dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/sa_mwt.json
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{
"sable":{
"as in otter , mink":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"having the color of soot or coal":{
"antonyms":[
"white"
],
"examples":[
"a beautiful sable cat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"brilliant",
"light",
"pale",
"palish"
],
"related":[
"dark",
"dusky",
"inky",
"blackish",
"brunet",
"brunette"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"ebony",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"raven"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sables":{
"as in otters , mink":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sacking":{
"as in dismissal , firing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in robbery , looting":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
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"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"examples":[
"he was sacked for showing up late once too often"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"related":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"terminating",
"turning off"
]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breaking in",
"burglarizing",
"ripping off",
"stealing (from)",
"combing",
"hunting",
"raking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"harrying",
"raiding",
"ravishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sacks":{
"a container made of a flexible material (as paper or plastic)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"asked the bagger to put all the loaves of bread in the same sack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carryalls",
"portmanteaus",
"portmanteaux",
"traveling bags",
"wallets",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"backpacks",
"barracks bags",
"duffel bags",
"haversacks",
"knapsacks",
"rucksacks",
"satchels",
"totes",
"handbags",
"pocketbooks",
"purses",
"tote bags",
"ditty bags",
"flight bags",
"garment bags",
"kit bags",
"shopping bags",
"work bags"
],
"synonyms":[
"bags",
"pokes",
"pouches"
]
},
"a place set aside for sleeping":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I think I'm ready to hit the sack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bedsteads",
"futons",
"futon",
"mattresses",
"pallets",
"bunk beds",
"cots",
"couches",
"daybeds",
"feather beds",
"four-posters",
"hammocks",
"Murphy beds",
"shakedowns",
"sleigh beds",
"sofa beds",
"sofas",
"studio couches",
"trundle beds",
"water beds",
"bassinets",
"carry-cots",
"cradles",
"cribs"
],
"synonyms":[
"beds",
"bunks",
"dosses",
"hays",
"kips",
"lairs",
"pads",
"racks"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"antonyms":[
"employs",
"engages",
"hires",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"examples":[
"he was sacked for showing up late once too often"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"reemploys",
"rehires",
"contracts",
"subcontracts",
"recruits"
],
"related":[
"downsizes",
"excesses",
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"trims",
"boots (out)",
"chucks (out)",
"drums (out)",
"kicks out",
"throws out",
"unseats",
"separates"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"bounces",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"terminates",
"turns off"
]
},
"to search through with the intent of committing robbery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thieves sacked the house in search of the diamond necklace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breaks in",
"burglarizes",
"rips off",
"steals (from)",
"combs",
"hunts",
"rakes",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"harries",
"raids",
"ravishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sacral":{
"set apart or worthy of veneration by association with God":{
"antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
],
"examples":[
"sacral laws that have been passed down for generations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"unspiritual",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"worldly"
],
"related":[
"adored",
"enshrined",
"glorified",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"ceremonial",
"liturgical",
"priestly",
"religious",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"spiritual",
"biblical",
"scriptural"
],
"synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrate",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacred",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sacrilege":{
"an act of great disrespect shown to God or to sacred ideas, people, or things":{
"antonyms":[
"adoration",
"glorification",
"worship"
],
"examples":[
"spitting on the temple floor would be a great sacrilege"
],
"near antonyms":[
"consecration",
"purification",
"sanctification",
"reverence",
"veneration"
],
"related":[
"cursing",
"profanity",
"swearing",
"affront",
"insult",
"violation",
"contamination",
"corruption",
"debasement",
"pollution",
"sin",
"trespass"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasphemy",
"defilement",
"desecration",
"impiety",
"irreverence",
"profanation"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"safe":{
"a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the hotel recommended that we keep all our valuables in its safe during our stay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lockbox",
"vault",
"storeroom",
"treasury",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"footlocker",
"locker",
"trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"coffer",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox"
]
},
"having or showing a close attentiveness to avoiding danger or trouble":{
"antonyms":[
"careless",
"heedless",
"incautious",
"unguarded",
"unmindful",
"unsafe",
"unwary"
],
"examples":[
"rewarded safe drivers with lower insurance rates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bold",
"brash",
"impetuous",
"rash",
"reckless",
"venturesome",
"asleep",
"inattentive",
"regardless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"lax",
"neglectful",
"negligent",
"remiss",
"imprudent",
"indiscreet",
"injudicious",
"absentminded",
"forgetful",
"inadvertent",
"unintentional",
"unplanned"
],
"related":[
"advertent",
"attentive",
"awake",
"observant",
"regardful",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"hypercautious",
"foresighted",
"foresightful",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"thoughtful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"calculating",
"canny",
"shrewd",
"deliberate",
"slow",
"ultracareful",
"ultracautious"
],
"synonyms":[
"alert",
"careful",
"cautious",
"chary",
"circumspect",
"conservative",
"considerate",
"gingerly",
"guarded",
"heedful",
"wary"
]
},
"not causing or being capable of causing injury or hurt":{
"antonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"examples":[
"that pain reliever is safe for most people to take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"offensive",
"painful",
"scathing",
"wounding",
"deadly",
"fatal",
"lethal",
"ruinous",
"destructive",
"insidious",
"malignant",
"noxious",
"pestilent",
"polluted",
"tainted"
],
"related":[
"healthful",
"healthy",
"salubrious",
"wholesome",
"benignant",
"sound",
"trustworthy",
"gentle",
"gracious",
"mild",
"nonthreatening",
"painless",
"unobjectionable",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"white"
]
},
"not exposed to the threat of loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[
"endangered",
"exposed",
"imperiled",
"imperilled",
"insecure",
"liable",
"open",
"subject (to)",
"susceptible",
"threatened",
"unsafe",
"violable",
"vulnerable"
],
"examples":[
"the minute the rain started, we looked for a place where we would be safe from a drenching downpour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"injured",
"scathed",
"wounded"
],
"related":[
"hale",
"healthy",
"intact",
"sound",
"well",
"whole",
"scatheless",
"unharmed",
"unhurt",
"uninjured",
"unscathed"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"secure"
]
},
"providing safety":{
"antonyms":[
"dangerous",
"hazardous",
"insecure",
"risky",
"unsafe"
],
"examples":[
"we tried to find a safe place to hide our valuables while we went swimming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"menacing",
"minatory",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"threatening",
"undefended",
"unguarded",
"unprotected",
"vulnerable",
"precarious",
"treacherous",
"uncertain"
],
"related":[
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"sheltering",
"shielding",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"sheltered",
"shielded",
"impregnable",
"inviolable",
"invulnerable",
"unassailable",
"unconquerable"
],
"synonyms":[
"secure",
"snug"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
],
"unlikely to provoke controversy or offense":{
"antonyms":[
"controversial",
"hot-button"
],
"examples":[
"when chatting with strangers, she prefers to stick to safe topics such as the weather"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arguable",
"contestable",
"controvertible",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"moot",
"questionable",
"debated",
"disputed"
],
"related":[
"politically correct",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"incontrovertible",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"undeniable",
"unquestionable",
"irrefutable",
"certain",
"definite",
"positive",
"sure",
"uncontested",
"undisputed"
],
"synonyms":[
"noncontroversial",
"uncontroversial"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
],
"examples":[
"she always offers safe advice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"related":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"synonyms":[
"calculable",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"secure",
"solid",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
]
}
},
"safe-deposit box":{
"a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"kept the deed to the house in a safe-deposit box at the bank"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lockbox",
"vault",
"storeroom",
"treasury",
"box",
"caddy",
"case",
"casket",
"chest",
"footlocker",
"locker",
"trunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"coffer",
"safe",
"strongbox"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"safeguarded":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"antonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked"
],
"examples":[
"sheepdogs safeguard the flock from attacks by wolves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombarded",
"stormed",
"beset",
"besieged",
"overran",
"capitulated",
"caved",
"submitted",
"yielded"
],
"related":[
"averted",
"prevented",
"opposed",
"resisted",
"withstood",
"battled",
"contended",
"fought",
"warred",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"saved",
"buffered",
"palisaded",
"picketed",
"walled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarked",
"covered",
"defended",
"fenced",
"fended",
"forfended",
"guarded",
"kept",
"protected",
"screened",
"secured",
"shielded",
"warded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"safekeeping":{
"responsibility for the safety and well-being of someone or something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"while she was away on business, the single mom entrusted her daughter into her in-laws' safekeeping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"control",
"governorship",
"hand(s)",
"management",
"superintendence",
"supervision"
],
"synonyms":[
"care",
"custodianship",
"custody",
"guardianship",
"keeping",
"trust",
"ward"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"safeness":{
"the state of not being exposed to danger":{
"antonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"endangerment",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"trouble"
],
"examples":[
"the safeness of her children was something that she worried about constantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hazard",
"risk",
"threat",
"instability",
"precariousness",
"harm's way",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"violability",
"vulnerability",
"vulnerableness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness"
],
"related":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"cover",
"defense",
"guardianship",
"ward",
"guard",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"shield",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter",
"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"inviolability",
"inviolableness",
"invulnerability",
"invulnerableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"protection",
"safety",
"security"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"safety":{
"a protective device (as on a weapon) to prevent accidental operation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the gun couldn't be fired as long as the safety was on"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fail-safe",
"lock",
"defense",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"shield"
],
"synonyms":[
"guard"
]
},
"the state of not being exposed to danger":{
"antonyms":[
"danger",
"distress",
"endangerment",
"imperilment",
"jeopardy",
"peril",
"trouble"
],
"examples":[
"we were lucky to make it to safety just as the lions broke loose from their cage at the zoo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hazard",
"risk",
"threat",
"instability",
"precariousness",
"harm's way",
"exposure",
"liability",
"openness",
"violability",
"vulnerability",
"vulnerableness",
"susceptibility",
"susceptibleness"
],
"related":[
"aegis",
"egis",
"cover",
"defense",
"guardianship",
"ward",
"guard",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"shield",
"asylum",
"harbor",
"haven",
"refuge",
"retreat",
"shelter",
"impregnability",
"impregnableness",
"invincibility",
"invincibleness",
"inviolability",
"inviolableness",
"invulnerability",
"invulnerableness"
],
"synonyms":[
"protection",
"safeness",
"security"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sage":{
"a person of deep wisdom or learning":{
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"examples":[
"the young prince made a pilgrimage to the sage , hoping to learn the meaning of life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"fool",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"moron",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"simpleton",
"stock",
"turkey"
],
"related":[
"seer",
"wise man",
"polyhistor",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"brain",
"genius",
"highbrow",
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"guru",
"mahatma",
"pandit",
"swami",
"yogi",
"yogin",
"rabbi",
"master",
"mentor",
"teacher"
],
"synonyms":[
"pundit",
"savant",
"scholar"
]
},
"having or showing deep understanding and intelligent application of knowledge":{
"antonyms":[
"unperceptive",
"unwise"
],
"examples":[
"a sage suggestion that anyone should think long and hard before deciding to marry"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"purblind",
"woodenheaded",
"brainless",
"dumb",
"feebleminded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"moronic",
"silly",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"stupid",
"thoughtless",
"unintelligent",
"witless",
"undiscriminating"
],
"related":[
"acute",
"penetrating",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"experienced",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"smart",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"astute",
"clearheaded",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"contemplative",
"reflective",
"thoughtful"
],
"synonyms":[
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sapient",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sail":{
"a journey over water in a vessel":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we went for a brief sail on the bay to relax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"crossing",
"cruise",
"passage",
"voyage"
]
},
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
"antonyms":[
"flounder",
"struggle"
],
"examples":[
"sailed through the latest assignment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"limp",
"lumber",
"plod",
"stumble",
"trudge",
"shamble",
"shuffle",
"stamp",
"stomp",
"stump",
"tramp",
"labor",
"toil"
],
"related":[
"fly",
"race",
"rush",
"speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"brush",
"coast",
"cruise",
"drift",
"flow",
"glide",
"roll",
"skim",
"slide",
"slip",
"stream",
"sweep",
"whisk"
]
},
"to rest or move along the surface of a liquid or in the air":{
"antonyms":[
"settle",
"sink"
],
"examples":[
"a leaf sailed by, carried by the breeze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"lunge",
"plunge",
"dip",
"immerse",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"related":[
"bob",
"dangle",
"suspend",
"buoy",
"balloon",
"raft"
],
"synonyms":[
"drift",
"float",
"glide",
"hang",
"hover",
"poise",
"ride",
"swim",
"waft"
]
},
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can't sail when there's any breeze at all because I get seasick easily"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"yacht",
"coast"
],
"synonyms":[
"boat",
"cruise",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sail into":{
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The customer sailed into the server when the food came out wong."
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"commend",
"compliment",
"hail",
"laud",
"praise"
],
"related":[
"berate",
"harangue",
"harass",
"harry",
"revile",
"scold",
"whip",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"execrate",
"imprecate",
"profane",
"affront",
"insult",
"slur",
"asperse",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"blackguard",
"disparage",
"put down",
"libel",
"slander",
"traduce",
"vilify",
"chastise",
"chide",
"criticize",
"lace (into)",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"fulminate",
"lash (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abuse",
"assail",
"attack",
"bash",
"belabor",
"blast",
"castigate",
"excoriate",
"jump (on)",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"potshot",
"savage",
"scathe",
"slam",
"trash",
"vituperate"
]
},
"to start work on energetically":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The students sailed into the new assignment right away."
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"evade",
"shun",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool",
"idle",
"lag",
"mess",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"poke",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"related":[
"address",
"approach",
"face",
"buckle (down to)",
"concentrate (on)",
"focus (on)",
"knuckle down (to)",
"zero (in on)",
"fall (to)",
"pitch in",
"plunge (in)",
"settle (down)",
"pursue",
"take up",
"undertake"
],
"synonyms":[
"attack",
"dive (into)",
"tackle",
"wade (in or into)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sake":{
"a Japanese alcoholic drink that is made from rice":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"offered a fine sake to their guests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"saki":{
"a Japanese alcoholic drink that is made from rice":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"offered a fine sake to their guests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salaciousness":{
"sexual appetite":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the salaciousness usually enjoyed with a new fling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstinence",
"celibacy",
"chastity",
"frigidity",
"frigidness"
],
"related":[
"libido",
"ardor",
"heat",
"rut",
"erotomania",
"hypersexuality",
"lecherousness",
"lechery",
"nymphomania",
"satyriasis",
"venery"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscence",
"desire",
"eroticism",
"horniness",
"hots",
"itch",
"lech",
"letch",
"libidinousness",
"lust",
"lustfulness",
"lustihood",
"passion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sales":{
"the transfer of ownership of something from one person to another for a price":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"my neighbor tried to make a sale , but no one was interested in buying his old car",
"they made enough profit from the sale of the house for a down payment on the new one"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"auctions",
"silent auctions",
"haggles",
"negotiations",
"bargains",
"buys",
"steals",
"purchases",
"clearances",
"closeouts",
"fire sales",
"fairs",
"garage sales",
"jumble sales",
"rummage sales",
"tag sales",
"yard sales"
],
"synonyms":[
"deals",
"trades",
"transactions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sales tax":{
"as in income tax , property tax":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salient":{
"standing out because of prominence or importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the salient facts",
"The salient features of the product are detailed in the press release."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"salivate (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been salivating for a high-definition TV for some time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"sigh (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"salivated":{
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the dog salivated at the sight of the raw meat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"watered",
"expectorated",
"spit",
"spat",
"foamed",
"frothed",
"spluttered",
"sputtered"
],
"synonyms":[
"dribbled",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"slavered",
"slobbered"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"salivated (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I've been salivating for a high-definition TV for some time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"related":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"sighed (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"salmagundi":{
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the downtown area has a salmagundi of one-of-a-kind shops, where you can find almost anything you might need\u2014and many things you don't"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"motley",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salted away":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"salted away some jewels in a safe-deposit box for the lean times"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"threw away",
"threw out",
"unloaded",
"consumed",
"squandered",
"used up",
"wasted",
"handed out",
"handed over",
"relinquished",
"surrendered",
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"depleted",
"exhausted",
"expended",
"impoverished",
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered"
],
"related":[
"accumulated",
"acquired",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"scraped (together)",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"conserved",
"husbanded",
"preserved",
"banked",
"coffered",
"deposited",
"held",
"kept",
"reserved",
"retained",
"saved",
"set by",
"stocked",
"withheld",
"buried",
"concealed",
"ensconced",
"secreted"
],
"synonyms":[
"cached",
"hoarded",
"laid away",
"laid by",
"laid in",
"laid up",
"put by",
"squirreled (away)",
"squirrelled (away)",
"stashed",
"stockpiled",
"stored",
"stowed",
"treasured"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"saltiness":{
"the quality or state of being salty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the saltiness of the pretzels went well with the soda pop we were drinking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshness",
"purity",
"sweetness"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"brininess",
"salinity",
"saltness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"saltness":{
"the quality or state of being salty":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the excessive saltness of the soup made it inedible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"freshness",
"purity",
"sweetness"
],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"brininess",
"salinity",
"saltiness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salty":{
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"salty language that earned the movie an R rating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"related":[
"leering",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"spicy",
"suggestive"
]
},
"of, relating to, or containing salt":{
"antonyms":[
"nonsaline"
],
"examples":[
"salty sea water is safe to swim in, but you really shouldn't swallow it"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"clear",
"pure",
"freshwater"
],
"related":[
"hard"
],
"synonyms":[
"brackish",
"briny",
"saline",
"salt"
]
},
"sharp and pleasantly stimulating to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"insipid",
"zestless"
],
"examples":[
"a salty , insightful analysis of male-female relationships"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flat",
"flavorless",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"arid",
"banal",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"flat",
"humdrum",
"leaden",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"predictable",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"tedious",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"wearisome",
"wearying",
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"related":[
"racy",
"spicy",
"fiery",
"gingery",
"hot",
"peppery",
"vinegary",
"acute",
"keen",
"biting",
"bitter",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"trenchant",
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlightening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"ambrosial",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"luscious",
"palatable",
"scrumptious",
"toothsome",
"flavorful",
"savorous",
"tasty",
"absorbing",
"arresting",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"riveting"
],
"synonyms":[
"pert",
"piquant",
"poignant",
"pungent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"zesty",
"zingy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"salutation":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the speaker introduced the evening's honored guest with a lavish salutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"denunciation",
"indictment",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproof",
"admonition",
"correction",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"sermon"
],
"related":[
"award",
"decoration",
"dedication",
"honor",
"prize",
"acclaim",
"acclamation",
"laudation",
"applause",
"plaudit(s)",
"bravo",
"hallelujah",
"kudo",
"approval",
"cachet",
"compliment",
"recommendation"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolade",
"citation",
"commendation",
"dithyramb",
"encomium",
"eulogium",
"eulogy",
"homage",
"hymn",
"paean",
"panegyric",
"tribute"
]
},
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
"antonyms":[
"adieu",
"bon voyage",
"cong\u00e9",
"congee",
"farewell",
"Godspeed",
"good-bye",
"good-by"
],
"examples":[
"began the discussion with a gracious salutation to the distinguished assembly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ave",
"hail",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"regards",
"respects",
"wishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"greeting",
"hello",
"salute",
"welcome"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salutations":{
"a formal expression of praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the speaker introduced the evening's honored guest with a lavish salutation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"denunciations",
"indictments",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproofs",
"admonitions",
"corrections",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"sermons"
],
"related":[
"awards",
"decorations",
"dedications",
"honors",
"prizes",
"acclaim",
"acclamations",
"laudations",
"applauses",
"plaudits",
"bravos",
"bravoes",
"hallelujahs",
"kudos",
"approvals",
"cachets",
"compliments",
"recommendations"
],
"synonyms":[
"accolades",
"citations",
"commendations",
"dithyrambs",
"encomiums",
"encomia",
"eulogia",
"eulogiums",
"eulogies",
"homages",
"hymns",
"paeans",
"panegyrics",
"tributes"
]
},
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
"antonyms":[
"adieus",
"adieux",
"bon voyages",
"cong\u00e9s",
"congees",
"farewells",
"Godspeeds",
"good-byes",
"good-bys"
],
"examples":[
"began the discussion with a gracious salutation to the distinguished assembly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"aves",
"hails",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"regards",
"respects",
"wishes"
],
"synonyms":[
"greetings",
"hellos",
"salutes",
"welcomes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salved":{
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"keyed (up)",
"perturbed",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"examples":[
"attempting to salve her conscience, she anonymously sent the store a sum of cash sufficient to cover the merchandise she had shoplifted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fomented",
"incited",
"roused",
"stirred (up)",
"worked up"
],
"related":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"hushed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"laid",
"mitigated",
"quelled",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"solaced",
"narcotized",
"sedated",
"stupefied"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalmed",
"calmed",
"composed",
"lullabied",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"settled",
"soothed",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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},
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"noun"
]
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"same":{
"being one and not another":{
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"another",
"different",
"other"
],
"examples":[
"that's the same guy I saw down at the beach yesterday"
],
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"discriminable",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"diverse",
"unalike",
"unlike",
"varied",
"various"
],
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"identical",
"selfsame",
"very"
]
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"different",
"disparate",
"dissimilar",
"distant",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"distinguishable",
"diverse",
"nonidentical",
"other",
"unalike",
"unlike"
],
"examples":[
"I bought the same shirt at the mall for five dollars less"
],
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"differentiable",
"discriminable",
"divers",
"miscellaneous",
"sundry",
"varied",
"various"
],
"related":[
"akin",
"alike",
"analogous",
"comparable",
"coordinate",
"correspondent",
"corresponding",
"equivalent",
"like",
"look-alike",
"matching",
"parallel",
"similar",
"such",
"suchlike",
"synonymous",
"tantamount"
],
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"coequal",
"duplicate",
"equal",
"even",
"identical",
"indistinguishable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sameness":{
"a tedious lack of variety":{
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"examples":[
"the endless sameness of what we keep having for dinner is starting to bore me"
],
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"diversity",
"multiplicity",
"variety",
"variability",
"variation",
"absorption",
"engagement",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"fascination",
"grip",
"interest",
"intrigue",
"involvement",
"animation",
"enlivenment",
"excitement",
"invigoration",
"stimulation"
],
"related":[
"uniformity",
"blahs",
"boredom",
"drabness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"ennui",
"restlessness",
"tediousness",
"tedium",
"tiresomeness",
"weariness",
"wearisomeness"
],
"synonyms":[
"humdrum",
"monotone",
"monotonousness",
"monotony"
]
},
"the state of being exactly alike":{
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"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"unlikeness"
],
"examples":[
"the sameness of the two essays made the teacher immediately suspect plagiarism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alteration",
"change",
"modification",
"variation",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"exoticness",
"individuality",
"separateness",
"separation",
"uniqueness",
"unusualness",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"variance",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"contrast"
],
"related":[
"oneness",
"selfsameness",
"homogeneity",
"homogeneousness",
"homology",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"conformity",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"resemblance",
"similarity"
],
"synonyms":[
"identicalness",
"identity"
]
},
"the state or fact of being exactly the same in number, amount, status, or quality":{
"antonyms":[
"imparity",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"examples":[
"the striking sameness of the results for both experiments suggests that this is a real discovery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"distinction",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"divergence",
"diverseness",
"diversity",
"incompatibility",
"dissimilarity",
"unlikeness"
],
"related":[
"comparability",
"compatibility",
"correlation",
"correspondence",
"alikeness",
"community",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity",
"similitude",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"identicalness",
"identity"
],
"synonyms":[
"coequality",
"coordinateness",
"equality",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanctifies":{
"to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"received the sacrament of penance, whereby they were sanctified and restored to divine grace"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corrupts",
"debases",
"debauches",
"defiles",
"degrades",
"demeans",
"depraves",
"perverts",
"stains",
"warps",
"poisons",
"profanes",
"prostitutes",
"sullies",
"tarnishes"
],
"related":[
"amends",
"improves",
"refines",
"heals",
"regenerates",
"restores",
"elevates",
"ennobles",
"uplifts",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"synonyms":[
"cleanses",
"purges",
"purifies"
]
},
"to make holy through prayers or ritual":{
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"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies"
],
"examples":[
"sanctify the bread for Communion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defiles",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"taints",
"violates",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"cusses",
"damns",
"execrates",
"casts out",
"condemns",
"damns",
"punishes"
],
"related":[
"baptizes",
"canonizes",
"spiritualizes",
"chastens",
"cleanses",
"lustrates",
"purifies",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"expurgates",
"commits",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"reconsecrates"
],
"synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sacralizes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanctimoniousness":{
"as in pretense , pretension":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sanction":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription"
],
"examples":[
"you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denial",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"revocation",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"injunction",
"veto",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"ban",
"embargo",
"exclusion"
],
"related":[
"imprimatur",
"seal",
"signature",
"stamp",
"accreditation",
"certification",
"liberty",
"pass",
"concession",
"patent",
"permit",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"acceptance",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent",
"OK",
"okay",
"accord",
"grant"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowance",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"concurrence",
"consent",
"granting",
"green light",
"leave",
"license",
"licence",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"warrant"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"deny",
"disallow",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"reject",
"turn down",
"veto"
],
"examples":[
"the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ban",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"illegalize",
"interdict",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"rebuff",
"rebut",
"refuse",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"accept",
"acknowledge",
"affirm",
"certify",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"validate",
"bless",
"canonize",
"sanctify",
"initial",
"rubber-stamp",
"sign",
"sign off (on)",
"allow",
"enable",
"legalize",
"license",
"licence",
"pass",
"permit",
"reapprove"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"approbate",
"approve",
"authorize",
"clear",
"confirm",
"finalize",
"formalize",
"homologate",
"OK",
"okay",
"ratify",
"warrant"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sanctions":{
"the approval by someone in authority for the doing of something":{
"antonyms":[
"interdictions",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions"
],
"examples":[
"you cannot make a student video without your faculty advisor's sanction of its subject matter prior to shooting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"denials",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"revocations",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"injunctions",
"vetoes",
"deterrences",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"bans",
"embargoes",
"exclusions"
],
"related":[
"imprimaturs",
"seals",
"signatures",
"stamps",
"accreditations",
"certifications",
"liberties",
"passes",
"concessions",
"patents",
"permits",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"acceptances",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents",
"OKs",
"okays",
"accords",
"grants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"concurrences",
"consents",
"green lights",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sufferances",
"warrants"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"antonyms":[
"declines",
"denies",
"disallows",
"disapproves",
"negatives",
"rejects",
"turns down",
"vetoes"
],
"examples":[
"the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bans",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"illegalizes",
"interdicts",
"prohibits",
"proscribes",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"rebuffs",
"rebuts",
"refuses",
"spurns"
],
"related":[
"accepts",
"acknowledges",
"affirms",
"certifies",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"validates",
"blesses",
"canonizes",
"sanctifies",
"initials",
"rubber-stamps",
"signs",
"signs off (on)",
"allows",
"enables",
"legalizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"passes",
"permits",
"reapproves"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredits",
"approbates",
"approves",
"authorizes",
"clears",
"confirms",
"finalizes",
"formalizes",
"homologates",
"OKs",
"okays",
"ratifies",
"warrants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sane":{
"having full use of one's mind and control over one's actions":{
"antonyms":[
"brainsick",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"demented",
"deranged",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"unbalanced",
"unsound"
],
"examples":[
"the court ruled that the woman was indeed sane when she made out her will"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"bananas",
"batty",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loopy",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"disordered",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"schizo",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"schizy",
"schizzy",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"off",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"potty",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"mixed-up",
"unreasonable",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"haywire",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"related":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"clear",
"coherent",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"even-keeled",
"judicious",
"levelheaded",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"sound",
"unneurotic",
"well-adjusted",
"well-balanced"
],
"synonyms":[
"balanced",
"clearheaded",
"compos mentis",
"lucid",
"normal",
"right",
"stable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanguine":{
"eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Civil War remains America's most sanguine conflict"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliatory",
"disarming",
"dovish",
"mollifying",
"pacific",
"pacifying",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"peacemaking",
"placating",
"placative",
"placatory",
"propitiatory",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted",
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"submissive",
"surrendering",
"yielding"
],
"related":[
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"heartless",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"vicious",
"wanton",
"antagonistic",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hostile",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"violent",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"bloodstained",
"fell",
"gory",
"grim",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"bloody-minded",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguineous"
]
},
"having a healthy reddish skin tone":{
"antonyms":[
"ashen",
"ashy",
"doughy",
"livid",
"lurid",
"mealy",
"pale",
"paled",
"palish",
"pallid",
"pasty",
"peaked",
"peaky",
"sallow",
"sallowish",
"wan"
],
"examples":[
"a baby with a sanguine complexion is more likely to leave the hospital early than a sickly-looking one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"waxen",
"waxy",
"blanched",
"white",
"whitened",
"anemic",
"sick",
"sickly",
"bloodless",
"cadaverous",
"whey-faced",
"white-faced"
],
"related":[
"bronzed",
"brown",
"suntanned",
"tanned",
"bloomy",
"blowsy",
"blowzy",
"blushing",
"flushed",
"pink",
"pinkish",
"warm",
"cherubic"
],
"synonyms":[
"blooming",
"florid",
"flush",
"full-blooded",
"glowing",
"red",
"rosy",
"rubicund",
"ruddy"
]
},
"having or showing a mind free from doubt":{
"antonyms":[
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"uncertain",
"unsure"
],
"examples":[
"I'm reasonably sanguine about the adoption of the latest proposal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hesitant",
"indecisive",
"vacillating",
"wavering",
"diffident",
"unassuming"
],
"related":[
"self-assured",
"self-conceited",
"self-confident",
"decisive",
"resolute",
"unfaltering",
"unhesitating",
"unquestioning",
"unwavering"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"certain",
"clear",
"cocksure",
"confident",
"doubtless",
"implicit",
"positive",
"sure"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sanguinely":{
"in a positive or optimistic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"One bullish economist has gone out on a limb and sanguinely predicts a huge stock market boom ahead."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sanitary":{
"free from filth, infection, or dangers to health":{
"antonyms":[
"germy",
"insanitary",
"unhygienic",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile"
],
"examples":[
"the nurse made sure that everything in the room was sanitary so that the baby wouldn't get sick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"infectious",
"miasmic",
"pathogenetic",
"pathogenic",
"poisonous",
"sickening",
"toxic",
"bedraggled",
"besmirched",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"unwashed",
"insalubrious",
"noxious",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterilized"
],
"related":[
"germproof",
"antibacterial",
"antibiotic",
"antiseptic",
"germicidal",
"microbicidal",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"beneficial",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"restorative",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"salutiferous",
"wholesome",
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened"
],
"synonyms":[
"aseptic",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sterile"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sank":{
"to become worse or of less value":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorated",
"improved",
"meliorated"
],
"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bettered",
"upgraded",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"fortified",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"strengthened",
"advanced",
"developed",
"marched",
"proceeded",
"progressed"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"de-escalated",
"diminished",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"receded",
"waned",
"broke down",
"corrupted",
"decomposed",
"degraded",
"dilapidated",
"disintegrated",
"moldered",
"putrefied",
"soured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"lessened",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"debilitated",
"undermined",
"drooped",
"failed",
"fell",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"ran down",
"sagged",
"slipped",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophied",
"crumbled",
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"descended",
"deteriorated",
"devolved",
"ebbed",
"regressed",
"retrograded",
"rotted",
"worsened"
]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appeared",
"materialized"
],
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrived",
"broke out",
"came out",
"emerged",
"issued",
"loomed",
"showed up"
],
"related":[
"blanked (out)",
"cleared",
"died (away or down or out)",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"dried up",
"blurred",
"dimmed"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialized",
"disappeared",
"dissolved",
"evanesced",
"evaporated",
"faded",
"fled",
"flew",
"melted",
"vanished"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"enhanced",
"marked up",
"upgraded"
],
"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew up",
"bloated",
"inflated",
"overestimated",
"overpriced",
"overrated",
"overvalued",
"added",
"aggrandized",
"amplified",
"augmented",
"ballooned",
"boosted",
"compounded",
"dilated",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"extended",
"heightened",
"increased",
"maximized",
"multiplied",
"raised",
"swelled",
"upped"
],
"related":[
"debased",
"demonetized",
"underestimated",
"underpriced",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"abridged",
"compressed",
"contracted",
"de-escalated",
"deflated",
"downsized",
"dwindled",
"lessened",
"moderated",
"shrank",
"shrunk"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuated",
"broke",
"cheapened",
"depreciated",
"depressed",
"devaluated",
"devalued",
"downgraded",
"lowered",
"marked down",
"reduced",
"wrote down",
"wrote off"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
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"arose",
"ascended",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"soared",
"spiked",
"upped"
],
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulated",
"ballooned",
"built",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"grew",
"increased",
"intensified",
"mushroomed",
"picked up",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed"
],
"related":[
"abated",
"decreased",
"de-escalated",
"died (down)",
"diminished",
"drooped",
"dwindled",
"ebbed",
"lessened",
"let up",
"moderated",
"subsided",
"tapered off",
"waned",
"receded",
"retreated"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashed",
"cratered",
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dived",
"dove",
"dropped",
"fell",
"lowered",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"skidded",
"tumbled"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"climbed",
"mounted",
"rose",
"uprose",
"upswept",
"upturned"
],
"examples":[
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"evened",
"flattened",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"planed",
"smoothed",
"straightened"
],
"related":[
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"synonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell",
"plunged"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"related":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandized",
"canonized",
"deified",
"elevated",
"exalted"
],
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"boasted",
"celebrated",
"cheered",
"cited",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"decorated",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"hailed",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"touted",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"highlighted",
"played up",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"dignified",
"ennobled",
"enshrined",
"enskied",
"enthroned",
"glorified",
"magnified",
"advanced",
"boosted",
"lifted",
"promoted",
"raised",
"upgraded",
"uplifted",
"idealized",
"romanticized"
],
"related":[
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"belittled",
"castigated",
"cried down",
"criticized",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"detracted",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"disparaged",
"minimized",
"put down",
"ridiculed",
"wrote off",
"bad-mouthed",
"defamed",
"defiled",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"maligned",
"slandered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"damned",
"denounced",
"execrated",
"reprehended",
"reprobated"
],
"synonyms":[
"abased",
"chastened",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"demeaned",
"discredited",
"disgraced",
"dishonored",
"fouled",
"humbled",
"humiliated",
"lowered",
"shamed",
"smirched",
"took down"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"expressed",
"loosed",
"released",
"took out",
"unleashed",
"vented"
],
"related":[
"controlled",
"governed",
"managed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"bottled up",
"contained",
"muffled",
"squelched"
],
"synonyms":[
"choked (back)",
"held back",
"pocketed",
"repressed",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"submerged",
"suppressed",
"swallowed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sap":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
]
},
"active strength of body or mind":{
"antonyms":[
"lethargy",
"listlessness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity"
],
"examples":[
"a child full of sap and vivacity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"debilitation",
"debility",
"delicacy",
"disablement",
"enfeeblement",
"faintness",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"frailty",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"infirmity",
"powerlessness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"softness",
"tenderness",
"weakness",
"enervation",
"exhaustion",
"inanition",
"prostration"
],
"related":[
"animal spirits",
"animation",
"briskness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"snappiness",
"spirit",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunk",
"spunkiness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"ardor",
"\u00e9lan",
"fervor",
"fire",
"passion",
"zeal",
"main",
"metal",
"mettle",
"might",
"muscle",
"potency",
"power",
"puissance",
"stamina",
"strength",
"brawniness",
"fitness",
"hardiness",
"huskiness",
"sturdiness",
"virility",
"health",
"healthiness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"snap",
"starch",
"verve",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zing",
"zip"
]
},
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"related":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"soft touch",
"sucker",
"tool"
]
},
"the condition of being sound in body":{
"antonyms":[
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
],
"examples":[
"I may no longer have the sap of youth, but I do have the sapience that comes only with advanced years"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakness",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"malady",
"trouble"
],
"related":[
"fettle",
"shape",
"cleanliness",
"hygiene",
"hardiness",
"lustiness",
"robustiousness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"bloom",
"flush",
"flushness",
"activeness",
"agility",
"liveliness",
"spryness",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"soundness",
"verdure",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
],
"examples":[
"weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"invigorate",
"recruit",
"rejuvenate",
"vitalize",
"harden",
"season",
"toughen"
],
"related":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"deplete",
"depress",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"unman",
"wash out",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"invalid",
"lay up",
"break down",
"grind (down)",
"wear down",
"wear out",
"paralyze"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"soften",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sapid":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"saps":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sadistic prison guards freely used their saps to enforce discipline"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blackjacks",
"knobkerries",
"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"sledgehammers",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batons",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies"
]
},
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some poor sap would probably fall for that telephone scam"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
],
"related":[
"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
],
"synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"gulls",
"mugs",
"patsies",
"pigeons",
"pushovers",
"soft touches",
"suckers",
"tools"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beefs (up)",
"fortifies",
"strengthens"
],
"examples":[
"weeks of hard work had sapped her and left her exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"recruits",
"rejuvenates",
"vitalizes",
"hardens",
"seasons",
"toughens"
],
"related":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"incapacitates",
"depletes",
"depresses",
"exhausts",
"impoverishes",
"unmans",
"washes out",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"invalids",
"lays up",
"breaks down",
"grinds (down)",
"wears down",
"wears out",
"paralyzes"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"etiolates",
"prostrates",
"softens",
"tires",
"wastes",
"weakens"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sat tight":{
"to remain in place in readiness or expectation of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Sit tight and I'll be back in a minute."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stuck around",
"tarried",
"stood by",
"anticipated",
"expected",
"watched (for)"
],
"synonyms":[
"awaited",
"bode",
"bided",
"held on",
"stayed",
"waited"
]
},
"to remain out of sight":{
"antonyms":[
"appeared"
],
"examples":[
"He told his partner to sit tight while he went to get backup."
],
"near antonyms":[
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"related":[
"slunk",
"slinked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded"
],
"synonyms":[
"hid",
"holed up",
"lay",
"lurked",
"reposed",
"skulked"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sates":{
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I sated myself with an array of decadent offerings from the dessert table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"related":[
"gobbles",
"gormandizes",
"pigs out",
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"cloys",
"fills",
"banquets",
"feasts",
"regales"
],
"synonyms":[
"crams",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"stuffs",
"surfeits"
]
},
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a huge meal that should have sated everyone's hunger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouses",
"excites",
"piques",
"stimulates",
"tantalizes",
"teases"
],
"related":[
"caters (to)",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"alleviates",
"lightens",
"relieves",
"cloys",
"saturates",
"surfeits"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuages",
"quenches",
"satiates",
"satisfies",
"slakes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"satiety":{
"as in satiation , satisfaction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sating":{
"as in filling , satiating":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to fill with food to capacity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I sated myself with an array of decadent offerings from the dessert table"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"related":[
"gobbling",
"gormandizing",
"pigging out",
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"cloying",
"filling",
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"regaling"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramming",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"stuffing",
"surfeiting"
]
},
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a huge meal that should have sated everyone's hunger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"exciting",
"piquing",
"stimulating",
"tantalizing",
"teasing"
],
"related":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"alleviating",
"lightening",
"relieving",
"cloying",
"saturating",
"surfeiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"satisfying",
"slaking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"satirized":{
"as in lampooned , pasquinaded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"satisfactions":{
"payment to another for a loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he's demanding satisfaction from his neighbor for running over his prize tulips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"punitive damages",
"solatia",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satisfying":{
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
],
"examples":[
"a satisfying and relaxing bubble bath after a long day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"related":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty",
"welcome"
]
},
"having the power to persuade":{
"antonyms":[
"inconclusive",
"indecisive",
"ineffective",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing",
"unpersuasive"
],
"examples":[
"\"I don't feel like it\" is not a satisfying reason for skipping your chores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"groundless",
"invalid",
"shaky",
"unfounded",
"unsound",
"inconsequential",
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"immaterial",
"irrelevant",
"feeble",
"weak"
],
"related":[
"authoritative",
"definitive",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"important",
"significant",
"weighty",
"material",
"pertinent",
"relevant"
],
"synonyms":[
"cogent",
"compelling",
"conclusive",
"convincing",
"decisive",
"effective",
"forceful",
"persuasive",
"strong",
"telling"
]
},
"making one feel good inside":{
"antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"depressing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"examples":[
"received many satisfying compliments on her gardening efforts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerless",
"disappointing",
"disgruntling",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"saddening",
"discomforting",
"disconcerting",
"dismaying",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting",
"cold",
"unfeeling",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unloving",
"unpleasant"
],
"related":[
"affecting",
"inspiring",
"inspiriting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"stirring",
"touching",
"edifying",
"elevating",
"uplifting",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"kind",
"kindly",
"loving",
"warm",
"animating",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"thrilling",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"welcoming"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheering",
"comforting",
"encouraging",
"fulfilling",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"heartening",
"heartwarming",
"rewarding"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it took me a while to satisfy my attorney that I had good grounds for a lawsuit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"unselling"
],
"related":[
"blandishing",
"blarneying",
"cajoling",
"coaxing",
"entreating",
"exhorting",
"fast-talking",
"urging",
"wheedling",
"alluring",
"beguiling",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"snowing",
"tempting",
"brainwashing",
"overpersuading",
"inclining",
"influencing",
"prompting",
"selling",
"swaying",
"attracting",
"drawing",
"enticing",
"interesting",
"chewing over",
"conversing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"mooting",
"reasoning (with)"
],
"synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bringing",
"bringing around",
"converting",
"convincing",
"gaining",
"getting",
"inducing",
"moving",
"persuading",
"prevailing (on or upon)",
"talking (into)",
"winning (over)"
]
},
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"antonyms":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
],
"examples":[
"the contractor had clearly failed to satisfy the terms of the agreement"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaulting (on)",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"related":[
"concluding",
"consummating",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"perfecting",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing about",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting",
"committing",
"compassing",
"discharging",
"executing",
"following through (with)",
"making",
"performing"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"completing",
"complying (with)",
"filling",
"fulfilling",
"keeping",
"meeting",
"redeeming"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"antonyms":[
"displeasing"
],
"examples":[
"a hot dinner and a relaxing massage never fails to satisfy her after a long week at work"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"crossing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"ruffling",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"steaming up",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"agitating",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"offending"
],
"related":[
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"soothing",
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"exciting",
"tickling",
"titillating",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"treating",
"captivating",
"charming",
"galvanizing",
"thrilling",
"calming",
"comforting",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (with)",
"contenting",
"delighting",
"feasting",
"gassing",
"gladdening",
"gladding",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"rejoicing",
"suiting",
"warming"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the owners of the restaurant were generously satisfied for any business lost during the filming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"refunding",
"reimbursing",
"repaying",
"redressing",
"remedying",
"repairing",
"discharging",
"paying",
"quitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensating",
"indemnifying",
"recompensing",
"recouping",
"remunerating",
"requiting"
]
},
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the players satisfied their hunger after the game with a big pasta dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"exciting",
"piquing",
"stimulating",
"tantalizing",
"teasing"
],
"related":[
"catering (to)",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"alleviating",
"lightening",
"relieving",
"cloying",
"saturating",
"surfeiting"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaging",
"quenching",
"satiating",
"sating",
"slaking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"saturate":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
],
"examples":[
"the test will only work if the sample cloth is saturate with solution"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"related":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"antonyms":[
"wring (out)"
],
"examples":[
"saturate your hair with water before applying the dye"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear",
"drain",
"empty",
"void",
"dehumidify"
],
"related":[
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"marinate",
"seethe",
"presoak",
"dip",
"immerse",
"inundate",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"hydrate",
"swill",
"wash",
"water",
"infiltrate",
"penetrate",
"permeate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"saturnalia":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satyric":{
"having a strong sexual desire":{
"antonyms":[
"frigid",
"undersexed"
],
"examples":[
"satyric college students letting loose in the annual bacchanalia known as spring break"
],
"near antonyms":[
"celibate",
"chaste",
"decent",
"immaculate",
"modest",
"moral",
"pure",
"virtuous",
"monastic",
"monkish",
"maidenly",
"virginal",
"innocent",
"lily-white",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian"
],
"related":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"easy",
"fast",
"loose",
"promiscuous",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"demoralized",
"depraved",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"immoral",
"indecent"
],
"synonyms":[
"concupiscent",
"goatish",
"horny",
"hot",
"hypersexual",
"itchy",
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"licentious",
"lubricious",
"lubricous",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"passionate",
"randy",
"salacious",
"wanton"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"saucy":{
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
],
"examples":[
"irritated his fellow travelers with saucy questions and comments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"humble",
"modest",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"proper",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"blushing",
"embarrassed",
"shamefaced",
"gentle",
"mild",
"inconspicuous",
"unobtrusive"
],
"related":[
"assertive",
"forward",
"obtrusive",
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"shameless",
"unabashed",
"unblushing",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"curt",
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"lippy",
"mouthy"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"wise"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"savaged":{
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaimed",
"commended",
"complimented",
"hailed",
"lauded",
"praised"
],
"related":[
"berated",
"harangued",
"harassed",
"harried",
"reviled",
"scolded",
"whipped",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"execrated",
"imprecated",
"profaned",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"slurred",
"aspersed",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"blackguarded",
"disparaged",
"put down",
"libeled",
"libelled",
"slandered",
"traduced",
"vilified",
"chastised",
"chid",
"chided",
"criticized",
"laced (into)",
"rebuked",
"reprimanded",
"fulminated",
"lashed (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abused",
"assailed",
"attacked",
"bashed",
"belabored",
"blasted",
"castigated",
"excoriated",
"jumped (on)",
"lambasted",
"potshot",
"scathed",
"slammed",
"trashed",
"vituperated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"savageness":{
"disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others":{
"antonyms":[
"benignity",
"compassion",
"good-heartedness",
"humaneness",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindness",
"sympathy",
"tenderheartedness"
],
"examples":[
"the unthinkable savageness that must be required to torture a prisoner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tenderness",
"warmheartedness",
"warmness",
"warmth",
"charitableness",
"clemency",
"leniency",
"mercifulness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"related":[
"hard-heartedness",
"mercilessness",
"pitilessness",
"ruthlessness",
"unfeelingness",
"fellness",
"ferociousness",
"ferocity",
"fierceness",
"grimness",
"bloodlust",
"bloodthirstiness",
"murderousness",
"sanguineness",
"sanguinity",
"cattiness",
"despitefulness",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"maliciousness",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"hardhandedness",
"harshness",
"heavy-handedness",
"oppressiveness"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"barbarity",
"barbarousness",
"brutality",
"cruelness",
"cruelty",
"fiendishness",
"heartlessness",
"inhumanity",
"inhumanness",
"sadism",
"savagery",
"truculence",
"viciousness",
"wantonness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"savaging":{
"to criticize harshly and usually publicly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaiming",
"commending",
"complimenting",
"hailing",
"lauding",
"praising"
],
"related":[
"berating",
"haranguing",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"reviling",
"scolding",
"whipping",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"execrating",
"imprecating",
"profaning",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"slurring",
"aspersing",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"blackguarding",
"disparaging",
"putting down",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"vilifying",
"chastising",
"chiding",
"criticizing",
"lacing (into)",
"rebuking",
"reprimanding",
"fulminating",
"lashing (out)"
],
"synonyms":[
"abusing",
"assailing",
"attacking",
"bashing",
"belaboring",
"blasting",
"castigating",
"excoriating",
"jumping (on)",
"lambasting",
"potshotting",
"scathing",
"slamming",
"trashing",
"vituperating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"savannah":{
"a broad area of level or rolling treeless country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lions roaming the savanna"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"field",
"meadow",
"floodplain",
"bottom",
"bottomland",
"flat",
"lowland",
"plateau",
"table",
"tableland",
"upland"
],
"synonyms":[
"campo",
"champaign",
"down(s)",
"grassland",
"heath",
"lea",
"ley",
"llano",
"moor",
"pampa",
"plain",
"prairie",
"steppe",
"tundra",
"veld",
"veldt"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"save":{
"not including":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone save me is going to the party"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"apart from",
"aside from",
"bar",
"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
"but",
"except",
"excepting",
"except for",
"excluding",
"exclusive of",
"other than",
"outside",
"outside of",
"saving"
]
},
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"antonyms":[
"waste"
],
"examples":[
"we'll have to scrimp and save to be able to afford college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"squander",
"throw away",
"splurge"
],
"related":[
"conserve",
"husband",
"maintain",
"manage",
"preserve",
"scrape",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"retrench",
"hoard",
"lay up"
],
"synonyms":[
"economize",
"pinch",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"spare"
]
},
"to free from the penalties or consequences of sin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the Christian belief that Jesus lived and died to save humanity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"reclaim",
"reform",
"forgive",
"pardon",
"remit",
"shrive",
"bless",
"hallow",
"consecrate",
"purify",
"sanctify"
],
"synonyms":[
"deliver",
"redeem"
]
},
"to keep in good condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lovingly saved the classic car and even upgraded its engine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"break",
"damage",
"destroy",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"ruin",
"wreck"
],
"related":[
"service",
"support",
"sustain",
"care (for)",
"husband",
"manage",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"safeguard",
"screen",
"shield",
"cure",
"fix",
"heal",
"remedy",
"mend",
"patch",
"rebuild",
"reconstruct",
"rehabilitate",
"rejuvenate",
"restore"
],
"synonyms":[
"conserve",
"keep up",
"maintain",
"preserve"
]
},
"to keep or intend for a special purpose":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'm saving this dress for a formal occasion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignore",
"neglect",
"misapply",
"misuse"
],
"related":[
"bless",
"hallow",
"sanctify",
"commit",
"confide",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"apply",
"bestow",
"employ",
"use"
],
"synonyms":[
"allocate",
"consecrate",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"earmark",
"give up (to)",
"reserve",
"set by"
]
},
"to remove from danger or harm":{
"antonyms":[
"adventure",
"compromise",
"endanger",
"gamble (with)",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril",
"risk",
"venture"
],
"examples":[
"the firefighters managed to save the family just as the burning building was collapsing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"salvage",
"emancipate",
"free",
"liberate",
"manumit",
"release",
"disentangle",
"extricate",
"recover"
],
"synonyms":[
"bail out",
"bring off",
"deliver",
"rescue"
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"preposition",
"verb"
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"as in":{
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"I would be ready, saving the fact that I can't find my missing shoe"
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"only",
"yet"
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"saving three members, the club is now fully committed to the fund-raising project"
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"aside from",
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"barring",
"beside",
"besides",
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"wasting"
],
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"we'll have to scrimp and save to be able to afford college"
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"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"splurging"
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"husbanding",
"maintaining",
"managing",
"preserving",
"scraping",
"cutting back",
"cutting down",
"retrenching",
"hoarding",
"laying up"
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"scrimping",
"skimping",
"sparing"
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"the Christian belief that Jesus lived and died to save humanity"
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"forgiving",
"pardoning",
"remitting",
"shriving",
"blessing",
"hallowing",
"consecrating",
"purifying",
"sanctifying"
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"delivering",
"redeeming"
]
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"lovingly saved the classic car and even upgraded its engine"
],
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"disregarding",
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"neglecting",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"destroying",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"ruining",
"wrecking"
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"servicing",
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"sustaining",
"caring (for)",
"husbanding",
"managing",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"safeguarding",
"screening",
"shielding",
"curing",
"fixing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"mending",
"patching",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"rehabilitating",
"rejuvenating",
"restoring"
],
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"conserving",
"keeping up",
"maintaining",
"preserving"
]
},
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"I'm saving this dress for a formal occasion"
],
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"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"misapplying",
"misusing"
],
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"blessing",
"hallowing",
"sanctifying",
"committing",
"confiding",
"consigning",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"applying",
"bestowing",
"employing",
"using"
],
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"allocating",
"consecrating",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"earmarking",
"giving up (to)",
"reserving",
"setting by"
]
},
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"adventuring",
"compromising",
"endangering",
"gambling (with)",
"hazarding",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"periling",
"perilling",
"risking",
"venturing"
],
"examples":[
"the firefighters managed to save the family just as the burning building was collapsing"
],
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"emancipating",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"manumitting",
"releasing",
"disentangling",
"extricating",
"recovering"
],
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"bailing out",
"bringing off",
"delivering",
"rescuing"
]
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"adjective",
"conjunction",
"noun",
"preposition",
"verb"
]
},
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"lacking in taste or flavor":{
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"flavorful",
"flavorsome",
"sapid",
"savory",
"savoury",
"tasteful",
"tasty"
],
"examples":[
"the white rice was filling, but rather savorless"
],
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"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"loathsome",
"sickening",
"unappetizing",
"unpalatable",
"cloying",
"mawkish",
"appetizing",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"palatable",
"toothsome",
"keen",
"piquant",
"seasoned",
"spicy",
"flavored",
"heavy",
"rich"
],
"related":[
"bland",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak",
"plain",
"unflavored"
],
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"dead",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"tasteless",
"unsavory"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"savour":{
"the property of a substance that can be identified by the sense of taste":{
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"examples":[
"a gourmet who can identify the ingredients in any dish solely by their savor"
],
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"tastelessness"
],
"related":[
"relish",
"smack",
"tang",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"aftertaste"
],
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"flavor",
"taste"
]
},
"the quality of being delicious":{
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"distastefulness",
"flatness",
"insipidity",
"staleness",
"tastelessness",
"unpalatability"
],
"examples":[
"the wonderful savor of Mom's apple pie"
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"digestibility",
"edibility",
"edibleness",
"choiceness",
"daintiness",
"delicacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"delectability",
"deliciousness",
"lusciousness",
"palatability",
"palatableness",
"savoriness",
"tastiness",
"toothsomeness"
]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
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"cuisine that has been generously savored with southern India's rich array of spices"
],
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"related":[
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"enrich",
"sauce",
"pepper",
"salt",
"aromatize",
"perfume"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"lace",
"season",
"spice"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
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"examples":[
"as a terminal cancer patient, she's vowed to savor every moment of the time she has left"
],
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"abominate",
"detest",
"dislike",
"hate",
"loathe",
"condemn",
"despise",
"scorn"
],
"related":[
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"revere",
"venerate",
"worship",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value",
"devour",
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"feast (on)",
"dote (on)",
"idolize",
"cotton (to)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"indulge (in)",
"luxuriate (in)",
"wallow (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"get off (on)",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"rejoice (in)",
"relish",
"revel (in)"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"having or showing a practical cleverness or judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"unknowing"
],
"examples":[
"a particularly savvy investor, he was among the first to see the potential in tech stocks"
],
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"artless",
"guileless",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"unperceptive",
"unwise",
"dense",
"dull",
"obtuse",
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"dim-witted",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dumb",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thickheaded",
"thick-witted",
"unintelligent",
"weak-minded",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"witless",
"ignorant",
"uninformed"
],
"related":[
"artful",
"cagey",
"cagy",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"devious",
"dodgy",
"foxy",
"guileful",
"pawky",
"slick",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"wily",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"wise",
"experienced",
"veteran",
"discriminating",
"discriminative",
"agile",
"alert",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted",
"apt",
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"calculating",
"scheming"
],
"synonyms":[
"astute",
"canny",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"hard-boiled",
"hardheaded",
"heady",
"knowing",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"shrewd",
"smart"
]
},
"knowledge gained by actually doing or living through something":{
"antonyms":[
"inexperience"
],
"examples":[
"she's an excellent scholar of political science, but lacks the kind of savvy needed to run for public office"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ignorance",
"unawareness",
"unfamiliarity"
],
"related":[
"background",
"command",
"mastery",
"acquaintance",
"conversance",
"familiarity",
"intimacy"
],
"synonyms":[
"chops",
"experience",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"moxie",
"proficiency",
"skills"
]
},
"to have a clear idea of":{
"antonyms":[
"miss"
],
"examples":[
"the man growled, \"Don't ever date my daughter again\u2014you savvy ?\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"misapprehend",
"misconceive",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misperceive",
"misread",
"mistake",
"misunderstand"
],
"related":[
"absorb",
"digest",
"take in",
"realize",
"fathom",
"penetrate",
"pierce"
],
"synonyms":[
"appreciate",
"apprehend",
"assimilate",
"behold",
"catch",
"catch on (to)",
"cognize",
"compass",
"comprehend",
"conceive",
"cotton (to or on to)",
"decipher",
"decode",
"dig",
"discern",
"get",
"grasp",
"grok",
"intuit",
"know",
"make",
"make out",
"perceive",
"recognize",
"register",
"see",
"seize",
"sense",
"tumble (to)",
"twig",
"understand"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"saw to":{
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"It was the job of the nurse to see to the elderly woman until the doctor was available."
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"related":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"mothered",
"nursed"
]
},
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
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"examples":[
"She asked if they could see to the snow removal while she was out of town."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"related":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"say-so":{
"the right to express a wish, choice, or opinion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"some of the members complained they didn't have any say-so in how the organization spent its funds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"part",
"role",
"r\u00f4le",
"share",
"ballot",
"enfranchisement",
"franchise",
"suffrage",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"sentiment",
"view"
],
"synonyms":[
"say",
"voice",
"vote"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sailer":{
"as in yacht , ketch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"saber":{
"as in rapier , broadsword":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"saturation":{
"as in value , contrast":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sandwich (in or between)":{
"to put among or between others":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"edge in",
"fit (in or into)",
"inject",
"insert",
"insinuate",
"intercalate",
"interject",
"interpolate",
"interpose",
"intersperse",
"introduce",
"work in"
],
"related":[
"cut in",
"inlay",
"inset",
"install",
"interfile",
"interline",
"lard",
"weave",
"cram",
"shove",
"thrust",
"wedge",
"add",
"append",
"attach"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"eliminate",
"exclude",
"expel",
"extract",
"withdraw",
"deduct",
"detach",
"subtract",
"reject"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"saturating":{
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"saturate your hair with water before applying the dye"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"macerating",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"steeping"
],
"related":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"saneness":{
"the normal or healthy condition of the mental abilities":{
"examples":[
"a woman of remarkable saneness , considering the fact that she had just spent a rainy week in a cabin with four kids"
],
"synonyms":[
"daylights",
"head",
"marbles",
"mind",
"reason",
"sanity",
"wit(s)"
],
"related":[
"rationality",
"reasonableness",
"sense",
"health",
"healthfulness",
"healthiness",
"wholesomeness",
"clearheadedness",
"lucidity",
"lucidness",
"normalcy",
"normality",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delusion",
"hallucination",
"delirium",
"frenzy",
"hysteria"
],
"antonyms":[
"dementia",
"derangement",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"mania",
"unreason"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"salvaging":{
"as in recovery , salvage":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove (something) from a place of danger or harm":{
"examples":[
"Nothing could be salvaged from the shipwreck."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"saddled":{
"to place a weight or burden on":{
"examples":[
"to the social worker it seemed as though her supervisor had once again saddled her with a truly hopeless case"
],
"synonyms":[
"burdened",
"encumbered",
"freighted",
"laded",
"ladened",
"loaded",
"lumbered",
"weighted"
],
"related":[
"clogged",
"cluttered",
"filled",
"packed",
"heaped",
"mounded",
"piled",
"stacked",
"pressed",
"weighed",
"strained",
"taxed",
"overburdened",
"overloaded",
"overtaxed",
"surcharged",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"afflicted",
"oppressed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"relieved"
],
"antonyms":[
"disburdened",
"discharged",
"disencumbered",
"unburdened",
"unladed",
"unloaded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sales taxes":{
"as in income taxes , property taxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"satisfied":{
"experiencing pleasure, satisfaction, or delight":{
"examples":[
"satisfied customers tend to come back over and over"
],
"synonyms":[
"blissful",
"chuffed",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gratified",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"pleased",
"thankful",
"tickled"
],
"related":[
"beaming",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"gladsome",
"lighthearted",
"sunny",
"upbeat",
"gleeful",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"smiling",
"beatific",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"intoxicated",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"jubilant",
"rapt",
"rejoicing",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"disheartened",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"melancholy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"woeful",
"black",
"dark",
"desolate",
"dispirited",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"grieved",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"miserable",
"woebegone",
"wretched"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"joyless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"unpleased",
"unsatisfied"
]
},
"feeling that one's needs or desires have been met":{
"examples":[
"a satisfied vacationer is one who has spent the time doing exactly what he or she wanted"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"contented",
"gratified",
"happy",
"pleased"
],
"related":[
"blissful",
"delighted",
"glad",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"rejoicing",
"tickled",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"euphoric",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"thrilled",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"displeased",
"unsatisfied",
"abject",
"aggrieved",
"anguished",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"discontent",
"discontented",
"displeased",
"dissatisfied",
"malcontent",
"malcontented",
"unhappy"
]
},
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"examples":[
"the players satisfied their hunger after the game with a big pasta dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"slaked"
],
"related":[
"catered (to)",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"alleviated",
"lightened",
"relieved",
"cloyed",
"saturated",
"surfeited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aroused",
"excited",
"piqued",
"stimulated",
"tantalized",
"teased"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"it took me a while to satisfy my attorney that I had good grounds for a lawsuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"argued",
"brought",
"brought around",
"converted",
"convinced",
"gained",
"got",
"induced",
"moved",
"persuaded",
"prevailed (on or upon)",
"talked (into)",
"won (over)"
],
"related":[
"blandished",
"blarneyed",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"entreated",
"exhorted",
"fast-talked",
"urged",
"wheedled",
"allured",
"beguiled",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"snowed",
"tempted",
"brainwashed",
"overpersuaded",
"inclined",
"influenced",
"prompted",
"sold",
"swayed",
"attracted",
"drew",
"enticed",
"interested",
"chewed over",
"conversed",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"mooted",
"reasoned (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"unsold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the contractor had clearly failed to satisfy the terms of the agreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"completed",
"complied (with)",
"filled",
"fulfilled",
"kept",
"met",
"redeemed"
],
"related":[
"concluded",
"consummated",
"finalized",
"finished",
"perfected",
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"brought about",
"brought off",
"carried out",
"effected",
"committed",
"compassed",
"discharged",
"executed",
"followed through (with)",
"made",
"performed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaulted (on)",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"breached",
"broke",
"transgressed",
"violated"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"a hot dinner and a relaxing massage never fails to satisfy her after a long week at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreed (with)",
"contented",
"delighted",
"feasted",
"gassed",
"gladded",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"rejoiced",
"suited",
"warmed"
],
"related":[
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"soothed",
"assuaged",
"quenched",
"sated",
"satiated",
"excited",
"tickled",
"titillated",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"treated",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"galvanized",
"thrilled",
"calmed",
"comforted",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"crossed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"piqued",
"put out",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"steamed up",
"provoked",
"roused",
"agitated",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"fretted",
"upset",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"offended"
],
"antonyms":[
"displeased"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the owners of the restaurant were generously satisfied for any business lost during the filming"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensated",
"indemnified",
"recompensed",
"recouped",
"remunerated",
"requited"
],
"related":[
"refunded",
"reimbursed",
"repaid",
"redressed",
"remedied",
"repaired",
"discharged",
"paid",
"quit",
"quitted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"savings":{
"the amount of something (such as money) collected":{
"examples":[
"He hid his savings in a jar under the stairs.",
"Their substantial savings allowed them to retire early."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"saunters":{
"a relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"tourists on a morning saunter around the old section of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambles",
"constitutionals",
"perambulations",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"strolls",
"turns",
"walks",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parades",
"paseos",
"promenades",
"expeditions",
"hikes",
"marches",
"peregrinations",
"traipses",
"tramps",
"travels",
"traversals",
"traverses",
"treks",
"trips",
"walkabouts",
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins",
"tours",
"pilgrimages",
"progresses",
"safaris"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel by foot for exercise or pleasure":{
"examples":[
"he lazily saunters about the French countryside, mostly photographing birds and flowers"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambles",
"hikes",
"perambulates",
"rambles",
"strolls",
"tramps",
"tromps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roams",
"roves",
"wanders",
"peregrinates",
"traipses",
"traverses",
"treks",
"walks",
"marches",
"promenades",
"power walks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"saturnalias":{
"as in bacchanals , orgies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"soirees",
"soir\u00e9es",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"say uncle":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"examples":[
"The child begged for the toy so much that her parents finally cried uncle and bought it for Christmas."
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"antonyms":[
"resist"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"satisfy":{
"to put a complete end to (a physical need or desire)":{
"examples":[
"the players satisfied their hunger after the game with a big pasta dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"slake"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cater (to)",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"alleviate",
"lighten",
"relieve",
"cloy",
"saturate",
"surfeit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arouse",
"excite",
"pique",
"stimulate",
"tantalize",
"tease"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
"examples":[
"it took me a while to satisfy my attorney that I had good grounds for a lawsuit"
],
"synonyms":[
"argue",
"bring",
"bring around",
"convert",
"convince",
"gain",
"get",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"entreat",
"exhort",
"fast-talk",
"urge",
"wheedle",
"allure",
"beguile",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"snow",
"tempt",
"brainwash",
"overpersuade",
"incline",
"influence",
"prompt",
"sell",
"sway",
"attract",
"draw",
"entice",
"interest",
"chew over",
"converse",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"moot",
"reason (with)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"unsell"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"examples":[
"the contractor had clearly failed to satisfy the terms of the agreement"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"complete",
"comply (with)",
"fill",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"keep",
"meet",
"redeem"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conclude",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring about",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect",
"commit",
"compass",
"discharge",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"make",
"perform"
],
"near antonyms":[
"default (on)",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
]
},
"to give satisfaction to":{
"examples":[
"a hot dinner and a relaxing massage never fails to satisfy her after a long week at work"
],
"synonyms":[
"agree (with)",
"content",
"delight",
"feast",
"gas",
"glad",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"pleasure",
"rejoice",
"suit",
"warm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"soothe",
"assuage",
"quench",
"sate",
"satiate",
"excite",
"tickle",
"titillate",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain",
"treat",
"captivate",
"charm",
"galvanize",
"thrill",
"calm",
"comfort",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"cross",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pique",
"put out",
"ruffle",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"steam up",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"agitate",
"distress",
"disturb",
"fret",
"upset",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"affront",
"insult",
"offend"
],
"antonyms":[
"displease"
]
},
"to provide (someone) with a just payment for loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"the owners of the restaurant were generously satisfied for any business lost during the filming"
],
"synonyms":[
"compensate",
"indemnify",
"recompense",
"recoup",
"remunerate",
"requite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"refund",
"reimburse",
"repay",
"redress",
"remedy",
"repair",
"discharge",
"pay",
"quit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"satirizes":{
"as in lampoons , pasquinades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lampoons",
"pasquinades",
"burlesques",
"caricatures",
"does",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"mocks",
"parodies",
"sends up",
"spoofs",
"travesties",
"derides",
"gibes",
"jibes",
"ridicules",
"apes",
"copycats",
"monkeys",
"parrots",
"duplicates",
"emulates",
"replicates",
"reproduces",
"acts",
"counterfeits",
"dissembles",
"fakes",
"feigns",
"pretends",
"shams",
"simulates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"exaggerates",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"plays up",
"stretches",
"amplifies",
"enhances",
"enlarges (on or upon)",
"expands",
"fleshes (out)",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"puts on",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"impersonates",
"performs",
"personates",
"plays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"safeguards":{
"means or method of defending":{
"examples":[
"with these safeguards in place, no one should be able to break into our computers"
],
"synonyms":[
"aegises",
"egises",
"ammunitions",
"armors",
"bucklers",
"covers",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"screens",
"securities",
"shields",
"walls",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armaments",
"arms",
"munitions",
"weaponries",
"weapons",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"palisades",
"strongholds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggressions",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"offenses",
"offences",
"offensives"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a measure taken to preclude loss or injury":{
"examples":[
"safeguards that were intended to assure our security, but not at the expense of our liberty"
],
"synonyms":[
"cautions",
"fail-safes",
"palladia",
"precautions",
"preventives"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armors",
"covers",
"guards",
"protections",
"screens",
"shields",
"walls",
"wards"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive danger or attack away from":{
"examples":[
"sheepdogs safeguard the flock from attacks by wolves"
],
"synonyms":[
"bulwarks",
"covers",
"defends",
"fences",
"fends",
"forfends",
"guards",
"keeps",
"protects",
"screens",
"secures",
"shields",
"wards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"averts",
"prevents",
"opposes",
"resists",
"withstands",
"battles",
"contends",
"fights",
"wars",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"saves",
"buffers",
"palisades",
"pickets",
"walls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bombards",
"storms",
"besets",
"besieges",
"overruns",
"capitulates",
"caves",
"submits",
"yields"
],
"antonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"saw after":{
"to take charge of especially on behalf of another":{
"examples":[
"Please see after the cat while I'm away."
],
"synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"minded",
"oversaw",
"superintended",
"supervised",
"tended",
"watched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"administrated",
"conducted",
"controlled",
"directed",
"governed",
"guided",
"managed",
"operated",
"presided (over)",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"stewarded",
"guarded",
"patrolled",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"shielded",
"babied",
"babysat",
"chaperoned",
"mothered",
"shepherded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abandoned",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"passed over"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"safe-deposit boxes":{
"a specially reinforced container to keep valuables safe":{
"examples":[
"kept the deed to the house in a safe-deposit box at the bank"
],
"synonyms":[
"coffers",
"safes",
"strongboxes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lockboxes",
"vaults",
"storerooms",
"treasuries",
"boxes",
"caddies",
"cases",
"caskets",
"chests",
"footlockers",
"lockers",
"trunks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sallying":{
"as in charging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"charging",
"jumping",
"mugging",
"pouncing (on)",
"tackling",
"capturing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"mousetrapping",
"netting",
"snaring",
"trapping",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"storming",
"striking",
"hunting",
"preying (on or upon)",
"stalking",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandbag":{
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
"examples":[
"always manages to sandbag her sister into joining her in these foolish schemes"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"dragoon",
"drive",
"force",
"impel",
"impress",
"make",
"muscle",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"press",
"pressure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"hector",
"intimidate",
"blackmail",
"high-pressure",
"menace",
"shame",
"terrorize",
"threaten",
"drag",
"badger",
"harass",
"hound"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"argue",
"convince",
"induce",
"move",
"persuade",
"prevail (on or upon)",
"satisfy",
"talk (into)",
"win (over)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandpapers":{
"as in scrapes , grinds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"files",
"gnaws",
"grates",
"grazes",
"grinds",
"nibbles",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"scrapes",
"scuffs",
"shaves",
"abrades",
"chafes",
"corrades",
"erodes",
"frays",
"frazzles",
"frets",
"galls",
"rasps",
"rubs",
"wears",
"erases",
"reduces",
"rubs out",
"wears out",
"wipes (away)",
"bites",
"breaks down",
"breaks up",
"chews",
"corrodes",
"decomposes",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"eats",
"hones",
"sharpens",
"whets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sandpapering":{
"as in scraping , grinding":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filing",
"gnawing",
"grating",
"grazing",
"grinding",
"nibbling",
"sandblasting",
"scouring",
"scraping",
"scuffing",
"shaving",
"abrading",
"chafing",
"corrading",
"eroding",
"fraying",
"frazzling",
"fretting",
"galling",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"wearing",
"erasing",
"reducing",
"rubbing out",
"wearing out",
"wiping (away)",
"biting",
"breaking down",
"breaking up",
"chewing",
"corroding",
"decomposing",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"eating",
"honing",
"sharpening",
"whetting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sabotaged":{
"as in thwarted , frustrated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"thwarted",
"arrested",
"checked",
"constrained",
"curbed",
"reined",
"restrained",
"bottlenecked",
"encumbered",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"held up",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"obstructed",
"set back",
"tied up",
"halted",
"stopped",
"braked",
"decelerated",
"retarded",
"slackened",
"slowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"sped (up)",
"speeded (up)",
"stepped up",
"drove",
"encouraged",
"goaded",
"propelled",
"pushed",
"spurred",
"stirred",
"urged",
"advanced",
"aided",
"dispatched",
"eased",
"expedited",
"facilitated",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"helped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in destroyed , ruined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"ravened",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"banged up",
"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"shattered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"depredated",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"sacked",
"spoliated",
"defaced",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"desecrated",
"violated",
"graffitied",
"tagged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"salvaged",
"built",
"rebuilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"salvable":{
"as in fixable , salvageable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"correctable",
"fixable",
"rectifiable",
"repairable",
"reparable",
"salvageable",
"penitent",
"regretful",
"remorseful",
"repentant",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"encouraging",
"promising",
"reversible",
"curable",
"reclaimable",
"recoverable",
"redeemable",
"reformable",
"remediable",
"retrievable",
"savable",
"saveable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"incorrigible",
"incurable",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irreformable",
"irremediable",
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"unredeemable",
"irreparable",
"irreversible",
"uncorrectable",
"unencouraging",
"unpromising"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sandwiched":{
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"sandwiched six kids into the backseat somehow"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"jammed",
"rammed",
"shoehorned",
"squeezed",
"stuffed",
"wedged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filled",
"heaped",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sanctioned":{
"ordered or allowed by those in authority":{
"examples":[
"I cannot believe that this religious cult is a sanctioned student organization"
],
"synonyms":[
"authorized",
"official"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lawful",
"legal",
"legit",
"legitimate",
"licit",
"permissible",
"regulation",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"suggested",
"supported",
"certified",
"licensed",
"authoritative",
"canonical",
"ex officio",
"semiofficial"
],
"near antonyms":[
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"impermissible",
"lawless",
"unlawful",
"wrongful",
"unapproved",
"unlicensed",
"verboten"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonofficial",
"unauthorized",
"unofficial",
"unsanctioned"
]
},
"to give official acceptance of as satisfactory":{
"examples":[
"the administration will sanction almost any field trip with educational value"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredited",
"approbated",
"approved",
"authorized",
"cleared",
"confirmed",
"finalized",
"formalized",
"homologated",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"ratified",
"warranted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accepted",
"acknowledged",
"affirmed",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"validated",
"blessed",
"blest",
"canonized",
"sanctified",
"initialed",
"initialled",
"rubber-stamped",
"signed",
"signed off (on)",
"allowed",
"enabled",
"legalized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"passed",
"permitted",
"reapproved"
],
"near antonyms":[
"banned",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"illegalized",
"interdicted",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"rebuffed",
"rebutted",
"refused",
"spurned"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"denied",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"rejected",
"turned down",
"vetoed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"satiable":{
"as in satisfiable , extinguishable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeasable",
"extinguishable",
"satisfiable",
"satiate",
"satiated",
"satisfied",
"controlled",
"curbed",
"restrained"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inappeasable",
"inextinguishable",
"insatiable",
"insatiate",
"quenchless",
"unappeasable",
"unquenchable",
"unslakable",
"unappeased",
"unsatisfied",
"avid",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}