9625 lines
190 KiB
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9625 lines
190 KiB
JSON
{
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"fianc\u00e9s":{
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"the person to whom one is engaged to be married":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"couldn't wait to show off her fianc\u00e9 to all of her relatives"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"admirers",
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"beaux",
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"beaus",
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"beloveds",
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"boyfriends",
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"darlings",
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"dears",
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"favorites",
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"fellows",
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"flames",
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"girlfriends",
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"honeys",
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"lovers",
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"loves",
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"steadies",
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"swains",
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"sweethearts",
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"sweetie pies",
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"sweeties",
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"sweets",
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"valentines",
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"brides",
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"grooms"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"betrotheds",
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"fianc\u00e9es",
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"intendeds"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fiat":{
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"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"call",
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"conclusion",
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"decision",
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"deliverance",
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"determination",
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"diagnosis",
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"judgment",
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"judgement",
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"opinion",
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"resolution",
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"verdict",
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"announcement",
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"declaration",
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"dictum",
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"manifesto",
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"proclamation",
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"pronouncement",
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"canon",
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"encyclical"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bull",
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"decree",
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"diktat",
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"directive",
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"edict",
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"rescript",
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"ruling",
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"ukase"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"fibbing":{
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"as in lying , dishonest":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"asserting",
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"swearing",
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"testifying",
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"authenticating",
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"confirming",
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"substantiating",
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"validating",
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"verifying"
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],
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"related":[
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"forswearing",
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"foreswearing",
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"perjuring",
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"equivocating",
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"fudging",
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"paltering",
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"beguiling",
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"cozening",
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"deceiving",
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"deluding",
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"duping",
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"fooling",
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"gulling",
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"hoaxing",
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"hoodwinking",
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"kidding",
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"snowing",
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"taking in",
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"tricking",
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"defaming",
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"libeling",
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"libelling",
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"slandering",
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"traducing",
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"falsifying",
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"misreporting",
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"misrepresenting",
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"misstating",
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"distorting",
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"garbling",
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"dissembling",
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"dissimulating",
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"misguiding",
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"misinforming",
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"misleading"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabricating",
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"lying",
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"prevaricating"
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]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"assailing",
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"assaulting",
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"attacking",
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"besetting",
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"boxing",
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"busting",
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"chopping",
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"clobbering",
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"clouting",
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"cracking",
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"cudgeling",
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"cudgelling",
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"cuffing",
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"descending (on or upon)",
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"hitting",
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"jumping (on)",
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"knocking",
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"lamming",
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"laying on",
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"pasting",
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"pouncing (on or upon)",
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"punching",
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"raiding",
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"rushing",
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"slamming",
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"slapping",
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"smacking",
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"smashing",
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"socking",
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"spanking",
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"storming",
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"swatting",
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"swiping",
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"thwacking",
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"whacking",
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"whamming",
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"whomping",
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"blackjacking",
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"caning",
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"cowhiding",
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"flagellating",
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"fustigating",
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"horsewhipping",
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"leathering",
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"pistol-whipping",
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"rawhiding",
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"scourging",
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"strapping",
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"goring",
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"lacerating",
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"wounding",
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"maiming",
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"mangling",
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"mutilating"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashing",
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"basting",
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"battering",
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"batting",
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"beating",
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"belaboring",
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"belting",
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"birching",
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"bludgeoning",
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"buffeting",
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"bunging up",
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"clubbing",
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"currying",
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"doing",
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"drubbing",
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"flogging",
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"hammering",
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"hiding",
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"lacing",
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"lambasting",
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"lashing",
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"lathering",
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"licking",
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"mauling",
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"messing (up)",
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"paddling",
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"pelting",
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"pommeling",
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"pommelling",
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"pounding",
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"pummeling",
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"pummelling",
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"punching out",
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"roughing (up)",
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"slating",
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"slogging",
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"switching",
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"tanning",
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"thrashing",
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"threshing",
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"thumping",
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"tromping",
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"walloping",
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"whaling",
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"whipping",
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"whopping",
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"whapping",
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"whupping",
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"working over"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fibs":{
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"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
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"antonyms":[
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"truths"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"facts",
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"truisms",
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"verities",
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"honesties",
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"veracities",
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"authentications",
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"confirmations",
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"substantiations",
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"validations",
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"verifications"
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],
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"related":[
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"distortions",
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"exaggerations",
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"half-truths",
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"ambiguities",
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"equivocations",
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"obliquities",
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"defamations",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"perjuries",
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"bluffs",
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"fictions",
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"poses",
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"pretenses",
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"pretences",
