dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/acr_MWT.json
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{
"acrimonious":{
"having or showing deep-seated resentment":{
"antonyms":[
"unbitter"
],
"examples":[
"an acrimonious parting between the two former friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring",
"forgiving",
"gentle",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"loving",
"sweet",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted"
],
"related":[
"disaffected",
"discontented",
"disgruntled",
"malcontent",
"contemptuous",
"cynical",
"disdainful",
"misanthropic",
"scornful",
"angry",
"cruel",
"harsh",
"irritated",
"mad",
"rough",
"savage",
"vehement",
"vicious",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"acid",
"caustic",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"sarcastic",
"trenchant",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out"
],
"synonyms":[
"acrid",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"hard",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"sore"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"across":{
"to the opposite side of":{
"examples":[
"we rowed across the lake and visited the other couple for the evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"over",
"through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"around",
"round",
"beyond",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
"examples":[
"sheep scattered across the field"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"around",
"over",
"round",
"through",
"throughout"
],
"near synonyms":[
"on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"from one side to the other of an intervening space":{
"examples":[
"will you go across to the Bentley's and see if their phone is working?"
],
"synonyms":[
"athwart",
"over",
"through"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"preposition"
]
},
"across the board":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board ."
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"phrase"
]
},
"across-the-board":{
"belonging or relating to the whole":{
"examples":[
"an across-the-board reduction in the state's budget because of declining revenues"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"broad-brush",
"common",
"general",
"generic",
"global",
"overall",
"universal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-embracing",
"broad",
"broad-gauge",
"broad-gauged",
"broadscale",
"comprehensive",
"extensive",
"inclusionary",
"overarching",
"pervasive",
"sweeping",
"ubiquitous",
"wholesale",
"wide",
"widespread",
"aggregate",
"collective",
"complete",
"full",
"plenary",
"planetary",
"worldwide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"component",
"constituent",
"cross-sectional",
"divisional",
"fragmentary",
"partial",
"local",
"localized",
"regional",
"sectional"
],
"antonyms":[
"individual",
"particular"
]
},
"with everyone or everything taken into account at the same time":{
"examples":[
"The Oscar-nominated film received a positive reception across the board ."
],
"synonyms":[
"all around",
"all told",
"altogether",
"collectedly",
"collectively",
"inclusively",
"overall",
"together"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broadly",
"generally",
"liberally",
"loosely",
"macroscopically",
"all over",
"completely",
"comprehensively",
"encyclopedically",
"entirely",
"exhaustively",
"fully",
"sweepingly",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"wholly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detailedly",
"microscopically",
"minutely",
"literally",
"narrowly",
"restrictedly",
"strictly",
"alone",
"categorically",
"distinctly",
"exclusively",
"fractionally",
"individually",
"separately",
"singly",
"singularly",
"solely",
"solitarily",
"specifically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"phrase"
]
},
"acrimony":{
"biting sharpness of feeling or expression":{
"examples":[
"she responded with such acrimony that he never brought the subject up again"
],
"synonyms":[
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a harsh or sharp quality":{
"examples":[
"the acrimony of his parting words shocked everyone in the office"
],
"synonyms":[
"acerbity",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimoniousness",
"acuteness",
"asperity",
"bite",
"bitterness",
"edge",
"harshness",
"keenness",
"poignance",
"poignancy",
"pungency",
"roughness",
"sharpness",
"tartness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ginger",
"punch",
"spice",
"tang",
"raucousness",
"severeness",
"severity",
"shrillness",
"virulence",
"vitriol",
"cattiness",
"maliciousness",
"pointedness",
"thorniness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentleness",
"kindliness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mildness",
"softness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acres":{
"as in land , property":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"demesne",
"ground",
"park",
"premise",
"premiss",
"yard",
"campus",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"acrobatic":{
"as in flexible , limber":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flexible",
"limber",
"loose-jointed",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"agile",
"featly",
"feline",
"graceful",
"gracile",
"light",
"light-footed",
"light-foot",
"lightsome",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"adroit",
"deft",
"dexterous",
"dextrous",
"light-fingered",
"fleet-footed",
"sure-footed",
"athletic",
"balletic",
"coordinated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"lumbering",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"uncoordinated",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"bungling",
"inept",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"acrobats":{
"one who performs feats of physical strength, balance, and agility on special apparatus":{
"examples":[
"a child who is a natural acrobat with a superb sense of balance"
],
"synonyms":[
"gymnasts",
"turners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exercisers",
"tumblers",
"contortionists",
"equilibrists",
"aerialists",
"ropedancers",
"ropewalkers",
"trampoliners",
"trampolinists",
"trapeze artists",
"trapezists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions":{
"examples":[
"a political acrobat whose opinion on any issue is whatever will get the most votes"
],
"synonyms":[
"chameleons",
"chancers",
"opportunists",
"temporizers",
"timeservers",
"trimmers",
"weathercocks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"egoists",
"egotists",
"self-seekers",
"connivers",
"machinators",
"plotters",
"schemers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acrylic":{
"as in watercolor , gouache":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aquarelle",
"gouache",
"watercolor",
"diptych",
"triptych",
"distemper",
"drawing",
"etching",
"finger painting",
"pastel",
"sketch",
"tempera",
"fresco",
"mural",
"panorama",
"masterpiece",
"canvas",
"canvass",
"oil",
"oil painting",
"painting",
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acrobatics":{
"a spectacular display or performance of artistic or technical skill":{
"examples":[
"an operatic role that gives the coloratura the opportunity to indulge in a goodly amount of vocal acrobatics"
],
"synonyms":[
"fireworks",
"pyrotechnics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extravaganza",
"pageant",
"spectacle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"acrylics":{
"as in watercolors , gouaches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aquarelles",
"gouaches",
"watercolors",
"diptychs",
"triptychs",
"distempers",
"drawings",
"etchings",
"finger paintings",
"pastels",
"sketches",
"temperas",
"frescoes",
"murals",
"panoramas",
"masterpieces",
"canvases",
"canvasses",
"oil paintings",
"oils",
"paintings",
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acreages":{
"as in lands , properties":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acres",
"campuses",
"estates",
"lands",
"lots",
"parcels",
"plots",
"properties",
"real estates",
"realties",
"demesnes",
"grounds",
"parks",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yards",
"backyards",
"churchyards",
"dooryards",
"closes",
"enclosures",
"inclosures",
"gardens",
"garths",
"plazas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"acreage":{
"as in land , property":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"acres",
"campus",
"estate",
"land",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plot",
"property",
"real estate",
"realty",
"demesne",
"ground",
"park",
"premises",
"premisses",
"yard",
"backyard",
"churchyard",
"dooryard",
"close",
"enclosure",
"inclosure",
"garden",
"garth",
"plaza"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}