dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/sug_MWT.json
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{
"sugarcoated":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"examples":[
"those sugarcoated versions of family life that old TV sitcoms portrayed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugary",
"wet"
]
},
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sugarloaf":{
"as in dome":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suggest":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us"
],
"synonyms":[
"allude",
"hint",
"imply",
"indicate",
"infer",
"insinuate",
"intimate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advert",
"mention",
"point",
"refer",
"signal",
"signalize",
"signify",
"smack (of)",
"smell (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announce",
"declare",
"proclaim",
"elucidate",
"explain",
"spell out",
"delineate",
"describe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I suggested that they talk to a therapist about their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"advise",
"counsel",
"recommend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocate",
"back",
"champion",
"espouse",
"favor",
"support",
"exhort",
"urge",
"advance",
"offer",
"propose",
"submit"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"might I suggest , for an appetizer, our jumbo shrimp cocktail?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advance",
"bounce",
"offer",
"pose",
"proffer",
"propose",
"propound",
"vote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"nominate",
"recommend",
"present",
"submit",
"tender",
"trot out",
"file",
"lay",
"lodge",
"arrange",
"calculate",
"chart",
"contrive",
"cover",
"frame",
"map",
"plan",
"plot",
"shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suggestiveness":{
"as in earthiness , saltiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"broadness",
"earthiness",
"gaminess",
"raciness",
"saltiness",
"bawdiness",
"blueness",
"coarseness",
"crudeness",
"crudity",
"dirt",
"dirtiness",
"filth",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"grossness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lewdness",
"nastiness",
"obscenity",
"profanity",
"raunch",
"raunchiness",
"ribaldry",
"smut",
"smuttiness",
"vulgarity",
"wantonness",
"immodesty",
"indecorousness",
"indelicacy",
"indelicateness",
"lowness",
"unbecomingness",
"lechery",
"depravedness",
"depravity",
"kinkiness",
"naughtiness",
"perverseness",
"perversion",
"perversity",
"pervertedness",
"wickedness",
"exceptionability",
"objectionableness",
"unacceptability",
"undesirability",
"reprehensibility",
"reprehensibleness",
"abusiveness",
"scurrilousness",
"atrociousness",
"atrocity",
"infamy",
"loathsomeness",
"offensiveness",
"repellency",
"repugnance",
"repulsiveness",
"distastefulness",
"obnoxiousness",
"unpleasantness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"priggery",
"priggishness",
"primness",
"prudery",
"prudishness",
"puritanism",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"decorum",
"seemliness",
"appropriateness",
"fitness",
"suitability",
"suitableness",
"perfection",
"purity",
"spotlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sugar daddies":{
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
"examples":[
"the only reason the town has any Independence Day fireworks in the first place is because the Internet tycoon has willingly become the event's de facto sugar daddy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angels",
"benefactors",
"donators",
"donors",
"fairy godmothers",
"Maecenases",
"patrons"
],
"related":[
"benefactresses",
"patronesses",
"almoners",
"almsgivers",
"philanthropists",
"altruists",
"bestowers",
"contributors",
"givers",
"helpers",
"subscribers",
"supporters",
"guardian angels",
"protectors",
"saviors",
"saviours"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiaries",
"donees",
"giftees",
"recipients"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sugarcoats":{
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"varnishes",
"deodorizes",
"excuses",
"explains away",
"extenuates",
"glosses (over)",
"glozes (over)",
"palliates",
"whitewashes",
"apologizes",
"atones",
"confesses",
"accounts (for)",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"soft-pedals",
"alleviates",
"eases",
"lessens",
"lightens",
"mitigates",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"absolves",
"acquits",
"clears",
"exculpates",
"exonerates",
"vindicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sugarcoating":{
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"varnishing",
"deodorizing",
"excusing",
"explaining away",
"extenuating",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"palliating",
"whitewashing",
"apologizing",
"atoning",
"confessing",
"accounting (for)",
"explaining",
"justifying",
"rationalizing",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"soft-pedaling",
"alleviating",
"easing",
"lessening",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"moderating",
"softening",
"tempering",
"absolving",
"acquitting",
"clearing",
"exculpating",
"exonerating",
"vindicating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sugarcoat":{
"to talk about or describe (something) in a way that makes it seem more pleasant or acceptable than it is":{
"examples":[
"textbooks that sugarcoat history",
"She has very strong opinions, and she doesn't try to sugarcoat them."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"varnish",
"deodorize",
"excuse",
"explain away",
"extenuate",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"palliate",
"whitewash",
"apologize",
"atone",
"confess",
"account (for)",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"minimize",
"play down",
"soft-pedal",
"alleviate",
"ease",
"lessen",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"moderate",
"soften",
"temper",
"absolve",
"acquit",
"clear",
"exculpate",
"exonerate",
"vindicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suggests":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us"
],
"synonyms":[
"alludes",
"hints",
"implies",
"indicates",
"infers",
"insinuates",
"intimates"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverts",
"mentions",
"points",
"refers",
"signalizes",
"signals",
"signifies",
"smacks (of)",
"smells (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announces",
"declares",
"proclaims",
"elucidates",
"explains",
"spells out",
"delineates",
"describes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I suggested that they talk to a therapist about their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"advises",
"counsels",
"recommends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocates",
"backs",
"champions",
"espouses",
"favors",
"supports",
"exhorts",
"urges",
"advances",
"offers",
"proposes",
"submits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"might I suggest , for an appetizer, our jumbo shrimp cocktail?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advances",
"bounces",
"offers",
"poses",
"proffers",
"proposes",
"propounds",
"votes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moves",
"nominates",
"recommends",
"presents",
"submits",
"tenders",
"trots out",
"files",
"lays",
"lodges",
"arranges",
"calculates",
"charts",
"contrives",
"covers",
"frames",
"maps",
"plans",
"plots",
"shapes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suggesting":{
"to convey an idea indirectly":{
"examples":[
"this letter suggests that there's more going on than she's telling us"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluding",
"hinting",
"implying",
"indicating",
"inferring",
"insinuating",
"intimating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adverting",
"mentioning",
"pointing",
"referring",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"signalizing",
"signifying",
"smacking (of)",
"smelling (of)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"announcing",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"elucidating",
"explaining",
"spelling out",
"delineating",
"describing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something) forward as one's choice for a wise or proper course of action":{
"examples":[
"I suggested that they talk to a therapist about their marital problems"
],
"synonyms":[
"advising",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"recommending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advocating",
"backing",
"championing",
"espousing",
"favoring",
"supporting",
"exhorting",
"urging",
"advancing",
"offering",
"proposing",
"submitting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set before the mind for consideration":{
"examples":[
"might I suggest , for an appetizer, our jumbo shrimp cocktail?"
],
"synonyms":[
"advancing",
"bouncing",
"offering",
"posing",
"proffering",
"proposing",
"propounding",
"voting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"nominating",
"recommending",
"presenting",
"submitting",
"tendering",
"trotting out",
"filing",
"laying",
"lodging",
"arranging",
"calculating",
"charting",
"contriving",
"covering",
"framing",
"mapping",
"planning",
"plotting",
"shaping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"suggestion":{
"a slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation)":{
"examples":[
"if you don't want to give the suggestion that you're evading the truth, you must look your questioner in the eye"
],
"synonyms":[
"clue",
"cue",
"hint",
"indication",
"inkling",
"intimation",
"lead"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"glimpse",
"mention",
"scent",
"whiff",
"wind",
"hunch",
"idea",
"inspiration",
"notion",
"allusion",
"implication",
"inference",
"innuendo",
"insinuation",
"denotation",
"evidence",
"guidepost",
"key",
"mark",
"overtone",
"pointer",
"sign",
"signal",
"telltale",
"token",
"assistance",
"nod",
"prompt",
"tip",
"tip-off",
"wink",
"feeling",
"foreboding",
"intuition",
"premonition",
"presentiment",
"suspicion",
"augury",
"foreshadower",
"foretaste",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prefigurement",
"presage",
"symptom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"answer",
"solution"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something which is presented for consideration":{
"examples":[
"no one had any better suggestions , so as usual we spent the afternoon at the basketball court"
],
"synonyms":[
"offer",
"proffer",
"proposal",
"proposition"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counteroffer",
"counterproposal",
"countersuggestion",
"feeler",
"overture",
"motion",
"advancement",
"nomination",
"recommendation",
"bid",
"presentation",
"submission",
"submittal",
"tender",
"arrangement",
"game",
"ground plan",
"layout",
"line",
"plan",
"plot",
"project",
"strategy",
"system",
"conception",
"idea",
"notion",
"theory",
"thought"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an almost imperceptible sign of something":{
"examples":[
"we took care to avoid so much as even a suggestion of impropriety"
],
"synonyms":[
"breath",
"flicker",
"glimmer",
"hint",
"tang",
"touch",
"trace",
"whiff"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inkling",
"intimation",
"scent",
"wind",
"evidence",
"indication",
"mark",
"sign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"permeation",
"pervasion",
"saturation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"suggestible":{
"as in vulnerable , susceptible":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"unwary",
"vulnerable",
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"sincere",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unimpressionable",
"insensitive",
"insusceptible",
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"seasoned",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sugar daddy":{
"one that helps another with gifts or money":{
"examples":[
"the only reason the town has any Independence Day fireworks in the first place is because the Internet tycoon has willingly become the event's de facto sugar daddy"
],
"synonyms":[
"angel",
"benefactor",
"donator",
"donor",
"fairy godmother",
"Maecenas",
"patron"
],
"near synonyms":[
"benefactress",
"patroness",
"almoner",
"almsgiver",
"philanthropist",
"altruist",
"bestower",
"contributor",
"giver",
"helper",
"subscriber",
"supporter",
"guardian angel",
"protector",
"savior",
"saviour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beneficiary",
"donee",
"giftee",
"recipient"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sugarloaves":{
"as in domes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"ridges",
"sierras",
"foothills",
"hillocks",
"hummocks",
"knobs",
"knolls",
"bluffs",
"cliffs",
"crags",
"precipices",
"steeps",
"tors",
"downs",
"buttes",
"mesas",
"plateaus",
"plateaux",
"tablelands",
"tables",
"alps",
"mountains",
"mounts",
"peaks",
"altitudes",
"elevations",
"eminences",
"heights",
"highlands",
"hills",
"humps",
"mounds",
"prominences",
"rises",
"uplands"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lowlands",
"dales",
"dells",
"depressions",
"dingles",
"glens",
"hollows",
"vales",
"valleys",
"basins",
"bottomlands",
"bottoms",
"fens",
"flats",
"floodplains",
"plains",
"tidewaters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}