7589 lines
148 KiB
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7589 lines
148 KiB
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{
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"slicing":{
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"to cut into long slender pieces":{
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"examples":[
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"slice the carrot into tiny strips"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"slivering",
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"splintering"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chipping",
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"chopping",
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"dicing",
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"hashing",
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"julienning",
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"mincing",
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"scissoring",
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"cleaving",
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"riving",
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"splitting",
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"gashing",
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"incising",
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"ripping",
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"slashing",
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"slitting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
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"examples":[
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"the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cutting",
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"gashing",
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"incising",
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"ripping",
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"shearing",
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"slashing",
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"slitting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crosscutting",
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"hacksawing",
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"scissoring",
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"cleaving",
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"riving",
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"splitting",
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"piercing",
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"stabbing",
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"bruising",
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"butchering",
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"hacking",
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"haggling",
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"lacerating",
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"mangling",
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"rending",
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"tearing",
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"carving",
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"chipping",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"notching",
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"anatomizing",
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"dissecting",
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"sectioning",
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"chopping",
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"dicing",
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"mincing",
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"amputating",
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"cutting off",
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"severing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slicks":{
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"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
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"examples":[
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"slicking the bottom of their skis with wax"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"greases",
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"lubricates",
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"oils",
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"waxes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bathes",
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"douses",
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"dowses",
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"drenches",
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"soaks",
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"souses",
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"washes",
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"waters",
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"wets"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"coarsens",
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"roughens",
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"roughs",
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"dehydrates",
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"dries",
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"parches",
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"sears"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in pictorials":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pictorials",
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"fanzines",
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"broadsides",
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"editions",
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"extras",
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"sheets",
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"supplements",
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"tabloids",
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"tabs",
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"digests",
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"little magazines",
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"newsletters",
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"newsmagazines",
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"newsweeklies",
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"annuals",
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"bimonthlies",
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"biweeklies",
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"dailies",
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"monthlies",
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"quarterlies",
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"semimonthlies",
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"semiweeklies",
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"triweeklies",
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"weeklies",
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"yearbooks",
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"books",
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"bulletins",
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"diurnals",
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"gazettes",
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"journals",
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"magazines",
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"mags",
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"newspapers",
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"organs",
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"papers",
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"periodicals",
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"rags",
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"reviews",
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"serials",
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"zines"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in slickers , smoothies":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fast-talkers",
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"slickers",
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"slicksters",
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"slyboots",
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"smoothies",
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"wheeler-dealers",
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"adventurers",
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"foxes",
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"fox",
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"gamesmen",
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"knaves",
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"pranksters",
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"rascals",
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"rogues",
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"plotters",
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"schemers",
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"sneakers",
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"sneaks",
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"bluffers",
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"charlatans",
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"fakers",
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"fakes",
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"humbugs",
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"impostors",
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"imposters",
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"mountebanks",
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"phonies",
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"phoneys",
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"pretenders",
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"quacks",
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"quacksalvers",
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"ringers",
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"shams",
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"blacklegs",
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"cardsharps",
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"cardsharpers",
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"double-crossers",
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"double-dealers",
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"bilkers",
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"bilks",
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"cheaters",
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"cheats",
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"chiselers",
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"chisellers",
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"confidence men",
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"cozeners",
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"defrauders",
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"dodgers",
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"fakirs",
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"finaglers",
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"fraudsters",
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"hoaxers",
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"scammers",
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"scamsters",
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"sharks",
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"sharpers",
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"sharpies",
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"skinners",
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"swindlers",
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"trickers",
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"tricksters"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in helicopters , choppers":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"choppers",
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"copters",
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"eggbeaters",
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"helicopters",
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"helos",
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"whirlybirds",
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"autogiros",
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"autogyros",
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"convertiplanes",
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"convertaplanes",
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"gyroplanes",
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"tilt-rotors",
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"rotary-wing aircrafts",
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"rotorcraft"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slid":{
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"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
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"examples":[
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"slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"lurked",
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"mooched",
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"moused",
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"pussyfooted",
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"shirked",
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"skulked",
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"slipped",
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"slunk",
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"slinked",
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"snaked",
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"sneaked",
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"snuck",
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"stole"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crawled",
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"crept",
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"edged",
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"inched",
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"wormed",
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"ghosted",
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"padded",
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"tiptoed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
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"examples":[
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"at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bowled",
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"breezed",
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"brushed",
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"coasted",
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"cruised",
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"drifted",
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"flowed",
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"glided",
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"rolled",
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"sailed",
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"skimmed",
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"slipped",
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"streamed",
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"swept",
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"whisked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flew",
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"raced",
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"rushed",
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"sped",
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"speeded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"limped",
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"lumbered",
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"plodded",
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"stumbled",
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"trudged",
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"shambled",
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"shuffled",
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"stamped",
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"stomped",
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"stumped",
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"tramped",
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"labored",
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"toiled"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"floundered",
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"struggled"
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]
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},
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"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
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"examples":[
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"the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bellied",
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"crawled",
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"crept",
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"groveled",
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"grovelled",
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"slithered",
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"snaked",
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"wormed",
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"wriggled"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"crouched",
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"squatted",
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"edged",
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"inched",
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"nosed",
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"skulked",
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"sneaked",
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"snuck",
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"stole",
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"tiptoed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"slight":{
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"lacking bodily strength":{
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"examples":[
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"a small lad with a slight build"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"asthenic",
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"debilitated",
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"delicate",
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"down-and-out",
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"effete",
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"enervated",
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"enfeebled",
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"faint",
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"feeble",
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"frail",
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"infirm",
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"languid",
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"low",
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"prostrate",
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"prostrated",
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"sapped",
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"soft",
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"softened",
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"tender",
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"unsubstantial",
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"wasted",
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"weak",
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"weakened",
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"wimpish",
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"wimpy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"challenged",
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"disabled",
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"incapacitated",
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"invalid",
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"paralyzed",
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"broken-down",
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"decrepit",
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"impotent",
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"powerless",
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"breakable",
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"flimsy",
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"fragile",
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"dizzy",
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"groggy",
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"rocky",
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"unsteady",
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"woozy",
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"drained",
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"exhausted",
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"flagging",
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"tired",
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"weary",
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"worn-out",
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"damaged",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"lame",
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"unsound",
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"resistless",
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"susceptible",
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"unresistant",
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"vulnerable",
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"yielding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"able-bodied",
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"athletic",
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"beefy",
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"brawny",
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"fit",
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"husky",
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"muscular",
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"sinewy",
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"strapping",
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"virile",
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"hard",
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"hardy",
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"lusty",
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"red-blooded",
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"robust",
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"sturdy",
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"tough",
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"fortified",
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"hardened",
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"inured",
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"strengthened",
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"toughened",
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"energetic",
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"energized",
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"invigorated",
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"vigorous",
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"vitalized",
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"hale",
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"healthy",
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"sound",
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"capable",
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"competent",
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"convalescing",
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"recovering",
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"recuperating"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"mighty",
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"powerful",
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"rugged",
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"stalwart",
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"stout",
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"strong"
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]
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},
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"lacking importance":{
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"examples":[
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"a slight comedy that did nothing to further her career"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"fiddling",
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"foolish",
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"frivolous",
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"incidental",
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"inconsequential",
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"inconsiderable",
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"insignificant",
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"little",
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"Mickey Mouse",
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"minor",
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"minute",
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"negligible",
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"nugatory",
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"small",
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"small-fry",
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"trifling",
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"trivial",
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"unimportant"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"jerkwater",
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"one-horse",
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"nickel-and-dime",
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"paltry",
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"petty",
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"small-time",
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"worthless",
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"anonymous",
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"nameless",
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"obscure",
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"uncelebrated",
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"unknown"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"decisive",
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"fatal",
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"fateful",
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"chief",
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"dominant",
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"overbearing",
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"overmastering",
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"overriding",
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"principal",
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"distinctive",
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"exceptional",
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"impressive",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"remarkable",
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"valuable",
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"worthwhile",
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"worthy",
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"distinguished",
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"eminent",
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"great",
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"illustrious",
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"preeminent",
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"prestigious",
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"famous",
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"notorious",
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"renowned",
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"all-important",
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"basic",
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"essential",
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"fundamental",
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"key"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"big",
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"consequential",
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"eventful",
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"important",
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"major",
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"material",
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"meaningful",
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"momentous",
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"significant",
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"substantial",
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"unfrivolous",
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"weighty"
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]
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},
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"of a size that is less than average":{
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"examples":[
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"the slight youth packed a surprisingly solid punch"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bantam",
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"diminutive",
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"dinky",
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"dwarfish",
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"fine",
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"half-pint",
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"Lilliputian",
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"little",
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"pint-size",
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"pint-sized",
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"pocket",
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"pocket-size",
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"pocket-sized",
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"puny",
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"pygmy",
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"shrimpy",
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"small",
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"smallish",
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"subnormal",
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"toylike",
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"undersized",
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"undersize"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dwarf",
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"toy",
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"runtish",
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"runty",
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"scrubby",
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"stunted",
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"bitty",
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"inappreciable",
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"infinitesimal",
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"little bitty",
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"micro",
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"microscopic",
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"microscopical",
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"mini",
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"miniature",
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"miniaturized",
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"minikin",
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"minim",
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"minuscule",
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"minute",
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"pinpoint",
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"teensy",
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"teensy-weensy",
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"teeny",
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"teeny-weeny",
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"tiny",
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"wee",
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"weeny",
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"weensy",
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"meager",
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"meagre",
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"niggardly",
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"poor",
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"scant",
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"scanty",
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"scarce",
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"skimp",
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"skimpy",
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"slender",
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"slim",
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"spare",
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"sparse",
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"stingy",
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"deficient",
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"inadequate",
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"insufficient",
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"lacking",
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"wanting",
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"bite-size",
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"bite-sized",
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"capsule"
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|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"boxcar",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"cyclopean",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"galactic",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"giant",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"so small or unimportant as to warrant little or no attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"apart from a slight fishy taste, the dish was fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"de minimis",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"inconsequential",
|
|
"inconsiderable",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"Mickey Mouse",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"niggling",
|
|
"no-account",
|
|
"nominal",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"peanut",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"picayune",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"piddly",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"pimping",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"imperceptible",
|
|
"inappreciable",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"tiny",
|
|
"hairsplitting",
|
|
"nitpicking",
|
|
"pettifogging",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-fry",
|
|
"two-bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"eventful",
|
|
"momentous",
|
|
"pivotal",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"appreciable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"measurable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"big",
|
|
"consequential",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"significant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"small in degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"only a slight chance of success"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"small"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"great",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or expression showing scorn and usually intended to hurt another's feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"refused to respond to their petty slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"brickbat",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"gird",
|
|
"indignity",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"sarcasm",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"invective",
|
|
"vituperation",
|
|
"disapproval",
|
|
"opprobrium",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"criticism",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulation",
|
|
"flattery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miff",
|
|
"pain",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"sneer (at)",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"defame",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"libel",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"slander",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"commend",
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"eulogize",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"sweet-talk",
|
|
"exalt",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"snub",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-arm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemn",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"look down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"sniff (at)",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"abhor",
|
|
"abominate",
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"detest",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"deprecate",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"discountenance",
|
|
"disfavor",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"admire",
|
|
"esteem",
|
|
"lionize",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"revere",
|
|
"venerate",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"approve (of)",
|
|
"care (for)",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"subscribe (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"respect"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypass",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slur (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"omit",
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"pooh-pooh",
|
|
"pooh",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"cherish",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"remember",
|
|
"listen (to)",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"remark"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"tend (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slip":{
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"shoot (up)",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"slump (over)",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"free-fall",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand (up)",
|
|
"uprise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"work in",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slink",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"brush",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stomp",
|
|
"stump",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"toil"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliate",
|
|
"molt",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"sluff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"peel",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baskets woven from slips of wicker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"list",
|
|
"ribbon",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slat",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bandage",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"girth",
|
|
"strap",
|
|
"swatch",
|
|
"swath",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"tape"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careless slip of the tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a nasty slip on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"header",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"free-fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave her pursuers the slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"breakout",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"getaway",
|
|
"lam",
|
|
"rout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jailbreak",
|
|
"deliverance",
|
|
"liberation",
|
|
"redemption",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"salvation",
|
|
"close call",
|
|
"close shave",
|
|
"near miss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivity",
|
|
"confinement",
|
|
"immurement",
|
|
"imprisonment",
|
|
"incarceration",
|
|
"internment",
|
|
"custody",
|
|
"detention",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"retention",
|
|
"endangerment",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"imperilment",
|
|
"jeopardy",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wrong judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"slipup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"errancy",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misprision",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slips":{
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"shoots (up)",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"keels",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"slumps (over)",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"free-falls",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"precipitates",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands (up)",
|
|
"uprises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"works in",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurks",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"mouses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"slinks",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliates",
|
|
"molts",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"sloughs",
|
|
"sluffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a long narrow piece of material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"baskets woven from slips of wicker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"ribbons",
|
|
"strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slats",
|
|
"bandages",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bindings",
|
|
"girths",
|
|
"straps",
|
|
"swatches",
|
|
"swaths",
|
|
"swathes",
|
|
"tapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a careless slip of the tongue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a nasty slip on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"free-falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or an instance of getting free from danger or confinement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave her pursuers the slip"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breakouts",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"bunks",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"getaways",
|
|
"lams",
|
|
"routs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jailbreaks",
|
|
"deliverances",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"redemptions",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"salvations",
|
|
"close calls",
|
|
"close shaves",
|
|
"near misses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"confinements",
|
|
"immurements",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations",
|
|
"internments",
|
|
"custodies",
|
|
"detentions",
|
|
"holdings",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"retentions",
|
|
"endangerments",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"imperilments",
|
|
"jeopardies",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"troubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wrong judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's not the sort of slip that a prudent person would have made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"slipups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errancies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misprisions",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slither":{
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a snake slithering through the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"nose",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slivered":{
|
|
"as in cracked , splintered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"splintered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"diced",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"julienned",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"scissored",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"rived",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"incised",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slips up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimeballs":{
|
|
"a person of low moral character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real slimeball , that shyster has happily defended, for a healthy fee, drug dealers and child molesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"slatterns",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"shysters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slimeballs love the anonymity of the Internet, which allows them to post incredibly vile messages without having to identify themselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimes",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipping":{
|
|
"as in declining , slumping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing-out",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"kerflooey",
|
|
"futureless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inauspicious",
|
|
"no-good",
|
|
"unpromising",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"triumphant",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"robust"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"shooting (up)",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"flumping",
|
|
"keeling",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plunking",
|
|
"plonking",
|
|
"slumping (over)",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"free-falling",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"sliding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"standing (up)",
|
|
"uprising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"working in",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"mousing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slinking",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliating",
|
|
"molting",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"sloughing",
|
|
"sluffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaking",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"scaling",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"ditching",
|
|
"flinging (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"junking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"shucking (off)",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"unloading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slink":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurk",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"mouse",
|
|
"pussyfoot",
|
|
"shirk",
|
|
"skulk",
|
|
"slide",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"steal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"tiptoe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slice":{
|
|
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novel's multitudinous array of characters constitute a veritable slice of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"sampler",
|
|
"sampling",
|
|
"selection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"microcosm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a slice from the cake before passing it down the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"cutlet",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a pile of money to be made on this land deal, and everybody's trying to get their slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allotment",
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"quota",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"take"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"ration",
|
|
"commission",
|
|
"percentage",
|
|
"member",
|
|
"partition",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"segment"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregate",
|
|
"composite",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"pool",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"totality",
|
|
"whole"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slice the carrot into tiny strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"julienne",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scissor",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incise",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incise",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"shear",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscut",
|
|
"hacksaw",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scissor",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"bruise",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"haggle",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"carve",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"notch",
|
|
"anatomize",
|
|
"dissect",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"amputate",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"sever"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipshod":{
|
|
"poorly done or carelessly made":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He did a slipshod job.",
|
|
"Her research is slipshod at best."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"neglectful",
|
|
"negligent",
|
|
"remiss",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"unguarded",
|
|
"unsafe",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"inattentive",
|
|
"regardless",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"absentminded",
|
|
"forgetful",
|
|
"unmindful",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"indiscreet",
|
|
"injudicious",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unplanned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"attentive",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"observant",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"conscientious",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"painstaking",
|
|
"punctilious",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"considerate",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slighter":{
|
|
"as in smaller , littler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"littler",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"unacceptable",
|
|
"jerkwater",
|
|
"low-rent",
|
|
"one-horse",
|
|
"small-time",
|
|
"two-bit",
|
|
"amiss",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"junior",
|
|
"lesser",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"low-level",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"smaller",
|
|
"subordinate",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"secondary",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"greater",
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"major",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"primary",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimness":{
|
|
"as in slenderness , scarcity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"petiteness",
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slightness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of being little in size":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old photograph shows a man whose slightness of build seems at variance with his reputation as a robust outdoorsman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"smallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"petiteness",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"magnitude"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or quality of having little weight":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his slightness will serve him well if he ever decides to become a jockey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"weightlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"ethereality",
|
|
"etherealness",
|
|
"flimsiness",
|
|
"fluffiness",
|
|
"insubstantiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"solidness",
|
|
"substantiality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"ponderousness",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being unimportant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"most moviegoers were not in the least bothered by the slightness of the plot\u2014they were there for the special effects in any event"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immateriality",
|
|
"inconsequence",
|
|
"inconsequentiality",
|
|
"inconsiderableness",
|
|
"insignificance",
|
|
"insignificancy",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"negligibility",
|
|
"nullity",
|
|
"pettiness",
|
|
"smallness",
|
|
"triviality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"emptiness",
|
|
"valuelessness",
|
|
"worthlessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"significance",
|
|
"weight",
|
|
"weightiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipped (into)":{
|
|
"as in put on , donned":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"donned",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"threw (on)",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doffed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"peeled (off)",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"husked",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"kicked (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slices":{
|
|
"a number of things selected from a group to stand for the whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the novel's multitudinous array of characters constitute a veritable slice of humanity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"samplers",
|
|
"samples",
|
|
"samplings",
|
|
"selections"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"specimens",
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"microcosms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a piece that has been separated from the whole by cutting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"took a slice from the cake before passing it down the table"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuttings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"cutlets",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something belonging to, due to, or contributed by an individual member of a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a pile of money to be made on this land deal, and everybody's trying to get their slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allotments",
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"proportions",
|
|
"quotas",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"takes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"rations",
|
|
"commissions",
|
|
"percentages",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"partitions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"segments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"pools",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"totalities",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wholes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slice the carrot into tiny strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"juliennes",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscuts",
|
|
"hacksaws",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"amputates",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"severs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slinked":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"moused",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slithery":{
|
|
"having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"low tide exposes a stretch of beach strewn with seaweed and slithery rocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"slippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipperiness":{
|
|
"as in slickness , deviousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slinking":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like a thief slinking about in the middle of the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"mousing",
|
|
"pussyfooting",
|
|
"shirking",
|
|
"skulking",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"snaking",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"stealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"ghosting",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"tiptoeing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slim":{
|
|
"being of less than usual width":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slim volume of poetry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"paper-thin",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim-jim",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"ultrathin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"attenuate",
|
|
"attenuated",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"bottleneck",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightened",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stalky",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wispy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"thickish",
|
|
"widish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"wide"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pressure on ballet dancers to remain gracefully slim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slim pickings at the garage sale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"small in degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slim chance is still better than none"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"negligible",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"marginal",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"great",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"significant",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"good"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slicking":{
|
|
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slicking the bottom of their skis with wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greasing",
|
|
"lubricating",
|
|
"oiling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsening",
|
|
"roughening",
|
|
"roughing",
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slithers":{
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a snake slithering through the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slime":{
|
|
"soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she picked her steps carefully so as not to get any slime on her new shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gumbo",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"clay",
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"gravel",
|
|
"humus",
|
|
"loam",
|
|
"sand",
|
|
"soil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that guy's a real slime , so avoid him at all costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of low moral character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the kind of slime that TV reality shows love to cast as a villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slimeball"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slattern",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"shyster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slips (on or into)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wait here while I slip into something more comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dons",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"throws (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparels",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"attires",
|
|
"bedecks",
|
|
"bedizens",
|
|
"bundles up",
|
|
"caparisons",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"garbs",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"robes",
|
|
"suits",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"uniforms",
|
|
"overdresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobes",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"undresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doffs",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slick":{
|
|
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slicking the bottom of their skis with wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"grease",
|
|
"lubricate",
|
|
"oil",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsen",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughen",
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"roads are often slick during the first hour of a rainstorm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"slippy",
|
|
"slithery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slick ad campaign that made smoking look cool and sexy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"wily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that's a slick new suit you have on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in pictorial":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly",
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"book",
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in slicker , smoothy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slickster",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in helicopter , chopper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chopper",
|
|
"copter",
|
|
"eggbeater",
|
|
"helicopter",
|
|
"helo",
|
|
"whirlybird",
|
|
"autogiro",
|
|
"autogyro",
|
|
"convertiplane",
|
|
"convertaplane",
|
|
"gyroplane",
|
|
"tilt-rotor",
|
|
"rotary-wing aircraft",
|
|
"rotorcraft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimes":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that guy's a real slime , so avoid him at all costs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastards",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"bleeders",
|
|
"blighters",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"bounders",
|
|
"buggers",
|
|
"buzzards",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"chuffs",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cruds",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"dirtbags",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"louses",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"rat finks",
|
|
"rats",
|
|
"reptiles",
|
|
"rotters",
|
|
"schmucks",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"so-and-sos",
|
|
"so-and-so's",
|
|
"sods",
|
|
"stinkards",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toads",
|
|
"varmints",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarians",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"cavemen",
|
|
"Neanderthals",
|
|
"savages",
|
|
"loudmouths",
|
|
"vulgarians",
|
|
"lowlifes",
|
|
"lowlives",
|
|
"miscreants",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"roughnecks",
|
|
"scabs",
|
|
"scamps",
|
|
"scoundrels",
|
|
"villains",
|
|
"wretches",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"schmoes",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"brats",
|
|
"insolents",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"snobs",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"snots",
|
|
"dweebs",
|
|
"nerds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heroes",
|
|
"heroines",
|
|
"idols",
|
|
"role models",
|
|
"gentlemen",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"saints"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person of low moral character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's the kind of slime that TV reality shows love to cast as a villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sleazebags",
|
|
"sleazeballs",
|
|
"sleazes",
|
|
"slimeballs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slatterns",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"pervs",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"scumbags",
|
|
"scuzzballs",
|
|
"pettifoggers",
|
|
"shysters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slithered":{
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a snake slithering through the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellied",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"groveled",
|
|
"grovelled",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouched",
|
|
"squatted",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"nosed",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slily":{
|
|
"as in craftily , cunningly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slickly",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously",
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipped":{
|
|
"to decline gradually from a standard level":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the store's quality of service began to slip after the new owners took over"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"shot (up)",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"surged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"be careful not to slip on the spilled oil"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"flumped",
|
|
"keeled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"slumped (over)",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"free-fell",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"precipitated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"stood (up)",
|
|
"uprose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"casually slipped it into the conversation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"worked in",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded",
|
|
"wriggled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"inserted",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slipped behind the cover of the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurked",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"moused",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"skulked",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"slunk",
|
|
"slinked",
|
|
"snaked",
|
|
"sneaked",
|
|
"snuck",
|
|
"stole"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"edged",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"ghosted",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"tiptoed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"jumped into the car and slipped behind the wheel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"skimmed",
|
|
"slid",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limped",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stomped",
|
|
"stumped",
|
|
"tramped",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"toiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"periodically crabs slip their shells and grow new ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exfoliated",
|
|
"molted",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"sloughed",
|
|
"sluffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flaked",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"scaled",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"ditched",
|
|
"flung (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"junked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"shucked (off)",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"unloaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slides":{
|
|
"to move about in a sly or secret manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slid gently into his seat without anyone else in church noticing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lurks",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"mouses",
|
|
"pussyfoots",
|
|
"shirks",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"slinks",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at this point the river slides along its banks with barely a ripple"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"brushes",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"speeds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limps",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stomps",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"tramps",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"toils"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move slowly with the body close to the ground":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the convict escaped by sliding through the prison's ductwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellies",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"grovels",
|
|
"slithers",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"noses",
|
|
"skulks",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"tiptoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large mass especially of snow, ice, dirt, or rocks descending from a high place":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The slide caused by the storm made the road impassable."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"landslides",
|
|
"mudslides",
|
|
"snowslides",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sling":{
|
|
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sling a hammock between the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangle",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"swing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"pin",
|
|
"tack",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"festoon",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"string",
|
|
"extend (out)",
|
|
"jut",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"stick out",
|
|
"overhang",
|
|
"protrude",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"depend",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"poise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slinging stones at the fence post"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lob",
|
|
"loft",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slinging":{
|
|
"to place on an elevated point without support from below":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sling a hammock between the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"swinging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"pinning",
|
|
"tacking",
|
|
"draping",
|
|
"festooning",
|
|
"garlanding",
|
|
"stringing",
|
|
"extending (out)",
|
|
"jutting",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"overhanging",
|
|
"protruding",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"depending",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"balancing",
|
|
"poising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slinging stones at the fence post"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"lobbing",
|
|
"lofting",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flipping",
|
|
"gunning",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"projecting",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slip (into)":{
|
|
"as in put on , don":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"don",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"throw (on)",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"apparel",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"attire",
|
|
"bedeck",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"garb",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"robe",
|
|
"suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doff",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"peel (off)",
|
|
"put off",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"husk",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"kick (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slightly":{
|
|
"by a very small margin":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I thought the first one was slightly better"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"narrowly",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"minutely",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"almost",
|
|
"approximately",
|
|
"closely",
|
|
"more or less",
|
|
"nearly",
|
|
"partly",
|
|
"plus or minus",
|
|
"roughly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"definitely",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"quite",
|
|
"unquestionably",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"copiously",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"greatly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a very small quantity or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was slightly curious about the identity of the wine, but not enough to bother asking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"liberally",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"something",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"whacking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipped up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipping up":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you slip up in copying the data, the final result will of course be wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipping (into)":{
|
|
"as in putting on , donning":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"donning",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"throwing (on)",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"appareling",
|
|
"apparelling",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"attiring",
|
|
"bedecking",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"garbing",
|
|
"rigging",
|
|
"robing",
|
|
"suiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doffing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"peeling (off)",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"husking",
|
|
"shedding",
|
|
"kicking (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slits":{
|
|
"a long deep cut":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made a slit in the fabric about nine inches long"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incisions",
|
|
"lacerations",
|
|
"rents",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"tears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasions",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"scratches",
|
|
"injuries",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"fractures",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I slit my finger open while cleaning up the broken glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscuts",
|
|
"hacksaws",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"bruises",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"hacks",
|
|
"haggles",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"carves",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"notches",
|
|
"anatomizes",
|
|
"dissects",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"amputates",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"severs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slitting":{
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I slit my finger open while cleaning up the broken glass"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"shearing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscutting",
|
|
"hacksawing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"bruising",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"hacking",
|
|
"haggling",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"carving",
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"anatomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"amputating",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"severing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slicked":{
|
|
"having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"area roadways, slicked with ice, were absolutely treacherous for driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"slippy",
|
|
"slithery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to coat (something) with a slippery substance in order to reduce friction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slicking the bottom of their skis with wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"roughed",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sliced":{
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slice the carrot into tiny strips"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"splintered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"diced",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"julienned",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"scissored",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"rived",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"incised",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the shard of glass sliced my hand, and I started bleeding profusely"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"incised",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"sheared",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crosscut",
|
|
"hacksawed",
|
|
"scissored",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"rived",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"bruised",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"haggled",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"carved",
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"notched",
|
|
"anatomized",
|
|
"dissected",
|
|
"sectioned",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"diced",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"amputated",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"severed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimming":{
|
|
"as in diet , nonfattening":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diet",
|
|
"nonfattening",
|
|
"unseasoned",
|
|
"nonfat",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"lite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"buttery",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fatty",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"oily",
|
|
"caloric",
|
|
"calorific",
|
|
"fattening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slighting":{
|
|
"intended to make a person or thing seem of little importance or value":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slighting remarks about the general lack of musical talent among the contestants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"decrying",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"denigrative",
|
|
"denigratory",
|
|
"deprecatory",
|
|
"depreciative",
|
|
"depreciatory",
|
|
"derisory",
|
|
"derogative",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"detractive",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"pejorative",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"uncomplimentary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"calumnious",
|
|
"defamatory",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"libelous",
|
|
"libellous",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slanderous",
|
|
"vilifying",
|
|
"abusive",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scurrilous",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"spiteful",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"virulent",
|
|
"critical",
|
|
"denunciative",
|
|
"denunciatory",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"positive",
|
|
"appreciative",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"unmalicious",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"commendatory",
|
|
"complimentary",
|
|
"laudative",
|
|
"laudatory"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"wounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"paining",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"sneering (at)",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"eulogizing",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"sweet-talking",
|
|
"exalting",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"snubbing",
|
|
"stiff-arming",
|
|
"stiffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"rebuffing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repulsing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"shrugging off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemning",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"disrespecting",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"high-hatting",
|
|
"looking down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"sniffing (at)",
|
|
"snooting",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouting",
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"disfavoring",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"esteeming",
|
|
"lionizing",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"revering",
|
|
"venerating",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"approving (of)",
|
|
"caring (for)",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"OK'ing",
|
|
"okaying",
|
|
"subscribing (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"respecting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassing",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slurring (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"omitting",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"sloughing (off)",
|
|
"sluffing (off)",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"pooh-poohing",
|
|
"poohing",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"remembering",
|
|
"listening (to)",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"remarking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"tending (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimy":{
|
|
"full of or covered with soft wet earth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"please remove your slimy boots before coming into the house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"oozy",
|
|
"sludgy",
|
|
"slushy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clayey",
|
|
"loamy",
|
|
"roily",
|
|
"silty",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"befouled",
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"cruddy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grotty",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"grungy",
|
|
"gunky",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slickly":{
|
|
"as in cunningly , craftily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"craftily",
|
|
"cunningly",
|
|
"furtively",
|
|
"insidiously",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"shiftily",
|
|
"slyly",
|
|
"slily",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"underhandedly",
|
|
"artfully",
|
|
"cannily",
|
|
"deceitfully",
|
|
"deceptively",
|
|
"deviously",
|
|
"dishonestly",
|
|
"falsely",
|
|
"flatteringly",
|
|
"sycophantically",
|
|
"unctuously",
|
|
"affectedly",
|
|
"artificially",
|
|
"hypocritically",
|
|
"insincerely",
|
|
"pretentiously",
|
|
"unnaturally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessly",
|
|
"guilelessly",
|
|
"ingenuously",
|
|
"innocently",
|
|
"naively",
|
|
"na\u00efvely",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"sincerely",
|
|
"unaffectedly",
|
|
"unfeignedly",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"genuinely",
|
|
"honestly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"truly",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"openheartedly",
|
|
"openly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slivers":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I got a sliver of wood stuck in my finger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"spalls",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"disks",
|
|
"discs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"carefully slivered the rattan stems into strips for basketry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"splinters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"juliennes",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipups":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the marketing director made sure there were no slipups for the important presentation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wrong judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ran a flawless campaign\u2014not a single slipup"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"slips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errancies",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misprisions",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slipped (on or into)":{
|
|
"to place on one's person":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"donned",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"threw (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"bedecked",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"bundled up",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"rigged",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"uniformed",
|
|
"overdressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doffed",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"took off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"slicksters":{
|
|
"as in slicks , slyboots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast-talkers",
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"wheeler-dealers",
|
|
"adventurers",
|
|
"foxes",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesmen",
|
|
"knaves",
|
|
"pranksters",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"plotters",
|
|
"schemers",
|
|
"sneakers",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"charlatans",
|
|
"fakers",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"impostors",
|
|
"imposters",
|
|
"mountebanks",
|
|
"phonies",
|
|
"phoneys",
|
|
"pretenders",
|
|
"quacks",
|
|
"quacksalvers",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"blacklegs",
|
|
"cardsharps",
|
|
"cardsharpers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"double-dealers",
|
|
"bilkers",
|
|
"bilks",
|
|
"cheaters",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chiselers",
|
|
"chisellers",
|
|
"confidence men",
|
|
"cozeners",
|
|
"defrauders",
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"fakirs",
|
|
"finaglers",
|
|
"fraudsters",
|
|
"hoaxers",
|
|
"scammers",
|
|
"scamsters",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"skinners",
|
|
"swindlers",
|
|
"trickers",
|
|
"tricksters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimnastics":{
|
|
"as in gymnastics , athletics":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aerobics",
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"bodybuilding",
|
|
"body mechanics",
|
|
"calisthenics",
|
|
"gymnastics",
|
|
"isometrics",
|
|
"plyometrics",
|
|
"weight lifting",
|
|
"activity",
|
|
"conditioning",
|
|
"exercise",
|
|
"exertion",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"warm-up",
|
|
"workout",
|
|
"toning",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"physical therapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slickster":{
|
|
"as in slick , slyboots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fast-talker",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"slyboots",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"wheeler-dealer",
|
|
"adventurer",
|
|
"fox",
|
|
"gamesman",
|
|
"knave",
|
|
"prankster",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"plotter",
|
|
"schemer",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"sneaker",
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"charlatan",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"faker",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"impostor",
|
|
"imposter",
|
|
"mountebank",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"quack",
|
|
"quacksalver",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"blackleg",
|
|
"cardsharp",
|
|
"cardsharper",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"double-dealer",
|
|
"bilk",
|
|
"bilker",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"cheater",
|
|
"chiseler",
|
|
"chiseller",
|
|
"confidence man",
|
|
"cozener",
|
|
"defrauder",
|
|
"dodger",
|
|
"fakir",
|
|
"finagler",
|
|
"fraudster",
|
|
"hoaxer",
|
|
"scammer",
|
|
"scamster",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"skinner",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"tricker",
|
|
"trickster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slippery":{
|
|
"given to acting in secret and to concealing one's intentions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bar where a lot of slippery characters were known to hang out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"stealthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closemouthed",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"secretive",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"treacherous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"hard to find, capture, or isolate":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slippery concept that we had trouble understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elusive",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"fugitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"ephemeral",
|
|
"evanescent",
|
|
"fleeting",
|
|
"impermanent",
|
|
"momentary",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"short-lived",
|
|
"temporary",
|
|
"transient",
|
|
"transitory",
|
|
"inaccessible",
|
|
"inconvenient",
|
|
"unapproachable",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"unavailable",
|
|
"unobtainable",
|
|
"unreachable",
|
|
"untouchable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accessible",
|
|
"approachable",
|
|
"attainable",
|
|
"available",
|
|
"convenient",
|
|
"obtainable",
|
|
"reachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or being a surface so smooth as to greatly reduce traction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had trouble keeping upright on the slippery ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"greased",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"lubricated",
|
|
"oiled",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"slicked",
|
|
"slippy",
|
|
"slithery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed",
|
|
"buffed",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"glossed",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"rubbed",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"coated",
|
|
"glazed",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"waxy",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"sandblasted",
|
|
"sanded",
|
|
"sandpapered",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"scraped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coarsened",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"roughened",
|
|
"scuffed",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slighted":{
|
|
"to cause hurt feelings or deep resentment in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dancers felt slighted by the harsh comments of the judges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"wounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"snubbed",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"pained",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"sneered (at)",
|
|
"taunted",
|
|
"defamed",
|
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"disparaged",
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"libeled",
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"libelled",
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"maligned",
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"reviled",
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"slandered",
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"slurred",
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"smeared",
|
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"oppressed",
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"persecuted",
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"tormented",
|
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"tortured"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"acclaimed",
|
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"applauded",
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"approved",
|
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"hailed",
|
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"commended",
|
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"complimented",
|
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"eulogized",
|
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"praised",
|
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"adulated",
|
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"flattered",
|
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"sweet-talked",
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"exalted",
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"glorified",
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"honored",
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"delighted",
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"gratified",
|
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"pleased",
|
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"satisfied"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"to deliberately ignore or treat rudely":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"as a temp worker, she often feels slighted by the people she has to work with"
|
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"cold-shouldered",
|
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"cut",
|
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"high-hatted",
|
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"snubbed",
|
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"stiff-armed",
|
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"stiffed"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"isolated",
|
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"ostracized",
|
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"brushed (aside or off)",
|
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"disdained",
|
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"rebuffed",
|
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"rejected",
|
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"repelled",
|
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"repulsed",
|
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"scorned",
|
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"spurned",
|
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"disregarded",
|
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"forgot",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
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"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"shrugged off"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show contempt for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"music critics who slight any style of music that doesn't fit their personal taste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemned",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disrespected",
|
|
"dissed",
|
|
"high-hatted",
|
|
"looked down (on or upon)",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"sniffed (at)",
|
|
"snooted",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scouted",
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"deprecated",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"discountenanced",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"lionized",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"venerated",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"approved (of)",
|
|
"cared (for)",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"OK'd",
|
|
"okayed",
|
|
"subscribed (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"honored",
|
|
"respected"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to give proper attention to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slighted several major authors in her survey of 20th-century fiction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slurred (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"omitted",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"sloughed (off)",
|
|
"sluffed (off)",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"scanted",
|
|
"skimped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"remembered",
|
|
"listened (to)",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"followed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"remarked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"tended (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"slimeball":{
|
|
"a person of low moral character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a real slimeball , that shyster has happily defended, for a healthy fee, drug dealers and child molesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slattern",
|
|
"tramp",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"perv",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"pettifogger",
|
|
"shyster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"slimeballs love the anonymity of the Internet, which allows them to post incredibly vile messages without having to identify themselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |