12634 lines
244 KiB
JSON
12634 lines
244 KiB
JSON
{
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"slabs":{
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"as in sticks , ingots":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blooms",
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"ingots",
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"sticks",
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"bands",
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"strips",
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"arbors",
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"beams",
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"boards",
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"crossbars",
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"crossbeams",
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"girders",
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"bars",
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"billets",
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"rods"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"slack (off)":{
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"as in hang , hang around":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bum",
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"goldbrick",
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"hang",
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"hang about",
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"hang around",
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"idle",
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"loaf",
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"veg out",
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"bask",
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"kick back",
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"loll",
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"lounge",
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"relax",
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"repose",
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"rest"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drudge",
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"grub",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"peg (away)",
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"plod",
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"plow",
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"plug",
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"slave",
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"slog",
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"strain",
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"strive",
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"struggle",
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"sweat",
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"toil",
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"travail",
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"work",
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"exercise",
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"work out"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in forget , neglect":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"forget",
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"neglect",
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"shirk"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"attend (to)",
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"remember",
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"carry out",
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"do",
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"execute",
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"perform",
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"accomplish",
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"achieve",
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"keep up",
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"maintain"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slacken":{
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"to make less taut":{
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"examples":[
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"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ease",
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"loosen",
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"relax",
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"slack"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"detach",
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"free",
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"unbind",
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"undo",
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"unfasten",
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"untie"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"attach",
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"bind",
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"fasten",
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"tie",
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"constrain",
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"restrain"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"strain",
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"stretch",
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"tense",
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"tension",
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"tighten"
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]
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},
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"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
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"examples":[
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"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brake",
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"decelerate",
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"retard",
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"slow"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"halt",
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"stop",
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"encumber",
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"hamper",
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"handicap",
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"hinder",
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"hobble",
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"hold back",
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"hold up",
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"impede",
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"inhibit",
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"obstruct",
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"set back",
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"tie up",
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"bottleneck",
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"arrest",
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"check",
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"constrain",
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"curb",
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"rein",
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"restrain",
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"baffle",
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"foil",
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"frustrate",
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"sabotage",
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"thwart"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drive",
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"encourage",
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"goad",
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"propel",
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"push",
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"spur",
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"stir",
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"urge",
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"advance",
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"aid",
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"dispatch",
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"ease",
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"expedite",
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"facilitate",
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"forward",
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"further",
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"help"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accelerate",
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"hasten",
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"hurry",
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"quicken",
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"rush",
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"speed (up)",
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"step up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slackened":{
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"not tightly fastened, tied, or stretched":{
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"examples":[
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"slackened lines"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"insecure",
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"lax",
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"loose",
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"loosened",
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"relaxed",
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"slack",
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"unsecured"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"detached",
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"free",
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"unattached",
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"unbound",
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"undone",
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"unfastened",
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"untied",
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"baggy",
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"blousy",
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"saggy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"constrained",
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"restrained",
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"attached",
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"bound",
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"fastened",
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"tied",
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"fast",
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"firm",
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"jammed",
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"snug",
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"stuck",
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"wedged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"taut",
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"tense",
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"tight"
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]
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},
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"to make less taut":{
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"examples":[
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"you'll need to slacken the rope a bit to get it free of that post"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"eased",
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"loosened",
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"relaxed",
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"slacked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"detached",
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"freed",
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"unbound",
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"undid",
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"unfastened",
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"untied"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"attached",
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"bound",
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"fastened",
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"tied",
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"constrained",
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"restrained"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"strained",
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"stretched",
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"tensed",
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"tensioned",
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"tightened"
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]
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},
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"to cause to move or proceed at a less rapid pace":{
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"examples":[
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"drivers need to slacken their speed as they approach the sharp curve"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"braked",
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"decelerated",
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"retarded",
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"slowed"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"halted",
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"stopped",
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"encumbered",
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"hampered",
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"handicapped",
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"held back",
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"held up",
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"hindered",
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"hobbled",
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"impeded",
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"inhibited",
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"obstructed",
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"set back",
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"tied up",
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"bottlenecked",
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"arrested",
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"checked",
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"constrained",
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"curbed",
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"reined",
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"restrained",
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"baffled",
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"foiled",
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"frustrated",
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"sabotaged",
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"thwarted"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drove",
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"encouraged",
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"goaded",
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"propelled",
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"pushed",
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"spurred",
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"stirred",
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"urged",
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"advanced",
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"aided",
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"dispatched",
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"eased",
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"expedited",
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"facilitated",
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"forwarded",
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"furthered",
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"helped"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"accelerated",
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"hastened",
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"hurried",
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"quickened",
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"rushed",
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"sped (up)",
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"speeded (up)",
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"stepped up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slaked":{
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"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
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"examples":[
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"a harrowing experience while mountain climbing has largely slaked my desire for high adventure"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"assuaged",
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"quenched",
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"sated",
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"satiated",
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"satisfied"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"catered (to)",
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"gratified",
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"humored",
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"indulged",
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"alleviated",
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"lightened",
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"relieved",
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"cloyed",
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"saturated",
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"surfeited"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"aroused",
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"excited",
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"piqued",
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"stimulated",
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"tantalized",
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"teased"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slammed":{
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"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