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"humbug",
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"jives",
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"nonsense",
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"canards",
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"fallacies",
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"misconceptions",
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"myths",
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"falsifications",
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"misinformation",
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"misreports",
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"misrepresentations",
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"misstatements",
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"deceits",
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"dishonesties",
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"duplicities",
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"fraudulences"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fables",
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"fabrications",
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"fairy tales",
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"falsehoods",
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"falsities",
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"lies",
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"mendacities",
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"prevarications",
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"stories",
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"tales",
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"taradiddles",
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"tarradiddles",
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"untruths",
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"whoppers"
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]
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},
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"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"asserts",
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"swears",
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"testifies",
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"authenticates",
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"confirms",
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"substantiates",
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"validates",
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"verifies"
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],
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"related":[
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"forswears",
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"foreswears",
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"perjures",
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"equivocates",
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"fudges",
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"palters",
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"beguiles",
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"cozens",
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"deceives",
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"deludes",
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"dupes",
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"fools",
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"gulls",
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"hoaxes",
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"hoodwinks",
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"kids",
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"snows",
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"takes in",
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"tricks",
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"defames",
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"libels",
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"slanders",
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"traduces",
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"falsifies",
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"misreports",
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"misrepresents",
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"misstates",
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"distorts",
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"garbles",
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"dissembles",
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"dissimulates",
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"misguides",
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"misinforms",
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"misleads"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fabricates",
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"lies",
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"prevaricates"
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]
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},
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"to strike repeatedly":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"assails",
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"assaults",
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"attacks",
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"besets",
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"boxes",
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"busts",
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"chops",
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"clobbers",
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"clouts",
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"cracks",
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"cudgels",
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"cuffs",
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"descends (on or upon)",
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"hits",
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"jumps (on)",
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"knocks",
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"lams",
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"lays on",
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"pastes",
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"pounces (on or upon)",
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"punches",
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"raids",
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"rushes",
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"slams",
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"slaps",
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"smacks",
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"smashes",
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"socks",
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"spanks",
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"storms",
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"swats",
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"swipes",
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"thwacks",
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"whacks",
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"whams",
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"whomps",
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"blackjacks",
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"canes",
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"cowhides",
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"flagellates",
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"fustigates",
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"horsewhips",
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"leathers",
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"pistol-whips",
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"rawhides",
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"scourges",
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"straps",
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"gores",
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"lacerates",
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"wounds",
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"maims",
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"mangles",
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"mutilates"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bashes",
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"bastes",
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"bats",
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"batters",
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"beats",
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"belabors",
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"belts",
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"birches",
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"bludgeons",
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"buffets",
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"bungs up",
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"clubs",
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"curries",
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"does",
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"drubs",
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"flogs",
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"hammers",
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"hides",
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"laces",
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"lambastes",
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"lambasts",
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"lashes",
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"lathers",
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"licks",
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"mauls",
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"messes (up)",
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"paddles",
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"pelts",
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"pommels",
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"pounds",
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"pummels",
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"punches out",
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"roughs (up)",
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"slates",
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"slogs",
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"switches",
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"tans",
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"thrashes",
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"threshes",
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"thumps",
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"tromps",
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"wallops",
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"whales",
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"whips",
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"whops",
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"whaps",
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"whups",
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"works over"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"fictionalized":{
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"as in fictional , fictitious":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"fiddles":{
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"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"crosses",
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"fixes",
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"Ponzi schemes",
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"pyramid schemes",
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"rackets",
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"rip-offs",
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"thimblerigs",
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"three-card montes",
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"devices",
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"dodges",
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"gimmicks",
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"jigs",
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"ploys",
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"schemes",
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"sleights",
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"stratagems",
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"tricks",
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"wiles",
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"counterfeits",
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"fakes",
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"forgeries",
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"hoaxes",
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"humbug",
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"phonies",
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"phoneys",
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"shams"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"buncos",
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"bunkos",
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"cons",
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"flimflams",
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"frauds",
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"hustles",
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"scams",
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"shell games",
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"stings",
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"swindles"
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]
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},
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"to make jerky or restless movements":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"relaxes",
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"rests",
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"unwinds",
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"calms (down)",
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"stills"
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],
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"related":[
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"flits",
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"flutters",
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"twitters",
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"quakes",
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"quivers",
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"shakes",
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"shivers",
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"shudders",
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"trembles",
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"paces"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fidgets",
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"jerks",
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"jiggles",
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"jigs",
