dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/vag_MWT.json
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{
"vagaries":{
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
"examples":[
"the vagaries of a rather eccentric, elderly lady"
],
"synonyms":[
"bees",
"caprices",
"cranks",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"humors",
"kinks",
"maggots",
"megrims",
"notions",
"vagrancies",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"impetuosities",
"whimsicalities",
"conceits",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"images",
"impressions",
"mind's eyes",
"pictures",
"thoughts",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vagrancies":{
"a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action":{
"examples":[
"a frequent victim to the vagrancies of the heart, she had a succession of passionate but short-lived romances"
],
"synonyms":[
"bees",
"caprices",
"cranks",
"fancies",
"freaks",
"humors",
"kinks",
"maggots",
"megrims",
"notions",
"vagaries",
"whims",
"whimsies",
"whimseys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fantasies",
"phantasies",
"impetuosities",
"whimsicalities",
"conceits",
"conceptions",
"concepts",
"images",
"impressions",
"mind's eyes",
"pictures",
"thoughts",
"brainstorms",
"inspirations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vagabond":{
"traveling from place to place":{
"examples":[
"a vagabond group of entertainers that performed in rough-and-tumble mining towns"
],
"synonyms":[
"ambulant",
"ambulatory",
"errant",
"fugitive",
"gallivanting",
"galavanting",
"itinerant",
"nomad",
"nomadic",
"perambulatory",
"peregrine",
"peripatetic",
"ranging",
"roaming",
"roving",
"vagrant",
"wandering",
"wayfaring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"footloose",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"sauntering",
"strolling",
"traipsing",
"walking",
"migrant",
"migratory"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"nonmoving",
"settled",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"motionless",
"still"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a homeless wanderer who may beg or steal for a living":{
"examples":[
"be wary of the vagabonds in that corner of the city"
],
"synonyms":[
"bindle stiff",
"bum",
"bummer",
"hobo",
"sundowner",
"swaggie",
"swagman",
"tramp",
"vagrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"beggar",
"derelict",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"stiff",
"dodger",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who roams about without a fixed route or destination":{
"examples":[
"after they retired, the couple bought an RV and became footloose vagabonds"
],
"synonyms":[
"drifter",
"gadabout",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laggard",
"straggler",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"sojourner",
"bum",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"passenger",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"migrant",
"transient",
"vagrant",
"ambler",
"saunterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebody",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident",
"settler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tramp , hobo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gypsy",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"dawdle",
"mope",
"mill (about or around)",
"amble",
"saunter",
"stroll",
"straggle",
"stray",
"bat",
"cruise",
"drift",
"float",
"gad (about)",
"gallivant",
"galavant",
"kick around",
"knock (about)",
"maunder",
"meander",
"mooch",
"ramble",
"range",
"roam",
"rove",
"traipse",
"wander"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"vague":{
"not expressed in precise terms":{
"examples":[
"gave as vague a reply as he could, hoping not to give away the surprise"
],
"synonyms":[
"fuzzy",
"indefinite",
"inexplicit",
"muzzy",
"unclear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ambiguous",
"cryptic",
"dark",
"enigmatic",
"enigmatical",
"equivocal",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"unintelligible",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"woozy",
"indeterminate",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"uncertain",
"undefinable",
"undefined",
"undetermined",
"inexplicable",
"inscrutable",
"mysterious",
"baffling",
"bewildering",
"confounding",
"confusing",
"mystifying",
"obfuscatory",
"perplexing",
"puzzling",
"unfathomable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"candid",
"direct",
"forthright",
"foursquare",
"frank",
"honest",
"open",
"openhearted",
"outspoken",
"plainspoken",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"obvious",
"plain",
"unambiguous",
"understandable",
"unequivocal",
"comprehensible",
"fathomable",
"intelligible",
"defined",
"distinct",
"well-defined",
"blatant",
"patent",
"unmistakable"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"definite",
"explicit",
"specific"
]
},
"not seen or understood clearly":{
"examples":[
"I have only a vague idea of what you're talking about"
],
"synonyms":[
"blear",
"bleary",
"blurry",
"dim",
"faint",
"foggy",
"fuzzy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"indefinite",
"indistinct",
"indistinguishable",
"misty",
"murky",
"nebulous",
"obscure",
"opaque",
"pale",
"shadowy",
"unclear",
"undefined",
"undetermined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dark",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"impalpable",
"inappreciable",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"hieroglyphic",
"hieroglyphical",
"incomprehensible",
"indecipherable",
"indiscernible",
"inexplicable",
"mysterious",
"obfuscatory",
"puzzling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"distinct",
"evident",
"obvious",
"plain",
"certain",
"firm",
"strong",
"sure"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"definite",
"pellucid"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"vagabonded":{
"as in tramped , hoboed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gypsied",
"hoboed",
"tramped",
"dawdled",
"moped",
"milled (about or around)",
"ambled",
"sauntered",
"strolled",
"straggled",
"strayed",
"batted",
"cruised",
"drifted",
"floated",
"gadded (about)",
"gallivanted",
"galavanted",
"kicked around",
"knocked (about)",
"maundered",
"meandered",
"mooched",
"rambled",
"ranged",
"roamed",
"roved",
"traipsed",
"wandered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}