{ "fat cat":{ "a wealthy person":{ "antonyms":[ "have-not", "pauper" ], "examples":[ "that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankrupt", "beggar" ], "related":[ "moneymaker", "money-spinner", "magnate", "nabob", "tycoon", "billionaire", "gazillionaire", "millionaire", "multibillionaire", "multimillionaire", "multimillionairess", "zillionaire", "heir", "heiress", "jet-setter", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "synonyms":[ "capitalist", "Croesus", "deep pocket", "have", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrat", "silk stocking" ] }, "having goods, property, or money in abundance":{ "antonyms":[ "destitute", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "needy", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken" ], "examples":[ "the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering" ], "near antonyms":[ "unaffluent", "deprived", "disadvantaged", "hand-to-mouth", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "beggared", "broke", "indebted", "insolvent", "pauperized", "ruined", "skint", "depressed", "pinched", "reduced", "straitened", "low", "short" ], "related":[ "better-off", "comfortable", "propertied", "prosperous", "substantial", "successful", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving", "advantaged", "blessed", "blest", "privileged" ], "synonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "flush", "loaded", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-endowed", "well-fixed", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ] }, "one of high position or importance within a group":{ "antonyms":[ "lightweight", "nobody", "nonentity", "nothing", "shrimp", "twerp", "whippersnapper", "zero", "zilch" ], "examples":[ "a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferior", "subordinate", "underling", "mediocrity", "obscurity" ], "related":[ "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "king", "lion", "magnate", "mogul", "prince", "princess", "queen", "tycoon", "VIP" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "big boy", "big cheese", "big gun", "big leaguer", "big shot", "big wheel", "big-timer", "bigfoot", "biggie", "bigwig", "heavy", "heavy hitter", "heavyweight", "high-muck-a-muck", "high-muckety-muck", "honcho", "kahuna", "kingfish", "kingpin", "major leaguer", "muckety-muck", "muck-a-muck", "mucky-muck", "nabob", "nawab", "nibs", "nob", "pooh-bah", "poo-bah", "wheel" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "fatalist":{ "as in":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[], "near antonyms":[], "related":[], "synonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fated":{ "as in destined , predestined":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "destined", "foreordained", "predestined", "predetermined", "preordained", "likely", "possible", "probable", "inexorable", "relentless", "unremitting", "unstoppable", "decided", "definite", "settled", "certain", "ineluctable", "ineludible", "inescapable", "inevitable", "necessary", "sure", "unavoidable", "unescapable" ], "near antonyms":[ "avoidable", "evadable", "uncertain", "unsure", "preventable", "preventible", "doubtful", "dubious", "questionable", "shaky", "unclear", "undecided", "unsettled", "undependable", "unreliable", "improbable", "unlikely" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings" ], "synonyms":[ "destined", "doomed", "foredoomed", "foreordained", "ordained", "predestined", "predetermined", "preordained" ], "near synonyms":[ "predestinated", "augured", "forecast", "forecasted", "foretold", "predicted", "presaged", "prognosticated", "prophesied", "preconceived", "prejudged", "condemned", "sentenced", "boded", "foreboded", "forboded", "portended", "anticipated", "divined", "foreknew", "foresaw" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fateful":{ "bringing about ruin or 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"circumstances", "destinies", "dooms", "fortunes", "kismets", "lots", "portions" ], "near synonyms":[ "accidents", "casualties", "chances", "happenchances", "happenstances", "haps", "hazards", "luck", "predestinations", "aftereffects", "aftermaths", "conclusions", "consequences", "developments", "effects", "fruits", "issues", "outcomes", "outgrowths", "resultants", "results", "sequels", "sequences", "upshots" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a condition or occurrence traceable to a cause":{ "examples":[ "the fate of the presidential election hinged on a few thousand votes in a single state" ], "synonyms":[ "aftereffects", "aftermaths", "backwashes", "children", "conclusions", "consequences", "corollaries", "developments", "effects", "fruits", "issues", "outcomes", "outgrowths", "precipitates", "products", "resultants", "results", "sequels", "sequences", "upshots" ], "near synonyms":[ "ramifications", "denouements", "d\u00e9nouements", "echoes", "echos", "implications", "repercussions", "afterclaps", "afterglows", "aftershocks", "blowbacks", "by-products", "byproducts", "fallouts", "offshoots", "ripples", "side effects", "side reactions", "spin-offs" ], "near antonyms":[ "considerations", "determinants", "factors", "bases", "bases", "foundations", "grounds", "groundworks", "impetuses", "incentives", "inspirations", "instigations", "stimuli", "mothers", "origins", "roots", "sources", "springs" ], "antonyms":[ "antecedents", "causations", "causes", "occasions", "reasons" ] }, "the permanent stopping of all the vital bodily activities":{ "examples":[ "he met his fate in a tragic highway accident" ], "synonyms":[ "curtains", "deaths", "deceases", "demises", "dissolutions", "dooms", "ends", "exits", "expirations", "expiries", "graves", "great divides", "passages", "passings", "quietuses", "sleeps" ], "near synonyms":[ "casualties", "fatalities", "martyrdoms", "self-destructions", "self-murders", "self-slaughters", "suicides", "annihilations", "destructions", "endings", "exterminations", "ruins", "assassinations", "executions", "killings", "massacres", "slaughters" ], "near antonyms":[ "existences", "lives", "creations", "geneses", "originations", "rises" ], "antonyms":[ "births", "nativities" ] }, "to determine the fate of in advance":{ "examples":[ "the warning that the lack of an advanced education will fate a person to a lifetime of below-average earnings" ], "synonyms":[ "destines", "dooms", "foredooms", "foreordains", "ordains", "predestines", "predetermines", "preordains" ], "near synonyms":[ "predestinates", "augurs", "forecasts", "foretells", "predicts", "presages", "prognosticates", "prophesies", "preconceives", "prejudges", "condemns", "sentences", "bodes", "forebodes", "forbodes", "portends", "anticipates", "divines", "foreknows", "foresees" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "father images":{ "as in father figures":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "father figures", "daddies", "dads", "fathers", "old men", "papas", "poppas", "pas", "paters", "pops", "sires", "patresfamilias", "patriarchs", "stepfathers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fathered":{ "to become the father of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "multiplied", "procreated", "propagated", "reproduced", "spawned", "bore", "engendered", "gendered", "generated", "produced" ], "synonyms":[ "begot", "begat", "got", "sired" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fathers":{ "a male human parent":{ "examples":[ "the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons" ], "synonyms":[ "daddies", "dads", "old men", "papas", "poppas", "pas", "paters", "pops", "sires" ], "near synonyms":[ "patresfamilias", "patriarchs", "father figures", "father images", "stepfathers" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who establishes a whole new field 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"ancestors", "forebearers", "forebears", "forbears", "forefathers", "grandfathers", "primogenitors", "progenitors" ], "near synonyms":[ "antecessors", "predecessors", "ancestresses", "foremothers", "grandmothers", "matriarchs", "grandsires", "patriarchs", "sires", "ancestries", "antecedents", "roots" ], "near antonyms":[ "children", "families", "issues", "lineages", "offspring", "offsprings", "posterities", "progenies", "seed", "seeds", "stocks", "daughters", "heirs", "inheritors", "scions", "sons", "successors" ], "antonyms":[ "descendants", "descendents" ] }, "to become the father of":{ "examples":[ "Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered" ], "synonyms":[ "begets", "gets", "sires" ], "near synonyms":[ "multiplies", "procreates", "propagates", "reproduces", "spawns", "bears", "engenders", "genders", "generates", "produces" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "fathers (on)":{ "as in charges , blames":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blames", "charges", "imputes (to)", "pins (on)", "accredits", "ascribes", "attributes", "chalks up", "credits", "imputes", "lays", "puts down", "assigns", "refers", "associates", "attaches", "connects", "links" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fathomable":{ "capable of being understood":{ "antonyms":[ "incoherent", "incomprehensible", "inscrutable", "insensible" ], "examples":[ "acts of vandalism that were committed for no fathomable reason" ], "near antonyms":[ "inarticulate", "cryptic", "esoteric", "mysterious", "obscure" ], "related":[ "decipherable", "plain", "simple", "straightforward", "articulate", "fluent", "well-spoken" ], "synonyms":[ "accessible", "apprehensible", "coherent", "comprehendible", "comprehensible", "graspable", "intelligible", "legible", "scrutable", "understandable" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fathoming":{ "to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels" ], "near antonyms":[], "related":[ "gauging", "gaging", "scaling", "spanning", "remeasuring", "replumbing" ], "synonyms":[ "plumbing", "sounding" ] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fatigues":{ "to use up all the physical energy of":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them" ], "near antonyms":[ "activates", "energizes", "invigorates", "rejuvenates", "strengthens", "vitalizes", "relaxes", "rests", "unwinds" ], "related":[ "debilitates", "enervates", "enfeebles", "saps", "wastes", "weakens" ], "synonyms":[ "breaks", "burns out", "busts", "does in", "does up", "drains", "exhausts", "fags", "frazzles", "harasses", "kills", "knocks out", "outwears", "tires", "tuckers (out)", "washes out", "wearies", "wears", "wears out" ] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ], "very 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"greasy", "oily", "lardy", "rich" ], "synonyms":[ "adipose" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fatuity":{ "a foolish act or idea":{ "antonyms":[], "examples":[ "opening another auto dealership in an area that already has a surplus of them seems like a gross fatuity" ], "near antonyms":[ "discretion", "forethought", "prudence", "sagacity", "wisdom", "brainstorm", "inspiration" ], "related":[ "absurdness", "craziness", "foolishness", "inaneness", "madness", "senselessness", "witlessness", "buffoonery", "monkeyshine(s)", "shenanigan(s)", "tomfoolery", "drivel", "humbug", "nonsense", "twaddle", "blunder", "bungle", "flub", "goof", "howler" ], "synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "b\u00eatise", "folly", "foolery", "foppery", "idiocy", "imbecility", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "stupidity" ] }, "lack of good sense or judgment":{ "antonyms":[ "prudence", "sagaciousness", "sagacity", "sageness", "sanity", "sapience", "sensibleness", "soundness", "wisdom" ], "examples":[ "local morning DJs lambasted the fatuity of the homeowner who used gasoline to burn a pile of brushwood" ], "near antonyms":[ "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonability", "reasonableness", "validity", "discernment", "insight", "perception", "percipience" ], "related":[ "denseness", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "feeblemindedness", "gormlessness", "idiocy", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "simplemindedness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "vacuity", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "kookiness", "weirdness", "laughableness", "ludicrousness", "ridiculousness" ], "synonyms":[ "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "brainlessness", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "foolishness", "imbecility", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "senselessness", "silliness", "simplicity", "unwisdom", "wackiness", "witlessness", "zaniness" ] }, "the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind":{ "antonyms":[ "braininess", "brightness", "brilliance", "cleverness", "intelligence", "keenness", "quickness", "quick-wittedness", "sharpness", "smartness" ], "examples":[ "the fatuity of the characters on that TV sitcom actually gets laughs" ], "near antonyms":[ "acumen", "alertness", "astuteness", "discernment", "insight", "judgment", "judgement", "perception", "percipience", "perspicacity", "sagacity", "sageness", "sapience", "wisdom", "wit", "logicality", "logicalness", "rationality", "rationalness", "reasonableness", "soundness", "validity" ], "related":[ "feeblemindedness", "simplemindedness", "absurdity", "asininity", "balminess", "craziness", "daftness", "dippiness", "dottiness", "fatuousness", "folly", "idiocy", "inaneness", "inanity", "insanity", "lunacy", "madness", "nincompoopery", "nonsensicalness", "nuttiness", "preposterousness", "silliness", "simplicity", "wackiness", "zaniness", "fallacy", "irrationality", "unreasonableness", "mental deficiency", "mental retardation" ], "synonyms":[ "boneheadedness", "brainlessness", "denseness", "density", "dim-wittedness", "doltishness", "dopiness", "dorkiness", "dullness", "dulness", "dumbness", "foolishness", "gormlessness", "mindlessness", "oafishness", "obtuseness", "senselessness", "simpleness", "slowness", "stupidity", "stupidness", "thickness", "vacuity", "weak-mindedness", "witlessness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fatality":{ "a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{ "examples":[ "the grim reminder that every holiday weekend inevitably results in a slew of highway fatalities" ], "synonyms":[ "casualty", "loss", "prey", "victim" ], "near synonyms":[ "loser", "underdog", "martyr", "sacrifice", "collateral damage", "murderee" ], "near antonyms":[ "gainer", "victor", "winner", "harmer", "injurer", "assassin", "killer", "murderer" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fatherless":{ "as in motherless":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "motherless", "baseborn", "bastard", "illegitimate", "misbegotten", "natural", "spurious", "supposititious", "unfathered", "nameless", "adopted", "orphaned" ], "near antonyms":[ "legitimate" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fatiguing":{ "as in exhausting , enervating":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "draining", "enervating", "exhausting", "wearing", "palling", "debilitating", "enfeebling", "longsome", "demoralizing", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dispiriting", "annoying", "bothersome", "irksome", "irritating", "common", "commonplace", "ordinary", "tepid", "unexceptional", "unsurprising", "vapid", "blank", "earthbound", "gray", "grey", "inanimate", "pallid", "pedantic", "sterile", "suspenseless", "undramatic", "uneventful", "unexciting", "unimaginative", "uninspiring", "unnewsworthy", "unrewarding", "unsensational", "unspectacular", "cumbersome", "lumbering", "plodding", "poky", "pokey", "aseptic", "barren", "blah", "dullish", "pleasureless", "prosaic", "prosy", "soggy", "spiritless" ], "near