{ "dot":{ "a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{ "examples":[ "there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered" ], "synonyms":[ "blotch", "dapple", "eyespot", "fleck", "mottle", "patch", "pip", "point", "speck", "speckle", "splotch", "spot" ], "near synonyms":[ "birthmark", "freckle", "mole", "blob", "blot", "mark", "smear", "smudge", "smutch", "stain", "spatter", "splash", "polka dot" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{ "examples":[ "a hillside dotted with wildflowers" ], "synonyms":[ "bestrew", "pepper", "scatter", "sow", "spot", "spray", "sprinkle", "strew" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanket", "drizzle", "dust", "stud", "dapple", "fleck", "speckle", "stipple", "bespatter", "spatter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{ "examples":[ "the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "blotch", "dapple", "fleck", "freckle", "marble", "mottle", "pepper", "shoot", "speck", "speckle", "splotch", "spot", "sprinkle", "stipple" ], "near synonyms":[ "blot", "dye", "stain", "band", "bar", "streak", "stripe", "intersperse", "set", "stud", "bespatter", "spatter" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "doting (on)":{ "to love or admire too much":{ "examples":[ "doted on her only grandchild" ], "synonyms":[ "adoring", "adulating", "canonizing", "deifying", "hero-worshipping", "hero-worshiping", "idolizing", "worshipping", "worshiping" ], "near synonyms":[ "appreciating", "cherishing", "esteeming", "prizing", "treasuring", "valuing", "fancying", "favoring", "liking", "preferring", "regarding", "hallowing", "respecting", "revering", "venerating", "approving", "endorsing", "indorsing", "supporting" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorring", "abominating", "despising", "detesting", "disdaining", "disliking", "hating", "loathing", "belittling", "deprecating", "disparaging", "misprizing", "putting down" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dote (on)":{ "to love or admire too much":{ "examples":[ "doted on her only grandchild" ], "synonyms":[ "adore", "adulate", "canonize", "deify", "hero-worship", "idolize", "worship" ], "near synonyms":[ "appreciate", "cherish", "esteem", "prize", "treasure", "value", "fancy", "favor", "like", "prefer", "regard", "hallow", "respect", "revere", "venerate", "approve", "endorse", "indorse", "support" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhor", "abominate", "despise", "detest", "disdain", "dislike", "hate", "loathe", "belittle", "deprecate", "disparage", "misprize", "put down" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dotting":{ "to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{ "examples":[ "a hillside dotted with wildflowers" ], "synonyms":[ "bestrewing", "peppering", "scattering", "sowing", "spotting", "spraying", "sprinkling", "strewing" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanketing", "drizzling", "dusting", "studding", "dappling", "flecking", "speckling", "stippling", "bespattering", "spattering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{ "examples":[ "the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "blotching", "dappling", "flecking", "freckling", "marbling", "mottling", "peppering", "shooting", "specking", "speckling", "splotching", "spotting", "sprinkling", "stippling" ], "near synonyms":[ "blotting", "dyeing", "staining", "banding", "barring", "streaking", "striping", "interspersing", "setting", "studding", "bespattering", "spattering" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dotard":{ "as in senior citizen , grandam":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "ancient", "elder", "geriatric", "golden-ager", "oldster", "old-timer", "senior", "senior citizen", "beldam", "beldame", "dowager", "grandam", "grandame", "adult", "grown-up", "gaffer", "graybeard", "patriarch", "whitebeard" ], "near antonyms":[ "youngster", "youth", "adolescent", "minor", "child", "cub", "juvenile", "kid", "kiddie", "kiddy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dotty":{ "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "dotty relatives that we have to endure only on Thanksgiving" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "fatuous", "featherheaded", "fool", "foolish", "half-baked", "half-witted", "harebrained", "inept", "insane", "jerky", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "lunkheaded", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "senseless", "silly", "simpleminded", "stupid", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "weak-minded", "witless", "zany" ], "near synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "boobish", "brain-dead", "chowderheaded", "chuckleheaded", "clueless", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "feebleminded", "gormless", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "mindless", "moronic", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "thoughtless", "thick", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "vacuous", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "nonrational", "surd", "unreasonable", "unreasoning", "unsound", "weak", "farcical", "laughable", "ludicrous", "ridiculous", "notional", "buffoonish", "clownish", "ill-advised", "unconsidered", "unreasoned" ], "near antonyms":[ "brainy", "bright", "clever", "intelligent", "smart", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid", "well-advised" ], "antonyms":[ "judicious", "prudent", "sagacious", "sage", "sane", "sapient", "sensible", "sound", "wise" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "doted (on)":{ "to love or admire too much":{ "examples":[ "doted on her only grandchild" ], "synonyms":[ "adored", "adulated", "canonized", "deified", "hero-worshipped", "hero-worshiped", "idolized", "worshipped", "worshiped" ], "near synonyms":[ "appreciated", "cherished", "esteemed", "prized", "treasured", "valued", "fancied", "favored", "liked", "preferred", "regarded", "hallowed", "respected", "revered", "venerated", "approved", "endorsed", "indorsed", "supported" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhorred", "abominated", "despised", "detested", "disdained", "disliked", "hated", "loathed", "belittled", "deprecated", "disparaged", "misprized", "put down" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dotes (on)":{ "to love or admire too much":{ "examples":[ "doted on her only grandchild" ], "synonyms":[ "adores", "adulates", "canonizes", "deifies", "hero-worships", "idolizes", "worships" ], "near synonyms":[ "appreciates", "cherishes", "esteems", "prizes", "treasures", "values", "fancies", "favors", "likes", "prefers", "regards", "hallows", "respects", "reveres", "venerates", "approves", "endorses", "indorses", "supports" ], "near antonyms":[ "abhors", "abominates", "despises", "detests", "disdains", "dislikes", "hates", "loathes", "belittles", "deprecates", "disparages", "misprizes", "puts down" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "dots":{ "a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{ "examples":[ "there was just a dot on the tablecloth where the food had spattered" ], "synonyms":[ "blotches", "dapples", "eyespots", "flecks", "mottles", "patches", "pips", "points", "speckles", "specks", "splotches", "spots" ], "near synonyms":[ "birthmarks", "freckles", "moles", "blobs", "blots", "marks", "smears", "smudges", "smutches", "stains", "spatters", "splashes", "polka dots" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{ "examples":[ "a hillside dotted with wildflowers" ], "synonyms":[ "bestrews", "peppers", "scatters", "sows", "spots", "sprays", "sprinkles", "strews" ], "near synonyms":[ "blankets", "drizzles", "dusts", "studs", "dapples", "flecks", "speckles", "stipples", "bespatters", "spatters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{ "examples":[ "the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "blotches", "dapples", "flecks", "freckles", "marbles", "mottles", "peppers", "shoots", "speckles", "specks", "splotches", "spots", "sprinkles", "stipples" ], "near synonyms":[ "blots", "dyes", "stains", "bands", "bars", "streaks", "stripes", "intersperses", "sets", "studs", "bespatters", "spatters" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "dotage":{ "the state or period of mental decline that typically accompanies old age":{ "examples":[ "he's now in that stage of his dotage where he has trouble remembering the simplest things" ], "synonyms":[ "caducity", "second childhood", "senility" ], "near synonyms":[ "anility", "decrepitude", "feebleness", "infirmity", "geezerhood", "senectitude", "senescence" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doting":{ "as in caring , compassionate":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "caring", "compassionate", "considerate", "cordial", "forgiving", "friendly", "humane", "kind", "understanding", "warmhearted", "adoring", "affectionate", "devoted", "fond", "loving", "tender", "tenderhearted", "ardent", "fervent", "impassioned", "passionate", "warm", "amatory", "amorous", "erotic", "erotical", "enamored", "infatuated", "lovesick", "lovey-dovey", "mushy", "romantic", "sappy", "sentimental", "brotherly", "fatherly", "motherly", "sisterly" ], "near antonyms":[ "unloving", "aloof", "antisocial", "cold-eyed", "cool", "detached", "distant", "dry", "frosty", "hard-hearted", "indifferent", "offish", "pitiless", "remote", "reserved", "standoffish", "unbending", "uncaring", "unfeeling", "disaffected", "unconcerned", "uninvolved", "cold", "frigid", "unfriendly", "callous", "cold-blooded", "hard-boiled", "heartless", "pitiless", "ruthless", "soulless", "unromantic", "unsentimental" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dotty (over)":{ "filled with an intense or excessive love for":{ "examples":[ "she's dotty over begonias\u2014as you can see the minute you enter her house" ], "synonyms":[ "besotted (by)", "crazy (about or over)", "enamored (of)", "enraptured (by)", "gaga (over)", "gone (on)", "infatuated (with)", "mad (about)", "nuts (about)" ], "near synonyms":[ "hung up (on)", "obsessed", "foolish", "silly", "wild", "bewitched", "captivated", "charmed", "enchanted", "entranced", "fascinated" ], "near antonyms":[ "cool", "detached", "unenchanted", "unimpressed", "disenchanted", "disillusioned", "heart-free" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dotted":{ "marked with spots":{ "examples":[ "a dotted tie that didn't go with his striped shirt at all" ], "synonyms":[ "dappled", "dapple", "flecked", "freckled", "mottled", "specked", "speckled", "splotchy", "spotted", "spotty", "stippled", "variegated" ], "near synonyms":[ "spangled", "marbled", "moir\u00e9", "moire", "veined", "chromatic", "colored", "colorful", "motley", "multicolored", "multihued", "polychromatic", "polychrome", "prismatic", "rainbow", "varicolored", "blotched", "blotchy", "piebald", "pinto", "roan" ], "near antonyms":[ "solid" ], "antonyms":[ "unspotted" ] }, "to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{ "examples":[ "a hillside dotted with wildflowers" ], "synonyms":[ "bestrewed", "peppered", "scattered", "sowed", "spotted", "sprayed", "sprinkled", "strewed" ], "near synonyms":[ "blanketed", "drizzled", "dusted", "studded", "dappled", "flecked", "speckled", "stippled", "bespattered", "spattered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{ "examples":[ "the practice of some chefs of positioning a small portion of food in the center and dotting the rest of the plate with sauce" ], "synonyms":[ "blotched", "dappled", "flecked", "freckled", "marbled", "mottled", "peppered", "shot", "specked", "speckled", "splotched", "spotted", "sprinkled", "stippled" ], "near synonyms":[ "blotted", "dyed", "stained", "banded", "barred", "streaked", "striped", "interspersed", "set", "studded", "bespattered", "spattered" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] } }