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"squiggles",
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"squirms",
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"thrashes",
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"threshes",
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"tosses",
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"twists",
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"twitches",
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"wiggles",
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"wriggles",
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"writhes"
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]
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},
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"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"extorts",
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"wrenches",
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"wrests",
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"wrings",
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"clips",
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"gouges",
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"nicks",
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"overcharges",
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"soaks",
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"exploits",
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"milks",
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"deceives",
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"dupes",
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"fools",
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"gulls",
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"tricks",
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"ropes (in)",
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"betrays",
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"bitches",
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"double-crosses",
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"bamboozles",
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"fast-talks"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"beats",
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"bilks",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"chouses",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"shorts",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"thimblerigs",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddling":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking importance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"unfrivolous",
|
|
"weighty"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overmastering",
|
|
"overriding",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"worthy",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"illustrious",
|
|
"preeminent",
|
|
"prestigious",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"notorious",
|
|
"renowned",
|
|
"all-important",
|
|
"basic",
|
|
"essential",
|
|
"fundamental",
|
|
"key"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"nickel-and-dime",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"anonymous",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"uncelebrated",
|
|
"unknown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"nugatory",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial",
|
|
"unimportant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"unwinding",
|
|
"calming (down)",
|
|
"stilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"twittering",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shivering",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"pacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fidgeting",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jiggling",
|
|
"squiggling",
|
|
"squirming",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"threshing",
|
|
"tossing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"wriggling",
|
|
"writhing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extorting",
|
|
"wrenching",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"overcharging",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"milking",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"roping (in)",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"fast-talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"bilking",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"chousing",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"hosing",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"nobbling",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"reaming",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shaking down",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"shorting",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stiffing",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"thimblerigging",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddling (with)":{
|
|
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"manipulating",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"intruding",
|
|
"meddling",
|
|
"mucking (about or around)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diddling (with)",
|
|
"fooling (with)",
|
|
"messing (with)",
|
|
"monkeying (with)",
|
|
"playing (with)",
|
|
"tampering (with)",
|
|
"tinkering (with)",
|
|
"toying (with)",
|
|
"twiddling (with)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"field":{
|
|
"a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"locale",
|
|
"locality",
|
|
"location",
|
|
"locus",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"site",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"region",
|
|
"zone"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"air base",
|
|
"air park",
|
|
"helipad",
|
|
"heliport",
|
|
"jetport",
|
|
"airstrip",
|
|
"landing field",
|
|
"landing strip",
|
|
"runway",
|
|
"launchpad",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aerodrome",
|
|
"airdrome",
|
|
"airfield",
|
|
"airport"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a place where a battle takes place":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battle line",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"beachhead",
|
|
"bridgehead",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"killing field"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battlefield",
|
|
"battleground"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first woman to enter the field of medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"turf",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"subfield",
|
|
"subspecialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small area of usually open land":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"common(s)",
|
|
"croft",
|
|
"grass",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"greensward",
|
|
"lawn",
|
|
"glade",
|
|
"grassland",
|
|
"heath",
|
|
"heathland",
|
|
"lea",
|
|
"ley",
|
|
"meadow",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"pasture",
|
|
"pastureland"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"plat",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"tract"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"expanse",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"active fighting during the course of a war":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"firefight",
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"single combat",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"action",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"scamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"engineer",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"jockey",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"react (to)",
|
|
"respond (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"cope (with)",
|
|
"grapple (with)",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"manipulate",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiend":{
|
|
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"saint",
|
|
"hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"villainess",
|
|
"blackguard",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"culprit",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"transgressor",
|
|
"sinner",
|
|
"trespasser",
|
|
"wrongdoer",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"serpent",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"viper",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"convict",
|
|
"jailbird",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"ne'er-do-well",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"trash"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baddie",
|
|
"baddy",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caitiff",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"evildoer",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"meanie",
|
|
"meany",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"nazi",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"scalawag",
|
|
"scallywag",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scapegrace",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"varlet",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaddict",
|
|
"nonuser"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acidhead",
|
|
"cokehead",
|
|
"crackhead",
|
|
"pothead",
|
|
"speed freak",
|
|
"burnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"dopehead",
|
|
"doper",
|
|
"druggie",
|
|
"druggy",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hophead",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"stoner",
|
|
"user"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our in-house computer fiend fixed the problem in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"hired gun",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman",
|
|
"all-rounder",
|
|
"jack-of-all-trades",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"mistress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonfan"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonadmirer",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"carper",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"detractor"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"groupie",
|
|
"admirer",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"collector",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"dilettante",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"cultist",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"votary",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"evangelist",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot",
|
|
"booster",
|
|
"rooter",
|
|
"well-wisher",
|
|
"faddist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"bug",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"fancier",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"habitu\u00e9",
|
|
"habitue",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"junkie",
|
|
"junky",
|
|
"lover",
|
|
"maniac",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"sucker"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an evil spirit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"angel"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"nightmare",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"afreet",
|
|
"afrit",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"wraith",
|
|
"brownie",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elf",
|
|
"faerie",
|
|
"faery",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"gnome",
|
|
"goblin",
|
|
"gremlin",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"kobold",
|
|
"leprechaun",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"puck",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"ghoulie",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"shaitan"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he swore that not even the fiend could tempt him to eat that dessert"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"deuce",
|
|
"dickens",
|
|
"Mephistopheles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"archfiend",
|
|
"Beelzebub",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"Lucifer",
|
|
"Old Nick",
|
|
"Satan",
|
|
"serpent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fig":{
|
|
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bubkes",
|
|
"bupkes",
|
|
"bupkus",
|
|
"continental",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"darn",
|
|
"durn",
|
|
"diddly",
|
|
"diddly-squat",
|
|
"doodley-squat",
|
|
"doodly-squat",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"whoop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fight":{
|
|
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's schools"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"effort",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"travail",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"war",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"attempt",
|
|
"endeavor",
|
|
"essay",
|
|
"try"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"scrabble",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"throes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a troubled youth who got into one fight after another"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"truce"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"rough-and-tumble",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"broil",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"mix-up",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"fistfight",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"handgrips",
|
|
"punch-out",
|
|
"punch-up",
|
|
"slugfest",
|
|
"confrontation",
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"face-off",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"dustup",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tussle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonaggression",
|
|
"pacifism"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tough, streetwise kid with a lot of fight in him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiaggression",
|
|
"anti-imperialism",
|
|
"antimilitarism",
|
|
"affability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"pleasantness",
|
|
"sociability",
|
|
"gentleness",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"mildness",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"complaisance",
|
|
"placability"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"fierceness",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"hyperaggressiveness",
|
|
"unfriendliness",
|
|
"imperialism",
|
|
"jingoism",
|
|
"militarism",
|
|
"acidity",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"captiousness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"fractiousness",
|
|
"fretfulness",
|
|
"grouchiness",
|
|
"grumpiness",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pettishness",
|
|
"petulance",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"surliness",
|
|
"testiness",
|
|
"waspishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggression",
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assaultiveness",
|
|
"bellicosity",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"belligerency",
|
|
"combativeness",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"feistiness",
|
|
"militance",
|
|
"militancy",
|
|
"militantness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"scrappiness",
|
|
"truculence"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple have their share of fights , but they quickly get over them"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"run-in",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"logomachy",
|
|
"feud",
|
|
