dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/man_MWT.json
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{
"man-of-war":{
"as in warship , merchantman":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manager":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"we wanted an exemption from the policy regarding refunds, but the store manager refused"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrant",
"administrator",
"archon",
"director",
"exec",
"executive",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirector",
"comanager",
"co-organizer",
"middle manager",
"boardman",
"officer",
"official",
"commissioner",
"minister",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"president"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mandates":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the committee has been given a mandate to reform the process for admitting applicants to the university"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditations",
"authorizations",
"commissions",
"delegations",
"empowerments",
"licenses",
"licences"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendations",
"consignments",
"entrustments",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"orderings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members"
],
"synonyms":[
"calls",
"commands",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"directs",
"ordains",
"orders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asks",
"petitions",
"requests",
"demands",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancels",
"countermands",
"rescinds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mandatory":{
"forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law":{
"examples":[
"the tests are mandatory for all students wishing to graduate"
],
"synonyms":[
"compulsory",
"forced",
"imperative",
"incumbent",
"involuntary",
"necessary",
"nonelective",
"obligatory",
"peremptory",
"required"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-important",
"essential",
"indispensable",
"needed",
"requisite",
"insistent",
"persistent",
"pressing",
"urgent",
"demanded",
"enforced",
"coercive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chosen",
"discretionary",
"dispensable",
"unnecessary",
"unneeded",
"unwanted",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"nonessential",
"unimportant"
],
"antonyms":[
"elective",
"optional",
"voluntary"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manes":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"maneuvered":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"maneuvered the conversation so as to avoid the touchy subject of her divorce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"related":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"took",
"treated"
]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"successfully maneuvered a way to get him to ask her to the dance"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"related":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manful":{
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
],
"examples":[
"he made the manful decision to stick by his friends when everyone else had abandoned them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"related":[
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"reassured",
"unafraid"
],
"synonyms":[
"bold",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manhandle":{
"to abuse physically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caress",
"fondle",
"pet",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"care (for)",
"foster",
"nurture"
],
"related":[
"abuse",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"roughhouse",
"wrestle",
"bash",
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"drub",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"slap",
"thrash",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"wound",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"wrong",
"ambush",
"assail",
"attack",
"clobber",
"fight",
"gang up (on)",
"hit",
"jump",
"knock",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"synonyms":[
"maltreat",
"maul",
"mishandle",
"rough (up)"
]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"care (for)",
"cherish",
"foster",
"nurture",
"baby",
"cater (to)",
"coddle",
"favor",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"related":[
"molest",
"outrage",
"violate",
"harass",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injure",
"oppress",
"persecute",
"torment",
"torture",
"burn",
"sandbag",
"victimize",
"wrong",
"beat (up)",
"mess (up)",
"rough (up)",
"work (over)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"brutalize",
"bully",
"ill-treat",
"ill-use",
"kick around",
"maltreat",
"mess over",
"mishandle",
"mistreat",
"misuse"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mania":{
"a serious mental disorder that prevents one from living a safe and normal life":{
"examples":[
"that form of mania often manifests itself in excessive and often incoherent talkativeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"aberration",
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"rage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"neurosis",
"psychosis",
"instability",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria",
"hallucinosis",
"hypomania",
"paranoia",
"schizophrenia",
"senile dementia",
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"monomania",
"obsession",
"phobia",
"abnormality",
"dementedness",
"unsoundness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lucidity",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"normality",
"soundness"
],
"antonyms":[
"mind",
"saneness",
"sanity"
]
},
"something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{
"examples":[
"his wife was baffled and amused by his mania for old comic books"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetish",
"fetich",
"fixation",
"id\u00e9e fixe",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"prepossession"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monomania",
"complex",
"hang-up",
"problem",
"trip",
"appetite",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"compulsion",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"enthusiasm",
"fascination",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"infatuation",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen",
"idiosyncrasy",
"quirk",
"bent",
"disposition",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"unconcernedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manifestation":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"a portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"avatar",
"embodier",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"externalization",
"genius",
"icon",
"ikon",
"image",
"incarnation",
"incorporation",
"instantiation",
"objectification",
"personification",
"personifier"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualization",
"concretization",
"exemplification",
"personalization",
"realization",
"substantiation",
"essence",
"quintessence",
"soul",
"archetype",
"exemplar",
"model",
"paradigm",
"pattern",
"reincarnation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manifests":{
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a frustration that is often manifested by a minor facial tic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaks",
"betrays",
"communicates",
"declares",
"demonstrates",
"displays",
"evinces",
"exposes",
"gives away",
"reveals",
"shows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"placards",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"projects"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belies",
"misrepresents",
"distorts",
"falsifies",
"garbles",
"twists",
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"conceals",
"counterfeits",
"covers",
"hides",
"masks",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"graduates of the military academies manifest , we hope, the best that this country has to offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodies",
"embodies",
"epitomizes",
"expresses",
"externalizes",
"incarnates",
"incorporates",
"instantiates",
"materializes",
"personalizes",
"personifies",
"substantiates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizes",
"concretizes",
"realizes",
"exemplifies",
"illustrates",
"images",
"objectifies",
"symbolizes",
"typifies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agendas , indexes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agendas",
"bibliographies",
"catalogues raisonn\u00e9s",
"compendiums",
"compendia",
"compilations",
"directories",
"dockets",
"enumerations",
"glossaries",
"indexes",
"indices",
"inventories",
"payrolls",
"canons",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"checklists",
"listings",
"lists",
"menus",
"registers",
"registries",
"roll calls",
"rolls",
"rosters",
"schedules",
"tables",
"calendars",
"chronologies",
"timetables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bodies , burdens":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burdens",
"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads",
"weights",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"consignments"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"manliness":{
"the set of qualities traditionally considered appropriate for or characteristic of men":{
"antonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness"
],
"examples":[
"studio executives wondered if the actor possessed the manliness expected in an action hero"
],
"near antonyms":[
"girlishness",
"femaleness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"effeminacy",
"effeteness",
"emasculation"
],
"related":[
"maleness",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"machismo",
"macho",
"manhood",
"masculinity",
"virility"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manner":{
"a distinctive way of putting ideas into words":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the former doctor writes his novels very much in the manner of someone who is used to observing the smallest details"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"address",
"delivery",
"elocution",
"archaism",
"colloquialism",
"regionalism",
"acceptation",
"connotation",
"denotation",
"expression",
"idiom"
],
"synonyms":[
"fashion",
"locution",
"mode",
"phraseology",
"style",
"tone",
"vein"
]
},
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fish and all manner of sea life on view at the aquarium"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"model",
"sample",
"specimen",
"bracket",
"bunch",
"category",
"division",
"family",
"grade",
"group",
"grouping",
"lot",
"persuasion",
"rank(s)",
"set",
"suite"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"class",
"description",
"feather",
"genre",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"kind",
"like",
"nature",
"order",
"sort",
"species",
"strain",
"stripe",
"type",
"variety"
]
},
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the young man's impeccable manners are an unmistakable sign of a good upbringing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"mien",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"formalities",
"protocol",
"rules",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"polish",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style"
],
"synonyms":[
"etiquette",
"form",
"mores",
"proprieties"
]
},
"the means or procedure for doing something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you happened to reach the correct answer, but the manner by which you solved the problem was all wrong"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"mode",
"modus operandi",
"blueprint",
"design",
"game",
"game plan",
"ground plan",
"intrigue",
"layout",
"line",
"model",
"plan",
"plot",
"program",
"route",
"scheme",
"expedient",
"move",
"shift",
"step",
"practice",
"practise",
"process",
"routine",
"policy"
],
"synonyms":[
"approach",
"fashion",
"form",
"how",
"method",
"methodology",
"recipe",
"strategy",
"style",
"system",
"tack",
"tactics",
"technique",
"way"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannerliness":{
"speech or behavior that is a sign of good breeding":{
"examples":[
"the elderly gentleman comported himself with old-world, old-school mannerliness"
],
"synonyms":[
"civility",
"courteousness",
"courtesy",
"genteelness",
"gentility",
"graciousness",
"politeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentiveness",
"consideration",
"thoughtfulness",
"ceremonialness",
"ceremoniousness",
"ceremony",
"formality",
"chivalrousness",
"chivalry",
"courtliness",
"gallantry",
"gentlemanliness",
"knighthood",
"knightliness",
"breeding",
"manners",
"suaveness",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity",
"elegance",
"refinement",
"deference",
"respect",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"gentilesse",
"polish",
"politesse",
"propriety",
"respectability",
"seemliness",
"affability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"hospitality",
"sociability",
"felicitousness",
"gracefulness",
"humility",
"meekness",
"modesty",
"shyness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audaciousness",
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"brassiness",
"disrespect",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"insolence",
"sauciness",
"shamelessness",
"boorishness",
"churlishness",
"clownishness",
"loutishness",
"vulgarity",
"casualness",
"informality",
"delinquency",
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappropriateness",
"incorrectness",
"indecency",
"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"arrogance",
"conceit",
"presumption",
"pretentiousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteousness",
"discourtesy",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manslayers":{
"a person who kills another person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Cain has the distinction of being the Bible's first and most infamous manslayer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hit men",
"torpedoes",
"triggermen",
"butchers",
"executioners",
"massacrers",
"slaughterers",
"slayers",
"murderesses"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassins",
"cutthroats",
"homicides",
"killers",
"murderers"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mantle":{
"a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back":{
"examples":[
"a long black velvet mantle"
],
"synonyms":[
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantelet",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that covers or conceals like a piece of cloth":{
"examples":[
"the mantle of secrecy that surrounds the operations of the organization's hierarchy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blanket",
"cloak",
"cope",
"cover",
"cover-up",
"covering",
"coverture",
"curtain",
"hood",
"mask",
"pall",
"penumbra",
"robe",
"shroud",
"veil",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blind",
"concealer",
"screen",
"shield",
"fig leaf",
"Potemkin village",
"Trojan horse",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"facade",
"fa\u00e7ade",
"face",
"veneer",
"gloss",
"varnish"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosom",
"bower",
"circumfuse",
"cocoon",
"embosom",
"embower",
"embrace",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"enfold",
"enshroud",
"enswathe",
"envelop",
"enwrap",
"invest",
"involve",
"lap",
"muffle",
"shroud",
"swathe",
"veil",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtain",
"drape",
"embed",
"imbed",
"encase",
"swaddle",
"blanket",
"overlay",
"overspread",
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask",
"circle",
"encircle",
"enlace",
"enwind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"denude",
"expose",
"strip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mantled":{
"as in covered , overgrown":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to surround or cover closely":{
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"examples":[
"early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bared",
"denuded",
"exposed",
"stripped",
"stript"
],
"related":[
"curtained",
"draped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"encased",
"swaddled",
"blanketed",
"overlaid",
"overspread",
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked",
"circled",
"encircled",
"enlaced",
"enwound"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosomed",
"bowered",
"circumfused",
"cocooned",
"embosomed",
"embowered",
"embraced",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"enfolded",
"enshrouded",
"enswathed",
"enveloped",
"enwrapped",
"invested",
"involved",
"lapped",
"muffled",
"shrouded",
"swathed",
"veiled",
"wrapped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"manufacturing":{
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"the company manufactures appliances and electronics"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"framing",
"making",
"producing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembling",
"building",
"constructing",
"erecting",
"making up",
"putting up",
"raising",
"rearing",
"setting up",
"structuring",
"throwing up",
"crafting",
"handcrafting",
"hewing",
"forging",
"molding",
"shaping",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"knocking out",
"patching (together)",
"throwing up",
"prefabricating",
"creating",
"inventing",
"minting",
"originating",
"establishing",
"fathering",
"instituting",
"organizing",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"designing",
"devising",
"imagining",
"thinking (up)",
"conceiving",
"envisaging",
"picturing",
"visualizing",
"refashioning",
"remaking",
"remanufacturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembling",
"dismantling",
"taking apart",
"breaking up",
"dismembering",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"eradicating",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"flattening",
"pulverizing",
"razing",
"ruining",
"shattering",
"smashing",
"wrecking",
"blowing up",
"exploding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocting",
"constructing",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"drumming up",
"excogitating",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"thinking (up)",
"trumping up",
"vamping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coining",
"designing",
"hatching",
"producing",
"daydreaming",
"dreaming",
"fantasizing",
"conceiving",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"visioning",
"visualizing",
"ad-libbing",
"extemporizing",
"improvising"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"reduplicating",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"man Fridays":{
"as in right hands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"right hands",
"gal Fridays",
"girl Fridays",
"aides-de-camp",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"help",
"hirelings",
"laborers",
"swampers",
"workers",
"auxiliaries",
"legmen",
"subordinates",
"underlings",
"attendants",
"handmaidens",
"handmaids",
"maids",
"maidservants",
"scullions",
"servants",
"adjuncts",
"adjutants",
"aides",
"aids",
"apprentices",
"assistants",
"coadjutors",
"deputies",
"helpers",
"helpmates",
"helpmeets",
"lieutenants",
"mates",
"sidekicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manicures":{
"as in trims , prunes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mana":{
"as in karma":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"karma",
"\u00e9lan vital",
"life",
"lifeblood",
"Shakti",
"Sakti",
"world soul",
"inner light",
"light",
"nature",
"orgone",
"soul",
"spirit",
"aura",
"chi",
"ch'i",
"qi",
"energy",
"ki",
"vibe(s)",
"vibration(s)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manacle(s)":{
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"manacles prevented the bear from roaming beyond a very small area"
],
"synonyms":[
"band",
"bind",
"bond",
"bracelet",
"chain",
"cuff(s)",
"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"shackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"constraint",
"curb",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"hindrance",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"entanglement",
"net",
"trammel",
"trap",
"collar",
"straitjacket",
"straightjacket",
"fastener",
"hobble",
"hold",
"hold-down",
"holding",
"tie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"manacled the prisoner to the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"chains",
"enchains",
"enfetters",
"fetters",
"gyves",
"handcuffs",
"pinions",
"shackles",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bits",
"hobbles",
"hog-ties",
"irons",
"lashes",
"secures",
"ties",
"trusses",
"attaches",
"fastens",
"joins",
"links",
"confines",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"hampers",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"limits",
"restricts",
"entangles",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"looses",
"releases",
"rescues",
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"untangles",
"unties",
"detaches",
"disengages"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinds",
"unfetters",
"unshackles"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogs",
"cramps",
"embarrasses",
"encumbers",
"fetters",
"hampers",
"handcuffs",
"handicaps",
"hinders",
"hobbles",
"hog-ties",
"holds back",
"holds up",
"impedes",
"inhibits",
"interferes (with)",
"obstructs",
"shackles",
"short-circuits",
"stymies",
"ties up",
"trammels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balks",
"checks",
"constrains",
"curbs",
"reins",
"restrains",
"binds",
"chains",
"halters",
"leashes",
"tethers",
"ties",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"delays",
"retains",
"retards",
"barricades",
"blockades",
"blocks",
"roadblocks",
"bogs (down)",
"mires",
"chokes",
"smothers",
"stifles",
"strangles",
"suffocates",
"baffles",
"foils",
"frustrates",
"stumps",
"thwarts",
"derails",
"disrupts",
"sabotages",
"muzzles",
"represses",
"suppresses",
"confines",
"hedges (in)",
"hems (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"makes way",
"opens",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"unties",
"loosens",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"encourages",
"furthers",
"promotes"
],
"antonyms":[
"aids",
"assists",
"facilitates",
"helps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"manumission":{
"the act of setting free from slavery":{
"examples":[
"the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"freeing",
"liberation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliverance",
"redemption",
"salvation",
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-government",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondage",
"serfdom",
"servitude",
"thralldom",
"thraldom",
"yoke",
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"conquest",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"enslavement"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manlike":{
"of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men":{
"examples":[
"hoisted the duffel bag and heaved it over the railing with a humorous, manlike grunt"
],
"synonyms":[
"male",
"man-size",
"man-sized",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho",
"ultramasculine",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"Amazonian",
"butch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"metrosexual",
"unmacho",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"emasculated",
"impotent",
"weakened",
"androgynous",
"neuter"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
]
},
"having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman":{
"examples":[
"all the little girls at the lunch table laughed uproariously when one of them emitted a manlike belch"
],
"synonyms":[
"hoydenish",
"mannish",
"tomboyish",
"unfeminine",
"unladylike",
"unwomanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gentlemanly",
"male",
"manly",
"masculine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"unmasculine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"distaff",
"petticoat"
],
"antonyms":[
"female",
"feminine",
"ladylike",
"womanly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"maneuvered (around)":{
"as in faked out , pump-faked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dodged",
"evaded",
"sidestepped",
"slipped",
"deked",
"faked",
"faked out",
"juked",
"pump-faked",
"stutter-stepped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manifestos":{
"a written statement that describes the policies, goals, and opinions of a person or group":{
"examples":[
"The group's manifesto focused on helping the poor and stopping violence."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"announcements",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"bulls",
"decrees",
"diktats",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rescripts",
"rulings",
"ukases",
"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"verdicts",
"canons",
"encyclicals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manumitted":{
"as in emancipated , freed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"redeemed",
"released",
"freeborn",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"empowered",
"enfranchised",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree",
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharged",
"disenthralled",
"disenthraled",
"emancipated",
"enfranchised",
"enlarged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bailed (out)",
"delivered",
"paroled",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"saved",
"disembarrassed",
"disencumbered",
"disengaged",
"disentangled",
"extricated",
"unshackled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"committed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"locked (up)",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"subdued",
"subjugated"
],
"antonyms":[
"bound",
"confined",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"restrained"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"mandate":{
"the granting of power to perform various acts or duties":{
"examples":[
"the committee has been given a mandate to reform the process for admitting applicants to the university"
],
"synonyms":[
"accreditation",
"authorization",
"commission",
"delegation",
"empowerment",
"license",
"licence"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commendation",
"consignment",
"entrustment",
"facilitation",
"fostering",
"promotion",
"commanding",
"directing",
"ordering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members"
],
"synonyms":[
"call",
"command",
"decree",
"dictate",
"direct",
"ordain",
"order"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ask",
"petition",
"request",
"demand",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cancel",
"countermand",
"rescind"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"manifestoes":{
"a written statement that describes the policies, goals, and opinions of a person or group":{
"examples":[
"The group's manifesto focused on helping the poor and stopping violence."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"announcements",
"declarations",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"proclamations",
"pronouncements",
"bulls",
"decrees",
"diktats",
"directives",
"edicts",
"fiats",
"rescripts",
"rulings",
"ukases",
"calls",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"deliverances",
"determinations",
"diagnoses",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"verdicts",
"canons",
"encyclicals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannerless":{
"as in rude , discourteous":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discourteous",
"impolite",
"misleared",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"ungracious",
"unmannerly",
"doltish",
"oafish",
"stupid",
"awkward",
"ungainly",
"beastly",
"bestial",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"coarse",
"ill-bred",
"uncultivated",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"unsophisticated",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"classless",
"cloddish",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"couth",
"cultivated",
"polished",
"refined",
"sophisticated",
"well-bred",
"classy",
"courtly",
"genteel",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"civil",
"courteous",
"polite"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mandible":{
"as in maxilla , maw":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maw",
"maxilla",
"muzzle",
"mouth",
"beak",
"bill",
"neb",
"nib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mandating":{
"as in prescription , decreeing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"commandment",
"decreeing",
"ordering",
"prescription",
"approval",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"permission",
"sanctioning",
"passing",
"ratification",
"formalization",
"legalization",
"legitimation",
"legitimization",
"validation",
"establishment",
"founding",
"institution",
"enactment",
"legislation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"abolishment",
"abolition",
"abrogation",
"annulment",
"avoidance",
"cancellation",
"cancelation",
"defeasance",
"dissolution",
"invalidation",
"negation",
"nullification",
"quashing",
"repeal",
"rescindment",
"voiding",
"abortion",
"calling off",
"recall",
"countermand",
"override",
"overruling",
"overturn",
"veto"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to request the doing of by virtue of one's authority":{
"examples":[
"the president of the sports league has mandated drug testing for all active members"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"commanding",
"decreeing",
"dictating",
"directing",
"ordaining",
"ordering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asking",
"petitioning",
"requesting",
"demanding",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canceling",
"cancelling",
"countermanding",
"rescinding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"manners":{
"personal conduct or behavior as evaluated by an accepted standard of appropriateness for a social or professional setting":{
"examples":[
"the young man's impeccable manners are an unmistakable sign of a good upbringing"
],
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"etiquette",
"form",
"mores",
"proprieties"
],
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"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"bearing",
"demeanor",
"deportment",
"mien",
"courtesy",
"decorum",
"mannerliness",
"politeness",
"formalities",
"protocol",
"rules",
"air",
"attitude",
"carriage",
"poise",
"polish",
"pose",
"posture",
"presence",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"trick",
"way",
"wont",
"convention",
"fashion",
"mode",
"style"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manufacture":{
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"the company manufactures appliances and electronics"
],
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"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"make",
"produce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemble",
"build",
"construct",
"erect",
"make up",
"put up",
"raise",
"rear",
"set up",
"structure",
"throw up",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"hew",
"forge",
"mold",
"shape",
"cobble (together or up)",
"knock out",
"patch (together)",
"throw up",
"prefabricate",
"create",
"invent",
"mint",
"originate",
"establish",
"father",
"institute",
"organize",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"design",
"devise",
"imagine",
"think (up)",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"picture",
"visualize",
"refashion",
"remake",
"remanufacture"
],
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"disassemble",
"dismantle",
"take apart",
"break up",
"dismember",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"eradicate",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"flatten",
"pulverize",
"raze",
"ruin",
"shatter",
"smash",
"wreck",
"blow up",
"explode"
],
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},
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late"
],
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"concoct",
"construct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"drum up",
"excogitate",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"think (up)",
"trump up",
"vamp (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coin",
"design",
"hatch",
"produce",
"daydream",
"dream",
"fantasize",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"envision",
"imagine",
"picture",
"vision",
"visualize",
"ad-lib",
"extemporize",
"improvise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"reduplicate",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in production , printing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"printing",
"production",
"coming out",
"issuing",
"publication",
"publishing",
"putting out",
"release",
"syndication",
"broadcasting",
"circulation",
"dissemination",
"distribution",
"propagation",
"spread",
"transmission",
"advertising",
"announcement",
"annunciation",
"communication",
"declaration",
"enunciation",
"notification",
"proclamation",
"promotion",
"promulgation",
"propaganda",
"publicity",
"advent",
"appearance",
"arrival",
"debut",
"d\u00e9but",
"emergence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censorship",
"suppression"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"manipulating":{
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
"examples":[
"the con man would slyly manipulate the emotions of his marks in order to win their sympathy and trust"
],
"synonyms":[
"exploiting",
"playing (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finagling",
"jockeying",
"maneuvering",
"beguiling",
"bluffing",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"kidding",
"shanghaiing",
"snowing",
"taking in",
"tricking",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"arranging",
"contriving",
"devising",
"finessing",
"masterminding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"conning",
"defrauding",
"fleecing",
"hustling",
"swindling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"spin doctors manipulating the data to make it seem more favorable to their preferred candidates"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"maneuvering",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"manipulated the schedule of presidential primaries so that the choice of the party elders would win the nomination"
],
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"contriving",
"engineering",
"finagling",
"finessing",
"framing",
"machinating",
"maneuvering",
"masterminding",
"negotiating",
"wangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"angling (for)",
"compassing",
"intriguing",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"conniving",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"hatching",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"conducting",
"directing",
"handling",
"managing",
"quarterbacking",
"running",
"gerrymandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fumbling",
"gumming (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mantelets":{
"as in pelerines , pelisses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"manteaus",
"mantles",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mankind":{
"the human race":{
"examples":[
"all of mankind stands to gain if world peace is ever achieved"
],
"synonyms":[
"Homo sapiens",
"humanity",
"humankind",
"man"
],
"near synonyms":[
"being",
"body",
"creature",
"fellowman",
"human",
"individual",
"mortal",
"party",
"person"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mangle":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"bollix (up)",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manna":{
"a source of great satisfaction":{
"examples":[
"the announcement that there would be a sequel was manna to the many fans of the original movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectation",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"joy",
"kick",
"pleasure",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"recreation",
"comfort",
"relief",
"solace",
"gratification",
"indulgence",
"ambrosia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
"examples":[
"the company's holiday bonus was especially welcome manna this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"benediction",
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"windfall"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grace",
"mercy",
"favor",
"kindness",
"mitzvah",
"advantage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"gift",
"help",
"relief",
"support",
"anodyne",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"bonus",
"extra",
"lagniappe",
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"bother",
"irritant",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"disadvantage",
"cross",
"misery",
"trial",
"tribulation"
],
"antonyms":[
"affliction",
"bane",
"curse",
"evil",
"plague",
"scourge"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manfully":{
"in a fearless manner":{
"examples":[
"manfully accepted the responsibility of raising his deceased sister's children"
],
"synonyms":[
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly",
"adventurously",
"audaciously",
"daringly",
"hardily",
"venturesomely",
"venturously",
"self-confidently",
"crazily",
"foolishly",
"insanely",
"brashly",
"brazenly",
"foolhardily",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"impetuously",
"imprudently",
"impulsively",
"incautiously",
"overconfidently",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"thoughtlessly",
"wildly",
"hastily",
"precipitately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"antonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"manufacturers":{
"a person or business that manufactures something (such as a product)":{
"examples":[
"The company is a leading manufacturer of farm equipment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"creators",
"factories",
"manufactories",
"mills",
"plants",
"shops",
"works",
"workshops",
"distributors",
"providers",
"provisioners",
"purveyors",
"suppliers",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"mechanics",
"operatives",
"shapers",
"smiths",
"wrights",
"craftswomen",
"journeymen",
"masters",
"handymen",
"handypeople",
"workmen",
"artificers",
"artisans",
"crafters",
"craftsmen",
"craftspeople",
"handcraftsmen",
"handicrafters",
"handicraftsmen",
"handworkers",
"tradesmen",
"architects",
"engineers",
"masterminds",
"artists",
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"authors",
"begetters",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators",
"sires"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manufactured":{
"as in fabricated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"artificial",
"man-made",
"nonnatural",
"synthetic",
"cultivated",
"processed",
"refined",
"industrial",
"mechanical",
"ersatz",
"faux",
"imitation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"crude",
"raw"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring into being by combining, shaping, or transforming materials":{
"examples":[
"the company manufactures appliances and electronics"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"fashioned",
"formed",
"framed",
"made",
"produced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembled",
"built",
"constructed",
"erected",
"made up",
"put up",
"raised",
"reared",
"set up",
"structured",
"threw up",
"crafted",
"handcrafted",
"hewed",
"forged",
"molded",
"shaped",
"cobbled (together or up)",
"knocked out",
"patched (together)",
"threw up",
"prefabricated",
"created",
"invented",
"minted",
"originated",
"established",
"fathered",
"instituted",
"organized",
"concocted",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"designed",
"devised",
"imagined",
"thought (up)",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"pictured",
"visualized",
"refashioned",
"remade",
"remanufactured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disassembled",
"dismantled",
"took apart",
"broke up",
"dismembered",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"flattened",
"pulverized",
"razed",
"ruined",
"shattered",
"smashed",
"wrecked",
"blew up",
"exploded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"he manufactured some story about how his car broke down and he was unable to call home and let anyone know that he would be late"
],
"synonyms":[
"concocted",
"constructed",
"contrived",
"cooked (up)",
"devised",
"drummed up",
"excogitated",
"fabricated",
"invented",
"made up",
"thought (up)",
"trumped up",
"vamped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coined",
"designed",
"hatched",
"produced",
"daydreamed",
"dreamed",
"dreamt",
"fantasized",
"conceived",
"envisaged",
"envisioned",
"imagined",
"pictured",
"visioned",
"visualized",
"ad-libbed",
"extemporized",
"improvised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloned",
"copied",
"copycatted",
"duplicated",
"imitated",
"mimicked",
"reduplicated",
"replicated",
"reproduced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"maneuver":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"maneuvered the conversation so as to avoid the touchy subject of her divorce"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"successfully maneuvered a way to get him to ask her to the dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrive",
"engineer",
"finagle",
"finesse",
"frame",
"machinate",
"manipulate",
"mastermind",
"negotiate",
"wangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrange",
"concert",
"conclude",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"angle (for)",
"compass",
"intrigue",
"plot",
"scheme",
"connive",
"brew",
"concoct",
"cook (up)",
"hatch",
"captain",
"command",
"conduct",
"direct",
"handle",
"manage",
"quarterback",
"run",
"gerrymander"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"flub",
"fumble",
"gum (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in attack , assault":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"march",
"offensive",
"bandwagon",
"blitz",
"campaign",
"cause",
"crusade",
"drive",
"juggernaut",
"movement",
"push",
"action",
"bid",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"mission",
"project",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ruse , subterfuge":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"contrivance",
"ruse",
"subterfuge",
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"craft",
"crookery",
"cunning",
"deception",
"dupery",
"duplicity",
"fakery",
"jugglery",
"legerdemain",
"skulduggery",
"skullduggery",
"subterfuge",
"swindling",
"trickery",
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"blind",
"front",
"smoke screen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"maniac":{
"a person judged to be legally or medically insane":{
"examples":[
"they should permanently put away the maniac who is responsible for these kidnappings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bug",
"crackbrain",
"crazy",
"fool",
"fruitcake",
"head case",
"loon",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"nutter",
"psycho",
"psychopath",
"sickie",
"sicko",
"wacko",
"whacko"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madman",
"abnormal",
"deviant",
"monomaniac",
"mythomaniac",
"neurotic",
"obsessive",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoid",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopath",
"character",
"codger",
"crack",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"eccentric",
"fantastic",
"flake",
"kook",
"oddball",
"oddity",
"original",
"quiz",
"screwball",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weirdo",
"zany",
"case",
"patient"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"I'm a maniac for anything flavored with peppermint"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fiend",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mantilla":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"a beautiful Spanish lady with a lace mantilla"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushka",
"bandanna",
"bandana",
"do-rag",
"handkerchief",
"kerchief",
"madras"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawl",
"hankie",
"hanky"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manufactories":{
"a building or set of buildings for the manufacturing of goods":{
"examples":[
"recent years have seen a tremendous growth in manufactories all along the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"factories",
"mills",
"plants",
"shops",
"works",
"workshops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sweatshops",
"ateliers",
"studios",
"workplaces",
"workrooms",
"yards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manhoods":{
"the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men":{
"examples":[
"a society that highly values manhood and courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"machismo",
"macho",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maleness",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"girlishness",
"femaleness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"effeminacy",
"effeteness",
"emasculation"
],
"antonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mandarin":{
"a worker in a government agency":{
"examples":[
"the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms"
],
"synonyms":[
"bureaucrat",
"civil servant",
"functionary",
"public servant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clerk",
"officeholder",
"official",
"officiary",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"hireling",
"jobholder",
"underling",
"worker"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manuals":{
"a book used for instruction in a subject":{
"examples":[
"an owner's manual comes with the camera"
],
"synonyms":[
"handbooks",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"schoolbooks",
"grammars",
"readers",
"spellers",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"dictionaries",
"lexica",
"lexicons",
"vocabularies",
"wordbooks",
"casebooks",
"encyclopedias",
"references",
"bibles",
"guidebooks",
"guides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manifesting":{
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a frustration that is often manifested by a minor facial tic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaking",
"betraying",
"communicating",
"declaring",
"demonstrating",
"displaying",
"evincing",
"exposing",
"giving away",
"revealing",
"showing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"placarding",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"projecting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belying",
"misrepresenting",
"distorting",
"falsifying",
"garbling",
"twisting",
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"concealing",
"counterfeiting",
"covering",
"hiding",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"graduates of the military academies manifest , we hope, the best that this country has to offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodying",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"expressing",
"externalizing",
"incarnating",
"incorporating",
"instantiating",
"materializing",
"personalizing",
"personifying",
"substantiating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizing",
"concretizing",
"realizing",
"exemplifying",
"illustrating",
"imaging",
"objectifying",
"symbolizing",
"typifying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"managers":{
"a person who manages or directs something":{
"examples":[
"we wanted an exemption from the policy regarding refunds, but the store manager refused"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrants",
"administrators",
"archons",
"directors",
"execs",
"executives",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near synonyms":[
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"middle managers",
"boardmen",
"officers",
"officials",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manslayer":{
"a person who kills another person":{
"examples":[
"Cain has the distinction of being the Bible's first and most infamous manslayer"
],
"synonyms":[
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"homicide",
"killer",
"murderer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bravo",
"hit man",
"torpedo",
"triggerman",
"butcher",
"executioner",
"massacrer",
"slaughterer",
"slayer",
"murderess"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mangled":{
"as in damaged , mutilated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"damaged",
"defaced",
"disintegrated",
"dynamited",
"mutilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"pulverized",
"ruinate",
"ruined",
"wrecked",
"eradicated",
"exterminated",
"extirpated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"collapsed",
"imploded",
"breakable",
"brittle",
"delicate",
"fragile",
"frail",
"frangible",
"cracked",
"slivered",
"splintered",
"split",
"blasted",
"detonated",
"exploded",
"broken",
"busted",
"fractured",
"fragmented",
"shattered",
"smashed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbroken",
"fixed",
"healed",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"repaired",
"infrangible",
"unbreakable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"boggled",
"bollixed (up)",
"booted",
"botched",
"buggered (up)",
"bumbled",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"dubbed",
"flubbed",
"fluffed",
"foozled",
"fouled up",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mucked up",
"muffed",
"murdered",
"screwed up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"gummed (up)",
"muddled",
"piffled",
"blemished",
"blighted",
"damaged",
"flawed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"mutilated",
"ruined",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"vitiated",
"destroyed",
"wrecked",
"mishandled",
"mismanaged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"helped",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"rectified",
"refined",
"reformed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"fixed",
"patched",
"reconditioned",
"renovated",
"repaired",
"revamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"manipulative":{
"as in deceptive , hypocritical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"two-faced",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"flattering",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth",
"sycophantic",
"unctuous",
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"feigned",
"forced",
"strained",
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unstudied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mansions":{
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"castles",
"ch\u00e2teaus",
"ch\u00e2teaux",
"estates",
"haciendas",
"halls",
"manor houses",
"manors",
"manses",
"palaces",
"villas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplaces",
"abodes",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"housings",
"nests",
"quarters",
"residencies",
"roofs",
"great houses",
"country houses",
"countryseats",
"aeries",
"penthouses",
"salons",
"suites",
"town houses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manhandling":{
"to abuse physically":{
"examples":[
"charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters"
],
"synonyms":[
"maltreating",
"mauling",
"mishandling",
"roughing (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"roughhousing",
"wrestling",
"bashing",
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"drubbing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"slapping",
"thrashing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"wounding",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"wronging",
"ambushing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"clobbering",
"fighting",
"ganging up (on)",
"hitting",
"jumping",
"knocking",
"tormenting",
"torturing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caressing",
"fondling",
"petting",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"caring (for)",
"fostering",
"nurturing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"brutalizing",
"bullying",
"ill-treating",
"ill-using",
"kicking around",
"maltreating",
"messing over",
"mishandling",
"mistreating",
"misusing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molesting",
"outraging",
"violating",
"harassing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"injuring",
"oppressing",
"persecuting",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"burning",
"sandbagging",
"victimizing",
"wronging",
"beating (up)",
"messing (up)",
"roughing (up)",
"working (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"cherishing",
"fostering",
"nurturing",
"babying",
"catering (to)",
"coddling",
"favoring",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manacling":{
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"manacled the prisoner to the wall"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"chaining",
"enchaining",
"enfettering",
"fettering",
"gyving",
"handcuffing",
"pinioning",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"ironing",
"lashing",
"securing",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"joining",
"linking",
"confining",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"hampering",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"limiting",
"restricting",
"entangling",
"tangling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"rescuing",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"detaching",
"disengaging"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unfettering",
"unshackling"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations"
],
"synonyms":[
"clogging",
"cramping",
"embarrassing",
"encumbering",
"fettering",
"hampering",
"handcuffing",
"handicapping",
"hindering",
"hobbling",
"hog-tying",
"holding back",
"holding up",
"impeding",
"inhibiting",
"interfering (with)",
"obstructing",
"shackling",
"short-circuiting",
"stymieing",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"tying up",
"tieing up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balking",
"checking",
"constraining",
"curbing",
"reining",
"restraining",
"binding",
"chaining",
"haltering",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"tying",
"tieing",
"arresting",
"braking",
"delaying",
"retaining",
"retarding",
"barricading",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"roadblocking",
"bogging (down)",
"miring",
"choking",
"smothering",
"stifling",
"strangling",
"suffocating",
"baffling",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"stumping",
"thwarting",
"derailing",
"disrupting",
"sabotaging",
"muzzling",
"repressing",
"suppressing",
"confining",
"hedging (in)",
"hemming (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"making way",
"opening",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"untying",
"untieing",
"loosening",
"smoothing",
"encouraging",
"furthering",
"promoting"
],
"antonyms":[
"aiding",
"assisting",
"facilitating",
"helping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"man on horseback":{
"a person who uses power or authority in a cruel, unjust, or harmful way":{
"examples":[
"Their leader was a man on horseback who didn't actually care about the people he ruled."
],
"synonyms":[
"caesar",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"oppressor",
"pharaoh",
"strongman",
"tyrannizer",
"tyrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"autarch",
"autocrat",
"monocrat",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"paramount",
"potentate",
"totalitarian",
"caudillo",
"overlord",
"warlord",
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"dominator",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"master",
"overlord",
"ruler",
"king",
"lord",
"monarch",
"prince",
"queen",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"tycoon",
"disciplinarian",
"discipliner",
"enforcer",
"martinet",
"taskmaster"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"man Friday":{
"as in right hand":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"right hand",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"aide-de-camp",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate",
"sidekick"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannish":{
"of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men":{
"examples":[
"a woman with a somewhat mannish gait"
],
"synonyms":[
"male",
"man-size",
"man-sized",
"manlike",
"manly",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho",
"ultramasculine",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"Amazonian",
"butch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"metrosexual",
"unmacho",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"emasculated",
"impotent",
"weakened",
"androgynous",
"neuter"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
]
},
"having qualities or traits that are traditionally considered inappropriate for a girl or woman":{
"examples":[
"worked on the assembly line wearing a T-shirt and mannish overalls"
],
"synonyms":[
"hoydenish",
"manlike",
"tomboyish",
"unfeminine",
"unladylike",
"unwomanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gentlemanly",
"male",
"manly",
"masculine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"unmasculine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"distaff",
"petticoat"
],
"antonyms":[
"female",
"feminine",
"ladylike",
"womanly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manly":{
"of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men":{
"examples":[
"a manly deep voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"male",
"man-size",
"man-sized",
"manlike",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho",
"ultramasculine",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"Amazonian",
"butch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"metrosexual",
"unmacho",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"emasculated",
"impotent",
"weakened",
"androgynous",
"neuter"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"man of letters":{
"a person who creates a written work":{
"examples":[
"Shakespeare is widely renowned as one of the greatest men of letters ever to have lived."
],
"synonyms":[
"author",
"litterateur",
"litt\u00e9rateur",
"pen",
"penman",
"scribe",
"scrivener",
"writer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"auteur",
"belletrist",
"belle-lettrist",
"stylist",
"wordsmith",
"coauthor",
"coscenarist",
"cowriter",
"ghostwriter",
"hack",
"hatchet man",
"scribbler",
"wordmonger",
"biographer",
"hagiographer",
"autobiographer",
"memoirist",
"memorialist",
"fabulist",
"fictioneer",
"fictionist",
"novelist",
"romancer",
"storyteller",
"essayist",
"pamphleteer",
"satirist",
"dramatist",
"playwright",
"scenarist",
"screenwriter",
"scriptwriter",
"prosaist",
"prosateur",
"proser",
"bard",
"poet",
"rhymer",
"versifier",
"blogger",
"columnist",
"journalist",
"newspaperman",
"paragrapher",
"reporter",
"sportswriter"
],
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"antonyms":[
"nonauthor"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"man-made":{
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
"examples":[
"man-made diamonds that were really just glass"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"unauthentic",
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"manipulated",
"tampered (with)",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real"
]
},
"produced by humans rather than natural processes":{
"examples":[
"the houses in the new development are built around a man-made lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"artificial",
"nonnatural",
"synthetic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fabricated",
"manufactured",
"cultivated",
"processed",
"refined",
"industrial",
"mechanical",
"ersatz",
"faux",
"imitation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crude",
"raw"
],
"antonyms":[
"natural"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manage":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"as usual, she managed the crisis with a minimum of fuss"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"field",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"managed a household and a business simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer",
"administrate",
"carry on",
"conduct",
"control",
"direct",
"govern",
"guide",
"handle",
"keep",
"operate",
"overlook",
"oversee",
"preside (over)",
"regulate",
"run",
"steward",
"superintend",
"supervise",
"tend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"care (for)",
"mind",
"watch",
"lead",
"pilot",
"steer",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"micromanage",
"stage-manage",
"codirect",
"comanage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"it'll be hard for a few weeks, but we'll manage"
],
"synonyms":[
"cope",
"do",
"fare",
"get along",
"get by",
"get on",
"make out",
"shift"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carry on",
"contrive",
"scrape (by or through)",
"scrounge",
"last",
"survive",
"eke out",
"scrape (out)",
"squeeze",
"wrest",
"wring",
"afford",
"swing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fail",
"fall short",
"fizzle",
"flounder",
"decline",
"peter (out)",
"slump",
"wane",
"give up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mannered":{
"as in self-conscious , pretentious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"exaggerated",
"pretentious",
"self-conscious",
"studied",
"unnatural",
"conspicuous",
"elaborate",
"flamboyant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"overacted",
"overdone",
"sensational",
"staged",
"actorish",
"actorly",
"actressy",
"dramatic",
"hammy",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"stagy",
"stagey",
"theatrical",
"theatric"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undramatic",
"nondramatic",
"nontheatrical",
"unaffected",
"underplayed",
"unpretentious",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"conservative",
"discreet",
"inconspicuous",
"modest",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manor":{
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"the old family manor has 117 rooms"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor house",
"manse",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"many":{
"being of a large but indefinite number":{
"examples":[
"a journey of many miles begins with a single step"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaucoup",
"legion",
"multifold",
"multiple",
"multiplex",
"multitudinous",
"numerous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"countless",
"innumerable",
"numberless",
"uncountable",
"unnumbered",
"untold",
"several",
"some",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"sundry",
"various",
"divers",
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad"
],
"near antonyms":[
"countable",
"limited"
],
"antonyms":[
"few"
]
},
"as in number":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"number",
"body",
"portion",
"coefficient",
"degree",
"amount",
"measure",
"quantity",
"quantum",
"volume"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"manumits":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharges",
"disenthralls",
"disenthrals",
"emancipates",
"enfranchises",
"enlarges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"loosens",
"looses",
"releases",
"springs",
"unbinds",
"uncages",
"unchains",
"unfetters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bails (out)",
"delivers",
"paroles",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"saves",
"disembarrasses",
"disencumbers",
"disengages",
"disentangles",
"extricates",
"unshackles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuffs",
"manacles",
"shackles",
"trammels",
"commits",
"immures",
"imprisons",
"incarcerates",
"interns",
"jails",
"locks (up)",
"conquers",
"enslaves",
"subdues",
"subjugates"
],
"antonyms":[
"binds",
"confines",
"enchains",
"fetters",
"restrains"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manumissions":{
"the act of setting free from slavery":{
"examples":[
"the official manumission of the slaves came after the Civil War"
],
"synonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deliverances",
"redemptions",
"salvations",
"autonomies",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"independencies",
"liberties",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bondages",
"serfdoms",
"servitudes",
"thralldoms",
"thraldoms",
"yokes",
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"conquests",
"subjugations"
],
"antonyms":[
"enslavements"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manservant":{
"a man employed in the home of a wealthy person to perform various household or personal services":{
"examples":[
"The loyal manservant earned the trust of the emperor."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"butler",
"footman",
"groom",
"houseboy",
"houseman",
"majordomo",
"man",
"servitor",
"valet",
"daily",
"domestic",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"lackey",
"menial",
"retainer",
"servant",
"steward",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"housekeeper",
"housemaid",
"lady-in-waiting",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"wench",
"woman",
"assistant",
"attendant",
"companion",
"factotum",
"follower",
"dogsbody",
"drudge",
"gofer",
"gopher"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boss",
"captain",
"chief",
"foreman",
"head",
"headman",
"helmsman",
"kingpin",
"leader",
"taskmaster",
"master",
"mistress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manhood":{
"the set of qualities considered appropriate for or characteristic of men":{
"examples":[
"a society that highly values manhood and courage"
],
"synonyms":[
"machismo",
"macho",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maleness",
"boyishness",
"mannishness",
"tomboyishness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"girlishness",
"femaleness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"effeminacy",
"effeteness",
"emasculation"
],
"antonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manpower":{
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"we're a little short on manpower today, so we'll need you to do some extra tasks"
],
"synonyms":[
"force",
"help",
"labor force",
"personnel",
"pool",
"staff",
"workforce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"proletariat",
"rank and file",
"band",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"employee",
"employe",
"helper",
"hireling",
"worker",
"blood",
"support"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manifest":{
"not subject to misinterpretation or more than one interpretation":{
"examples":[
"despite his manifest lack of leadership skills, the shift supervisor managed to keep his position"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparent",
"bald",
"bald-faced",
"barefaced",
"bright-line",
"broad",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"crystal clear",
"decided",
"distinct",
"evident",
"lucid",
"luculent",
"luminous",
"nonambiguous",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"pellucid",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"ringing",
"straightforward",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unambivalent",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cognizable",
"cognoscible",
"comprehendible",
"comprehensible",
"digestible",
"fathomable",
"graspable",
"intelligible",
"knowable",
"understandable",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"clean-cut",
"simple",
"tidy",
"uncomplicated",
"overt",
"undisguised",
"appreciable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"visible",
"black-and-white",
"explicit",
"trenchant",
"well-defined",
"clean",
"decipherable",
"fair",
"legible",
"readable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"unfathomable",
"unintelligible",
"unknowable",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"inappreciable",
"indiscernible",
"insensible",
"cloudy",
"gauzy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"imprecise",
"indefinite",
"indeterminate",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"noncommittal",
"sketchy",
"slippery",
"subtle",
"vague",
"illegible",
"undecipherable",
"unreadable"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"clouded",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"indistinct",
"mysterious",
"nonobvious",
"obfuscated",
"obscure",
"unapparent",
"unclarified",
"unclear"
]
},
"to make known (something abstract) through outward signs":{
"examples":[
"a frustration that is often manifested by a minor facial tic"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeak",
"betray",
"communicate",
"declare",
"demonstrate",
"display",
"evince",
"expose",
"give away",
"reveal",
"show"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"placard",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"project"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belie",
"misrepresent",
"distort",
"falsify",
"garble",
"twist",
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"conceal",
"counterfeit",
"cover",
"hide",
"mask",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to represent in visible form":{
"examples":[
"graduates of the military academies manifest , we hope, the best that this country has to offer"
],
"synonyms":[
"body",
"embody",
"epitomize",
"express",
"externalize",
"incarnate",
"incorporate",
"instantiate",
"materialize",
"personalize",
"personify",
"substantiate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualize",
"concretize",
"realize",
"exemplify",
"illustrate",
"image",
"objectify",
"symbolize",
"typify"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in agenda , index":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"agenda",
"bibliography",
"catalogue raisonn\u00e9",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"directory",
"docket",
"enumeration",
"glossary",
"index",
"inventory",
"payroll",
"canon",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"checklist",
"list",
"listing",
"menu",
"register",
"registry",
"roll",
"roll call",
"roster",
"schedule",
"table",
"calendar",
"chronology",
"timetable"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in body , burden":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burden",
"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload",
"weight",
"bale",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"overload",
"surcharge",
"consignment"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"manure":{
"solid discharge from farm animals that is used to make soil better for growing plants":{
"examples":[
"a bag of cow manure"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dunghill",
"guano",
"midden",
"muck",
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"soil",
"waste",
"night soil",
"stool",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mangles":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"you've mangled this so badly that we'll have to do it over"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"bollixes (up)",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manufacturer":{
"a person or business that manufactures something (such as a product)":{
"examples":[
"The company is a leading manufacturer of farm equipment."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"builder",
"maker",
"producer",
"creator",
"factory",
"manufactory",
"mill",
"plant",
"shop",
"works",
"workshop",
"distributor",
"provider",
"provisioner",
"purveyor",
"supplier",
"conceiver",
"contriver",
"designer",
"deviser",
"formulator",
"innovator",
"introducer",
"inventor",
"spawner",
"mechanic",
"operative",
"shaper",
"smith",
"wright",
"craftswoman",
"journeyman",
"master",
"handyman",
"handyperson",
"workman",
"artificer",
"artisan",
"crafter",
"craftsman",
"craftsperson",
"handcraftsman",
"handicrafter",
"handicraftsman",
"handworker",
"tradesman",
"architect",
"engineer",
"mastermind",
"artist",
"cocreator",
"cofounder",
"developer",
"pioneer",
"researcher",
"researchist",
"author",
"begetter",
"establisher",
"father",
"founder",
"founding father",
"generator",
"inaugurator",
"initiator",
"instituter",
"institutor",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannishness":{
"as in boyishness , tomboyishness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boyishness",
"tomboyishness",
"maleness",
"machismo",
"macho",
"manhood",
"manliness",
"masculinity",
"virility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"femininity",
"muliebrity",
"womanhood",
"womanliness",
"girlishness",
"femaleness",
"girlhood",
"maidenhood",
"effeminacy",
"effeteness",
"emasculation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannikin":{
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"the store has manikins so lifelike that they have startled me on more than one occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"dummy",
"figure",
"form",
"mannequin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"doll"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising":{
"examples":[
"the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"mannequin",
"model"
],
"near synonyms":[
"figure",
"form",
"doll",
"dummy",
"spokesmodel",
"supermodel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"maneuvering (around)":{
"as in faking out , pump-faking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dodging",
"evading",
"sidestepping",
"slipping",
"dekeing",
"faking",
"faking out",
"juking",
"pump-faking",
"stutter-stepping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"man-sized":{
"of, relating to, or marked by qualities traditionally associated with men":{
"examples":[
"worked up a man-size appetite playing soccer"
],
"synonyms":[
"male",
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hairy-chested",
"hypermasculine",
"macho",
"ultramasculine",
"boyish",
"hoydenish",
"tomboyish",
"Amazonian",
"butch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"metrosexual",
"unmacho",
"effeminate",
"girlish",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"emasculated",
"impotent",
"weakened",
"androgynous",
"neuter"
],
"antonyms":[
"unmanly",
"unmasculine"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"maneuvers (around)":{
"as in fakes out , pump-fakes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dodges",
"evades",
"sidesteps",
"slips",
"dekes",
"fakes",
"fakes out",
"jukes",
"pump-fakes",
"stutter-steps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mansion":{
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"if I ever win the lottery, I'm going to buy a mansion in the hills"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"manse",
"palace",
"villa"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manslaughter":{
"the crime of ending the life of a person without intending to do so":{
"examples":[
"She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chance-medley",
"killing",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicide",
"murder",
"rubout",
"slaying",
"bloodshed",
"butchery",
"carnage",
"decimation",
"destruction",
"massacre",
"slaughter",
"assassination",
"execution",
"hit",
"euthanasia",
"mercy killing",
"filicide",
"fratricide",
"matricide",
"parricide",
"patricide",
"regicide",
"uxoricide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manse":{
"a large impressive residence":{
"examples":[
"the ivy-covered manse is one of the town's oldest and most prominent landmarks"
],
"synonyms":[
"castle",
"ch\u00e2teau",
"estate",
"hacienda",
"hall",
"manor",
"manor house",
"mansion",
"palace",
"villa"
],
"near synonyms":[
"showplace",
"abode",
"domicile",
"dwelling",
"habitation",
"hearth",
"home",
"house",
"lodging(s)",
"pad",
"place",
"housing",
"nest",
"quarter(s)",
"residency",
"roof",
"great house",
"country house",
"countryseat",
"aerie",
"penthouse",
"salon",
"suite",
"town house"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mano a mano":{
"in direct confrontation or competition":{
"examples":[
"the two brothers decided to go mano a mano in one final match to determine who was the better tennis player"
],
"synonyms":[
"eyeball-to-eyeball",
"face-to-face",
"head-on",
"head-to-head",
"one-on-one",
"toe-to-toe"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"manikins":{
"a three-dimensional representation of the human body used especially for displaying clothes":{
"examples":[
"the store has manikins so lifelike that they have startled me on more than one occasion"
],
"synonyms":[
"dummies",
"figures",
"forms",
"mannequins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dolls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who poses with or wears merchandise (as clothes) often for pictorial advertising":{
"examples":[
"the undulating movements of the manikins as they strutted down the catwalk"
],
"synonyms":[
"mannequins",
"models"
],
"near synonyms":[
"figures",
"forms",
"dolls",
"dummies",
"spokesmodels",
"supermodels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mannerly":{
"showing consideration, courtesy, and good manners":{
"examples":[
"a mannerly child is welcome everywhere"
],
"synonyms":[
"civil",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"gracious",
"polite",
"well-bred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"careful",
"considerate",
"nice",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"chivalrous",
"civilized",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gentlemanlike",
"gentlemanly",
"ladylike",
"ceremonial",
"ceremonious",
"red-carpet",
"couth",
"formal",
"smooth",
"suave",
"unctuous",
"urbane",
"elegant",
"refined",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"respectful",
"submissive",
"yielding",
"acceptable",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"befitting",
"comme il faut",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"fit",
"fitting",
"good",
"meet",
"proper",
"respectable",
"right",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"affable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"felicitous",
"graceful",
"demure",
"humble",
"meek",
"modest",
"unassertive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassy",
"disrespectful",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"lippy",
"saucy",
"shameless",
"boorish",
"churlish",
"clodhopping",
"clownish",
"loutish",
"uncouth",
"vulgar",
"casual",
"informal",
"unceremonious",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"uncalled-for",
"unrespectable",
"unseemly",
"arrogant",
"conceited",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[
"discourteous",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"inconsiderate",
"mannerless",
"rude",
"thoughtless",
"uncivil",
"ungenteel",
"ungracious",
"unmannered",
"unmannerly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manuscript":{
"writing done by hand":{
"examples":[
"beautiful, careful manuscript on the school's diplomas"
],
"synonyms":[
"calligraphy",
"handwriting",
"longhand",
"penmanship",
"script"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lettering",
"phonography",
"shorthand",
"steno",
"stenography"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"print",
"type",
"typewriting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manages":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"as usual, she managed the crisis with a minimum of fuss"
],
"synonyms":[
"addresses",
"contends (with)",
"copes (with)",
"fields",
"grapples (with)",
"hacks",
"handles",
"maneuvers",
"manipulates",
"negotiates",
"plays",
"swings",
"takes",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineers",
"finesses",
"jockeys",
"brings off",
"carries off",
"carries out",
"gets off",
"pulls",
"commands",
"directs",
"guides",
"steers",
"controls",
"micromanages",
"regulates",
"runs",
"reacts (to)",
"responds (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botches",
"bungles",
"foozles",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"scamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"managed a household and a business simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers",
"administrates",
"carries on",
"conducts",
"controls",
"directs",
"governs",
"guides",
"handles",
"keeps",
"operates",
"overlooks",
"oversees",
"presides (over)",
"regulates",
"runs",
"stewards",
"superintends",
"supervises",
"tends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cares (for)",
"minds",
"watches",
"leads",
"pilots",
"steers",
"guards",
"protects",
"safeguards",
"micromanages",
"stage-manages",
"codirects",
"comanages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"it'll be hard for a few weeks, but we'll manage"
],
"synonyms":[
"copes",
"does",
"fares",
"gets along",
"gets by",
"gets on",
"makes out",
"shifts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carries on",
"contrives",
"scrapes (by or through)",
"scrounges",
"lasts",
"survives",
"ekes out",
"scrapes (out)",
"squeezes",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"affords",
"swings"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapses",
"fails",
"falls short",
"fizzles",
"flounders",
"declines",
"peters (out)",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"gives up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mantelet":{
"as in pelerine , pelisse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"burnoose",
"burnous",
"capelet",
"capuchin",
"cowl",
"domino",
"joseph",
"manta",
"mantilla",
"palatine",
"pelerine",
"pelisse",
"poncho",
"roquelaure",
"tippet",
"cape",
"capote",
"cloak",
"frock",
"manteau",
"mantle",
"serape",
"sarape",
"shawl",
"stole",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manteaus":{
"a sleeveless garment worn so as to hang over the shoulders, arms, and back":{
"examples":[
"Muslim women in loose black manteaus"
],
"synonyms":[
"capes",
"capotes",
"cloaks",
"frocks",
"mantles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burnooses",
"burnouses",
"capelets",
"capuchins",
"cowls",
"dominoes",
"dominos",
"josephs",
"mantas",
"mantelets",
"mantillas",
"palatines",
"pelerines",
"pelisses",
"ponchos",
"roquelaures",
"tippets",
"serapes",
"sarapes",
"shawls",
"stoles",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"managing":{
"as in overseeing , controlling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"controlling",
"directing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"high-level",
"senior",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme",
"top",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in husbanding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"husbanding",
"conservation",
"saving",
"conserving",
"economizing",
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrift",
"cheapness",
"cheeseparing",
"closeness",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"penuriousness",
"pinching",
"stinginess",
"tightfistedness",
"tightness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bountifulness",
"bounty",
"generosity",
"largesse",
"largess",
"liberality",
"openhandedness",
"openheartedness",
"philanthropy",
"unselfishness",
"extravagance",
"lavishness",
"dissipation",
"improvidence",
"prodigality",
"squandering",
"wastefulness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"as usual, she managed the crisis with a minimum of fuss"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"maneuvering",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to look after and make decisions about":{
"examples":[
"managed a household and a business simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering",
"administrating",
"carrying on",
"conducting",
"controlling",
"directing",
"governing",
"guiding",
"handling",
"keeping",
"operating",
"overlooking",
"overseeing",
"presiding (over)",
"regulating",
"running",
"stewarding",
"superintending",
"supervising",
"tending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caring (for)",
"minding",
"watching",
"leading",
"piloting",
"steering",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"micromanaging",
"stage-managing",
"codirecting",
"co-directing",
"comanaging",
"co-managing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to meet one's day-to-day needs":{
"examples":[
"it'll be hard for a few weeks, but we'll manage"
],
"synonyms":[
"coping",
"doing",
"faring",
"getting along",
"getting by",
"getting on",
"making out",
"shifting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carrying on",
"contriving",
"scraping (by or through)",
"scrounging",
"lasting",
"surviving",
"eking out",
"scraping (out)",
"squeezing",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"affording",
"swinging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"failing",
"falling short",
"fizzling",
"floundering",
"declining",
"petering (out)",
"slumping",
"waning",
"giving up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mannerism":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"examples":[
"quirky mannerisms such as toying with her hair and tapping her toes"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchet",
"curiosity",
"eccentricity",
"erraticism",
"idiosyncrasy",
"individualism",
"kink",
"oddity",
"peculiarity",
"quiddity",
"quip",
"quirk",
"singularity",
"tic",
"trick",
"twist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affectation",
"airs",
"attribute",
"characteristic",
"mark",
"property",
"trait",
"custom",
"habit",
"pattern",
"practice",
"practise",
"way",
"wont",
"addiction",
"abnormality",
"neuroticism",
"perversion",
"weirdness",
"disposition",
"genius",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"bent",
"inclination",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency",
"turn",
"attitude",
"character",
"humor",
"identity",
"individuality",
"nature",
"personality",
"temperament"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformity",
"sameness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mandarins":{
"a worker in a government agency":{
"examples":[
"the officious mandarins in the motor vehicles department refused to let me renew my license without all of the required forms"
],
"synonyms":[
"bureaucrats",
"civil servants",
"functionaries",
"public servants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clerks",
"officeholders",
"officials",
"officiaries",
"employees",
"employes",
"hands",
"hirelings",
"jobholders",
"underlings",
"workers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"maneuvering":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"maneuvered the conversation so as to avoid the touchy subject of her divorce"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressing",
"contending (with)",
"coping (with)",
"fielding",
"grappling (with)",
"hacking",
"handling",
"managing",
"manipulating",
"negotiating",
"playing",
"swinging",
"taking",
"treating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineering",
"finessing",
"jockeying",
"bringing off",
"carrying off",
"carrying out",
"getting off",
"pulling",
"commanding",
"directing",
"guiding",
"steering",
"controlling",
"micromanaging",
"regulating",
"running",
"reacting (to)",
"responding (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botching",
"bungling",
"foozling",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"scamping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"successfully maneuvered a way to get him to ask her to the dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"contriving",
"engineering",
"finagling",
"finessing",
"framing",
"machinating",
"manipulating",
"masterminding",
"negotiating",
"wangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranging",
"concerting",
"concluding",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"angling (for)",
"compassing",
"intriguing",
"plotting",
"scheming",
"conniving",
"brewing",
"concocting",
"cooking (up)",
"hatching",
"captaining",
"commanding",
"conducting",
"directing",
"handling",
"managing",
"quarterbacking",
"running",
"gerrymandering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"flubbing",
"fumbling",
"gumming (up)",
"lousing up",
"mangling",
"messing (up)",
"mishandling",
"muffing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"maniacs":{
"a person judged to be legally or medically insane":{
"examples":[
"they should permanently put away the maniac who is responsible for these kidnappings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bugs",
"crackbrains",
"crazies",
"fools",
"fruitcakes",
"head cases",
"loonies",
"loons",
"lunatics",
"nutcases",
"nuts",
"nutters",
"psychopaths",
"psychos",
"sickies",
"sickos",
"wackos",
"whackos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"madmen",
"abnormals",
"deviants",
"monomaniacs",
"mythomaniacs",
"neurotics",
"obsessive-compulsives",
"obsessives",
"paranoids",
"psychotics",
"schizophrenics",
"sociopaths",
"characters",
"codgers",
"crackpots",
"cracks",
"cranks",
"eccentrics",
"fantastics",
"flakes",
"kooks",
"oddballs",
"oddities",
"originals",
"quizzes",
"screwballs",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weirdos",
"zanies",
"cases",
"patients"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"examples":[
"I'm a maniac for anything flavored with peppermint"
],
"synonyms":[
"addicts",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"bugs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fanatics",
"fanciers",
"fans",
"fiends",
"fools",
"freaks",
"habitu\u00e9s",
"habitues",
"heads",
"hounds",
"junkies",
"lovers",
"mavens",
"mavins",
"nuts",
"suckers"
],
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"groupies",
"admirers",
"amateurs",
"collectors",
"connoisseurs",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"authorities",
"experts",
"adherents",
"converts",
"cultists",
"disciples",
"followers",
"hangers-on",
"votaries",
"advocates",
"apostles",
"backers",
"champions",
"evangelists",
"exponents",
"friends",
"patrons",
"promoters",
"proponents",
"supporters",
"partisans",
"partizans",
"zealots",
"boosters",
"rooters",
"well-wishers",
"faddists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirers",
"belittlers",
"carpers",
"critics",
"detractors"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonfans"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manacled":{
"as in shackled , fettered":{
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"anchored",
"bolted",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"shackled",
"tied",
"caged",
"chained",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"penned",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"caught",
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"footloose",
"free",
"loose",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to confine or restrain with or as if with chains":{
"examples":[
"manacled the prisoner to the wall"
],
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"bound",
"chained",
"enchained",
"enfettered",
"fettered",
"gyved",
"handcuffed",
"pinioned",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"ironed",
"lashed",
"secured",
"tied",
"trussed",
"attached",
"fastened",
"joined",
"linked",
"confined",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"hampered",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"limited",
"restricted",
"entangled",
"tangled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"released",
"rescued",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"untangled",
"untied",
"detached",
"disengaged"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbound",
"unfettered",
"unshackled"
]
},
"to create difficulty for the work or activity of":{
"examples":[
"in this situation, the police are manacled by unnecessary regulations"
],
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"clogged",
"cramped",
"embarrassed",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handcuffed",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"hog-tied",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"short-circuited",
"stymied",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"balked",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bound",
"chained",
"haltered",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"tied",
"arrested",
"braked",
"delayed",
"retained",
"retarded",
"barricaded",
"blockaded",
"blocked",
"roadblocked",
"bogged (down)",
"mired",
"choked",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"suffocated",
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"stumped",
"thwarted",
"derailed",
"disrupted",
"sabotaged",
"muzzled",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"confined",
"hedged (in)",
"hemmed (in)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"made way",
"opened",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"untied",
"loosened",
"smoothed",
"encouraged",
"furthered",
"promoted"
],
"antonyms":[
"aided",
"assisted",
"facilitated",
"helped"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"manual":{
"a book used for instruction in a subject":{
"examples":[
"an owner's manual comes with the camera"
],
"synonyms":[
"handbook",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook"
],
"near synonyms":[
"schoolbook",
"grammar",
"reader",
"speller",
"tract",
"treatise",
"dictionary",
"lexicon",
"vocabulary",
"wordbook",
"casebook",
"encyclopedia",
"reference",
"bible",
"guide",
"guidebook"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in homemade , man-made":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"homemade",
"man-made",
"handcrafted",
"handmade",
"handwrought",
"bespoke",
"bespoken",
"crafted",
"custom-built",
"custom-made"
],
"near antonyms":[
"automatic",
"machined",
"mass-produced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"manipulations":{
"as in trickeries , subterfuges":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"subterfuges",
"trickeries",
"frame-ups",
"artifices",
"contrivances",
"cover-ups",
"dodges",
"drafts",
"maneuvers",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"counterconspiracies",
"counter-conspiracies",
"counterplots",
"cabals",
"confederacies",
"rings",
"conspiracies",
"designs",
"intrigues",
"machinations",
"plots",
"schemes",
"games",
"gimmicks",
"rackets",
"ground plans",
"programs",
"strategies",
"systems",
"collusions",
"complicities",
"connivances",
"conspirations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manhandled":{
"to abuse physically":{
"examples":[
"charges that the police manhandled peaceful protesters"
],
"synonyms":[
"maltreated",
"mauled",
"mishandled",
"roughed (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abused",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"mistreated",
"misused",
"roughhoused",
"wrestled",
"bashed",
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"drubbed",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"slapped",
"thrashed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"wounded",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"wronged",
"ambushed",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"clobbered",
"fought",
"ganged up (on)",
"hit",
"jumped",
"knocked",
"tormented",
"tortured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caressed",
"fondled",
"petted",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"cared (for)",
"fostered",
"nurtured"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to inflict physical or emotional harm upon":{
"examples":[
"if you see anyone manhandling a child, you should call the authorities"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"brutalized",
"bullied",
"ill-treated",
"ill-used",
"kicked around",
"maltreated",
"messed over",
"mishandled",
"mistreated",
"misused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"molested",
"outraged",
"violated",
"harassed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"oppressed",
"persecuted",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"burned",
"burnt",
"sandbagged",
"victimized",
"wronged",
"beat (up)",
"messed (up)",
"roughed (up)",
"worked (over)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cared (for)",
"cherished",
"fostered",
"nurtured",
"babied",
"catered (to)",
"coddled",
"favored",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manumit":{
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
"examples":[
"though he was an outspoken defender of liberty, this son of Virginia did not manumit his own slaves until he was on his deathbed"
],
"synonyms":[
"discharge",
"disenthrall",
"disenthral",
"emancipate",
"enfranchise",
"enlarge",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"uncage",
"unchain",
"unfetter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bail (out)",
"deliver",
"parole",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"save",
"disembarrass",
"disencumber",
"disengage",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"unshackle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"commit",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"lock (up)",
"conquer",
"enslave",
"subdue",
"subjugate"
],
"antonyms":[
"bind",
"confine",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"restrain"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manipulated":{
"as in doctored , engineered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adulterated",
"designer",
"doctored",
"engineered",
"fudged",
"juggled",
"tampered (with)",
"unauthentic",
"concocted",
"fabricated",
"cultured",
"manufactured",
"process",
"counterfeit",
"deceptive",
"forged",
"fraudulent",
"misleading",
"phony",
"phoney",
"artificial",
"bogus",
"dummy",
"ersatz",
"factitious",
"fake",
"false",
"faux",
"imitation",
"imitative",
"man-made",
"mimic",
"mock",
"pretend",
"sham",
"simulated",
"substitute",
"synthetic",
"affected",
"brummagem",
"feigned",
"pinchbeck",
"pseudo",
"spurious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"genuine",
"natural",
"real",
"authentic",
"bona fide",
"legitimate",
"true",
"premium",
"quality",
"valuable",
"pure",
"unadulterated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to control or take advantage of by artful, unfair, or insidious means":{
"examples":[
"the con man would slyly manipulate the emotions of his marks in order to win their sympathy and trust"
],
"synonyms":[
"exploited",
"played (upon)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finagled",
"jockeyed",
"maneuvered",
"beguiled",
"bluffed",
"cozened",
"deceived",
"deluded",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"hoaxed",
"hoodwinked",
"kidded",
"shanghaied",
"snowed",
"took in",
"tricked",
"intrigued",
"machinated",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"arranged",
"contrived",
"devised",
"finessed",
"masterminded",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"conned",
"defrauded",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"swindled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"spin doctors manipulating the data to make it seem more favorable to their preferred candidates"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"fielded",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"took",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"manipulated the schedule of presidential primaries so that the choice of the party elders would win the nomination"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"finessed",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"mannas":{
"a source of great satisfaction":{
"examples":[
"the announcement that there would be a sequel was manna to the many fans of the original movie"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectations",
"delights",
"feasts",
"gases",
"gasses",
"joys",
"kicks",
"pleasures",
"treats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"recreations",
"comforts",
"reliefs",
"solaces",
"gratifications",
"indulgences",
"ambrosias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
"examples":[
"the company's holiday bonus was especially welcome manna this year"
],
"synonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"goods",
"windfalls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"graces",
"mercies",
"favors",
"mitzvoth",
"mitzvahs",
"advantages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"gifts",
"help",
"reliefs",
"supports",
"anodynes",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"bonuses",
"extras",
"lagniappes",
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"bothers",
"irritants",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"disadvantages",
"crosses",
"miseries",
"trials",
"tribulations"
],
"antonyms":[
"afflictions",
"banes",
"curses",
"evils",
"plagues",
"scourges"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manpowers":{
"a body of persons at work or available for work":{
"examples":[
"we're a little short on manpower today, so we'll need you to do some extra tasks"
],
"synonyms":[
"forces",
"help",
"labor forces",
"personnels",
"pools",
"staffs",
"staves",
"workforces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labors",
"proletariats",
"rank and files",
"bands",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"employees",
"employes",
"helpers",
"hirelings",
"workers",
"blood",
"supports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mantling":{
"to surround or cover closely":{
"examples":[
"early-morning fog mantled the fields along the river"
],
"synonyms":[
"bosoming",
"bowering",
"circumfusing",
"cocooning",
"embosoming",
"embowering",
"embracing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"enfolding",
"enshrouding",
"enswathing",
"enveloping",
"enwrapping",
"investing",
"involving",
"lapping",
"muffling",
"shrouding",
"swathing",
"veiling",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curtaining",
"draping",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"encasing",
"swaddling",
"blanketing",
"overlaying",
"overspreading",
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking",
"circling",
"encircling",
"enlacing",
"enwinding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"denuding",
"exposing",
"stripping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"manta ray":{
"any of several extremely large rays":{
"examples":[
"the manta ray blended in beautifully with the sandy ocean floor"
],
"synonyms":[
"devilfish",
"manta",
"sea devil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ray",
"skate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"manicured":{
"as in groomed , well-groomed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"combed",
"groomed",
"well-groomed",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"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",
"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",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trimmed , pruned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clipped",
"cropped",
"curtailed",
"cut back",
"docked",
"hacked",
"lopped",
"nipped",
"pared",
"pruned",
"trimmed",
"cut",
"mowed",
"bobbed",
"shaved",
"sheared",
"snipped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"managerial":{
"suited for or relating to the directing of things":{
"examples":[
"her managerial style is very direct and detail-oriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"administrative",
"directorial",
"executive",
"supervisory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratic",
"governmental",
"ministerial",
"official",
"parliamentary",
"regulatory",
"authoritarian",
"despotic",
"dictatorial"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"nonmanagerial",
"nonsupervisory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"manslaughters":{
"the crime of ending the life of a person without intending to do so":{
"examples":[
"She was convicted of manslaughter for driving while drunk and killing three people."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chance-medleys",
"killings",
"blood",
"foul play",
"homicides",
"murders",
"rubouts",
"slayings",
"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"
]
},
"manifestations":{
"a visible representation of something abstract (as a quality)":{
"examples":[
"a portrait of a mother and child that is regarded as the very manifestation of maternal love"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstracts",
"avatars",
"embodiers",
"embodiments",
"epitomes",
"externalizations",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"icons",
"ikons",
"images",
"incarnations",
"incorporations",
"instantiations",
"objectifications",
"personifications",
"personifiers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actualizations",
"concretizations",
"exemplifications",
"personalizations",
"realizations",
"substantiations",
"essences",
"quintessences",
"souls",
"archetypes",
"exemplars",
"models",
"paradigms",
"patterns",
"reincarnations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}