dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/vic_MWT.json
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{
"vicinity":{
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"there are no hotels in the vicinity of the hospital"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyard",
"environs",
"neighborhood",
"purlieus",
"vicinage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the state or condition of being near":{
"examples":[
"the vicinity of the town's only elementary school was one reason why the young couple bought the house"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjacency",
"closeness",
"contiguity",
"immediacy",
"nearness",
"propinquity",
"proximity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abutment",
"juxtaposition"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"distance",
"remoteness"
]
},
"an approximate amount, extent, or degree":{
"examples":[
"starting salaries in that field are in the vicinity of $50,000 a year"
],
"synonyms":[
"matter",
"neighborhood",
"tune"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ballpark",
"nearness",
"proximity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vicious":{
"extreme in degree, power, or effect":{
"antonyms":[
"light",
"moderate",
"soft"
],
"examples":[
"a vicious winter storm ripped through the region"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feeble",
"weak",
"shallow",
"superficial",
"moderated",
"qualified",
"alleviated",
"eased",
"lightened",
"toned (down)",
"abated",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"lessened",
"reduced",
"subdued"
],
"related":[
"accentuated",
"aggravated",
"concentrated",
"deepened",
"emphasized",
"enhanced",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"magnified",
"stressed",
"exhaustive",
"thorough",
"harsh",
"rigorous",
"severe"
],
"synonyms":[
"acute",
"almighty",
"blistering",
"deep",
"dreadful",
"excruciating",
"explosive",
"exquisite",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"frightful",
"furious",
"ghastly",
"hard",
"heavy",
"heavy-duty",
"hellacious",
"intense",
"intensive",
"keen",
"profound",
"terrible",
"vehement",
"violent"
]
},
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
],
"examples":[
"he spread vicious rumors about his ex-wife after their bitter divorce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"related":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"virulent"
]
},
"having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others":{
"antonyms":[
"benign",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"sympathetic",
"tenderhearted"
],
"examples":[
"she made a vicious effort to destroy the lives of the people who had wronged her"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tender",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"charitable",
"clement",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"pitying",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
],
"related":[
"hard-hearted",
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"unfeeling",
"fell",
"ferocious",
"grim",
"bloodthirsty",
"cutthroat",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"catty",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"vindictive",
"draconian",
"draconic",
"hardhanded",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"brute",
"butcherly",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"wanton"
]
},
"not conforming to a high moral standard; morally unacceptable":{
"antonyms":[
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"just",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"sublime",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"examples":[
"a truly vicious person detested by almost everyone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elevated",
"high",
"high-minded",
"law-abiding",
"legitimate",
"lofty",
"noble",
"principled",
"reputable",
"scrupulous",
"allowed",
"authorized",
"legal",
"licensed",
"permissible",
"permitted",
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"abetted",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"clean",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"exemplary",
"proper",
"seemly",
"blameless",
"commendable",
"creditable",
"guiltless",
"legitimate",
"chaste",
"immaculate",
"incorruptible",
"innocent",
"inoffensive",
"irreproachable",
"lily-white",
"perfect",
"pure",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"uncorrupted",
"unerring",
"unfallen",
"unobjectionable",
"venerable",
"white",
"wholesome",
"esteemed",
"respected",
"upstanding",
"worthy"
],
"related":[
"base",
"contemptible",
"despicable",
"dirty",
"disreputable",
"evil-minded",
"ignoble",
"ill",
"infernal",
"low",
"mean",
"snide",
"sordid",
"atrocious",
"cruel",
"infamous",
"nasty",
"blamable",
"blameworthy",
"censurable",
"objectionable",
"obscene",
"offensive",
"reprehensible",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"libertine",
"loose",
"low-minded",
"perverted",
"reprobate",
"scrofulous",
"sick",
"unhealthy",
"cursed",
"curst",
"cussed",
"defiling",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"pestilential",
"ugly",
"ungodly",
"unwholesome",
"banned",
"barred",
"condemned",
"discouraged",
"forbidden",
"illegal",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"unauthorized",
"unclean",
"disallowed",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"wretched",
"errant",
"erring",
"fallen",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"improper",
"incorrect",
"indecent",
"indecorous",
"naughty",
"unbecoming",
"unseemly",
"vulgar",
"dishonest",
"dishonorable"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"dark",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"nefarious",
"rotten",
"sinful",
"unethical",
"unlawful",
"unrighteous",
"unsavory",
"vile",
"villainous",
"wicked",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition":{
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"mild",
"unaggressive"
],
"examples":[
"a vicious dog that has already bitten several people"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amicable",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"congenial",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"hearty",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"compliant",
"submissive",
"tame",
"benign",
"compassionate",
"kind",
"merciful",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"amiable",
"complaisant",
"obliging",
"human",
"humane",
"civilized",
"cultured"
],
"related":[
"argumentative",
"assaultive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"brawly",
"chippy",
"combative",
"confrontational",
"discordant",
"disputatious",
"feisty",
"gladiatorial",
"militant",
"pugnacious",
"scrappy",
"warlike",
"bare-knuckle",
"bare-knuckled",
"bare-knuckles",
"blood-and-guts",
"in-your-face",
"take-no-prisoners",
"contentious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"menacing",
"threatening",
"bestial",
"brute",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"barbaric",
"uncivilized",
"wild",
"heartless",
"implacable",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"relentless",
"ruthless",
"unrelenting",
"wanton",
"bloodthirsty",
"bloody",
"homicidal",
"murdering",
"murderous",
"sanguinary",
"sanguine",
"rapacious",
"ravenous",
"voracious"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"grim",
"savage"
]
}
},
"victimize":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"victimized by a confidence man with a slick story"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rip off",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"victimized":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"victimized by a confidence man with a slick story"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"victimizer":{
"as in attacker , assailant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assailant",
"attacker",
"molester",
"accuser",
"blamer",
"troublemaker",
"bother",
"disturber",
"pest",
"kidder",
"lampooner",
"satirist",
"smart aleck",
"smart alec",
"smarty",
"smartie",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacre",
"wise guy",
"trash-talker",
"belittler",
"derider",
"detractor",
"giber",
"jiber",
"insulter",
"jeerer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"baiter",
"harasser",
"heckler",
"mocker",
"needler",
"persecutor",
"quiz",
"quizzer",
"ridiculer",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defender",
"deliverer",
"guard",
"protector",
"rescuer",
"savior",
"saviour",
"comforter",
"solace",
"soother",
"succorer",
"bodyguard",
"champion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victuals":{
"substances intended to be eaten":{
"examples":[
"sat down with a plate of hearty victuals and a mug of ale"
],
"synonyms":[
"bread",
"chow",
"chuck",
"comestibles",
"eatables",
"eats",
"edibles",
"fare",
"food",
"foodstuffs",
"grub",
"meat",
"provender",
"provisions",
"table",
"tucker",
"viands",
"vittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commissary",
"rations",
"supplies",
"aliment",
"nutriment",
"diet",
"nourishment",
"nurture",
"sustenance",
"mess",
"pap",
"ensilage",
"feed",
"fodder",
"forage",
"silage",
"slop",
"swill",
"feast",
"meal",
"refreshments",
"regale",
"repast",
"spread",
"board",
"dish",
"plate",
"platter",
"serving",
"finger food",
"natural food"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bane",
"poison",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown"
],
"synonyms":[
"boards",
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serves",
"waits",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"messes",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"force-feeds",
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"underfeeds",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"refeeds",
"reprovisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison"
],
"synonyms":[
"dines",
"eats",
"fares",
"feeds",
"partakes",
"refreshes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquets",
"feasts",
"repasts",
"chows (down)",
"digs in",
"gluts",
"gorges",
"gormandizes",
"overeats",
"overfeeds",
"pigs out",
"grazes",
"nibbles",
"noshes",
"picks",
"snacks",
"boards",
"dines out",
"messes",
"breakfasts",
"lunches",
"sups",
"picnics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diets",
"fasts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun",
"verb"
]
},
"victual":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown"
],
"synonyms":[
"board",
"cater",
"feed",
"provision"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serve",
"wait",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"mess",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"force-feed",
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"underfeed",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"refeed",
"reprovision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison"
],
"synonyms":[
"dine",
"eat",
"fare",
"feed",
"partake",
"refresh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banquet",
"feast",
"repast",
"chow (down)",
"dig in",
"glut",
"gorge",
"gormandize",
"overeat",
"overfeed",
"pig out",
"graze",
"nibble",
"nosh",
"pick",
"snack",
"board",
"mess",
"dine out",
"breakfast",
"lunch",
"sup",
"picnic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diet",
"fast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"victualled":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown"
],
"synonyms":[
"boarded",
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"served",
"waited",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"messed",
"battened",
"fattened",
"filled",
"force-fed",
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"underfed",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"refed",
"reprovisioned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison"
],
"synonyms":[
"ate",
"dined",
"fared",
"fed",
"partook",
"refreshed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueted",
"feasted",
"repasted",
"chowed (down)",
"dug in",
"glutted",
"gorged",
"gormandized",
"overate",
"overfed",
"pigged out",
"grazed",
"nibbled",
"noshed",
"picked",
"snacked",
"boarded",
"dined out",
"messed",
"breakfasted",
"lunched",
"supped",
"picnicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieted",
"fasted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"victories":{
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"with great effort, our team managed an upset victory in the final moments",
"a victory that won them a spot in the championship round"
],
"synonyms":[
"palms",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captures",
"conquests",
"masteries",
"subjugations",
"blowouts",
"landslides",
"laughers",
"romps",
"runaways",
"shutouts",
"sweeps",
"walkaways",
"walkovers",
"squeakers",
"successes",
"takeovers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"upsets",
"collapses",
"debacles",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
"disasters",
"failures",
"fizzles",
"flops",
"nonsuccesses",
"washouts",
"declines",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"lurches",
"setbacks"
],
"antonyms":[
"beatings",
"defeats",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"losses",
"overthrows",
"routs",
"shellackings",
"trimmings",
"whippings"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vicinage":{
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"potential jurors were to be drawn from the vicinage in which the crime occurred"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyard",
"environs",
"neighborhood",
"purlieus",
"vicinity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environment",
"surround",
"surroundings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vice admiral":{
"as in admiral , commodore":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admiral",
"commodore",
"captain",
"commander",
"skip",
"skipper",
"sea captain",
"master",
"pilot",
"commanding officer",
"mate",
"officer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crew",
"crewman",
"crewmate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victimizes":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"victimized by a confidence man with a slick story"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
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"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
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"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
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"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs"
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"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
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"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
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"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
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"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
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"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
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"gaffing",
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"rooking",
"screwing",
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"shorting",
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"skunking",
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"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging"
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"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
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"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
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"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
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"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
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"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown"
],
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"fed",
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"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison"
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"fared",
"fed",
"partook",
"refreshed"
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"repasted",
"chowed (down)",
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"overate",
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"picked",
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"messed",
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"lunched",
"supped",
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"dieted",
"fasted"
],
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},
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"verb"
]
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"to provide food or meals for":{
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"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown"
],
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"boarding",
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"feeding",
"provisioning"
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"messing",
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"spoon-feeding",
"refeeding",
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"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison"
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"dining",
"eating",
"faring",
"feeding",
"partaking",
"refreshing"
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"feasting",
"repasting",
"chowing (down)",
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"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"overfeeding",
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"nibbling",
"noshing",
"picking",
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"messing",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"picnicking"
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"dieting",
"fasting"
],
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},
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"verb"
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},
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"examples":[
"that section of the city is legendary for crime and vice"
],
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"corruption",
"debauchery",
"depravity",
"immorality",
"iniquitousness",
"iniquity",
"libertinage",
"libertinism",
"licentiousness",
"profligacy",
"sin"
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"bad",
"badness",
"blackness",
"evil",
"evildoing",
"ill",
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"villainy",
"wickedness",
"wrong",
"atrociousness",
"evilness",
"heinousness",
"sinfulness",
"unscrupulousness",
"viciousness",
"vileness",
"villainousness",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"fiendishness",
"corruptness",
"debasement",
"degeneracy",
"degeneration",
"depravedness",
"dissoluteness",
"dissolution",
"indecency",
"lasciviousness",
"lechery",
"lewdness",
"looseness",
"perversion",
"pervertedness",
"wantonness",
"abomination",
"anathema",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"criminality",
"reprehensibleness",
"baseness",
"despicableness",
"dirtiness",
"lowness",
"meanness",
"lousiness",
"miserableness",
"wretchedness"
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"good",
"right",
"honesty",
"honor",
"integrity",
"legitimacy",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"scrupulosity",
"scrupulousness",
"uprightness",
"goodness",
"righteousness",
"virtuousness",
"blamelessness",
"chastity",
"innocence",
"perfection",
"pureness",
"purity",
"spotlessness",
"cleanness",
"correctness",
"decency",
"decorousness",
"propriety",
"rightness",
"seemliness"
],
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"morality",
"virtue"
]
},
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"curiosity in children is not a vice , but something to be encouraged"
],
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"demerit",
"dereliction",
"failing",
"fault",
"foible",
"frailty",
"shortcoming",
"sin",
"want",
"weakness"
],
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"blot",
"spot",
"stain",
"blemish",
"deficiency",
"flaw",
"imperfection",
"minus",
"nit",
"Achilles' heel",
"soft spot",
"corruption",
"depravity",
"evil",
"immorality",
"sinfulness",
"wickedness"
],
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"excellence",
"perfection",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"probity",
"rectitude",
"righteousness"
],
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"merit",
"virtue"
]
},
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"examples":[
"a seedy section of the city where vice is rampant and very much out in the open"
],
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"harlotry",
"prostitution",
"whoredom"
],
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"demimonde"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vicissitudes":{
"a negative event or circumstance that is common to a particular setting or situation and is usually beyond one's control":{
"examples":[
"The vicissitudes of medical school proved too much for the anxious student."
],
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"adversities",
"afflictions",
"asperities",
"misadventures",
"mischances",
"misfortunes",
"mishaps",
"privations",
"tragedies",
"tribulations",
"troubles",
"woes",
"crosses",
"crucibles",
"fires",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"ordeals",
"trials",
"baptisms",
"initiations",
"acid tests",
"litmus tests",
"challenges",
"complications",
"difficulties",
"griefs",
"grievances",
"hardships",
"rigors",
"annoyances",
"discomforts",
"inconveniences",
"nuisances"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victimizers":{
"as in attackers , assailants":{
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"assailants",
"attackers",
"molesters",
"accusers",
"blamers",
"troublemakers",
"bothers",
"disturbers",
"pests",
"kidders",
"lampooners",
"satirists",
"smart alecks",
"smart alecs",
"smarties",
"smarty-pants",
"wiseacres",
"wise guys",
"trash-talkers",
"belittlers",
"deriders",
"detractors",
"gibers",
"jibers",
"insulters",
"jeerers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"baiters",
"harassers",
"hecklers",
"mockers",
"needlers",
"persecutors",
"quizzers",
"quizzes",
"ridiculers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defenders",
"deliverers",
"guards",
"protectors",
"rescuers",
"saviors",
"saviours",
"comforters",
"solaces",
"soothers",
"succorers",
"bodyguards",
"champions"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victors":{
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the computer is usually the victor in a chess match against a human opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"subduers",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"whippers",
"winners"
],
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"champions",
"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"subjugators",
"top dogs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
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"losers"
]
},
"the person who comes in first in a competition":{
"examples":[
"the victor in the science fair had constructed a functioning telescope"
],
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"champions",
"champs",
"titleholders",
"titlists",
"winners"
],
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"cochampions",
"co-champions",
"cowinners",
"co-winners",
"placers",
"finalists",
"quarterfinalists",
"semifinalists",
"medalists",
"medallists",
"prizewinners",
"megastars",
"stars",
"superstars",
"world-beaters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losers"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vicars":{
"as in pastors , rectors":{
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"abb\u00e9s",
"curates",
"cur\u00e9s",
"parsons",
"pastors",
"rectors",
"shepherds",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses",
"abbots",
"archbishops",
"archpriests",
"bishops",
"deans",
"diocesans",
"monsignors",
"monsignori",
"popes",
"prelates",
"presbyters",
"chaplains",
"confessors",
"sky pilots",
"evangelists",
"missionaries",
"missioners",
"missionizers",
"revivalists",
"friars",
"mendicants",
"monastics",
"monks",
"oblates",
"religious",
"high priestesses",
"high priests",
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay readers",
"lectors",
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victims":{
"a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"helped the victims of the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualties",
"fatalities",
"losses",
"prey",
"preys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"losers",
"underdogs",
"martyrs",
"sacrifices",
"collateral damages",
"murderees"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gainers",
"victors",
"winners",
"harmers",
"injurers",
"assassins",
"killers",
"murderers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"examples":[
"the victim of schoolyard teasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"butts",
"marks",
"prey",
"preys",
"sitting ducks",
"targets"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"pilgarlics",
"lightning rods",
"fall guys",
"goats",
"scapegoats",
"whipping boys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"troublemakers",
"defamers",
"libelers",
"libelists",
"traducers",
"baiters",
"hecklers",
"needlers",
"ribbers",
"taunters",
"teasers",
"teases",
"tormentors",
"tormenters",
"torturers",
"deriders",
"insulters",
"mockers",
"ridiculers",
"scoffers",
"scorners",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"parodists",
"satirists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something offered to a god":{
"examples":[
"the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolations",
"offerings",
"sacrifices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libations",
"oblations",
"propitiations",
"holocausts",
"contributions",
"donations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victor":{
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"the computer is usually the victor in a chess match against a human opponent"
],
"synonyms":[
"beater",
"conqueror",
"master",
"subduer",
"trimmer",
"vanquisher",
"whipper",
"winner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"champ",
"champion",
"finalist",
"placer",
"dominator",
"overdog",
"ruler",
"subjugator",
"top dog"
],
"near antonyms":[
"punching bag",
"pushover",
"quitter",
"failure",
"flop",
"washout",
"underdog"
],
"antonyms":[
"loser"
]
},
"the person who comes in first in a competition":{
"examples":[
"the victor in the science fair had constructed a functioning telescope"
],
"synonyms":[
"champ",
"champion",
"titleholder",
"titlist",
"winner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cochampion",
"cowinner",
"placer",
"finalist",
"quarterfinalist",
"semifinalist",
"medalist",
"medallist",
"prizewinner",
"megastar",
"star",
"superstar",
"world-beater"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loser"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victory":{
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
"examples":[
"with great effort, our team managed an upset victory in the final moments",
"a victory that won them a spot in the championship round"
],
"synonyms":[
"palm",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"near synonyms":[
"capture",
"conquest",
"mastery",
"subjugation",
"vanquishing",
"blowout",
"landslide",
"laugher",
"romp",
"runaway",
"shutout",
"sweep",
"walkaway",
"walkover",
"squeaker",
"success",
"takeover"
],
"near antonyms":[
"upset",
"collapse",
"debacle",
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
"disaster",
"failure",
"fizzle",
"flop",
"nonsuccess",
"washout",
"decline",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"lurch",
"setback"
],
"antonyms":[
"beating",
"defeat",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"loss",
"overthrow",
"rout",
"shellacking",
"trimming",
"whipping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vice admirals":{
"as in admirals , commodores":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"admirals",
"commodores",
"captains",
"commanders",
"skippers",
"skips",
"sea captains",
"masters",
"pilots",
"commanding officers",
"mates",
"officers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crewmates",
"crewmen",
"crews"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victualing":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"the navy was usually equipped, clothed and victualled by the Crown"
],
"synonyms":[
"boarding",
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serving",
"waiting",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"messing",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"underfeeding",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take a meal":{
"examples":[
"that evening the travelers victualed sumptuously on partridge and venison"
],
"synonyms":[
"dining",
"eating",
"faring",
"feeding",
"partaking",
"refreshing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banqueting",
"feasting",
"repasting",
"chowing (down)",
"digging in",
"glutting",
"gorging",
"gormandizing",
"overeating",
"overfeeding",
"pigging out",
"grazing",
"nibbling",
"noshing",
"picking",
"snacking",
"boarding",
"dining out",
"messing",
"breakfasting",
"lunching",
"supping",
"picnicking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dieting",
"fasting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"vicinages":{
"an adjoining region or space":{
"examples":[
"potential jurors were to be drawn from the vicinage in which the crime occurred"
],
"synonyms":[
"backyards",
"environs",
"neighborhoods",
"purlieus",
"vicinities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"environments",
"surroundings",
"surrounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"victim":{
"a person or thing harmed, lost, or destroyed":{
"examples":[
"helped the victims of the fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"casualty",
"fatality",
"loss",
"prey"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loser",
"underdog",
"martyr",
"sacrifice",
"collateral damage",
"murderee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gainer",
"victor",
"winner",
"harmer",
"injurer",
"assassin",
"killer",
"murderer"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"examples":[
"the victim of schoolyard teasing"
],
"synonyms":[
"butt",
"mark",
"prey",
"sitting duck",
"target"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"pilgarlic",
"lightning rod",
"fall guy",
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"troublemaker",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"traducer",
"baiter",
"heckler",
"needler",
"ribber",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer",
"derider",
"insulter",
"mocker",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something offered to a god":{
"examples":[
"the Aztecs are believed to have sacrificed thousands of victims annually to the sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"immolation",
"offering",
"sacrifice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"libation",
"oblation",
"propitiation",
"holocaust",
"contribution",
"donation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vicious circle":{
"a repeating situation or condition in which one problem causes another problem that makes the first problem worse":{
"examples":[
"We're trapped in a vicious circle of needing to borrow money in order to pay debts."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"circle",
"cycle",
"catena",
"catenation",
"chain",
"concatenation",
"consecution",
"nexus",
"progression",
"sequence",
"string",
"train",
"chain reaction",
"continuum",
"gamut",
"gauntlet",
"gantlet",
"scale",
"spectrum",
"flow",
"river",
"stream",
"file",
"line",
"queue",
"range",
"row",
"succession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"vicarages":{
"as in rectories , parsonages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hermitages",
"manses",
"parsonages",
"rectories",
"abodes",
"diggings",
"domiciles",
"dwellings",
"firesides",
"habitations",
"hearths",
"hearthstones",
"homes",
"houses",
"lodgings",
"pads",
"places",
"quarters",
"residences",
"roofs",
"accommodations",
"housings",
"nests",
"residencies",
"shelters",
"bungalows",
"cabins",
"casitas",
"chalets",
"cottages",
"duplexes",
"ranches",
"ranch houses",
"saltboxes",
"semis",
"split levels",
"townhomes",
"town houses",
"tract houses",
"triplexes",
"apartment houses",
"apartments",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"condos",
"flats",
"tenement houses",
"tenements",
"walk-ups",
"barracks",
"billets",
"boardinghouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"flophouses",
"lodging houses",
"lodgments",
"lodgements",
"rooming houses",
"rooms",
"hooches",
"hootches",
"hovels",
"hutches",
"huts",
"shacks",
"shanties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Victorian":{
"given to or marked by very conservative standards regarding personal behavior or morals":{
"examples":[
"a conservative Christian sect with a code of sexual morality that is often seen as quaintly Victorian by outsiders"
],
"synonyms":[
"bluenosed",
"nice-nelly",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"priggish",
"staid",
"stuffy",
"genteel",
"proper",
"refined",
"decent",
"honest",
"moral",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"liberated",
"permissive",
"bad",
"immoral",
"improper",
"indecent",
"lax",
"lecherous",
"lickerish",
"loose",
"prurient",
"wicked",
"skanky",
"slatternly",
"sleazy",
"sluttish",
"slutty",
"trampy",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"degraded",
"depraved",
"perverted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"vicious cycles":{
"a repeating situation or condition in which one problem causes another problem that makes the first problem worse":{
"examples":[
"We're trapped in a vicious circle of needing to borrow money in order to pay debts."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"circles",
"cycles",
"catenae",
"catenas",
"catenations",
"chains",
"concatenations",
"consecutions",
"nexuses",
"nexus",
"progressions",
"sequences",
"strings",
"trains",
"chain reactions",
"continua",
"continuums",
"gamuts",
"gauntlets",
"gantlets",
"scales",
"spectra",
"spectrums",
"flows",
"rivers",
"streams",
"files",
"lines",
"queues",
"ranges",
"rows",
"successions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}