{ "goldbricking":{ "as in dallying , loafing":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "dallying", "loafing", "lolling", "lounging", "apathy", "languor", "lassitude", "lethargy", "listlessness", "sluggishness", "supineness", "idleness", "indolence", "inertia", "laziness", "shiftlessness", "sloth" ], "near antonyms":[ "drive", "industriousness", "industry", "ambition", "enterprise", "go", "hustle", "initiative", "assiduity", "assiduousness", "diligence", "perseverance", "animation", "briskness", "energy", "exuberance", "jazziness", "liveliness", "lustiness", "pep", "peppiness", "robustness", "sprightliness", "vibrancy", "vigor", "vim", "vitality", "vivacity" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hanging , bumming":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bumming", "hanging", "hanging about", "hanging around", "idling", "loafing", "slacking (off)", "vegging out", "basking", "kicking back", "lolling", "lounging", "relaxing", "reposing", "resting" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudging", "grubbing", "humping", "hustling", "laboring", "moiling", "pegging (away)", "plodding", "plowing", "plugging", "slaving", "slogging", "straining", "striving", "struggling", "sweating", "toiling", "travailing", "working", "exercising", "working out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "golden-ager":{ "a person of advanced years":{ "examples":[ "offered discounts and special tours for golden-agers" ], "synonyms":[ "ancient", "elder", "geriatric", "old-timer", "oldster", "senior", "senior citizen" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaffer", "graybeard", "patriarch", "whitebeard", "beldam", "beldame", "dowager", "grandam", "grandame", "adult", "grown-up", "dotard" ], "near antonyms":[ "adolescent", "minor", "child", "cub", "juvenile", "kid", "kiddie", "kiddy" ], "antonyms":[ "youngster", "youth" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "golems":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life" ], "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", "fatheads", "ganders", "goofs", "goons", "half-wits", "hammerheads", "hardheads", "idiots", "ignoramuses", "ignorami", "imbeciles", "jackasses", "know-nothings", "knuckleheads", "lamebrains", "loggerheads", "loons", "lumps", "lunkheads", "meatheads", "momes", "morons", "mugs", "mutts", "naturals", "nimrods", "nincompoops", "ninnies", "ninnyhammers", "nits", "nitwits", "noddies", "noodles", "numskulls", "numbskulls", "oafs", "pinheads", "prats", "ratbags", "sapheads", "schlubs", "shlubs", "schnooks", "simpletons", "stocks", "stupes", "stupids", "thickheads", "turkeys", "woodenheads", "yahoos", "yo-yos" ], "near synonyms":[ "boobies", "buffoons", "fools", "geese", "loonies", "lunatics", "madmen", "nuts", "zanies", "losers", "gawks", "featherbrains", "scatterbrains", "beasts", "boors", "cads", "churls", "clowns", "creeps", "curs", "heels", "jerks", "skunks", "skunk", "snakes", "stinkers", "villains" ], "near antonyms":[ "intellects", "intellectuals", "sages", "thinkers", "whizzes", "wizards", "polymaths", "Renaissance men", "sharpies" ], "antonyms":[ "brains", "geniuses", "genii" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "goldbrick":{ "one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{ "examples":[ "the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food" ], "synonyms":[ "shirker", "slacker" ], "near synonyms":[ "malingerer", "dropout", "quitter", "drone", "idler", "lazybones", "loafer", "slouch", "slug", "slugabed", "sluggard", "dallier", "lingerer", "loiterer", "lounger", "saunterer", "dawdler", "laggard", "putterer", "slowpoke" ], "near antonyms":[ "live wire", "pistol", "powerhouse", "doer", "go-getter", "hummer", "hustler", "self-starter" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hang , bum":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bum", "hang", "hang about", "hang around", "idle", "loaf", "slack (off)", "veg out", "bask", "kick back", "loll", "lounge", "relax", "repose", "rest" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudge", "grub", "hump", "hustle", "labor", "moil", "peg (away)", "plod", "plow", "plug", "slave", "slog", "strain", "strive", "struggle", "sweat", "toil", "travail", "work", "exercise", "work out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "golden ages":{ "a period of high artistic or cultural development":{ "examples":[ "a memoir of her days as an actress in the golden age of Hollywood" ], "synonyms":[ "belle epoques", "belles \u00e9poques", "renaissances" ], "near synonyms":[ "silver ages", "millennia", "millenniums", "blooms", "blossoms", "flowers", "flushes", "glories", "heydays", "primes", "salad days", "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "climaxes", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "zeniths" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "dark ages" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "golem":{ "a stupid person":{ "examples":[ "the supervisor was a golem who never had an unprogrammed thought in her life" ], "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", "fathead", "gander", "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" ], "related":[ "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" ] }, "Goliath":{ "something or someone that is unusually large and powerful":{ "examples":[ "the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath" ], "synonyms":[ "behemoth", "blockbuster", "colossus", "dinosaur", "dreadnought", "elephant", "giant", "jumbo", "leviathan", "mammoth", "mastodon", "monster", "titan", "whale", "whopper" ], "near synonyms":[ "amazon", "giantess", "bulk", "hulk", "heavyweight", "juggernaut", "steamroller" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightweight", "weakling", "wimp", "wisp", "nonentity", "twerp", "whippersnapper" ], "antonyms":[ "diminutive", "dwarf", "half-pint", "midget", "mite", "peewee", "pygmy", "pigmy", "runt", "shrimp" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gold-plated":{ "covered in a thin layer of gold":{ "examples":[ "Gold-plated jewelry is less expensive than solid gold." ], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "gilded", "gilt", "gold", "golden", "bejeweled", "bejewelled", "bossed", "chased", "emblazoned", "embossed", "embroidered", "flounced", "fringed", "garlanded", "laced", "sequined", "sequinned", "wreathed" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "golden mean":{ "a middle point between extremes":{ "examples":[ "when it comes to money, the golden mean is saving some income, while giving yourself a modest spending allowance" ], "synonyms":[ "mean", "medium", "middle", "middle ground", "midpoint" ], "near synonyms":[ "arithmetic mean", "average", "median", "norm", "par", "standard" ], "near antonyms":[ "maximum", "utmost", "minimum" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "Goliaths":{ "something or someone that is unusually large and powerful":{ "examples":[ "the family-owned company lost the contract to a multibillion-dollar Goliath" ], "synonyms":[ "behemoths", "blockbusters", "colossi", "dinosaurs", "dreadnoughts", "elephants", "elephant", "giants", "jumbos", "leviathans", "mammoths", "mastodons", "monsters", "titans", "whales", "whoppers" ], "near synonyms":[ "amazons", "giantesses", "bulks", "hulks", "heavyweights", "juggernauts", "steamrollers" ], "near antonyms":[ "lightweights", "weaklings", "wimps", "wisps", "nonentities", "twerps", "whippersnappers" ], "antonyms":[ "diminutives", "dwarfs", "dwarves", "half-pints", "midgets", "mites", "peewees", "pygmies", "pigmies", "runts", "shrimp", "shrimps" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gold standard":{ "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{ "examples":[ "the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial" ], "synonyms":[ "bar", "barometer", "benchmark", "criterion", "grade", "mark", "measure", "metric", "par", "standard", "touchstone", "yardstick" ], "near synonyms":[ "case", "example", "instance", "average", "norm", "rule", "acme", "apex", "meridian", "peak", "pinnacle", "summit", "zenith" ], "near antonyms":[ "aberration", "abnormality", "deviation" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "goldbricked":{ "as in hung , bummed":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bummed", "hung", "hanged", "hung about", "hung around", "idled", "loafed", "slacked (off)", "vegged out", "basked", "kicked back", "lolled", "lounged", "relaxed", "reposed", "rested" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudged", "grubbed", "humped", "hustled", "labored", "moiled", "pegged (away)", "plodded", "plowed", "plugged", "slaved", "slogged", "strained", "strove", "strived", "struggled", "sweat", "sweated", "toiled", "travailed", "worked", "wrought", "exercised", "worked out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "verb" ] }, "Golcondas":{ "as in bonanzas , honeypots":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bonanzas", "gravy trains", "honeypots", "caches", "hoards", "stashes", "armories", "repositories", "stockpots", "storehouses", "stores", "treasure-houses", "argosies", "cornucopias", "gold mines", "mines", "mother lodes", "treasure troves", "wellsprings" ], "near antonyms":[ "black holes", "sinkholes" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "golden years":{ "as in seniority , elderliness":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "elderliness", "oldness", "seniority", "anecdotage", "dotage", "senility", "adulthood", "majority", "maturity", "middle", "middle age", "midlife", "ripeness", "sunset", "twilight", "winter", "afterlife", "afternoon", "age", "autumn", "evening" ], "near antonyms":[ "springtime", "adolescence", "youth" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "plural noun" ] }, "golden":{ "having qualities which inspire hope":{ "examples":[ "this may be your golden moment to impress a baseball scout, so don't blow it" ], "synonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "fair", "heartening", "hopeful", "likely", "optimistic", "promising", "propitious", "rose-colored", "roseate", "rosy", "upbeat" ], "near synonyms":[ "cheering", "comforting", "reassuring", "soothing", "assured", "confident", "decisive", "doubtless", "positive", "sure", "unhesitating", "beamish", "bullish", "eupeptic", "favorable", "good" ], "near antonyms":[ "cheerless", "comfortless", "doubtful", "dubious", "uncertain", "bearish", "grim", "negative", "unfavorable", "funereal", "glum", "gray", "grey", "miserable", "wretched" ], "antonyms":[ "bleak", "dark", "depressing", "desperate", "discouraging", "disheartening", "dismal", "downbeat", "dreary", "gloomy", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "pessimistic", "unencouraging", "unlikely", "unpromising", "unpropitious" ] }, "marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{ "examples":[ "sang in a golden alto that filled the concert hall" ], "synonyms":[ "orotund", "plangent", "resonant", "resounding", "reverberant", "reverberating", "reverberative", "ringing", "rotund", "round", "sonorous", "vibrant" ], "near synonyms":[ "deep", "full", "mellifluent", "mellifluous", "mellow", "plummy", "rich", "loud", "powerful", "stentorian", "thundering", "thunderous" ], "near antonyms":[ "cavernous", "hollow", "faint", "low", "murmurous", "muted", "smothered", "soft", "weak", "thin", "tinny" ], "antonyms":[] }, "marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{ "examples":[ "the golden age of industrialization" ], "synonyms":[ "booming", "boomy", "flourishing", "halcyon", "healthy", "lush", "palmy", "prospering", "prosperous", "roaring", "successful", "thriving" ], "near synonyms":[ "affluent", "moneyed", "monied", "opulent", "rich", "substantial", "wealthy", "well-heeled", "well-off", "well-to-do", "comfortable" ], "near antonyms":[ "declining", "dying", "failing", "floundering", "languishing", "struggling", "bankrupt", "bankrupted", "insolvent" ], "antonyms":[ "depressed", "unprosperous", "unsuccessful" ] }, "of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color":{ "examples":[ "a golden Labrador" ], "synonyms":[ "blond", "blonde", "fair", "flaxen", "sandy", "straw", "tawny" ], "near synonyms":[ "ocherous", "ochreous", "ash-blond", "ash-blonde", "blondish", "strawberry blonde", "strawberry blond", "towheaded", "gold", "light", "white" ], "near antonyms":[ "black-a-vised", "brown", "brunet", "brunette", "dark", "olive", "swart", "swarthy", "black", "ebony", "raven" ], "antonyms":[] }, "pointing toward a happy outcome":{ "examples":[ "that new job is a golden opportunity" ], "synonyms":[ "auspicious", "bright", "encouraging", "favorable", "heartening", "hopeful", "promising", "propitious" ], "near synonyms":[ "fortunate", "fortuitous", "happy", "lucky", "providential", "advantageous", "beneficial", "profitable", "prosperous", "salutary" ], "near antonyms":[ "unfortunate", "unhappy", "unlucky", "calamitous", "catastrophic", "disastrous", "fatal", "ruinous", "baleful", "dark", "dire", "direful", "doomy", "foreboding", "gloomy", "ill", "ill-boding", "menacing", "minatory", "ominous", "portentous", "sinister", "threatening" ], "antonyms":[ "dim", "discouraging", "disheartening", "futureless", "hopeless", "inauspicious", "unfavorable", "unpromising", "unpropitious" ] }, "type":[ "adjective" ] }, "golden means":{ "a middle point between extremes":{ "examples":[ "when it comes to money, the golden mean is saving some income, while giving yourself a modest spending allowance" ], "synonyms":[ "means", "mediums", "media", "middle grounds", "middles", "midpoints" ], "near synonyms":[ "arithmetic means", "averages", "medians", "norms", "pars", "standards" ], "near antonyms":[ "maxima", "maximums", "utmosts", "minima", "minimums" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "golden-agers":{ "a person of advanced years":{ "examples":[ "offered discounts and special tours for golden-agers" ], "synonyms":[ "ancients", "elders", "geriatrics", "oldsters", "old-timers", "senior citizens", "seniors" ], "near synonyms":[ "gaffers", "graybeards", "patriarchs", "whitebeards", "beldams", "beldames", "dowagers", "grandams", "grandames", "adults", "grown-ups", "dotards" ], "near antonyms":[ "adolescents", "minors", "children", "cubs", "juveniles", "kiddies", "kids" ], "antonyms":[ "youngsters", "youths" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "gold mine":{ "an abundant source":{ "examples":[ "the estate sale promises to be a gold mine for antique dealers" ], "synonyms":[ "argosy", "cornucopia", "mine", "mother lode", "treasure trove", "wellspring" ], "near synonyms":[ "armory", "repository", "stockpot", "store", "storehouse", "treasure-house", "cache", "hoard", "stash", "bonanza", "Golconda", "gravy train", "honeypot" ], "near antonyms":[ "black hole", "sinkhole" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "golden age":{ "a period of high artistic or cultural development":{ "examples":[ "a memoir of her days as an actress in the golden age of Hollywood" ], "synonyms":[ "belle epoque", "belle \u00e9poque", "renaissance" ], "near synonyms":[ "silver age", "millennium", "bloom", "blossom", "flower", "flush", "glory", "heyday", "prime", "salad days", "acme", "apex", "climax", "meridian", "peak", "pinnacle", "summit", "zenith" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[ "dark age" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "goldbricks":{ "one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{ "examples":[ "the goldbricks among the colonists were warned: no work, no food" ], "synonyms":[ "shirkers", "slackers" ], "near synonyms":[ "malingerers", "dropouts", "quitters", "drones", "idlers", "lazybones", "loafers", "slouches", "slugabeds", "sluggards", "slugs", "dalliers", "lingerers", "loiterers", "loungers", "saunterers", "dawdlers", "laggards", "putterers", "slowpokes" ], "near antonyms":[ "live wires", "pistols", "powerhouses", "doers", "go-getters", "hummers", "hustlers", "self-starters" ], "antonyms":[] }, "as in hangs , bums":{ "examples":[], "synonyms":[], "near synonyms":[ "bums", "hangs", "hangs about", "hangs around", "idles", "loafs", "slacks (off)", "vegges out", "veges out", "basks", "kicks back", "lolls", "lounges", "relaxes", "reposes", "rests" ], "near antonyms":[ "drudges", "grubs", "humps", "hustles", "labors", "moils", "pegs (away)", "plods", "plows", "plugs", "slaves", "slogs", "strains", "strives", "struggles", "sweats", "toils", "travails", "works", "exercises", "works out" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun", "verb" ] }, "gold standards":{ "something set up as an example against which others of the same type are compared":{ "examples":[ "the gold standard for accurate experimental procedures is the double-blind medication trial" ], "synonyms":[ "barometers", "bars", "benchmarks", "criteria", "criterions", "grades", "marks", "measures", "metrics", "pars", "standards", "touchstones", "yardsticks" ], "near synonyms":[ "cases", "examples", "instances", "averages", "norms", "rules", "acmes", "apexes", "apices", "meridians", "peaks", "pinnacles", "summits", "zeniths" ], "near antonyms":[ "aberrations", "abnormalities", "deviations" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "noun" ] } }