dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/we_mwt.json
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{
"weak":{
"lacking bodily strength":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"the little boy was simply too weak to lift the box"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
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"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
],
"examples":[
"I was too weak to resist the free doughnuts in the office break room"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"related":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weakened",
"weak-kneed",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
]
},
"not containing very much of some important element":{
"antonyms":[
"full-bodied",
"rich",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"the coffee came out too weak because I didn't use enough ground beans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"concentrated",
"condensed",
"evaporated"
],
"related":[
"adulterated",
"watered-down"
],
"synonyms":[
"dilute",
"diluted",
"thin",
"thinned",
"washy",
"watery",
"weakened"
]
},
"not using or following good reasoning":{
"antonyms":[
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded"
],
"examples":[
"your argument is weak"
],
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"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"reasoned",
"ordered",
"organized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"certain",
"sure",
"true",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"substantiated",
"validated"
],
"related":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"half-baked",
"ill-advised",
"misguided",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"foolish",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"reasonless",
"senseless",
"silly",
"Kafkaesque",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange",
"surreal",
"unusual",
"weird",
"insane",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"rambling",
"random",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"synonyms":[
"fallacious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"unable to act or achieve one's purpose":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"potent",
"powerful",
"puissant",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"the vice president is a relatively weak official"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able",
"capable",
"competent",
"effective",
"efficient",
"authoritarian",
"autocratic",
"autocratical",
"despotic",
"dictatorial",
"magisterial",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic",
"dominant",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"forceful",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"vigorous",
"important",
"major",
"significant",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top"
],
"related":[
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"inept",
"unfit",
"useless",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"passive",
"spineless",
"supine",
"unaggressive"
],
"synonyms":[
"hamstrung",
"handcuffed",
"helpless",
"high and dry",
"hog-tied",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"paralyzed",
"powerless"
]
}
},
"weakened":{
"containing foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"antonyms":[
"fine",
"pure",
"ultrapure",
"unadulterated",
"unalloyed",
"uncontaminated",
"uncut",
"undiluted",
"unmixed",
"unpolluted",
"untainted"
],
"examples":[
"the pharmacist, motivated by pure greed, would pass off the weakened drugs to unsuspecting customers, some of whom had life-threatening illnesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clarified",
"filtered",
"purified",
"refined",
"ultrarefined",
"neat",
"plain",
"straight",
"concentrated",
"strong",
"uncombined",
"pasteurized",
"sterile",
"sterilized",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied"
],
"related":[
"unclarified",
"unfiltered",
"unrefined",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"corrupted",
"debased",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"maculate",
"maculated",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"sullied",
"blended",
"commingled",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"coalesced",
"combined",
"compounded",
"cheapened",
"doctored"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"adulterated",
"alloyed",
"contaminated",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"thinned"
]
},
"lacking bodily strength":{
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"left weakened by a prolonged illness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"related":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"soft",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
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"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
],
"examples":[
"the nation's people, weakened by years of tyranny, tended to automatically obey anyone with an authoritative manner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
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"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
]
},
"not containing very much of some important element":{
"antonyms":[
"full-bodied",
"rich",
"strong"
],
"examples":[
"some experts recommend that runners drink a weakened mixture of juice and water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"fortified",
"concentrated",
"condensed",
"evaporated"
],
"related":[
"adulterated",
"watered-down"
],
"synonyms":[
"dilute",
"diluted",
"thin",
"thinned",
"washy",
"watery",
"weak"
]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
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"enriched",
"fortified",
"richened",
"strengthened"
],
"examples":[
"weakened the juice with too much water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilized",
"larded",
"augmented",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"supplemented",
"decontaminated",
"purified",
"clarified",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"distilled",
"filtered",
"flushed",
"leached",
"pasteurized",
"purged",
"refined",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"improved",
"compacted",
"concentrated",
"condensed"
],
"related":[
"loaded",
"befouled",
"contaminated",
"corrupted",
"defiled",
"dirtied",
"envenomed",
"fouled",
"infected",
"poisoned",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"cheapened",
"debased",
"degraded",
"manipulated",
"misrepresented",
"tampered (with)",
"counterfeited",
"faked",
"falsified",
"fudged",
"doctored",
"spiked",
"attenuated",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"tempered"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterated",
"cut",
"diluted",
"extended",
"laced",
"sophisticated",
"thinned",
"watered down"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beefed (up)",
"fortified",
"strengthened"
],
"examples":[
"weeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energized",
"invigorated",
"recruited",
"rejuvenated",
"vitalized",
"hardened",
"seasoned",
"toughened"
],
"related":[
"crippled",
"disabled",
"hamstrung",
"incapacitated",
"depleted",
"depressed",
"exhausted",
"impoverished",
"unmanned",
"washed out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"invalided",
"laid up",
"broke down",
"ground (down)",
"wore down",
"wore out",
"paralyzed"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitated",
"devitalized",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"etiolated",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"softened",
"tired",
"wasted"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
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"examples":[
"the bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesced",
"rallied",
"rebounded",
"recovered",
"recuperated",
"gained"
],
"related":[
"broke down",
"wore out",
"yielded",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"ran down",
"rotted"
],
"synonyms":[
"decayed",
"drooped",
"emaciated",
"faded",
"failed",
"flagged",
"lagged",
"languished",
"sagged",
"sank",
"sunk",
"wasted (away)",
"went",
"wilted",
"withered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"weakening":{
"a gradual sinking and wasting away of mind or body":{
"antonyms":[
"comeback",
"improvement",
"rally",
"recovery",
"recuperation",
"rehabilitation",
"revitalization",
"snapback"
],
"examples":[
"the all-too-apparent weakening of our grandfather was hard on our mother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"invigoration",
"strengthening",
"progress",
"rejuvenation",
"rejuvenescence"
],
"related":[
"atrophy",
"exhaustion",
"drooping",
"flagging",
"limping",
"regression",
"relapse",
"setback"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitation",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"enfeeblement"
]
},
"as in debilitating , exhausting":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"antonyms":[
"enriching",
"fortifying",
"richening",
"strengthening"
],
"examples":[
"weakened the juice with too much water"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilizing",
"larding",
"augmenting",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"supplementing",
"decontaminating",
"purifying",
"clarifying",
"cleaning",
"cleansing",
"distilling",
"filtering",
"flushing",
"leaching",
"pasteurizing",
"purging",
"refining",
"bettering",
"enhancing",
"improving",
"compacting",
"concentrating",
"condensing"
],
"related":[
"loading",
"befouling",
"contaminating",
"corrupting",
"defiling",
"dirtying",
"envenoming",
"fouling",
"infecting",
"poisoning",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"spoiling",
"sullying",
"tainting",
"cheapening",
"debasing",
"degrading",
"manipulating",
"misrepresenting",
"tampering (with)",
"counterfeiting",
"faking",
"falsifying",
"fudging",
"doctoring",
"spiking",
"attenuating",
"moderating",
"qualifying",
"tempering"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterating",
"cutting",
"diluting",
"extending",
"lacing",
"sophisticating",
"thinning",
"watering down"
]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"antonyms":[
"beefing (up)",
"fortifying",
"strengthening"
],
"examples":[
"weeks of hardship in the desert had greatly weakened them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"recruiting",
"rejuvenating",
"vitalizing",
"hardening",
"seasoning",
"toughening"
],
"related":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"depleting",
"depressing",
"exhausting",
"impoverishing",
"unmanning",
"washing out",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"invaliding",
"laying up",
"breaking down",
"grinding (down)",
"wearing down",
"wearing out",
"paralyzing"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"etiolating",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"softening",
"tiring",
"wasting"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bodybuilder weakened once she eased off on her workouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalescing",
"rallying",
"rebounding",
"recovering",
"recuperating",
"gaining"
],
"related":[
"breaking down",
"wearing out",
"yielding",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"rotting",
"running down"
],
"synonyms":[
"decaying",
"drooping",
"emaciating",
"fading",
"failing",
"flagging",
"going",
"lagging",
"languishing",
"sagging",
"sinking",
"wasting (away)",
"wilting",
"withering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"weaknesses":{
"a defect in character":{
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"merits",
"virtues"
],
"examples":[
"his one weakness is his cockeyed optimism about everything"
],
"near antonyms":[
"excellences",
"perfections",
"integrities",
"moralities",
"probities",
"rectitudes"
],
"related":[
"blots",
"spots",
"stains",
"blemishes",
"deficiencies",
"flaws",
"imperfections",
"minuses",
"nits",
"Achilles' heels",
"soft spots",
"corruptions",
"depravities",
"evils",
"immoralities"
],
"synonyms":[
"demerits",
"derelictions",
"failings",
"faults",
"foibles",
"frailties",
"shortcomings",
"sins",
"vices",
"wants"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wealths":{
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"aces",
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"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
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"strains",
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],
"examples":[
"a wealth of advice from all quarters on how they should spend their lottery winnings"
],
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"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"related":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
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"overages",
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"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
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"superfluities",
"surfeits",
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"deluges",
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"armies",
"bevies",
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"herds",
"hordes",
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"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"yards"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
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"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
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"a wealthy man who likes to collect antique cars"
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"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
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"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
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"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"well-endowed",
"well-fixed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
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"adjective"
]
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"Poetry was her weapon of choice in the writing contest."
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"as in equip , reequip":{
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"Concealed weapons were not allowed in the building."
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"verb"
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"as in break down , wear out":{
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"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
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"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting"
],
"examples":[
"a wearisome lecture on civic responsibility"
],
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"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"eye-opening",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"sensational",
"spectacular",
"surprising",
"wonderful",
"wondrous",
"animating",
"breathtaking",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"rip-roaring",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"alluring",
"attracting",
"attractive",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"entrancing",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"suspenseful",
"arresting",
"provocative",
"tantalizing"
],
"related":[
"aseptic",
"barren",
"blah",
"dullish",
"pleasureless",
"prosaic",
"prosy",
"soggy",
"spiritless",
"blank",
"earthbound",
"gray",
"grey",
"inanimate",
"pallid",
"pedantic",
"sterile",
"suspenseless",
"undramatic",
"uneventful",
"unexciting",
"unimaginative",
"uninspiring",
"unnewsworthy",
"unrewarding",
"unsensational",
"unspectacular",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"longsome",
"palling",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"wearing",
"debilitating",
"enfeebling",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"tepid",
"unexceptional",
"unsurprising",
"vapid",
"cumbersome",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"poky",
"pokey"
],
"synonyms":[
"arid",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monochromatic",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"slow",
"stale",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"stupid",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"weary",
"wearying"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in boredom , weariness":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weaseled (out of)":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
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"examples":[
"you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness"
],
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"accepted",
"courted",
"embraced",
"pursued",
"sought",
"welcomed",
"caught",
"contracted",
"incurred"
],
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoided",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"finessed",
"got around",
"scaped",
"shirked",
"shook",
"shuffled (out of)",
"shunned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"weave":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangle",
"uncoil",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"unwind"
],
"related":[
"braid",
"plait",
"plat",
"pleach",
"blend",
"fuse",
"join",
"link",
"mix"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlace",
"entwine",
"implicate",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"intertwist",
"interweave",
"inweave",
"lace",
"ply",
"twist",
"wreathe",
"writhe"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoid",
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"parry",
"shirk",
"skirt",
"deflect",
"turn",
"slide",
"slip"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodge",
"duck",
"jink",
"sidestep",
"slalom",
"zigzag"
]
},
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"insert",
"intermingle",
"mingle",
"mix",
"alternate",
"juxtapose",
"amalgamate",
"assimilate",
"blend",
"combine",
"commingle",
"embody",
"fuse",
"incorporate",
"integrate",
"merge"
],
"synonyms":[
"interlace",
"intersperse",
"interweave",
"lace",
"salt",
"thread",
"wreathe"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"weaves":{
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangles",
"uncoils",
"untangles",
"untwines",
"unwinds"
],
"related":[
"braids",
"plaits",
"plats",
"pleaches",
"blends",
"fuses",
"joins",
"links",
"mixes"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlaces",
"entwines",
"implicates",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"intertwists",
"interweaves",
"inweaves",
"laces",
"plies",
"twists",
"wreathes",
"writhes"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"parries",
"shirks",
"skirts",
"deflects",
"turns",
"slides",
"slips"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodges",
"ducks",
"jinks",
"sidesteps",
"slaloms",
"zigzags"
]
},
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inserts",
"intermingles",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"alternates",
"juxtaposes",
"amalgamates",
"assimilates",
"blends",
"combines",
"commingles",
"embodies",
"fuses",
"incorporates",
"integrates",
"merges"
],
"synonyms":[
"interlaces",
"intersperses",
"interweaves",
"laces",
"salts",
"threads",
"wreathes"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"weaving":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to cause to twine about one another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as they have for the past two centuries, crafters continue to weave osiers into the distinctive baskets that are the island's trademark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disentangling",
"uncoiling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"unwinding"
],
"related":[
"braiding",
"plaiting",
"platting",
"pleaching",
"blending",
"fusing",
"joining",
"linking",
"mixing"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlacing",
"entwining",
"implicating",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"intertwisting",
"interweaving",
"inweaving",
"lacing",
"plying",
"twisting",
"wreathing",
"writhing"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a van weaving through traffic with reckless speed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoiding",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"parrying",
"shirking",
"skirting",
"deflecting",
"turning",
"sliding",
"slipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodging",
"ducking",
"jinking",
"sidestepping",
"slaloming",
"zigzagging"
]
},
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a political commentator who slyly weaves lies into the truth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inserting",
"intermingling",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"alternating",
"juxtaposing",
"amalgamating",
"assimilating",
"blending",
"combining",
"commingling",
"embodying",
"fusing",
"incorporating",
"integrating",
"merging"
],
"synonyms":[
"interlacing",
"interspersing",
"interweaving",
"lacing",
"salting",
"threading",
"wreathing"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"wedged":{
"firmly positioned in place and difficult to dislodge":{
"antonyms":[
"insecure",
"loose"
],
"examples":[
"the pebble in the heel of his shoe was pretty well wedged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"dislodged",
"freed",
"loosened",
"unattached",
"unbound",
"undone",
"unfastened",
"unsecured",
"movable",
"moveable",
"yielding"
],
"related":[
"bonded",
"cemented",
"glued",
"anchored",
"clamped",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"impacted",
"implanted",
"attached",
"bound",
"fastened",
"secured",
"immovable",
"unyielding"
],
"synonyms":[
"fast",
"firm",
"frozen",
"jammed",
"lodged",
"set",
"snug",
"stuck",
"tight"
]
},
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"filled",
"heaped",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"crowded",
"crushed",
"jammed",
"rammed",
"sandwiched",
"shoehorned",
"squeezed",
"stuffed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"wee":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very small in size":{
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"examples":[
"a wee baby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
"related":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"weeny",
"weensy"
]
}
},
"weeded (out)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"weekend bags":{
"as in weekenders , overnight bags":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weenie":{
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an inner-directed individual who could have cared less if others stuck the dreaded \" weenie \" label on him"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goldbrick",
"goof-off",
"slacker",
"underachiever",
"lowbrow"
],
"related":[
"double-dome",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"brain",
"genius",
"academic",
"bookman",
"scholar",
"gearhead",
"techie"
],
"synonyms":[
"bookworm",
"dink",
"dork",
"geek",
"grind",
"nerd",
"swot",
"wonk"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weensy":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"very small in size":{
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
],
"examples":[
"stumbled upon a weeny frog in the front yard"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
"related":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee"
]
}
},
"weeping":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"bending downward or forward":{
"antonyms":[
"unbending",
"upright"
],
"examples":[
"with its long, weeping fronds, this plant makes a nice ornamental"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erect",
"inflexible",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upraised"
],
"related":[
"floppy",
"limp",
"dangling",
"falling",
"pendent",
"pendant",
"suspended",
"dipping",
"sinking",
"slumping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bowed",
"bowing",
"declined",
"declining",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"drooping",
"droopy",
"hanging",
"hung",
"inclining",
"nodding",
"pendulous",
"sagging",
"stooping"
]
},
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
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"examples":[
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"glorying",
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"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
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"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
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"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorrowful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"woeful"
]
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"water weeping through the basement wall"
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"gushing",
"pouring",
"streaming",
"surging"
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"dripping",
"trickling",
"discharging",
"emitting",
"giving off",
"venting",
"emanating",
"flowing",
"springing"
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"percolating",
"seeping",
"straining",
"sweating",
"transuding"
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"keening",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"howling",
"screaming",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"mewling",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
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"blubbing",
"crying",
"sobbing"
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"noun",
"verb"
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"evidence that will weigh heavily against the defendant"
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"concern",
"influence",
"sway",
"add up (to)",
"amount (to)"
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"import",
"matter",
"mean",
"signify"
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],
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"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
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"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
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"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"think (about or over)",
"turn",
"wrestle (with)"
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},
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"verb"
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"weight":{
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"those books are a heavy weight to have to carry around all day"
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"related":[
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"boatload",
"carload",
"shipload",
"trainload",
"truckload",
"wagonload",
"ballast",
"deadweight",
"overload",
"surcharge",
"bale",
"bundle",
"pack",
"package",
"packet",
"parcel",
"shipment",
"manifest",
"body",
"bulk",
"mass"
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"cargo",
"draft",
"freight",
"haul",
"lading",
"load",
"loading",
"payload"
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"de-emphasis"
],
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"put extra weight on the matter by putting it at the top of the agenda"
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"underemphasis",
"disregard",
"indifference"
],
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"attention",
"concentration",
"focus",
"spotlight",
"consequence",
"import",
"moment",
"note",
"significance",
"value",
"worth",
"precedence",
"primacy",
"priority",
"top billing",
"consideration",
"heed",
"regard"
],
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"accentuation",
"emphasis",
"stress",
"underscoring"
]
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"because of a back condition, I'm not allowed to lift anything with a weight of over 10 pounds"
],
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"mass",
"poundage",
"tonnage",
"deadweight",
"heftiness",
"massiveness",
"ponderousness",
"weightiness",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"substantiality",
"substantialness"
],
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"avoirdupois",
"heaviness",
"heft"
]
},
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"reediness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"svelteness",
"thinness"
],
"examples":[
"finally decided to do something about his weight and began a rigorous program of diet and exercise"
],
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"fitness",
"trimness",
"gauntness",
"scrawniness",
"skinniness",
"weediness"
],
"related":[
"bulkiness",
"heaviness",
"huskiness",
"stoutness",
"brawniness",
"burliness",
"endomorphy"
],
"synonyms":[
"adiposity",
"chubbiness",
"corpulence",
"corpulency",
"embonpoint",
"fat",
"fatness",
"fattiness",
"fleshiness",
"grossness",
"obesity",
"plumpness",
"portliness",
"pudginess",
"pursiness",
"rotundity"
]
},
"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
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"examples":[
"the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion"
],
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"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"appendage",
"extension",
"offshoot",
"component",
"constituent",
"element",
"ingredient",
"division",
"part",
"piece",
"section",
"segment",
"angle",
"aspect",
"facet",
"feature",
"quality",
"side"
],
"related":[
"majority",
"aggregate",
"amount",
"entirety",
"quantum",
"sum",
"sum total",
"total",
"totality",
"whole",
"bottom",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"marrow",
"meat",
"nature",
"pith",
"quintessence",
"root",
"soul",
"stuff",
"substance",
"center",
"heart",
"hub",
"kernel",
"middle",
"nucleus",
"nut",
"seat",
"affair",
"argument",
"burden",
"crux",
"focus",
"gist",
"nub",
"pitch",
"point",
"purport",
"matter",
"motif",
"subject",
"text",
"theme",
"topic"
],
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"body",
"brunt",
"bulk",
"chief",
"core",
"generality",
"heft",
"main",
"mass",
"staple"
]
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"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
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"examples":[
"as a critic he has great weight in the theater world"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"counterinfluence",
"command",
"dominance",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"predominance",
"reign",
"scepter",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty",
"supremacy",
"consequence",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"impact",
"impress",
"impression",
"imprint",
"mark"
],
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"authority",
"clout",
"credit",
"heft",
"in",
"influence",
"juice",
"leverage",
"pull",
"sway"
]
},
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"insignificance",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"triviality"
],
"examples":[
"a matter of little weight that is a preoccupation solely of the news media"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paltriness",
"pettiness",
"valuelessness",
"worthlessness",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"disrepute",
"ignominy",
"infamy",
"odium",
"opprobrium",
"shame",
"anonymity",
"obscurity"
],
"related":[
"celebrity",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"fame",
"note",
"noteworthiness",
"notoriety",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"renown",
"store",
"substance",
"substantiveness",
"value",
"worth",
"worthiness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"authority",
"control",
"dominion",
"mastery",
"potency",
"power",
"sway",
"mark",
"name",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"centrality",
"essentiality",
"essentialness",
"cachet",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"status",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"consequence",
"import",
"importance",
"magnitude",
"moment",
"momentousness",
"significance",
"weightiness"
]
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"to place a weight or burden on":{
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"disburden",
"discharge",
"disencumber",
"unburden",
"unlade",
"unload"
],
"examples":[
"weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lighten",
"relieve"
],
"related":[
"clog",
"clutter",
"fill",
"pack",
"heap",
"mound",
"pile",
"stack",
"press",
"weigh",
"strain",
"tax",
"overburden",
"overload",
"overtax",
"surcharge",
"hamper",
"handicap",
"afflict",
"oppress"
],
"synonyms":[
"burden",
"encumber",
"freight",
"lade",
"laden",
"load",
"lumber",
"saddle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
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"weight lifting":{
"as in":{
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"near antonyms":[],
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"type":[
"noun"
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"weights":{
"a mass or quantity of something taken up and carried, conveyed, or transported":{
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"examples":[
"those books are a heavy weight to have to carry around all day"
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"related":[
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"boatloads",
"carloads",
"shiploads",
"trainloads",
"truckloads",
"wagonloads",
"ballasts",
"deadweights",
"overloads",
"surcharges",
"bales",
"bundles",
"packages",
"packets",
"packs",
"parcels",
"shipments",
"manifests",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"masses"
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"synonyms":[
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"cargoes",
"cargos",
"drafts",
"freights",
"hauls",
"ladings",
"loadings",
"loads",
"payloads"
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"a special notice or importance given to something":{
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"de-emphases"
],
"examples":[
"put extra weight on the matter by putting it at the top of the agenda"
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"underemphases",
"disregards",
"indifferences"
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"concentrations",
"foci",
"focuses",
"spotlights",
"consequences",
"imports",
"moments",
"notes",
"significances",
"values",
"worths",
"precedences",
"primacies",
"priorities",
"top billings",
"considerations",
"heeds",
"regards"
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"accentuations",
"emphases",
"stresses"
]
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"the main or greater part of something as distinguished from its subordinate parts":{
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"the weight of the evidence supports my conclusion"
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"accessaries",
"adjuncts",
"appendages",
"extensions",
"offshoots",
"components",
"constituents",
"elements",
"ingredients",
"divisions",
"parts",
"pieces",
"sections",
"segments",
"angles",
"aspects",
"facets",
"features",
"qualities",
"sides"
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"related":[
"majorities",
"aggregates",
"amounts",
"entireties",
"quanta",
"sums",
"sum totals",
"totalities",
"totals",
"wholes",
"bottoms",
"essences",
"essentialities",
"marrows",
"meats",
"natures",
"piths",
"quintessences",
"roots",
"souls",
"stuff",
"substances",
"centers",
"hearts",
"hubs",
"kernels",
"middles",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"nuts",
"seats",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"burdens",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"foci",
"focuses",
"gists",
"nubs",
"pitches",
"points",
"purports",
"matters",
"motifs",
"subjects",
"texts",
"themes",
"topics"
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"bodies",
"brunts",
"bulks",
"chiefs",
"cores",
"generalities",
"hefts",
"mains",
"masses",
"staples"
]
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"the power to direct the thinking or behavior of others usually indirectly":{
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"examples":[
"as a critic he has great weight in the theater world"
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"impotences",
"impotencies",
"weaknesses"
],
"related":[
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"counter-influences",
"commands",
"dominances",
"dominions",
"masteries",
"predominances",
"reigns",
"scepters",
"sovereignties",
"sovranties",
"supremacies",
"consequences",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"impacts",
"impresses",
"impressions",
"imprints",
"marks"
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"synonyms":[
"authorities",
"clouts",
"credits",
"hefts",
"influences",
"ins",
"juices",
"leverages",
"pulls",
"sways"
]
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"to place a weight or burden on":{
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"disburdens",
"discharges",
"disencumbers",
"unburdens",
"unlades",
"unloads"
],
"examples":[
"weighted the car with a ton of furniture and then headed off for college"
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"alleviates",
"eases",
"lightens",
"relieves"
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"clutters",
"fills",
"packs",
"heaps",
"mounds",
"piles",
"stacks",
"presses",
"weighs",
"strains",
"taxes",
"overburdens",
"overloads",
"overtaxes",
"surcharges",
"hampers",
"handicaps",
"afflicts",
"oppresses"
],
"synonyms":[
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"encumbers",
"freights",
"ladens",
"lades",
"loads",
"lumbers",
"saddles"
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"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
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"weir":{
"as in":{
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"type":[
"noun"
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"commonplace",
"everyday",
"garden",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"standard",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday",
"conformist",
"conservative",
"conventional",
"expected",
"familiar",
"knee-jerk",
"predictable",
"common",
"customary",
"frequent",
"habitual",
"regular",
"wonted"
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"addlepated",
"flaky",
"extraordinary",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"freak",
"freakish",
"freaky",
"phantasmagoric",
"phantasmagorical",
"phenomenal",
"atypical",
"rare",
"singular",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual",
"unwonted",
"conspicuous",
"notable",
"noticeable",
"outstanding",
"prominent",
"salient",
"striking",
"atrocious",
"outrageous",
"shocking",
"crotchety",
"idiosyncratic",
"nonconformist",
"nonmainstream",
"out-there",
"unconventional",
"unorthodox",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"mystifying",
"perplexing",
"puzzling"
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"bizarro",
"cranky",
"crazy",
"curious",
"eccentric",
"erratic",
"far-out",
"funky",
"funny",
"kinky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"odd",
"off-kilter",
"off-the-wall",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queer",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"remarkable",
"rum",
"screwy",
"spaced-out",
"strange",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weirdo",
"wild"
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"fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic":{
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"examples":[
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],
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"commonplace",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"typical",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"natural",
"expected",
"familiar",
"predictable"
],
"related":[
"ghastly",
"ghostlike",
"ghostly",
"ghoulish",
"spectral",
"bizarre",
"curious",
"odd",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"peculiar",
"quaint",
"queerish",
"quirky",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unusual",
"metaphysical",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"puzzling",
"dreadful",
"fearsome",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"synonyms":[
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"eerie",
"eery",
"haunting",
"spookish",
"spooky",
"uncanny",
"unearthly"
]
},
"having seemingly supernatural qualities or powers":{
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"examples":[
"a self-styled, contemporary witch, she sells herbal mixtures that she claims are weird potions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
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"related":[
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"enchanted",
"spellbound",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"conjuring",
"enchanting",
"wiling",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"extraordinary",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"metaphysical",
"preternatural",
"unearthly",
"paranormal",
"supernormal"
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"magical",
"mystic",
"numinous",
"occult"
]
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"noticeably different from what is generally found or experienced":{
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"common",
"ordinary",
"plain",
"usual"
],
"examples":[
"a weird little plant that we found growing in the garden"
],
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"unexceptional",
"expected",
"predictable",
"familiar",
"normal",
"regular",
"typical"
],
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"bizarre",
"eccentric",
"far-out",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"oddball",
"outlandish",
"outr\u00e9",
"way-out",
"aberrant",
"abnormal",
"atypical",
"exceptional",
"irregular",
"newsworthy",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"noticeable",
"particular",
"remarkable",
"special"
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"extraordinary",
"funny",
"odd",
"offbeat",
"out-of-the-way",
"peculiar",
"queer",
"rare",
"singular",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"uncustomary",
"unique",
"unusual"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
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"composed",
"quieted",
"settled",
"soothed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
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"as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it"
],
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"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
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"angered",
"annoyed",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"chivied",
"chivvied",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"put off",
"put out",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext",
"bedeviled",
"haunted",
"plagued",
"abashed",
"confounded",
"confused",
"discomfited",
"disconcerted",
"discountenanced",
"embarrassed",
"fazed",
"flustered",
"jarred",
"mortified",
"nonplussed",
"nonplused",
"rattled",
"shook up",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"unnerved"
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"ailed",
"alarmed",
"alarumed",
"bothered",
"concerned",
"derailed",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"dismayed",
"disquieted",
"distempered",
"distracted",
"distressed",
"disturbed",
"exercised",
"flurried",
"frazzled",
"freaked (out)",
"fussed",
"hagrode",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
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"composing",
"quieting",
"settling",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"examples":[
"as a curious observer, he was weirded out by the fact that members of the sect seemed to have no life outside of it"
],
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"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
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"aggravating",
"angering",
"annoying",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"chivying",
"chivvying",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"putting off",
"putting out",
"riling",
"vexing",
"bedeviling",
"haunting",
"plaguing",
"abashing",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"discomfiting",
"disconcerting",
"discountenancing",
"embarrassing",
"fazing",
"flustering",
"jarring",
"mortifying",
"nonplussing",
"nonplusing",
"rattling",
"shaking up",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting",
"unnerving"
],
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"agitating",
"ailing",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"bothering",
"concerning",
"derailing",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distempering",
"distracting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"exercising",
"flurrying",
"frazzling",
"freaking (out)",
"fussing",
"hagriding",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"welcome mat":{
"as in":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"welds":{
"as in combines , fuses":{
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
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"ill-being"
],
"examples":[
"the social worker was pleased at the improvement in the child's welfare"
],
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"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness",
"misery",
"sadness",
"suffering",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness"
],
"related":[
"fortune",
"prosperity",
"prosperousness",
"success",
"successfulness",
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"robustness",
"soundness",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"happiness",
"joy",
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"sake",
"content",
"contentedness",
"gratification",
"satisfaction"
],
"synonyms":[
"good",
"interest",
"weal",
"well-being"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"welfare state":{
"as in country , state":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well-advised":{
"as in prudent , judicious":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
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"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"having goods, property, or money in abundance":{
"antonyms":[
"destitute",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"needy",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken"
],
"examples":[
"she was always hitting up her well-fixed relatives for \"loans\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"unaffluent",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"hand-to-mouth",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"beggared",
"broke",
"indebted",
"insolvent",
"pauperized",
"ruined",
"skint",
"depressed",
"pinched",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"low",
"short"
],
"related":[
"better-off",
"comfortable",
"propertied",
"prosperous",
"substantial",
"successful",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"advantaged",
"blessed",
"blest",
"privileged"
],
"synonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"loaded",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-endowed",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-groomed":{
"being clean and in good order":{
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
"examples":[
"the famously well-groomed farms of the Amish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"related":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-grounded":{
"according to the rules of logic":{
"antonyms":[
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"incoherent",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"unsound",
"weak"
],
"examples":[
"counsel for the defense presented a well-grounded case for acquittal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casuistic",
"casuistical",
"eristic",
"eristical",
"fallacious",
"misleading",
"sophistic",
"sophistical",
"specious",
"unarticulated",
"unscientific",
"absurd",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"daffy",
"fatuous",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"loony",
"looney",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"simpleminded",
"stupid",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"senseless",
"thoughtless",
"uncompelling",
"unconvincing"
],
"related":[
"a posteriori",
"a priori",
"syllogistic",
"cognitive",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"defendable",
"defensible",
"justifiable",
"maintainable",
"supportable",
"sustainable",
"tenable"
],
"synonyms":[
"analytic",
"analytical",
"coherent",
"consequent",
"good",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sensible",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-known":{
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"widely known":{
"antonyms":[
"anonymous",
"nameless",
"obscure",
"uncelebrated",
"unfamous",
"unknown",
"unsung"
],
"examples":[
"an anchorwoman so well-known that she passes for a local celebrity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insignificant",
"unimportant",
"inconspicuous",
"undistinguished",
"unexceptional",
"unpopular"
],
"related":[
"fabled",
"fabulous",
"legendary",
"infamous",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"exceptional",
"great",
"illustrious",
"leading",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"preeminent",
"prestigious",
"remarkable",
"supereminent",
"superior",
"important",
"significant",
"acknowledged",
"recognized",
"respected",
"favorite",
"popular",
"preferred",
"estimable",
"honorable",
"reputable",
"respectable",
"formidable",
"redoubtable"
],
"synonyms":[
"big-name",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"noted",
"notorious",
"prominent",
"renowned",
"star",
"visible"
]
}
},
"well-read":{
"having or displaying advanced knowledge or education":{
"antonyms":[
"benighted",
"dark",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"uneducated",
"unlearned",
"unlettered",
"unscholarly"
],
"examples":[
"any well-read person would recognize the quotation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"uncivilized",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"lowbrow",
"semiliterate",
"unintellectual",
"ill-bred",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable",
"uninstructed",
"unschooled",
"untaught",
"untutored",
"semiliterate",
"undereducated"
],
"related":[
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"cerebral",
"highbrow",
"highbrowed",
"intellectual",
"polished",
"refined",
"well-bred",
"academic",
"academical",
"bookish",
"didactic",
"didactical",
"inkhorn",
"pedantic",
"professorial",
"informed",
"instructed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"homeschooled",
"self-educated",
"self-instructed",
"self-taught",
"briefed",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"versed",
"overeducated",
"polyhistoric",
"polymath",
"polymathic"
],
"synonyms":[
"educated",
"erudite",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"lettered",
"literate",
"scholarly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-rounded":{
"having many different skills, abilities, or areas of knowledge":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"She was a well-rounded student having studied everything from physics to fine art."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"wellspring":{
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the nation's colleges and universities were a wellspring for political activism and unrest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beginning",
"commencement",
"dawn",
"day one",
"genesis",
"get-go",
"git-go",
"inception",
"incipience",
"incipiency",
"kickoff",
"launch",
"morning",
"nascence",
"nascency",
"onset",
"outset",
"start",
"threshold",
"baseline",
"first base",
"ground zero",
"square one"
],
"synonyms":[
"cradle",
"font",
"fountain",
"fountainhead",
"origin",
"root",
"seedbed",
"source",
"spring",
"well"
]
},
"an abundant source":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a gossip who is a wellspring of juicy information about the latest goings-on around town"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black hole",
"sinkhole"
],
"related":[
"armory",
"repository",
"stockpot",
"store",
"storehouse",
"treasure-house",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stash",
"bonanza",
"Golconda",
"gravy train",
"honeypot"
],
"synonyms":[
"argosy",
"cornucopia",
"gold mine",
"mine",
"mother lode",
"treasure trove"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"welts":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'll hand ye a few welts with me stick and then we'll see how ye feel!"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"wend":{
"to move from one place to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"We wended through the narrow streets."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"went (for)":{
"to have a favorable opinion of":{
"antonyms":[
"disapproved (of)",
"discountenanced",
"disfavored",
"frowned (on or upon)"
],
"examples":[
"I hope they go for my proposal."
],
"near antonyms":[
"blacklisted",
"censured",
"condemned",
"criticized",
"damned",
"denounced",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"reprehended",
"reprobated",
"disliked",
"minded",
"detested",
"hated",
"loathed",
"dissented (from)",
"objected (to)",
"opposed"
],
"related":[
"acclaimed",
"applauded",
"lauded",
"praised",
"saluted",
"backed (up)",
"concurred (in)",
"stood by",
"supported",
"sustained",
"upheld",
"bore",
"endured",
"tolerated",
"assented (to)",
"consented (to)",
"commended",
"recommended",
"enjoyed",
"liked"
],
"synonyms":[
"accepted",
"approved (of)",
"cared (for)",
"countenanced",
"favored",
"OK'd",
"okayed",
"subscribed (to)"
]
},
"to have a price of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"those cars go for $25,000"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"listed (for)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"commanded",
"exacted",
"asked",
"demanded"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought",
"cost",
"fetched",
"ran",
"run",
"sold (for)"
]
},
"to take pleasure in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I could go for a cold beer right about now."
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"detested",
"disliked",
"hated",
"loathed",
"condemned",
"despised",
"scorned"
],
"related":[
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"revered",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"ate (up)",
"devoured",
"drank (in)",
"feasted (on)",
"doted (on)",
"idolized",
"cottoned (to)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"indulged (in)",
"luxuriated (in)",
"wallowed (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"got off (on)",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"rejoiced (in)",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"savored",
"savoured"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase",
"verb"
]
},
"went down":{
"to take place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when's the drug deal supposed to go down ?"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"broke",
"developed",
"rose",
"shaped (up)",
"arose",
"came up",
"cropped (up)",
"materialized",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"intervened",
"fell out",
"followed",
"resulted",
"turned out",
"proceeded",
"went off"
],
"synonyms":[
"befell",
"betided",
"came",
"came about",
"came down",
"came off",
"chanced",
"cooked",
"did",
"happed",
"happened",
"occurred",
"passed",
"transpired",
"was",
"went on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"went one better":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The two siblings were always trying to go one better than the other."
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
],
"related":[
"one-upped",
"outpaced",
"outraced",
"outran",
"overpassed",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"outcompeted",
"outperformed",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"shamed",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"overbore",
"overshadowed",
"trumped"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outclassed",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outgunned",
"outmatched",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"topped",
"towered (over)",
"transcended"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"welling (up)":{
"as in running over , boiling over":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"weepy":{
"given to expressing strong emotion (as sorrow) by readily shedding tears":{
"examples":[
"I'm weepy enough that I even cry at happy endings to movies and books"
],
"synonyms":[
"lachrymose",
"tearful",
"teary"
],
"related":[
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"sentimental",
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"keening",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"sobbing",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"misty",
"misty-eyed",
"moist",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"lugubrious",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"miserable",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jovial",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"well-informed":{
"having information especially as a result of study or experience":{
"examples":[
"patients considering LASIK surgery should be well-informed about the risks and possible complications"
],
"synonyms":[
"abreast",
"acquainted",
"au courant",
"conversant",
"familiar",
"informed",
"knowledgeable",
"up",
"up-to-date",
"versed"
],
"related":[
"alive",
"aware",
"cognizant",
"conscious",
"heedful",
"mindful",
"sensible",
"sentient"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insensible",
"unaware",
"unconscious",
"unmindful",
"blind",
"oblivious",
"unknowing",
"unwitting",
"inattentive",
"unheeding"
],
"antonyms":[
"ignorant",
"unacquainted",
"unfamiliar",
"uninformed",
"unknowledgeable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"weakliness":{
"as in weakness , infirmity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"well-adjusted":{
"able to deal with one's own life and with other people in a normal or healthy way":{
"examples":[
"He is now a happy, well-adjusted adult."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"went back on":{
"to break a promise or agreement":{
"examples":[
"He went back on his decision to move to the west coast."
],
"synonyms":[
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backed out",
"copped out",
"finked out",
"reneged"
],
"related":[
"chickened (out)",
"wimped out",
"backpedaled",
"backtracked",
"abjured",
"abnegated",
"disavowed",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"repudiated",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"begged off",
"cried off"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"followed through (with)",
"complied (with)",
"fulfilled",
"honored",
"kept",
"satisfied"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to leave (a cause or party) often in order to take up another":{
"examples":[
"She went back on the group and took up with a better-funded one."
],
"synonyms":[
"defected (from)",
"deserted",
"ratted (on)"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"abjured",
"apostatized",
"cut off",
"disowned",
"forsook",
"quit",
"quitted",
"rejected",
"renounced",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"reneged",
"departed",
"left",
"went",
"withdrew"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adhered (to)",
"clung (to)",
"stuck (to or with)",
"cherished",
"cultivated",
"fostered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"She suspected that he had gone back on her during her time away."
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbed",
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed"
],
"related":[
"gave away",
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"snitched (on)",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"stood by"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"welcome mats":{
"as in open doors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weasels (out of)":{
"to get or keep away from (as a responsibility) through cleverness or trickery":{
"examples":[
"you won't be able to weasel out of your share of the work by feigning illness"
],
"synonyms":[
"avoids",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"finesses",
"gets around",
"scapes",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuffles (out of)",
"shuns"
],
"related":[
"misses",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)",
"bans",
"bars",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"precludes",
"rules out",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"skirts",
"foils",
"foxes",
"frustrates",
"outfoxes",
"outsmarts",
"outwits",
"overreaches",
"thwarts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"weakling":{
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"argues that in a time of war, the country can't afford to have a weakling president"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"related":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
]
},
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
"examples":[
"he had been a weakling until high school, when he started working out to put on muscle"
],
"synonyms":[
"softy",
"softie",
"wimp",
"wuss",
"wussy"
],
"related":[
"pushover",
"milksop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
]
},
"a person without strength of character":{
"examples":[
"only a weakling would be willing to lie to save himself from punishment"
],
"synonyms":[
"doormat",
"jellyfish",
"namby-pamby",
"pushover",
"reed",
"wimp"
],
"related":[
"coward",
"milquetoast",
"mouse",
"nebbish",
"nervous Nellie",
"nervous Nelly",
"pussy",
"wuss",
"wussy",
"sheep"
],
"near antonyms":[
"mensch"
],
"antonyms":[
"stalwart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"went on":{
"to take place":{
"examples":[
"what in the world is going on in there?"
],
"synonyms":[
"befell",
"betided",
"came",
"came about",
"came down",
"came off",
"chanced",
"cooked",
"did",
"happed",
"happened",
"occurred",
"passed",
"transpired",
"was",
"went down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke",
"developed",
"rose",
"shaped (up)",
"arose",
"came up",
"cropped (up)",
"materialized",
"sprang (up)",
"sprung (up)",
"intervened",
"fell out",
"followed",
"resulted",
"turned out",
"proceeded",
"went off"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point":{
"examples":[
"my, but Aunt Betty does go on about all of her aches and pains"
],
"synonyms":[
"blathered (on)",
"maundered",
"rambled",
"ran on",
"rattled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deviated",
"digressed",
"strayed",
"wandered",
"sidetracked",
"blabbed",
"blabbered",
"blithered",
"bumbled",
"burbled",
"chatted",
"chattered",
"driveled",
"drivelled",
"drooled",
"gabbed",
"gabbled",
"gibbered",
"jabbered",
"pattered",
"prated",
"prattled",
"waffled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"wedge":{
"to fit (people or things) into a tight space":{
"examples":[
"managed to wedge one last book onto the bookshelf"
],
"synonyms":[
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"jam",
"ram",
"sandwich",
"shoehorn",
"squeeze",
"stuff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fill",
"heap",
"jam-pack",
"load",
"pack"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"well-beings":{
"the state of doing well especially in relation to one's happiness or success":{
"examples":[
"we're only doing this for your own well-being"
],
"synonyms":[
"good",
"interest",
"weal",
"welfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fortune",
"prosperity",
"prosperousness",
"success",
"successfulness",
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"robustness",
"soundness",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness",
"bliss",
"felicity",
"happiness",
"joy",
"advantage",
"benefit",
"gain",
"sake",
"content",
"contentedness",
"gratification",
"satisfaction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness",
"misery",
"sadness",
"suffering",
"unhappiness",
"wretchedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ill-being"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"welcome":{
"to receive or accept gladly or readily":{
"examples":[
"the eager recruits welcomed every new project with which they were presented"
],
"synonyms":[
"drink (in)",
"eat (up)",
"embrace",
"lap (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adopt",
"espouse",
"take up",
"greet",
"hail",
"enjoy",
"like",
"prefer",
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"decide (on)",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"select",
"single (out)",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn",
"throw over",
"turn down",
"demur (to)",
"object (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"giving pleasure or contentment to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"a welcome chance to rest after a long journey"
],
"synonyms":[
"agreeable",
"blessed",
"blest",
"congenial",
"darling",
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"delightsome",
"dreamy",
"dulcet",
"enjoyable",
"felicitous",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"heavenly",
"jolly",
"luscious",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"pretty",
"satisfying",
"savory",
"savoury",
"sweet",
"tasty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"alluring",
"attractive",
"desirable",
"enviable",
"inviting",
"relishable",
"tempting",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"calming",
"comforting",
"soothing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"recreative",
"affable",
"amiable",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"comfortable",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"goodly",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"kindly",
"personable",
"blissful",
"felicific",
"glad",
"happy",
"joyous",
"elating",
"exhilarating",
"intoxicating",
"ecstatic",
"euphoric",
"nirvanic",
"rapturous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominable",
"ghastly",
"god-awful",
"hellish",
"horrid",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"distasteful",
"obnoxious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revulsive",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"yucky",
"yukky",
"abhorrent",
"detestable",
"hateful",
"odious",
"boring",
"commonplace",
"dull",
"flat",
"insipid",
"irksome",
"stale",
"tedious",
"displeasing",
"dissatisfying",
"depressing",
"disheartening",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"gloomy",
"heartbreaking",
"heartrending",
"joyless",
"lachrymose",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"deplorable",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"regrettable",
"sorrowful",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"exasperating",
"irritating",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"vexing",
"forbidding",
"hostile",
"intimidating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"upsetting"
],
"antonyms":[
"disagreeable",
"pleasureless",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unwelcome"
]
},
"an expression of goodwill upon meeting":{
"examples":[
"offered a warm welcome to the stranger"
],
"synonyms":[
"greeting",
"hello",
"salutation",
"salute"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ave",
"hail",
"amenities",
"civilities",
"pleasantries",
"regards",
"respects",
"wishes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"adieu",
"bon voyage",
"cong\u00e9",
"congee",
"farewell",
"Godspeed",
"good-bye",
"good-by"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"went like clockwork":{
"to turn out as planned or desired":{
"examples":[
"Once we figured out what to do, the job went like clockwork ."
],
"synonyms":[
"came off",
"clicked",
"delivered",
"panned out",
"succeeded",
"went",
"went over",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caught on",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"thrived",
"throve",
"cooked",
"percolated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"languished",
"floundered",
"struggled",
"declined",
"sank",
"sunk",
"skidded",
"slipped",
"slumped",
"waned",
"crashed",
"cratered",
"crumbled",
"flamed out",
"choked",
"cracked up",
"miscarried",
"misfired",
"fell down",
"went under",
"imploded",
"self-destructed"
],
"antonyms":[
"bombed",
"collapsed",
"failed",
"flopped",
"flunked",
"folded",
"foundered",
"missed",
"struck out",
"washed out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"westerlies":{
"as in winds , gales":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"headwinds",
"northeasters",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"southwesters",
"winds",
"airs",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"whiffs",
"sea breezes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"airflows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwinds",
"calms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"weirs":{
"as in barrages , stanks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrages",
"milldams",
"stanks",
"floodgates",
"sluices",
"barricades",
"barriers",
"blocks",
"locks",
"canals",
"channels",
"ditches",
"gutters",
"troughs",
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"ramparts",
"breakwaters",
"jetties",
"seawalls",
"dams",
"dikes",
"embankments",
"heads",
"levees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}