dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/dil_MWT.json
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{
"dilapidating":{
"as in breaking down , degrading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking down",
"corrupting",
"decomposing",
"degrading",
"disintegrating",
"moldering",
"putrefying",
"abating",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"receding",
"waning",
"souring",
"spoiling",
"atrophying",
"crumbling",
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"descending",
"deteriorating",
"devolving",
"ebbing",
"regressing",
"retrograding",
"rotting",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"debilitating",
"undermining",
"drooping",
"failing",
"falling",
"flagging",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"running down",
"sagging",
"slipping",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorating",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"bettering",
"upgrading",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"strengthening",
"advancing",
"developing",
"marching",
"proceeding",
"progressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dilatation":{
"as in swelling , bump":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blob",
"bump",
"gibbosity",
"hump",
"knob",
"knot",
"knurl",
"lump",
"nub",
"obtrusion",
"puff",
"snag",
"swelling",
"dome",
"block",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"bulge",
"bunch",
"convexity",
"jut",
"overhang",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance",
"swell",
"enlargement",
"escalation",
"expansion",
"increase",
"hill",
"mound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavity",
"concave",
"concavity",
"dent",
"depression",
"dint",
"hollow",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit",
"recess",
"crater",
"hole",
"well",
"basin",
"bowl",
"dip",
"valley",
"furrow",
"groove",
"trench",
"trough",
"dimple",
"gouge",
"impression",
"notch",
"pocket"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilated":{
"as in bulging , protuberant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bulging",
"protuberant",
"bloated",
"blown",
"distended",
"overinflated",
"puffed",
"swollen",
"tumescent",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"varicose",
"varicosed",
"ballooned",
"blown up",
"expanded",
"ventricose",
"ballooning",
"dilating",
"turgescent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"detumescent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inflated , distended":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blew up",
"distended",
"inflated",
"accelerated",
"added (to)",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"boosted",
"built up",
"compounded",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"hyped",
"increased",
"multiplied",
"pumped up",
"raised",
"stoked",
"supersized",
"swelled",
"upped",
"boomed",
"jumped",
"skyrocketed",
"spiked",
"bumped (up)",
"ratcheted (up)",
"racheted (up)",
"drew out",
"elongated",
"fleshed (out)",
"lengthened",
"prolonged",
"protracted",
"stretched",
"developed",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"beefed (up)",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"strengthened",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"curtailed",
"shortened",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"constricted",
"contracted",
"cut back",
"retrenched",
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"minified",
"reduced",
"subtracted (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dilatory":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"the homeowner is claiming that local firefighters were dilatory in responding to the call"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dillydallies":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"delays",
"diddles",
"drags",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"lollygags",
"lallygags",
"mopes",
"pokes",
"shilly-shallies",
"tarries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"ambles",
"eases",
"inches",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"staggers",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)",
"filibusters",
"procrastinates",
"stalls",
"temporizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowls",
"breezes",
"darts",
"humps",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"scrambles",
"stampedes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"runs",
"sprints",
"trots",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"speeds (up)",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes"
],
"antonyms":[
"barrels",
"bolts",
"careers",
"courses",
"dashes",
"flies",
"hastens",
"hotfoots (it)",
"hurries",
"races",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"scoots",
"scuds",
"scurries",
"speeds",
"tears",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"whizzes",
"zips"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dilute":{
"not containing very much of some important element":{
"examples":[
"a dilute acid that's safe to handle in the classroom"
],
"synonyms":[
"diluted",
"thin",
"thinned",
"washy",
"watery",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulterated",
"watered-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"concentrated",
"condensed",
"evaporated"
],
"antonyms":[
"full-bodied",
"rich",
"strong"
]
},
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"a dilute solution of ammonia"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"cut",
"extend",
"lace",
"sophisticate",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"load",
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"corrupt",
"defile",
"dirty",
"envenom",
"foul",
"infect",
"poison",
"pollute",
"soil",
"spoil",
"sully",
"taint",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"manipulate",
"misrepresent",
"tamper (with)",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"doctor",
"spike",
"attenuate",
"moderate",
"qualify",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilize",
"lard",
"augment",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"supplement",
"decontaminate",
"purify",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"flush",
"leach",
"pasteurize",
"purge",
"refine",
"better",
"enhance",
"improve",
"compact",
"concentrate",
"condense"
],
"antonyms":[
"enrich",
"fortify",
"richen",
"strengthen"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"diluting":{
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterating",
"cutting",
"extending",
"lacing",
"sophisticating",
"thinning",
"watering down",
"weakening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loading",
"befouling",
"contaminating",
"corrupting",
"defiling",
"dirtying",
"envenoming",
"fouling",
"infecting",
"poisoning",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"spoiling",
"sullying",
"tainting",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"manipulating",
"misrepresenting",
"tampering (with)",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"falsifying",
"fudging",
"doctoring",
"spiking",
"attenuating",
"moderating",
"qualifying",
"tempering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilizing",
"larding",
"augmenting",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supplementing",
"decontaminating",
"purifying",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"flushing",
"leaching",
"pasteurizing",
"purging",
"refining",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"improving",
"compacting",
"concentrating",
"condensing"
],
"antonyms":[
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"richening",
"strengthening"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diluted":{
"not containing very much of some important element":{
"examples":[
"to clean the bird feeder, soak it in a solution of diluted bleach"
],
"synonyms":[
"dilute",
"thin",
"thinned",
"washy",
"watery",
"weak",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulterated",
"watered-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"concentrated",
"condensed",
"evaporated"
],
"antonyms":[
"full-bodied",
"rich",
"strong"
]
},
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"a diluted solution of sulfuric acid"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterated",
"cut",
"extended",
"laced",
"sophisticated",
"thinned",
"watered down",
"weakened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loaded",
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"envenomed",
"fouled",
"infected",
"poisoned",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"manipulated",
"misrepresented",
"tampered (with)",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"falsified",
"fudged",
"doctored",
"spiked",
"attenuated",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"tempered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilized",
"larded",
"augmented",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supplemented",
"decontaminated",
"purified",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"flushed",
"leached",
"pasteurized",
"purged",
"refined",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"improved",
"compacted",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"antonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dilemma":{
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
"examples":[
"faced with a dilemma of whether to risk continuing to drive in the dangerous storm or to give up searching for the lost dog and hope he survived"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch-22",
"double bind",
"quandary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"quagmire",
"stalemate",
"standoff",
"knot",
"problem",
"bind",
"difficulty",
"fix",
"hole",
"jam",
"pickle",
"pinch",
"plight",
"predicament",
"spot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breeze",
"cinch",
"duck soup",
"snap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"with home prices in a free fall, sellers were in a terrible dilemma"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"box",
"catch-22",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"impasse",
"jackpot",
"jam",
"mire",
"pickle",
"predicament",
"quagmire",
"rabbit hole",
"rattrap",
"spot",
"sticky wicket",
"swamp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulty",
"node",
"hot water",
"soup",
"pinch",
"plight",
"quandary",
"scrape",
"trouble",
"deadlock",
"halt",
"logjam",
"stalemate",
"standstill",
"clutch",
"crisis",
"crossroad",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"juncture",
"strait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilatoriness":{
"as in sluggishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sluggishness",
"belatedness",
"delinquency",
"lateness",
"tardiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earliness",
"prematureness",
"prematurity",
"promptitude",
"promptness",
"punctuality"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diligence":{
"attentive and persistent effort":{
"examples":[
"through the diligence and ingenuity of a single detective, the gang's ringleader was finally caught"
],
"synonyms":[
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"sedulity",
"sedulousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"attentiveness",
"attention",
"care",
"concentration",
"doggedness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"tenacity",
"tirelessness",
"bother",
"effort",
"effortfulness",
"pains",
"painstaking",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carelessness",
"negligence",
"slackness",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"laziness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilates (on or upon)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"amplifies",
"develops",
"elaborates (on)",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adds (to)",
"complements",
"supplements",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"rambles",
"runs on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compresses",
"contracts",
"outlines",
"summarizes",
"sums up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"condenses",
"shortens"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"dilating (on or upon)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"amplifying",
"developing",
"elaborating (on)",
"enlarging (on or upon)",
"expanding",
"fleshing (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adding (to)",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"discoursing",
"expatiating",
"rambling",
"running on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressing",
"contracting",
"outlining",
"summarizing",
"summing up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"condensing",
"shortening"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"dilettanti":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers",
"tinkerers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts":{
"examples":[
"she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante"
],
"synonyms":[
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adepts",
"authorities",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"past masters",
"scholars",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"critics",
"reviewers",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"collectors",
"specialists",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"groundlings",
"lowbrows",
"materialists",
"philistines"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilate":{
"as in inflate , distend":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blow up",
"distend",
"inflate",
"accelerate",
"add (to)",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"boost",
"build up",
"compound",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"hype",
"increase",
"multiply",
"pump up",
"raise",
"stoke",
"supersize",
"swell",
"up",
"boom",
"jump",
"skyrocket",
"spike",
"bump (up)",
"ratchet (up)",
"rachet (up)",
"draw out",
"elongate",
"flesh (out)",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch",
"develop",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"complement",
"supplement",
"beef (up)",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"curtail",
"shorten",
"compress",
"condense",
"constrict",
"contract",
"cut back",
"retrench",
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"lower",
"minify",
"reduce",
"subtract (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dillydallied":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"delayed",
"diddled",
"dragged",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"lollygagged",
"lallygagged",
"moped",
"poked",
"shilly-shallied",
"tarried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"ambled",
"eased",
"inched",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"staggered",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)",
"filibustered",
"procrastinated",
"stalled",
"temporized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowled",
"breezed",
"darted",
"humped",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"scrambled",
"stampeded",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"ran",
"run",
"sprinted",
"trotted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"bolted",
"careered",
"coursed",
"dashed",
"flew",
"hastened",
"hotfooted (it)",
"hurried",
"raced",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"scooted",
"scudded",
"scurried",
"sped",
"speeded",
"tore",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"whizzed",
"zipped"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung about",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"vegged out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"furloughed",
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diligently":{
"in a manner involving great or constant activity":{
"examples":[
"struggling diligently to contact everyone who might need a ride to the polls"
],
"synonyms":[
"actively",
"assiduously",
"busily",
"industriously",
"laboriously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"energetically",
"vigorously",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lifelessly",
"sleepily"
],
"antonyms":[
"idly",
"inactively"
]
},
"with great effort or determination":{
"examples":[
"working diligently to finish his documentary in time for the film festival"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"dilation":{
"as in scattering , dispersion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dispersion",
"dissipation",
"scattering",
"decompression",
"expansion",
"distension",
"distention",
"inflation",
"swelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compacting",
"compaction",
"compression",
"condensation",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"constriction",
"contracting",
"contraction",
"squeeze",
"squeezing",
"telescoping",
"abbreviation",
"abridgment",
"abridgement",
"curtailment",
"shortening",
"concentration",
"consolidation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilly":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilapidates":{
"as in breaks down , degrades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks down",
"corrupts",
"decomposes",
"degrades",
"disintegrates",
"molders",
"putrefies",
"abates",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"recedes",
"wanes",
"sours",
"spoils",
"atrophies",
"crumbles",
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"descends",
"deteriorates",
"devolves",
"ebbs",
"regresses",
"retrogrades",
"rots",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"reduces",
"debilitates",
"undermines",
"droops",
"fails",
"falls",
"flags",
"lags",
"languishes",
"runs down",
"sags",
"slips",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"betters",
"upgrades",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"strengthens",
"advances",
"develops",
"marches",
"proceeds",
"progresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dilating":{
"as in ballooning , turgescent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballooning",
"turgescent",
"ventricose",
"bulging",
"dilated",
"protuberant",
"ballooned",
"blown up",
"expanded",
"bloated",
"blown",
"distended",
"overinflated",
"puffed",
"swollen",
"tumescent",
"tumid",
"turgid",
"varicose",
"varicosed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"deflated",
"detumescent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inflating , distending":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing up",
"distending",
"inflating",
"accelerating",
"adding (to)",
"aggrandizing",
"amplifying",
"augmenting",
"boosting",
"building up",
"compounding",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"extending",
"hyping",
"increasing",
"multiplying",
"pumping up",
"raising",
"stoking",
"supersizing",
"swelling",
"upping",
"booming",
"jumping",
"skyrocketing",
"spiking",
"bumping (up)",
"ratcheting (up)",
"racheting (up)",
"drawing out",
"elongating",
"fleshing (out)",
"lengthening",
"prolonging",
"protracting",
"stretching",
"developing",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"magnifying",
"complementing",
"supplementing",
"beefing (up)",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"strengthening",
"maximizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"contracting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching",
"abating",
"decreasing",
"de-escalating",
"diminishing",
"downsizing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"minifying",
"reducing",
"subtracting (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dilates":{
"as in inflates , distends":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blows up",
"distends",
"inflates",
"accelerates",
"adds (to)",
"aggrandizes",
"amplifies",
"augments",
"boosts",
"builds up",
"compounds",
"enlarges",
"escalates",
"expands",
"extends",
"hypes",
"increases",
"multiplies",
"pumps up",
"raises",
"stokes",
"supersizes",
"swells",
"ups",
"booms",
"jumps",
"skyrockets",
"spikes",
"bumps (up)",
"ratchets (up)",
"rachets (up)",
"draws out",
"elongates",
"fleshes (out)",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches",
"develops",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"magnifies",
"complements",
"supplements",
"beefs (up)",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"strengthens",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviates",
"abridges",
"curtails",
"shortens",
"compresses",
"condenses",
"constricts",
"contracts",
"cuts back",
"retrenches",
"abates",
"decreases",
"de-escalates",
"diminishes",
"downsizes",
"dwindles",
"lessens",
"lowers",
"minifies",
"reduces",
"subtracts (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dillydally":{
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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)",
"filibuster",
"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize"
],
"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"
],
"antonyms":[
"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"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dilapidations":{
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
"examples":[
"the sad dilapidation of the old downtown movie theater has finally prompted local preservationists to mount a restoration campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolations",
"disrepairs",
"neglects"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inattentions",
"negligences",
"abandonments",
"desertions",
"decays",
"decrepitudes",
"derelictions",
"deteriorations",
"disintegrations",
"ruinations",
"ruins"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservations",
"preservations",
"upkeeps"
],
"antonyms":[
"repair"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilettante":{
"lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{
"examples":[
"many dilettante efforts could be seen at the sidewalk art show"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"dilettantish",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curbstone",
"self-taught",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed",
"crude",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"primitive",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"beginning",
"entry-level",
"fresh",
"green",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"talentless",
"unable",
"unfit",
"ungifted",
"untalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"accomplished",
"capable",
"competent",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"gifted",
"habile",
"handsome",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"educated",
"fitted",
"initiated",
"knowledgeable",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"versed",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"ambidextrous",
"versatile",
"well-rounded",
"finished",
"polished",
"slick"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professional",
"virtuosic",
"virtuoso"
]
},
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"hobbyist",
"layman",
"nonexpert",
"nonprofessional",
"potterer",
"putterer",
"tinkerer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounder",
"generalist",
"general practitioner",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist"
]
},
"a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts":{
"examples":[
"she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante"
],
"synonyms":[
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur"
],
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"adept",
"authority",
"expert",
"maestro",
"master",
"past master",
"scholar",
"virtuoso",
"critic",
"reviewer",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"collector",
"specialist",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"groundling",
"lowbrow",
"materialist",
"philistine"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"dilemmas":{
"a situation in which one has to choose between two or more equally unsatisfactory choices":{
"examples":[
"faced with a dilemma of whether to risk continuing to drive in the dangerous storm or to give up searching for the lost dog and hope he survived"
],
"synonyms":[
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"double binds",
"quandaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"quagmires",
"stalemates",
"standoffs",
"knots",
"problems",
"binds",
"difficulties",
"fixes",
"holes",
"jams",
"pickles",
"pinches",
"plights",
"predicaments",
"spots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breezes",
"cinches",
"duck soup",
"snaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
"examples":[
"with home prices in a free fall, sellers were in a terrible dilemma"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"boxes",
"catch-22's",
"catch-22s",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"impasses",
"jackpots",
"jams",
"mires",
"pickles",
"predicaments",
"quagmires",
"rabbit holes",
"rattraps",
"spots",
"sticky wickets",
"swamps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"difficulties",
"nodes",
"hot waters",
"soups",
"pinches",
"plights",
"quandaries",
"scrapes",
"troubles",
"deadlocks",
"halts",
"logjams",
"stalemates",
"standstills",
"clutches",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"junctures",
"straits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"diligent":{
"involved in often constant activity":{
"examples":[
"a student who has been unceasingly diligent in pursuit of a degree in mathematics"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"assiduous",
"bustling",
"busy",
"employed",
"engaged",
"hopping",
"industrious",
"laborious",
"occupied",
"sedulous",
"tied-up",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knee-deep",
"swamped",
"animated",
"astir",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"humming",
"lively",
"thriving",
"vibrant",
"absorbed",
"concentrating",
"engrossed",
"focused",
"focussed",
"immersed",
"intent",
"preoccupied",
"alive",
"functional",
"functioning",
"going",
"living",
"operating",
"operational",
"operative",
"running",
"energetic",
"vigorous",
"hardworking",
"indefatigable",
"tireless",
"untiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"free",
"asleep",
"dormant",
"latent",
"lifeless",
"quiescent",
"sleepy",
"inert",
"passive",
"dead",
"dull",
"slow",
"inoperative",
"nonoperating"
],
"antonyms":[
"idle",
"inactive",
"unbusy",
"unemployed",
"unoccupied"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dilettantism":{
"a lack of the level of skill associated with an expert or professional":{
"examples":[
"no charge of dilettantism could ever be leveled at English physicist Henry Cavendish, whose immense wealth allowed him to devote his life to scientific pursuits"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurishness",
"amateurism",
"inexpertness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inexperience",
"unpreparedness",
"clumsiness",
"crudeness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"inability",
"inaptitude",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"unskillfulness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"finish",
"polish",
"ability",
"adeptness",
"competence",
"proficiency",
"skill",
"skillfulness",
"talent",
"virtuosity"
],
"antonyms":[
"expertness",
"masterfulness",
"masterliness",
"professionalism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilate (on or upon)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[
"refused to dilate upon his alleged plan for improving the economy in the event that he won the election"
],
"synonyms":[
"amplify",
"develop",
"elaborate (on)",
"enlarge (on or upon)",
"expand",
"flesh (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"add (to)",
"complement",
"supplement",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"ramble",
"run on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compress",
"contract",
"outline",
"summarize",
"sum up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"abridge",
"condense",
"shorten"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dilettantes":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"a dilettante at heart, she was never willing to commit the time and effort that ballet demands"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers",
"tinkerers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"a person having a knowledgeable and fine appreciation of the arts":{
"examples":[
"she writes about art not from the point of view of an artist but from that of a committed dilettante"
],
"synonyms":[
"cognoscenti",
"connoisseurs"
],
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"adepts",
"authorities",
"experts",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"masters",
"past masters",
"scholars",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"critics",
"reviewers",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"collectors",
"specialists",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"groundlings",
"lowbrows",
"materialists",
"philistines"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilatations":{
"as in swellings , bumps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blobs",
"bumps",
"gibbosities",
"humps",
"knobs",
"knots",
"knurls",
"lumps",
"nubs",
"obtrusions",
"puffs",
"snags",
"swellings",
"domes",
"blocks",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"bulges",
"bunches",
"convexities",
"juts",
"overhangs",
"projections",
"protrusions",
"protuberances",
"swells",
"enlargements",
"escalations",
"expansions",
"increases",
"hills",
"mounds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavities",
"concaves",
"concavities",
"dents",
"depressions",
"dints",
"hollows",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"pits",
"recesses",
"craters",
"holes",
"wells",
"basins",
"bowls",
"dips",
"valleys",
"furrows",
"grooves",
"trenches",
"troughs",
"dimples",
"gouges",
"impressions",
"notches",
"pockets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilapidate":{
"as in break down , degrade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decompose",
"degrade",
"disintegrate",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"wane",
"sour",
"spoil",
"atrophy",
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"devolve",
"ebb",
"regress",
"retrograde",
"rot",
"sink",
"worsen",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"debilitate",
"undermine",
"droop",
"fail",
"fall",
"flag",
"lag",
"languish",
"run down",
"sag",
"slip",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"better",
"upgrade",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"strengthen",
"advance",
"develop",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"dillies":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"came up with a dilly of an idea to get the fledgling company off the ground"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilated (on or upon)":{
"to express more fully and in greater detail":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"amplified",
"developed",
"elaborated (on)",
"enlarged (on or upon)",
"expanded",
"fleshed (out)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"added (to)",
"complemented",
"supplemented",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"rambled",
"ran on"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compressed",
"contracted",
"outlined",
"summarized",
"summed up"
],
"antonyms":[
"abbreviated",
"abridged",
"condensed",
"shortened"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"dillydallying":{
"moving or proceeding at less than the normal, desirable, or required speed":{
"examples":[
"the dillydallying congress hadn't passed any legislation, and the term was almost over"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snail-paced",
"snaillike",
"tardy",
"unhurried"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"heavy-footed",
"inching",
"plodding",
"shuffling",
"slow-footed",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"bolting",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping"
]
},
"to move or act slowly":{
"examples":[
"don't dillydally on the way to the store"
],
"synonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"delaying",
"diddling",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"lollygagging",
"lallygagging",
"moping",
"poking",
"shilly-shallying",
"tarrying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"ambling",
"easing",
"inching",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"staggering",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)",
"filibustering",
"procrastinating",
"stalling",
"temporizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bowling",
"breezing",
"darting",
"humping",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"scrambling",
"stampeding",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"sprinting",
"trotting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"speeding (up)",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking"
],
"antonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"bolting",
"careering",
"coursing",
"dashing",
"flying",
"hastening",
"hotfooting (it)",
"hurrying",
"racing",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"speeding",
"tearing",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"whizzing",
"zipping"
]
},
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"restaurant employees who, during the slow periods, would rather be doing something instead of just dillydallying"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"furloughing",
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dilettantish":{
"lacking or showing a lack of expert skill":{
"examples":[
"independently wealthy, he can afford to pursue a dilettantish interest in sculpture"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"dilettante",
"inexperienced",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"nonprofessional",
"unprofessional",
"unskilled",
"unskillful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curbstone",
"self-taught",
"uninitiated",
"unprepared",
"unqualified",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untrained",
"untutored",
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"heavy-handed",
"crude",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"primitive",
"unfinished",
"unpolished",
"beginning",
"entry-level",
"fresh",
"green",
"new",
"raw",
"unseasoned",
"untested",
"untried",
"would-be",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"talentless",
"unable",
"unfit",
"ungifted",
"untalented"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"accomplished",
"capable",
"competent",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"gifted",
"habile",
"handsome",
"proficient",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"talented",
"experienced",
"practiced",
"practised",
"seasoned",
"veteran",
"educated",
"fitted",
"initiated",
"knowledgeable",
"prepared",
"qualified",
"schooled",
"taught",
"trained",
"tutored",
"versed",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"ambidextrous",
"versatile",
"well-rounded",
"finished",
"polished",
"slick"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"consummate",
"crackerjack",
"expert",
"master",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"professional",
"virtuosic",
"virtuoso"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dilutes":{
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"the pharmacist was convicted of diluting prescription drugs in order to increase profits"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterates",
"cuts",
"extends",
"laces",
"sophisticates",
"thins",
"waters down",
"weakens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loads",
"befouls",
"contaminates",
"corrupts",
"defiles",
"dirties",
"envenoms",
"fouls",
"infects",
"poisons",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"spoils",
"sullies",
"taints",
"cheapens",
"debases",
"degrades",
"manipulates",
"misrepresents",
"tampers (with)",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"falsifies",
"fudges",
"doctors",
"spikes",
"attenuates",
"moderates",
"qualifies",
"tempers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilizes",
"lards",
"augments",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"supplements",
"decontaminates",
"purifies",
"clarifies",
"cleans",
"cleanses",
"distills",
"distils",
"filters",
"flushes",
"leaches",
"pasteurizes",
"purges",
"refines",
"betters",
"enhances",
"improves",
"compacts",
"concentrates",
"condenses"
],
"antonyms":[
"enriches",
"fortifies",
"richens",
"strengthens"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"diligences":{
"attentive and persistent effort":{
"examples":[
"through the diligence and ingenuity of a single detective, the gang's ringleader was finally caught"
],
"synonyms":[
"assiduity",
"assiduousness",
"industriousness",
"industry",
"sedulity",
"sedulousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"attentiveness",
"attention",
"care",
"concentration",
"doggedness",
"perseverance",
"persistence",
"tenacity",
"tirelessness",
"bother",
"effort",
"effortfulness",
"pains",
"painstaking",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carelessness",
"negligence",
"slackness",
"idleness",
"indolence",
"laziness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilapidated":{
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"a dilapidated car that had seen better days"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in broke down , degraded":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"dilapidation":{
"the state of being unattended to or not cared for":{
"examples":[
"the sad dilapidation of the old downtown movie theater has finally prompted local preservationists to mount a restoration campaign"
],
"synonyms":[
"desolation",
"disrepair",
"neglect",
"seediness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inattention",
"negligence",
"abandonment",
"desertion",
"decay",
"decrepitude",
"dereliction",
"deterioration",
"disintegration",
"dumpiness",
"ruin",
"ruination"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conservation",
"preservation",
"upkeep"
],
"antonyms":[
"keeping",
"repair"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"dilatorily":{
"as in slowly , pokily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laggardly",
"pokily",
"slow",
"slowly",
"sluggishly",
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"anon",
"eventually",
"later",
"latterly",
"subsequently",
"thereafter",
"belatedly",
"delinquently",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beforehand",
"early",
"inopportunely",
"precociously",
"prematurely",
"unseasonably",
"immediately",
"promptly",
"punctually",
"pronto",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swiftly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
}
}