dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bat_MWT.json
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{
"bathe":{
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"lap",
"lave",
"lip",
"splash",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubble",
"gurgle",
"plash",
"ripple",
"slosh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beacon",
"emblaze",
"illume",
"illuminate",
"illumine",
"irradiate",
"light",
"lighten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"beam",
"beat (down)",
"radiate",
"shine",
"enhalo",
"halo",
"floodlight",
"highlight",
"spotlight",
"blaze",
"burn",
"fire",
"flame",
"glare",
"glow",
"ignite",
"incinerate",
"kindle",
"bedazzle",
"blind",
"daze",
"dazzle",
"gleam",
"glisten",
"glitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dim",
"dull",
"obscure",
"cover",
"shroud",
"veil",
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"snuff (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blacken",
"darken",
"obfuscate"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bathroom":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"bath",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battalions":{
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"arrays",
"hosts",
"legions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"militias",
"national guards",
"standing armies",
"infantries",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batters":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzes",
"blitzkriegs",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"cannonades",
"shells"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilades",
"rakes",
"strafes",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"devastates",
"hits",
"pounds",
"ravages",
"strikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battery":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a battery of tests to determine the cause of the medical disorder"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"bank",
"batch",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a battery of specialists worked on the problem until it was fixed"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"band",
"batch",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battle-axes":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragon ladies",
"furies",
"harpies",
"harridans",
"shrews",
"termagants",
"viragoes",
"viragos",
"vixens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwifes",
"fishwives",
"gorgons",
"carpers",
"castigators",
"cavilers",
"cavillers",
"censurers",
"critics",
"faultfinders",
"nitpickers",
"railers",
"scolds",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"pettifoggers",
"quibblers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battlefield":{
"a place where a battle takes place":{
"examples":[
"wounded soldiers being carried off the battlefield"
],
"synonyms":[
"battleground",
"field"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battle line",
"front",
"front line",
"ground",
"beachhead",
"bridgehead",
"foothold",
"killing field"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battling":{
"as in fighting , warring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fighting",
"warring",
"savage",
"vicious",
"acidic",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"bristly",
"choleric",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"cross",
"disagreeable",
"dyspeptic",
"fractious",
"fretful",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"huffy",
"ill-humored",
"ill-natured",
"ill-tempered",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"ornery",
"peevish",
"pettish",
"petulant",
"prickly",
"querulous",
"rude",
"snappish",
"snappy",
"stroppy",
"surly",
"testy",
"touchy",
"ugly",
"waspish",
"antagonistic",
"fierce",
"hostile",
"hot-tempered",
"aggressive",
"agonistic",
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"contentious",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonaggressive",
"nonbelligerent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"unbelligerent",
"uncombative",
"uncontentious",
"anti-imperialist",
"antimilitarist",
"unwarlike",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"conciliatory",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"kindhearted",
"obliging",
"pleasant",
"sociable",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relaxed",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"benign",
"gentle",
"kindly",
"mild"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"competing",
"contending",
"facing off",
"fighting",
"racing",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"vying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"engaging",
"playing",
"jockeying",
"jostling",
"maneuvering",
"going out",
"trying out",
"training",
"working"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"encountering",
"engaging",
"facing",
"meeting",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulating",
"rivaling",
"rivalling",
"contending",
"fighting",
"opposing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluding",
"escaping",
"evading",
"retreating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashing (with)",
"combating",
"combatting",
"fighting",
"scrimmaging (with)",
"skirmishing (with)",
"warring (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"giving up",
"submitting",
"surrendering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"combating",
"combatting",
"contending (with)",
"countering",
"fighting",
"opposing",
"oppugning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"checkmating",
"foiling",
"frustrating",
"resisting",
"thwarting",
"withstanding",
"confronting",
"defying",
"facing",
"meeting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"bearing",
"enduring",
"suffering",
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"supporting",
"upholding"
],
"antonyms":[
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"fostering",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"battle":{
"a forceful effort to reach a goal or objective":{
"examples":[
"passing the medical licensing exam was an uphill battle , but she succeeded"
],
"synonyms":[
"fight",
"fray",
"scrabble",
"struggle",
"throes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"effort",
"exertion",
"labor",
"pains",
"trouble",
"work",
"drudgery",
"grind",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"strife",
"tussle",
"war",
"warfare",
"attempt",
"endeavor",
"essay",
"try"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a physical dispute between opposing individuals or groups":{
"examples":[
"a battle between rival gangs left two people lying dead on the street"
],
"synonyms":[
"clash",
"combat",
"conflict",
"contest",
"dustup",
"fight",
"fracas",
"fray",
"hassle",
"scrap",
"scrimmage",
"scrum",
"scuffle",
"skirmish",
"struggle",
"tussle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"active fighting during the course of a war":{
"examples":[
"soldiers who desperately wanted to forget the horrors that they had witnessed in battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"action",
"combat",
"field"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attack",
"fire",
"firefight",
"pitched battle",
"single combat",
"hostilities",
"operations",
"warfare",
"duty",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an earnest effort for superiority or victory over another":{
"examples":[
"the chess game was a real battle between two of the world's best players"
],
"synonyms":[
"ball game",
"combat",
"competition",
"conflict",
"confrontation",
"contention",
"contest",
"dogfight",
"duel",
"face-off",
"grapple",
"match",
"rivalry",
"strife",
"struggle",
"sweepstakes",
"sweep-stake",
"tug-of-war",
"war",
"warfare"
],
"near synonyms":[
"horse race",
"nail-biter",
"showdown",
"clash",
"collision",
"discord",
"friction",
"argument",
"controversy",
"debate",
"disagreement",
"disputation",
"dispute",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"quarrel",
"row",
"wrangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"compete",
"contend",
"face off",
"fight",
"race",
"rival",
"vie"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"engage",
"play",
"jockey",
"jostle",
"maneuver",
"go out",
"try out",
"train",
"work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"encounter",
"engage",
"face",
"meet",
"take on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulate",
"rival",
"contend",
"fight",
"oppose"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elude",
"escape",
"evade",
"retreat"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"clash (with)",
"combat",
"fight",
"scrimmage (with)",
"skirmish (with)",
"war (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[
"give up",
"submit",
"surrender"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"combat",
"contend (with)",
"counter",
"fight",
"oppose",
"oppugn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffle",
"checkmate",
"foil",
"frustrate",
"resist",
"thwart",
"withstand",
"confront",
"defy",
"face",
"meet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"bear",
"endure",
"suffer",
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"support",
"uphold"
],
"antonyms":[
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"batons":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"bats",
"billies",
"billy clubs",
"bludgeons",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"nightsticks",
"rods",
"rungs",
"saps",
"shillelaghs",
"shillalahs",
"staffs",
"staves",
"truncheons",
"waddies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjacks",
"knobkerries",
"maces",
"birches",
"crabsticks",
"hickories",
"rattans",
"staves",
"switches",
"beetles",
"gavels",
"hammers",
"mallets",
"mauls",
"sledgehammers",
"crooks",
"crosiers",
"croziers",
"walking sticks",
"whangees"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battle royals":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baths":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"after a night in that tropical heat I was practically drowning in a bath of sweat"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvions",
"cataclysms",
"cataracts",
"deluges",
"floods",
"flood tides",
"inundations",
"Niagaras",
"overflows",
"spates",
"torrents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"currents",
"rivers",
"streams",
"tides",
"cloudbursts",
"discharges",
"flushes",
"gushes",
"outflows",
"outpourings",
"fluxes",
"inflows",
"influxes",
"engulfments",
"washouts",
"avalanches",
"blizzards",
"cascades",
"waterfalls",
"excesses",
"gluts",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"trickles"
],
"antonyms":[
"droughts",
"drouths"
]
},
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"retired to the upstairs bath to freshen up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathrooms",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battering":{
"as in pounding , thrashing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bashing",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"blow",
"buffet",
"hit",
"knock",
"punch",
"rap",
"slap",
"thump",
"contact",
"encounter",
"meeting",
"touch",
"bump",
"collision",
"concussion",
"crash",
"impact",
"impingement",
"jar",
"jolt",
"jounce",
"kick",
"shock",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"wallop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"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"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzing",
"blitzkrieging",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"cannonading",
"shelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilading",
"raking",
"strafing",
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"devastating",
"hitting",
"pounding",
"ravaging",
"striking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bathing":{
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"lapping",
"laving",
"lipping",
"splashing",
"washing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbling",
"gurgling",
"plashing",
"rippling",
"sloshing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaconing",
"emblazing",
"illuminating",
"illuming",
"illumining",
"irradiating",
"lightening",
"lighting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"beaming",
"beating (down)",
"radiating",
"shining",
"enhaloing",
"haloing",
"floodlighting",
"highlighting",
"spotlighting",
"blazing",
"burning",
"firing",
"flaming",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"igniting",
"incinerating",
"kindling",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"gleaming",
"glistening",
"glittering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimming",
"dulling",
"obscuring",
"covering",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"extinguishing",
"putting out",
"quenching",
"snuffing (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackening",
"darkening",
"obfuscating"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bathed":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"covered the victim's burns with bathed bandages"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"lapped",
"laved",
"lipped",
"splashed",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbled",
"gurgled",
"plashed",
"rippled",
"sloshed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"wet",
"wetted",
"wet down",
"wetted down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersed",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"drizzled",
"humidified",
"hydrated",
"misted",
"moistened",
"moisturized",
"showered",
"sprinkled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"hosed (down)",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"splashed",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sloshed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"rehydrated",
"rewashed",
"rewet",
"rewetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatered",
"evaporated",
"freeze-dried",
"drip-dried",
"wrung",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaconed",
"emblazed",
"illumed",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"irradiated",
"lightened",
"lit",
"lighted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"beamed",
"beat (down)",
"radiated",
"shone",
"shined",
"enhaloed",
"haloed",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"blazed",
"burned",
"burnt",
"fired",
"flamed",
"glared",
"glowed",
"ignited",
"incinerated",
"kindled",
"bedazzled",
"blinded",
"dazed",
"dazzled",
"gleamed",
"glistened",
"glittered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dimmed",
"dulled",
"obscured",
"covered",
"shrouded",
"veiled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"snuffed (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackened",
"darkened",
"obfuscated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bathtub gin":{
"as in red-eye , rotgut":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"red-eye",
"rotgut",
"bootleg",
"moonshine",
"mountain dew",
"white lightning",
"alcohol",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"potable",
"rum",
"spirits",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battens (down)":{
"as in locks , bars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bars",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"closes",
"makes",
"shuts",
"steeks",
"plugs",
"seals",
"stoppers",
"secures",
"bangs",
"claps",
"slams"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unchains",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battles royale":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battening":{
"as in buttoning , belaying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belaying",
"buttoning",
"doing up",
"affixing",
"bending",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"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"
],
"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",
"detaching",
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unhooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in filling , fattening":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fattening",
"filling",
"messing",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"underfeeding",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"serving",
"waiting",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning",
"boarding",
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"batching":{
"as in bunching , clustering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balling",
"bunching",
"clustering",
"huddling",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"bulking (up)",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"congregating",
"constellating",
"corralling",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"lumping",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"banding",
"brigading",
"mustering",
"raising",
"rallying",
"flocking",
"herding",
"hiving",
"packing",
"pressing",
"swarming",
"thronging",
"combining",
"connecting",
"joining",
"linking",
"merging",
"pooling",
"uniting",
"archiving",
"arranging",
"collating",
"compiling",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"scraping (up or together)",
"re-collecting",
"regathering",
"regrouping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"disintegrating",
"dissolving",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting (up)",
"dismissing",
"sending"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bath":{
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
"examples":[
"after a night in that tropical heat I was practically drowning in a bath of sweat"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluvion",
"cataclysm",
"cataract",
"deluge",
"flood",
"flood tide",
"inundation",
"Niagara",
"overflow",
"spate",
"torrent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"current",
"river",
"stream",
"tide",
"cloudburst",
"discharge",
"flush",
"gush",
"outflow",
"outpouring",
"flux",
"inflow",
"influx",
"engulfment",
"washout",
"avalanche",
"blizzard",
"cascade",
"waterfall",
"excess",
"glut",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dribble",
"drip",
"trickle"
],
"antonyms":[
"drought",
"drouth"
]
},
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"retired to the upstairs bath to freshen up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathroom",
"bog",
"can",
"cloakroom",
"comfort station",
"convenience",
"head",
"john",
"latrine",
"lavatory",
"loo",
"potty",
"restroom",
"toilet",
"washroom",
"water closet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commode",
"pan",
"pot",
"garderobe",
"jakes",
"outhouse",
"privy",
"half bath",
"powder room",
"ladies",
"ladies' room",
"men's room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batting (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitating",
"arguing",
"bandying",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"battened":{
"as in buttoned , belayed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belayed",
"buttoned",
"did up",
"affixed",
"bent",
"fastened",
"fixed",
"adhered",
"bolted",
"cinched",
"clamped",
"clasped",
"clenched",
"clinched",
"clipped",
"glued",
"harnessed",
"hasped",
"hung",
"hanged",
"laced",
"lashed",
"latched",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pinned",
"plastered",
"riveted",
"screwed",
"shackled",
"stapled",
"strapped",
"stuck",
"tacked",
"tackled",
"tied",
"toggled",
"yoked",
"coapted",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"reaffixed",
"reattached",
"refastened",
"refixed",
"resecured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disconnected",
"disjoined",
"disjointed",
"dissevered",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"divorced",
"parted",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"loosed",
"loosened",
"unbound",
"unfixed",
"unlashed",
"untied",
"detached",
"undid",
"unfastened",
"unhooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in filled , fattened":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fattened",
"filled",
"messed",
"force-fed",
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"underfed",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"served",
"waited",
"refed",
"reprovisioned",
"boarded",
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bat (around)":{
"as in kick around , argue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argue",
"bandy",
"chew over",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over)",
"kick around",
"moot",
"palaver",
"talk",
"talk over",
"ventilate",
"advise",
"confab",
"confabulate",
"confer",
"consult",
"counsel",
"parley",
"treat",
"rehash",
"coach",
"guide",
"tutor",
"recommend",
"suggest",
"direct",
"refer (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battle royal":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercation",
"argle-bargle",
"argument",
"argy-bargy",
"bicker",
"brawl",
"contretemps",
"controversy",
"cross fire",
"disagreement",
"dispute",
"donnybrook",
"falling-out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"imbroglio",
"kickup",
"misunderstanding",
"quarrel",
"rhubarb",
"row",
"scrap",
"set-to",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battened (down)":{
"as in locked , barred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barred",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"closed",
"made",
"shut",
"steeked",
"plugged",
"sealed",
"stoppered",
"secured",
"banged",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"slammed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unchained",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bat":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a sharp bat with a rolled-up newspaper and that fly was a goner"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"riot policemen armed with bats and tear gas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"baton",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"batted the lamp off the table with one strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"batted the pi\u00f1ata until it finally broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"battled":{
"to engage in a contest":{
"examples":[
"the two teams, which have long been archrivals, will battle on the court for the state championship"
],
"synonyms":[
"competed",
"contended",
"faced off",
"fought",
"raced",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"vied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"engaged",
"played",
"jockeyed",
"jostled",
"maneuvered",
"tried out",
"went out",
"trained",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to enter into contest or conflict with":{
"examples":[
"the two top-seeded tennis players battled each other for almost three hours"
],
"synonyms":[
"encountered",
"engaged",
"faced",
"met",
"took on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emulated",
"rivaled",
"rivalled",
"contended",
"fought",
"opposed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eluded",
"escaped",
"evaded",
"retreated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to oppose (someone) in physical conflict":{
"examples":[
"the two armies battled each other for control of the bridge"
],
"synonyms":[
"clashed (with)",
"combated",
"combatted",
"fought",
"scrimmaged (with)",
"skirmished (with)",
"warred (against)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dueled",
"duelled",
"jousted",
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belted",
"bludgeoned",
"bopped",
"buffeted",
"clobbered",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"boxed",
"sparred",
"brawled",
"grappled",
"scuffled",
"tussled",
"wrestled",
"bumped",
"collided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gave up",
"submitted",
"surrendered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strive to reduce or eliminate":{
"examples":[
"we must battle hunger and poverty wherever they exist"
],
"synonyms":[
"combated",
"combatted",
"contended (with)",
"countered",
"fought",
"opposed",
"oppugned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffled",
"checkmated",
"foiled",
"frustrated",
"resisted",
"thwarted",
"withstood",
"confronted",
"defied",
"faced",
"met"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"endured",
"suffered",
"advocated",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"supported",
"upheld"
],
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bathing beauty":{
"as in cover girl , pinup girl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cover girl",
"pinup girl",
"belle",
"charmer",
"peach",
"houri",
"babe",
"beauty",
"beauty queen",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"cutie",
"cutey",
"dolly bird",
"enchantress",
"eyeful",
"fox",
"goddess",
"honey",
"knockout",
"queen",
"stunner",
"cutie-pie",
"dish",
"doll",
"dreamboat",
"hottie",
"looker",
"pretty",
"coquette",
"femme fatale",
"siren",
"temptress",
"vamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bag",
"frump",
"crone",
"hag",
"witch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bathos":{
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
"examples":[
"a novel that wallows in bathos"
],
"synonyms":[
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"soppiness",
"syrup",
"sirup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotion",
"sentiment",
"corn",
"corniness",
"hokeyness",
"hokiness",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynicism",
"hardheadedness",
"hard-heartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battered":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"batted",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzed",
"blitzkrieged",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"cannonaded",
"shelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfiladed",
"raked",
"strafed",
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"devastated",
"hit",
"pounded",
"ravaged",
"struck"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battlements":{
"as in ramparts , bulwarks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breastworks",
"bulwarks",
"earthworks",
"embattlements",
"parapets",
"ramparts",
"bastions",
"castles",
"citadels",
"fortifications",
"fortresses",
"forts",
"holds",
"redoubts",
"strongholds",
"bunkers",
"dugouts",
"blockhouses",
"garrison houses",
"alcazars",
"casbahs",
"kasbahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battle-ax":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"baton":{
"a heavy rigid stick used as a weapon or for punishment":{
"examples":[
"the detainee claimed that the police had beat him with their batons even after he had been shackled"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"bat",
"billy",
"billy club",
"bludgeon",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"nightstick",
"rod",
"rung",
"sap",
"shillelagh",
"shillalah",
"staff",
"truncheon",
"waddy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackjack",
"knobkerrie",
"mace",
"birch",
"crabstick",
"hickory",
"rattan",
"stave",
"switch",
"beetle",
"gavel",
"hammer",
"mallet",
"maul",
"sledgehammer",
"crook",
"crosier",
"crozier",
"walking stick",
"whangee"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battler":{
"as in fighter , scrapper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fighter",
"scrapper",
"go-getter",
"hustler",
"live wire",
"self-starter",
"diehard",
"militant",
"aggressor",
"bully",
"shark",
"attack dog",
"hatchet man",
"barracuda",
"fire-breather",
"fire-eater",
"pit bull",
"tiger"
],
"near antonyms":[
"milquetoast",
"pushover",
"pussycat",
"reed",
"softy",
"softie",
"weakling",
"wimp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battening (down)":{
"as in locking , barring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barring",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"closing",
"making",
"shutting",
"steeking",
"plugging",
"sealing",
"stoppering",
"securing",
"banging",
"clapping",
"slamming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unchaining",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"batteaux":{
"as in skiffs , pirogues":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts",
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batted (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"argued",
"bandied",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"batting (around)":{
"as in kicking around , arguing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arguing",
"bandying",
"chewing over",
"debating",
"deliberating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over)",
"kicking around",
"mooting",
"palavering",
"talking",
"talking over",
"ventilating",
"advising",
"confabbing",
"confabulating",
"conferring",
"consulting",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"parleying",
"treating",
"rehashing",
"coaching",
"guiding",
"tutoring",
"recommending",
"suggesting",
"directing",
"referring (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bats (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bandies",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bat (around or back and forth)":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[],
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"agitate",
"argue",
"bandy",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"bathes":{
"to flow along or against":{
"examples":[
"the cool waters of the North Atlantic bathe the island's shores"
],
"synonyms":[
"laps",
"laves",
"lips",
"splashes",
"washes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bubbles",
"gurgles",
"plashes",
"ripples",
"sloshes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"bathe your contact lens with the solution before inserting them"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"sops",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets",
"wets down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"to supply with light":{
"examples":[
"the walls of the canyon were bathed with the warm rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"beacons",
"emblazes",
"illumes",
"illuminates",
"illumines",
"irradiates",
"lightens",
"lights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"beams",
"beats (down)",
"radiates",
"shines",
"enhaloes",
"haloes",
"floodlights",
"highlights",
"spotlights",
"blazes",
"burns",
"fires",
"flames",
"glares",
"glows",
"ignites",
"incinerates",
"kindles",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"gleams",
"glistens",
"glitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dims",
"dulls",
"obscures",
"covers",
"shrouds",
"veils",
"douses",
"dowses",
"extinguishes",
"puts out",
"quenches",
"snuffs (out)"
],
"antonyms":[
"blackens",
"darkens",
"obfuscates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"batted (around)":{
"as in kicked around , argued":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"argued",
"bandied",
"chewed over",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over)",
"kicked around",
"mooted",
"palavered",
"talked",
"talked over",
"ventilated",
"advised",
"confabbed",
"confabulated",
"conferred",
"consulted",
"counseled",
"counselled",
"parleyed",
"treated",
"rehashed",
"coached",
"guided",
"tutored",
"recommended",
"suggested",
"directed",
"referred (to)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bathrooms":{
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
"examples":[
"everyone should use the bathroom before we leave on the long trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"baths",
"bogs",
"cans",
"cloakrooms",
"comfort stations",
"conveniences",
"heads",
"johns",
"latrines",
"lavatories",
"loos",
"potties",
"restrooms",
"toilets",
"washrooms",
"water closets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commodes",
"pans",
"pots",
"garderobes",
"jakes",
"outhouses",
"privies",
"half baths",
"powder rooms",
"ladies",
"ladies' rooms",
"men's rooms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"battings":{
"as in piles , furs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"downs",
"flosses",
"fluffs",
"furs",
"fuzzes",
"lints",
"naps",
"piles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bateau":{
"as in skiff , pirogue":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ca\u00efque",
"canoe",
"catamaran",
"coracle",
"curragh",
"currach",
"dhow",
"dinghy",
"dink",
"dory",
"dugout",
"flatboat",
"garvey",
"gig",
"johnboat",
"kayak",
"outrigger",
"paddleboat",
"pinnace",
"piragua",
"pirogue",
"pontoon",
"pram",
"punt",
"raft",
"rowboat",
"rowing boat",
"sampan",
"scow",
"scull",
"shallop",
"shell",
"skiff",
"surfboat",
"umiak",
"wherry",
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft",
"catboat",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"yacht",
"cruiser",
"inboard",
"motorboat",
"outboard",
"powerboat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batter":{
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"children battered the pi\u00f1ata until it broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
"examples":[
"planes battered the city for weeks"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitz",
"blitzkrieg",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"cannonade",
"shell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enfilade",
"rake",
"strafe",
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"devastate",
"hit",
"pound",
"ravage",
"strike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battle royales":{
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
"examples":[
"the sisters had a battle royal over whose turn it was to use the family car"
],
"synonyms":[
"altercations",
"argle-bargles",
"arguments",
"argy-bargies",
"bickers",
"brawls",
"contretemps",
"controversies",
"cross fires",
"disagreements",
"disputes",
"donnybrooks",
"fallings-out",
"falling-outs",
"fights",
"hassles",
"imbroglios",
"kickups",
"misunderstandings",
"quarrels",
"rhubarbs",
"rows",
"scraps",
"set-tos",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clashes",
"run-ins",
"skirmishes",
"tangles",
"tussles",
"logomachies",
"feuds",
"vendettas",
"attacks",
"contentions",
"dissensions",
"dissentions",
"debates",
"differences",
"disputations",
"fusses",
"objections",
"protestations",
"protests",
"affrays",
"fisticuffs",
"fracases",
"fracas",
"frays",
"free-for-alls",
"melees",
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
"catfights"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batted":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"batted the lamp off the table with one strike"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"examples":[
"batted the pi\u00f1ata until it finally broke open"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"basted",
"battered",
"beat",
"belabored",
"belted",
"birched",
"bludgeoned",
"buffeted",
"bunged up",
"clubbed",
"curried",
"did",
"drubbed",
"fibbed",
"flogged",
"hammered",
"hided",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"lashed",
"lathered",
"licked",
"mauled",
"messed (up)",
"paddled",
"pelted",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pounded",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"punched out",
"roughed (up)",
"slated",
"slogged",
"switched",
"tanned",
"thrashed",
"threshed",
"thumped",
"tromped",
"walloped",
"whaled",
"whipped",
"whopped",
"whapped",
"whupped",
"worked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assailed",
"assaulted",
"attacked",
"beset",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"chopped",
"clobbered",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"cuffed",
"descended (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jumped (on)",
"knocked",
"laid on",
"lammed",
"pasted",
"pounced (on or upon)",
"punched",
"raided",
"rushed",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"smacked",
"smashed",
"socked",
"spanked",
"stormed",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"thwacked",
"whacked",
"whammed",
"whomped",
"blackjacked",
"caned",
"cowhided",
"flagellated",
"fustigated",
"horsewhipped",
"leathered",
"pistol-whipped",
"rawhided",
"scourged",
"strapped",
"gored",
"lacerated",
"wounded",
"maimed",
"mangled",
"mutilated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"on Sunday afternoons we'd pile into Father's car and bat around the countryside"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruised",
"drifted",
"floated",
"gadded (about)",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"kicked around",
"knocked (about)",
"maundered",
"meandered",
"mooched",
"rambled",
"ranged",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"dawdled",
"moped",
"gypsied",
"hoboed",
"tramped",
"vagabonded",
"milled (about or around)",
"straggled",
"strayed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battle-axe":{
"a bad-tempered scolding woman":{
"examples":[
"the veteran stage actress stole every scene with a tour de force performance as the dysfunctional family's battle-ax matriarch"
],
"synonyms":[
"dragon lady",
"fury",
"harpy",
"harridan",
"shrew",
"termagant",
"virago",
"vixen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fishwife",
"gorgon",
"carper",
"castigator",
"caviler",
"caviller",
"censurer",
"critic",
"faultfinder",
"nitpicker",
"railer",
"scold",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"pettifogger",
"quibbler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batty":{
"having or showing a very abnormal or sick state of mind":{
"examples":[
"a batty old lady who lives with 100 cats"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud"
],
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"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"bananas",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
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"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic"
],
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"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"batched":{
"as in bunched , clustered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"balled",
"bunched",
"clustered",
"huddled",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"bulked (up)",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"congregated",
"constellated",
"corralled",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"lumped",
"picked up",
"rounded up",
"heaped",
"piled",
"stacked",
"banded",
"brigaded",
"mustered",
"raised",
"rallied",
"flocked",
"herded",
"hived",
"packed",
"pressed",
"swarmed",
"thronged",
"combined",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"merged",
"pooled",
"united",
"archived",
"arranged",
"collated",
"compiled",
"organized",
"systematized",
"scraped (up or together)",
"re-collected",
"regathered",
"regrouped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dispelled",
"dispersed",
"dissipated",
"scattered",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"disintegrated",
"dissolved",
"separated",
"severed",
"split (up)",
"dismissed",
"sent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in taking off , abating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abating",
"deducting",
"knocking off",
"removing",
"subtracting",
"taking off",
"detaching",
"disconnecting",
"disjoining",
"separating",
"unfastening",
"amputating",
"cutting",
"excising",
"lopping (off)",
"severing",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"lowering",
"reducing",
"abbreviating",
"abridging",
"curtailing",
"shortening",
"compressing",
"condensing",
"constricting",
"cutting back",
"retrenching"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adding",
"adjoining",
"annexing",
"appending",
"subjoining",
"tacking (on)",
"affixing",
"attaching",
"fastening",
"fixing",
"grafting",
"hitching",
"tagging",
"tying",
"tieing",
"infusing",
"injecting",
"inserting",
"interfusing",
"introducing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"battalion":{
"a large body of men and women organized for land warfare":{
"examples":[
"the nation's battalions were forced to fight on two fronts simultaneously"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"array",
"host",
"legion"
],
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"militia",
"national guard",
"standing army",
"infantry",
"ranks",
"regulars",
"soldiers",
"troopers",
"troops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"batches":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a batch of essays to correct"
],
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"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"banks",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"send in the next batch of applicants"
],
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"arrays",
"bands",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
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"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
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"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bunches , clusters":{
"examples":[],
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"balls",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"huddles",
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"amasses",
"assembles",
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"collects",
"concentrates",
"congregates",
"constellates",
"corrals",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"lumps",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"bands",
"brigades",
"musters",
"raises",
"rallies",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hives",
"packs",
"presses",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"combines",
"connects",
"joins",
"links",
"merges",
"pools",
"unites",
"archives",
"arranges",
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"compiles",
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"systematizes",
"scrapes (up or together)",
"re-collects",
"regathers",
"regroups"
],
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"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disintegrates",
"dissolves",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits (up)",
"dismisses",
"sends"
],
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},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}