{ "double Dutch":{ "type":[ "noun" ], "unintelligible or meaningless talk":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the fast-talking con man spouts some double Dutch , and it is only afterwards that the victim realizes that he's given two twenties for a ten" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "blah", "blah-blah", "hocus-pocus", "hokeypokey", "twaddle", "chatter", "gab", "patter", "prate", "tattle", "twitter", "cackle", "clack", "clatter" ], "synonyms":[ "abracadabra", "babble", "blabber", "burble", "double-talk", "drivel", "gabble", "gibber", "gibberish", "jabber", "jabberwocky", "mumbo jumbo", "nonsense", "prattle", "slobber" ] } }, "double cross":{ "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "examples":[ "she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us" ], "synonyms":[ "backstab", "betray", "cross", "sell (out)", "two-time" ], "near synonyms":[ "give away", "inform (on)", "peach", "rat (on)", "shop", "snitch (on)", "split (on)", "tell (on)", "turn in" ], "near antonyms":[ "defend", "guard", "protect", "safeguard", "save", "shield" ], "antonyms":[ "stand by" ] }, "the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{ "examples":[ "politics is full of double crosses and backbiting" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabbing", "betrayal", "business", "disloyalty", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "infidelity", "perfidy", "sellout", "treachery", "treason", "two-timing", "unfaithfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandonment", "desertion", "deceit", "deception", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "guile", "two-facedness", "fraud", "informing", "lying", "snitching", "talebearing", "trickery" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependability", "reliability", "trustworthiness", "defense", "protection", "safeguard", "shield" ], "antonyms":[ "allegiance", "devotion", "faithfulness", "fealty", "fidelity", "loyalty", "staunchness", "steadfastness" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "double crosses":{ "the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{ "antonyms":[ "allegiances", "devotions", "fealties", "fidelities", "loyalties" ], "examples":[ "politics is full of double crosses and backbiting" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependabilities", "reliabilities", "defenses", "protections", "safeguards", "shields" ], "related":[ "abandonments", "desertions", "deceits", "deceptions", "double-dealings", "duplicities", "guiles", "frauds", "talebearings", "trickeries" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabbings", "betrayals", "businesses", "disloyalties", "falsities", "infidelities", "perfidies", "sellouts", "treacheries", "treasons" ] }, "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "antonyms":[ "stands by" ], "examples":[ "she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us" ], "near antonyms":[ "defends", "guards", "protects", "safeguards", "saves", "shields" ], "related":[ "gives away", "informs (on)", "peaches", "rats (on)", "shops", "snitches (on)", "splits (on)", "tells (on)", "turns in" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabs", "betrays", "crosses", "sells (out)", "two-times" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "double-cross":{ "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "examples":[ "she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us" ], "synonyms":[ "backstab", "betray", "cross", "sell (out)", "two-time" ], "near synonyms":[ "give away", "inform (on)", "peach", "rat (on)", "shop", "snitch (on)", "split (on)", "tell (on)", "turn in" ], "near antonyms":[ "defend", "guard", "protect", "safeguard", "save", "shield" ], "antonyms":[ "stand by" ] }, "the act or fact of violating the trust or confidence of another":{ "examples":[ "politics is full of double crosses and backbiting" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabbing", "betrayal", "business", "disloyalty", "faithlessness", "falseness", "falsity", "infidelity", "perfidy", "sellout", "treachery", "treason", "two-timing", "unfaithfulness" ], "near synonyms":[ "abandonment", "desertion", "deceit", "deception", "double-dealing", "duplicity", "guile", "two-facedness", "fraud", "informing", "lying", "snitching", "talebearing", "trickery" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependability", "reliability", "trustworthiness", "defense", "protection", "safeguard", "shield" ], "antonyms":[ "allegiance", "devotion", "faithfulness", "fealty", "fidelity", "loyalty", "staunchness", "steadfastness" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "double-crosser":{ "one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{ "examples":[ "we knew he was a double-crosser so we didn't tell him our real plans" ], "synonyms":[ "apostate", "backstabber", "betrayer", "double-dealer", "Judas", "quisling", "recreant", "serpent", "snake", "traitor", "turncoat" ], "near synonyms":[ "accommodationist", "collaborationist", "collaborator", "sellout", "subversive", "subverter", "coconspirator", "conspirator", "intriguer", "plotter", "schemer", "defector", "deserter", "renegade", "blabbermouth", "gossip", "gossiper", "gossipmonger", "informant", "informer", "rat", "rumormonger", "snitch", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon", "talebearer", "talker", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-crossing":{ "to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{ "examples":[ "she promised to share the profits but then double-crossed us" ], "synonyms":[ "backstabbing", "betraying", "crossing", "selling (out)", "two-timing" ], "near synonyms":[ "giving away", "informing (on)", "peaching", "ratting (on)", "shopping", "snitching (on)", "splitting (on)", "telling (on)", "turning in" ], "near antonyms":[ "defending", "guarding", "protecting", "safeguarding", "saving", "shielding" ], "antonyms":[ "standing by" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doubled":{ "to make twice as great or as many":{ "examples":[ "we doubled our investment in six months" ], "synonyms":[ "duplicated", "redoubled" ], "near synonyms":[ "compounded", "multiplied", "accumulated", "ballooned", "built (up)", "burgeoned", "bourgeoned", "enlarged", "escalated", "expanded", "increased", "mounted", "mushroomed", "proliferated", "rose", "snowballed", "swelled", "waxed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to lay one part over or against another part of":{ "examples":[ "double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead" ], "synonyms":[ "folded" ], "near synonyms":[ "overlaid", "overlapped", "overlay", "collapsed", "telescoped", "closed", "shut", "plaited", "pleated" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "extended", "opened", "spread", "unfolded", "unrolled" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doubles":{ "something or someone that strongly resembles another":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "he looks so much like you that he could be your double" ], "near antonyms":[ "antitheses", "converses", "opposites", "reverses" ], "related":[ "Chinese copies", "effigies", "portraits", "portrayals", "companions", "fellows", "mates", "equals", "equivalents", "analogues", "analogs", "parallels" ], "synonyms":[ "alter egos", "carbon copies", "carbons", "clones", "counterparts", "doppelg\u00e4ngers", "doppelgangers", "duplicates", "duplications", "facsimiles", "fetches", "images", "likenesses", "look-alikes", "matches", "mirror images", "pictures", "replicas", "ringers", "spits", "spitting images", "twins" ] }, "to lay one part over or against another part of":{ "antonyms":[ "extends", "opens", "spreads", "unfolds", "unrolls" ], "examples":[ "double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "overlaps", "overlays", "overlies", "collapses", "telescopes", "closes", "shuts", "plaits", "pleats" ], "synonyms":[ "folds" ] }, "to make twice as great or as many":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "we doubled our investment in six months" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "compounds", "multiplies", "accumulates", "balloons", "builds (up)", "burgeons", "bourgeons", "enlarges", "escalates", "expands", "increases", "mounts", "mushrooms", "proliferates", "rises", "snowballs", "swells", "waxes" ], "synonyms":[ "duplicates", "redoubles" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "doubted":{ "to have no trust or confidence in":{ "antonyms":[ "trusted" ], "examples":[ "I doubt that you can do all that you say" ], "near antonyms":[ "banked (on or upon)", "counted (on or upon)", "depended (on or upon)", "relied (on or upon)" ], "related":[ "disbelieved", "discounted", "discredited", "negated" ], "synonyms":[ "distrusted", "misdoubted", "mistrusted", "questioned", "suspected" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doubtful":{ "not feeling sure about the truth, wisdom, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{ "examples":[ "he was doubtful about the decision to complete the project despite its mounting problems" ], "synonyms":[ "distrustful", "dubious", "hinky", "mistrustful", "skeptical", "suspicious", "trustless", "uncertain", "unconvinced", "undecided", "unsettled", "unsure" ], "near synonyms":[ "ambivalent", "conflicted", "equivocal", "diffident", "insecure", "halting", "hesitant", "indecisive", "irresolute", "vacillating", "wavering" ], "near antonyms":[ "assured", "confident", "sanguine", "self-assured", "decisive", "determined", "resolute" ], "antonyms":[ "certain", "convinced", "positive", "sure" ] }, "giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{ "examples":[ "the election results were highly doubtful , so an investigation was begun" ], "synonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "dodgy", "doubtable", "dubious", "dubitable", "equivocal", "fishy", "problematic", "problematical", "queer", "questionable", "shady", "shaky", "suspect", "suspicious" ], "near synonyms":[ "alleged", "so-called", "supposed", "moot", "ambiguous", "open", "unclear", "uncertain", "undecided", "undetermined", "far-fetched", "flimsy", "improbable", "unlikely", "weak" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "definitive", "clear", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "positive" ], "antonyms":[ "certain", "hands-down", "incontestable", "indisputable", "indubitable", "questionless", "sure", "undeniable", "undoubted", "unproblematic", "unquestionable" ] }, "not likely to be true or to occur":{ "examples":[ "our winning the championship increasingly looks like a doubtful outcome" ], "synonyms":[ "dubious", "far-fetched", "flimsy", "improbable", "questionable", "unapt", "unlikely" ], "near synonyms":[ "implausible", "impossible", "inconceivable", "incredible", "unbelievable", "unimaginable", "unthinkable", "absurd", "bizarre", "crazy", "fantastic", "fantastical", "foolish", "insane", "nonsensical", "odd", "outlandish", "preposterous", "ridiculous", "unreal", "wild", "outside", "remote", "slight" ], "near antonyms":[ "believable", "conceivable", "credible", "earthly", "imaginable", "plausible", "possible", "potential", "liable" ], "antonyms":[ "likely", "probable" ] }, "open to question or dispute":{ "examples":[ "a doubtful claim to the property" ], "synonyms":[ "arguable", "controvertible", "debatable", "disputable", "doubtable", "issuable", "moot", "negotiable", "questionable" ], "near synonyms":[ "contradictable", "refutable", "controversial", "debated", "disputed", "dubious", "iffy", "inconclusive", "indecisive", "problematic", "problematical", "shaky", "uncertain", "academic", "academical", "hypothetical", "speculative", "theoretical", "theoretic", "ambiguous", "equivocal" ], "near antonyms":[ "irrefutable", "definite", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "absolute", "clear", "conclusive", "decisive", "uncontested", "undisputed" ], "antonyms":[ "accomplished", "certain", "hands-down", "inarguable", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "irrefragable", "positive", "questionless", "settled", "sure", "unanswerable", "unarguable", "unchallengeable", "undebatable", "undeniable", "unquestionable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "douceurs":{ "as in bribes , sops":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bribes", "peace offerings", "sops", "advances", "loans" ], "near antonyms":[ "bestowals", "comps", "donations", "donatives", "fairings", "freebies", "freebees", "gifts", "giveaways", "handsels", "lagniappes", "largesses", "presentations", "presents", "alms", "benefactions", "beneficences", "benevolences", "charities", "contributions", "doles", "handouts", "oblations", "offerings", "philanthropies", "tithes", "boxes", "care packages", "foys" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doughy":{ "lacking a healthy skin color":{ "antonyms":[ "blooming", "florid", "flush", "full-blooded", "glowing", "red", "rosy", "rubicund", "ruddy", "sanguine" ], "examples":[ "she worried that her husband was very ill when she saw his doughy complexion" ], "near antonyms":[ "blushing", "flushed", "pink" ], "related":[ "sallow", "sallowish", "sick", "sickly", "waxen", "waxy", "white", "whitened", "anemic", "bloodless", "untanned", "whey-faced", "white-faced" ], "synonyms":[ "ashen", "ashy", "blanched", "cadaverous", "livid", "lurid", "mealy", "pale", "paled", "pallid", "pasty", "peaked", "wan" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "douse":{ "a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{ "examples":[ "those soccer hooligans need a sound douse or two from a police officer's club" ], "synonyms":[ "bang", "bash", "bat", "beat", "belt", "biff", "blow", "bop", "box", "buffet", "bust", "chop", "clap", "clip", "clout", "crack", "cuff", "dab", "fillip", "hack", "haymaker", "hit", "hook", "knock", "larrup", "lash", "lick", "pelt", "pick", "plump", "poke", "pound", "punch", "rap", "slam", "slap", "slug", "smack", "smash", "sock", "spank", "stinger", "stripe", "stroke", "swat", "swipe", "switch", "thud", "thump", "thwack", "wallop", "welt", "whack", "wham", "whop", "whap" ], "near synonyms":[ "counter", "counterblow", "counterpunch", "counterstroke", "body blow", "hand", "kick", "knee", "left", "one-two", "rabbit punch", "right", "right-hander", "roundhouse", "shiver", "sidewinder", "sucker punch", "swing", "uppercut", "cruncher", "kayo", "knockdown", "knockout", "KO", "bastinado", "bastinade", "battering", "beating", "bludgeoning", "clobbering", "cudgeling", "cudgelling", "drubbing", "hammering", "lambasting", "licking", "pasting", "pounding", "pummeling", "pummelling", "thrashing", "flogging", "walloping", "whip", "whipping" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to rid oneself of (a garment)":{ "examples":[ "in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors" ], "synonyms":[ "doff", "peel (off)", "put off", "remove", "shrug off", "take off" ], "near synonyms":[ "husk", "shed", "kick (off)", "disrobe", "strip", "undress" ], "near antonyms":[ "wear", "apparel", "array", "attire", "bedeck", "clothe", "dress", "garb", "rig", "robe", "suit" ], "antonyms":[ "don", "put on", "slip (into)", "throw (on)" ] }, "to cause to cease burning":{ "examples":[ "douse the campfire before leaving in the morning" ], "synonyms":[ "blanket", "extinguish", "put out", "quench", "snuff (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "choke", "smother", "suffocate", "blow out", "rub out", "snub (out)", "stamp (out)", "stub" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "fire", "ignite", "inflame", "enflame", "kindle", "light" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets" ], "synonyms":[ "bathe", "bedraggle", "drench", "drown", "soak", "sodden", "sop", "souse", "wash", "water", "water-soak", "waterlog", "wet", "wet down" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperse", "bedew", "damp", "dampen", "drizzle", "humidify", "hydrate", "mist", "moisten", "moisturize", "shower", "sprinkle", "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":[ "dewater", "evaporate", "freeze-dry", "drip-dry", "wring", "dehumidify" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrate", "desiccate", "dry", "parch", "scorch", "sear" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "douse the grapes in water to remove any grit" ], "synonyms":[ "dip", "duck", "dunk", "immerse", "sop", "souse", "submerge", "submerse" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathe", "moisten", "soak", "steep", "wet", "drench", "drown", "flood", "dive", "plunge", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "double":{ "consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined":{ "examples":[ "an egg with a double yolk" ], "synonyms":[ "binary", "bipartite", "double-barreled", "double-edged", "dual", "duplex", "twin", "twofold" ], "related":[ "mated", "paired" ], "near antonyms":[ "unpaired" ], "antonyms":[ "single" ] }, "being twice as great or as many":{ "examples":[ "after it was ranked the best in the country, the college had double the usual number of applicants" ], "synonyms":[ "twofold" ], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{ "examples":[ "she's known for speaking with a double tongue, so I doubt that her concern is very heartfelt" ], "synonyms":[ "artificial", "backhanded", "counterfeit", "double-dealing", "double-faced", "fake", "feigned", "hypocritical", "insincere", "Janus-faced", "jive", "left-handed", "lip", "mealy", "mealymouthed", "Pecksniffian", "phony", "phoney", "phony-baloney", "phoney-baloney", "pretended", "two-faced", "unctuous" ], "related":[ "affected", "assumed", "claptrap", "contrived", "forced", "mechanical", "put-on", "simulated", "strained", "unnatural", "empty", "hollow", "meaningless", "deceitful", "devious", "dishonest", "false", "untruthful", "facile", "glib", "superficial", "bogus", "sham", "campy", "facetious", "jocular", "tongue-in-cheek", "canting", "pharisaical", "pious", "sanctimonious", "self-righteous", "simon-pure" ], "near antonyms":[ "direct", "forthright", "frank", "heart-to-heart", "open", "plain", "straightforward" ], "antonyms":[ "artless", "candid", "genuine", "heartfelt", "honest", "sincere", "undesigning", "unfeigned" ] }, "to make twice as great or as many":{ "examples":[ "we doubled our investment in six months" ], "synonyms":[ "duplicate", "redouble" ], "related":[ "compound", "multiply", "accumulate", "balloon", "build (up)", "burgeon", "bourgeon", "enlarge", "escalate", "expand", "increase", "mount", "mushroom", "proliferate", "rise", "snowball", "swell", "wax" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to lay one part over or against another part of":{ "examples":[ "double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead" ], "synonyms":[ "fold" ], "related":[ "overlap", "overlay", "overlie", "collapse", "telescope", "close", "shut", "plait", "pleat" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "extend", "open", "spread", "unfold", "unroll" ] }, "something or someone that strongly resembles another":{ "examples":[ "he looks so much like you that he could be your double" ], "synonyms":[ "alter ego", "carbon", "carbon copy", "clone", "counterpart", "doppelg\u00e4nger", "doppelganger", "duplicate", "duplication", "facsimile", "fetch", "image", "likeness", "look-alike", "match", "mirror image", "picture", "replica", "ringer", "spit", "spitting image", "twin" ], "related":[ "Chinese copy", "effigy", "portrait", "portrayal", "companion", "fellow", "mate", "equal", "equivalent", "analogue", "analog", "parallel" ], "near antonyms":[ "antithesis", "converse", "opposite", "reverse" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to two times the amount or degree":{ "examples":[ "raced to his side double quick" ], "synonyms":[ "doubly", "twice", "twofold" ], "related":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb", "noun", "verb" ] }, "doughty":{ "feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{ "examples":[ "the doughty heroes of old" ], "synonyms":[ "bold", "brave", "courageous", "dauntless", "fearless", "gallant", "greathearted", "gutsy", "gutty", "heroic", "heroical", "intrepid", "lionhearted", "manful", "stalwart", "stout", "stouthearted", "undauntable", "undaunted", "valiant", "valorous" ], "near synonyms":[ "determined", "firm", "game", "gamy", "gamey", "gritty", "plucky", "resolute", "Spartan", "undeterred", "undismayed", "unflinching", "unswerving", "mettlesome", "spirited", "spunky", "adventuresome", "adventurous", "audacious", "daring", "dashing", "hardy", "venturesome", "venturous", "crazy", "foolish", "half-witted", "insane", "lunatic", "mad", "nutty", "brash", "brazen", "daredevil", "foolhardy", "heedless", "hotheaded", "impetuous", "imprudent", "impulsive", "incautious", "madcap", "overbold", "overconfident", "rash", "reckless", "thoughtless", "wild", "hasty", "headlong", "precipitate", "comforted", "emboldened", "encouraged", "heartened", "reassured", "unafraid" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffident", "mousy", "mousey", "scary", "shy", "skittish", "timid", "anxious", "apprehensive", "nervous", "careful", "cautious", "heedful", "prudent", "unadventurous", "afraid", "agitated", "disconcerted", "disquieted", "disturbed", "frightened", "horrified", "panicked", "panic-stricken", "perturbed", "scared", "shocked", "spooked", "startled", "terrified", "terrorized", "unnerved", "upset", "appalled", "concerned", "dismayed", "worried", "unmanly", "weak", "wimpy" ], "antonyms":[ "chicken", "chickenhearted", "chicken-livered", "coward", "cowardly", "craven", "dastardly", "fainthearted", "fearful", "gutless", "lily-livered", "milk-livered", "nerveless", "poltroon", "poor-spirited", "pusillanimous", "spineless", "spiritless", "timorous", "uncourageous", "ungallant", "unheroic", "weakhearted", "yellow" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "doubled (back)":{ "as in turned back":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "turned back", "tacked", "zigzagged", "detoured", "deviated", "diverged", "sheered", "swerved", "swung", "turned", "turned off", "veered", "wheeled" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doubles (back)":{ "as in turns back":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "turns back", "tacks", "zigzags", "detours", "deviates", "diverges", "sheers", "swerves", "swings", "turns", "turns off", "veers", "wheels" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doubter":{ "a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something":{ "examples":[ "there will always be some hard-core doubters of the government's denial of the UFO incident" ], "synonyms":[ "disbeliever", "doubting Thomas", "questioner", "skeptic", "unbeliever" ], "near synonyms":[ "agnostic", "cynic", "misanthrope", "pessimist", "derider", "ridiculer", "scoffer" ], "near antonyms":[ "chump", "dupe", "gull", "pigeon", "sucker" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double (in)":{ "as in triple (in)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "triple (in)", "build up", "gain", "gather", "grow (in)", "pick up", "accrue", "accumulate", "amass", "excite", "stimulate", "enhance", "enlarge", "enrich", "expand", "extend", "maximize", "boost", "elevate", "jack (up)", "mount", "ramp (up)", "step up" ], "near antonyms":[ "decrease (in)", "lose", "abate", "decline (in)", "diminish (in)", "dip", "dwindle", "fall (in)", "lessen", "taper", "taper off" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doused":{ "containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{ "examples":[ "shook the water out of her thoroughly doused hair" ], "synonyms":[ "awash", "bathed", "bedraggled", "drenched", "dripping", "logged", "saturate", "saturated", "soaked", "soaking", "sodden", "soggy", "sopping", "soppy", "soused", "washed", "water-soaked", "watered", "waterlogged", "watery", "wet" ], "near synonyms":[ "deluged", "drowned", "flooded", "inundated", "overflowed", "submerged", "swamped", "hydrated", "dipped", "dunked", "splashed", "aqueous", "steeped", "flushed", "irrigated", "laved", "rinsed", "sluiced", "clammy", "damp", "dampish", "dank", "humid", "moist", "semimoist", "wettish", "boggy", "miry", "seepy", "sloppy", "squashy" ], "near antonyms":[ "bone-dry", "hyperarid", "ultradry", "waterproof", "water-repellent", "water-resistant", "watertight", "baked", "dehydrated", "freeze-dried", "droughty", "parched", "sere", "sear", "sunbaked", "thirsty", "wrung" ], "antonyms":[ "arid", "dry", "unwatered", "waterless" ] }, "to rid oneself of (a garment)":{ "examples":[ "in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors" ], "synonyms":[ "doffed", "peeled (off)", "put off", "removed", "shrugged off", "took off" ], "near synonyms":[ "husked", "shed", "kicked (off)", "disrobed", "stripped", "stript", "undressed" ], "near antonyms":[ "wore", "appareled", "apparelled", "arrayed", "attired", "bedecked", "clothed", "clad", "dressed", "garbed", "rigged", "robed", "suited" ], "antonyms":[ "donned", "put on", "slipped (into)", "threw (on)" ] }, "to cause to cease burning":{ "examples":[ "douse the campfire before leaving in the morning" ], "synonyms":[ "blanketed", "extinguished", "put out", "quenched", "snuffed (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "choked", "smothered", "suffocated", "blew out", "rubbed out", "snubbed (out)", "stamped (out)", "stubbed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "fired", "ignited", "inflamed", "enflamed", "kindled", "lit", "lighted" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets" ], "synonyms":[ "bathed", "bedraggled", "drenched", "drowned", "soaked", "soddened", "sopped", "soused", "washed", "watered", "waterlogged", "water-soaked", "wet", "wetted", "wet down", "wetted down" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersed", "bedewed", "damped", "dampened", "drizzled", "humidified", "hydrated", "misted", "moistened", "moisturized", "showered", "sprinkled", "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":[ "dewatered", "evaporated", "freeze-dried", "drip-dried", "wrung", "dehumidified" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrated", "desiccated", "dried", "parched", "scorched", "seared" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "douse the grapes in water to remove any grit" ], "synonyms":[ "dipped", "ducked", "dunked", "immersed", "sopped", "soused", "submerged", "submersed" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathed", "moistened", "soaked", "steeped", "wet", "wetted", "drenched", "drowned", "flooded", "dived", "dove", "plunged", "thrust" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "dourly":{ "as in glumly , somberly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blackly", "darkly", "dismally", "distressfully", "distressingly", "drearily", "forlornly", "gloomily", "glumly", "joylessly", "mirthlessly", "miserably", "morosely", "pessimistically", "somberly", "sullenly", "abjectly", "cheerlessly", "crestfallenly", "dejectedly", "despairingly", "despondently", "disconsolately", "dispiritedly", "downheartedly", "low-spiritedly", "acutely", "harshly", "keenly", "piercingly", "poignantly", "severely", "sharply", "agonizingly", "bitterly", "dolefully", "dolorously", "grievously", "hard", "hardly", "inconsolably", "lugubriously", "mournfully", "painfully", "plaintively", "regretfully", "resentfully", "ruefully", "sadly", "sorely", "sorrowfully", "unhappily", "wailfully", "woefully", "wretchedly", "cruelly", "hurtfully", "ill", "rancorously" ], "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" ] }, "doubts":{ "a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{ "examples":[ "from the beginning I had my doubts about the investment scheme" ], "synonyms":[ "distrust", "dubieties", "dubitations", "incertitudes", "misdoubts", "misgivings", "mistrust", "queries", "reservations", "skepticism", "suspicions", "uncertainties" ], "near synonyms":[ "disbeliefs", "incredulities", "anxieties", "concerns", "paranoias", "compunctions", "niggles", "qualms", "scruples", "tremors" ], "near antonyms":[ "credences", "faiths" ], "antonyms":[ "assurances", "beliefs", "certainties", "certitudes", "confidences", "convictions", "sureties", "trusts" ] }, "to have no trust or confidence in":{ "examples":[ "I doubt that you can do all that you say" ], "synonyms":[ "distrusts", "misdoubts", "mistrusts", "questions", "suspects" ], "near synonyms":[ "disbelieves", "discounts", "discredits", "negates" ], "near antonyms":[ "banks (on or upon)", "counts (on or upon)", "depends (on or upon)", "relies (on or upon)" ], "antonyms":[ "trusts" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "double whammy":{ "a situation that is bad in two different ways; a situation in which two bad conditions exist at the same time or two bad things happen one after the other":{ "examples":[ "With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blast", "blow", "one-two", "one-two punch", "apocalypse", "calamity", "cataclysm", "catastrophe", "debacle", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cle", "disaster", "tragedy", "bloodbath", "collapse", "crash", "meltdown", "Armageddon", "doomsday", "end-time", "convulsion", "paroxysm", "upheaval", "accident", "casualty", "fatality", "misadventure", "mischance", "misfortune", "mishap" ], "near antonyms":[ "godsend", "manna", "windfall" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double agent":{ "as in sleeper , counterspy":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "counterspy", "sleeper", "courier", "infiltrator", "informer", "stool pigeon", "agent", "asset", "emissary", "intelligencer", "mole", "operative", "spook", "spy", "undercover", "spymaster", "superspy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-dealer":{ "one who betrays a trust or an allegiance":{ "examples":[ "the company seems to have one or two double-dealers who are selling information to competitors" ], "synonyms":[ "apostate", "backstabber", "betrayer", "double-crosser", "Judas", "quisling", "recreant", "serpent", "snake", "traitor", "turncoat" ], "near synonyms":[ "accommodationist", "collaborationist", "collaborator", "sellout", "subversive", "subverter", "coconspirator", "conspirator", "intriguer", "plotter", "schemer", "defector", "deserter", "renegade", "blabbermouth", "gossip", "gossiper", "gossipmonger", "informant", "informer", "rat", "rumormonger", "snitch", "snitcher", "squealer", "stool pigeon", "talebearer", "talker", "tattler", "tattletale", "telltale" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double agents":{ "as in sleepers , counterspies":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "counterspies", "sleepers", "couriers", "infiltrators", "informers", "stool pigeons", "agents", "assets", "emissaries", "intelligencers", "moles", "operatives", "spies", "spooks", "undercovers", "spymasters", "superspies" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dour":{ "harsh and threatening in manner or appearance":{ "examples":[ "a dour prison guard who didn't look like he'd be very understanding" ], "synonyms":[ "austere", "fierce", "flinty", "forbidding", "grim", "gruff", "intimidating", "lowering", "louring", "rough", "rugged", "severe", "stark", "steely", "stern", "ungentle" ], "near synonyms":[ "bleak", "cold", "hostile", "inhospitable", "inimical", "unfriendly", "unsympathetic", "adamant", "bound", "determined", "firm", "intent", "purposeful", "resolute", "resolved", "steadfast", "unflinching", "fixed", "hard", "hardened", "hardheaded", "immovable", "implacable", "inflexible", "ironhanded", "mulish", "obdurate", "obstinate", "rigid", "self-willed", "set", "stiff", "stubborn", "unbending", "uncompromising", "unrelenting", "unyielding", "willful", "wilful", "immutable", "unchangeable", "black", "cheerless", "dark", "gloomy", "glum", "joyless", "melancholic", "moody", "morose", "sulky", "sullen", "surly", "brooding", "grave", "humorless", "melancholy", "serious", "sober", "sobersided", "solemn", "somber", "sombre", "staid", "unsmiling", "weighty" ], "near antonyms":[ "bland", "meek", "mellow", "soft", "soothing", "easy", "quiet", "tranquil", "agreeable", "bright", "cheerful", "inviting", "pleasant", "pleasing", "sweet", "glad", "happy", "lighthearted", "merry", "mirthful", "sunny", "featherbrained", "flighty", "frivolous", "giddy", "goofy", "harebrained", "light-headed", "playful", "scatterbrained", "silly" ], "antonyms":[ "benign", "benignant", "gentle", "mild", "nonintimidating", "tender" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "doubtfulness":{ "as in shakiness , uncertainness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dubiousness", "questionableness", "shakiness", "uncertainness", "dodginess", "unreliability" ], "near antonyms":[ "dependability", "dependableness", "reliability", "reliableness", "responsibility", "solidity", "solidness", "sureness", "trustability", "trustworthiness", "inerrancy", "infallibility", "credibility", "creditability", "creditableness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in disbelief , incredulity":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "disbelief", "incredulity", "suspiciousness", "deviousness", "dishonesty", "insincerity", "carefulness", "caution", "street smarts", "wariness", "affectedness", "artificiality", "pretentiousness", "pessimism", "skepticism", "artfulness", "cynicism", "knowingness", "sophistication", "worldliness", "maturity" ], "near antonyms":[ "artlessness", "greenness", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "innocence", "naiveness", "na\u00efvet\u00e9", "naivete", "naivet\u00e9", "naivety", "na\u00efvety", "naturalness", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "simplicity", "unsophistication", "unworldliness", "viridity", "candor", "frankness", "genuineness", "honesty", "openness", "sincerity", "straightforwardness", "unaffectedness", "unpretentiousness", "callowness", "childishness", "coltishness", "inexperience", "rawness" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubled (in)":{ "as in tripled (in)":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "tripled (in)", "built up", "gained", "gathered", "grew (in)", "picked up", "accrued", "accumulated", "amassed", "excited", "stimulated", "enhanced", "enlarged", "enriched", "expanded", "extended", "maximized", "boosted", "elevated", "jacked (up)", "mounted", "ramped (up)", "stepped up" ], "near antonyms":[ "decreased (in)", "lost", "abated", "declined (in)", "diminished (in)", "dipped", "dwindled", "fell (in)", "lessened", "tapered", "tapered off" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "double whammies":{ "a situation that is bad in two different ways; a situation in which two bad conditions exist at the same time or two bad things happen one after the other":{ "examples":[ "With the cold weather and the high cost of heating fuel, homeowners were hit with a double whammy this winter." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blasts", "blows", "one-twos", "one-two punches", "apocalypses", "calamities", "cataclysms", "catastrophes", "debacles", "d\u00e9b\u00e2cles", "disasters", "tragedies", "bloodbaths", "collapses", "crashes", "meltdowns", "Armageddons", "doomsdays", "end-times", "convulsions", "paroxysms", "upheavals", "accidents", "casualties", "fatalities", "misadventures", "mischances", "misfortunes", "mishaps" ], "near antonyms":[ "godsends", "mannas", "windfalls" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dousing":{ "to rid oneself of (a garment)":{ "examples":[ "in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors" ], "synonyms":[ "doffing", "peeling (off)", "putting off", "removing", "shrugging off", "taking off" ], "near synonyms":[ "husking", "shedding", "kicking (off)", "disrobing", "stripping", "undressing" ], "near antonyms":[ "wearing", "appareling", "apparelling", "arraying", "attiring", "bedecking", "clothing", "dressing", "garbing", "rigging", "robing", "suiting" ], "antonyms":[ "donning", "putting on", "slipping (into)", "throwing (on)" ] }, "to cause to cease burning":{ "examples":[ "douse the campfire before leaving in the morning" ], "synonyms":[ "blanketing", "extinguishing", "putting out", "quenching", "snuffing (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "choking", "smothering", "suffocating", "blowing out", "rubbing out", "snubbing (out)", "stamping (out)", "stubbing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "firing", "igniting", "inflaming", "enflaming", "kindling", "lighting" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets" ], "synonyms":[ "bathing", "bedraggling", "drenching", "drowning", "soaking", "soddening", "sopping", "sousing", "washing", "watering", "waterlogging", "water-soaking", "wetting", "wetting down" ], "near synonyms":[ "aspersing", "bedewing", "dampening", "damping", "drizzling", "humidifying", "hydrating", "misting", "moistening", "moisturizing", "showering", "sprinkling", "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":[ "dewatering", "evaporating", "freeze-drying", "drip-drying", "wringing", "dehumidifying" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrating", "desiccating", "drying", "parching", "scorching", "searing" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "douse the grapes in water to remove any grit" ], "synonyms":[ "dipping", "ducking", "dunking", "immersing", "sopping", "sousing", "submerging", "submersing" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathing", "moistening", "soaking", "steeping", "wetting", "drenching", "drowning", "flooding", "diving", "plunging", "thrusting" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "double (as)":{ "as in take over , stand in":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "cover", "fill in", "pinch-hit", "stand in", "step in", "sub", "substitute", "take over", "relieve", "spell", "understudy" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "doughboys":{ "as in infantrymen , grunts":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "footmen", "foot soldiers", "grunts", "infantrymen", "carabineers", "carabiniers", "cavaliers", "cavalrymen", "cuirassiers", "dragoons", "commandos", "commandoes", "raiders", "servicewomen", "jarheads", "marines", "rangers", "dogfaces", "fighters", "legionaries", "legionnaires", "men-at-arms", "regulars", "servicemen", "soldiers", "troopers", "warriors", "artillerymen", "cannoneers", "gunners", "mortarmen", "musketeers", "riflemen", "archers", "crossbowmen", "lancers", "pikemen", "spearmen", "Confederates", "Continentals", "Federals", "GIs", "GI's", "guardsmen", "militiamen", "minutemen" ], "near antonyms":[ "civilians" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doublets":{ "as in matches , twins":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "companions", "complements", "fellows", "halves", "matches", "mates", "twins", "partnerships", "teams", "coordinates", "counterparts", "equals", "equivalents", "likes", "parallels", "peers", "rivals", "spans", "yokes", "braces", "couples", "couplets", "duos", "dyads", "pairs", "pair", "twosomes" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-wides":{ "as in trailers , RVs":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "houseboats", "house trailers", "mobile homes", "motor homes", "recreational vehicles", "RVs", "trailers", "farmhouses", "granges", "haciendas", "homesteads", "hermitages", "manses", "parsonages", "rectories", "vicarages", "castles", "ch\u00e2teaus", "ch\u00e2teaux", "countryseats", "estates", "halls", "manor houses", "manors", "mansions", "McMansions", "palaces", "villas", "hooches", "hootches", "hovels", "hutches", "huts", "shacks", "shanties", "barracks", "billets", "boardinghouses", "dormitories", "dorms", "flophouses", "lodging houses", "lodgments", "lodgements", "rooming houses", "rooms", "penthouses", "salons", "suites", "apartment houses", "apartments", "condominiums", "condominia", "condos", "flats", "tenement houses", "tenements", "walk-ups", "duplexes", "ranches", "ranch houses", "saltboxes", "semis", "split levels", "townhomes", "town houses", "tract houses", "triplexes", "bungalows", "cabins", "casitas", "chalets", "cottages" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "douching":{ "as in hosing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "hosing", "flowing", "gushing", "rushing", "streaming", "drenching", "saturating", "soaking", "deluging", "engulfing", "flooding", "inundating", "swamping", "dousing", "dowsing", "sloshing", "splashing", "flushing", "irrigating", "rinsing", "sluicing", "washing", "washing out" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "double-faced":{ "not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{ "examples":[ "you'll find out how double-faced she is when you're no further help to her career" ], "synonyms":[ "artificial", "backhanded", "counterfeit", "double", "double-dealing", "fake", "feigned", "hypocritical", "insincere", "Janus-faced", "jive", "left-handed", "lip", "mealy", "mealymouthed", "Pecksniffian", "phony", "phoney", "phony-baloney", "phoney-baloney", "pretended", "two-faced", "unctuous" ], "near synonyms":[ "affected", "assumed", "claptrap", "contrived", "forced", "mechanical", "put-on", "simulated", "strained", "unnatural", "empty", "hollow", "meaningless", "deceitful", "devious", "dishonest", "false", "untruthful", "facile", "glib", "superficial", "bogus", "sham", "campy", "facetious", "jocular", "tongue-in-cheek", "canting", "pharisaical", "pious", "sanctimonious", "self-righteous", "simon-pure" ], "near antonyms":[ "direct", "forthright", "frank", "heart-to-heart", "open", "plain", "straightforward" ], "antonyms":[ "artless", "candid", "genuine", "heartfelt", "honest", "sincere", "undesigning", "unfeigned" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "dough":{ "something (as pieces of stamped metal or printed paper) customarily and legally used as a medium of exchange, a measure of value, or a means of payment":{ "examples":[ "didn't have to spend a lot of dough for a new stereo" ], "synonyms":[ "bread", "bucks", "cabbage", "cash", "change", "chips", "coin", "currency", "gold", "green", "jack", "kale", "legal tender", "lolly", "long green", "loot", "lucre", "money", "moola", "moolah", "needful", "pelf", "scratch", "shekels", "sheqels", "shekelim", "shekalim", "sheqalim", "tender", "wampum" ], "near synonyms":[ "coinage", "specie", "dead presidents", "folding money", "paper money", "scrip", "banknote", "cashier's check", "check", "draft", "money order", "note", "promissory note", "bill", "dollar", "greenback", "bankroll", "capital", "finances", "funds", "roll", "wad", "wallet", "chump change", "dibs", "dime", "mite", "peanuts", "pittance", "shoestring", "big bucks", "bomb", "boodle", "bundle", "earth", "fortune", "king's ransom", "megabucks", "mint", "packet", "pile", "pot", "abundance", "means", "opulence", "riches", "treasure", "wealth", "resources", "wherewithal", "mad money", "petty cash", "pin money", "pocket money", "spending money" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-dealings":{ "marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{ "examples":[ "double-dealing business practices that are being investigated by the state's attorney general" ], "synonyms":[ "crooked", "deceitful", "defrauding", "dishonest", "false", "fraudulent" ], "near synonyms":[ "beguiling", "deceiving", "deceptive", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "duplicitous", "fallacious", "misleading", "specious", "spurious" ], "near antonyms":[ "legitimate", "true", "valid" ], "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "honest", "truthful" ] }, "not being or expressing what one appears to be or express":{ "examples":[ "the double-dealing salesman never told me that the car had been in an accident and repaired" ], "synonyms":[ "artificial", "backhanded", "counterfeit", "double", "double-faced", "fake", "feigned", "hypocritical", "insincere", "Janus-faced", "jive", "left-handed", "lip", "mealy", "mealymouthed", "Pecksniffian", "phony", "phoney", "phony-baloney", "phoney-baloney", "pretended", "two-faced", "unctuous" ], "near synonyms":[ "affected", "assumed", "claptrap", "contrived", "forced", "mechanical", "put-on", "simulated", "strained", "unnatural", "empty", "hollow", "meaningless", "deceitful", "devious", "dishonest", "false", "untruthful", "facile", "glib", "superficial", "bogus", "sham", "campy", "facetious", "jocular", "tongue-in-cheek", "canting", "pharisaical", "pious", "sanctimonious", "self-righteous", "simon-pure" ], "near antonyms":[ "direct", "forthright", "frank", "heart-to-heart", "open", "plain", "straightforward" ], "antonyms":[ "artless", "candid", "genuine", "heartfelt", "honest", "sincere", "undesigning", "unfeigned" ] }, "given to or marked by cheating and deception":{ "examples":[ "the double-dealing team owners were pitting the two cities against one another, both of whom badly wanted the franchise" ], "synonyms":[ "bent", "crooked", "deceptive", "dishonest", "duplicitous", "fast", "fraudulent", "guileful", "rogue", "shady", "sharp", "shifty", "underhand", "underhanded" ], "near synonyms":[ "unconscionable", "unethical", "unprincipled", "unscrupulous", "deceitful", "deceiving", "deluding", "delusive", "delusory", "false", "artful", "beguiling", "cagey", "cagy", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "slick", "sly", "subtle", "wily", "defrauding", "devious", "furtive", "slippery", "sneaking", "sneaky", "trickish", "tricky", "insidious", "perfidious", "treacherous" ], "near antonyms":[ "conscientious", "decent", "ethical", "honorable", "just", "scrupulous", "upright", "forthright", "straightforward" ], "antonyms":[ "aboveboard", "honest", "straight" ] }, "the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{ "examples":[ "a go-between suspected of double-dealing" ], "synonyms":[ "artifice", "cheating", "cozenage", "craft", "craftiness", "crookedness", "crookery", "cunning", "cunningness", "deceit", "deceitfulness", "deception", "deceptiveness", "dishonesty", "dissembling", "dissimulation", "dupery", "duplicity", "fakery", "foxiness", "fraud", "guile", "guilefulness", "wiliness" ], "near synonyms":[ "equivocation", "lying", "mendacity", "prevarication", "chicane", "chicanery", "fraudulence", "hanky-panky", "jugglery", "legerdemain", "mountebankery", "obliquity", "skulduggery", "skullduggery", "subterfuge", "swindling", "trickery", "wile", "falsehood", "falsity", "fib", "untruth", "hypocrisy", "insincerity", "sanctimoniousness", "two-facedness", "artfulness", "caginess", "cageyness", "deviousness", "shrewdness", "treacherousness", "underhandedness", "unscrupulousness", "covertness", "furtiveness", "secrecy", "shadiness", "sneakiness", "stealthiness", "oiliness", "shiftiness", "slickness", "slipperiness", "slyness", "smoothness" ], "near antonyms":[ "candidness", "candor", "directness", "frankness", "openness", "plainness", "plainspokenness", "honesty", "probity", "dependability", "reliability", "reliableness", "solidity", "trustability", "trustiness", "trustworthiness", "decency", "goodness", "incorruptibility", "integrity", "righteousness", "truthfulness", "uprightness", "virtuousness" ], "antonyms":[ "artlessness", "forthrightness", "good faith", "guilelessness", "ingenuousness", "sincerity" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "double-domes":{ "a person with strong intellectual interests":{ "examples":[ "double-domes in the scientific community probably understand it\u2014but the rest of us don't" ], "synonyms":[ "geeks", "highbrows", "intellectualists", "intellectuals", "longhairs", "nerds" ], "near synonyms":[ "blues", "bluestockings", "Brahmins", "mandarins", "sages", "intellectualizers", "pseuds", "brains", "geniuses", "genii", "intellects", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards" ], "near antonyms":[ "blockheads", "dolts", "dopes", "dumbbells", "dummies", "dunces", "fatheads", "half-wits", "imbeciles", "morons", "nitwits", "pinheads", "simpletons" ], "antonyms":[ "anti-intellectuals", "lowbrows", "philistines" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubtless":{ "having or showing a mind free from doubt":{ "examples":[ "another one of his doubtless predictions that will never come true" ], "synonyms":[ "assured", "certain", "clear", "cocksure", "confident", "implicit", "positive", "sanguine", "sure" ], "near synonyms":[ "self-assured", "self-conceited", "self-confident", "decisive", "resolute", "unfaltering", "unhesitating", "unquestioning", "unwavering" ], "near antonyms":[ "hesitant", "indecisive", "vacillating", "wavering", "diffident", "unassuming" ], "antonyms":[ "doubtful", "dubious", "uncertain", "unsure" ] }, "without any question":{ "examples":[ "she is doubtless the one and only girl for me" ], "synonyms":[ "all right", "alright", "assuredly", "certainly", "clearly", "definitely", "easily", "forsooth", "hands down", "inarguably", "incontestably", "incontrovertibly", "indeed", "indisputably", "plainly", "really", "so", "sure", "surely", "truly", "unarguably", "undeniably", "undoubtedly", "unquestionably" ], "near synonyms":[ "conceivably", "likely", "perhaps", "possibly", "probably", "obviously", "unmistakably" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "by reasonable assumption":{ "examples":[ "doubtless you have heard this story before, but I'll tell it anyway" ], "synonyms":[ "assumably", "likely", "presumably", "probably" ], "near synonyms":[ "maybe", "mayhap", "perchance", "perhaps", "possibly", "conceivably", "imaginably", "plausibly", "practically", "reasonably", "potentially", "assuredly", "certainly", "clearly", "conclusively", "decisively", "definitely", "definitively", "indisputably", "indubitably", "positively", "really", "surely", "truly", "undeniably", "undoubtedly", "unquestionably", "presumedly", "supposably", "supposedly" ], "near antonyms":[ "implausibly", "inconceivably", "incredibly", "unbelievably", "unthinkably" ], "antonyms":[ "improbably" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "adverb" ] }, "double visions":{ "as in eyes , vision":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "aniseikonias", "astigmatisms", "diplopias", "squints", "strabismuses", "eyes", "sight", "vision", "hypermetropias", "hyperopias", "presbyopias", "myopias" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubting Thomas":{ "a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something":{ "examples":[ "an astronomer who enjoys taking the role of the doubting Thomas in debates with UFOlogists" ], "synonyms":[ "disbeliever", "doubter", "questioner", "skeptic", "unbeliever" ], "near synonyms":[ "agnostic", "cynic", "misanthrope", "pessimist", "derider", "ridiculer", "scoffer" ], "near antonyms":[ "chump", "dupe", "gull", "pigeon", "sucker" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "dourness":{ "as in gruffness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gruffness", "callousness", "hard-heartedness", "implacability", "obduracy", "obdurateness", "pitilessness", "asceticism", "austereness", "austerity", "monasticism", "exactingness", "hardness", "harshness", "inflexibility", "rigidity", "rigidness", "rigor", "rigorousness", "severity", "sternness", "strictness", "stringency", "determination", "firmness", "resolve", "steadfastness", "obstinacy", "stubbornness" ], "near antonyms":[ "flexibility", "gentleness", "laxness", "mildness", "forbearance", "indulgence", "kindness", "lenience", "patience", "softness", "tenderness", "tolerance", "responsiveness", "willingness", "compliance", "pliability", "pliancy" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-edged":{ "consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined":{ "examples":[ "the double-edged purpose of the sales promotion is to clear out existing stock and to attract new customers" ], "synonyms":[ "binary", "bipartite", "double", "double-barreled", "dual", "duplex", "twin", "twofold" ], "near synonyms":[ "mated", "paired" ], "near antonyms":[ "unpaired" ], "antonyms":[ "single" ] }, "having an often intentionally veiled or uncertain meaning":{ "examples":[ "her double-edged remark that she hoped that I ultimately got what I deserved" ], "synonyms":[ "ambiguous", "arcane", "cryptic", "dark", "deep", "Delphic", "elliptical", "elliptic", "enigmatic", "enigmatical", "equivocal", "fuliginous", "inscrutable", "murky", "mysterious", "mystic", "nebulous", "obscure", "occult", "opaque" ], "near synonyms":[ "abstruse", "esoteric", "recondite", "cloaked", "concealed", "disguised", "masked", "shrouded", "beclouded", "bedimmed", "befogged", "clouded", "cloudy", "dim", "faint", "foggy", "fuzzy", "hazy", "indistinct", "indistinguishable", "misty", "muddy", "obfuscatory", "obnubilated", "obscurant", "obscurantic", "shaded", "shadowlike", "shadowy", "sphinxlike", "indefinite", "inexact", "inexplicit", "noncommittal", "questionable", "unclear", "uncertain", "undefined", "undetermined", "vague", "impenetrable", "incomprehensible", "indecipherable", "inexplicable", "eerie", "eery", "uncanny", "weird", "impalpable", "inappreciable", "intangible", "invisible", "unanswerable", "unknowable", "baffling", "bewildering", "confounding", "confusing", "mystifying", "perplexing", "puzzling", "unfathomable", "circuitous", "indirect", "roundabout", "complex", "complicated", "difficult", "obtuse" ], "near antonyms":[ "comprehensible", "fathomable", "intelligible", "knowable", "legible", "pellucid", "understandable", "bright", "distinct", "evident", "self-evident", "self-explanatory", "certain", "firm", "strong", "sure", "defined", "determined", "direct", "straightforward", "definite", "exact", "explicit", "appreciable", "palpable", "tangible", "visible", "blatant", "patent", "unmistakable" ], "antonyms":[ "accessible", "clear", "nonambiguous", "obvious", "plain", "unambiguous", "unequivocal" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "doubling":{ "as in tripling , quadrupling":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "quadrupling", "tripling", "accumulating", "accumulation", "addition", "increase", "multiplication", "mushrooming", "proliferation", "creep", "growth", "rise", "spread", "enlargement", "escalation", "expansion", "amplification", "distension", "distention", "inflation", "accretion", "accrual", "augmentation", "cumulation", "extension", "lengthening", "boost", "gain", "hike", "increment", "rise" ], "near antonyms":[ "decrease", "abatement", "compressing", "compression", "condensation", "condensing", "constricting", "constriction", "contracting", "contraction", "diminishing", "diminishment", "diminution", "drop", "drop-off", "fall", "falloff", "lessening", "lowering", "reduction", "shrinkage", "shrinking", "retrenching", "retrenchment", "shortening" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to make twice as great or as many":{ "examples":[ "we doubled our investment in six months" ], "synonyms":[ "duplicating", "redoubling" ], "near synonyms":[ "compounding", "multiplying", "accumulating", "ballooning", "building (up)", "burgeoning", "bourgeoning", "enlarging", "escalating", "expanding", "increasing", "mounting", "mushrooming", "proliferating", "rising", "snowballing", "swelling", "waxing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to lay one part over or against another part of":{ "examples":[ "double the wet cloth and place it on the victim's forehead" ], "synonyms":[ "folding" ], "near synonyms":[ "overlapping", "overlaying", "overlying", "collapsing", "telescoping", "closing", "shutting", "plaiting", "pleating" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "extending", "opening", "spreading", "unfolding", "unrolling" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "doubtingly":{ "with distrust":{ "examples":[ "we looked at her doubtingly as she told the story of her life" ], "synonyms":[ "askance", "askant", "distrustfully", "doubtfully", "dubiously", "mistrustfully", "sideways", "skeptically", "suspiciously" ], "near synonyms":[ "hesitantly", "hesitatingly", "incredulously", "questioningly", "quizzically", "unbelievingly", "charily", "guardedly", "warily", "captiously", "critically", "cynically", "deprecatingly", "disapprovingly", "disparagingly", "negatively", "reproachfully", "reproachingly", "reprovingly", "unfavorably", "anxiously", "apprehensively", "uncomfortably", "uneasily" ], "near antonyms":[ "approvingly", "favorably", "positively", "confidently", "sanguinely", "credulously", "uncritically", "unquestioningly" ], "antonyms":[ "trustfully", "trustingly" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "double doors":{ "as in revolving doors , storm doors":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Dutch doors", "French doors", "lattices", "portcullises", "posterns", "revolving doors", "storm doors", "trapdoors", "wickets", "doors", "gates", "hatches", "portals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "douses":{ "a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{ "examples":[ "those soccer hooligans need a sound douse or two from a police officer's club" ], "synonyms":[ "bangs", "bashes", "bats", "beats", "belts", "biffs", "blows", "bops", "boxes", "buffets", "busts", "chops", "claps", "clips", "clouts", "cracks", "cuffs", "dabs", "fillips", "hacks", "haymakers", "hits", "hooks", "knocks", "larrups", "lashes", "licks", "pelts", "picks", "plumps", "pokes", "pounds", "punches", "raps", "slams", "slaps", "slugs", "smacks", "smashes", "socks", "spanks", "stingers", "stripes", "strokes", "swats", "swipes", "switches", "thuds", "thumps", "thwacks", "wallops", "welts", "whacks", "whams", "whops", "whaps" ], "near synonyms":[ "counterblows", "counter-blows", "counterpunches", "counters", "counterstrokes", "counter-strokes", "body blows", "hands", "kicks", "knees", "lefts", "one-twos", "rabbit punches", "right-handers", "rights", "roundhouses", "shivers", "sidewinders", "sucker punches", "swings", "uppercuts", "crunchers", "kayos", "knockdowns", "knockouts", "KOs", "bastinadoes", "bastinades", "batterings", "beatings", "drubbings", "lickings", "pastings", "thrashings", "wallopings", "whippings", "whips" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to rid oneself of (a garment)":{ "examples":[ "in those days a gentleman would douse his hat when going indoors" ], "synonyms":[ "doffs", "peels (off)", "puts off", "removes", "shrugs off", "takes off" ], "near synonyms":[ "husks", "sheds", "kicks (off)", "disrobes", "strips", "undresses" ], "near antonyms":[ "wears", "apparels", "arrays", "attires", "bedecks", "clothes", "dresses", "garbs", "rigs", "robes", "suits" ], "antonyms":[ "dons", "puts on", "slips (into)", "throws (on)" ] }, "to cause to cease burning":{ "examples":[ "douse the campfire before leaving in the morning" ], "synonyms":[ "blankets", "extinguishes", "puts out", "quenches", "snuffs (out)" ], "near synonyms":[ "chokes", "smothers", "suffocates", "blows out", "rubs out", "snubs (out)", "stamps (out)", "stubs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "fires", "ignites", "inflames", "enflames", "kindles", "lights" ] }, "to make wet":{ "examples":[ "the heavy rains thoroughly doused the tourists strolling the town streets" ], "synonyms":[ "bathes", "bedraggles", "drenches", "drowns", "soaks", "soddens", "sops", "souses", "washes", "waterlogs", "waters", "water-soaks", "wets", "wets down" ], "near synonyms":[ "asperses", "bedews", "dampens", "damps", "drizzles", "humidifies", "hydrates", "mists", "moistens", "moisturizes", "showers", "sprinkles", "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":[ "dewaters", "evaporates", "freeze-dries", "drip-dries", "wrings", "dehumidifies" ], "antonyms":[ "dehydrates", "desiccates", "dries", "parches", "scorches", "sears" ] }, "to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{ "examples":[ "douse the grapes in water to remove any grit" ], "synonyms":[ "dips", "ducks", "dunks", "immerses", "sops", "souses", "submerges", "submerses" ], "near synonyms":[ "bathes", "moistens", "soaks", "steeps", "wets", "drenches", "drowns", "floods", "dives", "plunges", "thrusts" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "doughtily":{ "in a fearless manner":{ "examples":[ "doughtily persistent in his opposition to casino gambling in his state" ], "synonyms":[ "boldly", "bravely", "courageously", "dauntlessly", "fearlessly", "gallantly", "gutsily", "heroically", "intrepidly", "manfully", "stalwartly", "stoutheartedly", "valiantly", "valorously" ], "near synonyms":[ "determinedly", "firmly", "gamely", "grittily", "pluckily", "resolutely", "spiritedly", "spunkily", "stoutly", "adventurously", "audaciously", "daringly", "hardily", "venturesomely", "venturously", "self-confidently", "crazily", "foolishly", "insanely", "brashly", "brazenly", "foolhardily", "heedlessly", "hotheadedly", "impetuously", "imprudently", "impulsively", "incautiously", "overconfidently", "rashly", "recklessly", "thoughtlessly", "wildly", "hastily", "precipitately" ], "near antonyms":[ "diffidently", "mousily", "shyly", "skittishly", "timidly", "anxiously", "apprehensively", "nervously", "carefully", "cautiously", "heedfully", "prudently" ], "antonyms":[ "cowardly", "cravenly", "fearfully", "pusillanimously", "spinelessly", "spiritlessly", "timorously" ] }, "type":[ "adverb" ] }, "double-jointed":{ "as in loose-jointed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "loose-jointed", "able", "adept", "capable", "competent", "expert", "habile", "masterful", "masterly", "proficient", "qualified", "skilled", "skillful", "sure-handed", "coordinated", "agile", "flexible", "graceful", "limber", "lissome", "lissom", "lithe", "lithesome", "nimble", "spry", "clever", "cunning", "deft", "dexterous", "dextrous", "handy" ], "near antonyms":[ "butterfingered", "ham-fisted", "ham-handed", "handless", "heavy-handed", "unhandy", "awkward", "bungling", "clumsy", "fumbling", "gauche", "gawky", "graceless", "klutzy", "rough-hewn", "stiff", "stilted", "uncomfortable", "uneasy", "ungainly", "ungraceful", "wooden", "uncoordinated", "incapable", "incompetent", "inept", "inexpert", "maladroit" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "double door":{ "as in revolving door , storm door":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "Dutch door", "French door", "lattice", "portcullis", "postern", "revolving door", "storm door", "trapdoor", "wicket", "door", "gate", "hatch", "portal" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-dome":{ "a person with strong intellectual interests":{ "examples":[ "double-domes in the scientific community probably understand it\u2014but the rest of us don't" ], "synonyms":[ "geek", "highbrow", "intellectual", "intellectualist", "longhair", "nerd" ], "near synonyms":[ "blue", "bluestocking", "Brahmin", "mandarin", "sage", "intellectualizer", "pseud", "brain", "genius", "intellect", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard" ], "near antonyms":[ "blockhead", "dolt", "dope", "dumbbell", "dummy", "dunce", "fathead", "half-wit", "imbecile", "moron", "nitwit", "pinhead", "simpleton" ], "antonyms":[ "anti-intellectual", "lowbrow", "philistine" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubtable":{ "giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged":{ "examples":[ "her argument rested entirely upon some highly doubtable logic" ], "synonyms":[ "debatable", "disputable", "dodgy", "doubtful", "dubious", "dubitable", "equivocal", "fishy", "problematic", "problematical", "queer", "questionable", "shady", "shaky", "suspect", "suspicious" ], "near synonyms":[ "alleged", "so-called", "supposed", "moot", "ambiguous", "open", "unclear", "uncertain", "undecided", "undetermined", "far-fetched", "flimsy", "improbable", "unlikely", "weak" ], "near antonyms":[ "decisive", "definitive", "clear", "obvious", "open-and-shut", "positive" ], "antonyms":[ "certain", "hands-down", "incontestable", "indisputable", "indubitable", "questionless", "sure", "undeniable", "undoubted", "unproblematic", "unquestionable" ] }, "open to question or dispute":{ "examples":[ "that his wartime exploit happened at all is very doubtable" ], "synonyms":[ "arguable", "controvertible", "debatable", "disputable", "doubtful", "issuable", "moot", "negotiable", "questionable" ], "near synonyms":[ "contradictable", "refutable", "controversial", "debated", "disputed", "dubious", "iffy", "inconclusive", "indecisive", "problematic", "problematical", "shaky", "uncertain", "academic", "academical", "hypothetical", "speculative", "theoretical", "theoretic", "ambiguous", "equivocal" ], "near antonyms":[ "irrefutable", "definite", "unambiguous", "unequivocal", "absolute", "clear", "conclusive", "decisive", "uncontested", "undisputed" ], "antonyms":[ "accomplished", "certain", "hands-down", "inarguable", "incontestable", "incontrovertible", "indisputable", "indubitable", "irrefragable", "positive", "questionless", "settled", "sure", "unanswerable", "unarguable", "unchallengeable", "undebatable", "undeniable", "unquestionable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "doubt":{ "a feeling or attitude that one does not know the truth, truthfulness, or trustworthiness of someone or something":{ "examples":[ "from the beginning I had my doubts about the investment scheme" ], "synonyms":[ "distrust", "distrustfulness", "dubiety", "dubitation", "incertitude", "misdoubt", "misgiving", "mistrust", "mistrustfulness", "query", "reservation", "skepticism", "suspicion", "uncertainty" ], "near synonyms":[ "disbelief", "incredulity", "unbelief", "anxiety", "concern", "paranoia", "wariness", "compunction", "niggle", "qualm", "scruple", "tremor" ], "near antonyms":[ "credence", "faith" ], "antonyms":[ "assurance", "belief", "certainty", "certitude", "confidence", "conviction", "sureness", "surety", "trust" ] }, "to have no trust or confidence in":{ "examples":[ "I doubt that you can do all that you say" ], "synonyms":[ "distrust", "misdoubt", "mistrust", "question", "suspect" ], "near synonyms":[ "disbelieve", "discount", "discredit", "negate" ], "near antonyms":[ "bank (on or upon)", "count (on or upon)", "depend (on or upon)", "rely (on or upon)" ], "antonyms":[ "trust" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "doubters":{ "a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something":{ "examples":[ "there will always be some hard-core doubters of the government's denial of the UFO incident" ], "synonyms":[ "disbelievers", "doubting Thomases", "questioners", "skeptics", "unbelievers" ], "near synonyms":[ "agnostics", "cynics", "misanthropes", "pessimists", "deriders", "ridiculers", "scoffers" ], "near antonyms":[ "chumps", "dupes", "gulls", "pigeons", "suckers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubting Thomases":{ "a person who is always ready to doubt or question the truth or existence of something":{ "examples":[ "an astronomer who enjoys taking the role of the doubting Thomas in debates with UFOlogists" ], "synonyms":[ "disbelievers", "doubters", "questioners", "skeptics", "unbelievers" ], "near synonyms":[ "agnostics", "cynics", "misanthropes", "pessimists", "deriders", "ridiculers", "scoffers" ], "near antonyms":[ "chumps", "dupes", "gulls", "pigeons", "suckers" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double-wide":{ "as in trailer , RV":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "houseboat", "house trailer", "mobile home", "motor home", "recreational vehicle", "RV", "trailer", "farmhouse", "grange", "hacienda", "homestead", "hermitage", "manse", "parsonage", "rectory", "vicarage", "castle", "ch\u00e2teau", "countryseat", "estate", "hall", "manor", "manor house", "mansion", "McMansion", "palace", "villa", "hooch", "hootch", "hovel", "hut", "hutch", "shack", "shanty", "barracks", "billet", "boardinghouse", "dorm", "dormitory", "flophouse", "lodging house", "lodgment", "lodgement", "room(s)", "rooming house", "penthouse", "salon", "suite", "apartment", "apartment house", "condo", "condominium", "flat", "tenement", "tenement house", "walk-up", "duplex", "ranch", "ranch house", "saltbox", "semi", "split level", "townhome", "town house", "tract house", "triplex", "bungalow", "cabin", "casita", "chalet", "cottage" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubtlessness":{ "a state of mind in which one is free from doubt":{ "examples":[ "with the doubtlessness of a man who never spent a moment in self-reflection, the president barreled down the road to disaster" ], "synonyms":[ "assurance", "assuredness", "certainty", "certitude", "cocksureness", "confidence", "conviction", "face", "positiveness", "satisfaction", "sureness", "surety" ], "near synonyms":[ "authoritarianism", "dogmatism", "decisiveness", "determination", "firmness", "purposefulness", "resoluteness", "resolution", "resolve" ], "near antonyms":[ "hesitancy", "hesitation", "indecisiveness", "irresolution", "disbelief", "incredulity", "unbelief", "anxiety", "concern", "misgiving", "distrust", "mistrust", "suspicion" ], "antonyms":[ "doubt", "incertitude", "nonconfidence", "uncertainty" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "double time":{ "as in overtime , time and a half":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "overtime", "time and a half", "living wage", "minimum wage", "nominal wages", "take-home pay", "compensation", "recompense", "remittance", "remuneration", "requital", "return", "emolument", "hire", "packet", "pay", "paycheck", "pay envelope", "payment", "salary", "stipend", "wage", "recoupment", "redress", "reparation", "restitution", "reimbursement", "repayment", "earnings", "profit", "takings", "yield" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "doubling (back)":{ "as in turning back":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "turning back", "tacking", "zigzagging", "detouring", "deviating", "diverging", "sheering", "swerving", "swinging", "turning", "turning off", "veering", "wheeling" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] } }