6664 lines
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6664 lines
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{
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"mountain":{
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"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
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"examples":[
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"my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alp",
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"hump",
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"mount",
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"peak"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cordillera",
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"mountain range",
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"range",
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"sierra",
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"inselberg",
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"knob",
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"seamount",
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"aiguille",
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"horn",
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"mountaintop",
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"pinnacle",
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"summit"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"basin",
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"bowl",
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"depression",
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"hollow",
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"vale",
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"valley"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a considerable amount":{
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"examples":[
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"receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundance",
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"barrel",
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"basketful",
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"boatload",
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"bucket",
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"bunch",
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"bundle",
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"bushel",
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"carload",
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"chunk",
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"deal",
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"dozen",
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"fistful",
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"gobs",
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"good deal",
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"heap",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lot",
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"mass",
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"mess",
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"much",
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"multiplicity",
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"myriad",
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"oodles",
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"pack",
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"passel",
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"peck",
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"pile",
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"plateful",
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"plenitude",
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"plentitude",
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"plenty",
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"pot",
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"potful",
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"profusion",
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"quantity",
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"raft",
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"reams",
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"scads",
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"sheaf",
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"shipload",
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"sight",
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"slew",
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"spate",
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"stack",
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"store",
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"ton",
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"truckload",
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"volume",
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"wad",
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"wealth",
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"yard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"epidemic",
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"plague",
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"rash",
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"bonanza",
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"embarrassment",
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"excess",
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"overabundance",
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"overage",
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"overkill",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupply",
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"plethora",
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"redundancy",
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"superabundance",
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"superfluity",
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"surfeit",
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"surplus",
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"deluge",
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"flood",
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"overflow",
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"army",
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"bevy",
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"cram",
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"crowd",
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"crush",
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"drove",
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"flock",
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"herd",
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"horde",
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"host",
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"legion",
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"mob",
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"multitude",
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"press",
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"score",
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"sea",
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"swarm",
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"throng",
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"gazillion",
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"jillion",
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"kazillion",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillion",
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"zillion"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"atom",
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"crumb",
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"dot",
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"fleck",
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"flyspeck",
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"fragment",
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"grain",
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"granule",
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"iota",
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"jot",
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"modicum",
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"molecule",
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"mote",
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"nubbin",
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"particle",
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"ray",
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"scintilla",
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"scrap",
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"shred",
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"tittle",
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"whit",
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"smatter",
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"smattering",
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"dash",
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"drop",
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"morsel",
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"shot",
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"piece",
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"portion",
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"section",
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"absence",
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"dearth",
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"famine",
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"lack",
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"paucity",
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"poverty",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"shortage",
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"undersupply",
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"want",
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"deficiency",
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"deficit",
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"inadequacy",
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"insufficiency",
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"meagerness",
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"scantiness",
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"scantness",
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"skimpiness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"ace",
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"bit",
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"dab",
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"dram",
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"driblet",
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"glimmer",
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"handful",
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"hint",
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"lick",
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"little",
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"mite",
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"mouthful",
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"nip",
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"ounce",
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"peanuts",
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"pinch",
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"pittance",
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"scruple",
