dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/dw_mwt.json
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{
"dwelled (on or upon)":{
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"examples":[
"she was always dwelling on past insults and snubs, both real and imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accented",
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"paid (up)",
"pointed (up)",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"synonyms":[
"belabored",
"harped (on)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"dweller":{
"one who lives permanently in a place":{
"antonyms":[
"transient"
],
"examples":[
"the kinds of nuisances that city dwellers are all too familiar with"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alien",
"foreigner",
"nonresident",
"guest",
"tourist",
"visitor",
"defector",
"emigrant",
"escaper",
"evacuee",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"refugee"
],
"related":[
"cohabitant",
"coresident",
"aborigine",
"native",
"citizen",
"national",
"subject",
"colonist",
"\u00e9migr\u00e9",
"emigr\u00e9",
"migrant",
"newcomer",
"settler",
"burgher",
"local",
"localite",
"townee",
"townie",
"towny",
"townsman",
"villager"
],
"synonyms":[
"denizen",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"inhabiter",
"occupant",
"resident",
"resider",
"tenant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dwelling (on or upon)":{
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting",
"slurring (over)"
],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accenting",
"accentuating",
"emphasizing",
"paying (up)",
"pointing (up)",
"stressing",
"underlining",
"underscoring"
],
"synonyms":[
"belaboring",
"harping (on)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"dwelling (on)":{
"as in mulling (over) , pondering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dwellings":{
"the place where one lives":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the simple dwellings in which the Pilgrims spent the first winter at Plymouth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"countryseats",
"estates",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"mansions",
"McMansions",
"palaces",
"villas",
"farmhouses",
"granges",
"haciendas",
"homesteads",
"double-wides",
"houseboats",
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"motor homes",
"recreational vehicles",
"RVs",
"trailers",
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"rectories",
"vicarages",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"synonyms":[
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dwelt (on or upon)":{
"to speak or write about insistently and usually tiresomely":{
"antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted",
"slurred (over)"
],
"examples":[
"she was always dwelling on past insults and snubs, both real and imagined"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accented",
"accentuated",
"emphasized",
"paid (up)",
"pointed (up)",
"stressed",
"underlined",
"underscored"
],
"synonyms":[
"belabored",
"harped (on)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"dwindles":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulates",
"balloons",
"builds",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"grows",
"increases",
"intensifies",
"mounts",
"mushrooms",
"picks up",
"rises",
"snowballs",
"soars",
"swells",
"waxes"
],
"examples":[
"our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appears",
"emerges",
"shows up",
"blows up",
"distends",
"elongates",
"lengthens"
],
"related":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"evaporates",
"fades (away)",
"fritters (away)",
"gives out",
"melts (away)",
"peters (out)",
"tails (off)",
"vanishes",
"slackens",
"slows (down)",
"alleviates",
"relaxes",
"flags",
"sinks",
"weakens",
"caves (in)",
"collapses",
"deflates"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"declines",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dies (away or down or out)",
"diminishes",
"drains (away)",
"drops (off)",
"eases",
"ebbs",
"falls",
"falls away",
"lessens",
"lets up",
"lowers",
"moderates",
"palls",
"phases down",
"ratchets (down)",
"rachets (down)",
"recedes",
"relents",
"remits",
"shrinks",
"subsides",
"tapers",
"tapers off",
"wanes"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"increases",
"raises"
],
"examples":[
"the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows up",
"dilates",
"distends",
"inflates",
"swells",
"elongates",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"redoubles"
],
"related":[
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"clips",
"crops",
"curtails",
"cuts",
"cuts back",
"cuts down",
"docks",
"nicks",
"pares",
"prunes",
"retrenches",
"shortens",
"slashes",
"trims",
"truncates",
"whittles",
"deflates",
"shrinks",
"minimizes",
"moderates",
"modifies",
"modulates",
"qualifies"
],
"synonyms":[
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"dents",
"depletes",
"diminishes",
"downscales",
"downsizes",
"drops",
"eases",
"knocks down",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dwindling":{
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
"antonyms":[
"accumulating",
"ballooning",
"building",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"growing",
"increasing",
"intensifying",
"mounting",
"mushrooming",
"picking up",
"rising",
"snowballing",
"soaring",
"swelling",
"waxing"
],
"examples":[
"our hopes dwindled as the reports of more casualties came in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appearing",
"emerging",
"showing up",
"blowing up",
"distending",
"elongating",
"lengthening"
],
"related":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"evaporating",
"fading (away)",
"frittering (away)",
"giving out",
"melting (away)",
"petering (out)",
"tailing (off)",
"vanishing",
"slackening",
"slowing (down)",
"alleviating",
"relaxing",
"flagging",
"sinking",
"weakening",
"caving (in)",
"collapsing",
"deflating"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"declining",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"draining (away)",
"dropping (off)",
"dying (away or down or out)",
"easing",
"ebbing",
"falling",
"falling away",
"lessening",
"letting up",
"lowering",
"moderating",
"palling",
"phasing down",
"ratcheting (down)",
"racheting (down)",
"receding",
"relenting",
"remitting",
"shrinking",
"subsiding",
"tapering",
"tapering off",
"waning"
]
},
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"raising"
],
"examples":[
"the long winter dwindled our supply of firewood to practically nothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing up",
"dilating",
"distending",
"inflating",
"swelling",
"elongating",
"extending",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling"
],
"related":[
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"clipping",
"cropping",
"curtailing",
"cutting",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"docking",
"nicking",
"paring",
"pruning",
"retrenching",
"shortening",
"slashing",
"trimming",
"truncating",
"whittling",
"deflating",
"shrinking",
"minimizing",
"moderating",
"modifying",
"modulating",
"qualifying"
],
"synonyms":[
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"denting",
"depleting",
"diminishing",
"downscaling",
"downsizing",
"dropping",
"easing",
"knocking down",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dwarves":{
"a living thing much smaller than others of its kind":{
"examples":[
"Shetland ponies are the dwarfs of the horse world"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutives",
"midgets",
"mites",
"peewees",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"runts",
"scrubs",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"Tom Thumbs"
],
"related":[
"nubbins",
"miniatures",
"minis",
"bantams",
"homunculi",
"hop-o'-my-thumbs",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"half-pints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"whales",
"whoppers"
],
"antonyms":[
"behemoths",
"colossi",
"giants",
"jumbos",
"leviathans",
"mammoths",
"monsters",
"titans"
]
},
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
"examples":[
"Snow White and the seven dwarfs"
],
"synonyms":[
"brownies",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls"
],
"related":[
"little people",
"kelpies",
"nixies",
"changelings",
"imps",
"banshees",
"ghouls",
"hags",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person of no importance or influence":{
"examples":[
"it would be ridiculous to compare the two sculptors\u2014one's a giant of the art world and the other's a dwarf"
],
"synonyms":[
"ciphers",
"half-pints",
"insects",
"insignificancies",
"lightweights",
"morsels",
"nobodies",
"nonentities",
"nullities",
"numbers",
"pip-squeaks",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"snippersnappers",
"twerps",
"whippersnappers",
"zeros",
"zeroes",
"zilches"
],
"related":[
"no-names",
"noncelebrities",
"leasts",
"inferiors",
"mediocrities",
"obscurities",
"figureheads",
"puppets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"leads",
"celebrities",
"luminaries",
"notables",
"personalities",
"planets",
"stars",
"superstars",
"authorities",
"superiors",
"great powers",
"parties",
"powers"
],
"antonyms":[
"big shots",
"big wheels",
"bigwigs",
"eminences",
"figures",
"kahunas",
"kingpins",
"magnates",
"nabobs",
"personages",
"somebodies",
"VIPs"
]
},
"to hold back the normal growth of":{
"examples":[
"shrubs dwarfed by the lack of water"
],
"synonyms":[
"stunts",
"suppresses"
],
"related":[
"arrests",
"catches",
"checks",
"halts",
"holds up",
"stalls",
"stays",
"stills",
"stops",
"balks",
"blocks",
"holds back",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"stems",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"shrinks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advances",
"boosts",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}