{
  "tad":{
    "a very small amount":{
      "examples":[
        "there's more than just a tad of hyperbole in the critics' praise for the promising young pianist"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "ace",
        "bit",
        "crumb",
        "dab",
        "dram",
        "driblet",
        "glimmer",
        "hint",
        "lick",
        "little",
        "mite",
        "nip",
        "ounce",
        "particle",
        "peanuts",
        "ray",
        "scintilla",
        "scruple",
        "shade",
        "shadow",
        "shred",
        "skosh",
        "smack",
        "smell",
        "smidgen",
        "smidgeon",
        "smidgin",
        "smidge",
        "snap",
        "soup\u00e7on",
        "spark",
        "spatter",
        "speck",
        "splash",
        "spot",
        "sprinkling",
        "strain",
        "streak",
        "suspicion",
        "touch",
        "trace"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "hoot",
        "iota",
        "jot",
        "minim",
        "minimum",
        "modicum",
        "semblance",
        "syllable",
        "tittle",
        "vestige",
        "whit",
        "atom",
        "dot",
        "fleck",
        "flyspeck",
        "grain",
        "granule",
        "molecule",
        "morsel",
        "mote",
        "nubbin",
        "patch",
        "scrap",
        "dash",
        "drop",
        "pinch",
        "part",
        "portion",
        "section",
        "bite",
        "nibble",
        "taste",
        "handful",
        "scattering",
        "smatter",
        "smattering",
        "dose",
        "shot",
        "chip",
        "flake",
        "fragment",
        "shard",
        "shiver",
        "sliver",
        "smithereens",
        "splinter",
        "tatter",
        "clipping",
        "paring",
        "shaving"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[
        "abundance",
        "barrel",
        "boatload",
        "bucket",
        "bundle",
        "bushel",
        "deal",
        "fistful",
        "gobs",
        "heaps",
        "lashings",
        "lashins",
        "loads",
        "lot",
        "mass",
        "mess",
        "mountain",
        "much",
        "oodles",
        "passel",
        "peck",
        "pile",
        "plenty",
        "potful",
        "profusion",
        "quantity",
        "raft",
        "reams",
        "scads",
        "stack",
        "wad",
        "wealth",
        "volume",
        "bonanza",
        "embarrassment",
        "excess",
        "overabundance",
        "overage",
        "overflow",
        "overkill",
        "overmuch",
        "oversupply",
        "superabundance",
        "superfluity",
        "surfeit",
        "surplus",
        "chunk",
        "hunk",
        "lump",
        "slab"
      ],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
      "examples":[
        "grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "boy",
        "boychick",
        "boychik",
        "boyo",
        "callant",
        "lad",
        "laddie",
        "nipper",
        "shaveling",
        "shaver",
        "sonny",
        "stripling",
        "youth"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adolescent",
        "juvenile",
        "kid",
        "kiddie",
        "kiddy",
        "kiddo",
        "minor",
        "moppet",
        "teenager",
        "tween",
        "youngling",
        "youngster",
        "gamin",
        "guttersnipe",
        "hobbledehoy",
        "imp",
        "squirt",
        "urchin",
        "whippersnapper",
        "schoolboy",
        "toddler",
        "tot",
        "tyke",
        "tike",
        "mama's boy"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "tads":{
    "a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
      "examples":[
        "grandfather never tires of telling us about the days when he was just a tad"
      ],
      "synonyms":[
        "boychicks",
        "boychiks",
        "boyos",
        "boys",
        "callants",
        "laddies",
        "lads",
        "nippers",
        "shavelings",
        "shavers",
        "sonnies",
        "striplings",
        "youths"
      ],
      "near synonyms":[
        "adolescents",
        "juveniles",
        "kiddies",
        "kiddos",
        "kids",
        "minors",
        "moppets",
        "teenagers",
        "tweens",
        "younglings",
        "youngsters",
        "gamins",
        "guttersnipes",
        "hobbledehoys",
        "imps",
        "squirts",
        "urchins",
        "whippersnappers",
        "schoolboys",
        "toddlers",
        "tots",
        "tykes",
        "tikes",
        "mama's boys"
      ],
      "near antonyms":[],
      "antonyms":[]
    },
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  }
}