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"examples":[
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"please don't slam the door every time you step out"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"closed",
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"shut",
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"stopped",
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"barred",
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"battened (down)",
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"bolted",
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"chained",
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"fastened",
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"latched",
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"locked",
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"sealed",
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"secured"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"opened",
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"unbarred",
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"unbolted",
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"unfastened",
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"unlatched",
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"unlocked",
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"unsealed"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"examples":[
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"she slammed the ball deep into center field"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"batted",
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"belted",
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"biffed",
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"bludgeoned",
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"bobbed",
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"bonked",
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"bopped",
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"boxed",
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"busted",
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"bust",
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"clapped",
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"clapt",
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"clipped",
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"clobbered",
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"clocked",
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"clouted",
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"cracked",
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"hammered",
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"hit",
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"knocked",
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"nailed",
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"pasted",
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"pounded",
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"punched",
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"rapped",
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"slapped",
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"slogged",
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"slugged",
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"smacked",
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"smote",
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"socked",
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"struck",
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"swatted",
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"swiped",
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"tagged",
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"thumped",
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"thwacked",
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"walloped",
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"whacked",
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"whaled",
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"zapped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"battered",
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"beat",
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"buffeted",
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"bunged",
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"chopped",
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"cuffed",
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"drubbed",
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"laced",
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"lambasted",
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"licked",
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"mangled",
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"mauled",
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"pelted",
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"peppered",
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"pommeled",
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"pommelled",
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"pummeled",
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"pummelled",
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"roughed",
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"scuffed",
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"bunted",
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"flicked",
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"stroked",
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"tapped",
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"bumped",
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"butted",
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"jabbed",
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"jostled",
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"kicked",
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"kneed",
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"poked",
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"prodded",
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"pushed",
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"shoved",
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"stamped",
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"bowled (down or over)",
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"creamed",
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"decked",
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"dumped",
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"felled",
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"floored",
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"knocked down",
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"leveled",
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"levelled",
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"rabbit-punched",
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"sucker punched",
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"caned",
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"clubbed",
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"cudgeled",
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"cudgelled",
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"flailed",
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"flogged",
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"lashed",
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"sapped",
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"slashed",
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"sledged",
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"sledgehammered",
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"speared",
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"stabbed",
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"switched",
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"thrashed",
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"whipped",
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"beaned",
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"brained",
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"conked",
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"skulled"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
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"examples":[
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"the car slammed into the wall with a fearful crunch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"banged",
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"bashed",
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"bumped",
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"collided",
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"crashed",
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"hit",
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"impacted",
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"impinged",
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"knocked",
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"rammed",
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"smashed",
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"struck",
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"swiped",
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"thudded"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bounced",
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"caromed",
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"clunked",
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"glanced",
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"rebounded",
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"ricocheted",
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"ricochetted",
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"skimmed",
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"skipped",
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"contacted",
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"landed",
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"touched",
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"brushed",
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"grazed",
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"kissed",
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"nudged",
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"scraped",
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"shaved",
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"swept",
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"bulldozed",
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"jostled",
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"muscled",
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"pressed",
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"pushed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"missed",
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"skirted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
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"examples":[
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"slammed the cast members for forgetting their lines on opening night"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"abused",
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"assailed",
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"attacked",
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"bashed",
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"belabored",
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"blasted",
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"castigated",
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"excoriated",
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"jumped (on)",
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"lambasted",
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"potshot",
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"savaged",
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"scathed",
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"trashed",
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"vituperated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"berated",
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"harangued",
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"harassed",
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"harried",
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"reviled",
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"scolded",
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"whipped",
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"blasphemed",
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"cursed",
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"execrated",
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"imprecated",
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"profaned",
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"affronted",
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"insulted",
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"slurred",
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"aspersed",
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"bad-mouthed",
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"belittled",
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"blackguarded",
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"disparaged",
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"put down",
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"libeled",
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"libelled",
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"slandered",
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"traduced",
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"vilified",
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"chastised",
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"chid",
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"chided",
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"criticized",
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"laced (into)",
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"rebuked",
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"reprimanded",
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"fulminated",
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"lashed (out)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaimed",
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"commended",
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"complimented",
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"hailed",
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"lauded",
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"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"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",
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"smart",
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"smart-aleck",
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"smart-alecky",
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"snickery",
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"antic",
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"chucklesome",
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"comedic",
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"comic",
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"comical",
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"droll",
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"farcical",
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"funny",
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"hilarious",
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"humoristic",
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"humorous",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"killing",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"riotous",
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"risible",
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"screaming",
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"sidesplitting",
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"uproarious",
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"jocular",
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"playful",
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"waggish",
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"campy",
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"jokey",
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"joky",
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"priceless",
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"rich",
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"whimsical",
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"witty",
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"wry",
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"blithesome",
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"gleeful",
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"jocose",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"laughing",
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"mad",
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"merry",
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"mirthful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
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"unhysterical",
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"earnest",
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"grave",
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"no-nonsense",
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"sedate",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"sober",
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"sobersided",
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"solemn",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
|
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"staid",
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"unsmiling",
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"weighty",
|
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"affecting",
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"moving",
|
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"poignant",
|
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"touching",
|
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"tragic",
|
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"tragical",
|
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"lachrymose",
|
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"mournful",
|
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"sad",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
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"tearful",
|
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"woeful"
|
|
],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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}
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} |