dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/gad_MWT.json
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{
"gad (about)":{
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she was a thoughtful gadabout , always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebody",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident",
"settler"
],
"related":[
"laggard",
"straggler",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"sojourner",
"bum",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"passenger",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"migrant",
"transient",
"vagrant",
"ambler",
"saunterer"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifter",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
]
},
"as in gallivanting , sauntering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he gads about town every Saturday, flirting and gossiping with various shopkeepers and locals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"mill (about or around)",
"straggle",
"stray"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gadding (about)":{
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"he gads about town every Saturday, flirting and gossiping with various shopkeepers and locals"
],
"synonyms":[
"batting",
"cruising",
"drifting",
"floating",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"kicking around",
"knocking (about)",
"maundering",
"meandering",
"mooching",
"rambling",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"traipsing",
"wandering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"dawdling",
"moping",
"gypsying",
"hoboing",
"tramping",
"vagabonding",
"milling (about or around)",
"straggling",
"straying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gads (about)":{
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"he gads about town every Saturday, flirting and gossiping with various shopkeepers and locals"
],
"synonyms":[
"bats",
"cruises",
"drifts",
"floats",
"gallivants",
"galavants",
"kicks around",
"knocks (about)",
"maunders",
"meanders",
"mooches",
"rambles",
"ranges",
"roams",
"roves",
"traipses",
"wanders"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambles",
"saunters",
"strolls",
"dawdles",
"mopes",
"gypsies",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"mills (about or around)",
"straggles",
"strays"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"gadabouts":{
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"she was a thoughtful gadabout , always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifters",
"gypsies",
"knockabouts",
"maunderers",
"nomads",
"ramblers",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"strollers",
"vagabonds",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggards",
"stragglers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"sojourners",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"passengers",
"sightseers",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"migrants",
"transients",
"vagrants",
"amblers",
"saunterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebodies",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"settlers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gadarene":{
"acting or done with excessive or careless speed":{
"examples":[
"what began as the defection of a handful of employees soon became a gadarene exodus that threatened to leave the advertising agency understaffed"
],
"synonyms":[
"cursory",
"drive-by",
"flying",
"hasty",
"headlong",
"helter-skelter",
"hurried",
"overhasty",
"pell-mell",
"precipitate",
"precipitous",
"rash",
"rushed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakneck",
"breathtaking",
"headstrong",
"heady",
"hotheaded",
"impatient",
"impetuous",
"impulsive",
"madcap",
"reckless",
"unadvised",
"quick",
"rapid",
"speedy",
"swift",
"horseback",
"impromptu",
"makeshift",
"offhand",
"offhanded",
"off-the-cuff",
"rush",
"slapdash",
"snap",
"spontaneous",
"spur-of-the-moment",
"abrupt",
"sudden"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calculated",
"calculating",
"measured",
"circumspect",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"drawn-out",
"extended",
"long-term",
"prolonged",
"faltering",
"hesitant",
"hesitating",
"tentative",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"laggard",
"leisurely",
"poky",
"pokey",
"shilly-shallying",
"slow"
],
"antonyms":[
"deliberate",
"unhurried",
"unrushed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"gadfly":{
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
"examples":[
"the journalist was known as a gadfly for exposing hypocrisy in politics"
],
"synonyms":[
"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor",
"hassle",
"plague",
"harasser",
"molester",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie",
"comforter",
"solacer",
"soother"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"gadzooks":{
"as in egad , zounds":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"(the) deuce",
"egad",
"gad",
"the devil",
"the dickens",
"zounds",
"oops",
"whoops",
"woops",
"ugh",
"there",
"fiddlesticks",
"phooey",
"pooh",
"gee",
"gee whiz",
"ha",
"hello",
"hey",
"lo",
"oh",
"ah",
"aha",
"come on",
"fie",
"indeed",
"my word",
"no",
"pshaw",
"well",
"what",
"why"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"interjection"
]
},
"gadabout":{
"to move about from place to place aimlessly":{
"examples":[
"he gads about town every Saturday, flirting and gossiping with various shopkeepers and locals"
],
"synonyms":[
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"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":[]
},
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"she was a thoughtful gadabout , always picking up souvenirs for her friends from wherever her travels took her"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifter",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggard",
"straggler",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"sojourner",
"bum",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"passenger",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"migrant",
"transient",
"vagrant",
"ambler",
"saunterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebody",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident",
"settler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gallivanting , sauntering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"drifting",
"fiddle-footed",
"footloose",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking",
"errant",
"fugitive",
"itinerant",
"nomadic",
"peregrine",
"peripatetic",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"tramp",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"vagabond",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring",
"migrant",
"migratory",
"mobile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonmigrant",
"nonmigratory",
"resident",
"immobile",
"stationary",
"established",
"fast",
"fixed",
"rooted",
"sedentary",
"set",
"settled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"gadget":{
"an interesting and often novel device with a practical use":{
"examples":[
"she tried out a new gadget for weeding the garden"
],
"synonyms":[
"appliance",
"contraption",
"contrivance",
"gimmick",
"gizmo",
"gismo",
"jigger",
"widget"
],
"near synonyms":[
"implement",
"instrument",
"tool",
"utensil",
"ingenuity",
"innovation",
"invention",
"accessory",
"accessary",
"adjunct",
"mechanism",
"trick",
"dingus",
"doodad",
"doohickey",
"hickey",
"hootenanny",
"thingamabob",
"thingamajig",
"thingumajig",
"thingummy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}