dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/nai_MWT.json
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{
"naif":{
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
"examples":[
"the senator, newly elected and still na\u00eff , will learn soon enough how Washington really works"
],
"synonyms":[
"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callow",
"childish",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"believing",
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unguarded",
"beguiled",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unconvinced",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"down-to-earth",
"hardheaded",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic",
"sober",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
]
},
"as in ingenue , greenhorn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babe",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"greenhorn",
"ingenue",
"ing\u00e9nue",
"newbie",
"tenderfoot",
"virgin",
"angel",
"dove",
"innocent",
"lamb",
"sheep",
"cherub",
"saint",
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp",
"dupe",
"pigeon",
"sap",
"sucker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wolf",
"bully",
"roughneck",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"slob",
"shark",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"devil",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"naive":{
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
"examples":[
"a first-time buyer who was so naive that he believed the salesman's spiel and paid good money for the rusty and broken-down car"
],
"synonyms":[
"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"primitive",
"simple",
"simpleminded",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"callow",
"childish",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"believing",
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unguarded",
"beguiled",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unconvinced",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"down-to-earth",
"hardheaded",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic",
"sober",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
]
},
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
"examples":[
"the young girl gave honest and naive answers to the social worker's probing questions"
],
"synonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"candid",
"direct",
"frank",
"free",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"single-minded",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"unwary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"manipulative",
"two-faced",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"flattering",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth",
"sycophantic",
"unctuous",
"feigned",
"forced",
"strained"
],
"antonyms":[
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
]
},
"readily taken advantage of":{
"examples":[
"we get piles of junk mail because you are naive enough to keep entering these dumb contests"
],
"synonyms":[
"dewy-eyed",
"easy",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"trusting",
"unwary",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"credulous",
"overcredulous",
"trustful",
"uncritical",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"innocent",
"simple",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"fictile",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"deceivable",
"acquiescent",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"obliging",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"sophisticated",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hardheaded",
"shrewd",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"naively":{
"without any attempt to impress by deception or exaggeration":{
"examples":[
"she naively admitted to the job interviewer that she actually had little work experience"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessly",
"guilelessly",
"ingenuously",
"innocently",
"naturally",
"sincerely",
"unaffectedly",
"unfeignedly",
"unpretentiously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"genuinely",
"honestly",
"simply",
"truly",
"freely",
"openheartedly",
"openly",
"candidly",
"frankly",
"matter-of-factly",
"casually",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"nonchalantly",
"informally",
"relaxedly",
"unceremoniously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"artfully",
"cannily",
"deceitfully",
"deceptively",
"deviously",
"dishonestly",
"falsely",
"archly",
"calculatingly",
"craftily",
"cunningly",
"furtively",
"insidiously",
"sharply",
"shiftily",
"slickly",
"slyly",
"slily",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly",
"flatteringly",
"sycophantically",
"unctuously"
],
"antonyms":[
"affectedly",
"artificially",
"hypocritically",
"insincerely",
"pretentiously",
"unnaturally"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"naivete":{
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
],
"examples":[
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"related":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"naiveness",
"simpleness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
],
"examples":[
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"related":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"naivet\u00e9s":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"naiveness",
"simpleness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nailed":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinched",
"decided",
"determined",
"settled"
],
"related":[
"demonstrated",
"established",
"nailed (down)",
"proved",
"showed",
"affirmed",
"assured",
"ensured",
"insured",
"secured",
"defined",
"specified",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"unsettled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reveal the true nature of":{
"examples":[
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
],
"synonyms":[
"debunked",
"exposed",
"showed up",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"undressed",
"unmasked"
],
"related":[
"demolished",
"discredited",
"disproved",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"told",
"unveiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hid",
"secreted",
"veiled"
],
"antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"cloaked",
"disguised",
"masked"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"busted",
"bust",
"collared",
"nabbed",
"nicked",
"picked up",
"pinched",
"pulled in",
"ran in",
"restrained",
"seized"
],
"related":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped",
"committed",
"confined",
"detained",
"held",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"incarcerated",
"interned",
"jailed",
"jugged",
"locked (up)",
"bound",
"enchained",
"fettered",
"handcuffed",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"rearrested",
"remanded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"released",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"unbound",
"unchained"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharged"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"related":[
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"spirited (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[
"missed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"naivetes":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"naiveness",
"simpleness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nailing":{
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"examples":[
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
],
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"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
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"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinching",
"deciding",
"determining",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrating",
"establishing",
"nailing (down)",
"proving",
"showing",
"affirming",
"assuring",
"ensuring",
"insuring",
"securing",
"defining",
"specifying",
"stating",
"stipulating",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"illuminating",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"unsettling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reveal the true nature of":{
"examples":[
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
],
"synonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"undressing",
"unmasking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demolishing",
"discrediting",
"disproving",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealing",
"hiding",
"secreting",
"veiling"
],
"antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"cloaking",
"disguising",
"masking"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"busting",
"collaring",
"nabbing",
"nicking",
"picking up",
"pinching",
"pulling in",
"restraining",
"running in",
"seizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"getting",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping",
"committing",
"confining",
"detaining",
"holding",
"immuring",
"imprisoning",
"incarcerating",
"interning",
"jailing",
"jugging",
"locking (up)",
"binding",
"enchaining",
"fettering",
"handcuffing",
"manacling",
"shackling",
"trammeling",
"trammelling",
"rearresting",
"remanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"releasing",
"springing",
"unbinding",
"unchaining"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharging"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
],
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"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"baying",
"cornering",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"spiriting (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[
"missing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"naiveness":{
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"I can't believe the naiveness of people who don't realize there's always some catch to so-called free offers"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"simpleness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"the innate naiveness of young children is one of their most endearing qualities"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"naivety":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"the contention that the royal family took advantage of the young Diana's naivety"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nail-biters":{
"something (as a close contest) that induces much suspense as to its outcome":{
"examples":[
"a presidential election that was one of the great nail-biters of all time"
],
"synonyms":[
"cliff-hangers",
"hair-raisers",
"suspensers",
"thrillers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"photo finishes",
"squeakers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"yawners",
"blowouts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nail":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"the boxer nailed his opponent with a devastating left hook"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make final, definite, or beyond dispute":{
"examples":[
"this latest infidelity nails it\u2014I'm filing for divorce"
],
"synonyms":[
"clinch",
"decide",
"determine",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrate",
"establish",
"nail (down)",
"prove",
"show",
"affirm",
"assure",
"ensure",
"insure",
"secure",
"define",
"specify",
"state",
"stipulate",
"clarify",
"clear (up)",
"illuminate",
"conclude",
"end",
"finish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"muddle",
"muddy",
"unsettle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reveal the true nature of":{
"examples":[
"an investigative report that nailed the teenage novelist as someone who had plagiarized the works of others"
],
"synonyms":[
"debunk",
"expose",
"show up",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"undress",
"unmask"
],
"near synonyms":[
"demolish",
"discredit",
"disprove",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"tell",
"unveil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conceal",
"hide",
"secrete",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"cloak",
"disguise",
"mask"
]
},
"to take or keep under one's control by authority of law":{
"examples":[
"the very first time I tried to steal anything, I got nailed"
],
"synonyms":[
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"bust",
"collar",
"nab",
"nick",
"pick up",
"pinch",
"pull in",
"restrain",
"run in",
"seize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"get",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap",
"commit",
"confine",
"detain",
"hold",
"immure",
"imprison",
"incarcerate",
"intern",
"jail",
"jug",
"lock (up)",
"bind",
"enchain",
"fetter",
"handcuff",
"manacle",
"shackle",
"trammel",
"rearrest",
"remand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"loose",
"loosen",
"release",
"spring",
"unbind",
"unchain"
],
"antonyms":[
"discharge"
]
},
"to take physical control or possession of (something) suddenly or forcibly":{
"examples":[
"the running back saw the pass coming in and nailed it"
],
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"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"bay",
"corner",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"rend",
"wrest",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"spirit (away or off)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[
"miss"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"nails (down)":{
"as in shows , proves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"demonstrates",
"establishes",
"proves",
"shows",
"clinches",
"decides",
"determines",
"nails",
"settles",
"affirms",
"assures",
"ensures",
"insures",
"secures",
"defines",
"specifies",
"states",
"stipulates",
"clarifies",
"clears (up)",
"illuminates",
"concludes",
"ends",
"finishes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"muddies",
"muddles",
"unsettles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"naiad":{
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
"examples":[
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
],
"synonyms":[
"dryad",
"hamadryad",
"nymph",
"oread",
"wood nymph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mermaid",
"Nereid",
"Oceanid",
"sea-maid",
"sea-maiden",
"siren",
"water nymph"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
"examples":[
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
],
"synonyms":[
"larva",
"nymph"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pupa"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nailing (down)":{
"as in showing , proving":{
"examples":[],
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"demonstrating",
"establishing",
"proving",
"showing",
"clinching",
"deciding",
"determining",
"nailing",
"settling",
"affirming",
"assuring",
"ensuring",
"insuring",
"securing",
"defining",
"specifying",
"stating",
"stipulating",
"clarifying",
"clearing (up)",
"illuminating",
"concluding",
"ending",
"finishing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"muddling",
"muddying",
"unsettling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"naivet\u00e9":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"her na\u00efvet\u00e9 led her to leave her new car unlocked while she shopped at the mall"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"readiness to believe the claims of others without sufficient evidence":{
"examples":[
"though he was streetwise, the investigative reporter regularly assumed an air of na\u00efvet\u00e9 when he was interviewing confidence men, charlatans, counterfeiters, and other assorted swindlers of the general public"
],
"synonyms":[
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"naiveness",
"simpleness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unwariness",
"unworldliness",
"belief",
"credibility",
"faith",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sophistication",
"worldliness",
"distrust",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"suspicion",
"suspiciousness",
"wariness",
"doubt",
"uncertainty"
],
"antonyms":[
"incredulity",
"skepticism"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"naiads":{
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
"examples":[
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
],
"synonyms":[
"dryads",
"hamadryads",
"nymphs",
"oreads",
"wood nymphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mermaids",
"Nereids",
"Oceanids",
"sea-maids",
"sea-maidens",
"sirens",
"water nymphs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
"examples":[
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
],
"synonyms":[
"larvae",
"larvas",
"nymphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pupae",
"pupas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"nailed (down)":{
"as in showed , proved":{
"examples":[],
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"demonstrated",
"established",
"proved",
"showed",
"clinched",
"decided",
"determined",
"nailed",
"settled",
"affirmed",
"assured",
"ensured",
"insured",
"secured",
"defined",
"specified",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"illuminated",
"concluded",
"ended",
"finished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"muddied",
"muddled",
"unsettled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"naiades":{
"a mythical goddess represented as a young girl and said to live outdoors":{
"examples":[
"in Greek mythology, naiads supposedly drowned the young men with whom they became enamored"
],
"synonyms":[
"dryads",
"hamadryads",
"nymphs",
"oreads",
"wood nymphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mermaids",
"Nereids",
"Oceanids",
"sea-maids",
"sea-maidens",
"sirens",
"water nymphs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a young wingless often wormlike form (as a grub or caterpillar) that hatches from the egg of many insects":{
"examples":[
"students in science class learning how to distinguish a dragonfly naiad from an earthworm"
],
"synonyms":[
"larvae",
"larvas",
"nymphs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pupae",
"pupas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"naifs":{
"as in ingenues , greenhorns":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babes",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"greenhorns",
"ingenues",
"ing\u00e9nues",
"newbies",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"virgins",
"angels",
"doves",
"innocents",
"lambs",
"sheep",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"saints",
"softies",
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"dupes",
"pigeons",
"saps",
"suckers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"wolves",
"bullies",
"roughnecks",
"rowdies",
"toughs",
"beasts",
"boors",
"cads",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"curs",
"heels",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"slobs",
"sharks",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"snakes",
"stinkers",
"devils",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"no-goods",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scalawags",
"scallywags",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"varlets",
"villains"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}