dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/hac_MWT.json
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{
"hack (around)":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"would prefer to be put to work rather than spend his days at the ranch just hacking around"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drone",
"footle",
"goof (off)",
"hang (around or out)",
"hang about",
"idle",
"kick around",
"kick back",
"laze",
"lazy",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"veg out",
"kill time",
"twiddle one's thumbs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"mess",
"monkey",
"muck",
"piddle",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"doze",
"estivate",
"aestivate",
"hibernate",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"relax",
"rest",
"tarry",
"amble",
"mosey",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"swan",
"furlough",
"goldbrick",
"malinger",
"truant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grind",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"apply",
"buckle (down)",
"exert",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hack (off)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"people who ask blatantly stupid questions really hack me off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"spite",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacking":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abiding",
"absorbing",
"accepting",
"bearing",
"biding",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"going",
"handling",
"meeting",
"pocketing",
"standing",
"sticking out",
"stomaching",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"sweating out",
"taking",
"tolerating",
"wearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowing",
"permitting",
"suffering",
"swallowing",
"reconciling (to)",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing (with or to)",
"assenting (to)",
"capitulating",
"consenting (to)",
"respecting",
"submitting (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dismissing",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"turning down",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contesting",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"resisting",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"dodging",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"missing",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacks":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"handles",
"manages",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"takes",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abides",
"absorbs",
"accepts",
"bears",
"bides",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"goes",
"handles",
"meets",
"pockets",
"stands",
"sticks out",
"stomachs",
"supports",
"sustains",
"sweats out",
"takes",
"tolerates",
"wears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allows",
"permits",
"suffers",
"swallows",
"reconciles (to)",
"acquiesces",
"agrees (with or to)",
"assents (to)",
"capitulates",
"consents (to)",
"respects",
"submits (to)",
"yields (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declines",
"dismisses",
"refuses",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"turns down",
"combats",
"contests",
"fights",
"opposes",
"resists",
"avoids",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"misses",
"abstains (from)",
"forbears",
"refrains (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface":{
"examples":[
"smallish hacks made in the bark of the trees marked the trail through the forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"chips",
"indentations",
"indents",
"indentures",
"kerfs",
"nicks",
"notches"
],
"near synonyms":[
"joggles",
"nocks",
"punches",
"snips",
"grooves",
"scores",
"undercuts",
"slits",
"slots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"completely stunned by a vicious hack across the neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
"examples":[
"after a week of hailing hacks and inhabiting hotels, the sales rep was happy to be home"
],
"synonyms":[
"cabs",
"taxicabs",
"taxis",
"taxies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hackneys",
"limousines",
"gharries",
"rickshaws",
"rickshas",
"water taxis",
"gypsy cabs",
"jitneys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science":{
"examples":[
"is he really any good at the piano or just a hack ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"hackers",
"inexperts",
"jacklegs",
"triflers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginners",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"kids",
"learners",
"neophytes",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"rookies",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"craftsmen",
"experts",
"hands",
"masters",
"past masters",
"sharks",
"sharps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hacks (off)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"people who ask blatantly stupid questions really hack me off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"spites",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacker":{
"a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information":{
"examples":[
"the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall"
],
"synonyms":[
"cracker",
"cyberpunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"computerist",
"gearhead",
"geek",
"techie",
"technocrat",
"technophile",
"phisher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"computerphobe",
"technophobe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science":{
"examples":[
"weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"hack",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"trifler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginner",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"kid",
"learner",
"neophyte",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"craftsman",
"expert",
"hand",
"master",
"past master",
"shark",
"sharp"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hacking (around)":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"would prefer to be put to work rather than spend his days at the ranch just hacking around"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"droning",
"footling",
"goofing (off)",
"hanging about",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"kicking around",
"kicking back",
"lazing",
"lazying",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"vegging out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling",
"messing",
"monkeying",
"mucking",
"piddling",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling",
"dozing",
"estivating",
"aestivating",
"hibernating",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"relaxing",
"resting",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"moseying",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"swanning",
"furloughing",
"goldbricking",
"malingering",
"truanting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grinding",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"applying",
"buckling (down)",
"exerting",
"putting out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hackneys":{
"to use so much as to make less appealing":{
"examples":[
"advertisers have hackneyed the word \"revolutionary\" so much that it now just means that a product is new"
],
"synonyms":[
"overexposes",
"overuses",
"stereotypes",
"vulgarizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bores",
"exhausts",
"overdoes",
"coarsens",
"depletes",
"jades",
"tires",
"wears out",
"popularizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in surreys , tilburies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouches",
"broughams",
"buckboards",
"buggies",
"cabriolets",
"cabs",
"calashes",
"cal\u00e8ches",
"caleches",
"caroches",
"carryalls",
"chaises",
"chariots",
"coaches",
"coup\u00e9s",
"coupes",
"curricles",
"diligences",
"dogcarts",
"droshkies",
"droskies",
"four-in-hands",
"gigs",
"go-carts",
"hansoms",
"hansom cabs",
"jaunting cars",
"landaus",
"phaetons",
"post chaises",
"roadsters",
"rockaways",
"stagecoaches",
"stages",
"stanhopes",
"surreys",
"tandems",
"tilburies",
"tongas",
"traps",
"troikas",
"victorias",
"carriages",
"equipages",
"rigs",
"turnouts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trotters , warhorses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"sorrels",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates",
"equids",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hacked (off)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"people who ask blatantly stupid questions really hack me off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"spited",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hackneyed":{
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"it's hackneyed , but true\u2014the more you save the more you earn"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
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"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
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"intriguing",
"involving",
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"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
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"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
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"advertisers have hackneyed the word \"revolutionary\" so much that it now just means that a product is new"
],
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"overexposed",
"overused",
"stereotyped",
"vulgarized"
],
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"bored",
"exhausted",
"overdid",
"coarsened",
"depleted",
"jaded",
"tired",
"wore out",
"popularized"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"saw",
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"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"rip",
"shear",
"slash",
"slice",
"slit",
"cleave",
"rive",
"split",
"pierce",
"stab",
"bruise",
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"haggle",
"lacerate",
"mangle",
"rend",
"tear",
"carve",
"chip",
"chisel",
"notch",
"anatomize",
"dissect",
"section",
"chop",
"dice",
"mince",
"amputate",
"cut off",
"sever"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
},
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"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"the sugar baron spared no expense in building a grand hacienda on his plantation near Cuernavaca"
],
"synonyms":[
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"estates",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"manses",
"mansions",
"palaces",
"villas"
],
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"showplaces",
"abodes",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"housings",
"nests",
"quarters",
"residencies",
"roofs",
"great houses",
"country houses",
"countryseats",
"aeries",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"town houses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hacked it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef"
],
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"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded",
"thrived",
"throve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"antonyms":[
"failed"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
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"as in crosscuts , saws":{
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"saws",
"scissors",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incises",
"rips",
"shears",
"slashes",
"slices",
"slits",
"cleaves",
"rives",
"splits",
"pierces",
"stabs",
"bruises",
"butchers",
"hacks",
"haggles",
"lacerates",
"mangles",
"rends",
"tears",
"carves",
"chips",
"chisels",
"notches",
"anatomizes",
"dissects",
"sections",
"chops",
"dices",
"minces",
"amputates",
"cuts off",
"severs"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"she quickly learned to ignore her children's hackney complaints like \"It isn't fair\" and \"Why me?\""
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
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"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
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"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"to use so much as to make less appealing":{
"examples":[
"advertisers have hackneyed the word \"revolutionary\" so much that it now just means that a product is new"
],
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"overexpose",
"overuse",
"stereotype",
"vulgarize"
],
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"bore",
"exhaust",
"overdo",
"coarsen",
"deplete",
"jade",
"tire",
"wear out",
"popularize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in surrey , tilbury":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barouche",
"brougham",
"buckboard",
"buggy",
"cab",
"cabriolet",
"calash",
"cal\u00e8che",
"caleche",
"caroche",
"carryall",
"chaise",
"chariot",
"coach",
"coup\u00e9",
"coupe",
"curricle",
"diligence",
"dogcart",
"droshky",
"drosky",
"four-in-hand",
"gig",
"go-cart",
"hansom",
"hansom cab",
"jaunting car",
"landau",
"phaeton",
"post chaise",
"roadster",
"rockaway",
"stage",
"stagecoach",
"stanhope",
"surrey",
"tandem",
"tilbury",
"tonga",
"trap",
"troika",
"victoria",
"carriage",
"equipage",
"rig",
"turnout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trotter , warhorse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"sorrel",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate",
"equid",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hacking (off)":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"people who ask blatantly stupid questions really hack me off"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"spiting",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacksawed":{
"as in crosscut , sawed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"scissored",
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"ripped",
"sheared",
"slashed",
"sliced",
"slit",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"rived",
"split",
"pierced",
"stabbed",
"bruised",
"butchered",
"hacked",
"haggled",
"lacerated",
"mangled",
"rent",
"rended",
"tore",
"carved",
"chipped",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"notched",
"anatomized",
"dissected",
"sectioned",
"chopped",
"diced",
"minced",
"amputated",
"cut off",
"severed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacienda":{
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"the sugar baron spared no expense in building a grand hacienda on his plantation near Cuernavaca"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hacksawing":{
"as in crosscutting , sawing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscutting",
"scissoring",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"ripping",
"shearing",
"slashing",
"slicing",
"slitting",
"cleaving",
"riving",
"splitting",
"piercing",
"stabbing",
"bruising",
"butchering",
"hacking",
"haggling",
"lacerating",
"mangling",
"rending",
"tearing",
"carving",
"chipping",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"notching",
"anatomizing",
"dissecting",
"sectioning",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"mincing",
"amputating",
"cutting off",
"severing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hack it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrive",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"succeed",
"thrive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win",
"excel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"antonyms":[
"fail"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hacked":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"took",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"absorbed",
"accepted",
"bode",
"bided",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"handled",
"met",
"pocketed",
"stomached",
"stood",
"stuck out",
"supported",
"sustained",
"sweat out",
"sweated out",
"tolerated",
"took",
"went",
"wore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allowed",
"permitted",
"suffered",
"swallowed",
"reconciled (to)",
"acquiesced",
"agreed (with or to)",
"assented (to)",
"capitulated",
"consented (to)",
"respected",
"submitted (to)",
"yielded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declined",
"dismissed",
"refused",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"turned down",
"combated",
"combatted",
"contested",
"fought",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"dodged",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"missed",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacked (around)":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"would prefer to be put to work rather than spend his days at the ranch just hacking around"
],
"synonyms":[
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"droned",
"footled",
"goofed (off)",
"hung about",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"kicked around",
"kicked back",
"lazed",
"lazied",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"vegged out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled",
"messed",
"monkeyed",
"mucked",
"piddled",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled",
"dozed",
"estivated",
"aestivated",
"hibernated",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"relaxed",
"rested",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"moseyed",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"swanned",
"furloughed",
"goldbricked",
"malingered",
"truanted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"ground",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"applied",
"buckled (down)",
"exerted",
"put out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hacking it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding",
"thriving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"antonyms":[
"failing"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hackers":{
"a person who illegally gains access to a computer system and sometimes tampers with its information":{
"examples":[
"the company's security experts spent days trying to figure out how a hacker could have gotten past the firewall"
],
"synonyms":[
"crackers",
"cyberpunks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"computerists",
"gearheads",
"geeks",
"techies",
"technocrats",
"technophiles",
"phishers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"computerphobes",
"technophobes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science":{
"examples":[
"weekend golf hackers who are there mainly for the social networking"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"hacks",
"inexperts",
"jacklegs",
"triflers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginners",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"kids",
"learners",
"neophytes",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"rookies",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"whizzes",
"wizards",
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"adepts",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"craftsmen",
"experts",
"hands",
"masters",
"past masters",
"sharks",
"sharps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"hackneying":{
"to use so much as to make less appealing":{
"examples":[
"advertisers have hackneyed the word \"revolutionary\" so much that it now just means that a product is new"
],
"synonyms":[
"overexposing",
"overusing",
"stereotyping",
"vulgarizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boring",
"exhausting",
"overdoing",
"coarsening",
"depleting",
"jading",
"tiring",
"wearing out",
"popularizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"hack":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"I doubt that she can hack a job with so many responsibilities"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"handle",
"manage",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put up with (something painful or difficult)":{
"examples":[
"she's not sure she can hack that miserable job much longer"
],
"synonyms":[
"abide",
"absorb",
"accept",
"bear",
"bide",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"go",
"handle",
"meet",
"pocket",
"stand",
"stick out",
"stomach",
"support",
"sustain",
"sweat out",
"take",
"tolerate",
"wear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"allow",
"permit",
"suffer",
"swallow",
"reconcile (to)",
"acquiesce",
"agree (with or to)",
"assent (to)",
"capitulate",
"consent (to)",
"respect",
"submit (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decline",
"dismiss",
"refuse",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"turn down",
"combat",
"contest",
"fight",
"oppose",
"resist",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"dodge",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"miss",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"the abrupt revelation of an enemy masquerading as a friend is such a hack plot twist"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"a V-shaped cut usually on an edge or a surface":{
"examples":[
"smallish hacks made in the bark of the trees marked the trail through the forest"
],
"synonyms":[
"chip",
"indent",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"kerf",
"nick",
"notch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"joggle",
"nock",
"punch",
"snip",
"groove",
"score",
"undercut",
"slit",
"slot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"completely stunned by a vicious hack across the neck"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an automobile that carries passengers for a fare usually determined by the distance traveled":{
"examples":[
"after a week of hailing hacks and inhabiting hotels, the sales rep was happy to be home"
],
"synonyms":[
"cab",
"taxi",
"taxicab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hackney",
"limousine",
"gharry",
"rickshaw",
"ricksha",
"water taxi",
"gypsy cab",
"jitney"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who lacks experience and competence in an art or science":{
"examples":[
"is he really any good at the piano or just a hack ?"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"hacker",
"inexpert",
"jackleg",
"trifler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beginner",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"kid",
"learner",
"neophyte",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro"
],
"near antonyms":[
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"craftsman",
"expert",
"hand",
"master",
"past master",
"shark",
"sharp"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"hacks it":{
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"examples":[
"a skilled home cook who nonetheless couldn't hack it as a restaurant chef"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrives",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"succeeds",
"thrives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins",
"excels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles"
],
"antonyms":[
"fails"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"hacks (around)":{
"to spend time doing nothing":{
"examples":[
"would prefer to be put to work rather than spend his days at the ranch just hacking around"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drones",
"footles",
"goofs (off)",
"hangs about",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"kicks around",
"kicks back",
"lazes",
"lazies",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"vegges out",
"veges out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fiddles (around)",
"fools",
"messes",
"monkeys",
"mucks",
"piddles",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles",
"dozes",
"estivates",
"aestivates",
"hibernates",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"relaxes",
"rests",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"moseys",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"swans",
"furloughs",
"goldbricks",
"malingers",
"truants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grinds",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"applies",
"buckles (down)",
"exerts",
"puts out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}