"vendetta",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"objection",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"protestation",
|
|
"affray",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"free-for-all",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"catfight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argle-bargle",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"argy-bargy",
|
|
"battle royal",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"cross fire",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"donnybrook",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"imbroglio",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"rhubarb",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"set-to",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a contest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"jockey",
|
|
"jostle",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"try out",
|
|
"train",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"compete",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"face off",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"vie"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexist",
|
|
"get along",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"concur",
|
|
"consent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"tangle",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"nitpick",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"protest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"argufy",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"brabble",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"controvert",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"squabble",
|
|
"tiff",
|
|
"wrangle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"duel",
|
|
"joust",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale",
|
|
"box",
|
|
"spar",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"wrestle",
|
|
"bump",
|
|
"collide"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"clash (with)",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"scrimmage (with)",
|
|
"skirmish (with)",
|
|
"war (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"capitulate (to)",
|
|
"give in (to)",
|
|
"knuckle under (to)",
|
|
"stoop (to)",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"succumb (to)",
|
|
"surrender (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"contradict",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"balk",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"withstand"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"suffer",
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"back",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffle",
|
|
"checkmate",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"resist",
|
|
"thwart",
|
|
"withstand",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contend (with)",
|
|
"counter",
|
|
"oppose",
|
|
"oppugn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fight shy of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"incur"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"avert",
|
|
"deflect",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"obviate",
|
|
"parry",
|
|
"prevent",
|
|
"ward (off)",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"debar",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"except",
|
|
"exclude",
|
|
"preclude",
|
|
"rule out",
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"circumvent",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"frustrate",
|
|
"outfox",
|
|
"outsmart",
|
|
"outwit",
|
|
"overreach",
|
|
"thwart"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoid",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"elude",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"eschew",
|
|
"evade",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"scape",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"shuffle (out of)",
|
|
"shun",
|
|
"weasel (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fighting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in a contest":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"jockeying",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"trying out",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"competing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"facing off",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"vying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisting",
|
|
"getting along",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing",
|
|
"assenting",
|
|
"concurring",
|
|
"consenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"clashing",
|
|
"contending",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"tangling",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"protesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercating",
|
|
"argufying",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bickering",
|
|
"brabbling",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"controverting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"quarreling",
|
|
"quarrelling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"rowing",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"spatting",
|
|
"squabbling",
|
|
"tiffing",
|
|
"wrangling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dueling",
|
|
"duelling",
|
|
"jousting",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"sparring",
|
|
"brawling",
|
|
"grappling",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"tussling",
|
|
"wrestling",
|
|
"bumping",
|
|
"colliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"clashing (with)",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"scrimmaging (with)",
|
|
"skirmishing (with)",
|
|
"warring (against)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to refuse to give in to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"capitulating (to)",
|
|
"giving in (to)",
|
|
"knuckling under (to)",
|
|
"stooping (to)",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"succumbing (to)",
|
|
"surrendering (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"contradicting",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"balking",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"withstanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"checkmating",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"thwarting",
|
|
"withstanding",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battling",
|
|
"combating",
|
|
"combatting",
|
|
"contending (with)",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"oppugning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fighting shy of":{
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"pursuing",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"incurring"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"averting",
|
|
"deflecting",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"obviating",
|
|
"parrying",
|
|
"preventing",
|
|
"warding (off)",
|
|
"banning",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"debarring",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"excepting",
|
|
"excluding",
|
|
"precluding",
|
|
"ruling out",
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"circumventing",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"foiling",
|
|
"foxing",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"outfoxing",
|
|
"outsmarting",
|
|
"outwitting",
|
|
"overreaching",
|
|
"thwarting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoiding",
|
|
"dodging",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"eluding",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"eschewing",
|
|
"evading",
|
|
"finessing",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"scaping",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"shuffling (out of)",
|
|
"shunning",
|
|
"weaseling (out of)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"figments":{
|
|
"a conception or image created by the imagination and having no objective reality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unable to find any tracks in the snow the next morning, I was forced to conclude that the shadowy figure had been a figment of my imagination"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is the product of the imagination":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"materialities",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"thus far, the invisible human being has been nothing more than a figment of fantasy writers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anecdotes",
|
|
"anecdota",
|
|
"narratives",
|
|
"novels",
|
|
"stories",
|
|
"tales",
|
|
"yarns",
|
|
"fairy tales",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"falsities",
|
|
"fibs",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"mendacities",
|
|
"misrepresentations",
|
|
"prevarications",
|
|
"untruths",
|
|
"whoppers",
|
|
"make-believe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"figurehead":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filching":{
|
|
"as in shoplifting , pilfering":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too hungry to wait until the party had started, he filched a cookie from the buffet table when no one was looking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"spiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"heisting",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thieving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"files":{
|
|
"a series of persons or things arranged one behind another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"echelons",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"tiers",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"successions",
|
|
"arrays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"cues",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth by friction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsens",
|
|
"roughens",
|
|
"roughs (up)",
|
|
"scuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"sandblasts",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"burnishes",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"strops",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"regrinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"hones",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"sands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"wanders"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"goose-steps",
|
|
"perambulates",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"traipses",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"trudges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marches",
|
|
"paces",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"strides"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filibuster":{
|
|
"as in stall , procrastinate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in speak , harangue":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"dissert",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"soliloquize",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"spout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filigreeing":{
|
|
"as in lacing , ribboning":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smooth by friction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsening",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"roughing (up)",
|
|
"scuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"sandblasting",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"burnishing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"glossing",
|
|
"polishing",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"stropping",
|
|
"whetting",
|
|
"regrinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buffing",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"honing",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"rubbing",
|
|
"sanding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"wandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"goose-stepping",
|
|
"perambulating",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"traipsing",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"trudging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"marching",
|
|
"pacing",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"striding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fill":{
|
|
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"interlining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"quilting",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"filler",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wadding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"shovel"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"close (off)",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"caulk",
|
|
"chink",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"restuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breach",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"transgress",
|
|
"violate"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"default (on)",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"finalize",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring off",
|
|
"carry out",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"execute",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"perform"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answer",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"fulfill",
|
|
"fulfil",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fill the basket with apples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lighten",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"purge",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"sweep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bloat",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"mat",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"shove",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"refill",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"reload",
|
|
"repack",
|
|
"replenish",
|
|
"overcharge",
|
|
"overfill",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"honeycomb",
|
|
"penetrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"jam-pack",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filled the bill":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"sufficed",
|
|
"functioned",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befitted",
|
|
"beseemed",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"went"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filler":{
|
|
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the vase was packed in Styrofoam filler to protect it during shipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"interlining",
|
|
"lining",
|
|
"quilting",
|
|
"buffer",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"cushion",
|
|
"fender",
|
|
"pad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wadding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filleted":{
|
|
"as in braided , laced":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braided",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"feathered",
|
|
"figured",
|
|
"filigreed",
|
|
"flounced",
|
|
"frilled",
|
|
"fringed",
|
|
"furbelowed",
|
|
"garlanded",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"ribboned",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wreathed",
|
|
"bossed",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"appliqu\u00e9d",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"painted",
|
|
"brightened",
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"smartened",
|
|
"spruced (up)",
|
|
"diamonded",
|
|
"gemmed",
|
|
"impearled",
|
|
"jeweled",
|
|
