9176 lines
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9176 lines
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{
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"spoilsport":{
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"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
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"examples":[
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"if you don't want to play, at least don't be a spoilsport"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"drag",
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"grinch",
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"killjoy",
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"party pooper",
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"wet blanket"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fuddy-duddy",
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"goody-goody",
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"Goody Two-shoes",
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"old maid",
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"stick-in-the-mud",
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"defeatist",
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"Jeremiah",
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"knocker",
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"pessimist",
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"complainer",
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"crab",
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"cynic",
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"grouch",
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"grump",
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"sorehead",
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"sourpuss",
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"whiner",
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"bore",
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"downer",
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"drip"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cutup",
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"jester",
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"live wire",
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"carouser",
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"celebrant",
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"celebrator",
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"merrymaker",
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"rejoicer",
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"reveler",
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"reveller",
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"roisterer",
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"libertine",
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"playboy",
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"playgirl",
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"rake"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"spoliation":{
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"as in looting , plunder":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"depredation",
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"despoiling",
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"despoilment",
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"looting",
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"marauding",
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"pillage",
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"pillaging",
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"plunder",
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"plundering",
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"predation",
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"ransacking",
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"sacking",
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"sabotage",
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"demolishing",
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"demolishment",
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"desecrating",
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"desecration",
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"destruction",
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"ravage",
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"ravaging",
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"ruin",
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"ruination",
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"wrecking",
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"defacement",
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"defacing",
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"trashing",
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"vandalism",
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"vandalization"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"conservation",
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"preservation",
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"protection",
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"salvage",
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"saving"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"sponge":{
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"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
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"examples":[
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"finally told the sponge to move out of their house and to get a job"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bloodsucker",
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"free rider",
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"freeloader",
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"hanger-on",
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"leech",
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"moocher",
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"parasite",
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"sponger"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dependent",
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"deadbeat",
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"idler",
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"flunky",
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"flunkey",
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"flunkie",
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"henchman",
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"lackey",
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"satellite",
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"stooge",
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"sycophant",
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"toady",
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"yes-man",
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"cheapskate",
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"miser",
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"niggard",
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"piker",
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"scrooge",
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"skinflint",
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"tightwad"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"benefactor",
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"philanthropist",
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"supporter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
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"examples":[
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"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absorb",
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"drink",
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"imbibe",
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"soak (up)",
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"suck (up)",
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"take up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"gulp",
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"guzzle",
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"quaff",
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"sip",
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"slurp",
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"swallow",
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"swig",
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"swill"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
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"examples":[
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"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"freeload",
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"mooch"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"leech",
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"beg",
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"exploit",
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"use"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"sponsoring":{
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"as in funding , financing":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"spoof":{
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"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"lampoon",
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"mockery",
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"satire",
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"comedy",
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"farce",
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"humor",
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"sketch",
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"slapstick",
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"squib",
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"distortion",
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"exaggeration",
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"imitation",
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"impersonation",
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"mimicking"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"parody",
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"put-on",
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"rib",
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"send-up",
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"takeoff",
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"travesty"
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]
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},
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceive"
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],
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"examples":[
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"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunk",
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"expose",
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"reveal",
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"show up",
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"uncloak",
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"uncover",
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"unmask",
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"disclose",
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"divulge",
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"tell",
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"unveil",
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"disabuse",
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"disenchant",
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"disillusion"
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],
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"related":[
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"kid",
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"put on",
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"tease",
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"bleed",
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"cheat",
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"chisel",
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"defraud",
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"diddle",
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"euchre",
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"fleece",
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"flimflam",
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"hustle",
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"mulct",
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"rook",
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"shortchange",
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"skin",
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"squeeze",
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"stick",
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"sting",
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"swindle"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozle",
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"beguile",
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"bluff",
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"buffalo",
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"burn",
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"catch",
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"con",
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"cozen",
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"deceive",
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"delude",
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"dupe",
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"fake out",
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"fool",
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"gaff",
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"gammon",
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"gull",
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"have",
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"have on",
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"hoax",
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"hoodwink",
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"hornswoggle",
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"humbug",
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"juggle",
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"misguide",
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"misinform",
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"mislead",
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"snooker",
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"snow",
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"string along",
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"suck in",
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"sucker",
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"take in",
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"trick"
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]
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},
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"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"lampoon",
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"pasquinade",
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"satirize",
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"deride",
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"gibe",
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"jibe",
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"ridicule",
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"ape",
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"copycat",
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"monkey",
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"parrot",
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"duplicate",
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"emulate",
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"replicate",
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"reproduce",
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"act",
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"counterfeit",
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"dissemble",
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"fake",
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"feign",
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"pretend",
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"sham",
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"simulate",
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"elaborate",
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"embellish",
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"embroider",
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"exaggerate",
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"magnify",
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"pad",
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"play up",
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"stretch",
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"amplify",
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"enhance",
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"enlarge (on or upon)",
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"expand",
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"flesh (out)",
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"overdraw",
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"overstate",
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"put on",
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"mime",
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"pantomime",
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"impersonate",
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"perform",
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"personate",
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"play"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"do",
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"imitate",
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"mimic",
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"mock",
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"parody",
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"send up",
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"travesty"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"spoofing":{
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"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
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"examples":[
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"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burlesquing",
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"caricaturing",
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"doing",
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"imitating",
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"mimicking",
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"mocking",
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"parodying",
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"sending up",
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"travestying"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lampooning",
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"pasquinading",
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"satirizing",
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"deriding",
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"gibing",
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"jibing",
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"ridiculing",
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"aping",
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"copycatting",
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"monkeying",
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"parroting",
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"duplicating",
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"emulating",
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"replicating",
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"reproducing",
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"acting",
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"counterfeiting",
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"dissembling",
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"faking",
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"feigning",
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"pretending",
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"shamming",
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"simulating",
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"elaborating",
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"embellishing",
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"embroidering",
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"exaggerating",
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"magnifying",
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"padding",
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"playing up",
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"stretching",
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"amplifying",
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"enhancing",
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"enlarging (on or upon)",
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"expanding",
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"fleshing (out)",
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"overdrawing",
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"overstating",
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"putting on",
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"miming",
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"pantomiming",
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"impersonating",
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"performing",
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"personating",
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"playing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
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"examples":[
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"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bamboozling",
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"beguiling",
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"bluffing",
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"buffaloing",
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"burning",
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"catching",
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"conning",
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"cozening",
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"deceiving",
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"deluding",
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"duping",
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"faking out",
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"fooling",
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"gaffing",
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"gammoning",
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"gulling",
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"having",
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"having on",
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"hoaxing",
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"hoodwinking",
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"hornswoggling",
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"humbugging",
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"juggling",
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"misguiding",
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"misinforming",
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"misleading",
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"snookering",
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"snowing",
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"stringing along",
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"suckering",
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"sucking in",
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"taking in",
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"tricking"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kidding",
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"putting on",
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"teasing",
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"bleeding",
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"cheating",
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"chiseling",
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"chiselling",
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"defrauding",
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"diddling",
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"euchring",
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"fleecing",
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"flimflamming",
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"hustling",
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"mulcting",
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"rooking",
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"shortchanging",
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"skinning",
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"squeezing",
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"sticking",
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"stinging",
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"swindling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"debunking",
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"exposing",
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"revealing",
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"showing up",
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"uncloaking",
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"uncovering",
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"unmasking",
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"disclosing",
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"divulging",
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"telling",
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"unveiling",
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"disabusing",
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"disenchanting",
