dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/nov_MWT.json
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{
"novelettish":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"examples":[
"readers will encounter surprisingly novelettish dialogue for a work that is supposed to be a literary novel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"related":[
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"flat",
"insipid",
"soft-boiled",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"nova":{
"a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness and then within a few months or years becomes less bright again":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary star",
"brown dwarf",
"dwarf",
"fixed star",
"gasser",
"giant star",
"lodestar",
"loadstar",
"neutron star",
"pulsar",
"quasar",
"red dwarf",
"red giant",
"red star",
"subdwarf",
"supercluster",
"supergiant",
"supernova",
"variable",
"variable star",
"white dwarf",
"luminary",
"sphere",
"sun",
"cluster",
"constellation",
"galaxy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novitiate":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a novitiate in the rarefied world of international diplomacy, the recently appointed ambassador is treading cautiously"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarian",
"apprentice",
"babe",
"beginner",
"colt",
"cub",
"fledgling",
"freshman",
"greenhorn",
"neophyte",
"newbie",
"newcomer",
"novice",
"punk",
"recruit",
"rook",
"rookie",
"tenderfoot",
"tyro",
"virgin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boot",
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"learner",
"student",
"trainee",
"candidate",
"entrant",
"probationer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expert",
"master",
"pro",
"professional"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hand",
"old-timer",
"vet",
"veteran"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novae":{
"a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness and then within a few months or years becomes less bright again":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novitiates":{
"a person who is just starting out in a field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a novitiate in the rarefied world of international diplomacy, the recently appointed ambassador is treading cautiously"
],
"synonyms":[
"abecedarians",
"apprentices",
"babes",
"beginners",
"colts",
"cubs",
"fledglings",
"freshmen",
"greenhorns",
"neophytes",
"newbies",
"newcomers",
"novices",
"punks",
"recruits",
"rookies",
"rooks",
"tenderfeet",
"tenderfoots",
"tyros",
"virgins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boots",
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"learners",
"students",
"trainees",
"candidates",
"entrants",
"probationers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"experts",
"masters",
"professionals",
"pros"
],
"antonyms":[
"old hands",
"old-timers",
"veterans",
"vets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novas":{
"a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness and then within a few months or years becomes less bright again":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"binary stars",
"brown dwarfs",
"brown dwarves",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"fixed stars",
"gassers",
"giant stars",
"lodestars",
"loadstars",
"neutron stars",
"pulsars",
"quasars",
"red dwarfs",
"red giants",
"red stars",
"subdwarfs",
"superclusters",
"supergiants",
"supernovas",
"supernovae",
"variables",
"variable stars",
"white dwarfs",
"luminaries",
"spheres",
"suns",
"clusters",
"constellations",
"galaxies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novelette":{
"a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{
"examples":[
"bought a collection of his novels and novelettes"
],
"synonyms":[
"narrative",
"novella",
"short story",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedtime story",
"exemplum",
"fable",
"parable",
"anecdote",
"joke",
"fairy tale",
"folktale",
"legend",
"myth",
"romance",
"account",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"history",
"record",
"report"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novella":{
"a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{
"examples":[
"pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works"
],
"synonyms":[
"narrative",
"novelette",
"short story",
"story",
"tale",
"yarn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedtime story",
"exemplum",
"fable",
"parable",
"anecdote",
"joke",
"fairy tale",
"folktale",
"legend",
"myth",
"romance",
"account",
"annals",
"chronicle",
"history",
"record",
"report"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novellas":{
"a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{
"examples":[
"pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works"
],
"synonyms":[
"narratives",
"novelettes",
"short stories",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedtime stories",
"exempla",
"fables",
"parables",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"jokes",
"fairy tales",
"folktales",
"legends",
"myths",
"romances",
"accounts",
"annals",
"chronicles",
"histories",
"records",
"reports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novels":{
"as in stories , tales":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"narratives",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"fictions",
"figments",
"inventions",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"misrepresentations",
"prevarications",
"untruths",
"whoppers",
"make-believe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"materialities",
"realities",
"actualities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in pulps , novelettes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"novelettes",
"pulps",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"encyclopedias",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"folios",
"quartos",
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"papers",
"pocket books",
"pocket editions",
"softbacks",
"softcovers",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"novelle":{
"a work with imaginary characters and events that is shorter and usually less complex than a novel":{
"examples":[
"pressed for time, many English teachers have their students read the one novella among the novelist's works"
],
"synonyms":[
"narratives",
"novelettes",
"short stories",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedtime stories",
"exempla",
"fables",
"parables",
"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"jokes",
"fairy tales",
"folktales",
"legends",
"myths",
"romances",
"accounts",
"annals",
"chronicles",
"histories",
"records",
"reports"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}