"jewelled",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"accessorized",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"redecorated",
|
|
"redid",
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"beautified",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"blazoned",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"did up",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"emblazed",
|
|
"embossed",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fancied up",
|
|
"fancified",
|
|
"festooned",
|
|
"garnished",
|
|
"glitzed (up)",
|
|
"graced",
|
|
"gussied up",
|
|
"ornamented",
|
|
"prettied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"scarred",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"dismantled",
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"divested",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"uglified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fills":{
|
|
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"packings",
|
|
"interlinings",
|
|
"linings",
|
|
"quiltings",
|
|
"buffers",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"cushions",
|
|
"fenders",
|
|
"pads"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fillers",
|
|
"fillings",
|
|
"paddings",
|
|
"stuffings",
|
|
"waddings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excavates",
|
|
"hollows (out)",
|
|
"scoops (out)",
|
|
"shovels"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chokes",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"closes (off)",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"congests",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"occludes",
|
|
"caulks",
|
|
"calks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"restuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"bungs",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"transgresses",
|
|
"violates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defaults (on)",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"consummates",
|
|
"finalizes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"brings about",
|
|
"brings off",
|
|
"carries out",
|
|
"effects",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"executes",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"performs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"fulfills",
|
|
"fulfils",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"satisfies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"voids"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fill the basket with apples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lightens",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"cleans",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"purges",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"sweeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bloats",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"mats",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"shoves",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"refills",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"reloads",
|
|
"repacks",
|
|
"replenishes",
|
|
"overcharges",
|
|
"overfills",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"honeycombs",
|
|
"penetrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brims",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"jam-packs",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"stuffs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fills the bill":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"suffices",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befits",
|
|
"beseems",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"film":{
|
|
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"animated cartoon",
|
|
"cartoon",
|
|
"docudrama",
|
|
"documentary",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"featurette",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"short subject",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"talkie",
|
|
"B movie",
|
|
"B picture",
|
|
"cofeature"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flick",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"motion picture",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moving picture",
|
|
"picture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the art or business of making a movie":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Bollywood",
|
|
"Hollywood",
|
|
"showbiz",
|
|
"show business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big screen",
|
|
"cinema",
|
|
"filmdom",
|
|
"filmland",
|
|
"filmmaking",
|
|
"movie",
|
|
"moviemaking",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"silver screen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filmy":{
|
|
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"filmy cobwebs covering the entryway to the cellar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"durable",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rude"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
],
|
|
"very thin and easy to see through":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those filmy curtains don't block out enough light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"nebulous",
|
|
"smoky",
|
|
"smokey",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"peekaboo",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"crystal",
|
|
"crystalline",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"liquid",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"pellucid",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"translucent",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"uncolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cobwebby",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gauzelike",
|
|
"gauzy",
|
|
"gossamer",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"see-through",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"transparent"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"filtering":{
|
|
"to pass through a filter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"percolating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"straining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"muddying",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"sullying"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"processing",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"cleaning",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"decontaminating",
|
|
"elutriating",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"leaching",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"disinfecting",
|
|
"sanitizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"purifying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filth":{
|
|
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the filth in the restaurant's kitchen was unbelievable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"cleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"dross",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"soot",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"grime",
|
|
"gunk",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being obscene":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"films full of filth and violence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"gaminess",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"immodesty",
|
|
"indecorousness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"lechery",
|
|
"depravedness",
|
|
"depravity",
|
|
"kinkiness",
|
|
"naughtiness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversion",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pervertedness",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"exceptionability",
|
|
"objectionableness",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"undesirability",
|
|
"reprehensibility",
|
|
"reprehensibleness",
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"scurrilousness",
|
|
"atrociousness",
|
|
"atrocity",
|
|
"infamy",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"distastefulness",
|
|
"obnoxiousness",
|
|
"unpleasantness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finaglers":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"final":{
|
|
"as in semifinal , play-off":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in test , investigation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"earliest",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"foremost",
|
|
"headmost",
|
|
"inaugural",
|
|
"initial",
|
|
"leadoff",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this will be my final order"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"premier",
|
|
"superior"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"consequent",
|
|
"ensuing",
|
|
"eventual",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"conclusive",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"decisive",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"farthermost",
|
|
"farthest",
|
|
"furthermost",
|
|
"furthest",
|
|
"remotest",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"endmost",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"outermost",
|
|
"outmost",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"penultimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottommost",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"hindmost",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"latter",
|
|
"rearmost",
|
|
"terminal",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"ultimate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wedding date is final"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adjustable",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"negotiable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"open-ended",
|
|
"unspecified",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"unsteady",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nonadjustable",
|
|
"noncancelable",
|
|
"nonnegotiable",
|
|
"unchangeable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"explicit",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"stipulated",
|
|
"dependable",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"reliable",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"safe",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"tried",
|
|
"tried-and-true",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"trusty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"certain",
|
|
"determinate",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-and-fast",
|
|
"inexpugnable",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"financed":{
|
|
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunded",
|
|
"disendowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"subsisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"established",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"subscribed",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"underwrote",
|
|
"awarded",
|
|
"granted",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"capitalized",
|
|
"invested (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"subsidized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide money for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunded"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grubstaked",
|
|
"cofinanced",
|
|
"co-financed",
|
|
"refinanced",
|
|
"advocated",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"backed",
|
|
"championed",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"sponsored",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"defrayed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"stood",
|
|
"refunded"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrolled",
|
|
"capitalized",
|
|
"endowed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"subsidized",
|
|
"underwrote"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"financing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunding",
|
|
"disendowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"subsisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"subscribing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"underwriting",
|
|
"awarding",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"capitalizing",
|
|
"investing (in)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"subsidizing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide money for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"defunding"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grubstaking",
|
|
"cofinancing",
|
|
"co-financing",
|
|
"refinancing",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"patronizing",
|
|
"sponsoring",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"providing (for)",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"defraying",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"paying off",
|
|
"paying up",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"recompensing",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"springing (for)",
|
|
"standing",
|
|
"refunding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bankrolling",
|
|
"capitalizing",
|
|
"endowing",
|
|
"funding",
|
|
"staking",
|
|
"subsidizing",
|
|
"underwriting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"findings":{
|
|
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inquests",
|
|
"verdicts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"edicts",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"arbitraments",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"declarations",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"dicta",
|
|
"dictums",
|
|
"pronouncements",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"decisions",
|
|
"determinations",
|
|
"opinions",
|
|
"resolutions",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"punishments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dooms",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"judgments",
|
|
"judgements",
|
|
"rulings",
|
|
"sentences"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearances",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"concealments"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"espials",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"disclosures",
|
|
"exposures",
|
|
"revelations",
|
|
"creations",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"explorations",
|
|
"rediscoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detections",
|
|
"discoveries"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finds fault (with)":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"sanctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"tweaks",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"nicks (at)",
|
|
"snipes (at)",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"admonishes",
|
|
"chides",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"rebukes",
|
|
"reprimands",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"reproves",
|
|
"berates",
|
|
"castigates",
|
|
"crucifies",
|
|
"excoriates",
|
|
"flays",
|
|
"gibbets",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"keelhauls",
|
|
"lambastes",
|
|
"lambasts",
|
|
"lashes",
|
|
"pillories",
|
|
"scolds",
|
|
"upbraids",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"decries",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"discommends",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"dispraises",
|
|
"disses",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"pans",
|
|
"reprehends",
|
|
"slags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fine-tune":{
|
|
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fine-tune a TV set",
|
|
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
|
|
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fine-tuning":{
|
|