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"shade",
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"shadow",
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"smidgen",
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"smidgeon",
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"smidgin",
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"smidge",
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"speck",
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"spot",
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"sprinkle",
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"sprinkling",
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"strain",
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"streak",
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"suspicion",
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"tad",
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"taste",
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"touch",
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"trace"
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]
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},
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"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
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"examples":[
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"he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cock",
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"heap",
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"hill",
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"mound",
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"pile",
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"stack"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bank",
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"bar",
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"drift",
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"embankment",
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"bed",
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"layer",
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"mow",
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"pyramid",
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"rick",
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"barrow",
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"cairn",
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"pyre",
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"accumulation",
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"aggregate",
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"array",
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"assemblage",
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"collection",
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"conglomeration",
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"gathering",
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"grouping",
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"hoard",
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"huddle",
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"jumble",
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"knot",
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"pileup"
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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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"mountain man":{
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"as in woodsman , bushranger":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bushranger",
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"woodsman",
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"explorer",
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"pathfinder",
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"trailblazer",
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"colonial",
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"colonist",
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"colonizer",
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"frontiersman",
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"homesteader",
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"pioneer",
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"settler"
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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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"mountainous":{
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"unusually large":{
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"examples":[
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"the seemingly mountainous obstacles he had to overcome while growing up"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"astronomical",
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"astronomic",
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"Brobdingnagian",
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"bumper",
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"colossal",
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"cosmic",
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"cosmical",
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"cyclopean",
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"elephantine",
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"enormous",
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"galactic",
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"gargantuan",
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"giant",
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"gigantesque",
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"gigantic",
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"grand",
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"herculean",
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"heroic",
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"heroical",
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"Himalayan",
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"huge",
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"humongous",
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"humungous",
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"immense",
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"jumbo",
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"king-size",
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"king-sized",
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"leviathan",
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"mammoth",
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"massive",
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"mega",
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"mighty",
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"monster",
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"monstrous",
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"monumental",
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"oceanic",
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"pharaonic",
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"planetary",
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"prodigious",
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"super",
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"super-duper",
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"supersize",
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"supersized",
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"titanic",
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"tremendous",
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"vast",
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"vasty",
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"walloping",
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"whacking",
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"whopping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"big",
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"bulky",
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"considerable",
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"extensive",
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"good",
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"goodly",
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"great",
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"gross",
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"handsome",
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"hefty",
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"hulking",
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"largish",
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"major",
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"outsize",
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"outsized",
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"overgrown",
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"oversize",
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"oversized",
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"sizable",
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"sizeable",
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"substantial",
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"tidy",
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"voluminous",
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"august",
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"formidable",
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"grandiose",
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"imposing",
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"lofty",
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"majestic",
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"cavernous",
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"monolithic",
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"overwhelming",
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"staggering",
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"stupendous",
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"towering",
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"boundless",
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"immeasurable",
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"infinite"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"little",
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"mini",
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"petite",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"puny",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"undersized",
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"undersize",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"half-pint"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"bitty",
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"diminutive",
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"infinitesimal",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little bitty",
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"micro",
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"microminiature",
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"microscopic",
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"microscopical",
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"midget",
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"miniature",
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"minuscule",
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"minute",
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"pocket",
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"pygmy",
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"teensy",
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"teensy-weensy",
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"teeny",
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"teeny-weeny",
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"tiny",
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"wee"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"mountainousness":{
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"as in immensity , enormity":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"enormity",
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"enormousness",
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"extensiveness",
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"grossness",
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"healthiness",
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"hugeness",
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"immenseness",
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"immensity",
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"magnitude",
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"massiveness",
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"mightiness",
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"prodigiousness",
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"stupendousness",
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"vastness",
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"bigness",
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"bulkiness",
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"grandness",
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"greatness",
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"heftiness",
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"largeness",
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"substantiality",
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"voluminousness",
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"excessiveness",
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"extravagance",
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"extremeness",
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"immoderacy",
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"abundance",
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"ampleness",
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"bountifulness",
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"copiousness",
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"generosity",
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"handsomeness",
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"liberality",
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"muchness",
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"adequacy",
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"sufficiency",
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"weightiness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fineness",
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"littleness",
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"puniness",
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"smallness",
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"diminutiveness",
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"minuteness",
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"tininess",
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"slightness",
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"meagerness",
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"poorness",
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"scantiness",
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"scarceness",
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"scarcity",
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"skimpiness",
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"slenderness",
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"slimness",
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"spareness",
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"sparseness",
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"sparsity",
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"stinginess",
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"deficiency",
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"inadequacy",
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"inadequateness"
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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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"mountains":{
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"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
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"examples":[
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"my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"alps",
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"humps",
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"mounts",
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"peaks"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"cordilleras",
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"mountain ranges",
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"ranges",
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"sierras",
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"inselbergs",
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"inselberge",
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"knobs",
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"seamounts",
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"aiguilles",
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"horns",
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"mountaintops",
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"pinnacles",
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"summits"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"basins",
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"bowls",
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"depressions",
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"hollows",
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"vales",
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"valleys"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a considerable amount":{
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"examples":[
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"receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abundances",
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"barrels",
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"basketfuls",
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"basketsful",
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"boatloads",
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"buckets",
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"bunches",
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"bundles",
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"bushels",
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"carloads",
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"chunks",
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"deals",
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"dozens",
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"dozen",
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"fistfuls",
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"gobs",
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"good deals",
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"heaps",
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"hundreds",
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"hundred",
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"lashings",
|
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"lashins",
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"loads",
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"lots",
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"masses",
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"messes",
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"much",
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"multiplicities",
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"myriads",
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"oodles",
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"packs",
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"passels",
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"pecks",
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"piles",
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"platefuls",
|
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"plenitudes",
|
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"plenties",
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"plentitudes",
|
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"potfuls",
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"pots",
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"profusions",
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"quantities",
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"rafts",
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"reams",
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"scads",
|
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"sheaves",
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"shiploads",
|
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"sights",
|
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"slews",
|
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"spates",
|
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"stacks",
|
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"stores",
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"tons",
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"truckloads",
|
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"volumes",
|
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"wads",
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"wealths",
|
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"yards"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"epidemics",
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"plagues",
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"rashes",
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"bonanzas",
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"embarrassments",
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"excesses",
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"overabundances",
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"overages",
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"overkills",
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"overmuch",
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"oversupplies",
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"plethoras",
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"redundancies",
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"superabundances",
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"superfluities",
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"surfeits",
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"surpluses",
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"deluges",
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"floods",
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"overflows",
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"armies",
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"bevies",
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"crams",
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"crowds",
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"crushes",
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"droves",
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"flocks",
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"herds",
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"hordes",
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"hosts",
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"legions",
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"mobs",
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"multitudes",
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"presses",
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"scores",
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"seas",
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"swarms",
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"throngs",
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"gazillions",
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"jillions",
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"kazillions",
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"millions",
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"million",
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"thousands",
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"trillions",
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"zillions"
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],
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|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mounds",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"ricks",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"cairns",
|
|
"pyres",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountebankery":{
|
|
"as in subterfuge , chicanery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moused":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousiness":{
|
|
"as in diffidence , timidity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"sheepishness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"resignedness",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"gutlessness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"pusillanimity",
|
|
"spinelessness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"down-to-earthness",
|
|
"humbleness",
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"modesty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggressiveness",
|
|
"assertiveness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brashness",
|
|
"brassiness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"cocksureness",
|
|
"forwardness",
|
|
"overconfidence",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"temerity",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"self-applause",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-glorification",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"ostentatiousness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousy":{
|
|
"easily frightened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"tremulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"spooky",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouth":{
|
|
"the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"kisser",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"piehole",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"yap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"visage",
|
|
"muzzle",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"mandible",
|
|
"maxilla",
|
|
"gullet",
|
|
"maw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"moue",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I won't tolerate you giving your mother mouth about everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back talk",
|
|
"backchat",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"sass",
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"rejoinder",
|
|
"retort",
|
|
"riposte",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"discourtesy",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tactlessness",
|
|
"audaciousness",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"abruptness",
|
|
"bluffness",
|
|
"bluntness",
|
|
"brusqueness",
|
|
"crossness",
|
|
"curtness",
|
|
"gruffness",
|
|
"surliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"diplomacy",
|
|
"politeness",
|
|
"tactfulness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"smoothness",
|
|
"suaveness",
|
|
"suavity",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"respect",
|
|
"affability"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"spokeswoman",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"mug"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"contort",
|
|
"deform",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"gape",
|
|
"gaze",
|
|
"ogle",
|
|
"stare",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"ramble",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"pant",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"buzz"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouth (down)":{
|
|
"as in swallow , down":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"ingest",
|
|
"partake (of)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"tuck (away or in)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"chow (down on)",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"glut (on)",
|
|
"gobble (up or down)",
|
|
"gorge",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"snarf (down)",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wolf",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"gnaw (at or on)",
|
|
"gum",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"nibble (on)",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pick (at)",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"fare",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"gormandize",
|
|
"pig out",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"polish off",
|
|
"breakfast",
|
|
"lunch",
|
|
"sup",
|
|
"munch",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouth (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"perorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"speechify",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthful":{
|
|
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a small mouthful of the soup to see if she liked it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collop",
|
|
"medallion",
|
|
"noisette",
|
|
"nosh",
|
|
"snack",
|
|
"appetizer",
|
|
"canap\u00e9",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"chew",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouths (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"perorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"speechifies",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouton":{
|
|
"as in fleece":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"bearskin",
|
|
"buckskin",
|
|
"calfskin",
|
|
"coonskin",
|
|
"cowhide",
|
|
"deerskin",
|
|
"doeskin",
|
|
"goatskin",
|
|
"horsehide",
|
|
"karakul",
|
|
"kidskin",
|
|
"kolinsky",
|
|
"lambskin",
|
|
"pigskin",
|
|
"rawhide",
|
|
"sealskin",
|
|
"sharkskin",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskin",
|
|
"snakeskin",
|
|
"alligator",
|
|
"crocodile",
|
|
"badger",
|
|
"beaver",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chinchilla",
|
|
"ermine",
|
|
"fisher",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lamb",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"sable",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"cordovan",
|
|
"morocco",
|
|
"patent leather",
|
|
"suede",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"leather",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouths":{
|
|
"the opening through which food passes into the body of an animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby chicks opened their mouths very wide and chirped piteously when their mother came back with worms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"kissers",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pieholes",
|
|
"pie holes",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"yaps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"visages",
|
|
"muzzles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"mandibles",
|
|
"maxillae",
|
|
"maxillas",
|
|
"gullets",
|
|
"maws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boy usually makes a mouth when he gets an injection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"moues",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the press secretary is the official mouth of the administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"mugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"contorts",
|
|
"deforms",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"gapes",
|
|
"gazes",
|
|
"ogles",
|
|
"stares",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"pants",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"buzzes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain sickness":{
|
|
"as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airsickness",
|
|
"altitude sickness",
|
|
"car sickness",
|
|
"morning sickness",
|
|
"motion sickness",
|
|
"seasickness",
|
|
"qualm",
|
|
"nausea",
|
|
"nauseousness",
|
|
"qualmishness",
|
|
"queasiness",
|
|
"queerness",
|
|
"sickness",
|
|
"squeamishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourns":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"grieves",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"pines (away)",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"smarts",
|
|
"racks",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"regrets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"ravishes",
|
|
"rejoices",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"commiserates",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"sympathizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"grieves (for)",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"wails (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegizes",
|
|
"cries (for)",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"rues",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"suffers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"exults (in)",
|
|
"glories (in)",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"rejoices (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouses":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurks",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slinks",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthed":{
|
|
"as in whispered , muttered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"intoned",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"sonant",
|
|
"oral",
|
|
"spoken",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"voiced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"unexpressed",
|
|
"unsaid",
|
|
"unspoken",
|
|
"unuttered",
|
|
"unvoiced",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"voiceless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimaced",
|
|
"mugged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pouted",
|
|
"contorted",
|
|
"deformed",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"frowned",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"gloomed",
|
|
"glowered",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"loured",
|
|
"scowled",
|
|
"gaped",
|
|
"gazed",
|
|
"ogled",
|
|
"stared",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"snarled",
|
|
"sneered",
|
|
"simpered",
|
|
"smirked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"grinned",
|
|
"smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"rambled",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"panted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"buzzed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthfuls":{
|
|
"a small piece or quantity of food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a small mouthful of the soup to see if she liked it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"tidbits",
|
|
"titbits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collops",
|
|
"medallions",
|
|
"noisettes",
|
|
"noshes",
|
|
"snacks",
|
|
"appetizers",
|
|
"canap\u00e9s",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvres",
|
|
"hors d'oeuvre",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"chews",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain dew":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sip of the hillbilly's potent mountain dew left inexperienced drinkers gasping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootleg",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"white lightning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gin",
|
|
"red-eye",
|
|
"rotgut",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountebank":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"imitator",
|
|
"impersonator",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"actor",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"counterfeiter",
|
|
"deceiver",
|
|
"dissembler",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigner",
|
|
"misleader",
|
|
"operator",
|
|
"trickster",
|
|
"poseur",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaineer":{
|
|
"a person who climbs mountains; a mountain climber":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were guided on the adventure by an experienced mountaineer who had scaled many of the country's highest peaks."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinist",
|
|
"backpacker",
|
|
"climber",
|
|
"ambler",
|
|
"hiker",
|
|
"perambulator",
|
|
"rambler",
|
|
"tramper",
|
|
"walker",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"roamer",
|
|
"rover",
|
|
"trekker",
|
|
"wanderer",
|
|
"wayfarer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain ranges":{
|
|
"as in ranges , sierras":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordilleras",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moue":{
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"wince",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousers":{
|
|
"as in cats , kittens":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cats",
|
|
"felines",
|
|
"house cats",
|
|
"kitties",
|
|
"moggies",
|
|
"pusses",
|
|
"pussies",
|
|
"pussycats",
|
|
"kits",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"alley cats",
|
|
"tabbies",
|
|
"gibs",
|
|
"tomcats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournful":{
|
|
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had such a mournful expression that someone teasingly asked if her dog had died"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolesome",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"funeral",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirgelike",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"careworn",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"triste",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"moody",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"pessimistic",
|
|
"piteous",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"giddy",
|
|
"heady",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mournful survivors of the disaster were faced with the grim task of burying the dead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"causing unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mournful death of a beloved entertainer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"heartbreaking",
|
|
"heartrending",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddening",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"teary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deplorable",
|
|
"distressful",
|
|
"grievous",
|
|
"lamentable",
|
|
"unfortunate",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"thrilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"happy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain bikes":{
|
|
"as in tandem bicycles , ten-speeds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tandem bicycles",
|
|
"ten-speeds",
|
|
"bicycles",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"push-bikes",
|
|
"push bicycles",
|
|
"two-wheelers",
|
|
"velocipedes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounted":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carried",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"presented",
|
|
"staged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displayed",
|
|
"exhibited",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"paraded",
|
|
"showed",
|
|
"showed off",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"previewed",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"portrayed",
|
|
"depicted",
|
|
"dramatized",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"proffered",
|
|
"tendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"aspired",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upreared",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upthrusted",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"towered",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upheaved",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"blasted off",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell (off)",
|
|
"plunged"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountebanks":{
|
|
"one who makes false claims of identity or expertise":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"claimed that many doctors were frauds and mountebanks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"imitators",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"counterfeiters",
|
|
"deceivers",
|
|
"dissemblers",
|
|
"duper",
|
|
"feigners",
|
|
"misleaders",
|
|
"operators",
|
|
"tricksters",
|
|
"poseurs",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthwatering":{
|
|
"very pleasing to the sense of taste":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an eye-catching display of mouthwatering cakes and pastries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"appetizing",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delectable",
|
|
"delicious",
|
|
"delish",
|
|
"flavorful",
|
|
"flavorsome",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palatable",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scrumptious",
|
|
"succulent",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"tasty",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"toothy",
|
|
"yummy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digestible",
|
|
"eatable",
|
|
"edible",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"banal",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"unwholesome",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"unpleasant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flavorless",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unpalatable",
|
|
"unsavory",
|
|
"yucky",
|
|
"yukky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouser":{
|
|
"as in cat , kitten":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cat",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"house cat",
|
|
"kitty",
|
|
"moggy",
|
|
"moggie",
|
|
"puss",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"pussycat",
|
|
"kit",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"alley cat",
|
|
"tabby",
|
|
"gib",
|
|
"tomcat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthpiece":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statement read by the official mouthpiece of the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"spokeswoman",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousses":{
|
|
"as in froths , sprays":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"spumes",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surfs",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"spindrifts",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"scums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountings":{
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built a new mounting for the engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousily":{
|
|
"as in timidly , fearfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"obsequiously",
|
|
"servilely",
|
|
"subserviently",
|
|
"bashfully",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"self-deprecatingly",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"deferentially",
|
|
"hat in hand",
|
|
"humbly",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"sheepishly",
|
|
"submissively",
|
|
"civilly",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"politely",
|
|
"respectfully",
|
|
"suppliantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrogantly",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"haughtily",
|
|
"huffily",
|
|
"imperiously",
|
|
"loftily",
|
|
"pompously",
|
|
"presumptuously",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"pridefully",
|
|
"proudly",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"self-importantly",
|
|
"superciliously",
|
|
"swaggeringly",
|
|
"uppishly",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"discourteously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"disrespectfully",
|
|
"impertinently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"saucily",
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"impolitely",
|
|
"impudently",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"uncivilly",
|
|
"ungraciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousse":{
|
|
"as in froth , spray":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"spume",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"scum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthing (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"perorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"speechifying",
|
|
"talking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaintop":{
|
|
"as in summit , pinnacle":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthpieces":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a statement read by the official mouthpiece of the company"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mount":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"stage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"preview",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"portray",
|
|
"depict",
|
|
"dramatize",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"proffer",
|
|
"tender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"aspire",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uprear",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upthrust",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"tower",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"upheave",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"blast off",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall (off)",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mount Everest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"mountain range",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hammered together a mount for the cameras"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouse":{
|
|
"as in coward , pussy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"milquetoast",
|
|
"nebbish",
|
|
"nervous Nellie",
|
|
"nervous Nelly",
|
|
"pussy",
|
|
"wuss",
|
|
"wussy",
|
|
"doormat",
|
|
"jellyfish",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"reed",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wimp",
|
|
"sheep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"mensch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in iceberg , cold fish":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold fish",
|
|
"iceberg",
|
|
"icicle",
|
|
"introvert",
|
|
"shrinking violet",
|
|
"wallflower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"extrovert",
|
|
"extravert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthing":{
|
|
"to distort one's face":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when her mother told her to mind, the little girl mouthed insolently and rolled her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grimacing",
|
|
"mugging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"contorting",
|
|
"deforming",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"warping",
|
|
"frowning",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glooming",
|
|
"glowering",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"louring",
|
|
"scowling",
|
|
"gaping",
|
|
"gazing",
|
|
"ogling",
|
|
"staring",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"snarling",
|
|
"sneering",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"smirking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak softly and unclearly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the prompter mouthed the forgotten words under his breath"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"panting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"buzzing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthing (down)":{
|
|
"as in swallowing , downing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digesting",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"ingesting",
|
|
"partaking (of)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"tucking (away or in)",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"chowing (down on)",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"glutting (on)",
|
|
"gobbling (up or down)",
|
|
"gorging",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"snarfing (down)",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"wolfing",
|
|
"chewing",
|
|
"gnawing (at or on)",
|
|
"gumming",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"nibbling (on)",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"picking (at)",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"tasting",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"faring",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"gormandizing",
|
|
"pigging out",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"polishing off",
|
|
"breakfasting",
|
|
"lunching",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"munching",
|
|
"noshing",
|
|
"snacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain men":{
|
|
"as in woodsmen , bushrangers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bushrangers",
|
|
"woodsmen",
|
|
"explorers",
|
|
"pathfinders",
|
|
"trailblazers",
|
|
"colonials",
|
|
"colonists",
|
|
"colonizers",
|
|
"frontiersmen",
|
|
"homesteaders",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"settlers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousetrapping":{
|
|
"as in trapping , ensnaring":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"ensnaring",
|
|
"entrapping",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"sallying",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"preying (on or upon)",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"mugging",
|
|
"pouncing (on)",
|
|
"tackling",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"storming",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"ambuscading",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"surprizing",
|
|
"waylaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounding":{
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mound the mulch around the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"hilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"pyramiding",
|
|
"stacking",
|
|
"embanking",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"wadding",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"piling",
|
|
"stacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banking",
|
|
"layering",
|
|
"pyramiding",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"massing",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moues":{
|
|
"a twisting of the facial features in disgust or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a moue of distaste at the display of bad manners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"winces",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournfully":{
|
|
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cried out mournfully for the son who would never return home from the war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizingly",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"dolefully",
|
|
"dolorously",
|
|
"grievously",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"inconsolably",
|
|
"lugubriously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"plaintively",
|
|
"regretfully",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"ruefully",
|
|
"sadly",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"sorrowfully",
|
|
"unhappily",
|
|
"wailfully",
|
|
"woefully",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abjectly",
|
|
"cheerlessly",
|
|
"crestfallenly",
|
|
"dejectedly",
|
|
"despairingly",
|
|
"despondently",
|
|
"disconsolately",
|
|
"dispiritedly",
|
|
"downheartedly",
|
|
"low-spiritedly",
|
|
"blackly",
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"dismally",
|
|
"distressfully",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"dourly",
|
|
"drearily",
|
|
"forlornly",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"glumly",
|
|
"joylessly",
|
|
"mirthlessly",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"morosely",
|
|
"pessimistically",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"sullenly",
|
|
"acutely",
|
|
"harshly",
|
|
"keenly",
|
|
"piercingly",
|
|
"poignantly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"hurtfully",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"rancorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"delightedly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"gleefully",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"lightheartedly",
|
|
"merrily",
|
|
"mirthfully",
|
|
"rejoicingly",
|
|
"sunnily",
|
|
"blithely",
|
|
"blithesomely",
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"dispassionately",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"impassively",
|
|
"indifferently",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"nonchalantly",
|
|
"stoically",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissfully",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"joyfully",
|
|
"joyously"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain bike":{
|
|
"as in tandem bicycle , ten-speed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"tandem bicycle",
|
|
"ten-speed",
|
|
"bicycle",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"push-bike",
|
|
"push bicycle",
|
|
"two-wheeler",
|
|
"velocipede"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounting":{
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"built a new mounting for the engine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"presenting",
|
|
"staging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"previewing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"portraying",
|
|
"depicting",
|
|
"dramatizing",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"representing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"proffering",
|
|
"tendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"aspiring",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"uprearing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upthrusting",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"towering",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"upheaving",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"blasting off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling (off)",
|
|
"plunging"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounds":{
|
|
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounds of snow after the plow had passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snowbanks",
|
|
"snowdrifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"sandbars",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"tufts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"embankments",
|
|
"beds",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"ricks",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"cairns",
|
|
"pyres",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"pileups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pitcher's mound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"elevations",
|
|
"eminences",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"highlands",
|
|
"hills",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"prominences",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uplands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
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"mounts",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"buttes",
|
|
"mesas",
|
|
"plateaus",
|
|
"plateaux",
|
|
"tablelands",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"cliffs",
|
|
"crags",
|
|
"precipices",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"tors",
|
|
"ridges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"domes",
|
|
"sugarloafs",
|
|
"sugarloaves",
|
|
"foothills",
|
|
"hillocks",
|
|
"hummocks",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"knolls",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dales",
|
|
"dells",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"dingles",
|
|
"glens",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys",
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bottomlands",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"fens",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"floodplains",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"tidewaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowlands"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mound the mulch around the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"hills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"embanks",
|
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"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"stacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banks",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"pyramids",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain dews":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one sip of the hillbilly's potent mountain dew left inexperienced drinkers gasping"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bootlegs",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"white lightnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gins",
|
|
"red-eyes",
|
|
"rotguts",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourning":{
|
|
"as in sad , grieving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"orphaned",
|
|
"widowed",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"bereaved",
|
|
"bereft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in suffering , grieving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"hand-wringing",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"lamentation",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"complaint",
|
|
"cri de coeur",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"anguishing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"pining (away)",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"smarting",
|
|
"racking",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"groaning",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yowling",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"regretting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exulting",
|
|
"glorying",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"rejoicing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"commiserating",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"sympathizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"grieving (for)",
|
|
"lamenting",
|
|
"wailing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegizing",
|
|
"crying (for)",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"regretting",
|
|
"ruing",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"sorrowing",
|
|
"suffering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"exulting (in)",
|
|
"glorying (in)",
|
|
"joying",
|
|
"rejoicing (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain range":{
|
|
"as in range , sierra":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordillera",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"inselberg",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"seamount",
|
|
"aiguille",
|
|
"horn",
|
|
"mountaintop",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournfulness":{
|
|
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the memorial to the war's dead has an aura of mournfulness that cannot be conveyed in words"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blue devils",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"dejection",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"despond",
|
|
"despondence",
|
|
"despondency",
|
|
"disconsolateness",
|
|
"dispiritedness",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dolefulness",
|
|
"downheartedness",
|
|
"dreariness",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"forlornness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"glumness",
|
|
"heartsickness",
|
|
"joylessness",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserableness",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"oppression",
|
|
"sadness",
|
|
"sorrowfulness",
|
|
"unhappiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"melancholia",
|
|
"self-pity",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"mourning",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"woefulness",
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"wretchedness",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"disheartenment",
|
|
"moodiness",
|
|
"despair",
|
|
"desperation",
|
|
"hopelessness",
|
|
"self-despair",
|
|
"boredom",
|
|
"ennui",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"dismalness",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"morbidness",
|
|
"moroseness",
|
|
"morosity",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"gayness",
|
|
"glee",
|
|
"gleefulness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"jollity",
|
|
"joviality",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"mirth",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"cheeriness",
|
|
"hopefulness",
|
|
"optimism",
|
|
"sunniness",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"contentedness",
|
|
"contentment",
|
|
"satisfaction",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratification"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bliss",
|
|
"blissfulness",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"elatedness",
|
|
"elation",
|
|
"euphoria",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"exultation",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"gladness",
|
|
"gladsomeness",
|
|
"happiness",
|
|
"heaven",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"joyfulness",
|
|
"joyousness",
|
|
"jubilation",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"rapturousness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaineers":{
|
|
"a person who climbs mountains; a mountain climber":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They were guided on the adventure by an experienced mountaineer who had scaled many of the country's highest peaks."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alpinists",
|
|
"Alpinists",
|
|
"backpackers",
|
|
"climbers",
|
|
"amblers",
|
|
"hikers",
|
|
"perambulators",
|
|
"ramblers",
|
|
"trampers",
|
|
"walkers",
|
|
"pedestrians",
|
|
"roamers",
|
|
"rovers",
|
|
"trekkers",
|
|
"wanderers",
|
|
"wayfarers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mournings":{
|
|
"as in sufferings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sufferings",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"hand-wringings",
|
|
"regrets",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"lamentations",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"complaints",
|
|
"cris de coeur",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"anguishes",
|
|
"dolors",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"heartaches",
|
|
"heartbreaks",
|
|
"sorrows",
|
|
"woes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exultations",
|
|
"rejoicings"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourn":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"grieve",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"pine (away)",
|
|
"sigh",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"rack",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"regret"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"ravish",
|
|
"rejoice",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"commiserate",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"reassure",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"sympathize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"grieve (for)",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"wail (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegize",
|
|
"cry (for)",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"regret",
|
|
"rue",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"agonize",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"suffer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"exult (in)",
|
|
"glory (in)",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"rejoice (in)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthed (off)":{
|
|
"to talk as if giving an important and formal speech":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some crank mouthing off in the center of town to anyone who would listen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"perorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"speechified",
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moustachioed":{
|
|
"as in bearded , bewhiskered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"bewhiskered",
|
|
"whiskered",
|
|
"bristly",
|
|
"brushy",
|
|
"cottony",
|
|
"fleecy",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"furry",
|
|
"hairy",
|
|
"hirsute",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"shaggy",
|
|
"silky",
|
|
"unshorn",
|
|
"woolly",
|
|
"wooly",
|
|
"stubbled",
|
|
"stubbly",
|
|
"downy",
|
|
"fluffy",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"linty",
|
|
"nappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"furless",
|
|
"glabrous",
|
|
"hairless",
|
|
"shorn",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"beardless",
|
|
"shaved",
|
|
"shaven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mound":{
|
|
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounds of snow after the plow had passed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"drift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snowbank",
|
|
"snowdrift",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"sandbar",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"tuft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"embankment",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"pyramid",
|
|
"rick",
|
|
"barrow",
|
|
"cairn",
|
|
"pyre",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"conglomeration",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"pileup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an area of high ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a pitcher's mound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude(s)",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"eminence",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"highland",
|
|
"hill",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"prominence",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alp",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"butte",
|
|
"mesa",
|
|
"plateau",
|
|
"table",
|
|
"tableland",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"cliff",
|
|
"crag",
|
|
"precipice",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"tor",
|
|
"ridge",
|
|
"sierra",
|
|
"dome",
|
|
"sugarloaf",
|
|
"foothill",
|
|
"hillock",
|
|
"hummock",
|
|
"knob",
|
|
"knoll",
|
|
"downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dale",
|
|
"dell",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"dingle",
|
|
"glen",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"vale",
|
|
"valley",
|
|
"basin",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"bottomland",
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"floodplain",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"tidewater"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lowland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mound the mulch around the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"hill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pyramid",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"embank",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"stack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bank",
|
|
"layer",
|
|
"pyramid",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"lump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthy":{
|
|
"fond of talking or conversation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those mouthy motorists who can't seem to stay off their cell phones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"motormouthed",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"gossipy",
|
|
"talebearing",
|
|
"tale-telling",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"wordy",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"wordless",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"nonvocal",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"self-contained",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"indrawn",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"withdrawn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"taciturn",
|
|
"tight-lipped",
|
|
"uncommunicative"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousetraps":{
|
|
"as in captures , snares":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"entrapments",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"huntings",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"ambushments",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in traps , ensnares":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"preys (on or upon)",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pounces (on)",
|
|
"tackles",
|
|
"assails",
|
|
"assaults",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"ambuscades",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"waylays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"moutons":{
|
|
"as in fleeces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"bearskins",
|
|
"buckskins",
|
|
"calfskins",
|
|
"coonskins",
|
|
"cowhides",
|
|
"deerskins",
|
|
"doeskins",
|
|
"goatskins",
|
|
"horsehides",
|
|
"karakuls",
|
|
"kidskins",
|
|
"kolinskies",
|
|
"lambskins",
|
|
"pigskins",
|
|
"rawhides",
|
|
"sealskins",
|
|
"sharkskins",
|
|
"sheep",
|
|
"sheepskins",
|
|
"snakeskins",
|
|
"alligators",
|
|
"crocodiles",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"beavers",
|
|
"chamois",
|
|
"chamoix",
|
|
"chinchillas",
|
|
"ermines",
|
|
"fishers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"marten",
|
|
"martens",
|
|
"mink",
|
|
"minks",
|
|
"muskrat",
|
|
"muskrats",
|
|
"otters",
|
|
"otter",
|
|
"Persian lambs",
|
|
"rabbit",
|
|
"rabbits",
|
|
"raccoon",
|
|
"raccoons",
|
|
"racoon",
|
|
"racoons",
|
|
"sables",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"cordovans",
|
|
"moroccos",
|
|
"patent leathers",
|
|
"suedes",
|
|
"furs",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"leathers",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"skins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountaintops":{
|
|
"as in summits , pinnacles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"cordilleras",
|
|
"mountain ranges",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousetrap":{
|
|
"as in capture , snare":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"entrapment",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"hunting",
|
|
"stalking",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"ambushment",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trap , ensnare":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"prey (on or upon)",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pounce (on)",
|
|
"tackle",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"strike",
|
|
"ambuscade",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"waylay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousey":{
|
|
"easily frightened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a mousy little girl who hid behind her mother the entire time we were there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"tremulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"spooky",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounts":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"medical expenses began to mount"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring before the public in performance or exhibition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"presents",
|
|
"stages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"parades",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"shows off",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"previews",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"portrays",
|
|
"depicts",
|
|
"dramatizes",
|
|
"enacts",
|
|
"renders",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"proffers",
|
|
"tenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or extend upward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"aspires",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"uprears",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"ups",
|
|
"upthrusts",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"towers",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"upheaves",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"blasts off",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls (off)",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an elevation of land higher than a hill":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Mount Everest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alps",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordilleras",
|
|
"mountain ranges",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"sierras",
|
|
"inselbergs",
|
|
"inselberge",
|
|
"knobs",
|
|
"seamounts",
|
|
"aiguilles",
|
|
"horns",
|
|
"mountaintops",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"basins",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"hollows",
|
|
"vales",
|
|
"valleys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hammered together a mount for the cameras"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain lion":{
|
|
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the problems created by mountain lions coming into contact with humans in suburban developments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cat-a-mountain",
|
|
"catamount",
|
|
"cougar",
|
|
"panther",
|
|
"puma"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousetrapped":{
|
|
"as in trapped , ensnared":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"sallied",
|
|
"hunted",
|
|
"preyed (on or upon)",
|
|
"stalked",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"mugged",
|
|
"pounced (on)",
|
|
"tackled",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"struck",
|
|
"ambuscaded",
|
|
"ambushed",
|
|
"surprised",
|
|
"surprized",
|
|
"waylaid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mountain lions":{
|
|
"a large tawny cat of the wild":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the problems created by mountain lions coming into contact with humans in suburban developments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cat-a-mountains",
|
|
"catamounts",
|
|
"cougars",
|
|
"cougar",
|
|
"panthers",
|
|
"panther",
|
|
"pumas",
|
|
"puma"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mousing":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cat mousing along in the shadows of the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mounded":{
|
|
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mound the mulch around the plants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"hilled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"pyramided",
|
|
"stacked",
|
|
"embanked",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"wadded",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"conglomerated",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lay or throw on top of one another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaped",
|
|
"piled",
|
|
"stacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banked",
|
|
"layered",
|
|
"pyramided",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"grouped",
|
|
"massed",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mouthed (down)":{
|
|
"as in swallowed , downed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"digested",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"ingested",
|
|
"partook (of)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"tucked (away or in)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"chowed (down on)",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"glutted (on)",
|
|
"gobbled (up or down)",
|
|
"gorged",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"snarfed (down)",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"wolfed",
|
|
"chewed",
|
|
"gnawed (at or on)",
|
|
"gummed",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"nibbled (on)",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"picked (at)",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured",
|
|
"tasted",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"dined",
|
|
"fared",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"gormandized",
|
|
"pigged out",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"polished off",
|
|
"breakfasted",
|
|
"lunched",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"munched",
|
|
"noshed",
|
|
"snacked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"mourned":{
|
|
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we mourned for weeks after our beloved pet's death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"grieved",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"sorrowed",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ached",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"pined (away)",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"smarted",
|
|
"racked",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"rued",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"groaned",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yowled",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"regretted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulted",
|
|
"gloried",
|
|
"joyed",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"ravished",
|
|
"rejoiced",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"commiserated",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"sympathized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to feel or express sorrow for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an editorial that mourns the loss of the town's last movie theater"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"grieved (for)",
|
|
"lamented",
|
|
"wailed (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elegized",
|
|
"cried (for)",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"regretted",
|
|
"rued",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"sorrowed",
|
|
"suffered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"grinned",
|
|
"laughed",
|
|
"smiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"exulted (in)",
|
|
"gloried (in)",
|
|
"joyed",
|
|
"rejoiced (in)"
|
|
]
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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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"mouths (down)":{
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"as in swallows , downs":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"digests",
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"downs",
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"swallows",
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"consumes",
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"eats",
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"ingests",
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"partakes (of)",
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"puts away",
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"puts down",
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"tucks (away or in)",
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"bolts",
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"chows (down on)",
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"devours",
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"gluts (on)",
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"gobbles (up or down)",
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"gorges",
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"gulps",
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"scoffs",
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"slops",
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"snarfs (down)",
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"swills",
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"wolfs",
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|
"chews",
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"gnaws (at or on)",
|
|
"gums",
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"laps",
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"licks",
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"nibbles (on)",
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"nurses",
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"picks (at)",
|
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"relishes",
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"savors",
|
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"savours",
|
|
"tastes",
|
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"banquets",
|
|
"dines",
|
|
"fares",
|
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"feasts",
|
|
"gormandizes",
|
|
"pigs out",
|
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"regales",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"polishes off",
|
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"breakfasts",
|
|
"lunches",
|
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"sups",
|
|
"munches",
|
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"noshes",
|
|
"snacks"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
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} |