel", "rough", "slate", "slog", "thresh", "thump", "tromp", "whop", "whap", "whup", "work over" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back" ], "synonyms":[ "bash", "baste", "bat", "batter", "beat", "belabor", "belt", "bludgeon", "buffet", "bung up", "club", "curry", "do", "drub", "fib", "flog", "hammer", "hide", "lace", "lambaste", "lambast", "lash", "lather", "lick", "maul", "mess (up)", "paddle", "pelt", "pommel", "pound", "pummel", "punch out", "rough (up)", "slate", "slog", "switch", "tan", "thrash", "thresh", "thump", "tromp", "wallop", "whale", "whip", "whop", "whap", "whup", "work over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assail", "assault", "attack", "beset", "box", "bust", "chop", "clobber", "clout", "crack", "cudgel", "cuff", "descend (on or upon)", "hit", "jump (on)", "knock", "lam", "lay on", "paste", "pounce (on or upon)", "punch", "raid", "rush", "slam", "slap", "smack", "smash", "sock", "spank", "storm", "swat", "swipe", "thwack", "whack", "wham", "whomp", "blackjack", "cane", "cowhide", "flagellate", "fustigate", "horsewhip", "leather", "pistol-whip", "rawhide", "scourge", "strap", "gore", "lacerate", "wound", "maim", "mangle", "mutilate" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hickory , rattan":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blacksnake", "bullwhip", "cat-o'-nine-tails", "cowhide", "crop", "hickory", "knout", "quirt", "rattan", "rawhide", "strap", "flogger", "lash", "scourge", "switch", "whip", "bastinado", "bastinade", "bat", "baton", "billy", "billy club", "bludgeon", "cane", "club", "cudgel", "flail", "nightstick", "staff" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "birdlimes":{ "as in captures , bags":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bags", "captures", "collars", "catches up", "enmeshes", "immeshes", "ensnares", "ensnarls", "entangles", "entoils", "entraps", "meshes", "nets", "snares", "tangles", "traps", "embroils", "implicates", "involves", "mires" ], "near antonyms":[ "disentangles", "untangles", "detaches", "disengages", "extricates", "clears", "frees", "liberates" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bird":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "they're a couple of tough old birds who can manage without any interference from their grandchildren" ], "synonyms":[ "baby", "being", "bod", "body", "character", "cookie", "cooky", "creature", "customer", "devil", "duck", "egg", "face", "fish", "guy", "head", "human", "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":[] }, "a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "the Liverpool fans were quick to give the visiting footballers the bird" ], "synonyms":[ "boo", "Bronx cheer", "catcall", "hiss", "hoot", "jeer", "raspberry", "razz", "snort" ], "near synonyms":[ "smirk", "sneer", "snicker", "snigger", "gibe", "jibe", "put-down", "taunt", "whistle" ], "near antonyms":[ "applause", "clapping" ], "antonyms":[ "cheer" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birds":{ "a member of the human race":{ "examples":[ "they're a couple of tough old birds who can manage without any interference from their grandchildren" ], "synonyms":[ "babies", "beings", "bodies", "bods", "characters", "cookies", "creatures", "customers", "devils", "ducks", "eggs", "faces", "fish", "fishes", "guys", "heads", "human beings", "humans", "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":[] }, "a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{ "examples":[ "the Liverpool fans were quick to give the visiting footballers the bird" ], "synonyms":[ "boos", "Bronx cheers", "catcalls", "hisses", "hoots", "jeers", "raspberries", "razzes", "snorts" ], "near synonyms":[ "smirks", "sneers", "snickers", "sniggers", "gibes", "jibes", "put-downs", "taunts", "whistles" ], "near antonyms":[ "applauses" ], "antonyms":[ "cheers" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birls":{ "to take part in drunken revelry":{ "examples":[ "spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night" ], "synonyms":[ "binges", "carouses", "revels", "roisters", "wassails" ], "near synonyms":[ "boozes", "drinks", "guzzles", "liquors (up)", "soaks", "tipples" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birse":{ "an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{ "examples":[ "as the lad's birse is fair up, it'd be best to leave him alone" ], "synonyms":[ "anger", "angriness", "choler", "furor", "fury", "indignation", "irateness", "ire", "lividity", "lividness", "mad", "madness", "mood", "outrage", "rage", "spleen", "wrath", "wrathfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "aggravation", "annoyance", "exasperation", "irritation", "vexation", "acrimoniousness", "acrimony", "animosity", "antagonism", "antipathy", "bile", "biliousness", "bitterness", "contempt", "embitterment", "empoisonment", "enmity", "grudge", "hostility", "rancor", "envy", "jaundice", "jealousy", "pique", "resentment", "malevolence", "malice", "spite", "vengefulness", "venom", "vindictiveness", "virulence", "vitriol", "belligerence", "contentiousness", "contrariness", "crankiness", "disputatiousness", "hot-headedness", "irascibility", "irascibleness", "irritability", "orneriness", "pugnaciousness", "pugnacity", "quarrelsomeness", "querulousness", "blowup", "flare", "flare-up", "outburst", "chafe", "dander", "dudgeon", "huff", "pet", "rise", "ruffle", "temper", "air rage", "road rage", "delirium", "heat", "passion", "warmth" ], "near antonyms":[ "calmness", "forbearance", "patience" ], "antonyms":[ "delight", "pleasure" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "bird-dogs":{ "to go after or on the track of":{ "examples":[ "suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "chases", "courses", "dogs", "follows", "hounds", "pursues", "runs", "shadows", "tags", "tails", "traces", "tracks", "trails" ], "near synonyms":[ "accompanies", "chaperones", "chaperons", "escorts", "hunts", "searches (for)", "seeks", "eyes", "observes", "watches" ], "near antonyms":[ "heads" ], "antonyms":[ "guides", "leads", "pilots" ] }, "as in hunters , sled dogs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bandogs", "coonhounds", "coursers", "gundogs", "hunters", "sheepdogs", "sled dogs", "watchdogs", "wolf dogs", "wolfhounds", "lapdogs", "puppies", "puppy dogs", "pups", "whelps", "guide dogs", "police dogs", "working dogs", "bitches", "curs", "mongrels", "mutts", "canines", "doggies", "dogs", "hounds", "pooches", "tykes", "tikes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "bird-dog":{ "to go after or on the track of":{ "examples":[ "suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "chase", "course", "dog", "follow", "hound", "pursue", "run", "shadow", "tag", "tail", "trace", "track", "trail" ], "near synonyms":[ "accompany", "chaperone", "chaperon", "escort", "hunt", "search (for)", "seek", "eye", "observe", "watch" ], "near antonyms":[ "head" ], "antonyms":[ "guide", "lead", "pilot" ] }, "as in hunter , sled dog":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bandog", "coonhound", "courser", "gundog", "hunter", "sheepdog", "sled dog", "watchdog", "wolf dog", "wolfhound", "lapdog", "pup", "puppy", "puppy dog", "whelp", "guide dog", "police dog", "working dog", "bitch", "cur", "mongrel", "mutt", "canine", "dog", "doggy", "doggie", "hound", "pooch", "tyke", "tike" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "birl":{ "to take part in drunken revelry":{ "examples":[ "spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night" ], "synonyms":[ "binge", "carouse", "revel", "roister", "wassail" ], "near synonyms":[ "booze", "drink", "guzzle", "liquor (up)", "soak", "tipple" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "bird-dogged":{ "to go after or on the track of":{ "examples":[ "suspecting infidelity, he hired a private detective to bird-dog his wife" ], "synonyms":[ "chased", "coursed", "dogged", "followed", "hounded", "pursued", "ran", "run", "shadowed", "tagged", "tailed", "traced", "tracked", "trailed" ], "near synonyms":[ "accompanied", "chaperoned", "escorted", "hunted", "searched (for)", "sought", "eyed", "observed", "watched" ], "near antonyms":[ "headed" ], "antonyms":[ "guided", "led", "piloted" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birled":{ "to take part in drunken revelry":{ "examples":[ "spent a good part of his time in Edinburgh birling into the wee small hours of the night" ], "synonyms":[ "binged", "caroused", "reveled", "revelled", "roistered", "wassailed" ], "near synonyms":[ "boozed", "drank", "guzzled", "liquored (up)", "soaked", "tippled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "birthstone":{ "as in gemstone , jewelry":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baguette", "cabochon", "cameo", "scarab", "solitaire", "teardrop", "brilliant", "gem", "gemstone", "jewel", "rock", "paste", "rhinestone", "zircon", "bauble", "bijou", "trinket", "crown jewels", "jewelry" ], "near antonyms":[ "rough" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birth pang":{ "as in contraction , pains":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "contraction", "pains", "accouchement", "childbearing", "childbirth", "delivery", "labor", "parturition", "travail", "pregnancy", "abortion", "miscarriage", "cesarean section", "caesarean section", "natural childbirth", "childbed", "confinement", "lying-in" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birthstones":{ "as in gemstones , jewelries":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baguettes", "cabochons", "cameos", "scarabs", "solitaires", "teardrops", "brilliants", "gems", "gemstones", "jewels", "rocks", "pastes", "rhinestones", "zircons", "baubles", "bijous", "bijoux", "trinkets", "crown jewels", "jewelries" ], "near antonyms":[ "roughs" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birth pangs":{ "as in pains , contractions":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "contractions", "pains", "accouchements", "childbearings", "childbirths", "deliveries", "labors", "parturitions", "travails", "pregnancies", "abortions", "miscarriages", "cesarean sections", "caesarean sections", "natural childbirths", "childbeds", "confinements", "lyings-in", "lying-ins" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "birches":{ "to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{ "examples":[ "students at the private school were once routinely birched for violating the rules" ], "synonyms":[ "cowhides", "flagellates", "flails", "flogs", "hides", "horsewhips", "lashes", "leathers", "rawhides", "scourges", "slashes", "switches", "tans", "thrashes", "whales", "whips" ], "near synonyms":[ "knouts", "quirts", "straps", "cuts", "flicks", "touches up", "blackjacks", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "fustigates", "pistol-whips", "bangs", "bops", "boxes", "busts", "claps", "clips", "clobbers", "clouts", "cracks", "cuffs", "hits", "knocks", "lams", "pastes", "punches", "slaps", "slugs", "smacks", "smites", "socks", "spanks", "swats", "swipes", "thwacks", "wallops", "whacks", "bashes", "bastes", "bats", "batters", "beats", "belabors", "belts", "bludgeons", "buffets", "bungs", "drubs", "fibs", "hammers", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "lathers", "licks", "mangles", "mauls", "paddles", "pelts", "pommels", "pounds", "pummels", "roughs", "slates", "slogs", "threshes", "thumps", "tromps", "whops", "whaps", "whups", "works over" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to strike repeatedly":{ "examples":[ "always a stern disciplinarian, our father birched anyone who talked back" ], "synonyms":[ "bashes", "bastes", "bats", "batters", "beats", "belabors", "belts", "bludgeons", "buffets", "bungs up", "clubs", "curries", "does", "drubs", "fibs", "flogs", "hammers", "hides", "laces", "lambastes", "lambasts", "lashes", "lathers", "licks", "mauls", "messes (up)", "paddles", "pelts", "pommels", "pounds", "pummels", "punches out", "roughs (up)", "slates", "slogs", "switches", "tans", "thrashes", "threshes", "thumps", "tromps", "wallops", "whales", "whips", "whops", "whaps", "whups", "works over" ], "near synonyms":[ "assails", "assaults", "attacks", "besets", "boxes", "busts", "chops", "clobbers", "clouts", "cracks", "cudgels", "cuffs", "descends (on or upon)", "hits", "jumps (on)", "knocks", "lams", "lays on", "pastes", "pounces (on or upon)", "punches", "raids", "rushes", "slams", "slaps", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "storms", "swats", "swipes", "thwacks", "whacks", "whams", "whomps", "blackjacks", "canes", "cowhides", "flagellates", "fustigates", "horsewhips", "leathers", "pistol-whips", "rawhides", "scourges", "straps", "gores", "lacerates", "wounds", "maims", "mangles", "mutilates" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hickories , rattans":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blacksnakes", "bullwhips", "cat-o'-nine-tails", "cowhides", "crops", "hickories", "knouts", "quirts", "rattans", "rawhides", "straps", "floggers", "lashes", "scourges", "switches", "whips", "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batons", "bats", "billies", "billy clubs", "bludgeons", "canes", "clubs", "cudgels", "flails", "nightsticks", "staffs", "staves" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }