dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/fi_mwt.json
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{
"fianc\u00e9s":{
"the person to whom one is engaged to be married":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"couldn't wait to show off her fianc\u00e9 to all of her relatives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"admirers",
"beaux",
"beaus",
"beloveds",
"boyfriends",
"darlings",
"dears",
"favorites",
"fellows",
"flames",
"girlfriends",
"honeys",
"lovers",
"loves",
"steadies",
"swains",
"sweethearts",
"sweetie pies",
"sweeties",
"sweets",
"valentines",
"brides",
"grooms"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrotheds",
"fianc\u00e9es",
"intendeds"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiat":{
"an order publicly issued by an authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the school principal issued a fiat that caps were not to be worn inside the school, and that was that"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"call",
"conclusion",
"decision",
"deliverance",
"determination",
"diagnosis",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"opinion",
"resolution",
"verdict",
"announcement",
"declaration",
"dictum",
"manifesto",
"proclamation",
"pronouncement",
"canon",
"encyclical"
],
"synonyms":[
"bull",
"decree",
"diktat",
"directive",
"edict",
"rescript",
"ruling",
"ukase"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fibbing":{
"as in lying , dishonest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserting",
"swearing",
"testifying",
"authenticating",
"confirming",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"verifying"
],
"related":[
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"perjuring",
"equivocating",
"fudging",
"paltering",
"beguiling",
"cozening",
"deceiving",
"deluding",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"hoaxing",
"hoodwinking",
"kidding",
"snowing",
"taking in",
"tricking",
"defaming",
"libeling",
"libelling",
"slandering",
"traducing",
"falsifying",
"misreporting",
"misrepresenting",
"misstating",
"distorting",
"garbling",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"misguiding",
"misinforming",
"misleading"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricating",
"lying",
"prevaricating"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"fibs":{
"a statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive":{
"antonyms":[
"truths"
],
"examples":[
"the claim that everyday living would be impossible without at least a few innocent fibs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"facts",
"truisms",
"verities",
"honesties",
"veracities",
"authentications",
"confirmations",
"substantiations",
"validations",
"verifications"
],
"related":[
"distortions",
"exaggerations",
"half-truths",
"ambiguities",
"equivocations",
"obliquities",
"defamations",
"libels",
"slanders",
"perjuries",
"bluffs",
"fictions",
"poses",
"pretenses",
"pretences",
"humbug",
"jives",
"nonsense",
"canards",
"fallacies",
"misconceptions",
"myths",
"falsifications",
"misinformation",
"misreports",
"misrepresentations",
"misstatements",
"deceits",
"dishonesties",
"duplicities",
"fraudulences"
],
"synonyms":[
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"prevarications",
"stories",
"tales",
"taradiddles",
"tarradiddles",
"untruths",
"whoppers"
]
},
"to make a statement one knows to be untrue":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fibbed and said that he had remembered to water her plants while she was away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asserts",
"swears",
"testifies",
"authenticates",
"confirms",
"substantiates",
"validates",
"verifies"
],
"related":[
"forswears",
"foreswears",
"perjures",
"equivocates",
"fudges",
"palters",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"deceives",
"deludes",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"hoaxes",
"hoodwinks",
"kids",
"snows",
"takes in",
"tricks",
"defames",
"libels",
"slanders",
"traduces",
"falsifies",
"misreports",
"misrepresents",
"misstates",
"distorts",
"garbles",
"dissembles",
"dissimulates",
"misguides",
"misinforms",
"misleads"
],
"synonyms":[
"fabricates",
"lies",
"prevaricates"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the two drunken pub crawlers proceeded to fib each other senseless"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fictionalized":{
"as in fictional , fictitious":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fiddles":{
"an instance of the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the e-mail was another one of those fiddles from some supposed Nigerian millionaire seeking to transfer funds out of his country"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"crosses",
"fixes",
"Ponzi schemes",
"pyramid schemes",
"rackets",
"rip-offs",
"thimblerigs",
"three-card montes",
"devices",
"dodges",
"gimmicks",
"jigs",
"ploys",
"schemes",
"sleights",
"stratagems",
"tricks",
"wiles",
"counterfeits",
"fakes",
"forgeries",
"hoaxes",
"humbug",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"shams"
],
"synonyms":[
"buncos",
"bunkos",
"cons",
"flimflams",
"frauds",
"hustles",
"scams",
"shell games",
"stings",
"swindles"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"calms (down)",
"stills"
],
"related":[
"flits",
"flutters",
"twitters",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"paces"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgets",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"squiggles",
"squirms",
"thrashes",
"threshes",
"tosses",
"twists",
"twitches",
"wiggles",
"wriggles",
"writhes"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"lacking importance":{
"antonyms":[
"big",
"consequential",
"eventful",
"important",
"major",
"material",
"meaningful",
"momentous",
"significant",
"substantial",
"unfrivolous",
"weighty"
],
"examples":[
"you should delegate these fiddling matters to your staff so that you can focus on more important issues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decisive",
"fatal",
"fateful",
"chief",
"dominant",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"principal",
"distinctive",
"exceptional",
"impressive",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"remarkable",
"valuable",
"worthwhile",
"worthy",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"great",
"illustrious",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"famous",
"notorious",
"renowned",
"all-important",
"basic",
"essential",
"fundamental",
"key"
],
"related":[
"jerkwater",
"one-horse",
"nickel-and-dime",
"paltry",
"petty",
"small-time",
"worthless",
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unknown"
],
"synonyms":[
"foolish",
"frivolous",
"incidental",
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"little",
"Mickey Mouse",
"minor",
"minute",
"negligible",
"nugatory",
"slight",
"small",
"small-fry",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the executive fiddled with a pen as she impatiently waited for the meeting to begin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"calming (down)",
"stilling"
],
"related":[
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"twittering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"pacing"
],
"synonyms":[
"fidgeting",
"jerking",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"squiggling",
"squirming",
"thrashing",
"threshing",
"tossing",
"twisting",
"twitching",
"wiggling",
"wriggling",
"writhing"
]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"conscienceless grifters who had spent their lives fiddling the naive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"ripping off",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddling (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I could tell that someone had been fiddling with the carefully set controls on my entertainment system"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"tinkering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"field":{
"a part or portion having no fixed boundaries":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you set your camera lens to small aperture, the field of sharp focus will be quite large"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"corner",
"section",
"locale",
"locality",
"location",
"locus",
"place",
"point",
"position",
"site",
"space",
"spot"
],
"synonyms":[
"area",
"demesne",
"region",
"zone"
]
},
"a place from which aircraft operate that usually has paved runways and a terminal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Worsham Field in Corpus Christi used to be home to a sizable crop dusting operation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"air base",
"air park",
"helipad",
"heliport",
"jetport",
"airstrip",
"landing field",
"landing strip",
"runway",
"launchpad",
"pad"
],
"synonyms":[
"aerodrome",
"airdrome",
"airfield",
"airport"
]
},
"a place where a battle takes place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the field where two mighty armies met and changed the course of history"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battle line",
"front",
"front line",
"ground",
"beachhead",
"bridgehead",
"foothold",
"killing field"
],
"synonyms":[
"battlefield",
"battleground"
]
},
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the first woman to enter the field of medicine"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"frontier",
"study",
"subject",
"territory",
"turf",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
"subspecialty"
],
"synonyms":[
"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"fiefdom",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
]
},
"a small area of usually open land":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a field that is the frequent site of neighborhood softball games"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"common(s)",
"croft",
"grass",
"green",
"greensward",
"lawn",
"glade",
"grassland",
"heath",
"heathland",
"lea",
"ley",
"meadow",
"moor",
"pasture",
"pastureland"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearing",
"ground",
"lot",
"parcel",
"plat",
"plot",
"tract"
]
},
"a wide space or area":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the cemetery's field of crosses for the war's fallen seemed to stretch to infinity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"domain",
"sphere",
"territory",
"compass",
"range",
"scope",
"sweep",
"gamut",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"depth",
"emptiness",
"void",
"extension",
"latitude",
"span",
"amplitude",
"immensity",
"magnitude"
],
"synonyms":[
"breadth",
"distance",
"expanse",
"expansion",
"extent",
"length",
"plain",
"reach",
"sheet",
"spread",
"stretch",
"waste"
]
},
"active fighting during the course of a war":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in the classroom the general had been a brilliant theoretician, but in the field he proved to be a wholly incompetent tactician"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"attack",
"fire",
"firefight",
"pitched battle",
"single combat",
"hostilities",
"operations",
"warfare",
"duty",
"service"
],
"synonyms":[
"action",
"battle",
"combat"
]
},
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botch",
"bungle",
"foozle",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"scamp"
],
"related":[
"engineer",
"finesse",
"jockey",
"bring off",
"carry off",
"carry out",
"get off",
"pull",
"command",
"direct",
"guide",
"steer",
"control",
"micromanage",
"regulate",
"run",
"react (to)",
"respond (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"address",
"contend (with)",
"cope (with)",
"grapple (with)",
"hack",
"handle",
"manage",
"maneuver",
"manipulate",
"negotiate",
"play",
"swing",
"take",
"treat"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiend":{
"a mean, evil, or unprincipled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel",
"innocent",
"saint",
"hero"
],
"related":[
"villainess",
"blackguard",
"criminal",
"crook",
"culprit",
"felon",
"lawbreaker",
"malefactor",
"offender",
"perp",
"perpetrator",
"transgressor",
"sinner",
"trespasser",
"wrongdoer",
"cad",
"heel",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper",
"bandit",
"bravo",
"desperado",
"outlaw",
"con",
"convict",
"jailbird",
"assassin",
"cutthroat",
"gangster",
"goon",
"gunman",
"hoodlum",
"hooligan",
"racketeer",
"ruffian",
"thug",
"rough",
"rowdy",
"tough",
"loser",
"lowlife",
"ne'er-do-well",
"stinker",
"trash"
],
"synonyms":[
"baddie",
"baddy",
"beast",
"brute",
"caitiff",
"devil",
"evildoer",
"heavy",
"hound",
"knave",
"meanie",
"meany",
"miscreant",
"monster",
"nazi",
"no-good",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"savage",
"scalawag",
"scallywag",
"scamp",
"scapegrace",
"scoundrel",
"varlet",
"villain",
"wretch"
]
},
"a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaddict",
"nonuser"
],
"examples":[
"the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"acidhead",
"cokehead",
"crackhead",
"pothead",
"speed freak",
"burnout"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"dopehead",
"doper",
"druggie",
"druggy",
"freak",
"head",
"hophead",
"hype",
"junkie",
"junky",
"stoner",
"user"
]
},
"a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"inexpert",
"nonexpert"
],
"examples":[
"our in-house computer fiend fixed the problem in no time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apprentice",
"beginner",
"neophyte",
"novice",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"layman",
"nonprofessional"
],
"related":[
"pro",
"professional",
"consultant",
"hired gun",
"specialist",
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"craftsman",
"journeyman",
"all-rounder",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"Renaissance man",
"mistress"
],
"synonyms":[
"ace",
"adept",
"artist",
"authority",
"cognoscente",
"connoisseur",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"dab",
"dab hand",
"expert",
"geek",
"guru",
"hand",
"hotshot",
"maestro",
"master",
"maven",
"mavin",
"meister",
"past master",
"proficient",
"scholar",
"shark",
"sharp",
"virtuoso",
"whiz",
"wizard"
]
},
"a person with a strong and habitual liking for something":{
"antonyms":[
"nonfan"
],
"examples":[
"comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonadmirer",
"belittler",
"carper",
"critic",
"detractor"
],
"related":[
"groupie",
"admirer",
"amateur",
"collector",
"connoisseur",
"dilettante",
"authority",
"expert",
"adherent",
"convert",
"cultist",
"disciple",
"follower",
"hanger-on",
"votary",
"advocate",
"apostle",
"backer",
"champion",
"evangelist",
"exponent",
"friend",
"patron",
"promoter",
"proponent",
"supporter",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"zealot",
"booster",
"rooter",
"well-wisher",
"faddist"
],
"synonyms":[
"addict",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"bug",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan",
"fanatic",
"fancier",
"fool",
"freak",
"habitu\u00e9",
"habitue",
"head",
"hound",
"junkie",
"junky",
"lover",
"maniac",
"maven",
"mavin",
"nut",
"sucker"
]
},
"an evil spirit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castle's torture chamber"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"related":[
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"apparition",
"banshee",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"synonyms":[
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan"
]
},
"the supreme personification of evil often represented as the ruler of hell":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he swore that not even the fiend could tempt him to eat that dessert"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"deuce",
"dickens",
"Mephistopheles"
],
"synonyms":[
"archfiend",
"Beelzebub",
"devil",
"Lucifer",
"Old Nick",
"Satan",
"serpent"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fig":{
"the smallest amount or part imaginable":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"ace",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dab",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"little",
"mite",
"nip",
"ounce",
"particle",
"peanuts",
"pin",
"ray",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"semblance",
"shade",
"shadow",
"shred",
"skosh",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"snap",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"touch",
"trace"
],
"synonyms":[
"beans",
"bubkes",
"bupkes",
"bupkus",
"continental",
"damn",
"darn",
"durn",
"diddly",
"diddly-squat",
"doodley-squat",
"doodly-squat",
"ghost",
"hoot",
"iota",
"jot",
"lick",
"modicum",
"rap",
"squat",
"syllable",
"tittle",
"whit",
"whoop"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fight":{
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the mayoral candidate pledged to lead a successful fight to improve the city's schools"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"work",
"drudgery",
"grind",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"strife",
"tussle",
"war",
"warfare",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"try"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"fray",
"scrabble",
"struggle",
"throes"
]
},
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a troubled youth who got into one fight after another"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"related":[
"pitched battle",
"rough-and-tumble",
"affray",
"battle royal",
"brawl",
"broil",
"donnybrook",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"mix-up",
"ruckus",
"ruction",
"blows",
"fistfight",
"fisticuffs",
"grapple",
"handgrips",
"punch-out",
"punch-up",
"slugfest",
"confrontation",
"duel",
"face-off",
"joust",
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"falling-out",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"row",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tangle",
"tiff",
"wrangle",
"catfight"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
]
},
"an inclination to fight or quarrel":{
"antonyms":[
"nonaggression",
"pacifism"
],
"examples":[
"a tough, streetwise kid with a lot of fight in him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiaggression",
"anti-imperialism",
"antimilitarism",
"affability",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"gentleness",
"kindliness",
"mildness",
"amenability",
"complaisance",
"placability"
],
"related":[
"antagonism",
"fierceness",
"hostility",
"hyperaggressiveness",
"unfriendliness",
"imperialism",
"jingoism",
"militarism",
"acidity",
"biliousness",
"captiousness",
"crankiness",
"crossness",
"disagreeableness",
"fractiousness",
"fretfulness",
"grouchiness",
"grumpiness",
"huffiness",
"irascibility",
"irascibleness",
"irritability",
"irritableness",
"orneriness",
"peevishness",
"pettishness",
"petulance",
"querulousness",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"testiness",
"waspishness"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggression",
"aggressiveness",
"assaultiveness",
"bellicosity",
"belligerence",
"belligerency",
"combativeness",
"contentiousness",
"defiance",
"disputatiousness",
"feistiness",
"militance",
"militancy",
"militantness",
"pugnacity",
"quarrelsomeness",
"scrappiness",
"truculence"
]
},
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the couple have their share of fights , but they quickly get over them"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clash",
"run-in",
"skirmish",
"tangle",
"tussle",
"logomachy",
"feud",
"vendetta",
"attack",
"contention",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"debate",
"difference",
"disputation",
"fuss",
"objection",
"protest",
"protestation",
"affray",
"fisticuffs",
"fracas",
"fray",
"free-for-all",
"melee",
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
"catfight"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"battle royal",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"challenge",
"engage",
"play",
"jockey",
"jostle",
"maneuver",
"go out",
"try out",
"train",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"compete",
"contend",
"face off",
"race",
"rival",
"vie"
]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"related":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argue",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"related":[
"duel",
"joust",
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"bop",
"buffet",
"clobber",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"box",
"spar",
"brawl",
"grapple",
"scuffle",
"tussle",
"wrestle",
"bump",
"collide"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"scrimmage (with)",
"skirmish (with)",
"war (against)"
]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bow (to)",
"capitulate (to)",
"give in (to)",
"knuckle under (to)",
"stoop (to)",
"submit (to)",
"succumb (to)",
"surrender (to)",
"yield (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"challenge",
"contest",
"contradict",
"dispute",
"baffle",
"balk",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"thwart",
"check",
"counter",
"hinder",
"obstruct",
"stem"
],
"synonyms":[
"buck",
"defy",
"oppose",
"repel",
"resist",
"withstand"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"examples":[
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"suffer",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"related":[
"baffle",
"checkmate",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"resist",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"confront",
"defy",
"face",
"meet"
],
"synonyms":[
"battle",
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"oppose",
"oppugn"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fight shy of":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse."
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"court",
"embrace",
"pursue",
"seek",
"welcome",
"catch",
"contract",
"incur"
],
"related":[
"miss",
"avert",
"deflect",
"divert",
"obviate",
"parry",
"prevent",
"ward (off)",
"ban",
"bar",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"preclude",
"rule out",
"bypass",
"circumvent",
"skirt",
"foil",
"fox",
"frustrate",
"outfox",
"outsmart",
"outwit",
"overreach",
"thwart"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoid",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"finesse",
"get around",
"scape",
"shake",
"shirk",
"shuffle (out of)",
"shun",
"weasel (out of)"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fighting":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"everyone on that street seems to be fighting to see who can create the gaudiest holiday lighting display"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"challenging",
"engaging",
"playing",
"jockeying",
"jostling",
"maneuvering",
"going out",
"trying out",
"training",
"working"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"competing",
"contending",
"facing off",
"racing",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"vying"
]
},
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you kids continue to fight , I'm turning this car around and we're heading back home!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"related":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a proud people who have fiercely fought all invaders of their homeland"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"related":[
"dueling",
"duelling",
"jousting",
"banging",
"bashing",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"bopping",
"buffeting",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"boxing",
"sparring",
"brawling",
"grappling",
"scuffling",
"tussling",
"wrestling",
"bumping",
"colliding"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)",
"warring (against)"
]
},
"to refuse to give in to":{
"antonyms":[
"bowing (to)",
"capitulating (to)",
"giving in (to)",
"knuckling under (to)",
"stooping (to)",
"submitting (to)",
"succumbing (to)",
"surrendering (to)",
"yielding (to)"
],
"examples":[
"I tried to fight the temptation to eat another cookie\u2014and lost"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"challenging",
"contesting",
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"baffling",
"balking",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"thwarting",
"checking",
"countering",
"hindering",
"obstructing",
"stemming"
],
"synonyms":[
"bucking",
"defying",
"opposing",
"repelling",
"resisting",
"withstanding"
]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
],
"examples":[
"a civil rights leader who dedicated his life to fighting prejudice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"suffering",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"related":[
"baffling",
"checkmating",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"resisting",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"battling",
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"opposing",
"oppugning"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fighting shy of":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"They'd always managed to fight shy of legal recourse."
],
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"courting",
"embracing",
"pursuing",
"seeking",
"welcoming",
"catching",
"contracting",
"incurring"
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"averting",
"deflecting",
"diverting",
"obviating",
"parrying",
"preventing",
"warding (off)",
"banning",
"barring",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"precluding",
"ruling out",
"bypassing",
"circumventing",
"skirting",
"foiling",
"foxing",
"frustrating",
"outfoxing",
"outsmarting",
"outwitting",
"overreaching",
"thwarting"
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"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"finessing",
"getting around",
"scaping",
"shaking",
"shirking",
"shuffling (out of)",
"shunning",
"weaseling (out of)"
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"phrase"
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"actualities",
"facts",
"realities"
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"mirages",
"will-o'-the-wisps",
"brainchildren",
"ideas",
"concoctions",
"fables",
"fabrications",
"fictions",
"inventions",
"visualizations",
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
"cloudlands",
"Shangri-las",
"utopias",
"daymares",
"nightmares"
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"conceits",
"daydreams",
"delusions",
"dreams",
"fancies",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"hallucinations",
"illusions",
"nonentities",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"pipe dreams",
"unrealities",
"visions"
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"facts",
"materialities",
"realities"
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"actualities"
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"anecdotes",
"anecdota",
"narratives",
"novels",
"stories",
"tales",
"yarns",
"fairy tales",
"falsehoods",
"falsities",
"fibs",
"lies",
"mendacities",
"misrepresentations",
"prevarications",
"untruths",
"whoppers",
"make-believe"
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"fabrications",
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"fictions",
"inventions"
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"noun"
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"noun"
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"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
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"related":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
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"boosting",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
]
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"noun",
"verb"
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"a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game"
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"related":[
"echelons",
"ranks",
"rows",
"tiers",
"chains",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"successions",
"arrays"
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"cues",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"strings",
"trains"
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"examples":[
"beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist"
],
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"coarsens",
"roughens",
"roughs (up)",
"scuffs"
],
"related":[
"planes",
"scrapes",
"sandblasts",
"scours",
"burnishes",
"dresses",
"glosses",
"polishes",
"shines",
"smooths",
"smoothes",
"edges",
"sharpens",
"strops",
"whets",
"regrinds"
],
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"grinds",
"hones",
"rasps",
"rubs",
"sands"
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"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
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"examples":[
"to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium"
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"ambles",
"meanders",
"rambles",
"strolls",
"wanders"
],
"related":[
"goose-steps",
"perambulates",
"steps",
"traipses",
"treads",
"hikes",
"tramps",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"stamps",
"stomps",
"trudges"
],
"synonyms":[
"marches",
"paces",
"parades",
"strides"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"filibuster":{
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"procrastinate",
"stall",
"temporize",
"crawl",
"creep",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"delay",
"diddle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"lollygag",
"lallygag",
"mope",
"poke",
"shilly-shally",
"tarry",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"amble",
"ease",
"inch",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stagger",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
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"near antonyms":[
"bowl",
"breeze",
"dart",
"hump",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"scramble",
"stampede",
"gallop",
"jog",
"run",
"sprint",
"trot",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"speed (up)",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"barrel",
"bolt",
"career",
"course",
"dash",
"fly",
"hasten",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hurry",
"race",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"scoot",
"scud",
"scurry",
"speed",
"tear",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"zip"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in speak , harangue":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"declaim",
"descant",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"orate",
"speak",
"talk",
"dissert",
"expound",
"pontificate",
"sermonize",
"recite",
"soliloquize",
"mouth",
"spout"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
"filigreeing":{
"as in lacing , ribboning":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"filing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"to make smooth by friction":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarsening",
"roughening",
"roughing (up)",
"scuffing"
],
"related":[
"planing",
"scraping",
"sandblasting",
"scouring",
"burnishing",
"dressing",
"glossing",
"polishing",
"shining",
"smoothing",
"edging",
"sharpening",
"stropping",
"whetting",
"regrinding"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffing",
"grinding",
"honing",
"rasping",
"rubbing",
"sanding"
]
},
"to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambling",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"strolling",
"wandering"
],
"related":[
"goose-stepping",
"perambulating",
"stepping",
"traipsing",
"treading",
"hiking",
"tramping",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"stamping",
"stomping",
"trudging"
],
"synonyms":[
"marching",
"pacing",
"parading",
"striding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fill":{
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"packing",
"interlining",
"lining",
"quilting",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"fender",
"pad"
],
"synonyms":[
"filler",
"filling",
"padding",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"shovel"
],
"related":[
"choke",
"clog",
"close (off)",
"clot",
"congest",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"caulk",
"chink",
"seal",
"repack",
"restuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"block",
"bung",
"dam",
"pack",
"plug",
"stop",
"stuff"
]
},
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"antonyms":[
"breach",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"examples":[
"orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"default (on)",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"slight"
],
"related":[
"conclude",
"consummate",
"finalize",
"finish",
"perfect",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring about",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect",
"commit",
"compass",
"discharge",
"execute",
"follow through (with)",
"make",
"perform"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"complete",
"comply (with)",
"fulfill",
"fulfil",
"keep",
"meet",
"redeem",
"satisfy"
]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"empty",
"evacuate",
"vacate",
"void"
],
"examples":[
"fill the basket with apples"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lighten",
"deplete",
"drain",
"eliminate",
"exhaust",
"bleed",
"draw (off)",
"clean",
"flush",
"purge",
"scour",
"sweep"
],
"related":[
"drench",
"flood",
"glut",
"swamp",
"bloat",
"bulk",
"crowd",
"crush",
"mat",
"press",
"ram",
"shove",
"squash",
"squeeze",
"refill",
"refresh",
"reload",
"repack",
"replenish",
"overcharge",
"overfill",
"overflow",
"saturate",
"honeycomb",
"penetrate"
],
"synonyms":[
"brim",
"charge",
"cram",
"heap",
"jam",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack",
"stuff"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"filled the bill":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfied",
"sufficed",
"functioned",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"synonyms":[
"befitted",
"beseemed",
"did",
"fitted",
"fit",
"served",
"suited",
"went"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"filler":{
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the vase was packed in Styrofoam filler to protect it during shipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"packing",
"interlining",
"lining",
"quilting",
"buffer",
"bumper",
"cushion",
"fender",
"pad"
],
"synonyms":[
"fill",
"filling",
"padding",
"stuffing",
"wadding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"filleted":{
"as in braided , laced":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"braided",
"embroidered",
"feathered",
"figured",
"filigreed",
"flounced",
"frilled",
"fringed",
"furbelowed",
"garlanded",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"ribboned",
"swagged",
"wreathed",
"bossed",
"chased",
"appliqu\u00e9d",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"painted",
"brightened",
"freshened",
"smartened",
"spruced (up)",
"diamonded",
"gemmed",
"impearled",
"jeweled",
"jewelled",
"pearled",
"accessorized",
"dressed up",
"trapped",
"tricked (out)",
"redecorated",
"redid",
"adorned",
"arrayed",
"beautified",
"bedecked",
"bedizened",
"blazoned",
"caparisoned",
"decked",
"decorated",
"did",
"did up",
"dolled up",
"draped",
"dressed",
"embellished",
"emblazed",
"embossed",
"enriched",
"fancied up",
"fancified",
"festooned",
"garnished",
"glitzed (up)",
"graced",
"gussied up",
"ornamented",
"prettied (up)",
"trimmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"defaced",
"disfigured",
"marred",
"scarred",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"simplified",
"streamlined",
"bared",
"denuded",
"dismantled",
"displayed",
"divested",
"exposed",
"revealed",
"stripped",
"stript",
"uncovered",
"uglified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fills":{
"soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we ripped the tag off years ago, so we have no idea what the fill in that pillow is"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"packings",
"interlinings",
"linings",
"quiltings",
"buffers",
"bumpers",
"cushions",
"fenders",
"pads"
],
"synonyms":[
"fillers",
"fillings",
"paddings",
"stuffings",
"waddings"
]
},
"to close up so that no empty spaces remain":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"shovels"
],
"related":[
"chokes",
"clogs",
"closes (off)",
"clots",
"congests",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"caulks",
"calks",
"chinks",
"seals",
"repacks",
"restuffs"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"bungs",
"dams",
"packs",
"plugs",
"stops",
"stuffs"
]
},
"to do what is required by the terms of":{
"antonyms":[
"breaches",
"breaks",
"transgresses",
"violates"
],
"examples":[
"orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defaults (on)",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"slights"
],
"related":[
"concludes",
"consummates",
"finalizes",
"finishes",
"perfects",
"accomplishes",
"achieves",
"brings about",
"brings off",
"carries out",
"effects",
"commits",
"compasses",
"discharges",
"executes",
"follows through (with)",
"makes",
"performs"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"completes",
"complies (with)",
"fulfills",
"fulfils",
"keeps",
"meets",
"redeems",
"satisfies"
]
},
"to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained":{
"antonyms":[
"clears",
"empties",
"evacuates",
"vacates",
"voids"
],
"examples":[
"fill the basket with apples"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightens",
"depletes",
"drains",
"eliminates",
"exhausts",
"bleeds",
"draws (off)",
"cleans",
"flushes",
"purges",
"scours",
"sweeps"
],
"related":[
"drenches",
"floods",
"gluts",
"swamps",
"bloats",
"bulks",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"mats",
"presses",
"rams",
"shoves",
"squashes",
"squeezes",
"refills",
"refreshes",
"reloads",
"repacks",
"replenishes",
"overcharges",
"overfills",
"overflows",
"saturates",
"honeycombs",
"penetrates"
],
"synonyms":[
"brims",
"charges",
"crams",
"heaps",
"jam-packs",
"jams",
"loads",
"packs",
"stuffs"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fills the bill":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfies",
"suffices",
"functions",
"works"
],
"synonyms":[
"befits",
"beseems",
"does",
"fits",
"goes",
"serves",
"suits"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"film":{
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"watched a film on the Hopi Indians at the multicultural center"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"animated cartoon",
"cartoon",
"docudrama",
"documentary",
"feature",
"featurette",
"short",
"short subject",
"silent",
"talkie",
"B movie",
"B picture",
"cofeature"
],
"synonyms":[
"flick",
"flicker",
"motion picture",
"movie",
"moving picture",
"picture"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the art or business of making a movie":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"learned about some of the special-effects techniques used in film"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"Bollywood",
"Hollywood",
"showbiz",
"show business"
],
"synonyms":[
"big screen",
"cinema",
"filmdom",
"filmland",
"filmmaking",
"movie",
"moviemaking",
"pictures",
"screen",
"silver screen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"filmy":{
"being of a material lacking in sturdiness or substance":{
"antonyms":[
"sturdy",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"filmy cobwebs covering the entryway to the cellar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"durable",
"knockabout",
"lasting",
"tough",
"coarse",
"heavy",
"rough",
"rude"
],
"related":[
"dainty",
"delicate",
"fine",
"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"diaphanous",
"sheer",
"transparent"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"flimsy",
"frothy",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"insubstantial",
"sleazy",
"unsubstantial"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very thin and easy to see through":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"those filmy curtains don't block out enough light"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opaque",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"drab",
"dull",
"lackluster",
"lusterless"
],
"related":[
"peekaboo",
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"lucid",
"translucent",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"frail",
"insubstantial",
"unsubstantial",
"colorless",
"uncolored"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobwebby",
"diaphanous",
"gauzelike",
"gauzy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"see-through",
"sheer",
"transparent"
]
}
},
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"steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves"
],
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"related":[
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"percolating"
],
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"screening",
"straining"
]
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"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
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"examples":[
"after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again"
],
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"clouding",
"dulling",
"muddying",
"contaminating",
"dirtying",
"soiling",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"begriming",
"besmirching",
"fouling",
"sullying"
],
"related":[
"processing",
"rectifying",
"refining",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"decontaminating",
"elutriating",
"purging",
"washing",
"extracting",
"leaching",
"bolting",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing"
],
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"clarifying",
"clearing",
"distilling",
"fining",
"garbling",
"purifying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
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"examples":[
"the filth in the restaurant's kitchen was unbelievable"
],
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"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"related":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil"
]
},
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"examples":[
"films full of filth and violence"
],
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"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"related":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"suggestiveness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finaglers":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
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"examples":[
"financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"double-crossers",
"double-dealers",
"bluffers",
"charlatans",
"fakers",
"fakes",
"humbugs",
"impostors",
"imposters",
"mountebanks",
"phonies",
"phoneys",
"pretenders",
"quacks",
"quacksalvers",
"ringers",
"shams",
"adventurers",
"foxes",
"fox",
"gamesmen",
"knaves",
"pranksters",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"fast-talkers",
"slickers",
"slicks",
"slicksters",
"slyboots",
"smoothies",
"wheeler-dealers",
"plotters",
"schemers",
"sneakers",
"sneaks",
"blacklegs",
"cardsharps",
"cardsharpers"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilkers",
"bilks",
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"chiselers",
"chisellers",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"fakirs",
"fraudsters",
"hoaxers",
"scammers",
"scamsters",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"sharpies",
"skinners",
"swindlers",
"trickers",
"tricksters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"final":{
"as in semifinal , play-off":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in test , investigation":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"following all others of the same kind in order or time":{
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"beginning",
"earliest",
"first",
"foremost",
"headmost",
"inaugural",
"initial",
"leadoff",
"maiden",
"opening",
"original",
"pioneer",
"primary",
"starting"
],
"examples":[
"this will be my final order"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eminent",
"premier",
"superior"
],
"related":[
"consequent",
"ensuing",
"eventual",
"following",
"succeeding",
"conclusive",
"crowning",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"farthermost",
"farthest",
"furthermost",
"furthest",
"remotest",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"endmost",
"extreme",
"outermost",
"outmost",
"utmost",
"penultimate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottommost",
"closing",
"concluding",
"hindmost",
"lag",
"last",
"latest",
"latter",
"rearmost",
"terminal",
"terminating",
"ultimate"
]
},
"having been established and usually not subject to change":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the wedding date is final"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adjustable",
"changeable",
"negotiable",
"indefinite",
"open-ended",
"unspecified",
"capricious",
"changeful",
"flickery",
"fluctuating",
"fluid",
"inconstant",
"mercurial",
"mutable",
"temperamental",
"uncertain",
"unpredictable",
"unsettled",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"variable",
"volatile"
],
"related":[
"nonadjustable",
"noncancelable",
"nonnegotiable",
"unchangeable",
"constant",
"steady",
"unchanging",
"uniform",
"unwavering",
"definite",
"exact",
"explicit",
"specific",
"given",
"stated",
"stipulated",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"solid",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"synonyms":[
"certain",
"determinate",
"firm",
"fixed",
"flat",
"frozen",
"hard",
"hard-and-fast",
"inexpugnable",
"set",
"settled",
"stable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"financed":{
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"antonyms":[
"defunded",
"disendowed"
],
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drew",
"received",
"subsisted"
],
"related":[
"established",
"founded",
"organized",
"bequeathed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"subscribed",
"supported",
"underwrote",
"awarded",
"granted",
"backed",
"promoted",
"sponsored",
"capitalized",
"invested (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowed",
"funded",
"subsidized"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"antonyms":[
"defunded"
],
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grubstaked",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolled",
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"funded",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"financing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to furnish (as an institution) with a regular source of income":{
"antonyms":[
"defunding",
"disendowing"
],
"examples":[
"established a fund to finance a visiting lecturer position at the local college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drawing",
"receiving",
"subsisting"
],
"related":[
"establishing",
"founding",
"organizing",
"bequeathing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"subscribing",
"supporting",
"underwriting",
"awarding",
"granting",
"backing",
"promoting",
"sponsoring",
"capitalizing",
"investing (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"endowing",
"funding",
"subsidizing"
]
},
"to provide money for":{
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
],
"examples":[
"a local business kindly financed the high school band's trip to New York City"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"synonyms":[
"bankrolling",
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"findings":{
"a decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the evidence supported a finding of unfair bias, and the court entered judgment for the plaintiff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inquests",
"verdicts",
"authorities",
"decrees",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"orders",
"arbitraments",
"awards",
"declarations",
"deliverances",
"dicta",
"dictums",
"pronouncements",
"conclusions",
"decisions",
"determinations",
"opinions",
"resolutions",
"disciplines",
"penalties",
"punishments"
],
"synonyms":[
"dooms",
"holdings",
"judgments",
"judgements",
"rulings",
"sentences"
]
},
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the scientists were thrilled with the finding of the new fossil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disappearances",
"losses",
"concealments"
],
"related":[
"espials",
"notices",
"disclosures",
"exposures",
"revelations",
"creations",
"inventions",
"explorations",
"rediscoveries"
],
"synonyms":[
"detections",
"discoveries"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finds fault (with)":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"antonyms":[
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"examples":[
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"commends",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"recommends",
"sanctions"
],
"related":[
"skewers",
"tweaks",
"assails",
"attacks",
"blasts",
"clobbers",
"slams",
"slashes",
"nicks (at)",
"snipes (at)",
"beefs",
"bellyaches",
"bitches",
"carps",
"cavils",
"complains",
"crabs",
"croaks",
"fusses",
"gripes",
"grouses",
"growls",
"grumbles",
"kicks",
"kvetches",
"moans",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"niggles",
"quibbles",
"whines",
"admonishes",
"chides",
"drubs",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"reproves",
"berates",
"castigates",
"crucifies",
"excoriates",
"flays",
"gibbets",
"hammers",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"pillories",
"scolds",
"upbraids",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"derides",
"discommends",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"synonyms":[
"blames",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"denounces",
"dispraises",
"disses",
"faults",
"knocks",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"slags"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fine-tune":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fine-tuning":{
"to make small changes to (something) in order to improve the way it works or to make it exactly right":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fine-tune a TV set",
"fine-tune the temperature of the room",
"They're fine-tuning interest rates to achieve economic growth without inflation."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fined":{
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"antonyms":[
"remitted"
],
"examples":[
"the police will fine you for driving with one headlight out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abated",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"forgave",
"released",
"condoned",
"disregarded",
"excused",
"glossed (over)",
"glozed (over)",
"ignored",
"pardoned"
],
"related":[
"docked",
"excised",
"mulcted",
"penalized",
"taxed",
"extorted",
"shook down",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"bled",
"fleeced",
"gouged",
"milked",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"forced",
"inflicted",
"wreaked",
"set",
"reapplied",
"reimposed",
"relaid"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessed",
"charged",
"exacted",
"imposed",
"laid",
"levied",
"put"
]
},
"to remove usually visible impurities from":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the use of egg shells to fine wine"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clouded",
"dulled",
"muddied",
"contaminated",
"dirtied",
"soiled",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"begrimed",
"besmirched",
"fouled",
"sullied"
],
"related":[
"processed",
"rectified",
"refined",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"decontaminated",
"elutriated",
"purged",
"washed",
"extracted",
"leached",
"bolted",
"screened",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"disinfected",
"sanitized"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"garbled",
"purified"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"finery":{
"dressy clothing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the guests arrived at the wedding in all their finery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tatters",
"disarray",
"dishabille"
],
"related":[
"apparel",
"attire",
"costume",
"duds",
"habiliment(s)",
"rags",
"raiment",
"rig",
"rigging",
"threads",
"toggery",
"togs",
"vestiary",
"vesture",
"wear"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"best",
"bravery",
"caparison",
"feather",
"frippery",
"full dress",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glad rags",
"regalia"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finger painting":{
"as in drawing , daub":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fingerprint":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"badge",
"indication",
"sign",
"emblem",
"symbol",
"token",
"charm",
"grace",
"excellence",
"merit",
"virtue",
"eccentricity",
"idiosyncrasy",
"oddity",
"quirk",
"individuality",
"singularity",
"uniqueness"
],
"synonyms":[
"affection",
"attribute",
"attribution",
"character",
"characteristic",
"criterion",
"diagnostic",
"differentia",
"feature",
"hallmark",
"mark",
"marker",
"note",
"particularity",
"peculiarity",
"point",
"property",
"quality",
"specific",
"stamp",
"touch",
"trait"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fingerprints":{
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"regards a sense of permanence as one of the fingerprints of a civilized society"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"badges",
"indications",
"signs",
"emblems",
"symbols",
"tokens",
"charms",
"graces",
"excellences",
"merits",
"virtues",
"eccentricities",
"idiosyncrasies",
"oddities",
"quirks",
"individualities",
"singularities"
],
"synonyms":[
"affections",
"attributes",
"attributions",
"characteristics",
"characters",
"criteria",
"criterions",
"diagnostics",
"differentiae",
"features",
"hallmarks",
"markers",
"marks",
"notes",
"particularities",
"peculiarities",
"points",
"properties",
"qualities",
"specifics",
"stamps",
"touches",
"traits"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finical":{
"hard to please":{
"antonyms":[
"undemanding",
"unfastidious",
"unfussy"
],
"examples":[
"a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affable",
"breezy",
"carefree",
"devil-may-care",
"happy-go-lucky",
"lackadaisical",
"laid-back",
"low-pressure",
"relaxed",
"flexible",
"lax",
"loose",
"lenient",
"permissive",
"uncritical",
"indiscriminating",
"undiscriminating"
],
"related":[
"hyperfastidious",
"overdemanding",
"ultrafastidious",
"discerning",
"discriminating",
"selective",
"insightful",
"knowledgeable",
"captious",
"carping",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"critical",
"faultfinding",
"hypercritical",
"overcritical",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"painstaking",
"punctilious",
"scrupulous",
"queasy",
"queazy",
"squeamish",
"peevish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"touchy",
"niminy-piminy",
"prim",
"prissy"
],
"synonyms":[
"choosy",
"choosey",
"dainty",
"delicate",
"demanding",
"exacting",
"fastidious",
"finicking",
"finicky",
"fussbudgety",
"fussy",
"nice",
"old-maidish",
"particular",
"pernickety",
"persnickety",
"picky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fink":{
"a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his own brother turned out to be the fink who ratted them out to the police"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"collaborator",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"leaker",
"snoop",
"snooper",
"spy",
"notifier"
],
"synonyms":[
"betrayer",
"canary",
"deep throat",
"informant",
"informer",
"nark",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"snitch",
"snitcher",
"squealer",
"stool pigeon",
"stoolie",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"telltale",
"whistle-blower"
]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that fink would sell out every one of us to save her own behind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
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"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
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"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
]
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"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
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"examples":[
"we never would have been caught if he hadn't finked on us"
],
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"related":[
"betray",
"give away",
"turn in",
"backstab",
"cross",
"double-cross",
"sell (out)",
"two-time",
"blab",
"tattle",
"tip (off)"
],
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"grass (on)",
"inform",
"rat (on)",
"sing",
"snitch",
"split (on)",
"squeak",
"squeal",
"talk",
"tell (on)"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the dynamic speaker fired up the audience as no one had previously done"
],
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"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"related":[
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"motived",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
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"encouraged",
"excited",
"impassioned",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"revved (up)",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"firelock":{
"as in musket , shotgun":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"examples":[
"the bartender recommended a drink made with the local firewater , a potent gin"
],
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"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
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"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"spirits",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"firm (up)":{
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"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften"
],
"examples":[
"wait for the modeling clay to firm up before handling the finished pot"
],
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"deliquesce",
"dissolve",
"flux",
"fuse",
"melt",
"smelt",
"thaw",
"unfreeze"
],
"related":[
"cake",
"callus",
"encrust",
"incrust",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"stiffen",
"thicken",
"calcify",
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"ossify",
"petrify",
"rigidify",
"anneal",
"case-harden",
"temper"
],
"synonyms":[
"concrete",
"congeal",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"set",
"solidify"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"first off":{
"as in now , first":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"of the very best kind":{
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"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"wanted a first-rate bike and not the cheap model she had been using"
],
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"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
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"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
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"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"first-rateness":{
"exceptionally high quality":{
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"examples":[
"touristy restaurants generally are not known for the first-rateness of their cuisine"
],
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"averageness",
"badness",
"crumminess",
"inferiority",
"mediocrity",
"ordinariness",
"worthlessness"
],
"related":[
"faultlessness",
"flawlessness",
"impeccability",
"perfectness",
"goodness",
"value",
"worth",
"consequence",
"importance",
"notability"
],
"synonyms":[
"choiceness",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"excellency",
"greatness",
"perfection",
"preeminence",
"primeness",
"superbness",
"superiority",
"supremacy"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"first-string":{
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"a first-string rendition of the musical piece"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fit the bill":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfy",
"suffice",
"function",
"work"
],
"synonyms":[
"befit",
"beseem",
"do",
"fit",
"go",
"serve",
"suit"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fit to be tied":{
"feeling or showing anger":{
"antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased"
],
"examples":[
"She was fit to be tied when her insurance refused to cover her needed prescriptions."
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sorehead",
"soreheaded",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous"
],
"synonyms":[
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"fits":{
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"without her medication, she'd have an epileptic fit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrests",
"reliefs",
"remissions"
],
"related":[
"recurrences",
"relapses",
"brainstorms",
"convulsions",
"eclampsias",
"pangs",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"throes",
"agitations",
"frenzies",
"breakdowns",
"collapses",
"prostrations"
],
"synonyms":[
"accesses",
"attacks",
"bouts",
"cases",
"seizures",
"sieges",
"spells",
"turns"
]
},
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"helpless fits of laughter from the audience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"blowups",
"grouches",
"rages",
"tantrums",
"ecstasies",
"raptures",
"transports",
"deliriums",
"firestorms",
"frenzies",
"furors"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonies",
"blazes",
"bursts",
"ebullitions",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flushes",
"gales",
"gushes",
"gusts",
"outbursts",
"paroxysms",
"spasms",
"storms"
]
},
"an outburst or display of excited anger":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"found out what his wife had spent on clothes and threw a fit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"eruptions",
"flare-ups",
"outbursts",
"storms",
"uproars",
"agitations",
"deliriums",
"distractions",
"frenzies",
"furies",
"furores",
"furors",
"hysterias",
"rages",
"rampages",
"convulsions",
"paroxysms",
"seizures",
"spasms",
"upheavals",
"cholers",
"indignations",
"ires",
"lividities",
"spleens",
"wraths",
"reactions",
"rises",
"danders",
"tempers",
"grouches",
"humps",
"pets",
"pouts",
"snits",
"sulks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowups",
"explosions",
"fireworks",
"hissies",
"hissy fits",
"huffs",
"scenes",
"tantrums"
]
},
"to be fitting or proper":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we hardly know them, so for Christmas a simple card will fit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"satisfies",
"suffices",
"functions",
"works"
],
"synonyms":[
"befits",
"beseems",
"does",
"goes",
"serves",
"suits"
]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"antonyms":[
"differs (from)",
"disagrees (with)"
],
"examples":[
"now that you've explained your absence to me, my records and the office's fit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
"related":[
"equals",
"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"agrees",
"answers",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"sorts",
"squares",
"tallies"
]
},
"to change (something) so as to make it suitable for a new use or situation":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I can undo the hem on these old culottes and fit them into a skirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misadjusts"
],
"related":[
"readapts",
"readjusts",
"customizes",
"gears",
"matches",
"models",
"patterns",
"attunes",
"corrects",
"harmonizes",
"squares",
"tunes",
"establishes",
"roots",
"settles",
"acquaints",
"familiarizes",
"orientates",
"orients",
"equips",
"prepares",
"primes",
"rehearses",
"hardens",
"inures",
"seasons",
"toughens",
"alters",
"converts",
"makes over",
"modifies",
"recasts",
"reclaims",
"recycles",
"redesigns",
"redevelops",
"redoes",
"reengineers",
"refashions",
"refigures",
"refits",
"refocuses",
"reinvents",
"rejiggers",
"remakes",
"remodels",
"revamps",
"revises",
"reworks",
"transforms",
"accustoms",
"habilitates",
"habituates",
"naturalizes",
"readies",
"trains",
"bends",
"fiddles (with)",
"fine-tunes",
"phases",
"registers",
"regulates",
"rigs"
],
"synonyms":[
"acclimates",
"acclimatizes",
"accommodates",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"conforms",
"doctors",
"edits",
"fashions",
"puts",
"shapes",
"suits",
"tailors"
]
},
"to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that final computer course should fit him for a career in programming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accustoms",
"adapts",
"adjusts",
"conditions",
"grooms",
"habituates",
"shapes",
"tailors",
"authorizes",
"entitles",
"empowers",
"enables",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"teaches",
"tutors"
],
"synonyms":[
"equips",
"prepares",
"qualifies",
"readies",
"seasons",
"trains"
]
},
"to make or have room for":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we can fit you in the booth if the rest of us squeeze closer together"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"carries",
"contains",
"seats",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"enfolds",
"harbors",
"houses"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"holds",
"takes"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
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"examples":[
"I won't have time to fit the spare room for the guests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"braces",
"fortifies",
"girds",
"steels",
"battens",
"gathers",
"gears up",
"mounts",
"educates",
"indoctrinates",
"instructs",
"schools",
"trains",
"tutors",
"boots (up)",
"primes",
"arranges",
"sets",
"spreads",
"arms",
"equips",
"forearms",
"furnishes",
"outfits",
"provides",
"supplies",
"inclines",
"predisposes",
"drafts",
"draws up",
"frames",
"warms (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fixes",
"grooms",
"lays",
"prepares",
"preps",
"readies"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fittingly":{
"in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"improperly",
"inappropriately",
"incongruously",
"incorrectly",
"unseemly",
"unsuitably",
"wrongly"
],
"examples":[
"he was dressed fittingly for the prom\u2014all decked out in a spiffy tux"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily",
"inopportunely",
"unfortunately",
"unseasonably",
"inappositely",
"inaptly",
"irrelevantly",
"awkwardly",
"ungracefully"
],
"related":[
"well",
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"passably",
"satisfactorily",
"tolerably",
"decently",
"decorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"appositely",
"appropriately",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"duly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"properly",
"right",
"rightly",
"suitably"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"fittingness":{
"the quality or state of being especially suitable or fitting":{
"antonyms":[
"improperness",
"impropriety",
"inappositeness",
"inappropriateness",
"inaptness",
"infelicity",
"unfitness",
"unseemliness",
"unsuitability",
"wrongness"
],
"examples":[
"trusted their judgment and didn't have to worry about the fittingness of their choice for a school play"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disagreeableness",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"inexpedience",
"inexpediency",
"inharmoniousness",
"unbecomingness",
"immateriality",
"inapplicability",
"irrelevance",
"irrelevancy",
"meaninglessness",
"pointlessness"
],
"related":[
"agreeableness",
"compatibility",
"congruity",
"harmoniousness",
"applicability",
"bearing",
"connection",
"justifiability",
"materiality",
"pertinence",
"relevance",
"relevancy",
"validity",
"acceptability",
"adequacy",
"adequateness",
"convenience",
"expedience",
"expediency",
"satisfactoriness",
"serviceableness",
"usefulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"appositeness",
"appropriateness",
"aptness",
"felicitousness",
"felicity",
"fitness",
"happiness",
"properness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness",
"suitability",
"suitableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"five-star":{
"of the very best kind":{
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
],
"examples":[
"at those prices the restaurant's food should be nothing but five-star"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"related":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fix up":{
"as in rebuild , overhaul":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fixable":{
"capable of being corrected":{
"antonyms":[
"incorrigible",
"irrecoverable",
"irredeemable",
"irremediable",
"irreparable",
"unredeemable"
],
"examples":[
"don't worry, that mistake in scheduling is fixable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"irretrievable",
"unrecoverable",
"irreplaceable",
"irreversible",
"irrevocable"
],
"related":[
"amendable",
"emendable",
"improvable",
"resolvable",
"reversible",
"undoable",
"reconstructible",
"reformable",
"regenerable",
"corrected",
"fixed",
"remedied",
"repaired"
],
"synonyms":[
"correctable",
"corrigible",
"redeemable",
"remediable",
"repairable",
"reparable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"fixate":{
"to look at or think about something constantly; to give all of your attention to something \u2014 usually + on or upon":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The cat was fixated on a small hole in the wall.",
"Why do journalists fixate on scandals?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fixate (on or upon)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fixate (on)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fixation":{
"something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathy",
"disinterestedness",
"disregard",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern",
"unconcernedness"
],
"related":[
"monomania",
"complex",
"hang-up",
"problem",
"trip",
"appetite",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"compulsion",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"enthusiasm",
"fascination",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"infatuation",
"itch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen",
"idiosyncrasy",
"quirk",
"bent",
"disposition",
"inclination",
"leaning",
"partiality",
"penchant",
"predilection",
"predisposition",
"proclivity",
"propensity",
"tendency"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetish",
"fetich",
"id\u00e9e fixe",
"mania",
"obsession",
"preoccupation",
"prepossession"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fixing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fixed my hair so that it would stop falling in my eyes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"related":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"laying",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
]
},
"to cause (something) to hold to another":{
"antonyms":[
"detaching",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unhooking"
],
"examples":[
"first, you need to fix those pieces of wood together"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"disjointing",
"dissevering",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unbinding",
"unfixing",
"unlashing",
"untying",
"untieing"
],
"related":[
"adhering",
"bolting",
"cinching",
"clamping",
"clasping",
"clenching",
"clinching",
"clipping",
"gluing",
"glueing",
"hanging",
"harnessing",
"hasping",
"lacing",
"lashing",
"latching",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pinning",
"plastering",
"riveting",
"screwing",
"shackling",
"stapling",
"sticking",
"strapping",
"tacking",
"tackling",
"toggling",
"tying",
"tieing",
"yoking",
"coapting",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"uniting",
"reaffixing",
"reattaching",
"refastening",
"refixing",
"resecuring",
"battening",
"belaying",
"buttoning",
"doing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"affixing",
"attaching",
"bending",
"fastening"
]
},
"to come to an agreement or decision concerning the details of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"make sure to fix the number of guests with the bride's family before drawing up a list of people from the groom's side"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"calling",
"calling off",
"dropping",
"recalling",
"repealing",
"rescinding",
"revoking",
"differing (over)",
"disagreeing (with)",
"countering",
"debating",
"objecting",
"opposing",
"protesting",
"resisting",
"contesting",
"disputing"
],
"related":[
"contracting",
"pledging",
"promising",
"blueprinting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"concerting",
"designing",
"drafting",
"framing",
"hammering out",
"intriguing",
"laying out",
"maneuvering",
"mapping (out)",
"planning",
"programming",
"programing",
"schematizing",
"scheming",
"shaping",
"squaring away",
"working out",
"choosing",
"concluding",
"determining",
"figuring",
"opting",
"resolving",
"affirming",
"approving",
"authorizing",
"clearing",
"confirming",
"OK'ing",
"okaying",
"sanctioning",
"warranting",
"closing",
"completing",
"ending",
"finalizing",
"finishing",
"rounding (off or out)",
"winding up",
"wrapping up",
"bargaining",
"chaffering",
"dealing",
"dickering",
"haggling",
"horse-trading",
"negotiating"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeing (on)",
"arranging",
"deciding",
"setting",
"settling"
]
},
"to decide upon (the time or date for an event) usually from a position of authority":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"have we fixed a day for the party yet?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"adopting",
"assigning",
"choosing",
"determining",
"establishing",
"opting (for)",
"picking",
"pinning (down)",
"preferring",
"selecting",
"settling",
"singling (out)",
"specifying",
"arranging",
"coordinating",
"orchestrating",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"publishing"
],
"synonyms":[
"appointing",
"designating",
"naming",
"setting"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would you mind fixing dinner tonight?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bracing",
"fortifying",
"girding",
"steeling",
"battening",
"gathering",
"gearing up",
"mounting",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"tutoring",
"booting (up)",
"priming",
"arranging",
"setting",
"spreading",
"arming",
"equipping",
"forearming",
"furnishing",
"outfitting",
"providing",
"supplying",
"inclining",
"predisposing",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"framing",
"warming (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitting",
"grooming",
"laying",
"preparing",
"prepping",
"readying"
]
},
"to put into good shape or working order again":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"have to fix the car before we can go"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemishing",
"breaking",
"damaging",
"defacing",
"disfiguring",
"flawing",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"marring",
"ruining",
"spoiling",
"vandalizing",
"wrecking",
"crippling",
"disabling",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"related":[
"fixing up",
"furbishing",
"overhauling",
"rebuilding",
"reconstructing",
"refurbishing",
"aiding",
"curing",
"healing",
"helping",
"conditioning",
"preparing",
"readying",
"caring (for)",
"maintaining",
"servicing",
"freshening",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"restoring",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"adjusting",
"correcting",
"modifying",
"rectifying",
"redressing",
"reforming",
"righting",
"ameliorating",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating"
],
"synonyms":[
"doctoring",
"mending",
"patching",
"reconditioning",
"renovating",
"repairing",
"revamping"
]
},
"to put securely in place or in a desired position":{
"antonyms":[
"loosening",
"loosing",
"unfastening",
"unfixing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing"
],
"examples":[
"fixed the mittens to the child's snowsuit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extracting",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"tearing (out)",
"uprooting",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"related":[
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"stuffing",
"wedging"
],
"synonyms":[
"anchoring",
"catching",
"clamping",
"fastening",
"hitching",
"mooring",
"securing",
"setting"
]
},
"to remove the sex organs of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the animal shelter requires a pledge from the adoptive owner that they will have their new pet fixed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"castrating",
"emasculating",
"gelding",
"spaying",
"sterilizing"
],
"synonyms":[
"altering",
"desexing",
"neutering"
]
},
"to restore to a healthy condition":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"it took surgery and months of physical therapy to completely fix her bum knee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crippling",
"damaging",
"disabling",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"lacerating",
"laming",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating",
"wounding",
"afflicting",
"ailing",
"debilitating",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"laying up",
"sapping",
"sickening",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"related":[
"attending (to)",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"physicking",
"treating",
"fortifying",
"rejuvenating",
"renewing",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving",
"alleviating",
"relieving",
"remedying",
"repairing"
],
"synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabbing",
"rehabilitating",
"setting up"
]
},
"to set solidly in or as if in surrounding matter":{
"antonyms":[
"dislodging",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
],
"examples":[
"the image of what Santa Claus looks like is solidly fixed in our minds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disengaging",
"removing"
],
"related":[
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"instilling",
"beating (into)",
"driving (into)",
"establishing",
"placing",
"putting",
"settling",
"sticking"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"enrooting",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"impacting",
"implanting",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"lodging",
"rooting"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"fiddle-footed":{
"easily excited by nature":{
"examples":[
"although fiddle-footed now, the kitten should settle down once it adjusts to its new home"
],
"synonyms":[
"excitable",
"flighty",
"fluttery",
"high-strung",
"hyper",
"hyperactive",
"hyperexcitable",
"hyperkinetic",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"skittery",
"skittish",
"spasmodic",
"spooky"
],
"related":[
"hot-blooded",
"mercurial",
"temperamental",
"unstable",
"volatile",
"volcanic",
"anxious",
"edgy",
"flibbertigibbety",
"nervy",
"tense",
"uptight",
"emotional",
"emotionalistic",
"hypersensitive",
"intense",
"sensitive",
"soulful",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"melodramatic",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"perturbable",
"prickly",
"testy",
"touchy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collected",
"cool",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"easy",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"relaxed"
],
"antonyms":[
"imperturbable",
"nerveless",
"unexcitable",
"unflappable",
"unshakable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"filled (up)":{
"as in diffused (through) , percolated (into)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fizzles":{
"a falling short of one's goals":{
"examples":[
"the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"collapses",
"crashes",
"croppers",
"defeats",
"failures",
"nonachievements",
"nonsuccesses"
],
"related":[
"futilities",
"ineffectualities",
"inefficacies",
"deficiencies",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies",
"disappointments",
"letdowns",
"setbacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"victories",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"accomplishments",
"achievements",
"successes"
]
},
"something that has failed":{
"examples":[
"the play was a fizzle , opening and closing the same night"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"bummers",
"busts",
"catastrophes",
"clinkers",
"clunkers",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"duds",
"failures",
"fiascoes",
"flops",
"frosts",
"lemons",
"losers",
"misses",
"shipwrecks",
"turkeys",
"washouts"
],
"related":[
"also-rans",
"disappointments",
"dogs",
"has-beens",
"near misses",
"botches",
"hashes",
"messes",
"muddles",
"shambles",
"nonevents",
"nonstarters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"dandies",
"jim-dandies",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons"
],
"antonyms":[
"blockbusters",
"hits",
"smashes",
"successes",
"winners"
]
},
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
"examples":[
"oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill"
],
"synonyms":[
"fizzes",
"hisses",
"sizzles",
"swishes",
"whishes",
"whizzes"
],
"related":[
"swooshes",
"wheezes",
"whistles",
"whooshes",
"zips",
"bubbles",
"effervesces",
"buzzes",
"drones",
"hums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"find fault (with)":{
"to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of":{
"examples":[
"She could always find fault with someone after only one date."
],
"synonyms":[
"blame",
"censure",
"condemn",
"criticize",
"denounce",
"dis",
"diss",
"dispraise",
"fault",
"knock",
"pan",
"reprehend",
"slag"
],
"related":[
"skewer",
"tweak",
"assail",
"attack",
"blast",
"clobber",
"slam",
"slash",
"nick (at)",
"snipe (at)",
"beef",
"bellyache",
"bitch",
"carp",
"cavil",
"complain",
"crab",
"croak",
"fuss",
"gripe",
"grouse",
"growl",
"grumble",
"kick",
"kvetch",
"moan",
"murmur",
"mutter",
"niggle",
"quibble",
"whine",
"admonish",
"chide",
"drub",
"rebuke",
"reprimand",
"reproach",
"reprove",
"berate",
"castigate",
"crucify",
"excoriate",
"flay",
"gibbet",
"hammer",
"keelhaul",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"pillory",
"scold",
"upbraid",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"deride",
"discommend",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"commend",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"recommend",
"sanction"
],
"antonyms":[
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"finessed":{
"to plan out usually with subtle skill or care":{
"examples":[
"had to finesse the schedule a bit to fit in another patient that afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"contrived",
"engineered",
"finagled",
"framed",
"machinated",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"masterminded",
"negotiated",
"wangled"
],
"related":[
"arranged",
"concerted",
"concluded",
"hammered out",
"worked out",
"angled (for)",
"compassed",
"intrigued",
"plotted",
"schemed",
"connived",
"brewed",
"concocted",
"cooked (up)",
"hatched",
"captained",
"commanded",
"conducted",
"directed",
"handled",
"managed",
"quarterbacked",
"ran",
"run",
"gerrymandered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"bobbled",
"botched",
"bungled",
"butchered",
"flubbed",
"fumbled",
"gummed (up)",
"loused up",
"mangled",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"tried to finesse the blame for the foreign policy fiasco, even though he was secretary of state at the time"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned",
"weaseled (out of)"
],
"related":[
"missed",
"averted",
"deflected",
"diverted",
"obviated",
"parried",
"prevented",
"warded (off)",
"banned",
"barred",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"precluded",
"ruled out",
"bypassed",
"circumvented",
"skirted",
"foiled",
"foxed",
"frustrated",
"outfoxed",
"outsmarted",
"outwitted",
"overreached",
"thwarted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fill the bill":{
"to be fitting or proper":{
"examples":[
"We finally found an apartment that filled the bill ."
],
"synonyms":[
"befit",
"beseem",
"do",
"fit",
"go",
"serve",
"suit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"satisfy",
"suffice",
"function",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"finagler":{
"a dishonest person who uses clever means to cheat others out of something of value":{
"examples":[
"financial finaglers who were suspected of insider trading"
],
"synonyms":[
"bilk",
"bilker",
"cheat",
"cheater",
"chiseler",
"chiseller",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"fakir",
"fraudster",
"hoaxer",
"scammer",
"scamster",
"shark",
"sharper",
"sharpie",
"sharpy",
"skinner",
"swindler",
"tricker",
"trickster"
],
"related":[
"double-crosser",
"double-dealer",
"bluffer",
"charlatan",
"fake",
"faker",
"humbug",
"impostor",
"imposter",
"mountebank",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretender",
"quack",
"quacksalver",
"ringer",
"sham",
"adventurer",
"fox",
"gamesman",
"knave",
"prankster",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"fast-talker",
"slick",
"slicker",
"slickster",
"slyboots",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"wheeler-dealer",
"plotter",
"schemer",
"sneak",
"sneaker",
"blackleg",
"cardsharp",
"cardsharper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"firestorm":{
"variance of opinion on a matter":{
"examples":[
"a seemingly endless firestorm was ignited by that U.S. Supreme Court decision"
],
"synonyms":[
"contestation",
"controversy",
"debate",
"difference",
"difficulty",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"dissensus",
"nonconcurrence"
],
"related":[
"clash",
"collision",
"conflict",
"confliction",
"disaccord",
"discord",
"dissonance",
"apartness",
"divarication",
"division",
"combat",
"contention",
"strife",
"struggle",
"altercation",
"argument",
"bicker",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"set-to"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptance",
"compliance",
"concord",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[
"accord",
"agreement",
"consensus",
"harmony",
"unanimity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"finis":{
"the last part of a process or action":{
"examples":[
"if the two countries keep up their arms race, the inevitable finis to their rivalry will be their mutual destruction"
],
"synonyms":[
"capper",
"close",
"closing",
"conclusion",
"consummation",
"end",
"endgame",
"ending",
"finale",
"finish",
"grand finale",
"homestretch",
"mop-up",
"windup",
"wrap-up"
],
"related":[
"acme",
"apex",
"capstone",
"climax",
"copestone",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crescendo",
"crown",
"culmination",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"top",
"zenith",
"aftermath",
"anticlimax",
"coda",
"epilogue",
"epilog",
"postscript",
"shank",
"tag end",
"tail end"
],
"near antonyms":[
"foreword",
"introduction",
"overture",
"preamble",
"preface",
"prelude",
"prologue",
"prolog"
],
"antonyms":[
"baseline",
"beginning",
"dawn",
"day one",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"opening",
"start"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fissures":{
"an irregular usually narrow break in a surface created by pressure":{
"examples":[
"lava flows up through a fissure in the earth's crust"
],
"synonyms":[
"checks",
"chinks",
"clefts",
"cracks",
"crannies",
"crevices",
"rifts",
"splits"
],
"related":[
"crevasses",
"crazes",
"hairlines",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"breaches",
"gaps",
"openings",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incisions",
"slits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"filthy":{
"depicting or referring to sexual matters in a way that is unacceptable in polite society":{
"examples":[
"you cannot use such filthy language on the public airwaves"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"foul",
"gross",
"gutter",
"impure",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"profane",
"raunchy",
"ribald",
"smutty",
"stag",
"trashy",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"X-rated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broad",
"coarse-grained",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salacious",
"salty",
"suggestive",
"barnyard",
"earthy",
"scatological",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"low",
"unbecoming",
"depraved",
"kinky",
"louche",
"naughty",
"perverse",
"perverted",
"wicked",
"exceptionable",
"objectionable",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"abhorrent",
"debasing",
"disgusting",
"loathsome",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"unpleasant",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"reprehensible",
"atrocious",
"infamous",
"abusive",
"scurrilous",
"hard-core",
"soft",
"soft-core"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"acceptable",
"agreeable",
"desirable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"welcome",
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"meet",
"suitable",
"immaculate",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"virginal",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"wholesome"
]
},
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"you can't go to the concert unless you clean this filthy room first"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"soiled",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"the invention made him filthy rich"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"fiddlesticks":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"some people have one word for the game of golf: fiddlesticks !"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"fish":{
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"he's rather an odd fish"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to search for something blindly or uncertainly":{
"examples":[
"take a minute to fish for some change to drop in the donation box"
],
"synonyms":[
"feel",
"fumble",
"grope",
"scrabble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabble",
"cast about",
"hunt",
"look",
"reach",
"seek (out)",
"capture",
"clutch",
"corral",
"get",
"grab",
"nab",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"firing":{
"a directed propelling of a missile by a firearm or artillery piece":{
"examples":[
"found a flaw in the gun's firing"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasting",
"discharge",
"shot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"potshot",
"barrage",
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bombardment",
"broadside",
"burst",
"cannonade",
"drumfire",
"fusillade",
"hail",
"salvo",
"shower",
"storm",
"volley"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause (a projectile) to be driven forward with force":{
"examples":[
"police officers firing rubber bullets"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasting",
"discharging",
"loosing",
"shooting",
"squeezing off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"launching",
"projecting",
"blazing (at)",
"sniping (at)",
"casting",
"catapulting",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"lobbing",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause a weapon to release a missile with great force":{
"examples":[
"soldiers fired at the enemy in panic-stricken disorder"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasting",
"discharging",
"shooting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing",
"peppering",
"plinking",
"potshotting",
"sniping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"a school outing to the natural history museum fired his imagination, and he grew up to become an eminent paleontologist"
],
"synonyms":[
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"filliping",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"spiking",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"reinvigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"harassing",
"kayoing",
"knocking out",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"washing out",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"jading",
"quelling",
"quenching",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"slowing",
"stilling",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing"
]
},
"to let go from office, service, or employment":{
"examples":[
"fired the secretary for incompetence"
],
"synonyms":[
"axing",
"bouncing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating",
"turning off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downsizing",
"excessing",
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"trimming",
"booting (out)",
"chucking (out)",
"drumming (out)",
"kicking out",
"throwing out",
"unseating",
"separating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeping",
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"rehiring",
"contracting",
"subcontracting",
"recruiting"
],
"antonyms":[
"employing",
"engaging",
"hiring",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
"examples":[
"fired a pass to the running back"
],
"synonyms":[
"casting",
"catapulting",
"chucking",
"dashing",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"hurtling",
"launching",
"lobbing",
"lofting",
"pegging",
"pelting",
"pitching",
"slinging",
"throwing",
"tossing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bowling",
"darting",
"flipping",
"gunning",
"hooking",
"passing",
"rolling",
"shooting",
"bucking",
"ejecting",
"impelling",
"precipitating",
"projecting",
"propelling",
"rifling",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set (something) on fire":{
"examples":[
"lit some kindling before attempting to fire the logs"
],
"synonyms":[
"burning",
"enkindling",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"lighting",
"torching"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immolating",
"deflagrating",
"charring",
"frizzling",
"scorching",
"baking",
"broiling",
"cooking",
"ashing",
"cremating",
"incinerating",
"kilning",
"setting off",
"brightening",
"illuminating",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"radiating",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"searing",
"reigniting",
"rekindling",
"relighting",
"banking",
"stoking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"choking",
"smothering",
"suffocating",
"stamping (out)",
"blackening",
"darkening",
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring"
],
"antonyms":[
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"field-worker":{
"as in investigator , researcher":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"experimenter",
"investigator",
"researcher",
"empiric",
"empiricist",
"fact finder",
"examiner",
"inspector",
"monitor",
"observer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fixations":{
"something about which one is constantly thinking or concerned":{
"examples":[
"their weight is an unfortunate fixation for many teenagers"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"id\u00e9es fixes",
"manias",
"obsessions",
"preoccupations",
"prepossessions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"monomanias",
"complexes",
"hang-ups",
"problems",
"trips",
"appetites",
"caco\u00ebtheses",
"compulsions",
"cravings",
"desires",
"drives",
"enthusiasms",
"fascinations",
"hungers",
"infatuations",
"itches",
"longings",
"lusts",
"passions",
"thirsts",
"urges",
"yearnings",
"yens",
"idiosyncrasies",
"quirks",
"bents",
"dispositions",
"inclinations",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathies",
"disregards",
"indifferences",
"insouciances",
"nonchalances"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"firefight":{
"as in attack , fire":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"attack",
"fire",
"pitched battle",
"single combat",
"action",
"battle",
"combat",
"field",
"hostilities",
"operations",
"warfare",
"duty",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fire-sale":{
"as in clearance , closeout":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clearance",
"closeout",
"purchase",
"fair",
"bargain",
"buy",
"steal",
"garage sale",
"jumble sale",
"rummage sale",
"tag sale",
"yard sale",
"haggle",
"horse-trading",
"negotiation",
"auction",
"silent auction",
"deal",
"sale",
"trade",
"transaction"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in reduced , discounted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discount",
"discounted",
"lowered",
"reduced",
"cheapish",
"moderate",
"wholesale",
"affordable",
"bargain-basement",
"budget",
"cheap",
"cheapie",
"cheapo",
"chintzy",
"cut-price",
"cut-rate",
"dime-store",
"dirt cheap",
"el cheapo",
"inexpensive",
"low",
"low-end",
"popular",
"reasonable",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"costly",
"dear",
"deluxe",
"expensive",
"high",
"high-ticket",
"precious",
"premium",
"pricey",
"pricy",
"spendy",
"valuable",
"increased",
"inflated",
"exorbitant",
"extravagant",
"overpriced",
"prohibitive",
"prohibitory",
"steep",
"stiff",
"superexpensive",
"ultraexpensive",
"unreasonable",
"invaluable",
"priceless",
"luxurious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"fiefdom":{
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to ask that guy\u2014the project is his fiefdom"
],
"synonyms":[
"area",
"arena",
"bailiwick",
"barony",
"business",
"circle",
"demesne",
"department",
"discipline",
"domain",
"element",
"fief",
"field",
"firmament",
"front",
"game",
"kingdom",
"line",
"precinct",
"province",
"realm",
"specialty",
"sphere",
"terrain",
"walk"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frontier",
"study",
"subject",
"territory",
"turf",
"occupation",
"profession",
"pursuit",
"racket",
"vocation",
"ambit",
"amplitude",
"breadth",
"compass",
"confine",
"dimension(s)",
"extent",
"ken",
"reach",
"scope",
"sweep",
"width",
"subfield",
"subspecialty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"fiddle (around)":{
"to spend time in aimless activity":{
"examples":[
"we spent the snow day just fiddling around"
],
"synonyms":[
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"clown (around)",
"horse around",
"diddle (with)",
"tinker"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"fielded":{
"to deal with (something) usually skillfully or efficiently":{
"examples":[
"gave the waitress a large tip because she kept smiling as she fielded their many requests"
],
"synonyms":[
"addressed",
"contended (with)",
"coped (with)",
"grappled (with)",
"hacked",
"handled",
"managed",
"maneuvered",
"manipulated",
"negotiated",
"played",
"swung",
"took",
"treated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"engineered",
"finessed",
"jockeyed",
"brought off",
"carried off",
"carried out",
"got off",
"pulled",
"commanded",
"directed",
"guided",
"steered",
"controlled",
"micromanaged",
"ran",
"run",
"regulated",
"reacted (to)",
"responded (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"botched",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"goofed (up)",
"loused up",
"messed (up)",
"mishandled",
"muffed",
"scamped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}