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fine-tune a TV set",
|
|
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
|
|
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fined":{
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"pardoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"excised",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"penalized",
|
|
"taxed",
|
|
"extorted",
|
|
"shook down",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"gouged",
|
|
"milked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"inflicted",
|
|
"wreaked",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"reapplied",
|
|
"reimposed",
|
|
"relaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assessed",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"imposed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"levied",
|
|
"put"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the use of egg shells to fine wine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"muddied",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"sullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"processed",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"decontaminated",
|
|
"elutriated",
|
|
"purged",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"extracted",
|
|
"leached",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"disinfected",
|
|
"sanitized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"purified"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finery":{
|
|
"dressy clothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"dishabille"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"costume",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"habiliment(s)",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"raiment",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"threads",
|
|
"toggery",
|
|
"togs",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"vesture",
|
|
"wear"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"caparison",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"frippery",
|
|
"full dress",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"glad rags",
|
|
"regalia"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finger painting":{
|
|
"as in drawing , daub":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fingerprint":{
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"sign",
|
|
"emblem",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"merit",
|
|
"virtue",
|
|
"eccentricity",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"oddity",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"singularity",
|
|
"uniqueness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"attribute",
|
|
"attribution",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"characteristic",
|
|
"criterion",
|
|
"diagnostic",
|
|
"differentia",
|
|
"feature",
|
|
"hallmark",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"marker",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"particularity",
|
|
"peculiarity",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trait"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fingerprints":{
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finical":{
|
|
"hard to please":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undemanding",
|
|
"unfastidious",
|
|
"unfussy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"lenient",
|
|
"permissive",
|
|
"uncritical",
|
|
"indiscriminating",
|
|
"undiscriminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hyperfastidious",
|
|
"overdemanding",
|
|
"ultrafastidious",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"discriminating",
|
|
"selective",
|
|
"insightful",
|
|
"knowledgeable",
|
|
"captious",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"faultfinding",
|
|
"hypercritical",
|
|
"overcritical",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"queasy",
|
|
"queazy",
|
|
"squeamish",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"niminy-piminy",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prissy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosy",
|
|
"choosey",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finicking",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"fussbudgety",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"old-maidish",
|
|
"particular",
|
|
"pernickety",
|
|
"persnickety",
|
|
"picky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fink":{
|
|
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"collaborator",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"leaker",
|
|
"snoop",
|
|
"snooper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"notifier"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"canary",
|
|
"deep throat",
|
|
"informant",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"nark",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"snitcher",
|
|
"squealer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"stoolie",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"telltale",
|
|
"whistle-blower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that fink would sell out every one of us to save her own behind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fired (up)":{
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dynamic speaker fired up the audience as no one had previously done"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquilized",
|
|
"tranquillized",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"keyed (up)",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"revved (up)",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firelock":{
|
|
"as in musket , shotgun":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firewater":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bartender recommended a drink made with the local firewater , a potent gin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firm (up)":{
|
|
"to become physically firm or solid":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"liquefy",
|
|
"liquify",
|
|
"soften"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wait for the modeling clay to firm up before handling the finished pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliquesce",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"flux",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"smelt",
|
|
"thaw",
|
|
"unfreeze"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cake",
|
|
"callus",
|
|
"encrust",
|
|
"incrust",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"coagulate",
|
|
"gel",
|
|
"gelate",
|
|
"gelatinize",
|
|
"jell",
|
|
"jelly",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"thicken",
|
|
"calcify",
|
|
"crystallize",
|
|
"crystalize",
|
|
"ossify",
|
|
"petrify",
|
|
"rigidify",
|
|
"anneal",
|
|
"case-harden",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"congeal",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"harden",
|
|
"indurate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"solidify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"first off":{
|
|
"as in now , first":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"first-rate":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanted a first-rate bike and not the cheap model she had been using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"first-rateness":{
|
|
"exceptionally high quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"touristy restaurants generally are not known for the first-rateness of their cuisine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"badness",
|
|
"crumminess",
|
|
"inferiority",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"first-string":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a first-string rendition of the musical piece"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fit the bill":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"suffice",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befit",
|
|
"beseem",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fit to be tied":{
|
|
"feeling or showing anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"angerless",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"pleased"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was fit to be tied when her insurance refused to cover her needed prescriptions."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"complaisant",
|
|
"amicable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"empathetic",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"tolerant",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"pacific",
|
|
"peaceable",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"unembittered",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"sweet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"bristling",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"huffy",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"smoldering",
|
|
"smouldering",
|
|
"worked up",
|
|
"wrought (up)",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"antagonistic",
|
|
"antipathetic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"embittered",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"vengeful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"ill-tempered",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"soreheaded",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"bearish",
|
|
"bilious",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"crabby",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"dyspeptic",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"fretful",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"grouchy",
|
|
"grumpy",
|
|
"ill-humored",
|
|
"inflammable",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"petulant",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"quick-tempered",
|
|
"snappish",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"argumentative",
|
|
"belligerent",
|
|
"contentious",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"disputatious",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"pugnacious",
|
|
"quarrelsome",
|
|
"querulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"apoplectic",
|
|
"ballistic",
|
|
"cheesed off",
|
|
"choleric",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"fuming",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"horn-mad",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"indignant",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"infuriate",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"irate",
|
|
"ireful",
|
|
"livid",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"riley",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"shirty",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"steamed up",
|
|
"steaming",
|
|
"teed off",
|
|
"ticked",
|
|
"wrathful",
|
|
"wroth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fits":{
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"without her medication, she'd have an epileptic fit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"remissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"eclampsias",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"prostrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"helpless fits of laughter from the audience"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"ebullitions",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found out what his wife had spent on clothes and threw a fit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"distractions",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furies",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"hysterias",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"rampages",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"cholers",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"lividities",
|
|
"spleens",
|
|
"wraths",
|
|
"reactions",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"tempers",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"snits",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"fireworks",
|
|
"hissies",
|
|
"hissy fits",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"tantrums"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"suffices",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befits",
|
|
"beseems",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"suits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in agreement on every point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"differs (from)",
|
|
"disagrees (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"jars"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"aligns",
|
|
"alines",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"registers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"answers",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chords",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"coincides",
|
|
"comports",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"consists",
|
|
"corresponds",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"rhymes",
|
|
"rimes",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tallies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misadjusts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"readapts",
|
|
"readjusts",
|
|
"customizes",
|
|
"gears",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"models",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"attunes",
|
|
"corrects",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"squares",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"acquaints",
|
|
"familiarizes",
|
|
"orientates",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"rehearses",
|
|
"hardens",
|
|
"inures",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"toughens",
|
|
"alters",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"makes over",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"recasts",
|
|
"reclaims",
|
|
"recycles",
|
|
"redesigns",
|
|
"redevelops",
|
|
"redoes",
|
|
"reengineers",
|
|
"refashions",
|
|
"refigures",
|
|
"refits",
|
|
"refocuses",
|
|
"reinvents",
|
|
"rejiggers",
|
|
"remakes",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revamps",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"reworks",
|
|
"transforms",
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"habilitates",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"naturalizes",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"fiddles (with)",
|
|
"fine-tunes",
|
|
"phases",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"rigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acclimates",
|
|
"acclimatizes",
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"conforms",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"fashions",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tailors"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accustoms",
|
|
"adapts",
|
|
"adjusts",
|
|
"conditions",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"habituates",
|
|
"shapes",
|
|
"tailors",
|
|
"authorizes",
|
|
"entitles",
|
|
"empowers",
|
|
"enables",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"teaches",
|
|
"tutors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"trains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or have room for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"seats",
|
|
"encloses",
|
|
"incloses",
|
|
"encompasses",
|
|
"enfolds",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodates",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make ready in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gears up",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"boots (up)",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"predisposes",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"warms (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"readies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fittingly":{
|
|
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improperly",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incongruously",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"unseemly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"wrongly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was dressed fittingly for the prom\u2014all decked out in a spiffy tux"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"inopportunely",
|
|
"unfortunately",
|
|
"unseasonably",
|
|
"inappositely",
|
|
"inaptly",
|
|
"irrelevantly",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"ungracefully"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"well",
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appositely",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"duly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"properly",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"suitably"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fittingness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"improperness",
|
|
"impropriety",
|
|
"inappositeness",
|
|
"inappropriateness",
|
|
"inaptness",
|
|
"infelicity",
|
|
"unfitness",
|
|
"unseemliness",
|
|
"unsuitability",
|
|
"wrongness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trusted their judgment and didn't have to worry about the fittingness of their choice for a school play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"incompatibility",
|
|
"incongruence",
|
|
"incongruity",
|
|
"incongruousness",
|
|
"inexpedience",
|
|
"inexpediency",
|
|
"inharmoniousness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inapplicability",
|
|
"irrelevance",
|
|
"irrelevancy",
|
|
"meaninglessness",
|
|
"pointlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"compatibility",
|
|
"congruity",
|
|
"harmoniousness",
|
|
"applicability",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"connection",
|
|
"justifiability",
|
|
"materiality",
|
|
"pertinence",
|
|
"relevance",
|
|
"relevancy",
|
|
"validity",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"adequateness",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"expedience",
|
|
"expediency",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"serviceableness",
|
|
"usefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appositeness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"felicitousness",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"properness",
|
|
"propriety",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"five-star":{
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at those prices the restaurant's food should be nothing but five-star"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fix up":{
|
|
"as in rebuild , overhaul":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixable":{
|
|
"capable of being corrected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"irrecoverable",
|
|
"irredeemable",
|
|
"irremediable",
|
|
"irreparable",
|
|
"unredeemable"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"don't worry, that mistake in scheduling is fixable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"irretrievable",
|
|
"unrecoverable",
|
|
"irreplaceable",
|
|
"irreversible",
|
|
"irrevocable"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"amendable",
|
|
"emendable",
|
|
"improvable",
|
|
"resolvable",
|
|
"reversible",
|
|
"undoable",
|
|
"reconstructible",
|
|
"reformable",
|
|
"regenerable",
|
|
"corrected",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"repaired"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"correctable",
|
|
"corrigible",
|
|
"redeemable",
|
|
"remediable",
|
|
"repairable",
|
|
"reparable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixate":{
|
|
"to look at or think about something constantly; to give all of your attention to something \u2014 usually + on or upon":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The cat was fixated on a small hole in the wall.",
|
|
"Why do journalists fixate on scandals?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixate (on or upon)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixate (on)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixation":{
|
|
"something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"nonchalance",
|
|
"unconcern",
|
|
"unconcernedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"monomania",
|
|
"complex",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"appetite",
|
|
"caco\u00ebthes",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"hunger",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"itch",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"lust",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"thirst",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"yen",
|
|
"idiosyncrasy",
|
|
"quirk",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"id\u00e9e fixe",
|
|
"mania",
|
|
"obsession",
|
|
"preoccupation",
|
|
"prepossession"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixing":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixed my hair so that it would stop falling in my eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocating",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"replacing",
|
|
"superseding",
|
|
"supplanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"rearranging",
|
|
"reordering",
|
|
"shifting",
|
|
"orienting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"locating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"planking",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plumping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"ensconcing",
|
|
"niching",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"berthing",
|
|
"parking",
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"locking",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"wedging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"lining up",
|
|
"queuing",
|
|
"queueing",
|
|
"ranking",
|
|
"setting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposing",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"emplacing",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"positioning",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"situating",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unhooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"first, you need to fix those pieces of wood together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unlashing",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adhering",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"cinching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clinching",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"gluing",
|
|
"glueing",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"harnessing",
|
|
"hasping",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"latching",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"stapling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"strapping",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"toggling",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"yoking",
|
|
"coapting",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting",
|
|
"reaffixing",
|
|
"reattaching",
|
|
"refastening",
|
|
"refixing",
|
|
"resecuring",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"belaying",
|
|
"buttoning",
|
|
"doing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affixing",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"fastening"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"differing (over)",
|
|
"disagreeing (with)",
|
|
"countering",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"objecting",
|
|
"opposing",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"resisting",
|
|
"contesting",
|
|
"disputing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"blueprinting",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"charting",
|
|
"concerting",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"maneuvering",
|
|
"mapping (out)",
|
|
"planning",
|
|
"programming",
|
|
"programing",
|
|
"schematizing",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shaping",
|
|
"squaring away",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"opting",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"warranting",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finalizing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"chaffering",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"dickering",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeing (on)",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have we fixed a day for the party yet?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"pinning (down)",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"coordinating",
|
|
"orchestrating",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make ready in advance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"would you mind fixing dinner tonight?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"girding",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gearing up",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"educating",
|
|
"indoctrinating",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"tutoring",
|
|
"booting (up)",
|
|
"priming",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"arming",
|
|
"equipping",
|
|
"forearming",
|
|
"furnishing",
|
|
"outfitting",
|
|
"providing",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"predisposing",
|
|
"drafting",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"framing",
|
|
"warming (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"grooming",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"prepping",
|
|
"readying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"have to fix the car before we can go"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vandalizing",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fixing up",
|
|
"furbishing",
|
|
"overhauling",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"refurbishing",
|
|
"aiding",
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"preparing",
|
|
"readying",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"servicing",
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"refreshening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"adjusting",
|
|
"correcting",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"redressing",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"righting",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"unfastening",
|
|
"unfixing",
|
|
"unloosening",
|
|
"unloosing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fixed the mittens to the child's snowsuit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extracting",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"prying",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"tearing (out)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"wresting",
|
|
"yanking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"wedging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anchoring",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"clamping",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"setting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to remove the sex organs of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the animal shelter requires a pledge from the adoptive owner that they will have their new pet fixed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"castrating",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"spaying",
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"desexing",
|
|
"neutering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took surgery and months of physical therapy to completely fix her bum knee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"medicating",
|
|
"ministering (to)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"physicking",
|
|
"treating",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"repairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rehabbing",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"setting up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodging",
|
|
"rooting (out)",
|
|
"uprooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the image of what Santa Claus looks like is solidly fixed in our minds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"eradicating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"removing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"imbuing",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"instilling",
|
|
"beating (into)",
|
|
"driving (into)",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"placing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"sticking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedding",
|
|
"embedding",
|
|
"imbedding",
|
|
"enrooting",
|
|
"entrenching",
|
|
"intrenching",
|
|
"impacting",
|
|
"implanting",
|
|
"ingraining",
|
|
"engraining",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"rooting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle-footed":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although fiddle-footed now, the kitten should settle down once it adjusts to its new home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spooky"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filled (up)":{
|
|
"as in diffused (through) , percolated (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fizzles":{
|
|
"a falling short of one's goals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"croppers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"nonachievements",
|
|
"nonsuccesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"futilities",
|
|
"ineffectualities",
|
|
"inefficacies",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"letdowns",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"victories",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accomplishments",
|
|
"achievements",
|
|
"successes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the play was a fizzle , opening and closing the same night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"clunkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"shipwrecks",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"also-rans",
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"has-beens",
|
|
"near misses",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevents",
|
|
"nonstarters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"winners"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"effervesces",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"hums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"find fault (with)":{
|
|
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"dispraise",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"slag"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"tweak",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"nick (at)",
|
|
"snipe (at)",
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"niggle",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"gibbet",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pillory",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"upbraid",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"decry",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"discommend",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"put down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"sanction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finessed":{
|
|
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"finagled",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"machinated",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"masterminded",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"wangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"concerted",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"worked out",
|
|
"angled (for)",
|
|
"compassed",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"plotted",
|
|
"schemed",
|
|
"connived",
|
|
"brewed",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"cooked (up)",
|
|
"hatched",
|
|
"captained",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"quarterbacked",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"gerrymandered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"avoided",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"got around",
|
|
"scaped",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shuffled (out of)",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"weaseled (out of)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"averted",
|
|
"deflected",
|
|
"diverted",
|
|
"obviated",
|
|
"parried",
|
|
"prevented",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"debarred",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"excepted",
|
|
"excluded",
|
|
"precluded",
|
|
"ruled out",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"foiled",
|
|
"foxed",
|
|
"frustrated",
|
|
"outfoxed",
|
|
"outsmarted",
|
|
"outwitted",
|
|
"overreached",
|
|
"thwarted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"pursued",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"incurred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fill the bill":{
|
|
"to be fitting or proper":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"befit",
|
|
"beseem",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"suffice",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finagler":{
|
|
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firestorm":{
|
|
"variance of opinion on a matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a seemingly endless firestorm was ignited by that U.S. Supreme Court decision"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contestation",
|
|
"controversy",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"difference",
|
|
"difficulty",
|
|
"disagreement",
|
|
"disputation",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"dissension",
|
|
"dissention",
|
|
"dissensus",
|
|
"nonconcurrence"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"collision",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"confliction",
|
|
"disaccord",
|
|
"discord",
|
|
"dissonance",
|
|
"apartness",
|
|
"divarication",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"contention",
|
|
"strife",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"altercation",
|
|
"argument",
|
|
"bicker",
|
|
"falling-out",
|
|
"fight",
|
|
"kickup",
|
|
"misunderstanding",
|
|
"quarrel",
|
|
"set-to"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"concord",
|
|
"peace"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"consensus",
|
|
"harmony",
|
|
"unanimity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"finis":{
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"windup",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fissures":{
|
|
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lava flows up through a fissure in the earth's crust"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"chinks",
|
|
"clefts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crannies",
|
|
"crevices",
|
|
"rifts",
|
|
"splits"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crevasses",
|
|
"crazes",
|
|
"hairlines",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"breaches",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incisions",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"filthy":{
|
|
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you cannot use such filthy language on the public airwaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"trashy",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"X-rated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salacious",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"scatological",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"louche",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"exceptionable",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"undesirable",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"unwelcome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"blamable",
|
|
"blameworthy",
|
|
"censurable",
|
|
"reprehensible",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"infamous",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"hard-core",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"soft-core"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"becoming",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"suitable",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"virginal",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not clean":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you can't go to the concert unless you clean this filthy room first"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"bemired",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"draggled",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"insanitary",
|
|
"uncleaned",
|
|
"unsanitary",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"chaotic",
|
|
"cluttered",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"skanky",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"collied",
|
|
"crocked",
|
|
"fuliginous",
|
|
"sooty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"limpid",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"cleaned",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"unspotted",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"virgin",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"ultraclean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the invention made him filthy rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddlesticks":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some people have one word for the game of golf: fiddlesticks !"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fish":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's rather an odd fish"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feel",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"grope",
|
|
"scrabble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grabble",
|
|
"cast about",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"comb",
|
|
"dig (through)",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"rummage",
|
|
"scour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firing":{
|
|
"a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a flaw in the gun's firing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"shot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"potshot",
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombardment",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"drumfire",
|
|
"fusillade",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"salvo",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"volley"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police officers firing rubber bullets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"squeezing off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"blazing (at)",
|
|
"sniping (at)",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"shooting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"plinking",
|
|
"potshotting",
|
|
"sniping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amping (up)",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"filliping",
|
|
"gingering (up)",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"juicing up",
|
|
"jump-starting",
|
|
"livening (up)",
|
|
"pepping (up)",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"vivifying",
|
|
"zipping (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"waking (up)",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"enkindling",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"buoying",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"infusing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"steeling",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"reanimating",
|
|
"reawakening",
|
|
"reawaking",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"reenergizing",
|
|
"re-energizing",
|
|
"refreshening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"reinvigorating",
|
|
"rejuvenating",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restimulating",
|
|
"resurrecting",
|
|
"resuscitating",
|
|
"revitalizing",
|
|
"reviving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"wearying",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"quenching",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"killing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fired the secretary for incompetence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"excessing",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"booting (out)",
|
|
"chucking (out)",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"reemploying",
|
|
"re-employing",
|
|
"rehiring",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"subcontracting",
|
|
"recruiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"employing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"signing (up or on)",
|
|
"taking on"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fired a pass to the running back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"slinging",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set (something) on fire":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"enkindling",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"lighting",
|
|
"torching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immolating",
|
|
"deflagrating",
|
|
"charring",
|
|
"frizzling",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"baking",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"cooking",
|
|
"ashing",
|
|
"cremating",
|
|
"incinerating",
|
|
"kilning",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"brightening",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"illumining",
|
|
"irradiating",
|
|
"lightening",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"reigniting",
|
|
"rekindling",
|
|
"relighting",
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"stoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"suffocating",
|
|
"stamping (out)",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"dimming",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"obscuring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
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"putting out",
|
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"quenching",
|
|
"snuffing (out)"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"field-worker":{
|
|
"as in investigator , researcher":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"experimenter",
|
|
"investigator",
|
|
"researcher",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"empiricist",
|
|
"fact finder",
|
|
"examiner",
|
|
"inspector",
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"observer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fixations":{
|
|
"something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"id\u00e9es fixes",
|
|
"manias",
|
|
"obsessions",
|
|
"preoccupations",
|
|
"prepossessions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"monomanias",
|
|
"complexes",
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"appetites",
|
|
"caco\u00ebtheses",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"cravings",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"enthusiasms",
|
|
"fascinations",
|
|
"hungers",
|
|
"infatuations",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"longings",
|
|
"lusts",
|
|
"passions",
|
|
"thirsts",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"yearnings",
|
|
"yens",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apathies",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"indifferences",
|
|
"insouciances",
|
|
"nonchalances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"firefight":{
|
|
"as in attack , fire":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"pitched battle",
|
|
"single combat",
|
|
"action",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"combat",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"hostilities",
|
|
"operations",
|
|
"warfare",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"service"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fire-sale":{
|
|
"as in clearance , closeout":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"closeout",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"garage sale",
|
|
"jumble sale",
|
|
"rummage sale",
|
|
"tag sale",
|
|
"yard sale",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiation",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"silent auction",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"sale",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"transaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in reduced , discounted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discount",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"cheapish",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"affordable",
|
|
"bargain-basement",
|
|
"budget",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"cheapie",
|
|
"cheapo",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"cut-price",
|
|
"cut-rate",
|
|
"dime-store",
|
|
"dirt cheap",
|
|
"el cheapo",
|
|
"inexpensive",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-end",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"supercheap",
|
|
"ultracheap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"spendy",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"prohibitory",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"superexpensive",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"luxurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiefdom":{
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll have to ask that guy\u2014the project is his fiefdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"kingdom",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"territory",
|
|
"turf",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"ken",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"subfield",
|
|
"subspecialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fiddle (around)":{
|
|
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doodle",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"fribble",
|
|
"goof (around)",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"kick around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"clown (around)",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"diddle (with)",
|
|
"tinker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buckle (down)",
|
|
"knuckle down",
|
|
"set (to)",
|
|
"settle (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fielded":{
|
|
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addressed",
|
|
"contended (with)",
|
|
"coped (with)",
|
|
"grappled (with)",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"handled",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"maneuvered",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"treated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"finessed",
|
|
"jockeyed",
|
|
"brought off",
|
|
"carried off",
|
|
"carried out",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"guided",
|
|
"steered",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"micromanaged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reacted (to)",
|
|
"responded (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"scamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |