dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/bol_MWT.json
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{
"bold":{
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
"examples":[
"our youngest brother was the boldest one in the family, instantly taking to everything from skiing to skateboarding"
],
"synonyms":[
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"emboldened",
"enterprising",
"free-swinging",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"nerved",
"nervy",
"venturesome",
"venturous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brash",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"swashbuckling",
"unafraid",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"gadarene",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"scatterbrained",
"silly",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"witless",
"unnecessary",
"dumb",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"moronic",
"stupid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chickenhearted",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"milky",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"wary",
"overcareful",
"overcautious",
"affrighted",
"afraid",
"alarmed",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"calm",
"cool",
"levelheaded",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sage",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"upset",
"worried"
],
"antonyms":[
"unadventurous",
"unenterprising"
]
},
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
"examples":[
"you're a bold little brat for trying to steal my stuff while I'm right here"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assertive",
"forward",
"obtrusive",
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"shameless",
"unabashed",
"unblushing",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"curt",
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"lippy",
"mouthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"humble",
"modest",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"proper",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"blushing",
"embarrassed",
"shamefaced",
"gentle",
"mild",
"inconspicuous",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
]
},
"likely to attract attention":{
"examples":[
"an interior decorator who likes to use bold colors"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"splashy",
"striking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"observable",
"perceptible",
"recognizable",
"visible",
"outstanding",
"salient",
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"impressive",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"flagrant",
"glaring",
"howling",
"screaming",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"jazzy",
"loud",
"meretricious",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"extravagant",
"fancy",
"florid",
"glittery",
"spectacular",
"opulent",
"ornate",
"overdone",
"overwrought",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"interesting",
"riveting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subtle",
"concealed",
"hidden",
"shrouded",
"dim",
"faint",
"obscure",
"insignificant",
"undistinguished",
"unimportant",
"modest",
"unaffected",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"conservative",
"plain",
"quiet",
"simple",
"understated",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"subtle",
"toned-down",
"unflashy"
],
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
]
},
"showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty":{
"examples":[
"a bold child who interrupts the adults at his parents' parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"familiar",
"forward",
"free",
"immodest",
"overfamiliar",
"presuming",
"presumptuous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"bumptious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"hoity-toity",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"uppity",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"cavalier",
"disdainful",
"haughty",
"lordly",
"pretentious",
"snobbish",
"stuck-up",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"audacious",
"bold-faced",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"overbold",
"pert",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"sure",
"boastful",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-engrossed",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"selfish",
"self-obsessed",
"self-seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"down-to-earth",
"humble",
"lowly",
"meek",
"unassertive",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid",
"timorous",
"diffident",
"self-doubting"
],
"antonyms":[
"modest",
"unassuming"
]
},
"having an incline approaching the perpendicular":{
"examples":[
"the advanced climbers chose a bold cliff to test themselves"
],
"synonyms":[
"abrupt",
"precipitous",
"sheer",
"steep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perpendicular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"craggy",
"hillocky",
"hilly",
"mountainous",
"scarped",
"angled",
"canted",
"cocked",
"heeled",
"inclined",
"listed",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gentle",
"gradual",
"moderate",
"soft",
"even",
"flat",
"flush",
"horizontal",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"unruffled",
"unwrinkled"
],
"antonyms":[
"easy"
]
},
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
"examples":[
"the bold explorers who will someday journey to other planets"
],
"synonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"gutty",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"manful",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"undauntable",
"undaunted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"determined",
"firm",
"game",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"gritty",
"plucky",
"resolute",
"Spartan",
"undeterred",
"undismayed",
"unflinching",
"unswerving",
"mettlesome",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"adventuresome",
"adventurous",
"audacious",
"daring",
"dashing",
"hardy",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"crazy",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nutty",
"brash",
"brazen",
"daredevil",
"foolhardy",
"heedless",
"hotheaded",
"impetuous",
"imprudent",
"impulsive",
"incautious",
"madcap",
"overbold",
"overconfident",
"rash",
"reckless",
"thoughtless",
"wild",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"precipitate",
"comforted",
"emboldened",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"reassured",
"unafraid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diffident",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"scary",
"shy",
"skittish",
"timid",
"anxious",
"apprehensive",
"nervous",
"careful",
"cautious",
"heedful",
"prudent",
"unadventurous",
"afraid",
"agitated",
"disconcerted",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"frightened",
"horrified",
"panicked",
"panic-stricken",
"perturbed",
"scared",
"shocked",
"spooked",
"startled",
"terrified",
"terrorized",
"unnerved",
"upset",
"appalled",
"concerned",
"dismayed",
"worried",
"unmanly",
"weak",
"wimpy"
],
"antonyms":[
"chicken",
"chickenhearted",
"chicken-livered",
"coward",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"nerveless",
"poltroon",
"poor-spirited",
"pusillanimous",
"spineless",
"spiritless",
"timorous",
"uncourageous",
"ungallant",
"unheroic",
"weakhearted",
"yellow"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bold-faced":{
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
"examples":[
"the child proceeded to tell a bold-faced lie despite the evidence right in front of us"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"audacious",
"bold",
"brash",
"brassbound",
"brassy",
"brazen",
"brazen-faced",
"cheeky",
"cocksure",
"cocky",
"fresh",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"insolent",
"nervy",
"sassy",
"saucy",
"wise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assertive",
"forward",
"obtrusive",
"defiant",
"disrespectful",
"shameless",
"unabashed",
"unblushing",
"bluff",
"blunt",
"curt",
"cute",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"lippy",
"mouthy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demure",
"humble",
"modest",
"courteous",
"genteel",
"mannerly",
"polite",
"proper",
"deferential",
"respectful",
"abashed",
"ashamed",
"blushing",
"embarrassed",
"shamefaced",
"gentle",
"mild",
"inconspicuous",
"unobtrusive"
],
"antonyms":[
"meek",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"retiring",
"shy",
"timid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bollixes":{
"as in clutters , mishmashes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clutters",
"litters",
"mishmashes",
"shuffles",
"maelstroms",
"storms",
"hodgepodges",
"medleys",
"miscellanies",
"morasses",
"motleys",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"webs",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"anarchies",
"misrules",
"riots",
"chance-medleys",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"dishevelments",
"disorders",
"disorganizations",
"free-for-alls",
"havoc",
"hecks",
"hells",
"jumbles",
"mare's nests",
"mares' nests",
"messes",
"misorders",
"muddles",
"musses",
"shambles",
"snake pits",
"tumbles",
"welters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"orders",
"methods",
"patterns",
"plans",
"systems"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bolster":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"used additional beams to bolster the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"brace",
"buttress",
"carry",
"prop (up)",
"shore (up)",
"stay",
"support",
"sustain",
"undergird",
"underpin",
"uphold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steady",
"truss",
"underlie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"back",
"buttress",
"corroborate",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"shore (up)",
"substantiate",
"support"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirm",
"establish",
"prove",
"verify",
"affirm",
"avouch",
"validate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermine",
"weaken"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in bracket , arch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arch",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"column",
"pedestal",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"bearing",
"shoring",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stand",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss",
"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning",
"base",
"foundation",
"frame"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bolsters":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"used additional beams to bolster the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"carries",
"props (up)",
"shores (up)",
"stays",
"supports",
"sustains",
"undergirds",
"underpins",
"upholds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadies",
"trusses",
"underlies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"backs",
"buttresses",
"corroborates",
"reinforces",
"reenforces",
"shores (up)",
"substantiates",
"supports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirms",
"establishes",
"proves",
"verifies",
"affirms",
"avouches",
"validates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercuts",
"undermines",
"weakens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in brackets , arches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arches",
"brackets",
"cantilevers",
"girders",
"columns",
"pedestals",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"bearings",
"shorings",
"crutches",
"pegs",
"posts",
"stakes",
"stanchions",
"stands",
"stilts",
"struts",
"trusses",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"mountings",
"mounts",
"props",
"reinforcements",
"shores",
"spurs",
"stays",
"supports",
"underpinnings",
"bases",
"foundations",
"frames"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"Bolsheviki":{
"as in Stalinists , Leninists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"Reds",
"socialists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bologna":{
"as in salami , pepperoni":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frank",
"frankfurter",
"hot dog",
"kielbasa",
"knockwurst",
"knackwurst",
"liver sausage",
"liver pudding",
"liverwurst",
"pepperoni",
"salami",
"Vienna sausage",
"weenie",
"wiener",
"weiner",
"wienerwurst",
"banger",
"link",
"sausage",
"wurst",
"blood sausage",
"blood pudding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bolstering":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"used additional beams to bolster the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"bracing",
"buttressing",
"carrying",
"propping (up)",
"shoring (up)",
"staying",
"supporting",
"sustaining",
"undergirding",
"underpinning",
"upholding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadying",
"trussing",
"underlying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"backing",
"buttressing",
"corroborating",
"reinforcing",
"reenforcing",
"shoring (up)",
"substantiating",
"supporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirming",
"establishing",
"proving",
"verifying",
"affirming",
"avouching",
"validating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercutting",
"undermining",
"weakening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boloney":{
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"examples":[
"just follow my orders, and stop the baloney"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"silliness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bolting":{
"as in running , hurrying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barreling",
"breakneck",
"breathless",
"brisk",
"careering",
"dizzy",
"fast",
"fleet",
"flying",
"hasty",
"hurrying",
"lightning",
"meteoric",
"quick",
"racing",
"rapid",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"scooting",
"scudding",
"scurrying",
"snappy",
"speeding",
"speedy",
"swift",
"warp-speed",
"whirling",
"whirlwind",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"quickened",
"hurried",
"rushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dilatory",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"lagging",
"languid",
"leisurely",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slow",
"sluggish",
"snaillike",
"snail-paced",
"tardy",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"measured",
"inactive",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"loafing",
"lounging"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
"examples":[
"I bolted as I read the winning lottery numbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"jumping",
"starting",
"startling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerking",
"jolting",
"twitching",
"blenching",
"cringing",
"flinching",
"quailing",
"recoiling",
"shrinking",
"spooking",
"squinching",
"wincing",
"bounding",
"leaping",
"springing",
"reacting",
"responding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"bugging out",
"fleeing",
"flying",
"hightailing (it)",
"retreating",
"running",
"running away",
"running off",
"skedaddling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconding",
"clearing out",
"decamping",
"eloping",
"escaping",
"getting (away)",
"getting out",
"lamming",
"lighting out",
"making off",
"mizzling",
"scarpering",
"scatting",
"scramming",
"skipping (out)",
"skirring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearding",
"braving",
"confronting",
"daring",
"defying",
"facing",
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"hanging around",
"lingering",
"remaining",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"bolted out the cuss word without thinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatting",
"blurting (out)",
"crying (out)",
"ejaculating",
"exclaiming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundering",
"leaking",
"bellowing",
"bleating",
"crowing",
"hollering",
"hooting",
"howling",
"roaring",
"shouting",
"whooping",
"yowling",
"aahing",
"ahing",
"oohing",
"interjecting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"the way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy"
],
"synonyms":[
"cramming",
"devouring",
"glutting",
"gobbling",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"gulping",
"ingurgitating",
"inhaling",
"ravening",
"scarfing",
"scoffing",
"slopping",
"wolfing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overeating",
"pigging out",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbling",
"pecking",
"picking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bolos":{
"as in machetes , daggers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bayonets",
"bodkins",
"bowie knifes",
"bowie knives",
"cutlasses",
"daggers",
"dirks",
"jackknives",
"machetes",
"pocketknives",
"poniards",
"sheath knives",
"stilettos",
"stilettoes",
"stylets",
"switchblades",
"switch knives",
"yataghans",
"cutters",
"knives",
"shanks",
"shivs",
"cleavers",
"hacks",
"rapiers",
"sabers",
"sabres",
"steels",
"swords",
"scalpels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bollix (up)":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"you've bollixed up the whole thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"bobble",
"boggle",
"boot",
"botch",
"bugger (up)",
"bumble",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"dub",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foozle",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mangle",
"mess (up)",
"muck up",
"muff",
"murder",
"screw up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunder",
"gum (up)",
"muddle",
"piffle",
"blemish",
"blight",
"damage",
"flaw",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"mar",
"mutilate",
"ruin",
"spoil",
"vitiate",
"destroy",
"wreck",
"mishandle",
"mismanage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"better",
"enhance",
"help",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"rectify",
"refine",
"reform",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"fix",
"patch",
"recondition",
"renovate",
"repair",
"revamp"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bollix":{
"as in clutter , mishmash":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clutter",
"litter",
"mishmash",
"shuffle",
"maelstrom",
"storm",
"hodgepodge",
"medley",
"miscellany",
"morass",
"motley",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"web",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"anarchy",
"lawlessness",
"misrule",
"riot",
"chance-medley",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"dishevelment",
"disorder",
"disorderedness",
"disorderliness",
"disorganization",
"free-for-all",
"havoc",
"heck",
"hell",
"jumble",
"mare's nest",
"mess",
"messiness",
"misorder",
"muddle",
"muss",
"shambles",
"snake pit",
"tumble",
"welter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"order",
"orderliness",
"method",
"pattern",
"plan",
"system"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bolts out of the blue":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"a windfall that came as a bolt from the blue"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners",
"surprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bolts from the blue":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"a windfall that came as a bolt from the blue"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshells",
"jars",
"jaw-droppers",
"jolts",
"stunners",
"surprises"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shocks",
"thunderclaps",
"eye-openers",
"revelations",
"shockers",
"amazements",
"marvels",
"wonders",
"fillips",
"kickers",
"kicks",
"twists",
"wrinkles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bolt out of the blue":{
"something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected":{
"examples":[
"a windfall that came as a bolt from the blue"
],
"synonyms":[
"bombshell",
"jar",
"jaw-dropper",
"jolt",
"stunner",
"surprise"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shock",
"thunderclap",
"eye-opener",
"revelation",
"shocker",
"amazement",
"marvel",
"wonder",
"fillip",
"kick",
"kicker",
"twist",
"wrinkle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bolted":{
"as in anchored , tied":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"anchored",
"fastened",
"fettered",
"manacled",
"shackled",
"tied",
"caged",
"chained",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"immured",
"imprisoned",
"leashed",
"penned",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"caught",
"bound",
"confined",
"restrained",
"unfree"
],
"near antonyms":[
"footloose",
"free",
"loose",
"unbound",
"unconfined",
"unrestrained",
"escaped",
"uncaged",
"unchained",
"unfettered",
"unleashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move suddenly and sharply (as in surprise)":{
"examples":[
"I bolted as I read the winning lottery numbers"
],
"synonyms":[
"jumped",
"started",
"startled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"jerked",
"jolted",
"twitched",
"blenched",
"cringed",
"flinched",
"quailed",
"recoiled",
"shrank",
"shrunk",
"spooked",
"squinched",
"winced",
"bounded",
"leaped",
"leapt",
"sprang",
"sprung",
"reacted",
"responded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the cat bolted for the food dish the minute he spied it"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"to hasten away from something dangerous or frightening":{
"examples":[
"the rabbit bolted when it saw the fox approaching"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"bugged out",
"fled",
"flew",
"hightailed (it)",
"ran",
"run",
"ran away",
"ran off",
"retreated",
"skedaddled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded",
"cleared out",
"decamped",
"eloped",
"escaped",
"got (away)",
"got out",
"lammed",
"lit",
"lighted out",
"made off",
"mizzled",
"scarpered",
"scatted",
"scrammed",
"skipped (out)",
"skirred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bearded",
"braved",
"confronted",
"dared",
"defied",
"faced",
"abided",
"abode",
"dwelled",
"dwelt",
"hung around",
"lingered",
"remained",
"stayed",
"stuck around",
"tarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to utter with a sudden burst of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"bolted out the cuss word without thinking"
],
"synonyms":[
"blatted",
"blurted (out)",
"cried (out)",
"ejaculated",
"exclaimed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blundered",
"leaked",
"bellowed",
"bleated",
"crowed",
"hollered",
"hooted",
"howled",
"roared",
"shouted",
"whooped",
"yowled",
"aahed",
"ahed",
"oohed",
"interjected"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to swallow or eat greedily":{
"examples":[
"the way you bolted those hot dogs, it's no wonder you're feeling a little queasy"
],
"synonyms":[
"crammed",
"devoured",
"glutted",
"gobbled",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"gulped",
"ingurgitated",
"inhaled",
"ravened",
"scarfed",
"scoffed",
"slopped",
"wolfed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overate",
"pigged out",
"swilled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nibbled",
"pecked",
"picked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bolstered":{
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
"examples":[
"used additional beams to bolster the ceiling"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"braced",
"buttressed",
"carried",
"propped (up)",
"shored (up)",
"stayed",
"supported",
"sustained",
"undergirded",
"underpinned",
"upheld"
],
"near synonyms":[
"steadied",
"trussed",
"underlay"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
"examples":[
"a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer"
],
"synonyms":[
"backed",
"buttressed",
"corroborated",
"reinforced",
"reenforced",
"shored (up)",
"substantiated",
"supported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confirmed",
"established",
"proved",
"verified",
"affirmed",
"avouched",
"validated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercut",
"undermined",
"weakened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"Bolshevik":{
"as in Stalinist , Leninist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Leninist",
"Leninite",
"Maoist",
"Marxist",
"Stalinist",
"Trotskyist",
"Trotskyite",
"leftist",
"lefty",
"pink",
"pinko",
"social democrat",
"extremist",
"radical",
"revolutionary",
"revolutionist",
"commie",
"communist",
"comrade",
"Red",
"socialist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bolognas":{
"as in salamis , pepperonis":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frankfurters",
"franks",
"hot dogs",
"kielbasas",
"kielbasy",
"knockwursts",
"knackwursts",
"liver sausages",
"liver puddings",
"liverwursts",
"pepperonis",
"salamis",
"Vienna sausages",
"weenies",
"wieners",
"weiners",
"wienerwursts",
"bangers",
"links",
"sausages",
"wursts",
"blood sausages",
"blood puddings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Bolsheviks":{
"as in Stalinists , Leninists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists",
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"Reds",
"socialists"
],
"near antonyms":[
"capitalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bollixes (up)":{
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
"examples":[
"you've bollixed up the whole thing"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"bobbles",
"boggles",
"boots",
"botches",
"buggers (up)",
"bumbles",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"dubs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"foozles",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"mangles",
"messes (up)",
"mucks up",
"muffs",
"murders",
"screws up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blunders",
"gums (up)",
"muddles",
"piffles",
"blemishes",
"blights",
"damages",
"flaws",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"mars",
"mutilates",
"ruins",
"spoils",
"vitiates",
"destroys",
"wrecks",
"mishandles",
"mismanages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"helps",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"rectifies",
"refines",
"reforms",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"fixes",
"patches",
"reconditions",
"renovates",
"repairs",
"revamps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}