antonyms":[ "absorbing", "engaging", "engrossing", "gripping", "interesting", "intriguing", "involving", "riveting", "amazing", "astonishing", "astounding", "awesome", "eye-opening", "fabulous", "marvelous", "marvellous", "sensational", "spectacular", "surprising", "wonderful", "wondrous", "animating", "breathtaking", "electrifying", "energizing", "enlivening", "exciting", "exhilarating", "galvanizing", "hair-raising", "inspiring", "invigorating", "rip-roaring", "rousing", "stimulating", "stirring", "thrilling", "amusing", "diverting", "entertaining", "moving", "poignant", "touching", "alluring", "attracting", "attractive", "beguiling", "bewitching", "captivating", "charming", "enchanting", "enthralling", "entrancing", "fascinating", "mesmerizing", "spellbinding", "suspenseful", "arresting", "provocative", "tantalizing" ], "antonyms":[] }, "to use up all the physical energy of":{ "examples":[ "the rescue workers pressed on, though their efforts to reach the miners had almost completely fatigued them" ], "synonyms":[ "breaking", "burning out", "busting", "doing in", "doing up", "draining", "exhausting", "fagging", "frazzling", "harassing", "killing", "knocking out", "outwearing", "tiring", "tuckering (out)", "washing out", "wearing", "wearing out", "wearying" ], "near synonyms":[ "debilitating", "enervating", "enfeebling", "sapping", "wasting", "weakening" ], "near antonyms":[ "activating", "energizing", "invigorating", "rejuvenating", "strengthening", "vitalizing", "relaxing", "resting", "unwinding" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fatheads":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "so who's the fathead who messed around with my movie collection?" ], "synonyms":[ "airheads", "birdbrains", "blockheads", "boneheads", "bubbleheads", "chowderheads", "chuckleheads", "clodpolls", "clodpoles", "clots", "clucks", "clunks", "cretins", "cuddies", "deadheads", "dim bulbs", "dimwits", "dips", "dodoes", "dodos", "dolts", "donkeys", "doofuses", "dufuses", "dopes", "dorks", "dullards", "dumbbells", "dumbheads", "dum-dums", "dummies", "dummkopfs", "dunces", "dunderheads", "ganders", "golems", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", 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"potbellied", "flabby", "soft", "buxom", "zaftig", "zoftig", "full", "hippy", "round" ], "antonyms":[ "chubby", "corpulent", "fat", "gross", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "portly", "rotund", "tubby" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "father (on)":{ "as in charge , blame":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "blame", "charge", "impute (to)", "pin (on)", "accredit", "ascribe", "attribute", "chalk up", "credit", "impute", "lay", "put down", "assign", "refer", "associate", "attach", "connect", "link" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fatalists":{ "as in pessimists , defeatists":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "defeatists", "pessimists", "handwringers", "nervous Nellies", "worriers", "worrywarts" ], "near antonyms":[ "optimists", "Pollyannas" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fatigued":{ "depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{ "examples":[ "the fatigued hikers paused for some much-needed rest beside the woodland 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"burned out", "burnt out", "busted", "bust", "did in", "did up", "drained", "exhausted", "fagged", "frazzled", "harassed", "killed", "knocked out", "outwore", "tired", "tuckered (out)", "washed out", "wearied", "wore", "wore out" ], "near synonyms":[ "debilitated", "enervated", "enfeebled", "sapped", "wasted", "weakened" ], "near antonyms":[ "activated", "energized", "invigorated", "rejuvenated", "strengthened", "vitalized", "relaxed", "rested", "unwound" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "fathomed":{ "to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{ "examples":[ "the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels" ], "synonyms":[ "plumbed", "sounded" ], "near synonyms":[ "gauged", "gaged", "scaled", "spanned", "remeasured", "replumbed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fathomless":{ "being or seeming to be without limits":{ "examples":[ "impresses 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"reprovisions", "boards", "caters", "feeds", "provisions", "victuals" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fatal":{ "bringing about ruin or misfortune":{ "examples":[ "I made the fatal mistake of sharing my secret with the office's biggest blabbermouth" ], "synonyms":[ "calamitous", "cataclysmal", "cataclysmic", "catastrophic", "damning", "destructive", "disastrous", "fateful", "ruinous", "unfortunate" ], "near synonyms":[ "apocalyptic", "apocalyptical", "hapless", "ill-fated", "ill-starred", "luckless", "adverse", "baleful", "baneful", "damaging", "deleterious", "detrimental", "evil", "harmful", "hurtful", "ill", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "prejudicial" ], "near antonyms":[ "fluky", "flukey", "fortuitous", "fortunate", "happy", "lucky", "providential", "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "hopeful", "optimistic", "promising", "propitious", "rose-colored", "rosy", "upbeat" ], "antonyms":[] }, "likely to cause or capable of causing death":{ "examples":[ "that snake's venom is fatal unless the victim is given the antidote almost immediately" ], "synonyms":[ "baleful", "deadly", "deathly", "fell", "killer", "lethal", "mortal", "murderous", "pestilent", "terminal", "vital" ], "near synonyms":[ "baneful", "deleterious", "destructive", "harmful", "injurious", "noxious", "pernicious", "truculent", "infectious", "infective", "pestilential", "poisonous", "sublethal", "toxic", "virulent", "dangerous", "grave", "grievous", "hazardous", "jeopardizing", "menacing", "parlous", "perilous", "risky", "serious", "threatening", "ugly", "unhealthy", "unsound", "bloody", "internecine", "sanguinary", "sanguine" ], "near antonyms":[ "beneficial", "restorative", "salubrious", "salutary", "alleviative", "corrective", "curative", "remedial", "tonic", "advantageous", "beneficial", "useful", "nonpoisonous", "nontoxic", "safe" ], "antonyms":[ "healthful", "healthy", "nonfatal", "nonlethal", "wholesome" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fathoms":{ "to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{ "examples":[ "the pilot had to continually fathom the river, which drought conditions had lowered to unprecedented levels" ], "synonyms":[ "plumbs", "sounds" ], "near synonyms":[ "gauges", "gages", "scales", "spans", "remeasures", "replumbs" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "fatalistic":{ "having or showing a belief that the future is determined and cannot be changed":{ "examples":[ "His fatalistic outlook resulted in a lack of motivation to pursue a career." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "defeatist", "nihilist", "nihilistic", "cynical", "misanthropic", "pessimistic", "grim", "distrustful", "mistrustful", "negative", "negativist", "negativistic", "skeptical", "suspicious", "contrary", "hostile", "derisive", "mocking", "sardonic", "scornful", "dry", "ironic", "wry", "bearish", "despairing", "downbeat", "hopeless", "bleak", "cheerless", "comfortless", "depressing", "desolate", "dismal", "dreary", "funereal", "gloomy", "morose", "saturnine", "sepulchral", "somber", "sombre", "sullen", "desperate", "discouraging", "disheartening", "inauspicious", "unlikely", "unpromising", "jaded", "sophisticated", "worldly-wise" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerful", "optimistic", "positive", "positivist", "positivistic", "rose-colored", "hopeful", "Panglossian", "Pollyanna", "Pollyannaish", "Pollyannish", "rosy", "upbeat", "cheery", "chipper", "sunny", "idealistic", "impractical", "romantic", "uncynical", "idealist", "utopian", "visionary", "cheering", "comforting", "reassuring", "favorable", "good", "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "golden", "heartening", "likely", "promising", "propitious" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "fathead":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "so who's the fathead who messed around with my movie collection?" ], "synonyms":[ "airhead", "birdbrain", "blockhead", "bonehead", "bubblehead", "chowderhead", "chucklehead", "clodpoll", "clodpole", "clot", "cluck", "clunk", "cretin", "cuddy", "cuddie", "deadhead", "dim bulb", "dimwit", "dip", "dodo", "dolt", "donkey", "doofus", "dope", "dork", "dullard", "dum-dum", "dumbbell", "dumbhead", "dummkopf", "dummy", "dunce", "dunderhead", "gander", "golem", "goof", "goon", "half-wit", "hammerhead", "hardhead", "idiot", "ignoramus", "imbecile", "jackass", "know-nothing", "knucklehead", "lamebrain", "loggerhead", "loon", "lump", "lunkhead", "meathead", "mome", "moron", "mug", "mutt", "natural", "nimrod", "nincompoop", "ninny", "ninnyhammer", "nit", "nitwit", "noddy", "noodle", "numskull", "numbskull", "oaf", "pinhead", "prat", "ratbag", "saphead", "schlub", "shlub", "schnook", "simpleton", "stock", "stupe", "stupid", "thickhead", "turkey", "woodenhead", "yahoo", "yo-yo" ], "near synonyms":[ "booby", "buffoon", "fool", "goose", "loony", "lunatic", "madman", "nut", "zany", "loser", "gawk", "featherbrain", "scatterbrain", "beast", "boor", "cad", "churl", "clown", "creep", "cur", "heel", "jerk", "skunk", "snake", "stinker", "villain" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellect", "intellectual", "sage", "thinker", "whiz", "wizard", "polymath", "Renaissance man", "sharpie", "sharpy" ], "antonyms":[ "brain", "genius" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fat":{ "individuals carefully selected as being the best of a class":{ "examples":[ "makers of fine wine will pay very high prices for grapes that are the fat of the harvest" ], "synonyms":[ "A-list", "aristocracy", "best", "choice", "corps d'elite", "cream", "cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me", "elect", "elite", "flower", "illuminati", "pick", "pink", "pride", "priesthood", "prime", "royalty", "upper crust" ], "near synonyms":[ "establishment", "gentry", "nobility", "quality", "society", "top", "top drawer", "upper class", "caviar", "caviare", "who's who" ], "near antonyms":[ "commoners", "herd", "hoi polloi", "masses", "millions", "mob", "multitude", "rank and file", "unwashed" ], "antonyms":[] }, 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"rotundity", "weight" ], "near synonyms":[ "bulkiness", "heaviness", "huskiness", "stoutness", "brawniness", "burliness", "endomorphy" ], "near antonyms":[ "fitness", "trimness", "gauntness", "scrawniness", "skinniness", "weediness" ], "antonyms":[ "leanness", "reediness", "slenderness", "slimness", "svelteness", "thinness" ] }, "having an excess of body fat":{ "examples":[ "the popular image of Santa Claus as a fat man in a red suit" ], "synonyms":[ "blubbery", "chubby", "corpulent", "fleshy", "full", "gross", "lardy", "obese", "overweight", "plump", "podgy", "portly", "pudgy", "replete", "roly-poly", "rotund", "round", "tubby" ], "near synonyms":[ "beefy", "bulky", "chunky", "heavy", "heavyset", "plumpish", "stocky", "stout", "thick", "thickset", "weighty", "brawny", "burly", "hefty", "husky", "dumpy", "squat", "stubby", "hippy", "paunchy", "potbellied", "flabby", "soft", "ample", "buxom", "corn-fed", "ripe", "zaftig", "zoftig", "endomorphic" ], "near antonyms":[ "angular", "bony", "boney", "gaunt", "lank", "lanky", "rawboned", "sinewy", "cadaverous", "emaciated", "haggard", "pinched", "skeletal", "wasted", "puny", "scraggy", "scrawny", "slight", "rangy", "reedy", "spindling", "spindly", "stringy", "svelte", "sylphlike", "twiggy", "waspish", "weedy", "willowy", "ectomorphic", "anorexic" ], "antonyms":[ "lean", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "spare", "thin" ] }, "containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible":{ "examples":[ "the lake is so fat with trout that you probably could catch fish with a bare hook" ], "synonyms":[ "brimful", "brimming", "bursting", "chock-full", "chockful", "chockablock", "crammed", "crowded", "filled", "full", "jam-packed", "jammed", "loaded", "packed", "stuffed" ], "near synonyms":[ "overcrowded", "overfilled", "overflowing", "overfull", "overladen", "overloaded", "overstuffed", "abounding", "flush", "fraught", "replete", "rife", "swarming", "teeming" ], "near antonyms":[ "deficient", "inadequate", "incomplete", "insufficient", "short", "shortish", "shy", "wanting", "depleted", "drained", "exhausted" ], "antonyms":[ "bare", "blank", "devoid", "empty", "stark", "vacant", "void" ] }, "having a greater than usual measure across":{ "examples":[ "a set of fat encyclopedia volumes took up the whole shelf" ], "synonyms":[ "broad", "thick", "wide" ], "near synonyms":[ "expansive", "extensive", "sweeping", "commodious", "roomy", "spacious", "outsize", "outsized", "oversize", "oversized", "sizable", "sizeable", "substantial", "tidy", "voluminous" ], "near antonyms":[ "fine", "hairlike", "reedlike", "elongate", "elongated", "needlelike", "bottleneck", "close", "compressed", "condensed", "constricted", "contracted", "squeezed", "tight", "tightened", "attenuate", "attenuated", "small", "smallish", "undersized", "undersize" ], "antonyms":[ "hairline", "narrow", "paper-thin", "skinny", "slender", "slim", "slim-jim", "thin" ] }, "having or being of relatively great depth or extent from one surface to its 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"unfruitful", "unproductive" ] }, "yielding a profit":{ "examples":[ "the highly sought-after baseball player signed a fat contract that set a record for the major leagues" ], "synonyms":[ "economic", "gainful", "juicy", "lucrative", "money-spinning", "moneymaking", "paying", "profitable", "remunerative" ], "near synonyms":[ "advantageous", "beneficial", "favorable", "rewarding", "useful", "worthwhile", "bankable" ], "near antonyms":[ "disadvantageous", "unfavorable" ], "antonyms":[ "unprofitable" ] }, "having goods, property, or money in abundance":{ "examples":[ "while others suffered and sacrificed, the war profiteers grew fat" ], "synonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat-cat", "flush", "loaded", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-endowed", "well-fixed", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ], "near synonyms":[ "better-off", "comfortable", "propertied", "prosperous", "substantial", "successful", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving", "advantaged", "blessed", "blest", "privileged" ], "near antonyms":[ "unaffluent", "deprived", "disadvantaged", "hand-to-mouth", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "beggared", "broke", "indebted", "insolvent", "pauperized", "ruined", "skint", "depressed", "pinched", "reduced", "straitened", "low", "short" ], "antonyms":[ "destitute", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "needy", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "fattiness":{ "the condition of having an excess of body fat":{ "examples":[ "the fattiness of the cattle" ], "synonyms":[ "adiposity", "chubbiness", "corpulence", "corpulency", "embonpoint", "fat", "fatness", "fleshiness", "grossness", "obesity", "plumpness", "portliness", "pudginess", "pursiness", "rotundity", "weight" ], "near synonyms":[ "bulkiness", "heaviness", "huskiness", "stoutness", "brawniness", "burliness", "endomorphy" ], "near antonyms":[ "fitness", "trimness", "gauntness", "scrawniness", "skinniness", "weediness" ], "antonyms":[ "leanness", "reediness", "slenderness", "slimness", "svelteness", "thinness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fatherland":{ "the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{ "examples":[ "though they had lived in their adopted country for many years, the immigrant families never broke their ties with the fatherland entirely" ], "synonyms":[ "country", "home", "homeland", "mother country", "motherland", "sod" ], "near synonyms":[ "old country", "community", "neighborhood" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fatherly":{ "as in motherly , brotherly":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "brotherly", "motherly", "sisterly", "lovey-dovey", "mushy", "romantic", "sappy", "sentimental", "enamored", "infatuated", "lovesick", "amatory", "amorous", "erotic", "erotical", "ardent", "fervent", "impassioned", "passionate", "warm", "caring", "compassionate", "considerate", "cordial", "doting", "forgiving", "friendly", "humane", "kind", "understanding", "warmhearted", "adoring", "affectionate", "devoted", "fond", "loving", "tender", "tenderhearted" ], "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" ] }, "father figure":{ "an older man who acts in a paternal role to younger people":{ "examples":[ "The coach was a stern, wise father figure to his players." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "father image", "dad", "daddy", "father", "old man", "pa", "papa", "poppa", "pater", "pop", "sire", "paterfamilias", "patriarch", "stepfather" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "fatuous":{ "not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{ "examples":[ "the fatuous questions that the audience members asked after the lecture suggested to the oceanographer that they had understood little" ], "synonyms":[ "airheaded", "birdbrained", "bonehead", "boneheaded", "brain-dead", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "chuckleheaded", "dense", "dim", "dim-witted", "doltish", "dopey", "dopy", "dorky", "dull", "dumb", "dunderheaded", "empty-headed", "gormless", "half-witted", "knuckleheaded", "lamebrain", "lamebrained", "lunkheaded", "mindless", "oafish", "obtuse", "opaque", "pinheaded", "senseless", "simple", "slow", "slow-witted", "soft", "softheaded", "stupid", "thick", "thick-witted", "thickheaded", "unintelligent", "unsmart", "vacuous", "weak-minded", "witless" ], "near synonyms":[ "cretinous", "feebleminded", "simpleminded", "boobish", "foolish", "idiotic", "idiotical", "imbecile", "imbecilic", "moronic", "ignorant", "illiterate", "lowbrow", "uneducated", "uninformed", "unintellectual", "untaught", "unthinking", "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "featherheaded", "fool", "half-baked", "harebrained", "insane", "kooky", "kookie", "loony", "looney", "lunatic", "mad", "nonsensical", "nutty", "preposterous", "sappy", "screwball", "silly", "tomfool", "unwise", "wacky", "whacky", "zany", "fallacious", "illogical", "invalid", "irrational", "unreasonable" ], "near antonyms":[ "ingenious", "resourceful", "acute", "astute", "discerning", "insightful", "keen", "knowing", "perceptive", "percipient", "perspicacious", "sagacious", "sage", "sapient", "savvy", "wise", "cerebral", "erudite", "highbrow", "intellectual", "knowledgeable", "learned", "literate", "scholarly", "thinking", "well-read", "educated", "informed", "schooled", "skilled", "trained", "crafty", "cunning", "foxy", "shrewd", "wily", "judicious", "prudent", "sane", "sensible", "sound", "logical", "rational", "reasonable", "valid" ], "antonyms":[ "apt", "brainy", "bright", "brilliant", "clever", "fast", "hyperintelligent", "intelligent", "keen", "nimble", "quick", "quick-witted", "sharp", "sharp-witted", "smart", "supersmart", "ultrasmart" ] }, "showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{ "examples":[ "ignoring the avalanche warnings, the fatuous skiers continued on their way down the trail" ], "synonyms":[ "absurd", "asinine", "balmy", "brainless", "bubbleheaded", "cockeyed", "crackpot", "crazy", "cuckoo", "daffy", "daft", "dippy", "dotty", "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" ] }, "fat-cat":{ "having goods, property, or money in abundance":{ "examples":[ "the economy was in recession, but the fat-cat financiers on Wall Street didn't seem to be suffering" ], "synonyms":[ "affluent", "deep-pocketed", "fat", "flush", "loaded", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "silk-stocking", "wealthy", "well-endowed", "well-fixed", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do" ], "near synonyms":[ "better-off", "comfortable", "propertied", "prosperous", "substantial", "successful", "flourishing", "prospering", "thriving", "advantaged", "blessed", "blest", "privileged" ], "near antonyms":[ "unaffluent", "deprived", "disadvantaged", "hand-to-mouth", "underprivileged", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "beggared", "broke", "indebted", "insolvent", "pauperized", "ruined", "skint", "depressed", "pinched", "reduced", "straitened", "low", "short" ], "antonyms":[ "destitute", "impecunious", "impoverished", "indigent", "needy", "penniless", "penurious", "poor", "poverty-stricken" ] }, "a wealthy person":{ "examples":[ "that last recession was particularly hard on the poor, but the fat cats barely noticed a dip in their bank accounts" ], "synonyms":[ "capitalist", "Croesus", "deep pocket", "have", "money", "moneybags", "plutocrat", "silk stocking" ], "near synonyms":[ "moneymaker", "money-spinner", "magnate", "nabob", "tycoon", "billionaire", "gazillionaire", "millionaire", "multibillionaire", "multimillionaire", "multimillionairess", "zillionaire", "heir", "heiress", "jet-setter", "jeunesse dor\u00e9e" ], "near antonyms":[ "bankrupt", "beggar" ], "antonyms":[ "have-not", "pauper" ] }, "one of high position or importance within a group":{ "examples":[ "a candidate that has the backing of most of the party's fat cats" ], "synonyms":[ "big", "big boy", "big cheese", "big gun", "big leaguer", "big shot", "big wheel", "big-timer", "bigfoot", "biggie", "bigwig", "heavy", "heavy hitter", "heavyweight", "high-muck-a-muck", "high-muckety-muck", "honcho", "kahuna", "kingfish", "kingpin", "major leaguer", "muckety-muck", "muck-a-muck", "mucky-muck", "nabob", "nawab", "nibs", "nob", "pooh-bah", "poo-bah", "wheel" ], "near synonyms":[ "baron", "czar", "tsar", "tzar", "king", "lion", "magnate", "mogul", "prince", "princess", "queen", "tycoon", "VIP" ], "near antonyms":[ "inferior", "subordinate", "underling", "mediocrity", "obscurity" ], "antonyms":[ "lightweight", "nobody", "nonentity", "nothing", "shrimp", "twerp", "whippersnapper", "zero", "zilch" ] }, "type":[ "adjective", "noun" ] }, "fathering":{ "as in paternity , fatherhood":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "fatherhood", "paternity", "raising", "rearing", "upbringing", "maternity", "motherhood", "mothering", "parenthood", "parenting", "caregiving", "caretaking" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to become the father of":{ "examples":[ "Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered" ], "synonyms":[ "begetting", "getting", "siring" ], "near synonyms":[ "multiplying", "procreating", "propagating", "reproducing", "spawning", "bearing", "engendering", "gendering", "generating", "producing" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "father image":{ "as in father figure":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "father figure", "dad", "daddy", "father", "old man", "pa", "papa", "poppa", "pater", "pop", "sire", "paterfamilias", "patriarch", "stepfather" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Father":{ "a male human parent":{ "examples":[ "the special relationship that exists between fathers and sons" ], "synonyms":[ "dad", "daddy", "old man", "pa", "papa", "poppa", "pater", "pop", "sire" ], "near synonyms":[ "paterfamilias", "patriarch", "father figure", "father image", "stepfather" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{ "examples":[ "Sir Isaac Newton is regarded by many as the father of modern science" ], "synonyms":[ "author", "begetter", "creator", "establisher", "founder", "founding father", "generator", "inaugurator", "initiator", "instituter", "institutor", "originator", "sire" ], "near synonyms":[ "cocreator", "cofounder", "conceiver", "contriver", "designer", "deviser", "formulator", "innovator", "introducer", "inventor", "spawner", "builder", "maker", "producer", "developer", "pioneer", "researcher", "researchist", "organizer", "promoter", "encourager", "galvanizer", "inspiration", "inspirer" ], "near antonyms":[ "disciple", "follower", "pupil", "student", "supporter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent":{ "examples":[ "our fathers founded this nation on the fundamental belief that no person is entitled to rule by divine right" ], "synonyms":[ "ancestor", "forebear", "forbear", "forebearer", "forefather", "grandfather", "primogenitor", "progenitor" ], "near synonyms":[ "antecessor", "predecessor", "ancestress", "foremother", "grandmother", "matriarch", "grandsire", "patriarch", "sire", "ancestry", "antecedents", "roots" ], "near antonyms":[ "children", "family", "issue", "lineage", "offspring", "posterity", "progeny", "seed", "stock", "daughter", "heir", "inheritor", "scion", "son", "successor" ], "antonyms":[ "descendant", "descendent" ] }, "the being worshipped as the creator and ruler of the universe":{ "examples":[ "let us ask humbly for the blessings of our Father in heaven" ], "synonyms":[ "Allah", "Almighty", "Author", "Creator", "deity", "Divinity", "Eternal", "Everlasting", "God", "Godhead", "Jehovah", "King", "Lord", "Maker", "Providence", "Supreme Being", "Yahweh", "Jahveh", "Yahveh" ], "near synonyms":[], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "to become the father of":{ "examples":[ "Paul Revere somehow found room in his small house for the large family he had fathered" ], "synonyms":[ "beget", "get", "sire" ], "near synonyms":[ "multiply", "procreate", "propagate", "reproduce", "spawn", "bear", "engender", "gender", "generate", "produce" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] } }