{ "ribber":{ "as in heckler , tormentor":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baiter", "heckler", "needler", "taunter", "tease", "teaser", "tormentor", "tormenter", "torturer", "defamer", "libeler", "libelist", "traducer", "derider", "insulter", "mocker", "ridiculer", "scoffer", "scorner", "gossip", "gossiper", "talebearer", "tattler", "tattletale", "troublemaker", "caricaturist", "lampooner", "parodist", "satirist" ], "near antonyms":[ "butt", "mark", "prey", "sitting duck", "target", "victim", "laughingstock", "mockery", "pilgarlic", "lightning rod" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ribaldry":{ "the quality or state of being obscene":{ "examples":[ "there's a ribaldry in the works of Chaucer that generations of students of English literature have heartily enjoyed" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdiness", "blueness", "coarseness", "crudeness", "crudity", "dirt", "dirtiness", "filth", "filthiness", "foulness", "grossness", "impureness", "impurity", "indecency", "lasciviousness", "lewdness", "nastiness", "obscenity", "profanity", "raunch", "raunchiness", "smut", "smuttiness", "vulgarity", "wantonness" ], "near synonyms":[ "broadness", "earthiness", "gaminess", "raciness", "saltiness", "suggestiveness", "immodesty", "indecorousness", "indelicacy", "indelicateness", "lowness", "unbecomingness", "lechery", "depravedness", "depravity", "kinkiness", "naughtiness", "perverseness", "perversion", "perversity", "pervertedness", "wickedness", "exceptionability", "objectionableness", "unacceptability", "undesirability", "reprehensibility", "reprehensibleness", "abusiveness", "scurrilousness", "atrociousness", "atrocity", "infamy", "loathsomeness", "offensiveness", "repellency", "repugnance", "repulsiveness", "distastefulness", "obnoxiousness", "unpleasantness" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggery", "priggishness", "primness", "prudery", "prudishness", "puritanism", "correctness", "decency", "decorousness", "decorum", "seemliness", "appropriateness", "fitness", "suitability", "suitableness", "perfection", "purity", "spotlessness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ribbons":{ "a long narrow piece of material":{ "examples":[ "tied a silk ribbon in her hair" ], "synonyms":[ "lists", "slips", "strips" ], "near synonyms":[ "slats", "bandages", "bands", "belts", "bindings", "girths", "straps", "swatches", "swaths", "swathes", "tapes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{ "examples":[ "over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind" ], "synonyms":[ "rends", "rips", "rives", "shreds", "tatters", "tears" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks", "cleaves", "ruptures", "splits", "cuts", "gashes", "incises", "lacerates", "slashes", "butchers", "dismembers", "dissects", "hacks", "mangles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ribbon":{ "a long narrow piece of material":{ "examples":[ "tied a silk ribbon in her hair" ], "synonyms":[ "list", "slip", "strip" ], "near synonyms":[ "slat", "band", "bandage", "belt", "binding", "girth", "strap", "swatch", "swath", "swathe", "tape" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{ "examples":[ "over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind" ], "synonyms":[ "rend", "rip", "rive", "shred", "tatter", "tear" ], "near synonyms":[ "break", "cleave", "rupture", "split", "cut", "gash", "incise", "lacerate", "slash", "butcher", "dismember", "dissect", "hack", "mangle" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ribbers":{ "as in hecklers , tormentors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "baiters", "hecklers", "needlers", "taunters", "teasers", "teases", "tormentors", "tormenters", "torturers", "defamers", "libelers", "libelists", "traducers", "deriders", "insulters", "mockers", "ridiculers", "scoffers", "scorners", "gossipers", "gossips", "talebearers", "tattlers", "tattletales", "troublemakers", "caricaturists", "lampooners", "parodists", "satirists" ], "near antonyms":[ "butts", "marks", "prey", "preys", "sitting ducks", "targets", "victims", "laughingstocks", "mockeries", "pilgarlics", "lightning rods" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "ribboned":{ "to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{ "examples":[ "over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind" ], "synonyms":[ "rent", "rended", "ripped", "rived", "shredded", "tattered", "tore" ], "near synonyms":[ "broke", "cleaved", "cleft", "ruptured", "split", "cut", "gashed", "incised", "lacerated", "slashed", "butchered", "dismembered", "dissected", "hacked", "mangled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "rib":{ "a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{ "examples":[ "the movie is a rib of the \"dramatic love story\" that was so popular in the 1950s" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesque", "caricature", "parody", "put-on", "send-up", "spoof", "takeoff", "travesty" ], "near synonyms":[ "lampoon", "mockery", "satire", "comedy", "farce", "humor", "sketch", "slapstick", "squib", "distortion", "exaggeration", "imitation", "impersonation", "mimicking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something said or done to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "began to lose his sense of humor after being the butt of his friends' ribs once too often" ], "synonyms":[ "boff", "boffo", "boffola", "crack", "drollery", "funny", "gag", "giggle", "jape", "jest", "joke", "josh", "laugh", "nifty", "one-liner", "pleasantry", "quip", "sally", "waggery", "wisecrack", "witticism", "yuk", "yuck", "yak", "yock" ], "near synonyms":[ "funning", "joking", "wisecracking", "knee-slapper", "panic", "riot", "scream", "thigh-slapper", "antic", "buffoonery", "caper", "leg-pull", "monkeyshine(s)", "practical joke", "prank", "trick", "burlesque", "caricature", "lampoon", "mock", "mockery", "parody", "put-on", "riff", "banter", "kidding", "persiflage", "raillery", "repartee", "drollness", "facetiousness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humorousness", "comedy", "humor", "wit", "wordplay" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make fun of in a good-natured way":{ "examples":[ "ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play" ], "synonyms":[ "chaff", "jive", "joke", "josh", "kid", "rally", "razz", "ride", "roast", "tease" ], "near synonyms":[ "banter", "fool", "fun", "string along", "jest", "quip", "wisecrack", "gag", "jape", "jolly", "yuk", "yuck" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ribbed":{ "to make fun of in a good-natured way":{ "examples":[ "ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play" ], "synonyms":[ "chaffed", "jived", "joked", "joshed", "kidded", "rallied", "razzed", "roasted", "rode", "rid", "teased" ], "near synonyms":[ "bantered", "fooled", "funned", "strung along", "jested", "quipped", "wisecracked", "gagged", "japed", "jollied", "yukked", "yucked" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ribald":{ "depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{ "examples":[ "some of the movie's most ribald , and thus funniest, scenes were cut for showing on broadcast television" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "coarse", "crude", "dirty", "filthy", "foul", "gross", "gutter", "impure", "indecent", "lascivious", "lewd", "locker-room", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "profane", "raunchy", "smutty", "stag", "trashy", "unprintable", "vulgar", "wanton", "X-rated" ], "near synonyms":[ "broad", "coarse-grained", "gamy", "gamey", "off", "off-color", "off-colored", "racy", "risqu\u00e9", "salacious", "salty", "suggestive", "barnyard", "earthy", "scatological", "immodest", "indecorous", "indelicate", "low", "unbecoming", "depraved", "kinky", "louche", "naughty", "perverse", "perverted", "wicked", "exceptionable", "objectionable", "unacceptable", "undesirable", "unwanted", "unwelcome", "abhorrent", "debasing", "disgusting", "loathsome", "offensive", "repellent", "repellant", "repugnant", "repulsive", "revolting", "distasteful", "obnoxious", "unpleasant", "blamable", "blameworthy", "censurable", "reprehensible", "atrocious", "infamous", "abusive", "scurrilous", "hard-core", "soft", "soft-core" ], "near antonyms":[ "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "staid", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian", "correct", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "acceptable", "agreeable", "desirable", "pleasant", "pleasing", "welcome", "appropriate", "becoming", "fit", "meet", "suitable", "immaculate", "perfect", "pure", "spotless", "virginal", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "sanctioned" ], "antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "G-rated", "nonobscene", "wholesome" ] }, "hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{ "examples":[ "a ribald tale rife with double entendres and racy innuendo" ], "synonyms":[ "bawdy", "blue", "gamy", "gamey", "lewd", "off", "off-color", "off-colored", "racy", "risqu\u00e9", "salty", "spicy", "suggestive" ], "near synonyms":[ "leering", "barnyard", "coarse", "coarse-grained", "crude", "earthy", "foul", "gross", "vulgar", "dirty", "filthy", "gutter", "indecent", "lascivious", "locker-room", "nasty", "obscene", "pornographic", "porny", "prurient", "raunchy", "smutty", "stag", "unprintable", "unpublishable", "warm", "X-rated", "immodest", "indecorous", "indelicate", "naughty" ], "near antonyms":[ "clean", "decent", "G-rated", "nonobscene", "innocuous", "inoffensive", "priggish", "prim", "prudish", "puritanical", "staid", "straitlaced", "straightlaced", "Victorian", "correct", "decorous", "genteel", "nice", "polite", "proper", "respectable", "seemly" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "ribbing":{ "marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing":{ "examples":[ "the lightly ribbing tone tipped me off that this wasn't a serious reprimand" ], "synonyms":[ "bantering", "chaffing", "fooling", "funning", "jesting", "joking", "joshing", "kidding", "quizzical", "rallying", "razzing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bandying", "quipping", "baiting", "deriding", "derisive", "derisory", "hassling", "heckling", "jeering", "mocking", "needling", "ridiculing", "taunting", "contemptuous", "disdainful", "sarcastic", "scornful" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "as in mocking , razzing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fooling", "kidding", "mocking", "razzing", "ridiculing", "drollness", "facetiousness", "funniness", "hilariousness", "humorousness", "richness", "humor", "wit", "wordplay", "barb", "crack", "dig", "gag", "gambit", "jest", "joke", "laugh", "pleasantry", "quip", "sally", "waggery", "wisecrack", "witticism", "nothings", "backchat", "badinage", "banter", "chaff", "give-and-take", "jesting", "joshing", "persiflage", "raillery", "repartee", "chatter", "chitchat", "gossip", "small talk" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make fun of in a good-natured way":{ "examples":[ "ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play" ], "synonyms":[ "chaffing", "jiving", "joking", "joshing", "kidding", "rallying", "razzing", "riding", "roasting", "teasing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bantering", "fooling", "funning", "stringing along", "jesting", "quipping", "wisecracking", "gagging", "japing", "jollying", "yukking", "yucking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun", "verb" ] }, "ribboning":{ "to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{ "examples":[ "over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind" ], "synonyms":[ "rending", "ripping", "riving", "shredding", "tattering", "tearing" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaking", "cleaving", "rupturing", "splitting", "cutting", "gashing", "incising", "lacerating", "slashing", "butchering", "dismembering", "dissecting", "hacking", "mangling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "ribbon(s)":{ "a long narrow piece of material":{ "examples":[ "tied a silk ribbon in her hair" ], "synonyms":[ "lists", "slips", "strips" ], "near synonyms":[ "slats", "bandages", "bands", "belts", "bindings", "girths", "straps", "swatches", "swaths", "swathes", "tapes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{ "examples":[ "over the years the historic flag had become badly ribboned by the wind" ], "synonyms":[ "rends", "rips", "rives", "shreds", "tatters", "tears" ], "near synonyms":[ "breaks", "cleaves", "ruptures", "splits", "cuts", "gashes", "incises", "lacerates", "slashes", "butchers", "dismembers", "dissects", "hacks", "mangles" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "ribs":{ "a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{ "examples":[ "the movie is a rib of the \"dramatic love story\" that was so popular in the 1950s" ], "synonyms":[ "burlesques", "caricatures", "parodies", "put-ons", "send-ups", "spoofs", "takeoffs", "travesties" ], "near synonyms":[ "lampoons", "mockeries", "satires", "comedies", "farces", "humors", "sketches", "slapsticks", "squibs", "distortions", "exaggerations", "imitations", "impersonations" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something said or done to cause laughter":{ "examples":[ "began to lose his sense of humor after being the butt of his friends' ribs once too often" ], "synonyms":[ "boffolas", "boffs", "boffos", "cracks", "drolleries", "funnies", "gags", "giggles", "japes", "jests", "jokes", "joshes", "laughs", "nifties", "one-liners", "pleasantries", "quips", "sallies", "waggeries", "wisecracks", "witticisms", "yuks", "yucks", "yaks", "yocks" ], "near synonyms":[ "knee-slappers", "panics", "riots", "screams", "thigh-slappers", "antics", "buffooneries", "capers", "leg-pulls", "monkeyshines", "practical jokes", "pranks", "tricks", "burlesques", "caricatures", "lampoons", "mockeries", "mocks", "parodies", "put-ons", "riffs", "banters", "persiflages", "railleries", "repartees", "comedies", "humors", "wits", "wordplays" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to make fun of in a good-natured way":{ "examples":[ "ribbed him a bit about fumbling such an easy play" ], "synonyms":[ "chaffs", "jives", "jokes", "joshes", "kids", "rallies", "razzes", "rides", "roasts", "teases" ], "near synonyms":[ "banters", "fools", "funs", "strings along", "jests", "quips", "wisecracks", "gags", "japes", "jollies", "yuks", "yucks" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }