3763 lines
74 KiB
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3763 lines
74 KiB
JSON
{
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"gamble (with)":{
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"to place in danger":{
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"examples":[
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"you don't want to gamble with your life, so buckle up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventure",
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"compromise",
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"endanger",
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"hazard",
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"imperil",
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"jeopard",
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"jeopardize",
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"menace",
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"peril",
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"risk",
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"venture"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intimidate",
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"threaten",
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"expose",
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"subject",
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"chance",
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"wager"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"guard",
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"protect",
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"shelter",
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"shield",
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"preserve",
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"resume",
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"save"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gambled (on)":{
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"to take a chance on":{
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"examples":[
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"a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventured",
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"chanced",
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"hazarded",
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"risked",
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"tempted",
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"ventured"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bearded",
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"braved",
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"brazened",
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"breasted",
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"challenged",
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"confronted",
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"dared",
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"defied",
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"faced",
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"outbraved",
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"compromised",
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"endangered",
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"imperiled",
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"imperilled",
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"jeopardized",
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"menaced",
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"exposed",
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"subjected",
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"bet (on)",
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"betted (on)",
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"wagered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gambled (with)":{
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"to place in danger":{
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"examples":[
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"you don't want to gamble with your life, so buckle up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adventured",
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"compromised",
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"endangered",
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"hazarded",
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"imperiled",
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"imperilled",
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"jeoparded",
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"jeopardized",
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"menaced",
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"periled",
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"perilled",
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"risked",
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"ventured"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"intimidated",
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"threatened",
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"exposed",
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"subjected",
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"chanced",
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"wagered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"guarded",
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"protected",
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"sheltered",
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"shielded",
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"preserved",
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"resumed",
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"saved"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gamboled":{
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"to play and run about happily":{
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"examples":[
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"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capered",
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"cavorted",
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"disported",
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"frisked",
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"frolicked",
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"larked",
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"rollicked",
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"romped",
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"sported"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bounded",
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"hopped",
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"leaped",
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"leapt",
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"loped",
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"skipped",
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"sprang",
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"sprung",
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"tripped",
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"tumbled",
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"curvetted",
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"curveted",
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"danced",
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"pranced",
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"caroused",
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"reveled",
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"revelled",
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"roistered",
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"carried on",
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"fooled around",
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"horsed around",
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"clowned",
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"cut up",
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"joyrode",
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"roughhoused",
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"skylarked",
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"kited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"moped",
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"pouted",
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"stewed",
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"sulked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gambolled":{
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"to play and run about happily":{
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"examples":[
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"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capered",
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"cavorted",
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"disported",
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"frisked",
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"frolicked",
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"larked",
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"rollicked",
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"romped",
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"sported"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bounded",
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"hopped",
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"leaped",
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"leapt",
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"loped",
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"skipped",
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"sprang",
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"sprung",
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"tripped",
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"tumbled",
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"curvetted",
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"curveted",
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"danced",
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"pranced",
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"caroused",
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"reveled",
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"revelled",
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"roistered",
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"carried on",
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"fooled around",
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"horsed around",
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"clowned",
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"cut up",
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"joyrode",
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"roughhoused",
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"skylarked",
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"kited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"moped",
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"pouted",
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"stewed",
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"sulked"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"gambolling":{
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"as in romping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"romping",
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"dalliance",
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"frolic",
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"frolicking",
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"fun",
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"fun and games",
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"play",
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"recreation",
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"relaxation",
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"rollicking",
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"sport",
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"amusement",
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"diversion",
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"entertainment",
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"hobby",
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"hobbyhorse",
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"pastime",
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"delight",
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"enjoyment",
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"pleasance",
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"pleasure",
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"friskiness",
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"playfulness",
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"sportiveness",
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"wantonness",
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"devilment",
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"devilry",
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"deviltry",
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"hanky-panky",
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"hob",
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"impishness",
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"jinks",
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"knavery",
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"mischief",
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"mischievousness",
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"rascality",
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"roguishness",
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"waggery",
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"binge",
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"fling",
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"kick",
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"lark",
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"revel",
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"rollick",
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"spree",
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"hilarity",
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"merriment",
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"merrymaking",
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"revelry",
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"whoopee",
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"buffoonery",
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"high jinks",
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"hijinks",
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"horseplay",
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"tomfoolery"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drudgery",
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"labor",
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"work",
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"duty",
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"obligation",
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"responsibility"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to play and run about happily":{
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"examples":[
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"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"capering",
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"cavorting",
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"disporting",
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"frisking",
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"frolicking",
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"larking",
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"rollicking",
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"romping",
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"sporting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bounding",
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"hopping",
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"leaping",
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"loping",
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"skipping",
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"springing",
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"tripping",
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"tumbling",
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"curvetting",
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"curveting",
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"dancing",
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"prancing",
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"carousing",
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"reveling",
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"revelling",
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"roistering",
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"carrying on",
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"fooling around",
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"horsing around",
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"clowning",
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"cutting up",
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"joyriding",
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"roughhousing",
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"skylarking",
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"kiting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"moping",
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"pouting",
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"stewing",
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"sulking"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"gamesman":{
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"as in prankster , adventurer":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adventurer",
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"fox",
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"knave",
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"prankster",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"bluffer",
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"charlatan",
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"fake",
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"faker",
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"humbug",
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"impostor",
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"imposter",
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"mountebank",
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"phony",
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"phoney",
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"pretender",
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"quack",
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"quacksalver",
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"ringer",
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"sham",
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"fast-talker",
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"slick",
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"slicker",
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"slickster",
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"slyboots",
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"smoothy",
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"smoothie",
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"wheeler-dealer",
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"double-crosser",
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"double-dealer",
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"plotter",
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"schemer",
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"sneak",
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"sneaker",
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"bilk",
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"bilker",
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"cheat",
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"cheater",
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"chiseler",
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"chiseller",
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"confidence man",
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"cozener",
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"defrauder",
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"dodger",
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"fakir",
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"finagler",
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"fraudster",
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"hoaxer",
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"scammer",
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"scamster",
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"shark",
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"sharper",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy",
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"skinner",
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"swindler",
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"tricker",
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"trickster",
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"blackleg",
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"cardsharp",
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"cardsharper"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"gamesmanship":{
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"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
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"examples":[
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"that author doesn't go in for literary gamesmanship , so the reader is never led astray by the novel's narrator"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"chicane",
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"chicanery",
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"hanky-panky",
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"jiggery-pokery",
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"jugglery",
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"legerdemain",
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"skulduggery",
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"skullduggery",
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"subterfuge",
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"trickery",
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"wile"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"artfulness",
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"caginess",
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"cageyness",
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"craftiness",
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"cunning",
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"deviousness",
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"foxiness",
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"oiliness",
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"shadiness",
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"sharpness",
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"shiftiness",
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"shrewdness",
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"slickness",
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"slipperiness",
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"slyness",
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"sneakiness",
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"treachery",
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"underhandedness",
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"wiliness",
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"crookedness",
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"crookery",
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"cunning",
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"deceit",
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"deceitfulness",
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"deception",
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"deceptiveness",
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"dishonesty",
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"dissimulation",
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"double-dealing",
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"dupery",
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"duplicity",
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"guile",
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"guilefulness",
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"hypocrisy",
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"insincerity",
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"fakery",
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"humbuggery",
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"imposture",
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"quackery",
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"dirty pool",
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"dirty tricks",
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"design",
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"plotting",
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"scheming",
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"secrecy",
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"stealth"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"artlessness",
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"forthrightness",
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"guilelessness",
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"ingenuousness",
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"sincerity",
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"candidness",
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"candor",
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"directness",
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"openness",
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"plainness",
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"plainspokenness"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"gamine":{
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"as in urchin , waif":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"ragamuffin",
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"urchin",
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"waif",
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"bum",
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"derelict",
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"ne'er-do-well",
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"vagrant",
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"hobo",
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"tramp",
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"vagabond",
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"drifter",
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"roamer",
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"transient",
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"almsman",
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"beggar",
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"mendicant",
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"panhandler",
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"down-and-out",
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"down-and-outer",
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"have-not",
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"indigent",
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"pauper",
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"bankrupt",
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"insolvent"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"affluent",
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"deep pocket",
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"fat cat",
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"have",
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"moneybags",
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"plutocrat",
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"billionaire",
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"billionairess",
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"gazillionaire",
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"millionaire",
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"millionairess",
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"magnate",
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"moneymaker",
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"nabob",
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"success",
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"tycoon"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in pixie , tomboy":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hoyden",
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"pixie",
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"pixy",
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"romp",
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"snip",
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"tomboy",
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"bobby-soxer",
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"junior miss",
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"schoolgirl",
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"subdebutante",
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"teenybopper",
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"filly",
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"girl",
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"lass",
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"lassie",
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"miss",
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"missy",
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"nymph",
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"sheila"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"gammoning":{
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"examples":[
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"good-hearted contributors have been gammoned into believing that most of the charity's funds go to the needy and not into the pockets of the administrators"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozling",
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"beguiling",
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"bluffing",
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"buffaloing",
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"burning",
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"catching",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"deceiving",
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"deluding",
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"duping",
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"faking out",
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"fooling",
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"gaffing",
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"gulling",
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"having",
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"having on",
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"hoaxing",
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"hoodwinking",
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"hornswoggling",
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"humbugging",
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"juggling",
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"misguiding",
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"misinforming",
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"misleading",
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"snookering",
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"snowing",
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"spoofing",
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"stringing along",
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"suckering",
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"sucking in",
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"taking in",
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"tricking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamy":{
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamines":{
|
|
"as in urchins , waifs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ragamuffins",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"waifs",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"derelicts",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"vagrants",
|
|
"hoboes",
|
|
"hobos",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"vagabonds",
|
|
"drifters",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"transients",
|
|
"almsmen",
|
|
"beggars",
|
|
"mendicants",
|
|
"panhandlers",
|
|
"down-and-outs",
|
|
"down-and-outers",
|
|
"have-nots",
|
|
"indigents",
|
|
"paupers",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"insolvents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affluents",
|
|
"deep pockets",
|
|
"fat cats",
|
|
"haves",
|
|
"moneybags",
|
|
"plutocrats",
|
|
"billionaires",
|
|
"billionairesses",
|
|
"gazillionaires",
|
|
"millionaires",
|
|
"millionairesses",
|
|
"magnates",
|
|
"moneymakers",
|
|
"nabobs",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"tycoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pixies , tomboys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"tomboys",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"junior misses",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"subdebutantes",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"fillies",
|
|
"girls",
|
|
"lasses",
|
|
"lassies",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"missies",
|
|
"nymphs",
|
|
"sheilas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambado":{
|
|
"as in caper , capriole":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vault",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gameness":{
|
|
"cheerful readiness to do something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it requires a certain amount of gustatory gameness to try something like rattlesnake or alligator"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"obligingness",
|
|
"willingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"perfunctoriness",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"hesitance",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambles (on)":{
|
|
"to take a chance on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"bets (on)",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"game plan":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's our game plan for touring the city?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambles":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a gamble , but I'm willing to take the risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"crapshoots",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"speculations",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamesomeness":{
|
|
"as in playfulness , insouciance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"good-humoredness",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocoseness",
|
|
"jocosity",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"jollification",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"giddiness",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"perkiness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilance",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merriness",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"unhappiness",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"sourness",
|
|
"spleen",
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"disgruntlement",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"dolorousness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"mournfulness",
|
|
"plaintiveness",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"desolateness",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"wretchedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamester":{
|
|
"one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a casino with enough roulette wheels, blackjack tables, and slot machines to satisfy even the most die-hard gamester"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bettor",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"gambler",
|
|
"punter",
|
|
"wagerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"dicer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"speculator",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"handicapper",
|
|
"oddsmaker",
|
|
"tipster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamut":{
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress's work runs the gamut from goofy comedies to serious historical dramas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapason",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spectrum",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gaminess":{
|
|
"as in earthiness , saltiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadness",
|
|
"earthiness",
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"saltiness",
|
|
"suggestiveness",
|
|
"bawdiness",
|
|
"blueness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"filth",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity",
|
|
"indecency",
|
|
"lasciviousness",
|
|
"lewdness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"obscenity",
|
|
"profanity",
|
|
"raunch",
|
|
"raunchiness",
|
|
"ribaldry",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"priggery",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"primness",
|
|
"prudery",
|
|
"prudishness",
|
|
"puritanism",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"decorousness",
|
|
"decorum",
|
|
"seemliness",
|
|
"appropriateness",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"purity",
|
|
"spotlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamble":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a gamble , but I'm willing to take the risk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"crapshoot",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"speculation",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"venture",
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"game":{
|
|
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided he would indulge in a friendly basketball game with his friends before dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"rubber",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"sudden death",
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"classic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crook told his accomplice, \"Here's the game : look surprised when the police ask about the money\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusion",
|
|
"conspiracy",
|
|
"plot",
|
|
"contrivance",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"gambit",
|
|
"maneuver",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"specification(s)",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's no need to get upset, all our teasing is only a game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stand-up comedy is his game , and he's one of a handful of people making a decent living at it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"employment",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"occupation",
|
|
"profession",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"lifework",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"livelihood",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"assignment",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"mission",
|
|
"art",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"handcraft",
|
|
"handicraft",
|
|
"appointment",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"office",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"position",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"situation",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"function",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"task",
|
|
"workload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocation",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"pursuit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the education game simply was no longer of interest to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"barony",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"firmament",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"are you game for going out tonight?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"reticent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"unamenable",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambols":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sprees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"brannigans",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"disports",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"sports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"curvets",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"roisters",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"horses around",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"cuts up",
|
|
"joyrides",
|
|
"roughhouses",
|
|
"skylarks",
|
|
"kites"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"sulks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambles (with)":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't want to gamble with your life, so buckle up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes",
|
|
"jeopards",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidates",
|
|
"threatens",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guards",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamesome":{
|
|
"joyously unrestrained":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a gamesome lass who seemed to revel in the sheer joy of living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"vivacious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"light-headed",
|
|
"overexuberant",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"lyric",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"saucy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"surly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambling (on)":{
|
|
"to take a chance on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"betting (on)",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambol":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she and her old college roommate headed off for one final European gambol before returning to the States to start their separate careers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"brannigan",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"curvet",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"game plans":{
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's our game plan for touring the city?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gammons":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"good-hearted contributors have been gammoned into believing that most of the charity's funds go to the needy and not into the pockets of the administrators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"spoofs",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamble (on)":{
|
|
"to take a chance on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a movie studio willing to gamble on a new actress for its summer blockbuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"venture",
|
|
"run the risk of"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"endanger",
|
|
"imperil",
|
|
"jeopardize",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"subject",
|
|
"bet (on)",
|
|
"wager"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamey":{
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a singles bar where the conversations and come-on lines tend to be gamy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gammon":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"good-hearted contributors have been gammoned into believing that most of the charity's funds go to the needy and not into the pockets of the administrators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"mulct",
|
|
"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamesters":{
|
|
"one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a casino with enough roulette wheels, blackjack tables, and slot machines to satisfy even the most die-hard gamester"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamblers",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"speculators",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamblers":{
|
|
"one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marveled at the huge swarm of gamblers in the casino"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamesters",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"speculators",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambados":{
|
|
"as in capers , caprioles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambit":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't tell whether her earlier poor-mouthing had been sincere or just a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"device",
|
|
"dodge",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"ruse",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"shenanigan",
|
|
"sleight",
|
|
"stratagem",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"wile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"end run",
|
|
"feint",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamins":{
|
|
"as in urchins , guttersnipes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guttersnipes",
|
|
"hobbledehoys",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"boychicks",
|
|
"boychiks",
|
|
"boyos",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"callants",
|
|
"laddies",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavelings",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"sonnies",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"youths",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"mama's boys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambling":{
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"betting",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"staking",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"venturing",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeopardizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamboling":{
|
|
"as in romping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"hobbyhorse",
|
|
"pastime",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dog owners chat while their pooches gambol on the park's great lawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"sporting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"curvetting",
|
|
"curveting",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"games":{
|
|
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided he would indulge in a friendly basketball game with his friends before dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"competitions",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"events",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"matchups",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournaments",
|
|
"tourneys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"conflicts",
|
|
"scrimmages",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"tugs-of-war",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"championships",
|
|
"nationals",
|
|
"finals",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"play-offs",
|
|
"semifinals",
|
|
"derbies",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"gymkhanas",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"biathlons",
|
|
"decathlons",
|
|
"heptathlons",
|
|
"pentathlons",
|
|
"triathlons",
|
|
"marathons",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"ultramarathons",
|
|
"heats",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"rubbers",
|
|
"runoffs",
|
|
"sudden deaths",
|
|
"dead heats",
|
|
"photo finishes",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"classics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a method worked out in advance for achieving some objective":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crook told his accomplice, \"Here's the game : look surprised when the police ask about the money\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"blueprints",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"game plans",
|
|
"ground plans",
|
|
"master plans",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"programs",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"road maps",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"strategies",
|
|
"systems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collusions",
|
|
"conspiracies",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"contrivances",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"maneuvers",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"counterplans",
|
|
"counterstrategies",
|
|
"counter-strategies",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactics",
|
|
"techniques",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"procedures",
|
|
"protocols",
|
|
"conceptions",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"projets",
|
|
"proposals",
|
|
"specifications",
|
|
"specifics",
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"diagrams",
|
|
"formulas",
|
|
"formulae",
|
|
"layouts",
|
|
"maps",
|
|
"patterns",
|
|
"platforms",
|
|
"policies",
|
|
"recipes",
|
|
"setups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stand-up comedy is his game , and he's one of a handful of people making a decent living at it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"workloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"hobbies",
|
|
"pursuits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the education game simply was no longer of interest to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"baronies",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"turfs",
|
|
"turves",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"kens",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"subfields",
|
|
"subspecialties",
|
|
"sub-specialties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambits":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I couldn't tell whether her earlier poor-mouthing had been sincere or just a gambit to get me to pick up the dinner check"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"wiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamesomely":{
|
|
"as in playfully , friskily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"spryly",
|
|
"allegro"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambadoes":{
|
|
"as in capers , caprioles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vaults",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamin":{
|
|
"as in urchin , guttersnipe":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guttersnipe",
|
|
"hobbledehoy",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"boyo",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaveling",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"sonny",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"mama's boy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambler":{
|
|
"one that bets (as on the outcome of a contest or sports event)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"marveled at the huge swarm of gamblers in the casino"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bettor",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"gamester",
|
|
"punter",
|
|
"wagerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"dicer",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"speculator",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"handicapper",
|
|
"oddsmaker",
|
|
"tipster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambling (with)":{
|
|
"to place in danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you don't want to gamble with your life, so buckle up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuring",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"endangering",
|
|
"hazarding",
|
|
"imperiling",
|
|
"imperilling",
|
|
"jeoparding",
|
|
"jeopardizing",
|
|
"menacing",
|
|
"periling",
|
|
"perilling",
|
|
"risking",
|
|
"venturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"intimidating",
|
|
"threatening",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"subjecting",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"wagering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"guarding",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"sheltering",
|
|
"shielding",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamuts":{
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actress's work runs the gamut from goofy comedies to serious historical dramas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapasons",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamesmen":{
|
|
"as in pranksters , adventurers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slicksters",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gambled":{
|
|
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a foolish man who gambled his life savings on the lottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"betted",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"wagered",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"adventured",
|
|
"chanced",
|
|
"hazarded",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"ventured",
|
|
"endangered",
|
|
"imperiled",
|
|
"imperilled",
|
|
"jeopardized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gamely":{
|
|
"as in firmly , resolutely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"gammoned":{
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"good-hearted contributors have been gammoned into believing that most of the charity's funds go to the needy and not into the pockets of the administrators"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"spoofed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |