dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/dex_MWT.json
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{
"dexterous":{
"skillful with the hands":{
"examples":[
"the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"cunning",
"deft",
"handy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agile",
"flexible",
"graceful",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"coordinated",
"able",
"adept",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"habile",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"proficient",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"sure-handed",
"double-jointed",
"loose-jointed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbling",
"gauche",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"rough-hewn",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"uncoordinated",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"antonyms":[
"butterfingered",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"unhandy"
]
},
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"examples":[
"dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
],
"near synonyms":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dextrous":{
"accomplished with trained ability":{
"antonyms":[
"amateur",
"amateurish",
"artless",
"rude",
"unprofessional",
"unskillful"
],
"examples":[
"dexterous handling of a potentially embarrassing situation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"clumsy",
"crude",
"klutzy",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"incompetent",
"inept"
],
"related":[
"facile",
"smooth",
"artistic",
"creative",
"fancy",
"ingenious",
"neat",
"adept",
"clever",
"cunning",
"able",
"adequate",
"capable",
"competent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroit",
"artful",
"bravura",
"deft",
"delicate",
"expert",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"practiced",
"practised",
"skillful",
"virtuoso",
"workmanlike"
]
},
"skillful with the hands":{
"antonyms":[
"butterfingered",
"ham-fisted",
"ham-handed",
"handless",
"heavy-handed",
"unhandy"
],
"examples":[
"the dexterous watchmaker was able to repair the antique watch's delicate gears and parts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awkward",
"bungling",
"clumsy",
"fumbling",
"gauche",
"gawky",
"graceless",
"klutzy",
"rough-hewn",
"stiff",
"stilted",
"uncomfortable",
"uneasy",
"ungainly",
"ungraceful",
"wooden",
"uncoordinated",
"incapable",
"incompetent",
"inept",
"inexpert",
"maladroit"
],
"related":[
"agile",
"flexible",
"graceful",
"limber",
"lissome",
"lissom",
"lithe",
"lithesome",
"nimble",
"spry",
"coordinated",
"able",
"adept",
"capable",
"competent",
"expert",
"habile",
"masterful",
"masterly",
"proficient",
"qualified",
"skilled",
"skillful",
"sure-handed",
"double-jointed",
"loose-jointed"
],
"synonyms":[
"clever",
"cunning",
"deft",
"handy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"dexterity":{
"mental skill or quickness":{
"examples":[
"the ambassador showed great dexterity in his handling of the touchy situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"adroitness",
"cleverness",
"finesse",
"sleight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ability",
"aptitude",
"capability",
"capacity",
"faculty",
"knack",
"prowess",
"talent",
"competence",
"competency",
"efficiency",
"expertise",
"know-how",
"proficiency",
"ingeniousness",
"ingenuity",
"resourcefulness",
"savvy",
"sharpness",
"shrewdness",
"artfulness",
"artifice",
"caginess",
"cageyness",
"canniness",
"craft",
"craftiness",
"cunning",
"cunningness",
"deviousness",
"foxiness",
"guile",
"slickness",
"slyness",
"sneakiness",
"subtleness",
"wiliness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inadequacy",
"incompetence",
"incompetency",
"ineptitude",
"ineptness",
"brainlessness",
"denseness",
"density",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"fatuity",
"foolishness",
"mindlessness",
"obtuseness",
"senselessness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"witlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"ease and grace in physical activity":{
"examples":[
"the juggler needed lots of dexterity in order to keep all five balls in the air at the same time"
],
"synonyms":[
"agility",
"deftness",
"nimbleness",
"sleight",
"spryness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coordination",
"flexibility",
"gracefulness",
"limberness",
"litheness",
"loose-jointedness",
"suppleness",
"handiness",
"sure-handedness",
"sure-footedness",
"adeptness",
"adroitness",
"finesse",
"prowess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disability",
"inability",
"incapability",
"incapacity",
"debilitation",
"disablement",
"impairment",
"incapacitation",
"unhandiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"awkwardness",
"clumsiness",
"gaucheness",
"gawkiness",
"gawkishness",
"gracelessness",
"ham-handedness",
"heavy-handedness",
"klutziness",
"ungainliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}