dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sla_MWT.json
2022-07-15 11:16:05 +00:00

12634 lines
244 KiB
JSON

{
"slabs":{
"as in sticks , ingots":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"ingots",
"sticks",
"bands",
"strips",
"arbors",
"beams",
"boards",
"crossbars",
"crossbeams",
"girders",
"bars",
"billets",
"rods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slack (off)":{
"as in hang , hang around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"goldbrick",
"hang",
"hang about",
"hang around",
"idle",
"loaf",
"veg out",
"bask",
"kick back",
"loll",
"lounge",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudge",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"work",
"exercise",
"work out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in forget , neglect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forget",
"neglect",
"shirk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attend (to)",
"remember",
"carry out",
"do",
"execute",
"perform",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"keep up",
"maintain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slacken":{
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"relax",
"slack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detach",
"free",
"unbind",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attach",
"bind",
"fasten",
"tie",
"constrain",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
"examples":[
"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"brake",
"decelerate",
"retard",
"slow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halt",
"stop",
"encumber",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"hinder",
"hobble",
"hold back",
"hold up",
"impede",
"inhibit",
"obstruct",
"set back",
"tie up",
"bottleneck",
"arrest",
"check",
"constrain",
"curb",
"rein",
"restrain",
"baffle",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"sabotage",
"thwart"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drive",
"encourage",
"goad",
"propel",
"push",
"spur",
"stir",
"urge",
"advance",
"aid",
"dispatch",
"ease",
"expedite",
"facilitate",
"forward",
"further",
"help"
],
"antonyms":[
"accelerate",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slackened":{
"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
"examples":[
"slackened lines"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loose",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slack",
"unsecured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"free",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"baggy",
"blousy",
"saggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"fast",
"firm",
"jammed",
"snug",
"stuck",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"freed",
"unbound",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"constrained",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tensioned",
"tightened"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
"examples":[
"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"braked",
"decelerated",
"retarded",
"slowed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halted",
"stopped",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"set back",
"tied up",
"bottlenecked",
"arrested",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"sabotaged",
"thwarted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drove",
"encouraged",
"goaded",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred",
"urged",
"advanced",
"aided",
"dispatched",
"eased",
"expedited",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"helped"
],
"antonyms":[
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slaked":{
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"examples":[
"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"satisfied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"alleviated",
"lightened",
"relieved",
"cloyed",
"saturated",
"surfeited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"piqued",
"stimulated",
"tantalized",
"teased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slammed":{
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"please don't slam the door every time you step out"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closed",
"shut",
"stopped",
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"sealed",
"secured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she slammed the ball deep into center field"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"savaged",
"scathed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaps down":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"throttles",
"annihilates",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"desolates",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"nukes",
"rubs out",
"ruins",
"smashes",
"wastes",
"wrecks",
"exterminates",
"obliterates",
"wipes out",
"conquers",
"dominates",
"overcomes",
"overpowers",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"vanquishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abets",
"aids",
"assists",
"backs",
"helps",
"props up",
"supports",
"foments",
"incites",
"instigates",
"provokes",
"stirs",
"whips (up)",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"fosters",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slashing":{
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"ripping",
"shearing",
"slicing",
"slitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscutting",
"hacksawing",
"scissoring",
"cleaving",
"riving",
"splitting",
"piercing",
"stabbing",
"bruising",
"butchering",
"hacking",
"haggling",
"lacerating",
"mangling",
"rending",
"tearing",
"carving",
"chipping",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"notching",
"anatomizing",
"dissecting",
"sectioning",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"mincing",
"amputating",
"cutting off",
"severing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"whaling",
"whipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaughtered":{
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"croaked",
"did in",
"dispatched",
"executed",
"felled",
"murdered",
"slew",
"smote",
"snuffed",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wasted",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaughtering":{
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"felling",
"murdering",
"slaying",
"smiting",
"snuffing",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wasting",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slavered":{
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a dog slavering over a bone"
],
"synonyms":[
"dribbled",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"salivated",
"slobbered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"watered",
"expectorated",
"spit",
"spat",
"foamed",
"frothed",
"spluttered",
"sputtered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slavers":{
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"examples":[
"slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"drools",
"salivas",
"slobbers",
"spits",
"spittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foams",
"froths",
"expectorations",
"salivations",
"sputa",
"sputums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a dog slavering over a bone"
],
"synonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drivels",
"drools",
"salivates",
"slobbers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waters",
"expectorates",
"spits",
"foams",
"froths",
"splutters",
"sputters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slash-and-burn":{
"having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings":{
"examples":[
"under his slash-and-burn management ethic, even longtime employees were summarily downsized for the sake of corporate competitiveness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affectless",
"callous",
"case-hardened",
"cold-blooded",
"compassionless",
"desensitized",
"hard",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"indurate",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"insensitive",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"obdurate",
"pachydermatous",
"pitiless",
"remorseless",
"ruthless",
"soulless",
"stony",
"stoney",
"stonyhearted",
"take-no-prisoners",
"thick-skinned",
"uncharitable",
"unfeeling",
"unmerciful",
"unsparing",
"unsympathetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boorish",
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unfriendly",
"unloving",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-bitten",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"ironfisted",
"ironhanded",
"jackbooted",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"oppressive",
"rough",
"rough-and-tumble",
"severe",
"sledgehammer",
"stern",
"tough",
"ungentle",
"abusive",
"acrimonious",
"disagreeable",
"hateful",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"rancorous",
"spiteful",
"surly",
"virulent",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brutish",
"cruel",
"evil-minded",
"savage",
"vicious",
"austere",
"cold",
"frosty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"gentle",
"kind",
"clement",
"indulgent",
"lenient",
"mild",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"affectionate",
"fond",
"loving"
],
"antonyms":[
"charitable",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"merciful",
"sensitive",
"softhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slayings":{
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
"examples":[
"a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chance-medleys",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"bloodsheds",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"massacres",
"slaughters",
"assassinations",
"executions",
"hits",
"euthanasias",
"mercy killings",
"filicides",
"fratricides",
"matricides",
"parricides",
"patricides",
"regicides",
"uxoricides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slacking (off)":{
"as in hanging , hanging around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumming",
"goldbricking",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"hanging around",
"idling",
"loafing",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"kicking back",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"working",
"exercising",
"working out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in forgetting , neglecting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgetting",
"neglecting",
"shirking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attending (to)",
"remembering",
"carrying out",
"doing",
"executing",
"performing",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slap":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she was so mad that she wanted to slap him right across the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"tired of jokes that slap people of faith"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"dis",
"diss",
"disrespect",
"insult",
"offend",
"outrage",
"slight",
"wound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"snub",
"displease",
"distress",
"disturb",
"hurt",
"miff",
"pain",
"trouble",
"upset",
"jeer",
"mock",
"ridicule",
"sneer (at)",
"taunt",
"defame",
"disparage",
"libel",
"malign",
"revile",
"slander",
"slur",
"smear",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"approve",
"hail",
"commend",
"compliment",
"eulogize",
"praise",
"adulate",
"flatter",
"sweet-talk",
"exalt",
"glorify",
"honor",
"delight",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"doctors used to give newborns a light slap to get them to start breathing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"that comment is a slap to anyone who has ever served in the military"
],
"synonyms":[
"affront",
"barb",
"brickbat",
"cut",
"dart",
"dig",
"dis",
"diss",
"epithet",
"gird",
"indignity",
"insult",
"name",
"offense",
"offence",
"outrage",
"personality",
"poke",
"put-down",
"sarcasm",
"slight",
"slur"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcall",
"gibe",
"jibe",
"jeer",
"mock",
"quip",
"sneer",
"taunt",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"disapproval",
"opprobrium",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"attack",
"criticism",
"knock",
"slam",
"swipe",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolade",
"commendation",
"compliment",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"praise",
"adulation",
"flattery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slacks":{
"an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle":{
"examples":[
"she prefers wearing slacks instead of a dress"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeches",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"trousers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"hose",
"legging",
"leggin",
"sweatpants",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"loosens",
"relaxes",
"slackens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"frees",
"unbinds",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaches",
"binds",
"fastens",
"ties",
"constrains",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tensions",
"tightens"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slangs":{
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
"examples":[
"tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"argots",
"cants",
"dialects",
"jargons",
"jives",
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"patois",
"patter",
"shops",
"shoptalk",
"terminologies",
"vocabularies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquialisms",
"colloquials",
"idioms",
"localisms",
"parlances",
"pidgins",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"speeches",
"vernacularisms",
"vernaculars",
"slanguages",
"bureaucrateses",
"computereses",
"cyberspeaks",
"educationeses",
"governmenteses",
"journaleses",
"technobabbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slavery":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"a child born into slavery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondage",
"enslavement",
"servility",
"servitude",
"thrall",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonage",
"serfdom",
"dependence",
"dependance",
"subjection",
"subjugation",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"autonomy",
"independence",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedom",
"liberty"
]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeywork",
"drudge",
"drudgery",
"fatigue",
"grind",
"labor",
"moil",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadework",
"effort",
"exertion",
"pains",
"struggle",
"trouble",
"chore",
"duty",
"job",
"obligation",
"responsibility",
"routine",
"tedium",
"treadmill"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompression",
"ease",
"leisure",
"relaxation",
"repose",
"rest",
"amusement",
"dalliance",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"recreation",
"sport",
"dormancy",
"idleness",
"inactivity",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"dallying",
"goldbricking",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"play"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slatterns":{
"as in tramps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tramps",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"degenerates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"reprobates",
"creeps",
"scumbags",
"scuzzballs",
"pettifoggers",
"shysters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in slobs , slovens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slobs",
"slovens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"neatniks",
"old maids"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slathers":{
"to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)":{
"examples":[
"We ate lobster slathered with butter.",
"She slathered her skin with sunscreen."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anoints",
"bedaubs",
"besmears",
"dabs",
"daubs",
"plasters",
"smears",
"applies",
"lays",
"lays on",
"spreads",
"blankets",
"carpets",
"coats",
"covers",
"layers",
"mantles",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"overspreads",
"sheets",
"surfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"exposes",
"peels",
"strips",
"uncovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in plenties , piles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deals",
"gobs",
"heaps",
"lots",
"masses",
"much",
"pecks",
"piles",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"slews",
"stacks",
"wads",
"wealths",
"abundances",
"excesses",
"plenties",
"surpluses",
"majorities",
"mosts",
"armies",
"crowds",
"flocks",
"gazillions",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"legions",
"loads",
"many",
"mountains",
"multitudes",
"oodles",
"scads",
"thousands",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couples",
"fews",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"scatterings",
"scatters",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"minorities",
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"fragments",
"grains",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"particles",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaver":{
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a dog slavering over a bone"
],
"synonyms":[
"dribble",
"drivel",
"drool",
"salivate",
"slobber"
],
"near synonyms":[
"water",
"expectorate",
"spit",
"foam",
"froth",
"splutter",
"sputter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"examples":[
"slaver dripped from the snarling dog's jaws"
],
"synonyms":[
"drool",
"saliva",
"slobber",
"spit",
"spittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foam",
"froth",
"expectoration",
"salivation",
"sputum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slammers":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the Mafia capo ultimately landed in the slammer on a conviction of income tax evasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slams",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slammer":{
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"the Mafia capo ultimately landed in the slammer on a conviction of income tax evasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slam",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slave driver":{
"as in slaveholder , slaver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enslaver",
"slaveholder",
"slaver",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaved (for)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"why would you waste your time slaving for a boss you can't stand?"
],
"synonyms":[
"served",
"worked (for)",
"wrought (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"ministered (to)",
"tended (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slackers":{
"one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{
"examples":[
"there will be no slackers tolerated in this group\u2014anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out"
],
"synonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"malingerers",
"dropouts",
"quitters",
"drones",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"live wires",
"pistols",
"powerhouses",
"doers",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idle worthless person":{
"examples":[
"views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bums",
"derelicts",
"do-nothings",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"no-accounts",
"no-goodniks",
"no-goods",
"vagrants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"sundowners",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"beggars",
"panhandlers",
"dodgers",
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"drones",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs",
"down-and-outs",
"down-and-outers",
"indigents",
"paupers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"successes",
"winners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaughter":{
"the killing of a large number of people":{
"examples":[
"all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodbath",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"death",
"holocaust",
"massacre"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodletting",
"bloodshed",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"murder",
"slaying",
"mortality",
"annihilation",
"decimation",
"demolishing",
"destruction",
"devastation",
"eradication",
"extermination",
"genocide",
"pogrom",
"assassination",
"execution"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"fell",
"murder",
"slay",
"smite",
"snuff",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"waste",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slackening":{
"as in softening , yielding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"softening",
"yielding",
"impotent",
"invertebrate",
"slack",
"spineless",
"weak",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"pliable",
"pliant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"determined",
"dogged",
"grim",
"implacable",
"relentless",
"unappeasable",
"unflinching",
"unrelenting",
"unyielding",
"persevering",
"persistent",
"tenacious",
"hard",
"hardheaded",
"headstrong",
"intractable",
"mulish",
"obdurate",
"opinionated",
"peevish",
"pertinacious",
"perverse",
"pigheaded",
"self-willed",
"stubborn",
"uncooperative",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"loosening",
"relaxing",
"slacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaching",
"freeing",
"unbinding",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaching",
"binding",
"fastening",
"tying",
"tieing",
"constraining",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"straining",
"stretching",
"tensing",
"tensioning",
"tightening"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
"examples":[
"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"braking",
"decelerating",
"retarding",
"slowing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halting",
"stopping",
"encumbering",
"hampering",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"obstructing",
"setting back",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"bottlenecking",
"arresting",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"sabotaging",
"thwarting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"driving",
"encouraging",
"goading",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"spurring",
"stirring",
"urging",
"advancing",
"aiding",
"dispatching",
"easing",
"expediting",
"facilitating",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"helping"
],
"antonyms":[
"accelerating",
"hastening",
"hurrying",
"quickening",
"rushing",
"speeding (up)",
"stepping up"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slate":{
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"you've been slated for a three o'clock interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"enroll",
"enrol",
"enter",
"index",
"inscribe",
"list",
"put down",
"record",
"register",
"schedule"
],
"near synonyms":[
"book",
"card",
"file",
"note",
"classify",
"compile",
"tabulate",
"tally",
"reschedule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delete"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"ready to slate anyone who disagreed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"the slate sky was a sure sign of rain"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slaty",
"slatey",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slapstick":{
"humorous entertainment":{
"examples":[
"an actor whose roles range from slapstick to serious drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedy",
"farce",
"humor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high comedy",
"low comedy",
"burlesque",
"parody",
"satire",
"improv",
"stand-up",
"banter",
"drollery",
"persiflage",
"wit",
"foolery",
"fun",
"horseplay",
"knockabout",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"wildly playful or mischievous behavior":{
"examples":[
"a lowbrow comedy that relies heavily on slapstick for its laughs"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffoonery",
"clownery",
"clowning",
"foolery",
"high jinks",
"hijinks",
"horseplay",
"horsing around",
"monkey business",
"monkeying",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"roughhouse",
"roughhousing",
"shenanigan(s)",
"skylarking",
"tomfoolery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childishness",
"clownishness",
"foolishness",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"nonsense",
"silliness",
"waggery",
"boisterousness",
"rambunctiousness",
"rowdiness",
"rowdyism",
"rumbustiousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"impishness",
"knavery",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"prankishness",
"rascality",
"roguery",
"roguishness",
"trickery",
"cavorting",
"frivolity",
"frolicking",
"gamboling",
"gambolling",
"merrymaking",
"playfulness",
"revelry",
"roistering",
"romping",
"sporting",
"sportiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in zany , clownish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapsticky",
"zany",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snickery",
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical",
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"slanderous":{
"causing or intended to cause unjust injury to a person's good name":{
"examples":[
"made slanderous comments about his opponent's military record"
],
"synonyms":[
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"scandalous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"erroneous",
"false",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"invalid",
"off",
"unsound",
"untrue",
"wrong",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disparaging",
"uncomplimentary",
"unfavorable",
"unflattering",
"invidious",
"objectionable",
"maligning",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"spiteful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciative",
"complimentary",
"favorable",
"adulatory",
"commendatory",
"eulogistic",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"laudatory",
"accurate",
"correct",
"errorless",
"factual",
"right",
"sound",
"true",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slacker":{
"one who deliberately avoids work or duty":{
"examples":[
"there will be no slackers tolerated in this group\u2014anyone who doesn't do their share will get booted out"
],
"synonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"shirker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"malingerer",
"dropout",
"quitter",
"drone",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"slugabed",
"sluggard",
"dallier",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"lounger",
"saunterer",
"dawdler",
"laggard",
"putterer",
"slowpoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"live wire",
"pistol",
"powerhouse",
"doer",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an idle worthless person":{
"examples":[
"views the under-30 generation as a bunch of slackers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bum",
"derelict",
"do-nothing",
"good-for-nothing",
"ne'er-do-well",
"no-account",
"no-good",
"no-goodnik",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"panhandler",
"dodger",
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif",
"drone",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard",
"down-and-out",
"down-and-outer",
"indigent",
"pauper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"success",
"winner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slay":{
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"carry off",
"claim",
"croak",
"destroy",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"fell",
"kill",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bump off",
"butcher",
"cut down",
"finish",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"scrag",
"snuff",
"take out",
"waste",
"whack",
"annihilate",
"blot out",
"decimate",
"kill off",
"massacre",
"mow",
"slaughter",
"smite",
"assassinate",
"execute",
"martyr",
"terminate",
"euthanize",
"euthanatize",
"put down",
"suicide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive",
"nurture"
],
"antonyms":[
"animate"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinate",
"bump off",
"croak",
"dispatch",
"do in",
"execute",
"get",
"ice",
"knock off",
"liquidate",
"murder",
"neutralize",
"off",
"put away",
"rub out",
"snuff",
"take out",
"terminate",
"whack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow away",
"shoot",
"shoot down",
"blot out",
"carry off",
"claim",
"cut down",
"destroy",
"fell",
"kill",
"smite",
"zap",
"butcher",
"massacre",
"mow (down)",
"slaughter",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animate",
"raise",
"restore",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slapdash":{
"lacking a definite plan, purpose, or pattern":{
"examples":[
"the police department's investigation of the charges against the mayor was slapdash and not very thorough"
],
"synonyms":[
"aimless",
"arbitrary",
"catch-as-catch-can",
"desultory",
"erratic",
"haphazard",
"helter-skelter",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"scattered",
"stray"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accidental",
"casual",
"chance",
"chancy",
"contingent",
"fluky",
"flukey",
"fortuitous",
"inadvertent",
"incidental",
"lucky",
"unconsidered",
"unintended",
"unintentional",
"unplanned",
"unpremeditated",
"scattershot",
"shotgun",
"irregular",
"odd",
"sporadic",
"spot",
"directionless",
"objectless",
"purposeless",
"indiscriminate",
"unsystematic",
"undirected",
"disorderly",
"disorganized",
"undiscriminating",
"unselective"
],
"near antonyms":[
"established",
"fixed",
"regular",
"set",
"stable",
"steady",
"constant",
"continuous",
"even",
"arranged",
"managed",
"orchestrated",
"ordered",
"planned",
"aware",
"conscious",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"thoughtful",
"willful",
"wilful"
],
"antonyms":[
"methodical",
"methodic",
"nonrandom",
"orderly",
"organized",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slanted":{
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
"examples":[
"a slanted fence post"
],
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanting",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
]
},
"running in a slanting direction":{
"examples":[
"slanted stripes"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"canted",
"diagonal",
"graded",
"inclined",
"leaning",
"listing",
"oblique",
"pitched",
"raked",
"slant",
"slantwise",
"sloped",
"sloping",
"tilted",
"tilting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"horizontal",
"level",
"plumb",
"up-and-down",
"vertical",
"parallel",
"perpendicular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda"
],
"synonyms":[
"bent",
"colored",
"cooked",
"distorted",
"falsified",
"fudged",
"garbled",
"misinterpreted",
"misrelated",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"perverted",
"twisted",
"warped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribed",
"misspoke",
"mistranslated",
"belied",
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"dissembled",
"glossed (over)",
"masked",
"veiled",
"whitewashed",
"bowdlerized",
"censored",
"complicated",
"confounded",
"confused",
"mistook",
"mixed (up)",
"mystified",
"obscured",
"equivocated",
"fibbed",
"lied",
"paltered",
"prevaricated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"explained",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"spelled out",
"deciphered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle"
],
"synonyms":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"pitched",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banked",
"bent",
"deviated",
"swerved",
"veered",
"declined",
"descended",
"reclined",
"retreated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slacking":{
"as in idling , lounging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"idling",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"feast",
"holy day",
"legal holiday",
"interim",
"intermission",
"interval",
"breather",
"relaxation",
"respite",
"rest",
"furlough",
"liberty",
"sabbatical",
"break",
"holiday",
"hols",
"leave",
"recess",
"vacation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
],
"synonyms":[
"easing",
"loosening",
"relaxing",
"slackening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaching",
"freeing",
"unbinding",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaching",
"binding",
"fastening",
"tying",
"tieing",
"constraining",
"restraining"
],
"antonyms":[
"straining",
"stretching",
"tensing",
"tensioning",
"tightening"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slag":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
]
},
"as in waste , dross":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dross",
"waste",
"ooze",
"silt",
"sludge",
"lees",
"deposit",
"deposition",
"dregs",
"grounds",
"precipitate",
"sediment",
"settlings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaloming":{
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodging",
"ducking",
"jinking",
"sidestepping",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"parrying",
"shirking",
"skirting",
"deflecting",
"turning",
"sliding",
"slipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slayers":{
"as in butchers , executioners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butchers",
"executioners",
"massacrers",
"slaughterers",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hit men",
"torpedoes",
"triggermen",
"murderesses",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"homicides",
"killers",
"manslayers",
"murderers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slandered":{
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspersed",
"blackened",
"calumniated",
"defamed",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"smeared",
"traduced",
"vilified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittled",
"denigrated",
"detracted",
"disparaged",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"shamed",
"abased",
"debased",
"degraded",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"disdained",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exalted",
"glorified",
"honored",
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"commended",
"praised",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"admired",
"regarded",
"adored",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slat":{
"as in strap , belt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"band",
"bandage",
"belt",
"binding",
"girth",
"strap",
"swatch",
"swath",
"swathe",
"tape",
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip",
"strip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slam":{
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"please don't slam the door every time you step out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"shut",
"stop",
"bar",
"batten (down)",
"bolt",
"chain",
"fasten",
"latch",
"lock",
"seal",
"secure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unseal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she slammed the ball deep into center field"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"jump (on)",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"potshot",
"savage",
"scathe",
"trash",
"vituperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berate",
"harangue",
"harass",
"harry",
"revile",
"scold",
"whip",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"execrate",
"imprecate",
"profane",
"affront",
"insult",
"slur",
"asperse",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"blackguard",
"disparage",
"put down",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"chastise",
"chide",
"criticize",
"lace (into)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"fulminate",
"lash (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"shut the door with a loud slam"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"sported a gang tattoo on his arm that had gotten him plenty of respect in the slam"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastille",
"big house",
"bridewell",
"brig",
"calaboose",
"can",
"clink",
"cooler",
"coop",
"guardroom",
"hock",
"hold",
"hoosegow",
"jail",
"jailhouse",
"joint",
"jug",
"lockup",
"nick",
"pen",
"penitentiary",
"pokey",
"prison",
"quod",
"slammer",
"stir",
"stockade",
"tolbooth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pen",
"cage",
"cell",
"hole",
"tank",
"block",
"ward",
"glasshouse",
"guardhouse",
"hulk(s)",
"concentration camp",
"gulag",
"labor camp",
"prison camp",
"stalag",
"work camp",
"dungeon",
"keep",
"oubliette",
"reformatory",
"reform school",
"training school"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the sudden slam of my head against the trunk of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"bashing",
"battering",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slap down":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slating":{
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"you've been slated for a three o'clock interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"enrolling",
"entering",
"indexing",
"inscribing",
"listing",
"putting down",
"recording",
"registering",
"scheduling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booking",
"carding",
"filing",
"noting",
"classifying",
"compiling",
"tabulating",
"tallying",
"rescheduling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"ready to slate anyone who disagreed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slake":{
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"examples":[
"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"satisfy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"alleviate",
"lighten",
"relieve",
"cloy",
"saturate",
"surfeit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"excite",
"pique",
"stimulate",
"tantalize",
"tease"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slathering":{
"to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)":{
"examples":[
"We ate lobster slathered with butter.",
"She slathered her skin with sunscreen."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"dabbing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"smearing",
"applying",
"laying",
"laying on",
"spreading",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slavering":{
"as in drooling , slobbering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drooling",
"slobbering",
"adulatory",
"fulsome",
"gushing",
"gushy",
"hagiographic",
"hagiographical",
"oily",
"oleaginous",
"soapy",
"unctuous",
"cloying",
"sickening",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"mushy",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"artificial",
"backhanded",
"feigned",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"left-handed",
"mealymouthed",
"sanctimonious",
"two-faced",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"winning",
"winsome",
"extravagant",
"lavish",
"unrestrained",
"abundant",
"copious",
"profuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"earnest",
"genuine",
"heartfelt",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unfeigned",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
"examples":[
"a dog slavering over a bone"
],
"synonyms":[
"dribbling",
"driveling",
"drivelling",
"drooling",
"salivating",
"slobbering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"watering",
"expectorating",
"spitting",
"foaming",
"frothing",
"spluttering",
"sputtering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slagging":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaming",
"censuring",
"condemning",
"criticizing",
"denouncing",
"dispraising",
"dissing",
"faulting",
"knocking",
"panning",
"reprehending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewering",
"tweaking",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"blasting",
"clobbering",
"slamming",
"slashing",
"nicking (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"beefing",
"bellyaching",
"bitching",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"complaining",
"crabbing",
"croaking",
"fussing",
"griping",
"grousing",
"growling",
"grumbling",
"kicking",
"kvetching",
"moaning",
"murmuring",
"muttering",
"niggling",
"quibbling",
"whining",
"admonishing",
"chiding",
"drubbing",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"reproaching",
"reproving",
"berating",
"castigating",
"crucifying",
"excoriating",
"flaying",
"gibbeting",
"hammering",
"keelhauling",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"pillorying",
"scolding",
"upbraiding",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"decrying",
"deriding",
"discommending",
"disparaging",
"putting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"commending",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"recommending",
"sanctioning"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolling",
"lauding",
"praising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaying":{
"the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life":{
"examples":[
"a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"manslaughter",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"filicide",
"fratricide",
"matricide",
"parricide",
"patricide",
"regicide",
"uxoricide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"croaking",
"destroying",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"felling",
"killing",
"taking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping off",
"butchering",
"cutting down",
"finishing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"scragging",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"wasting",
"whacking",
"annihilating",
"blotting out",
"decimating",
"killing off",
"massacring",
"mowing",
"slaughtering",
"smiting",
"assassinating",
"executing",
"martyring",
"terminating",
"euthanizing",
"euthanatizing",
"putting down",
"suiciding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[
"animating"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinating",
"bumping off",
"croaking",
"dispatching",
"doing in",
"executing",
"getting",
"icing",
"knocking off",
"liquidating",
"murdering",
"neutralizing",
"offing",
"putting away",
"rubbing out",
"snuffing",
"taking out",
"terminating",
"whacking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blowing away",
"shooting",
"shooting down",
"blotting out",
"carrying off",
"claiming",
"cutting down",
"destroying",
"felling",
"killing",
"smiting",
"zapping",
"butchering",
"massacring",
"mowing (down)",
"slaughtering",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"raising",
"restoring",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"reviving"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaving":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"slaving over a hot stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging away",
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (oneself)",
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaughters":{
"the killing of a large number of people":{
"examples":[
"all civilized nations should protest this senseless slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodbaths",
"butcheries",
"carnages",
"deaths",
"holocausts",
"massacres"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloodlettings",
"bloodsheds",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"killings",
"manslaughters",
"murders",
"slayings",
"mortalities",
"annihilations",
"decimations",
"destructions",
"devastations",
"eradications",
"exterminations",
"genocides",
"pogroms",
"assassinations",
"executions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to kill on a large scale":{
"examples":[
"modern poultry farms slaughter a vast number of chickens every day"
],
"synonyms":[
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"fells",
"murders",
"slays",
"smites",
"snuffs",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wastes",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaps":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she was so mad that she wanted to slap him right across the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"tired of jokes that slap people of faith"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"insults",
"offends",
"outrages",
"slights",
"wounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cuts",
"snubs",
"displeases",
"distresses",
"disturbs",
"hurts",
"miffs",
"pains",
"troubles",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"ridicules",
"sneers (at)",
"taunts",
"defames",
"disparages",
"libels",
"maligns",
"reviles",
"slanders",
"slurs",
"smears",
"oppresses",
"persecutes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"approves",
"hails",
"commends",
"compliments",
"eulogizes",
"praises",
"adulates",
"flatters",
"sweet-talks",
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"honors",
"delights",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"doctors used to give newborns a light slap to get them to start breathing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
"examples":[
"that comment is a slap to anyone who has ever served in the military"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronts",
"barbs",
"brickbats",
"cuts",
"darts",
"digs",
"dises",
"disses",
"epithets",
"girds",
"indignities",
"insults",
"names",
"offenses",
"offences",
"outrages",
"personalities",
"pokes",
"put-downs",
"sarcasms",
"slights",
"slurs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catcalls",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"quips",
"sneers",
"taunts",
"abuses",
"invectives",
"vituperations",
"disapprovals",
"opprobriums",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"attacks",
"criticisms",
"knocks",
"slams",
"swipes",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accolades",
"commendations",
"compliments",
"acclaim",
"applauses",
"praises",
"adulations",
"flatteries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaves":{
"a person who is considered the property of another person":{
"examples":[
"many American slaves reached freedom in the North through the network known as the Underground Railroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondmen",
"bondsmen",
"chattels",
"thralls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bondwomen",
"bondswomen",
"odalisques",
"helots",
"serfs",
"bond servants",
"indentured servants",
"attendants",
"domestics",
"drudges",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"lackeys",
"menials",
"servants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedmen",
"freedwomen",
"enslavers",
"slave drivers",
"slaveholders",
"slavers",
"masters",
"taskmasters"
],
"antonyms":[
"freemen"
]
},
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"unappreciated office slaves who perform the necessary but tedious task of filing paperwork"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbodies",
"drones",
"drudgers",
"drudges",
"fags",
"foot soldiers",
"grubbers",
"grubs",
"grunts",
"laborers",
"peons",
"peones",
"pluggers",
"sloggers",
"toilers",
"workers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorses",
"serfs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbricks",
"shirkers",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"slouches",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"slaving over a hot stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs away",
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slave (for)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"why would you waste your time slaving for a boss you can't stand?"
],
"synonyms":[
"serve",
"work (for)",
"dance attendance (upon)",
"wait on",
"wait upon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"minister (to)",
"tend (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slapped":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she was so mad that she wanted to slap him right across the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"tired of jokes that slap people of faith"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronted",
"disrespected",
"dissed",
"insulted",
"offended",
"outraged",
"slighted",
"wounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cut",
"snubbed",
"displeased",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"hurt",
"miffed",
"pained",
"troubled",
"upset",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ridiculed",
"sneered (at)",
"taunted",
"defamed",
"disparaged",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"reviled",
"slandered",
"slurred",
"smeared",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"approved",
"hailed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"eulogized",
"praised",
"adulated",
"flattered",
"sweet-talked",
"exalted",
"glorified",
"honored",
"delighted",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slanderers":{
"as in defamers , libelers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calumniators",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"exaggerators",
"mythomaniacs",
"perjurers",
"fabricators",
"fabulists",
"fibbers",
"liars",
"prevaricators",
"storytellers",
"distorters",
"falsifiers",
"equivocators",
"palterers",
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"charlatans",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"counterfeiters",
"cozeners",
"deceivers",
"defrauders",
"dissemblers",
"dissimulators",
"double-dealers",
"frauds",
"hustlers",
"knaves",
"mountebanks",
"operators",
"pretenders"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slantwise":{
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
"examples":[
"a hodgepodge of slantwise postcards tacked to the wall of his cubicle"
],
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
]
},
"running in a slanting direction":{
"examples":[
"the slantwise cables that run between the roadway and the towers give the bridge a cathedral-like appearance"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"canted",
"diagonal",
"graded",
"inclined",
"leaning",
"listing",
"oblique",
"pitched",
"raked",
"slant",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"sloping",
"tilted",
"tilting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"horizontal",
"level",
"plumb",
"up-and-down",
"vertical",
"parallel",
"perpendicular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"so as to slant":{
"examples":[
"be careful not to lay the first boards slantwise , or the whole bookcase won't be straight"
],
"synonyms":[
"slantways"
],
"near synonyms":[
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"up",
"upward",
"upwards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"slackens":{
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
],
"synonyms":[
"eases",
"loosens",
"relaxes",
"slacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detaches",
"frees",
"unbinds",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attaches",
"binds",
"fastens",
"ties",
"constrains",
"restrains"
],
"antonyms":[
"strains",
"stretches",
"tenses",
"tensions",
"tightens"
]
},
"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
"examples":[
"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
],
"synonyms":[
"brakes",
"decelerates",
"retards",
"slows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"halts",
"stops",
"encumbers",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"obstructs",
"sets back",
"ties up",
"bottlenecks",
"arrests",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"reins",
"restrains",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"sabotages",
"thwarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drives",
"encourages",
"goads",
"propels",
"pushes",
"spurs",
"stirs",
"urges",
"advances",
"aids",
"dispatches",
"eases",
"expedites",
"facilitates",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"helps"
],
"antonyms":[
"accelerates",
"hastens",
"hurries",
"quickens",
"rushes",
"speeds (up)",
"steps up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaking":{
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"examples":[
"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"satisfying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"alleviating",
"lightening",
"relieving",
"cloying",
"saturating",
"surfeiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"exciting",
"piquing",
"stimulating",
"tantalizing",
"teasing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slathered":{
"to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)":{
"examples":[
"We ate lobster slathered with butter.",
"She slathered her skin with sunscreen."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anointed",
"bedaubed",
"besmeared",
"dabbed",
"daubed",
"plastered",
"smeared",
"applied",
"laid",
"laid on",
"spread",
"blanketed",
"carpeted",
"coated",
"covered",
"layered",
"mantled",
"overlaid",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"sheeted",
"surfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"exposed",
"peeled",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slavishly":{
"with great effort or determination":{
"examples":[
"detectives slavishly devoted themselves to the case, pursuing every lead and tracking down every suspect"
],
"synonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"strenuously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly",
"ardently",
"attentively",
"conscientiously",
"earnestly",
"exhaustively",
"meticulously",
"painstakingly",
"seriously",
"thoroughly",
"indefatigably",
"tirelessly",
"unflaggingly",
"untiringly",
"wearilessly",
"obstinately",
"stubbornly",
"willfully"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"spiritlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"slaved":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"slaving over a hot stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged away",
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slags":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"reprehends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewers",
"tweaks",
"assails",
"attacks",
"blasts",
"clobbers",
"slams",
"slashes",
"nicks (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"carps",
"cavils",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"whines",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"drubs",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"berates",
"castigates",
"crucifies",
"excoriates",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"hammers",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"pillories",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"derides",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"recommends",
"sanctions"
],
"antonyms":[
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slakes":{
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"examples":[
"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuages",
"quenches",
"sates",
"satiates",
"satisfies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"alleviates",
"lightens",
"relieves",
"cloys",
"saturates",
"surfeits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"excites",
"piques",
"stimulates",
"tantalizes",
"teases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slander":{
"the making of false statements that damage another's reputation":{
"examples":[
"instead of resorting to slander , the candidates should be outlining their plans for getting us out of this mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"blackening",
"calumniation",
"calumny",
"character assassination",
"defamation",
"defaming",
"libel",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"smearing",
"traducing",
"vilification",
"vilifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersion",
"innuendo",
"muck",
"mud",
"smear",
"backbiting",
"detraction",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"attack",
"censure",
"criticism",
"denunciation",
"hatchet job",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"disparagement",
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"accolade",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise",
"esteem",
"honor",
"respect",
"adulation",
"flattery",
"adoration",
"reverence",
"veneration",
"worship"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asperse",
"blacken",
"calumniate",
"defame",
"libel",
"malign",
"smear",
"traduce",
"vilify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittle",
"denigrate",
"detract",
"disparage",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"shame",
"abase",
"debase",
"degrade",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"disdain",
"scorn"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exalt",
"glorify",
"honor",
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"commend",
"praise",
"esteem",
"respect",
"admire",
"regard",
"adore",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slanguage":{
"as in slang , dialect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argot",
"cant",
"colloquial",
"dialect",
"idiolect",
"idiom",
"jargon",
"parlance",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgin",
"slang",
"vernacular",
"acrolect",
"colloquialism",
"localism",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"shibboleth",
"vernacularism",
"language",
"lingo",
"mother tongue",
"speech",
"tongue",
"vocabulary",
"terminology",
"coinage",
"modernism",
"neologism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaving (for)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"why would you waste your time slaving for a boss you can't stand?"
],
"synonyms":[
"serving",
"working (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"ministering (to)",
"tending (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slacks (off)":{
"as in hangs , hangs around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bums",
"goldbricks",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"hangs around",
"idles",
"loafs",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"kicks back",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudges",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"works",
"exercises",
"works out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in forgets , neglects":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgets",
"neglects",
"shirks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attends (to)",
"remembers",
"carries out",
"does",
"executes",
"performs",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"keeps up",
"maintains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slants":{
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the road has just enough of a slant to make bicycling up it a little strenuous"
],
"synonyms":[
"cants",
"diagonals",
"grades",
"gradients",
"inclinations",
"inclines",
"leans",
"pitches",
"rakes",
"slopes",
"upgrades"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascents",
"banks",
"climbs",
"rises"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declensions",
"declinations",
"declines",
"declivities",
"descents",
"dips",
"downgrades",
"falls",
"hangings",
"hangs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"an interesting slant on the problem of underage drinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"eye views",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"shoes",
"standpoints",
"vantage points",
"viewpoints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretations",
"spins",
"beliefs",
"convictions",
"eyes",
"feelings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"minds",
"mind-sets",
"notions",
"opinions",
"perceptions",
"persuasions",
"sentiments",
"verdicts",
"views",
"impressions",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda"
],
"synonyms":[
"bends",
"colors",
"cooks",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"fudges",
"garbles",
"misinterprets",
"misrelates",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"perverts",
"twists",
"warps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribes",
"misspeaks",
"mistranslates",
"belies",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"dissembles",
"glosses (over)",
"masks",
"veils",
"whitewashes",
"bowdlerizes",
"censors",
"complicates",
"confounds",
"confuses",
"mistakes",
"mixes (up)",
"mystifies",
"obscures",
"equivocates",
"fibs",
"lies",
"palters",
"prevaricates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"explains",
"illuminates",
"illustrates",
"interprets",
"spells out",
"deciphers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle"
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"cants",
"cocks",
"heels",
"inclines",
"leans",
"lists",
"pitches",
"slopes",
"tilts",
"tips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"bends",
"deviates",
"swerves",
"veers",
"declines",
"descends",
"reclines",
"retreats"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evens",
"flattens",
"levels",
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slalomed":{
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodged",
"ducked",
"jinked",
"sidestepped",
"weaved",
"zigzagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoided",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"parried",
"shirked",
"skirted",
"deflected",
"turned",
"slid",
"slipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slagged":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"blamed",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"denounced",
"dispraised",
"dissed",
"faulted",
"knocked",
"panned",
"reprehended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"skewered",
"tweaked",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"blasted",
"clobbered",
"slammed",
"slashed",
"nicked (at)",
"sniped (at)",
"beefed",
"bellyached",
"bitched",
"carped",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"complained",
"crabbed",
"croaked",
"fussed",
"griped",
"groused",
"growled",
"grumbled",
"kicked",
"kvetched",
"moaned",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"niggled",
"quibbled",
"whined",
"admonished",
"chid",
"chided",
"drubbed",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"reproached",
"reproved",
"berated",
"castigated",
"crucified",
"excoriated",
"flayed",
"gibbeted",
"hammered",
"keelhauled",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"pilloried",
"scolded",
"upbraided",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"derided",
"discommended",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"commended",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"recommended",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slapjacks":{
"a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)":{
"examples":[
"had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast on his birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"flapjacks",
"griddle cakes",
"hotcakes",
"pancakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oatcakes",
"wheat cakes",
"blini",
"blinis",
"blintzes",
"crepes",
"cr\u00eapes",
"waffles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slanders":{
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asperses",
"blackens",
"calumniates",
"defames",
"libels",
"maligns",
"smears",
"traduces",
"vilifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittles",
"denigrates",
"detracts",
"disparages",
"discredits",
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"shames",
"abases",
"debases",
"degrades",
"humbles",
"humiliates",
"disdains",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exalts",
"glorifies",
"honors",
"acclaims",
"applauds",
"commends",
"praises",
"esteems",
"respects",
"admires",
"regards",
"adores",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slather":{
"to put a thick layer of a liquid, cream, etc. over (something)":{
"examples":[
"We ate lobster slathered with butter.",
"She slathered her skin with sunscreen."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"dab",
"daub",
"plaster",
"smear",
"apply",
"lay",
"lay on",
"spread",
"blanket",
"carpet",
"coat",
"cover",
"layer",
"mantle",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet",
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"peel",
"strip",
"uncover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gobs , plenty":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"deal",
"gobs",
"heap",
"lot",
"mass",
"much",
"peck",
"pile",
"plenitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"slew",
"stack",
"wad",
"wealth",
"abundance",
"excess",
"plenty",
"surplus",
"majority",
"most",
"army",
"crowd",
"flock",
"gazillion",
"horde",
"host",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"legion",
"loads",
"many",
"mountain",
"multitude",
"oodles",
"scads",
"thousands",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couple",
"few",
"handful",
"scatter",
"scattering",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"minority",
"atom",
"crumb",
"fragment",
"grain",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"particle",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slatey":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"slaty stones in the riverbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slack":{
"failing to give proper care and attention":{
"examples":[
"a building contractor known mainly for his firm's slack workmanship and slipshod construction"
],
"synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"disregardful",
"lax",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"neglecting",
"negligent",
"remiss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heedless",
"incautious",
"irresponsible",
"reckless",
"wild",
"unguarded",
"unwary",
"forgetful",
"disregarding",
"inattentive",
"oblivious",
"thoughtless",
"unheeding",
"unmindful",
"unthinking",
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"unconcerned",
"uninterested",
"delinquent",
"loose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"alert",
"heedful",
"heeding",
"mindful",
"observant",
"regardful",
"regarding",
"vigilant",
"wary",
"watchful",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"responsible",
"thinking",
"thoughtful",
"concerned",
"interested"
],
"antonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"nonnegligent"
]
},
"not bound by rigid standards":{
"examples":[
"slack supervision on the project"
],
"synonyms":[
"easygoing",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"relaxed",
"unrestrained",
"unrestricted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"careless",
"derelict",
"heedless",
"irresponsible",
"lazy",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"restricted",
"tight",
"careful",
"conscientious",
"exact",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"implacable",
"inflexible"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"rigid",
"rigorous",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
"examples":[
"left the ropes slack"
],
"synonyms":[
"insecure",
"lax",
"loose",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slackened",
"unsecured"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"free",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"untied",
"baggy",
"blousy",
"saggy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"restrained",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"fast",
"firm",
"jammed",
"snug",
"stuck",
"wedged"
],
"antonyms":[
"taut",
"tense",
"tight"
]
},
"an allowable margin of freedom or variation":{
"examples":[
"our boss doesn't cut us any slack when it comes to being back from lunch on time"
],
"synonyms":[
"latitude",
"leeway",
"space",
"wiggle room"
],
"near synonyms":[
"license",
"licence",
"rein",
"swing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line":{
"examples":[
"take up the slack of a rope"
],
"synonyms":[
"droop",
"hang",
"sag",
"slackness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floppiness",
"laxity",
"laxness",
"limpness",
"looseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"tautness",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"tightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an outer garment covering each leg separately from waist to ankle":{
"examples":[
"she prefers wearing slacks instead of a dress"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeches",
"britches",
"pantaloons",
"pants",
"trousers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baggies",
"bell-bottoms",
"blue jeans",
"cargo pants",
"cords",
"corduroys",
"denims",
"jeans",
"hose",
"legging",
"leggin",
"sweatpants",
"pants suit",
"pantsuit",
"bloomers",
"knee breeches",
"knickerbockers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
],
"synonyms":[
"ease",
"loosen",
"relax",
"slacken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detach",
"free",
"unbind",
"undo",
"unfasten",
"untie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attach",
"bind",
"fasten",
"tie",
"constrain",
"restrain"
],
"antonyms":[
"strain",
"stretch",
"tense",
"tension",
"tighten"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slam dunk":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"since he was trying his first case, the assistant district attorney was assigned a burglary case that was a slam dunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinch",
"lock",
"shoo-in",
"sure thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainty",
"inevitability",
"eventuality",
"foregone conclusion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horse",
"long shot"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slash":{
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"rip",
"shear",
"slice",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksaw",
"saw",
"scissor",
"cleave",
"rive",
"split",
"pierce",
"stab",
"bruise",
"butcher",
"hack",
"haggle",
"lacerate",
"mangle",
"rend",
"tear",
"carve",
"chip",
"chisel",
"notch",
"anatomize",
"dissect",
"section",
"chop",
"dice",
"mince",
"amputate",
"cut off",
"sever"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"whale",
"whip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"made a slash in the fabric with a knife"
],
"synonyms":[
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"rent",
"rip",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasion",
"score",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"injury",
"wound",
"crack",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaughterer":{
"as in butcher , executioner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butcher",
"executioner",
"massacrer",
"slayer",
"bravo",
"hit man",
"torpedo",
"triggerman",
"murderess",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"homicide",
"killer",
"manslayer",
"murderer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaves (for)":{
"to be a servant for":{
"examples":[
"why would you waste your time slaving for a boss you can't stand?"
],
"synonyms":[
"serves",
"works (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"ministers (to)",
"tends (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slanty":{
"as in slanted , slanting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diagonal",
"hanging",
"sagging",
"slant",
"slanted",
"slanting",
"prostrate",
"supine",
"flat",
"recumbent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erect",
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"raised",
"standing",
"stand-up",
"upright",
"upstanding",
"vertical",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"upended",
"upraised",
"semierect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slain":{
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"carried off",
"claimed",
"croaked",
"destroyed",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"felled",
"killed",
"taken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumped off",
"butchered",
"cut down",
"finished",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"scragged",
"snuffed",
"taken out",
"wasted",
"whacked",
"annihilated",
"blotted out",
"decimated",
"killed off",
"massacred",
"mowed",
"slaughtered",
"smitten",
"smote",
"assassinated",
"executed",
"martyred",
"terminated",
"euthanized",
"euthanatized",
"put down",
"suicided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[
"animated"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinated",
"bumped off",
"croaked",
"dispatched",
"done in",
"executed",
"got",
"gotten",
"iced",
"knocked off",
"liquidated",
"murdered",
"neutralized",
"offed",
"put away",
"rubbed out",
"snuffed",
"taken out",
"terminated",
"whacked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blown away",
"shot",
"shot down",
"blotted out",
"carried off",
"claimed",
"cut down",
"destroyed",
"felled",
"killed",
"smitten",
"smote",
"zapped",
"butchered",
"massacred",
"mowed (down)",
"mown (down)",
"slaughtered",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"raised",
"restored",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revived"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slab":{
"as in stick , ingot":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"ingot",
"stick",
"band",
"strip",
"arbor",
"beam",
"board",
"crossbar",
"crossbeam",
"girder",
"bar",
"billet",
"rod"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slangy":{
"as in slang":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slang",
"incorrect",
"nongrammatical",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned",
"dialectal",
"dialectical",
"dialectic",
"nonstandard",
"regional",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"nonliterary",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bookish",
"formal",
"learned",
"literary",
"standard",
"undialectical",
"correct",
"educated",
"genteel",
"grammatical",
"proper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slacked (off)":{
"as in hung , hung around":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bummed",
"goldbricked",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"hung around",
"idled",
"loafed",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drudged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"worked",
"wrought",
"exercised",
"worked out"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in forgot , neglected":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"forgot",
"neglected",
"shirked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attended (to)",
"remembered",
"carried out",
"did",
"executed",
"performed",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"kept up",
"maintained"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slays":{
"to deprive of life":{
"examples":[
"millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease"
],
"synonyms":[
"carries off",
"claims",
"croaks",
"destroys",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"fells",
"kills",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bumps off",
"butchers",
"cuts down",
"finishes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"scrags",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"wastes",
"whacks",
"annihilates",
"blots out",
"decimates",
"kills off",
"massacres",
"mows",
"slaughters",
"smites",
"assassinates",
"executes",
"martyrs",
"terminates",
"euthanizes",
"euthanatizes",
"puts down",
"suicides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives",
"nurtures"
],
"antonyms":[
"animates"
]
},
"to put to death deliberately":{
"examples":[
"vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassinates",
"bumps off",
"croaks",
"dispatches",
"does in",
"executes",
"gets",
"ices",
"knocks off",
"liquidates",
"murders",
"neutralizes",
"offs",
"puts away",
"rubs out",
"snuffs",
"takes out",
"terminates",
"whacks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows away",
"shoots",
"shoots down",
"blots out",
"carries off",
"claims",
"cuts down",
"destroys",
"fells",
"kills",
"smites",
"zaps",
"butchers",
"massacres",
"mows (down)",
"slaughters",
"annihilates",
"eliminates",
"eradicates",
"exterminates",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animates",
"raises",
"restores",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slats":{
"as in straps , belts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bandages",
"bands",
"belts",
"bindings",
"girths",
"straps",
"swatches",
"swaths",
"swathes",
"tapes",
"lists",
"ribbons",
"slips",
"strips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slatternly":{
"as in slovenly , dowdy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"wrinkled",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"topsy-turvy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered",
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in shabbily , sloppily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dingily",
"dirtily",
"filthily",
"foully",
"grubbily",
"nastily",
"dowdily",
"sloppily",
"slovenly",
"shabbily",
"sleazily",
"chaotically",
"messily",
"untidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nattily",
"sharply",
"smart",
"smartly",
"sprucely",
"neatly",
"orderly",
"tidily",
"fashionably",
"modishly",
"carefully",
"fastidiously",
"fussily",
"meticulously",
"cleanly",
"immaculately",
"spotlessly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"slam-bang":{
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"heard a slam-bang crash from the garage"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slaveries":{
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
"examples":[
"a child born into slavery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondages",
"enslavements",
"servilities",
"servitudes",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"thralls",
"yokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"peonages",
"serfdoms",
"dependences",
"dependances",
"subjections",
"subjugations",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"autonomies",
"independences",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"antonyms":[
"freedoms",
"liberties"
]
},
"very hard or unpleasant work":{
"examples":[
"endured the slavery of working in the coal mines every day of his adult life"
],
"synonyms":[
"donkeyworks",
"drudgeries",
"drudges",
"fatigues",
"grinds",
"labors",
"moils",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spadeworks",
"efforts",
"exertions",
"pains",
"struggles",
"troubles",
"chores",
"duties",
"jobs",
"obligations",
"responsibilities",
"routines",
"tediums",
"treadmills"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decompressions",
"eases",
"leisures",
"relaxations",
"reposes",
"rests",
"amusements",
"dalliances",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"recreations",
"sports",
"dormancies",
"inactivities",
"inertias"
],
"antonyms":[
"fun",
"plays"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slapped down":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slapsticks":{
"humorous entertainment":{
"examples":[
"an actor whose roles range from slapstick to serious drama"
],
"synonyms":[
"comedies",
"farces",
"humors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high comedies",
"low comedies",
"burlesques",
"parodies",
"satires",
"improvs",
"stand-ups",
"banters",
"drolleries",
"persiflages",
"wits",
"fooleries",
"fun",
"horseplays",
"knockabouts",
"monkeyshines",
"shenanigans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slavish":{
"using or marked by the use of something else as a basis or model":{
"examples":[
"slavish imitations of the great masters will never make you a painter in your own right"
],
"synonyms":[
"apish",
"canned",
"emulative",
"epigonic",
"epigonous",
"formulaic",
"imitative",
"mimetic",
"mimic",
"unoriginal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"copied",
"cribbed",
"plagiarized",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"imitation",
"man-made",
"mock",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"duplicated",
"photocopied",
"reduplicated",
"reproduced",
"transcribed",
"backup",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"cut-and-dried",
"cut-and-dry",
"perfunctory",
"routine",
"uninspired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"classic",
"ideal",
"model"
],
"antonyms":[
"archetypal",
"archetypical",
"original"
]
},
"showing, expressing, or offered in a spirit of humility or unseemly submissiveness":{
"examples":[
"the assistant's slavish agreement with his boss's every thought, no matter how half-baked"
],
"synonyms":[
"abject",
"base",
"humble",
"menial",
"servile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hangdog",
"lamblike",
"sheepish",
"demure",
"lowly",
"meek",
"modest",
"retiring",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"fawning",
"sycophant",
"sycophantic",
"toadyish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrogant",
"haughty",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"lordly",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"uppity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slaveholders":{
"as in slavers , enslavers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enslavers",
"slave drivers",
"slavers",
"freedmen",
"freedwomen",
"masters",
"taskmasters",
"freemen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondmen",
"bondsmen",
"chattels",
"slaves",
"thralls",
"bondwomen",
"bondswomen",
"odalisques",
"helots",
"serfs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slalom":{
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodge",
"duck",
"jink",
"sidestep",
"weave",
"zigzag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"parry",
"shirk",
"skirt",
"deflect",
"turn",
"slide",
"slip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slamming":{
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"please don't slam the door every time you step out"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closing",
"shutting",
"stopping",
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"sealing",
"securing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she slammed the ball deep into center field"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bashing",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"lambasting",
"potshotting",
"savaging",
"scathing",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slapjack":{
"a flat cake made from thin batter and cooked on both sides (as on a griddle)":{
"examples":[
"had a big plate of slapjacks with syrup for breakfast on his birthday"
],
"synonyms":[
"flapjack",
"griddle cake",
"hotcake",
"pancake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"oatcake",
"wheat cake",
"blin",
"blintze",
"blintz",
"crepe",
"cr\u00eape",
"waffle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slavishness":{
"as in subservience , servility":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"obsequiousness",
"servility",
"subservience",
"subserviency",
"amenability",
"amiability",
"complaisance",
"good-naturedness",
"conformity",
"acquiescence",
"biddability",
"compliance",
"compliancy",
"deference",
"docility",
"obedience",
"submissiveness",
"cooperativeness",
"receptiveness",
"receptivity",
"humoring",
"indulgence",
"acceptance",
"assent",
"consent",
"capitulation",
"submission",
"surrender",
"affability",
"amicability",
"congeniality",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"sociability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiance",
"disobedience",
"intractability",
"recalcitrance",
"animosity",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hostility",
"ill will"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaphappy":{
"having or showing freedom from worries or troubles":{
"examples":[
"plays the role of a slaphappy guy with a food truck who dispenses wisecracks and wit along with his sandwiches"
],
"synonyms":[
"blithe",
"carefree",
"debonair",
"devil-may-care",
"gay",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"unconcerned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"breezy",
"cavalier",
"nonchalant",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"informal",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"unfussy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"somber",
"sombre",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"wary",
"anxious",
"concerned",
"upset",
"worried",
"long-suffering",
"overburdened",
"sorrowful"
],
"antonyms":[
"careworn"
]
},
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"we were slaphappy with exhaustion after the nightlong train ride"
],
"synonyms":[
"addle",
"addled",
"addlepated",
"bedeviled",
"befogged",
"befuddled",
"bemused",
"bewildered",
"bushed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"dazed",
"distracted",
"dizzy",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"fogged",
"mixed-up",
"muddleheaded",
"muzzy",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"punch-drunk",
"punchy",
"raddled",
"shell-shocked",
"silly",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"spacey",
"spacy",
"stunned",
"stupefied",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slave":{
"a person who is considered the property of another person":{
"examples":[
"many American slaves reached freedom in the North through the network known as the Underground Railroad"
],
"synonyms":[
"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
"thrall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bondwoman",
"bondswoman",
"odalisque",
"helot",
"serf",
"bond servant",
"indentured servant",
"attendant",
"domestic",
"drudge",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"lackey",
"menial",
"servant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freedman",
"freedwoman",
"enslaver",
"slave driver",
"slaveholder",
"slaver",
"master",
"taskmaster"
],
"antonyms":[
"freeman"
]
},
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
"examples":[
"unappreciated office slaves who perform the necessary but tedious task of filing paperwork"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogsbody",
"drone",
"drudge",
"drudger",
"fag",
"foot soldier",
"grub",
"grubber",
"grunt",
"laborer",
"peon",
"plugger",
"slogger",
"toiler",
"worker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"workhorse",
"serf"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"shirker",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"slouch",
"slug",
"sluggard"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"slaving over a hot stove"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang away",
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slaveholder":{
"as in slaver , enslaver":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enslaver",
"slave driver",
"slaver",
"freedman",
"freedwoman",
"master",
"taskmaster",
"freeman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondman",
"bondsman",
"chattel",
"slave",
"thrall",
"bondwoman",
"bondswoman",
"odalisque",
"helot",
"serf"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slanting":{
"inclined or twisted to one side":{
"examples":[
"an old, torn flag hanging from a slanting flagpole"
],
"synonyms":[
"askew",
"aslant",
"atilt",
"awry",
"cock-a-hoop",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"listing",
"lopsided",
"oblique",
"off-kilter",
"pitched",
"skewed",
"slanted",
"slantwise",
"tilted",
"tipping",
"uneven"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asymmetrical",
"asymmetric",
"unbalanced",
"unsymmetrical",
"contorted",
"disordered",
"distorted",
"irregular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ordered",
"orderly",
"regular",
"uniform",
"balanced",
"symmetrical",
"symmetric"
],
"antonyms":[
"even",
"level",
"straight"
]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda"
],
"synonyms":[
"bending",
"coloring",
"cooking",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"fudging",
"garbling",
"misinterpreting",
"misrelating",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"perverting",
"twisting",
"warping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribing",
"misspeaking",
"mistranslating",
"belying",
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"dissembling",
"glossing (over)",
"masking",
"veiling",
"whitewashing",
"bowdlerizing",
"censoring",
"complicating",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mistaking",
"mixing (up)",
"mystifying",
"obscuring",
"equivocating",
"fibbing",
"lying",
"paltering",
"prevaricating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"explaining",
"illuminating",
"illustrating",
"interpreting",
"spelling out",
"deciphering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle"
],
"synonyms":[
"angling",
"canting",
"cocking",
"heeling",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"pitching",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banking",
"bending",
"deviating",
"swerving",
"veering",
"declining",
"descending",
"reclining",
"retreating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evening",
"flattening",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slantways":{
"so as to slant":{
"examples":[
"the temporary supports were placed slantways against the side of the sagging wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"slantwise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"down",
"downward",
"downwards",
"up",
"upward",
"upwards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"slapping":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she was so mad that she wanted to slap him right across the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
"examples":[
"tired of jokes that slap people of faith"
],
"synonyms":[
"affronting",
"disrespecting",
"dissing",
"insulting",
"offending",
"outraging",
"slighting",
"wounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cutting",
"snubbing",
"displeasing",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"hurting",
"miffing",
"paining",
"troubling",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ridiculing",
"sneering (at)",
"taunting",
"defaming",
"disparaging",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"reviling",
"slandering",
"slurring",
"smearing",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"approving",
"hailing",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"eulogizing",
"praising",
"adulating",
"flattering",
"sweet-talking",
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"honoring",
"delighting",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slayer":{
"as in butcher , executioner":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butcher",
"executioner",
"massacrer",
"slaughterer",
"bravo",
"hit man",
"torpedo",
"triggerman",
"murderess",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"homicide",
"killer",
"manslayer",
"murderer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slang":{
"the special terms or expressions of a particular group or field":{
"examples":[
"tends to use too much hacker's slang when talking to coworkers about their computer problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"argot",
"cant",
"dialect",
"jargon",
"jive",
"language",
"lingo",
"patois",
"patter",
"shop",
"shoptalk",
"terminology",
"vocabulary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"colloquial",
"colloquialism",
"idiom",
"localism",
"parlance",
"pidgin",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"speech",
"vernacular",
"vernacularism",
"slanguage",
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"cyberspeak",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"journalese",
"technobabble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in slangy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slangy",
"incorrect",
"nongrammatical",
"substandard",
"uneducated",
"ungrammatical",
"unlearned",
"dialectal",
"dialectical",
"dialectic",
"nonstandard",
"regional",
"colloquial",
"conversational",
"informal",
"nonformal",
"nonliterary",
"unbookish",
"unliterary",
"vernacular",
"vulgar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bookish",
"formal",
"learned",
"literary",
"standard",
"undialectical",
"correct",
"educated",
"genteel",
"grammatical",
"proper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"slams":{
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"please don't slam the door every time you step out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closes",
"shuts",
"stops",
"bars",
"battens (down)",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"seals",
"secures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"she slammed the ball deep into center field"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"examples":[
"slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bashes",
"belabors",
"blasts",
"castigates",
"excoriates",
"jumps (on)",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"potshots",
"savages",
"scathes",
"trashes",
"vituperates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"berates",
"harangues",
"harasses",
"harries",
"reviles",
"scolds",
"whips",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"execrates",
"imprecates",
"profanes",
"affronts",
"insults",
"slurs",
"asperses",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"blackguards",
"disparages",
"puts down",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"vilifies",
"chastises",
"chides",
"criticizes",
"laces (into)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"fulminates",
"lashes (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaims",
"commends",
"compliments",
"hails",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"gave the stubborn nail one last slam with the hammer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"shut the door with a loud slam"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"pops",
"reports",
"smashes",
"snaps",
"thunderclaps",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whomps",
"whumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunks",
"whams",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"knocks",
"raps",
"taps",
"blares",
"clamors",
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a place of confinement for persons held in lawful custody":{
"examples":[
"sported a gang tattoo on his arm that had gotten him plenty of respect in the slam"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastilles",
"big houses",
"bridewells",
"brigs",
"calabooses",
"cans",
"clinks",
"coolers",
"coops",
"guardrooms",
"hocks",
"holds",
"hoosegows",
"jailhouses",
"jails",
"joints",
"jugs",
"lockups",
"nicks",
"penitentiaries",
"pens",
"pokeys",
"prisons",
"quods",
"slammers",
"stirs",
"stockades",
"tolbooths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bull pens",
"cages",
"cells",
"holes",
"tanks",
"blocks",
"wards",
"glasshouses",
"guardhouses",
"hulks",
"concentration camps",
"gulags",
"labor camps",
"prison camps",
"stalags",
"work camps",
"dungeons",
"keeps",
"oubliettes",
"reformatories",
"reform schools",
"training schools"
],
"near antonyms":[
"outsides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a forceful coming together of two things":{
"examples":[
"the sudden slam of my head against the trunk of the car"
],
"synonyms":[
"bumps",
"collisions",
"concussions",
"crashes",
"impacts",
"impingements",
"jars",
"jolts",
"jounces",
"kicks",
"shocks",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blows",
"buffets",
"hits",
"knocks",
"punches",
"raps",
"slaps",
"thumps",
"bashings",
"batterings",
"lickings",
"thrashings",
"contacts",
"encounters",
"meetings",
"touches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slashed":{
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"ripped",
"sheared",
"sliced",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksawed",
"scissored",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"rived",
"split",
"pierced",
"stabbed",
"bruised",
"butchered",
"hacked",
"haggled",
"lacerated",
"mangled",
"rent",
"rended",
"tore",
"carved",
"chipped",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"notched",
"anatomized",
"dissected",
"sectioned",
"chopped",
"diced",
"minced",
"amputated",
"cut off",
"severed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at"
],
"synonyms":[
"birched",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"hided",
"horsewhipped",
"lashed",
"leathered",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"whaled",
"whipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouted",
"quirted",
"strapped",
"cut",
"flicked",
"touched up",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"fustigated",
"pistol-whipped",
"banged",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cuffed",
"hit",
"knocked",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"punched",
"slapped",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"spanked",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"hammered",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"slated",
"slogged",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slam dunks":{
"one that is certain to succeed":{
"examples":[
"since he was trying his first case, the assistant district attorney was assigned a burglary case that was a slam dunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"cinches",
"locks",
"shoo-ins",
"sure things"
],
"near synonyms":[
"certainties",
"inevitabilities",
"eventualities",
"foregone conclusions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dark horses",
"long shots"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slacked":{
"to make less taut":{
"examples":[
"the skipper ordered the crew to slack off the sheets on the mainsail"
],
"synonyms":[
"eased",
"loosened",
"relaxed",
"slackened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detached",
"freed",
"unbound",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"tied",
"constrained",
"restrained"
],
"antonyms":[
"strained",
"stretched",
"tensed",
"tensioned",
"tightened"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slaloms":{
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"examples":[
"slalomed through the crowd with the ease of an Olympic skier"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodges",
"ducks",
"jinks",
"sidesteps",
"weaves",
"zigzags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"parries",
"shirks",
"skirts",
"deflects",
"turns",
"slides",
"slips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slave drivers":{
"as in slaveholders , slavers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"enslavers",
"slaveholders",
"slavers",
"masters",
"taskmasters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slated":{
"being in accordance with the prescribed, normal, or logical course of events":{
"examples":[
"slated to arrive at five o'clock"
],
"synonyms":[
"anticipated",
"awaited",
"due",
"expected",
"scheduled"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"behind",
"behindhand",
"belated",
"delinquent",
"dilatory",
"late",
"latish",
"overdue",
"tardy",
"early",
"premature",
"untimely",
"unanticipated",
"unforeseen",
"unlooked-for"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"you've been slated for a three o'clock interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"enrolled",
"entered",
"indexed",
"inscribed",
"listed",
"put down",
"recorded",
"registered",
"scheduled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"booked",
"carded",
"filed",
"noted",
"classified",
"compiled",
"tabulated",
"tallied",
"rescheduled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deleted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"ready to slate anyone who disagreed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slanguages":{
"as in slangs , dialects":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argots",
"cants",
"colloquials",
"dialects",
"idiolects",
"idioms",
"jargons",
"parlances",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgins",
"slangs",
"vernaculars",
"acrolects",
"colloquialisms",
"localisms",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"shibboleths",
"vernacularisms",
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"mother tongues",
"speeches",
"tongues",
"vocabularies",
"terminologies",
"coinages",
"modernisms",
"neologisms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slaty":{
"of the color gray":{
"examples":[
"slaty stones in the riverbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"argentine",
"gray",
"grey",
"grayish",
"leaden",
"pewter",
"silver",
"silvery",
"slate",
"steely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"colorless",
"neutral",
"dirty",
"dull",
"faded",
"sad",
"washed-out",
"ashen",
"ashy",
"chalky",
"livid",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"pale",
"palish",
"white",
"whitish",
"chocolate",
"dun",
"sandy",
"sepia",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"grizzled",
"hoar",
"hoary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"bright",
"deep",
"gay",
"rich",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"slaughterers":{
"as in butchers , executioners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butchers",
"executioners",
"massacrers",
"slayers",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hit men",
"torpedoes",
"triggermen",
"murderesses",
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"homicides",
"killers",
"manslayers",
"murderers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slackness":{
"failure to take the care that a cautious person usually takes":{
"examples":[
"considering the chemical company's slackness when it comes to safety, it's a wonder there hasn't been a catastrophe"
],
"synonyms":[
"carelessness",
"dereliction",
"heedlessness",
"incaution",
"incautiousness",
"laxness",
"neglectfulness",
"negligence",
"remissness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foolhardiness",
"rashness",
"recklessness",
"wildness",
"neglect",
"omission",
"delinquency",
"irresponsibility",
"irresponsibleness",
"malfeasance",
"malpractice",
"misconduct",
"misdirection",
"mishandling",
"mismanagement",
"forgetfulness",
"inadvertence",
"inadvertency",
"inattention",
"inattentiveness",
"obliviousness",
"shortsightedness",
"unwariness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"attention",
"attentiveness",
"awareness",
"circumspection",
"observance",
"vigilance",
"watchfulness",
"responsibility",
"responsibleness"
],
"antonyms":[
"care",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"cautiousness",
"heedfulness"
]
},
"the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line":{
"examples":[
"there's simply too much slackness in this clothesline"
],
"synonyms":[
"droop",
"hang",
"sag",
"slack"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floppiness",
"laxity",
"laxness",
"limpness",
"looseness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"rigidity",
"rigidness",
"tautness",
"tenseness",
"tension",
"tightness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slates":{
"to put (someone or something) on a list":{
"examples":[
"you've been slated for a three o'clock interview"
],
"synonyms":[
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"enrolls",
"enrols",
"enters",
"indexes",
"inscribes",
"lists",
"puts down",
"records",
"registers",
"schedules"
],
"near synonyms":[
"books",
"cards",
"files",
"notes",
"classifies",
"compiles",
"tabulates",
"tallies",
"reschedules"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deletes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"ready to slate anyone who disagreed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slattern":{
"as in tramp":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"tramp",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"degenerate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"reprobate",
"creep",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"pettifogger",
"shyster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in slob , sloven":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"slob",
"sloven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"neatnik",
"old maid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slandering":{
"as in insulting , defamatory":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"calumnious",
"defamatory",
"insulting",
"libelous",
"libellous",
"maligning",
"slanderous",
"vilifying",
"belittling",
"contemptuous",
"decrying",
"degrading",
"demeaning",
"denigrative",
"denigratory",
"deprecatory",
"depreciative",
"depreciatory",
"derisory",
"derogative",
"derogatory",
"detractive",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"pejorative",
"scornful",
"slighting",
"uncomplimentary",
"abusive",
"opprobrious",
"scurrilous",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"unkind",
"virulent",
"critical",
"denunciative",
"denunciatory",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commendatory",
"complimentary",
"laudative",
"laudatory",
"admiring",
"adulatory",
"applauding",
"approving",
"friendly",
"positive",
"appreciative",
"respectful",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"unmalicious",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make untrue and harmful statements about":{
"examples":[
"for some reason, that newspaper seems determined to slander one particular celebrity"
],
"synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"blackening",
"calumniating",
"defaming",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"maligning",
"smearing",
"traducing",
"vilifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belittling",
"denigrating",
"detracting",
"disparaging",
"discrediting",
"disgracing",
"dishonoring",
"shaming",
"abasing",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"humbling",
"humiliating",
"disdaining",
"scorning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exalting",
"glorifying",
"honoring",
"acclaiming",
"applauding",
"commending",
"praising",
"esteeming",
"respecting",
"admiring",
"regarding",
"adoring",
"revering",
"venerating",
"worshipping",
"worshiping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"slant":{
"running in a slanting direction":{
"examples":[
"as they poked through the blinds, the slant rays of the setting sun created interesting patterns on the room's far wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"canted",
"diagonal",
"graded",
"inclined",
"leaning",
"listing",
"oblique",
"pitched",
"raked",
"slanted",
"slantwise",
"sloped",
"sloping",
"tilted",
"tilting"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[
"horizontal",
"level",
"plumb",
"up-and-down",
"vertical",
"parallel",
"perpendicular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon":{
"examples":[
"the road has just enough of a slant to make bicycling up it a little strenuous"
],
"synonyms":[
"cant",
"diagonal",
"grade",
"gradient",
"inclination",
"incline",
"lean",
"pitch",
"rake",
"slope",
"upgrade"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascent",
"bank",
"climb",
"rise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declension",
"declination",
"decline",
"declivity",
"descent",
"dip",
"downgrade",
"fall",
"hang",
"hanging",
"receding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a way of looking at or thinking about something":{
"examples":[
"an interesting slant on the problem of underage drinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"eye view",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"shoes",
"standpoint",
"vantage point",
"viewpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"interpretation",
"spin",
"belief",
"conviction",
"eye",
"feeling",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"mind-set",
"notion",
"opinion",
"perception",
"persuasion",
"sentiment",
"verdict",
"view",
"impression",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of":{
"examples":[
"reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda"
],
"synonyms":[
"bend",
"color",
"cook",
"distort",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"garble",
"misinterpret",
"misrelate",
"misrepresent",
"misstate",
"pervert",
"twist",
"warp"
],
"near synonyms":[
"misdescribe",
"misspeak",
"mistranslate",
"belie",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"dissemble",
"gloss (over)",
"mask",
"veil",
"whitewash",
"bowdlerize",
"censor",
"complicate",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mistake",
"mix (up)",
"mystify",
"obscure",
"equivocate",
"fib",
"lie",
"palter",
"prevaricate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"explain",
"illuminate",
"illustrate",
"interpret",
"spell out",
"decipher"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set or cause to be at an angle":{
"examples":[
"a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle"
],
"synonyms":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"pitch",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bank",
"bend",
"deviate",
"swerve",
"veer",
"decline",
"descend",
"recline",
"retreat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slapping down":{
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"examples":[
"public protests against the dictatorial government were always promptly slapped down"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"throttling",
"annihilating",
"decimating",
"demolishing",
"desolating",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"nuking",
"rubbing out",
"ruining",
"smashing",
"wasting",
"wrecking",
"exterminating",
"obliterating",
"wiping out",
"conquering",
"dominating",
"overcoming",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"vanquishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetting",
"aiding",
"assisting",
"backing",
"helping",
"propping up",
"supporting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"provoking",
"stirring",
"whipping (up)",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"slanderer":{
"as in defamer , libeler":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"calumniator",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"exaggerator",
"mythomaniac",
"perjurer",
"fabricator",
"fabulist",
"fibber",
"liar",
"prevaricator",
"storyteller",
"distorter",
"falsifier",
"equivocator",
"palterer",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"charlatan",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"counterfeiter",
"cozener",
"deceiver",
"defrauder",
"dissembler",
"dissimulator",
"double-dealer",
"fraud",
"hustler",
"knave",
"mountebank",
"operator",
"pretender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"square shooter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"slashes":{
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"the tire appears to have been deliberately slashed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incises",
"rips",
"shears",
"slices",
"slits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscuts",
"hacksaws",
"saws",
"scissors",
"cleaves",
"rives",
"splits",
"pierces",
"stabs",
"bruises",
"butchers",
"hacks",
"haggles",
"lacerates",
"mangles",
"rends",
"tears",
"carves",
"chips",
"chisels",
"notches",
"anatomizes",
"dissects",
"sections",
"chops",
"dices",
"minces",
"amputates",
"cuts off",
"severs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"examples":[
"wildly slashing the ground with his club and never once hitting the golf ball he was aiming at"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"whales",
"whips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"made a slash in the fabric with a knife"
],
"synonyms":[
"gashes",
"incisions",
"lacerations",
"rents",
"rips",
"slits",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasions",
"scores",
"scrapes",
"scratches",
"injuries",
"wounds",
"cracks",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"slapsticky":{
"as in zany , slapstick":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapstick",
"zany",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snickery",
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical",
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}