dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/fib_MWT.json
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{
"fibbing":{
"as in lying , dishonest":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"prevaricating",
"untruthful",
"fallacious",
"false",
"untrue",
"unbelievable",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unscrupulous",
"untrustworthy",
"bluffing",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"duplicitous",
"equivocating",
"hypocritical",
"insincere",
"posing",
"pretending",
"artful",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"evasive",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"sneaky",
"treacherous",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"honest",
"truthful",
"veracious",
"candid",
"direct",
"forthcoming",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"freehearted",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"out-front",
"outspoken",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"believable",
"credible",
"true",
"veritable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"examples":[
"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricating",
"lying",
"prevaricating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"perjuring",
"equivocating",
"fudging",
"paltering",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"kidding",
"snowing",
"taking in",
"tricking",
"defaming",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"falsifying",
"misreporting",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"distorting",
"garbling",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"swearing",
"testifying",
"authenticating",
"confirming",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"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":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fibs":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"examples":[
"the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"antonyms":[
"truths"
]
},
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"examples":[
"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"lies",
"prevaricates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"perjures",
"equivocates",
"fudges",
"palters",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"kids",
"snows",
"takes in",
"tricks",
"defames",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"falsifies",
"misreports",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"distorts",
"garbles",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"swears",
"testifies",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"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":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fibbed":{
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"examples":[
"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"lied",
"prevaricated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"perjured",
"equivocated",
"fudged",
"paltered",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"kidded",
"snowed",
"took in",
"tricked",
"defamed",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"falsified",
"misreported",
"misrepresented",
"misstated",
"distorted",
"garbled",
"dissembled",
"dissimulated",
"misguided",
"misinformed",
"misled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserted",
"swore",
"testified",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"substantiated",
"validated",
"verified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"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":[
"verb"
]
},
"fibber":{
"a person who tells lies":{
"examples":[
"research that shows that children learn to become fibbers at a remarkably early age"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricator",
"fabulist",
"liar",
"prevaricator",
"storyteller"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaggerator",
"mythomaniac",
"calumniator",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"slanderer",
"perjurer",
"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"
]
},
"fibers":{
"a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair":{
"examples":[
"the fibers found on the victim's body came from a carpet in the suspect's home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristles",
"filaments",
"hairs",
"threads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microfibers",
"cords",
"ropes",
"strings",
"wires",
"yarns",
"fuzzes",
"tufts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fibbers":{
"a person who tells lies":{
"examples":[
"research that shows that children learn to become fibbers at a remarkably early age"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricators",
"fabulists",
"liars",
"prevaricators",
"storytellers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"exaggerators",
"mythomaniacs",
"calumniators",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"slanderers",
"perjurers",
"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"
]
},
"fiber":{
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
"examples":[
"a person of lesser fiber would not have spoken out against such an injustice"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"constancy",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"grittiness",
"guts",
"intestinal fortitude",
"pluck",
"spunk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determination",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolution",
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valor",
"endurance",
"forbearance",
"stamina",
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"heart",
"mettle",
"spirit",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brass",
"cheek",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"effrontery",
"gall",
"hardihood",
"nerve",
"nerviness",
"temerity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indecisiveness",
"irresoluteness",
"irresolution",
"vacillation",
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"faintheartedness",
"pusillanimity",
"timidity",
"timorousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"spinelessness"
]
},
"a thin, flexible structure that resembles a hair":{
"examples":[
"the fibers found on the victim's body came from a carpet in the suspect's home"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristle",
"filament",
"hair",
"thread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"microfiber",
"cord",
"rope",
"string",
"wire",
"yarn",
"fuzz",
"tuft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fibrous":{
"resembling or having the texture of a mass of strings":{
"examples":[
"thick, fibrous hair that was not easy to comb"
],
"synonyms":[
"stringy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"knotty",
"ropy",
"ropey",
"thready",
"sinewy",
"wiry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}