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"disillusioning"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"undeceiving"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"spooking":{
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"to strike with fear":{
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"examples":[
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"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"affrighting",
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"alarming",
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"alaruming",
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"frightening",
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"frighting",
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"horrifying",
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"panicking",
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"scarifying",
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"scaring",
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"shocking",
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"startling",
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"terrifying",
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"terrorizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"appalling",
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"bowling over",
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"dismaying",
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"flooring",
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"jolting",
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"shaking",
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"shaking up",
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"amazing",
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"astounding",
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"awing",
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"chilling",
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"daunting",
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"demoralizing",
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"dispiriting",
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"emasculating",
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"psyching (out)",
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"undoing",
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"unmanning",
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"unnerving",
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"unstringing",
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"discomforting",
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"discomposing",
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"disconcerting",
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"disquieting",
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"distracting",
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"distressing",
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"disturbing",
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"perturbing",
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"unsettling",
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"upsetting",
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"worrying"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"assuring",
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"cheering",
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"comforting",
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"consoling",
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"solacing",
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"soothing",
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"emboldening",
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"encouraging",
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"heartening",
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"inspiring",
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"steeling"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"reassuring"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"spooney":{
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"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
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"examples":[
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"the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home",
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"the spoony plot of the new rom-com"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"chocolate-box",
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"cloying",
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"corny",
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"drippy",
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"fruity",
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"gooey",
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"lovey-dovey",
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"maudlin",
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"mawkish",
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"mushy",
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"novelettish",
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"saccharine",
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"sappy",
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"schmaltzy",
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"sentimental",
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"sloppy",
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"slushy",
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"soppy",
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"soupy",
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"sticky",
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"sugarcoated",
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"sugary",
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"wet"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
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"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporadically":{
|
|
"as in sometimes , occasionally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"episodically",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"customarily",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"perennially",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"chronically",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sport":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had become the long-suffering sport of the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"pet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fall guy",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"pigeon",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"target"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't care terribly whether I actually catch any fish, as I'm just doing this for sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"hobbyhorse",
|
|
"pastime",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rollicking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teasing that began in sport ended with some hateful words being exchanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taught their children that it was not polite to make sport of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"mimicry",
|
|
"pasquinade",
|
|
"satire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plug (away)",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"bum (around)",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge (around or about)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"screw around",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"toy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"curvet",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"tell (of)",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle":{
|
|
"as in sports car , wagon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plugging (away)",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"bumming (around)",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging (around or about)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"screwing around",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"toying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"curvetting",
|
|
"curveting",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"telling (of)",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportswriter":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlight":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the center of public attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reality show contestants who become addicted to the spotlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"front burner",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catbird seat",
|
|
"center stage",
|
|
"limelight",
|
|
"top billing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlighted":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotters":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouts":{
|
|
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"aqueducts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"eaves troughs",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"rainspouts",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"waterspouts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spouting from the hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"fountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"swooshes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drain suddenly spouted water and debris"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belches",
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsmanly":{
|
|
"following or according to the rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in wrestling, biting is not sportsmanly , and will result in a forfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoilsports":{
|
|
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't want to play, at least don't be a spoilsport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"wet blankets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"goody-goodies",
|
|
"old maids",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"Jeremiahs",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"carousers",
|
|
"celebrants",
|
|
"celebrators",
|
|
"merrymakers",
|
|
"rejoicers",
|
|
"revelers",
|
|
"revellers",
|
|
"roisterers",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"rakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon-feed":{
|
|
"as in hand-feed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand-feed",
|
|
"underfeed",
|
|
"refeed",
|
|
"reprovision",
|
|
"force-feed",
|
|
"overfeed",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"batten",
|
|
"fatten",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"cater",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"provision",
|
|
"victual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke (for)":{
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"sued (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (for)",
|
|
"begged (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"petitioned (for)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotter":{
|
|
"as in observer , patrol":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"surveillant",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"minder",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
|
"hack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsors":{
|
|
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need a sponsor to recommend you in order to get into the exclusive country club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"guarantors",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"sureties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"underwriters",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"cosponsors",
|
|
"co-sponsors",
|
|
"cosignatories",
|
|
"cosigners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in funds , finances":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"underwrites",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongers":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sponger who moved in with friends and seems to be in no hurry to get a job and pay a share of the rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodsuckers",
|
|
"freeloaders",
|
|
"free riders",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"moochers",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"sponges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"philanthropists",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliate":{
|
|
"as in plunder , loot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredate",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"graffiti",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"rebuild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spots":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in summer the white coat of the snow leopard is studded with brownish black spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're in a bit of a spot right now with our mortgage payments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scandalous conduct that will forever be a spot upon the family name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
|
"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had only a spot of stew for dinner, as he wasn't very hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat grabbed my spot on the couch the minute I stood up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"strews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"stipples",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokespeople":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spokesperson for the protesting students presented their demands to the administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotted":{
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spotted tablecloth clashed with the stripes on the wallpaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not surprisingly, the white cow and black bull had a spotted calf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"splotched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
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"varicolored",
|
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"variegated",
|
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"blotted",
|
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"brindled",
|
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"brindle",
|
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"calico",
|
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"specked",
|
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"speckled",
|
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"streaked",
|
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"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
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"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
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"sprinkled",
|
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"stippled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
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"dyed",
|
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"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
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"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
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"bespattered",
|
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"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"strewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotting":{
|
|
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spotting of a new bird is always a thrill for an avid bird-watcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detection",
|
|
"discovery",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"espial",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"rediscovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearance",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"hiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke (of)":{
|
|
"as in talked (about) , aired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"thrashed (out or over)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoofs":{
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"send-ups",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"satires",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"squibs",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impersonations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"sends up",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"pasquinades",
|
|
"satirizes",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"emulates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"overdraws",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"personates",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporadic":{
|
|
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sporadic loud noises kept startling everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spastic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-and-miss",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not often occurring or repeated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so long as the complaints remain sporadic , we're doing fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infrequent",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spottily":{
|
|
"as in intermittently , fitfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoilt (for)":{
|
|
"as in wanted , pined (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desiderated",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"jonesed (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"salivated (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooned":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketed",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"laded",
|
|
"ladled",
|
|
"scooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"suctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"filled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliating":{
|
|
"as in plundering , looting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredating",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ravening",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"graffitiing",
|
|
"graffiting",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"salvaging",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"rebuilding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"lade",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"suction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"fill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of metal and wooden spoons should be part of every cook's culinary arsenal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipper",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"dessertspoon",
|
|
"soupspoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon-fed":{
|
|
"as in hand-fed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand-fed",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"refed",
|
|
"reprovisioned",
|
|
"force-fed",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"fattened",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"dined",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"catered",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"victualed",
|
|
"victualled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokeswomen":{
|
|
"as in spokesmodels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneous":{
|
|
"done instantly and without conscious thought or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recoiling when a wasp is near is simply a spontaneous reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"instinctual",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"mechanic",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"robotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"Pavlovian",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"reflex",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"subliminal",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"visceral",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"chancy",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"rash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"volitional",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"aforethought",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponges":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally told the sponge to move out of their house and to get a job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodsuckers",
|
|
"freeloaders",
|
|
"free riders",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"moochers",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"philanthropists",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeloads",
|
|
"mooches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooky":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spooky horse shying at shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spooky tale of strange hauntings and mysterious reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"spookish",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghoulish",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke out":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportswoman":{
|
|
"as in sportsman , huntress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportsman",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon-feeding":{
|
|
"as in hand-feeding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand-feeding",
|
|
"underfeeding",
|
|
"refeeding",
|
|
"reprovisioning",
|
|
"force-feeding",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"surfeiting",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"fattening",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"catering",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"provisioning",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spout (off)":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooks":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"undercovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"counterspies",
|
|
"double agents",
|
|
"sleepers",
|
|
"infiltrators",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"spymasters",
|
|
"superspies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"terrorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsorships":{
|
|
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth softball league under the sponsorship of local businesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"patronages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"financings",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"fosterages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouse":{
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"domestic partner",
|
|
"bridegroom",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"hubby",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"old man",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ex",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"bachelor",
|
|
"bachelorette",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"spinster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spout":{
|
|
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"eaves trough",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"rainspout",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"waterspout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"aqueduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spouting from the hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"swoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"fountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blurt (out)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drain suddenly spouted water and debris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eruct",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooning":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"ladling",
|
|
"scooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"suctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"filling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spousal":{
|
|
"as in wifely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wifely",
|
|
"bridal",
|
|
"prenuptial",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"mated",
|
|
"conjugal",
|
|
"connubial",
|
|
"marital",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"matrimonial",
|
|
"nuptial",
|
|
"wedded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke up":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponging":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeloading",
|
|
"mooching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leeching",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke":{
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally spoke her fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blurted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"formulized",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"soliloquized",
|
|
"disserted",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"filibustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneity":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple sacrificed some of the spontaneity in their lives when they both got nine-to-five jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"spontaneousness",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spot-on":{
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for an inside mount for window blinds, your measurements had better be spot-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spot-on prediction of the movie's gross on its opening weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"mathematical",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"meticulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliated":{
|
|
"as in plundered , looted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredated",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"ravened",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"graffitied",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"rebuilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiler":{
|
|
"as in dark horse , stalking horse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"crown prince",
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"seeker",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in looter , marauder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredator",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"marauder",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"sacker",
|
|
"spoliator",
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"desecrater",
|
|
"desecrator",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wrecker",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportfulness":{
|
|
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I find my business partner's sportfulness charming, but I worry that it might lead clients to view him as unprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"larkiness",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"tricksiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"kittenishness",
|
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"archness",
|
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"devilment",
|
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"devilry",
|
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"deviltry",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"whimsicality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"starchiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiling (for)":{
|
|
"as in wanting , pining (for)":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiled":{
|
|
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoiled milk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmeared",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tarred",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"twisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"bloodied",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"crossed (up)",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"dinted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"cockered",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"cosseted",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"wet-nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiling":{
|
|
"as in rotten , rotting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous",
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decay , rotting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmearing",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"smutting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarring",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"crossing (up)",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"dinting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"cockering",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"cosseting",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"wet-nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportfisherman":{
|
|
"as in sedan , cruiser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"motor sailer",
|
|
"runabout",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"speedboat",
|
|
"stinkpot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoors":{
|
|
"as in trails , runs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"ferrets",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"guns (for)",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"culls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoons":{
|
|
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of metal and wooden spoons should be part of every cook's culinary arsenal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dippers",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"dessertspoons",
|
|
"soupspoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"lades",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"decants",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons",
|
|
"suctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"fills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportfishermen":{
|
|
"as in sedans , cruisers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruisers",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"motor sailers",
|
|
"runabouts",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"speedboats",
|
|
"stinkpots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotless":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spotless white dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsored":{
|
|
"as in funded , financed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"underwrote",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spook":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"terrorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouted":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spouting from the hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"swooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drain suddenly spouted water and debris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belched",
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoofed":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"sent up",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"pasquinaded",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"emulated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooked":{
|
|
"filled with fear or dread":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Ichabod Crane was so spooked that he left Sleepy Hollow for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"horror-struck",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"tremulant",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"phobic",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"undaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frighted",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoor":{
|
|
"as in track , pug":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"hoofprint",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"footmark",
|
|
"footprint",
|
|
"footstep",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in excrement , feces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trail , run":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"ferret",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"gun (for)",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"cull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsman":{
|
|
"as in sportswoman , huntress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportswoman",
|
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"hunter",
|
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"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouters":{
|
|
"as in declaimers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimers",
|
|
"rhetoricians",
|
|
"spellbinders",
|
|
"spielers",
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"orators",
|
|
"speakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in geysers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoils":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"swags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smuts",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"tarres",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"rots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"rusts",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"bloodies",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"crosses (up)",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bangs up",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"cockers",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"cossets",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"wet-nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouses":{
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"domestic partners",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"wives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exes",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"bachelors",
|
|
"bachelorettes",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"spinsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouts (off)":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsmen":{
|
|
"as in sportswomen , huntresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntresses",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"huntsmen",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"birders",
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hunter-gatherers",
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"poachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoil":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"swag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"wet-nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlessness":{
|
|
"as in cleanliness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness",
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneously":{
|
|
"as in naturally , instinctively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in impromptu":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneousness":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends loved her for her natural spontaneousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"spontaneity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportful":{
|
|
"given to good-natured joking or teasing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sportful brother who loved teasing his little sister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"coltish",
|
|
"elfish",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"larky",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokeswoman":{
|
|
"as in spokesmodel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouter":{
|
|
"as in declaimer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimer",
|
|
"rhetorician",
|
|
"spellbinder",
|
|
"spieler",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"orator",
|
|
"speaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in geyser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsmanlike":{
|
|
"following or according to the rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"admired by the fans for his sportsmanlike conduct on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoils (for)":{
|
|
"as in wants , pines (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiled (for)":{
|
|
"as in wanted , pined (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desiderated",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"hankered (for or after)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"jonesed (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"salivated (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokesmen":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spokesman for the cattle industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy":{
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spongy moss covered the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"squooshy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able to soak up liquids especially readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"generously pour the brandy over the cake, which is so spongy that it will absorb most of the liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"absorbant",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"thirsty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"osmotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonabsorbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoony":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home",
|
|
"the spoony plot of the new rom-com"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke (about)":{
|
|
"as in talked (about) , reviewed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportiveness":{
|
|
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her high-spirited sportiveness can sometimes distract her and others from serious work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"larkiness",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"sportfulness",
|
|
"tricksiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"kittenishness",
|
|
"archness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"whimsicality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"starchiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlighting":{
|
|
"as in identifying , focusing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"foregrounding",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"punctuating",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"overplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouted (off)":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlights":{
|
|
"the center of public attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reality show contestants who become addicted to the spotlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catbird seats",
|
|
"center stages",
|
|
"limelights",
|
|
"top billings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"front burners",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"notices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in identifies , focuses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"punctuates",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"overplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sports bar":{
|
|
"as in nightclub , wineshop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporting houses":{
|
|
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a long career as a madam in a New Orleans sporting house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagnios",
|
|
"bawdy houses",
|
|
"bordellos",
|
|
"brothels",
|
|
"cathouses",
|
|
"disorderly houses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"whorehouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call houses",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"massage parlors",
|
|
"harems",
|
|
"seraglios"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |