dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/so_mwt.json
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{
"so-called":{
"as in alleged , supposed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alleged",
"supposed",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"dodgy",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"dubitable",
"equivocal",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"queer",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"suspicious",
"moot",
"ambiguous",
"open",
"unclear",
"uncertain",
"undecided",
"undetermined",
"far-fetched",
"flimsy",
"improbable",
"unlikely",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"certain",
"hands-down",
"incontestable",
"indisputable",
"indubitable",
"questionless",
"sure",
"undeniable",
"undoubted",
"unproblematic",
"unquestionable",
"decisive",
"definitive",
"clear",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"positive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"soap-operatic":{
"as in soapy , melodramatic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"melodramatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"starry-eyed",
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet",
"nostalgic",
"wistful",
"cutesy",
"twee"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded",
"unsentimental"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"soar":{
"the act or an instance of rising or climbing up":{
"antonyms":[
"descent",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"nosedive",
"plunge"
],
"examples":[
"the soar of the space shuttle never fails to inspire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"plop",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"decline",
"decrease",
"down",
"comedown",
"downfall",
"downgrade"
],
"related":[
"boost",
"hike",
"increase",
"raise",
"blastoff",
"elevation",
"hoist",
"levitation",
"liftoff",
"raising",
"takeoff",
"heave",
"thrust",
"upheaval",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"upsurge",
"upsweep",
"upswing",
"upthrust",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"upwelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascension",
"ascent",
"climb",
"rise",
"rising"
]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall (off)",
"plunge"
],
"examples":[
"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dive",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"sink",
"slide"
],
"related":[
"surge",
"tower",
"boost",
"elevate",
"raise",
"upheave",
"uplift",
"upraise",
"balloon",
"blast off",
"take off",
"zoom",
"crest",
"scale",
"surmount",
"top",
"cant",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"synonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"aspire",
"climb",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"thrust",
"up",
"uprear",
"uprise",
"upthrust",
"upturn"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"drift",
"float",
"hang",
"hover",
"waft",
"coast",
"cruise",
"sail",
"sweep",
"dart",
"flit",
"flutter",
"catapult",
"helicopter",
"jet",
"orbit",
"rocket",
"dive",
"stoop"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviate",
"fly",
"glide",
"plane",
"wing"
]
},
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
"antonyms":[
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"slump",
"tumble"
],
"examples":[
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapse",
"fall",
"contract",
"decrease",
"diminish",
"drop",
"lessen",
"wane"
],
"related":[
"accumulate",
"appreciate",
"balloon",
"build up",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"increase",
"mount",
"multiply",
"mushroom",
"proliferate",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax",
"crest",
"peak",
"surge",
"heighten",
"intensify"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocket",
"shoot (up)",
"skyrocket",
"zoom"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sob":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawl",
"blub",
"blubber",
"cry",
"weep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greet",
"grieve",
"keen",
"lament",
"mourn",
"howl",
"scream",
"squall",
"wail",
"yowl",
"bleat",
"mewl",
"pule",
"whimper",
"whine",
"sniffle",
"snivel",
"groan",
"moan",
"sigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cry , tears":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cry",
"tears",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"moan",
"plaint",
"wail",
"agonizing",
"grieving",
"mourning",
"sorrowing",
"suffering",
"weeping",
"hand-wringing",
"regret",
"complaint",
"cri de coeur",
"outcry",
"protest",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorrow",
"woe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exultation",
"rejoicing",
"cheering",
"laughing",
"smiling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sociable":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
],
"examples":[
"he's an intensely sociable child, even prone to fits of depression when he's left alone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"related":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"social"
]
},
"showing a natural kindness and courtesy especially in social situations":{
"antonyms":[
"inhospitable",
"ungenial",
"ungracious",
"unsociable"
],
"examples":[
"a pleasant and sociable hostess who puts everyone instantly at ease"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boorish",
"churlish",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"curt",
"gruff",
"sharp",
"snippy",
"antisocial",
"disagreeable",
"discourteous",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"sullen",
"surly",
"uncivil",
"unfriendly",
"unkind",
"unmannerly",
"crabbed",
"crabby",
"cross",
"crusty",
"grumpy"
],
"related":[
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"benign",
"benignant",
"congenial",
"convivial",
"friendly",
"kind",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"considerate",
"courteous",
"polite",
"thoughtful",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"urbane",
"approachable",
"attentive",
"outgoing"
],
"synonyms":[
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable"
]
},
"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
"antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary"
],
"examples":[
"the sociable weaverbird breeds in large umbrella-shaped nests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"related":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"social"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"social-minded":{
"as in good , greathearted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bighearted",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"free",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"handsome",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"do-good",
"eleemosynary",
"good",
"humanitarian",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"compassionate",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"selfless",
"self-sacrificing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"selfish",
"self-indulgent",
"self-seeking",
"cheap",
"closefisted",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"stingy",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"hard-hearted",
"pitiless",
"unfeeling",
"self-obsessed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"society":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a debate society"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"sodality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the feeling of closeness and friendship that exists between companions":{
"examples":[
"an evening marked by a lovely dinner and the society of our closest friends"
],
"synonyms":[
"brotherhood",
"camaraderie",
"community",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradery",
"comradeship",
"fellowship"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amity",
"benevolence",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"kindliness",
"civility",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"rapport",
"charity",
"generosity",
"affinity",
"compassion",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"chumminess",
"familiarity",
"inseparability",
"intimacy",
"nearness",
"affection",
"devotion",
"fondness",
"love"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forlornness",
"loneliness",
"lonesomeness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way people live at a particular time and place":{
"examples":[
"a pre-automobile society in which ordinary people rarely strayed far from home"
],
"synonyms":[
"civilization",
"culture",
"life",
"lifestyle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"customs",
"manners",
"mores",
"values",
"folklore",
"heritage",
"legacy",
"tradition",
"subculture",
"subsociety"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sociopathic":{
"as in paranoid , delusional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"overanxious",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"fixated",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unneurotic",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"socked":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sod":{
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"examples":[
"a sentimental journey back to the old sod"
],
"synonyms":[
"country",
"fatherland",
"home",
"homeland",
"mother country",
"motherland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"old country",
"community",
"neighborhood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"he's a nasty old sod who never has a nice thing to say about anybody"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"so-and-so",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sodalities":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"associations",
"boards",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
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"a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters"
],
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"brotherhoods",
"communities",
"corps",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"vocations"
],
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"callings",
"professions",
"associations",
"clubs",
"federations",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"organizations",
"societies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sofa beds":{
"as in couches , bunk beds":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft touches":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story"
],
"synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"gulls",
"mugs",
"patsies",
"pigeons",
"pushovers",
"saps",
"suckers",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"marks",
"targets",
"victims",
"schlemiels",
"shlemiels",
"butts",
"derisions",
"laughingstocks",
"mockeries",
"mocks",
"boobies",
"dodoes",
"dodos",
"fools",
"geese",
"half-wits",
"jackasses",
"lunatics",
"monkeys",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nitwits",
"simpletons",
"simps",
"turkeys",
"yo-yos",
"losers",
"blockheads",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dumbbells",
"dummies",
"dunces",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"schlubs",
"shlubs",
"schlumps",
"schnooks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheaters",
"cheats",
"confidence men",
"cozeners",
"defrauders",
"dodgers",
"hoaxers",
"sharks",
"sharpers",
"slickers",
"swindlers",
"tricksters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft-soap":{
"excessive praise":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a salesman who knows the value of soft soap in making a sale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthing",
"belittlement",
"depreciation",
"detraction",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"related":[
"allurements",
"blandishments",
"endearments",
"caresses",
"compliments",
"congratulations",
"felicitations",
"greetings",
"regards",
"respects",
"adoration",
"idolatry",
"worship",
"fawning",
"sycophancy",
"toadying",
"cajolement",
"cajolery",
"ingratiation",
"smarm",
"acclaim",
"applause",
"commendation",
"praise"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulation",
"blarney",
"butter",
"flannel",
"flattery",
"incense",
"overpraise",
"sweet talk",
"taffy"
]
},
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bug",
"harass",
"nag",
"pester",
"tease",
"browbeat",
"bulldoze",
"bully",
"cow",
"intimidate",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"demand",
"force",
"make",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"related":[
"adulate",
"flatter",
"overpraise",
"butter up",
"charm",
"massage",
"woo",
"beg",
"beseech",
"importune",
"urge",
"beguile",
"cozen",
"finagle",
"juggle",
"wangle",
"wile",
"entice",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandish",
"blarney",
"cajole",
"coax",
"palaver",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle"
]
},
"to praise too much":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"disparage",
"put down"
],
"related":[
"blandish",
"cajole",
"coax",
"sweet-talk",
"wheedle",
"fawn",
"kowtow",
"suck (up to)",
"toady",
"idolize",
"worship",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"laud",
"praise",
"applaud",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"felicitate",
"drool",
"gush",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"court",
"romance",
"woo"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulate",
"belaud",
"blarney",
"butter up",
"flatter",
"hero-worship",
"honey",
"massage",
"overpraise",
"puff",
"stroke"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soft-soaped":{
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandished",
"blarneyed",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"palavered",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulated",
"flattered",
"overpraised",
"buttered up",
"charmed",
"massaged",
"wooed",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"importuned",
"urged",
"beguiled",
"cozened",
"finagled",
"juggled",
"wangled",
"wiled",
"enticed",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bugged",
"harassed",
"nagged",
"pestered",
"teased",
"browbeat",
"bulldozed",
"bullied",
"cowed",
"intimidated",
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"demanded",
"forced",
"made",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulated",
"belauded",
"blarneyed",
"buttered up",
"flattered",
"hero-worshipped",
"hero-worshiped",
"honeyed",
"honied",
"massaged",
"overpraised",
"puffed",
"stroked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandished",
"cajoled",
"coaxed",
"sweet-talked",
"wheedled",
"fawned",
"kowtowed",
"sucked (up to)",
"toadied",
"idolized",
"worshipped",
"worshiped",
"eulogized",
"extolled",
"lauded",
"praised",
"applauded",
"commended",
"complimented",
"congratulated",
"felicitated",
"drooled",
"gushed",
"slavered",
"slobbered",
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"courted",
"romanced",
"wooed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"put down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soft-soaps":{
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"palavers",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulates",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"butters up",
"charms",
"massages",
"woos",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"importunes",
"urges",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"finagles",
"juggles",
"wangles",
"wiles",
"entices",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bugs",
"harasses",
"nags",
"pesters",
"teases",
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"intimidates",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"demands",
"forces",
"makes",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"butters up",
"flatters",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up to)",
"toadies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soften":{
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitate",
"devitalize",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"etiolate",
"prostrate",
"sap",
"tire",
"waste",
"weaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cripple",
"disable",
"hamstring",
"incapacitate",
"deplete",
"depress",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"unman",
"wash out",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"injure",
"invalid",
"lay up",
"break down",
"grind (down)",
"wear down",
"wear out",
"paralyze"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energize",
"invigorate",
"recruit",
"rejuvenate",
"vitalize",
"harden",
"season",
"toughen"
],
"antonyms":[
"beef (up)",
"fortify",
"strengthen"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffer",
"cushion",
"gentle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffle",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"obtund",
"moderate",
"modulate",
"temper",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"ease",
"lighten",
"mitigate",
"relieve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heighten",
"intensify",
"sharpen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"softhead":{
"a silly flighty person":{
"examples":[
"gave his son-in-law a position in the company where the softhead could do little harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrain",
"cuckoo",
"ditz",
"featherbrain",
"featherhead",
"flibbertigibbet",
"nitwit",
"rattlebrain",
"scatterbrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fool",
"goose",
"silly",
"simpleton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soign\u00e9e":{
"as in ritzy , chichi":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sojourner":{
"as in loiterer , lingerer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"laggard",
"straggler",
"bum",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"drifter",
"gadabout",
"gypsy",
"knockabout",
"maunderer",
"nomad",
"rambler",
"roamer",
"rover",
"stroller",
"vagabond",
"wanderer",
"wayfarer",
"passenger",
"sightseer",
"traveler",
"traveller",
"migrant",
"transient",
"vagrant",
"ambler",
"saunterer"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebody",
"denizen",
"dweller",
"habitant",
"inhabitant",
"resident",
"settler"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solace":{
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
"examples":[
"the kind words brought a little solace to the grieving widow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragement",
"inspiration",
"uplift",
"assurance",
"reassurance",
"alleviation",
"assuagement",
"mitigation",
"contentment",
"gladness",
"happiness",
"commiseration",
"empathy",
"sympathy",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help",
"succor"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anguish",
"distress",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"torment",
"torture"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
"examples":[
"the selfless solace of the sick by the workers at the hospice"
],
"synonyms":[
"comforting",
"consolation",
"consoling",
"reassurance",
"solacing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"condolence",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"reassure",
"soothe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserate",
"condole",
"empathize",
"sympathize",
"boost",
"buoy (up)",
"elevate",
"lift",
"uplift",
"allay",
"alleviate",
"assuage",
"relieve",
"calm",
"quiet",
"relax",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"fret",
"upset",
"worry",
"aggravate",
"intensify",
"worsen",
"annoy",
"irk",
"irritate",
"harass",
"pester"
],
"antonyms":[
"distress",
"torment",
"torture",
"trouble"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuse",
"disport",
"divert",
"entertain",
"regale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorb",
"busy",
"distract",
"engage",
"engross",
"immerse",
"interest",
"involve",
"occupy",
"beguile",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"delight",
"enchant",
"enthrall",
"enthral",
"fascinate",
"grip",
"hypnotize",
"intrigue",
"mesmerize",
"coddle",
"gratify",
"humor",
"indulge",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"please",
"pleasure",
"spoil",
"appease",
"comfort",
"conciliate",
"console",
"content",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"soothe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bore",
"jade",
"drain",
"enervate",
"exhaust",
"fatigue",
"tire",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"disturb",
"exasperate",
"fret",
"gall",
"grate",
"harass",
"harry",
"irk",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"perturb",
"pester",
"pique",
"upset",
"vex"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solaced":{
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"soothed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserated",
"condoled",
"empathized",
"sympathized",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"fretted",
"upset",
"worried",
"aggravated",
"intensified",
"worsened",
"annoyed",
"irked",
"irritated",
"harassed",
"pestered"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressed",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"troubled"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amused",
"disported",
"diverted",
"entertained",
"regaled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbed",
"busied",
"distracted",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"immersed",
"interested",
"involved",
"occupied",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"delighted",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"gripped",
"hypnotized",
"intrigued",
"mesmerized",
"coddled",
"gratified",
"humored",
"indulged",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"pleased",
"pleasured",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"appeased",
"comforted",
"conciliated",
"consoled",
"contented",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"soothed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bored",
"jaded",
"drained",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"tired",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"disturbed",
"exasperated",
"fretted",
"galled",
"grated",
"harassed",
"harried",
"irked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"perturbed",
"pestered",
"piqued",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solarium":{
"as in sunroom , sunporch":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porch",
"sunporch",
"sunroom",
"sun parlor",
"galilee",
"portico",
"porte cochere",
"gallery",
"lanai",
"piazza",
"porch",
"stoop",
"veranda",
"verandah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sold":{
"to offer for sale to the public":{
"antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased"
],
"examples":[
"used to sell groceries in a small neighborhood market"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"presold",
"wholesaled",
"remarketed",
"resold",
"hawked",
"peddled",
"bartered",
"distributed",
"exchanged",
"exported",
"handled",
"traded",
"trafficked (in)",
"advertised",
"ballyhooed",
"boosted",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"touted",
"bargained",
"chaffered",
"dickered",
"haggled",
"horse-traded",
"paltered",
"auctioned",
"provided",
"supplied",
"carried",
"kept",
"stocked"
],
"synonyms":[
"dealt (in)",
"marketed",
"merchandised",
"merchandized",
"put up",
"retailed",
"vended"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sold a bill of goods to":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[],
"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",
"victimized"
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"extorted",
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"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
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"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
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"laid the wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with all the solemnness that the occasion requires"
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"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"staidness"
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"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
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"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
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"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
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"noun"
]
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"the touching solicitousness with which he watched over his younger brother"
],
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"care",
"carefulness",
"lovingness",
"solicitude"
],
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"considerateness",
"consideration",
"kindness",
"thoughtfulness",
"babying",
"coddling",
"pampering"
],
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"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"unconcern",
"unkindness"
],
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"carelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a growing solicitude over the possible results of the criminal investigation"
],
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"agitation",
"anxiety",
"anxiousness",
"apprehension",
"apprehensiveness",
"care",
"concern",
"concernment",
"disquiet",
"disquietude",
"fear",
"nervosity",
"nervousness",
"perturbation",
"sweat",
"unease",
"uneasiness",
"worry"
],
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"strain",
"stress",
"tension",
"alarm",
"alarum",
"anguish",
"consternation",
"desperateness",
"desperation",
"discomfort",
"discomposure",
"dismay",
"distraction",
"distress",
"disturbance",
"edginess",
"franticness",
"hand-wringing",
"jitters",
"jumpiness",
"panic",
"tremor",
"angst",
"fearfulness",
"torment",
"upset",
"vexation",
"cold feet",
"doubt",
"dread",
"foreboding",
"incertitude",
"misgiving",
"presentiment",
"suspense",
"uncertainty",
"compunction",
"qualm",
"scruple"
],
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"calmness",
"content",
"contentment",
"ease",
"easiness",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"placidness",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"tranquilness",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"relief",
"solace"
],
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"unconcern"
]
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"she shows much more solicitude toward her aging parents than any of her siblings do"
],
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"care",
"carefulness",
"lovingness",
"solicitousness"
],
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"considerateness",
"consideration",
"kindness",
"thoughtfulness",
"babying",
"coddling",
"pampering"
],
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"inconsiderateness",
"inconsideration",
"thoughtlessness",
"unconcern",
"unkindness"
],
"antonyms":[
"carelessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"water solidifying into ice"
],
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"congeal",
"firm (up)",
"freeze",
"harden",
"indurate",
"set"
],
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"cake",
"callus",
"encrust",
"incrust",
"clot",
"coagulate",
"gel",
"gelate",
"gelatinize",
"jell",
"jelly",
"stiffen",
"thicken",
"calcify",
"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"ossify",
"petrify",
"rigidify",
"anneal",
"case-harden",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesce",
"dissolve",
"flux",
"fuse",
"melt",
"smelt",
"thaw",
"unfreeze"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefy",
"liquify",
"soften"
]
},
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"examples":[
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
],
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"crystallize",
"crystalize",
"form",
"jell",
"shape (up)"
],
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"associate",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"fuse",
"combine",
"conjoin",
"conjugate",
"connect",
"couple",
"join",
"link (up)",
"unify",
"unite"
],
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"break down",
"decay",
"decompose",
"disintegrate"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"worthiness as the recipient of another's trust or confidence":{
"examples":[
"her proven solidness as a friend is something that I can't even begin to describe"
],
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"dependability",
"dependableness",
"reliability",
"reliableness",
"responsibility",
"solidity",
"sureness",
"trustability",
"trustworthiness"
],
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"inerrancy",
"infallibility",
"credibility",
"creditability",
"creditableness"
],
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"doubtfulness",
"dubiousness",
"questionableness",
"shakiness",
"uncertainness"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodginess",
"unreliability"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"soliloquize":{
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"recite",
"declaim",
"descant",
"discourse",
"expatiate",
"harangue",
"lecture",
"orate",
"speak",
"talk",
"dissert",
"expound",
"pontificate",
"sermonize",
"mouth",
"spout",
"filibuster"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soluble":{
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
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"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
],
"examples":[
"one murder case that proved to be soluble after all"
],
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"difficult",
"inextricable",
"knotty",
"impossible",
"insuperable",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"related":[
"analyzable",
"decipherable",
"feasible",
"workable"
],
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"explainable",
"explicable",
"resolvable",
"solvable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solve":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
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"answer",
"break",
"crack",
"dope (out)",
"figure out",
"puzzle (out)",
"resolve",
"riddle (out)",
"unravel",
"unriddle",
"work",
"work out"
],
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"conclude",
"decide",
"deduce",
"gather",
"infer",
"judge",
"reason",
"clear (up)",
"iron out",
"straighten (out)",
"unscramble",
"untangle",
"untie",
"assume",
"conjecture",
"divine",
"guess",
"presume",
"speculate",
"decipher",
"decode"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"somberness":{
"as in gloom , blackness":{
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soothes":{
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"there seemed to be no words sufficient to soothe the bereaved parents"
],
"synonyms":[
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces"
],
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"commiserates",
"condoles",
"empathizes",
"sympathizes",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"frets",
"upsets",
"worries",
"aggravates",
"intensifies",
"worsens",
"annoys",
"irks",
"irritates",
"harasses",
"pesters"
],
"antonyms":[
"distresses",
"torments",
"tortures",
"troubles"
]
},
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"soothed the baby with a bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalms",
"calms",
"composes",
"lullabies",
"lulls",
"quietens",
"quiets",
"salves",
"settles",
"stills",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"hushes",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"lays",
"mitigates",
"quells",
"relaxes",
"relieves",
"solaces",
"narcotizes",
"sedates",
"stupefies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"arouses",
"excites",
"foments",
"incites",
"rouses",
"stirs (up)",
"works up"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitates",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"disturbs",
"keys (up)",
"perturbs",
"upsets",
"vexes"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"hot tea with honey will soothe a sore throat"
],
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"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"helps",
"mitigates",
"mollifies",
"palliates",
"relieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abates",
"lightens",
"moderates",
"softens",
"tempers",
"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"amends",
"corrects",
"emends",
"fixes",
"mends",
"rectifies",
"reforms",
"repairs",
"ameliorates",
"betters",
"enhances",
"enriches",
"improves",
"meliorates",
"perfects",
"refines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravates",
"exacerbates"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soothingness":{
"as in mildness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mildness",
"silence",
"comity",
"concord",
"harmony",
"lull",
"pause",
"respite",
"casualness",
"easygoingness",
"informality",
"laid-backness",
"relaxedness",
"calm",
"calmness",
"hush",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"placidity",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"repose",
"restfulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"still",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bustle",
"commotion",
"hubbub",
"hurly-burly",
"pandemonium",
"tumult",
"turmoil",
"unquietness",
"unrest",
"uproar",
"clamor",
"din",
"noise",
"racket"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sophistication":{
"the state or quality of having many interrelated parts or aspects":{
"examples":[
"the engine's sophistication requires that all repairs be done by an experienced mechanic"
],
"synonyms":[
"complexity",
"complexness",
"complicacy",
"complicatedness",
"complication",
"elaborateness",
"intricacy",
"intricateness",
"involution",
"knottiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diversity",
"heterogeneity",
"heterogeneousness",
"multifariousness",
"impenetrability",
"incomprehensibility",
"inexplicability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"simplification",
"homogeneity",
"uniformity"
],
"antonyms":[
"plainness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sopped":{
"to make wet":{
"antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
],
"examples":[
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatered",
"evaporated",
"freeze-dried",
"drip-dried",
"wrung",
"dehumidified"
],
"related":[
"aspersed",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"drizzled",
"humidified",
"hydrated",
"misted",
"moistened",
"moisturized",
"showered",
"sprinkled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"hosed (down)",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"splashed",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sloshed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"rehydrated",
"rewashed",
"rewet",
"rewetted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"wet",
"wetted",
"wet down",
"wetted down"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"soused",
"submerged",
"submersed"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"antonyms":[
"wrung (out)"
],
"examples":[
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared",
"drained",
"emptied",
"voided",
"dehumidified"
],
"related":[
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"marinated",
"seethed",
"presoaked",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"inundated",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"hydrated",
"swilled",
"washed",
"watered",
"infiltrated",
"penetrated",
"permeated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenched",
"drowned",
"impregnated",
"macerated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"soused",
"steeped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soppy":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"trudging over soppy ground at the county fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"scanned the racks looking for the soppiest valentine the store had"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"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"
]
},
"sops":{
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
"examples":[
"as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"backhanders",
"boodles",
"bribes",
"cumshaws",
"fixes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baksheeshs",
"kickbacks",
"payoffs",
"slush funds",
"incentives",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"motivations",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulations",
"stimuli",
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"inducements",
"allurements",
"baits",
"enticements",
"lures",
"seductions",
"temptations",
"turn-ons",
"flatteries",
"persuasions",
"decoys",
"snares",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenches",
"drowns",
"impregnates",
"macerates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"souses",
"steeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogs",
"water-soaks",
"marinates",
"seethes",
"presoaks",
"dips",
"immerses",
"inundates",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"hydrates",
"swills",
"washes",
"waters",
"infiltrates",
"penetrates",
"permeates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"humidifies",
"moistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"sears",
"drains",
"empties",
"voids",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrings (out)"
]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathes",
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"soddens",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets",
"wets down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"dips",
"douses",
"dowses",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"immerses",
"souses",
"submerges",
"submerses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathes",
"moistens",
"soaks",
"steeps",
"wets",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"floods",
"dives",
"plunges",
"thrusts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sorrowful":{
"expressing or suggesting mourning":{
"examples":[
"adopted a sorrowful tone of voice to read the news story about the former governor's death"
],
"synonyms":[
"aching",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"bitter",
"deploring",
"doleful",
"dolesome",
"dolorous",
"funeral",
"grieving",
"heartbroken",
"lamentable",
"lugubrious",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"plangent",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"sorry",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"woeful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirgelike",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"melancholy",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"dispirited",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"inconsolable",
"tearful",
"brokenhearted",
"careworn",
"crestfallen",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"low-spirited",
"miserable",
"sad",
"triste",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"bawling",
"crying",
"groaning",
"howling",
"keening",
"moaning",
"yammering",
"bleeding",
"suffering",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"dreary",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"gray",
"grey",
"joyless",
"low",
"miserable",
"moody",
"morbid",
"morose",
"pathetic",
"pessimistic",
"piteous",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delighted",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"happy",
"joyful",
"rejoicing",
"triumphant",
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blissful",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyous",
"lighthearted",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"giddy",
"heady",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"feeling unhappiness":{
"examples":[
"the cult seemed to be a sorrowful assemblage of emotionally scarred people seeking love and redemption"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"blue",
"brokenhearted",
"cast down",
"crestfallen",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"doleful",
"down",
"down in the mouth",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"droopy",
"forlorn",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"hangdog",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heartsore",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"joyless",
"low",
"low-spirited",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"miserable",
"mournful",
"sad",
"saddened",
"sorry",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggrieved",
"distressed",
"troubled",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"upset",
"worried",
"despairing",
"hopeless",
"sunk",
"disappointed",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"suicidal",
"dolorous",
"lachrymose",
"lugubrious",
"plaintive",
"tearful",
"regretful",
"rueful",
"agonized",
"anguished",
"grieving",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"desolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"funereal",
"gray",
"grey",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"saturnine",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ecstatic",
"elated",
"enraptured",
"entranced",
"euphoric",
"exhilarated",
"exuberant",
"exultant",
"overjoyed",
"rapturous",
"rhapsodic",
"rhapsodical",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"jocose",
"jocular",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"excited",
"thrilled",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"rosy",
"sanguine",
"encouraged",
"heartened",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"content",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"beaming",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"boon",
"carefree",
"careless",
"cavalier",
"devil-may-care",
"easygoing",
"happy-go-lucky",
"insouciant",
"lighthearted",
"unconcerned"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissful",
"buoyant",
"buoyed",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"chipper",
"delighted",
"glad",
"gladdened",
"gladsome",
"gleeful",
"happy",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"jubilant",
"sunny",
"upbeat"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sort":{
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"class",
"description",
"feather",
"genre",
"ilk",
"kidney",
"kind",
"like",
"manner",
"nature",
"order",
"species",
"strain",
"stripe",
"type",
"variety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"model",
"sample",
"specimen",
"bracket",
"bunch",
"category",
"division",
"family",
"grade",
"group",
"grouping",
"lot",
"persuasion",
"rank(s)",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"he's a decent sort"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"soul",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
],
"synonyms":[
"associate",
"chum",
"company",
"consociate",
"consort",
"fraternize",
"hang (around or out)",
"hobnob",
"hook up",
"mess around",
"pal (around)",
"run",
"travel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliate",
"ally",
"attach",
"band",
"bond",
"club",
"collaborate",
"collude",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"connect",
"cooperate",
"couple",
"gang",
"get along",
"get on",
"group",
"interrelate",
"join",
"knot",
"league",
"link",
"mingle",
"mix",
"rally",
"relate",
"side",
"socialize",
"team",
"tie",
"wed",
"befriend",
"friend"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"cold-shoulder",
"shun",
"snub",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"break up",
"disband",
"disperse",
"split (up)",
"disjoin",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accord",
"agree",
"answer",
"check",
"chord",
"cohere",
"coincide",
"comport",
"conform",
"consist",
"correspond",
"dovetail",
"fit",
"go",
"harmonize",
"jibe",
"rhyme",
"rime",
"square",
"tally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equal",
"match",
"parallel",
"align",
"aline",
"line up",
"register"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradict",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"negate",
"nullify",
"clash",
"conflict",
"jar"
],
"antonyms":[
"differ (from)",
"disagree (with)"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assort",
"break down",
"categorize",
"class",
"classify",
"codify",
"compartment",
"compartmentalize",
"digest",
"distinguish",
"distribute",
"grade",
"group",
"peg",
"place",
"range",
"rank",
"relegate",
"separate",
"type"
],
"near synonyms":[
"array",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"systematize",
"alphabetize",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"file",
"index",
"list",
"refer",
"pigeonhole",
"shelve",
"identify",
"recognize",
"cull",
"screen",
"set",
"sieve",
"sift",
"winnow",
"clump",
"cluster",
"colligate",
"recategorize",
"reclassify",
"regroup",
"subcategorize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"jumble",
"lump",
"mix (up)",
"scramble",
"misclassify",
"missort",
"mistype"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sorted":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"chummed",
"companied",
"consociated",
"consorted",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"hooked up",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"messed around",
"palled (around)",
"ran",
"run",
"traveled",
"travelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliated",
"allied",
"attached",
"banded",
"bonded",
"clubbed",
"collaborated",
"colluded",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"connected",
"cooperated",
"coupled",
"ganged",
"got along",
"got on",
"grouped",
"interrelated",
"joined",
"knotted",
"leagued",
"linked",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"rallied",
"related",
"sided",
"socialized",
"teamed",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed",
"befriended",
"friended"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"cold-shouldered",
"shunned",
"snubbed",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"broke up",
"disbanded",
"dispersed",
"split (up)",
"disjoined",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accorded",
"agreed",
"answered",
"checked",
"chorded",
"cohered",
"coincided",
"comported",
"conformed",
"consisted",
"corresponded",
"dovetailed",
"fitted",
"fit",
"harmonized",
"jibed",
"rhymed",
"rimed",
"squared",
"tallied",
"went"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaled",
"equalled",
"matched",
"paralleled",
"aligned",
"alined",
"lined up",
"registered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicted",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"negated",
"nullified",
"clashed",
"conflicted",
"jarred"
],
"antonyms":[
"differed (from)",
"disagreed (with)"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"broke down",
"categorized",
"classed",
"classified",
"codified",
"compartmentalized",
"compartmented",
"digested",
"distinguished",
"distributed",
"graded",
"grouped",
"pegged",
"placed",
"ranged",
"ranked",
"relegated",
"separated",
"typed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrayed",
"disposed",
"drew up",
"marshaled",
"marshalled",
"ordered",
"organized",
"systematized",
"alphabetized",
"cataloged",
"catalogued",
"filed",
"indexed",
"listed",
"referred",
"pigeonholed",
"shelved",
"identified",
"recognized",
"culled",
"screened",
"set",
"sieved",
"sifted",
"winnowed",
"clumped",
"clustered",
"colligated",
"recategorized",
"reclassified",
"regrouped",
"subcategorized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confused",
"disarranged",
"jumbled",
"lumped",
"mixed (up)",
"scrambled",
"misclassified",
"missorted",
"mis-sorted",
"mistyped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sortie":{
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores"
],
"synonyms":[
"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"ramble",
"sally",
"sashay",
"spin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"journey",
"travel(s)",
"voyage",
"circuit",
"tour",
"expedition",
"odyssey",
"safari",
"detour",
"hike",
"peregrination",
"trek",
"walk",
"pilgrimage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sot":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"a sot who was arrested after a bar fight"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swigger",
"swiller",
"wino"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soul mate":{
"as in wife , husband":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better half",
"companion",
"consort",
"husband",
"mate",
"partner",
"significant other",
"spouse",
"wife",
"hausfrau",
"homemaker",
"househusband",
"housekeeper",
"housewife",
"stay-at-home"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soul-searchings":{
"examination of one's own thoughts and feelings":{
"examples":[
"after much soul-searching , they both realized that their marriage was essentially over"
],
"synonyms":[
"introspections",
"self-contemplations",
"self-examinations",
"self-observations",
"self-questionings",
"self-reflections",
"self-scrutinies",
"self-searchings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"self-analyses",
"self-recognitions",
"introversions",
"self-absorptions",
"self-concerns",
"self-involvements",
"self-actualizations",
"self-discoveries",
"self-explorations",
"self-fulfillments",
"self-realizations",
"self-knowledges",
"self-revelations",
"self-concepts",
"self-images",
"self-perceptions",
"contemplations",
"meditations",
"reflections",
"ruminations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soullessly":{
"as in ruthlessly , cruelly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"unfeelingly",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"spitefully",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly",
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sound (out)":{
"as in feel (out)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounded":{
"as in given , told":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"given",
"pronounced",
"said",
"stated",
"told",
"voiced",
"articulated",
"verbalized",
"consensual",
"implicit",
"informal",
"nuncupative",
"oral",
"spoken",
"unwritten",
"verbal",
"viva voce",
"word-of-mouth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"paper",
"written",
"explicit",
"formal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to continue or be repeated in a series of reflected sound waves":{
"examples":[
"the stranded hiker's cries for help sounded throughout the canyon"
],
"synonyms":[
"echoed",
"reechoed",
"resonated",
"resounded",
"reverberated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rang",
"rolled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the impression of being":{
"examples":[
"the idea at least sounds plausible"
],
"synonyms":[
"acted",
"appeared",
"came across (as)",
"came off (as)",
"felt",
"looked",
"made",
"seemed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dissembled",
"pretended",
"recalled",
"resembled",
"suggested",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make known (as an idea, emotion, or opinion)":{
"examples":[
"a person who certainly isn't shy about sounding her opinions"
],
"synonyms":[
"aired",
"expounded",
"expressed",
"gave",
"looked",
"raised",
"stated",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"declared",
"enounced",
"enunciated",
"proclaimed",
"said",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"circulated",
"disseminated",
"published",
"described",
"wrote",
"wrote up",
"sounded off",
"spoke out",
"spoke up",
"chimed in",
"communicated",
"conveyed",
"put across",
"put over",
"offered",
"submitted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"censored",
"restrained",
"restricted"
],
"antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to make known openly or publicly":{
"examples":[
"the grand opening of the region's newest and largest mall has been loudly sounded for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"advertised",
"announced",
"annunciated",
"blared",
"blazed",
"blazoned",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"enunciated",
"flashed",
"gave out",
"heralded",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"released",
"trumpeted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barked",
"called (off or out)",
"cried",
"billboarded",
"billed",
"bulletined",
"gazetted",
"knelled",
"rang",
"tolled",
"blurbed",
"featured",
"pitched",
"plugged",
"promoted",
"puffed",
"disseminated",
"spread",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"introduced",
"kithed",
"kythed",
"manifested",
"reported",
"revealed",
"showed",
"advised",
"apprised",
"handed down",
"informed",
"notified",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"intimated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concealed",
"hushed (up)",
"silenced",
"suppressed",
"withheld",
"recalled",
"recanted",
"retracted",
"revoked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to measure the depth of (as a body of water) typically with a weighted line":{
"examples":[
"the pilot sounded the river to make sure we weren't in any danger of running aground"
],
"synonyms":[
"fathomed",
"plumbed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gauged",
"gaged",
"scaled",
"spanned",
"remeasured",
"replumbed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cast oneself head first into deep water":{
"examples":[
"a whale suddenly surfaced and then, just as suddenly, sounded"
],
"synonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"pitched",
"plunged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dipped",
"immersed",
"submerged",
"belly flopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"surfaced"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soundly":{
"to a full extent or degree":{
"examples":[
"we'll keep working at it until you're soundly satisfied with the result"
],
"synonyms":[
"all",
"all of",
"all over",
"altogether",
"clean",
"completely",
"dead",
"enough",
"entire",
"entirely",
"even",
"exactly",
"fast",
"flat",
"full",
"fully",
"heartily",
"out",
"perfectly",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"through and through",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"wide"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"categorically",
"cold",
"downright",
"hands down",
"plain",
"stone",
"stone-cold",
"unqualifiedly",
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"more or less",
"mostly",
"overall",
"predominantly",
"predominately",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially",
"abundantly",
"copiously",
"generously",
"greatly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"kind of",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely",
"slightly",
"superficially",
"approximately",
"roughly",
"somewhat"
],
"antonyms":[
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soups":{
"an atmospheric condition in which suspended particles in the air rob it of its transparency":{
"examples":[
"in soup like this, amateur pilots can easily become disoriented"
],
"synonyms":[
"brumes",
"fogs",
"gauzes",
"hazes",
"mists",
"murks",
"reeks",
"smogs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"banks",
"clouds",
"fumes",
"miasmas",
"miasmata",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"steams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soups up":{
"as in tricks , embellishes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sour":{
"causing or characterized by the one of the four basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sour candy made our mouths all wrinkly inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"related":[
"dry",
"soured",
"unsweetened",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"puckery",
"hyperacid"
],
"synonyms":[
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary"
]
},
"falling short of a standard":{
"antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"fine",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"respectable",
"satisfactory",
"standard",
"tolerable"
],
"examples":[
"things started off well, but now it's all gone sour"
],
"near antonyms":[
"classic",
"classical",
"A1",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"boss",
"capital",
"choice",
"crackerjack",
"dandy",
"divine",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"fabulous",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-test",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"par excellence",
"perfect",
"premium",
"prime",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unsurpassed",
"wonderful",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"special",
"sufficient",
"average",
"borderline",
"fair",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"minimal",
"so-so",
"unexceptional",
"suitable",
"useful",
"worthy",
"gratifying",
"satisfying"
],
"related":[
"abysmal",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"bitchin'",
"brutal",
"damnable",
"deplorable",
"detestable",
"disastrous",
"dreadful",
"execrable",
"gnarly",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"pathetic",
"stinky",
"sucky",
"terrible",
"unspeakable",
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"egregious",
"flagrant",
"gross",
"bum",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"junky",
"lesser",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"reprehensible",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"trashy",
"abominable",
"odious",
"vile",
"useless",
"valueless",
"worthless",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"meager",
"meagre",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"scanty",
"shabby",
"short",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"spare",
"stingy",
"miscreant",
"scurrilous",
"villainous",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bastard",
"bush",
"bush-league",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"deficient",
"dissatisfactory",
"ill",
"inferior",
"lame",
"lousy",
"off",
"paltry",
"poor",
"punk",
"suboptimal",
"subpar",
"substandard",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wack",
"wanting",
"wretched",
"wrong"
]
},
"not giving pleasure to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"agreeable",
"congenial",
"good",
"grateful",
"gratifying",
"nice",
"palatable",
"pleasant",
"pleasing",
"pleasurable",
"satisfying",
"welcome"
],
"examples":[
"you'll have to face up to the sour truth of the matter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delectable",
"delicious",
"delightful",
"dreamy",
"felicitous",
"amiable",
"charming",
"cheery",
"friendly",
"jolly",
"kindly",
"sweet"
],
"related":[
"abhorrent",
"abominable",
"appalling",
"awful",
"beastly",
"bilious",
"disgusting",
"dreadful",
"foul",
"ghastly",
"gnarly",
"god-awful",
"gross",
"hateful",
"hellish",
"hideous",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrid",
"invidious",
"loathsome",
"nauseating",
"nauseous",
"noisome",
"obnoxious",
"obscene",
"odious",
"offensive",
"repellent",
"repellant",
"repugnant",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"revulsive",
"scandalous",
"seamy",
"shocking",
"sick",
"sickening",
"ugly",
"unholy",
"vile",
"villainous",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"galling",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"crappy",
"cruddy",
"crummy",
"crumby",
"lousy",
"miserable",
"sucky",
"wretched"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitter",
"disagreeable",
"displeasing",
"distasteful",
"harsh",
"icky",
"nasty",
"rotten",
"uncongenial",
"unlovely",
"unpalatable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"unsavory",
"unwelcome",
"wicked",
"yucky",
"yukky"
]
},
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"antonyms":[
"reconcile"
],
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endear",
"ingratiate",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"disarm",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate"
],
"related":[
"antagonize",
"embitter",
"envenom",
"aggravate",
"anger",
"enrage",
"incense",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"outrage",
"rankle",
"rile",
"roil",
"break up",
"dissociate",
"disunite",
"divide",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"uncouple",
"unlink",
"unyoke",
"disappoint",
"disenchant",
"disillusion",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"chafe",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"grate",
"irk",
"irritate",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"pique",
"rile",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"alien",
"alienate",
"disaffect",
"disgruntle",
"estrange"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sousing":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipping",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"immersing",
"sopping",
"submerging",
"submersing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathing",
"moistening",
"soaking",
"steeping",
"wetting",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"flooding",
"diving",
"plunging",
"thrusting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"macerating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"steeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"southwesters":{
"as in winds , southeasters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"headwinds",
"northeasters",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southeasters",
"westerlies",
"winds",
"airs",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"whiffs",
"sea breezes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"airflows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwinds",
"calms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonny":{
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
],
"synonyms":[
"boy",
"boychick",
"boychik",
"boyo",
"callant",
"lad",
"laddie",
"nipper",
"shaveling",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"youth"
],
"related":[
"adolescent",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"minor",
"moppet",
"teenager",
"tween",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"gamin",
"guttersnipe",
"hobbledehoy",
"imp",
"squirt",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"schoolboy",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"mama's boy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"softening":{
"as in emollient , buffering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"emollient",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"balmy",
"benign",
"bland",
"delicate",
"gentle",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soft",
"soothing",
"tender"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle",
"exquisite",
"fierce",
"intense",
"powerful",
"severe",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"savage",
"violent",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"strong",
"abrading",
"irritating",
"roughening",
"grim",
"gruff",
"rude",
"stiff",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive",
"pitiless",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mellowing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowing",
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"evolution",
"evolvement",
"expansion",
"progression",
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing",
"ripening",
"coming-of-age",
"maturity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitating",
"devitalizing",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"etiolating",
"prostrating",
"sapping",
"tiring",
"wasting",
"weakening"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crippling",
"disabling",
"hamstringing",
"incapacitating",
"depleting",
"depressing",
"exhausting",
"impoverishing",
"unmanning",
"washing out",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"injuring",
"invaliding",
"laying up",
"breaking down",
"grinding (down)",
"wearing down",
"wearing out",
"paralyzing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"recruiting",
"rejuvenating",
"vitalizing",
"hardening",
"seasoning",
"toughening"
],
"antonyms":[
"beefing (up)",
"fortifying",
"strengthening"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"gentling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffling",
"dampening",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"obtunding",
"moderating",
"modulating",
"tempering",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"easing",
"lightening",
"mitigating",
"relieving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"sharpening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"southeaster":{
"as in wind , southwester":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blast",
"blow",
"flurry",
"gale",
"headwind",
"northeaster",
"norther",
"northwester",
"southwester",
"westerly",
"wind",
"air",
"breath",
"breeze",
"puff",
"waft",
"zephyr",
"current",
"draft",
"whiff",
"sea breeze",
"squall",
"tempest",
"tornado",
"windstorm",
"airflow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwind",
"calm"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrowed":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonized",
"anguished",
"bled",
"grieved",
"hurt",
"mourned",
"suffered"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ached",
"longed (for)",
"pined (away)",
"sighed",
"smarted",
"racked",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"bemoaned",
"bewailed",
"deplored",
"lamented",
"rued",
"bawled",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"groaned",
"howled",
"keened",
"moaned",
"sobbed",
"took on",
"wailed",
"wept",
"yammered",
"yowled",
"languished",
"regretted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beamed",
"cheered",
"crowed",
"delighted",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"joyed",
"laughed",
"ravished",
"rejoiced",
"triumphed",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"commiserated",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed",
"sympathized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sovereigns":{
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"Caesars",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socks":{
"a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":{
"examples":[
"black socks to go with black pants and shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"hose",
"hoses",
"stockings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hosieries",
"support hoses",
"anklets",
"bobby socks",
"bootees",
"kneesocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a wiseacre who deserves a good sock in the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bangs",
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"softy":{
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
"examples":[
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
],
"synonyms":[
"weakling",
"wimp",
"wuss",
"wussy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pushover",
"milksop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soothsaying":{
"a declaration that something will happen in the future":{
"examples":[
"took the soothsayings published in the tabloids with a grain of salt"
],
"synonyms":[
"auguring",
"augury",
"bodement",
"cast",
"forecast",
"forecasting",
"foretelling",
"predicting",
"prediction",
"presaging",
"prognosis",
"prognostic",
"prognosticating",
"prognostication",
"prophecy",
"prophesy",
"vaticination"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foreboding",
"harbinger",
"omen",
"portent",
"prevision",
"prospectus",
"sign",
"anticipation",
"foreknowledge",
"foresight",
"conjecture",
"guess",
"surmise"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in foretelling , predicting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"amazing",
"astonishing",
"astounding",
"awesome",
"extraordinary",
"fabulous",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"miraculous",
"portentous",
"stunning",
"stupendous",
"sublime",
"wondrous",
"metaphysical",
"preternatural",
"unearthly",
"bewitching",
"charming",
"conjuring",
"enchanting",
"wiling",
"paranormal",
"supernormal",
"bewitched",
"enchanted",
"spellbound",
"magic",
"magical",
"mystic",
"numinous",
"occult",
"weird"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commonplace",
"everyday",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"prosaic",
"routine",
"run-of-the-mill",
"unexceptional",
"unremarkable",
"usual",
"workaday"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"soul":{
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
"examples":[
"many religions teach that the soul is immortal"
],
"synonyms":[
"psyche",
"spirit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"life",
"vitality",
"being",
"essence",
"quintessence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"flesh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"I promise I won't tell another soul"
],
"synonyms":[
"baby",
"being",
"bird",
"bod",
"body",
"character",
"cookie",
"cooky",
"creature",
"customer",
"devil",
"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
"human",
"human being",
"individual",
"life",
"man",
"mortal",
"party",
"person",
"personage",
"scout",
"slob",
"sort",
"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominid",
"homo",
"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
"neighbor",
"celebrity",
"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or qualities that make a thing what it is":{
"examples":[
"a kind act that was the very soul of charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"essence",
"essentiality",
"nature",
"quiddity",
"quintessence",
"stuff",
"substance"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heart",
"spirit",
"alpha and omega",
"center",
"core",
"keynote",
"marrow",
"pith",
"seat",
"embodiment",
"epitome",
"incarnation",
"manifestation",
"personification",
"aspect",
"attribute",
"feature",
"property",
"gist",
"kernel",
"nub"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions":{
"examples":[
"knew in her soul that it was true"
],
"synonyms":[
"belly",
"blood",
"bone(s)",
"bosom",
"breast",
"core",
"gut",
"heart",
"heartstrings",
"inner space",
"inside",
"quick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conscience",
"mind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solves":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"breaks",
"cracks",
"dopes (out)",
"figures out",
"puzzles (out)",
"resolves",
"riddles (out)",
"unravels",
"unriddles",
"works",
"works out"
],
"related":[
"concludes",
"decides",
"deduces",
"gathers",
"infers",
"judges",
"reasons",
"clears (up)",
"irons out",
"straightens (out)",
"unscrambles",
"untangles",
"unties",
"assumes",
"conjectures",
"divines",
"guesses",
"presumes",
"speculates",
"deciphers",
"decodes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"somnambulant":{
"as in sleepwalking":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"soulfully":{
"as in lovingly , thoughtfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"souvenir":{
"something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event":{
"examples":[
"kept their love letters as souvenirs of their courtship"
],
"synonyms":[
"commemorative",
"keepsake",
"memento",
"memorial",
"monument",
"remembrance",
"reminder",
"token"
],
"near synonyms":[
"memorabilia",
"relic",
"vestige",
"cairn",
"landmark",
"marker",
"testimonial",
"tribute",
"cenotaph"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sockdolagers":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sores":{
"as in inflammations , swellings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inflammations",
"swellings",
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"tingles",
"twinges",
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries",
"backaches",
"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"colics",
"complaints",
"earaches",
"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"toothaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"eases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in warts , welts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"warts",
"weals",
"welts",
"bumps",
"lumps",
"protuberances",
"blackheads",
"blisters",
"milia",
"whiteheads",
"boils",
"festers",
"hickeys",
"papules",
"pimples",
"pocks",
"pustules",
"whelks",
"zits"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sow":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrew",
"dot",
"pepper",
"scatter",
"spot",
"spray",
"sprinkle",
"strew"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanket",
"drizzle",
"dust",
"stud",
"dapple",
"fleck",
"speckle",
"stipple",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"drill",
"plant",
"put in",
"seed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bed",
"replant",
"transplant",
"broadcast",
"scatter",
"pot",
"overseed",
"reseed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gather",
"harvest",
"reap"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"breed",
"enroot",
"implant",
"inculcate",
"infix",
"inseminate",
"instill",
"plant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drive",
"hammer",
"pound",
"embed",
"imbed",
"entrench",
"intrench",
"fix",
"lodge",
"root",
"imbue",
"infuse",
"ingrain",
"engrain",
"inoculate",
"invest",
"steep",
"suffuse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sodas":{
"as in pops , soda pops":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pops",
"soda pops",
"soft drinks",
"tonics",
"drinkables",
"drinks",
"libations",
"potables",
"quenchers",
"potions",
"nectars",
"mixers",
"mixes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alcohols",
"brews",
"intoxicants",
"liquors",
"spirits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soiree":{
"a formal social gathering that is usually at night":{
"examples":[
"They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"somnolent":{
"desiring or needing sleep":{
"examples":[
"trying to teach somnolent students on a very hot day"
],
"synonyms":[
"dozy",
"drowsy",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asleep",
"dormant",
"dozing",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"nodding",
"yawning"
],
"near antonyms":[
"restive",
"restless",
"sleepless",
"insomniac"
],
"antonyms":[
"alert",
"awake",
"conscious",
"wakeful",
"wide-awake"
]
},
"tending to cause sleep":{
"examples":[
"the somnolent hum of insects in the grass"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"soporific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sort (through)":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"comb",
"dig (through)",
"dredge",
"hunt (through)",
"rake",
"ransack",
"rifle",
"rummage",
"scour",
"search",
"troll"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisk",
"pat down",
"shake down",
"audit",
"check (out)",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"review",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"ascertain",
"descry",
"detect",
"determine",
"discover",
"ferret (out)",
"find",
"find out",
"get",
"hit (on or upon)",
"learn",
"locate",
"run down",
"scare up",
"track (down)",
"grub (about)",
"poke (around)",
"explore",
"probe",
"prospect",
"skirmish",
"snoop",
"browse",
"glance (over)",
"look over",
"peruse",
"study"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hide",
"abandon",
"lose",
"ignore",
"neglect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sovrans":{
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrats",
"monarchs",
"potentates",
"rulers"
],
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"corulers",
"co-rulers",
"Caesars",
"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"emirs",
"amirs",
"ameers",
"emperors",
"empresses",
"kaisers",
"khans",
"khedives",
"kings",
"lords",
"mikados",
"moguls",
"princes",
"queens",
"satraps",
"shahs",
"sultans",
"suzerains",
"authoritarians",
"Big Brothers",
"despots",
"dictators",
"f\u00fchrers",
"fuehrers",
"monocrats",
"overlords",
"paramounts",
"tyrants"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solutions":{
"something attained by mental effort and especially by computation":{
"examples":[
"the solution to a math problem"
],
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"answers",
"results"
],
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"conclusions",
"determinations",
"explanations",
"findings",
"clues",
"keys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft spots":{
"a vulnerable point":{
"examples":[
"a huge trade imbalance continued to be the soft spot in the nation's economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"Achilles' heels",
"backs",
"chinks",
"jugulars",
"underbellies"
],
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"downfalls",
"ruins",
"undoings",
"hamartias",
"tragic flaws"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"softies":{
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
"examples":[
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
],
"synonyms":[
"weaklings",
"wimps",
"wusses",
"wussies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pushovers",
"milksops"
],
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"antonyms":[
"powerhouses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solvable":{
"capable of having the reason for or cause of determined":{
"examples":[
"I'm sure that the mystery of what happened to the missing pizza is solvable"
],
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"answerable",
"explainable",
"explicable",
"resolvable",
"soluble"
],
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"analyzable",
"decipherable",
"feasible",
"workable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difficult",
"inextricable",
"knotty",
"impossible",
"insuperable",
"absurd",
"fantastic",
"fantastical",
"outlandish",
"preposterous",
"ridiculous"
],
"antonyms":[
"hopeless",
"inexplicable",
"insoluble",
"insolvable",
"unexplainable",
"unresolvable",
"unsolvable"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sovereignty":{
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-governance",
"self-government"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
]
},
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
"examples":[
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"nation",
"state"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"dominance",
"domination",
"dominion",
"hegemony",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"predominancy",
"preeminence",
"reign",
"supremacy"
],
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"primacy",
"superiority",
"lordship",
"scepter",
"arm",
"authority",
"choke hold",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"sway",
"takeover",
"direction",
"jurisdiction",
"management",
"clout",
"might",
"pull",
"weight",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"social climbers":{
"as in elitists , name-droppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elitists",
"name-droppers",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrow (for)":{
"as in mourn , grieve (for)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"bewail",
"grieve (for)",
"mourn",
"bemoan",
"deplore",
"lament",
"regret",
"repent",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delight (in)",
"enjoy",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"savor",
"savour"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soubriquet":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
],
"synonyms":[
"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nickname",
"surname"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"label",
"tag",
"title",
"anonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sovranties":{
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomies",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"independencies",
"liberties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"releases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"enslavements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"subjugations"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependences",
"dependances",
"heteronomies",
"subjections",
"unfreedoms"
]
},
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
"examples":[
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"nations",
"states"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendances",
"ascendences",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"dominances",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"hegemonies",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"predominancies",
"preeminences",
"reigns",
"supremacies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primacies",
"superiorities",
"lordships",
"scepters",
"arms",
"authorities",
"choke holds",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"sways",
"takeovers",
"directions",
"jurisdictions",
"managements",
"clouts",
"mights",
"pulls",
"weights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses",
"impotences",
"impotencies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sotto voce":{
"as in inwardly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inwardly",
"\u00e0 deux",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"offscreen",
"offstage",
"backstage",
"confidentially",
"in camera",
"intimately",
"privately",
"secretly",
"clandestinely",
"collusively",
"conspiratorially",
"covertly",
"furtively",
"secretively",
"sneakily",
"stealthily",
"surreptitiously",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"underhandedly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"openly",
"publicly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sozzled":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"reportedly, the legendary actor John Barrymore was sozzled when he gave his most memorable performances"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sowed":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"dotted",
"peppered",
"scattered",
"spotted",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"strewed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"drizzled",
"dusted",
"studded",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"speckled",
"stippled",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilled",
"planted",
"put in",
"seeded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedded",
"replanted",
"transplanted",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"scattered",
"potted",
"overseeded",
"reseeded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathered",
"harvested",
"reaped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"enrooted",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"infixed",
"inseminated",
"instilled",
"planted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drove",
"hammered",
"pounded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sop":{
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
"examples":[
"as a sop to the teachers' union for supporting his reelection campaign, the mayor promised to push for the abolition of the residency requirement"
],
"synonyms":[
"backhander",
"boodle",
"bribe",
"cumshaw",
"fix"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baksheesh",
"kickback",
"payoff",
"slush fund",
"incentive",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"motivation",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"inducement",
"allurement",
"bait",
"enticement",
"lure",
"seduction",
"temptation",
"turn-on",
"flattery",
"persuasion",
"decoy",
"snare",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"sopped the sponge with the detergent and began scrubbing the floor vigorously"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"marinate",
"seethe",
"presoak",
"dip",
"immerse",
"inundate",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"hydrate",
"swill",
"wash",
"water",
"infiltrate",
"penetrate",
"permeate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear",
"drain",
"empty",
"void",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"wring (out)"
]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"my book fell in the swimming pool and was thoroughly sopped before I could fish it out"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"hesitant to sop his bread in gravy, no matter how delicious, at such a formal banquet"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"souse",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solemnity":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"the coronation ceremony requires absolute solemnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"sobriety",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"an oft-repeated action or series of actions performed in accordance with tradition or a set of rules":{
"examples":[
"the solemnities of the Easter vigil service"
],
"synonyms":[
"ceremonial",
"ceremony",
"form",
"formality",
"observance",
"rite",
"ritual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amenities",
"civility",
"decorum",
"etiquette",
"graces",
"proprieties",
"protocol",
"convention",
"custom",
"habit",
"manners",
"mores",
"practice",
"practise",
"standard",
"tradition",
"way",
"celebration",
"service"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrow":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonize",
"anguish",
"bleed",
"grieve",
"hurt",
"mourn",
"suffer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ache",
"long (for)",
"pine (away)",
"sigh",
"smart",
"rack",
"torment",
"torture",
"bemoan",
"bewail",
"deplore",
"lament",
"rue",
"bawl",
"blubber",
"cry",
"groan",
"howl",
"keen",
"moan",
"sob",
"take on",
"wail",
"weep",
"yammer",
"yowl",
"languish",
"regret"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beam",
"cheer",
"crow",
"delight",
"exult",
"glory",
"joy",
"laugh",
"ravish",
"rejoice",
"triumph",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"commiserate",
"console",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe",
"sympathize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"deep sadness especially for the loss of someone or something loved":{
"examples":[
"he felt great sorrow at the loss of his beloved dog"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"anguish",
"dolefulness",
"dolor",
"grief",
"heartache",
"heartbreak",
"sorriness",
"woe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"suffering",
"torment",
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolateness",
"desolation",
"despair",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"distress",
"doldrums",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"misery",
"mopes",
"oppression",
"sorrowfulness",
"unhappiness",
"woefulness",
"wretchedness",
"contrition",
"guilt",
"regret",
"remorse",
"rue",
"self-reproach",
"shame",
"melancholia",
"self-pity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"merrymaking",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"enjoyment",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment"
],
"antonyms":[
"blessedness",
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"delight",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"happiness",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"pleasure",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"somber":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"the prison's somber interrogation room has the desired effect of striking fear and despair into the prisoner"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the somber occasion of a dear friend's funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sours":{
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienates",
"aliens",
"disaffects",
"disgruntles",
"estranges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonizes",
"embitters",
"envenoms",
"aggravates",
"angers",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"outrages",
"rankles",
"riles",
"roils",
"breaks up",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divides",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"uncouples",
"unlinks",
"unyokes",
"disappoints",
"disenchants",
"disillusions",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"grates",
"irks",
"irritates",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"piques",
"riles",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"disarms",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconciles"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"so-and-sos":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrels":{
"as in chestnuts , roans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bays",
"blacks",
"buckskins",
"chestnuts",
"duns",
"palominos",
"pintos",
"pintoes",
"roans",
"skewbalds",
"chargers",
"coursers",
"cow ponies",
"cutting horses",
"gallopers",
"hackneys",
"hacks",
"mounts",
"packhorses",
"prancers",
"quarter horses",
"racehorses",
"saddle horses",
"trotters",
"warhorses",
"workhorses",
"cobs",
"dobbins",
"jades",
"plugs",
"skates",
"broncos",
"bronchos",
"mustangs",
"ponies",
"colts",
"fillies",
"foals",
"geldings",
"mares",
"stallions",
"equids",
"equines",
"horses",
"horse",
"nags",
"steeds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sottish":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"you could smell the whiskey on her sottish aunt's breath from a block away!"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"given to excessive use of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"a comic actor who frequently played the sottish curmudgeon"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibulous",
"crapulous",
"drunken",
"intemperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"drunk",
"high",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"loaded",
"soused",
"tipsy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"sober",
"straight",
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"teetotal"
],
"antonyms":[
"temperate"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"soaking (up)":{
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"drinking",
"imbibing",
"sponging",
"sucking (up)",
"taking up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulping",
"guzzling",
"quaffing",
"sipping",
"slurping",
"swallowing",
"swigging",
"swilling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solitariness":{
"the state of being alone or kept apart from others":{
"examples":[
"it was the overwhelming solitariness of his existence that caused the marooned sailor to go mad"
],
"synonyms":[
"aloneness",
"insulation",
"isolation",
"privacy",
"secludedness",
"seclusion",
"segregation",
"separateness",
"sequestration",
"solitude"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loneliness",
"lonesomeness",
"vacuum",
"confinement",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"quarantine",
"retirement",
"withdrawal",
"ghettoization"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"company",
"comradeship",
"fellowship",
"society"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sortilege":{
"as in soothsaying , divination":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"augur",
"omen",
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"exorcism",
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"someways":{
"as in somehow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"somehow",
"anywise",
"at all",
"ever",
"half",
"remotely"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"songlike":{
"as in lyrical , rhythmic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cadenced",
"lilting",
"lyric",
"lyrical",
"rhythmic",
"rhythmical",
"songful",
"agreeable",
"appealing",
"pleasant",
"chordal",
"harmonic",
"homophonic",
"orchestral",
"polyphonic",
"polyphonous",
"tonal",
"quavering",
"trilling",
"warbling",
"echoing",
"resonant",
"sonorous",
"dulcet",
"mellow",
"melodic",
"sweet",
"blending",
"chiming",
"flowing",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"canorous",
"euphonic",
"euphonious",
"harmonious",
"harmonizing",
"melodious",
"musical",
"symphonic",
"symphonious",
"tuneful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discordant",
"disharmonious",
"dissonant",
"inharmonious",
"tuneless",
"unmelodious",
"unmusical",
"blaring",
"clanging",
"clashing",
"clattering",
"grating",
"harsh",
"jangling",
"jarring",
"metallic",
"raspy",
"raucous",
"scratching",
"screeching",
"shrill",
"squeaky",
"strident",
"disagreeable",
"unpleasant",
"unpleasing",
"atonal",
"off-key"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sorting (through)":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"combing",
"digging (through)",
"dredging",
"hunting (through)",
"raking",
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"rummaging",
"scouring",
"searching",
"trolling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisking",
"patting down",
"shaking down",
"auditing",
"checking (out)",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"investigating",
"reviewing",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"ascertaining",
"descrying",
"detecting",
"determining",
"discovering",
"ferreting (out)",
"finding",
"finding out",
"getting",
"hitting (on or upon)",
"learning",
"locating",
"running down",
"scaring up",
"tracking (down)",
"grubbing (about)",
"poking (around)",
"exploring",
"probing",
"prospecting",
"skirmishing",
"snooping",
"browsing",
"glancing (over)",
"looking over",
"perusing",
"studying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hiding",
"abandoning",
"losing",
"ignoring",
"neglecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soubriquets":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliases",
"bynames",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"epithets",
"handles",
"monikers",
"monickers",
"nicknames",
"surnames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellations",
"denominations",
"denotations",
"designations",
"labels",
"tags",
"titles",
"anonyms",
"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soporific":{
"tending to cause sleep":{
"examples":[
"this medication is soporific , so do not drive after taking it"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somniferous",
"somnolent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
]
},
"as in sedative , tranquilizer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hypnotic",
"sedative",
"tranquilizer",
"tranquillizer",
"pacifier",
"palliative",
"security blanket",
"anesthetic",
"anodyne",
"narcotic",
"opiate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"soundless":{
"mostly or entirely without sound":{
"examples":[
"crept in on soundless little feet"
],
"synonyms":[
"hushed",
"muted",
"noiseless",
"quiet",
"quieted",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"serene",
"tranquil"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boisterous",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"clattering",
"clattery",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"roaring",
"roistering",
"tumultuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"noisy",
"rackety",
"unquiet",
"uproarious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sorceries":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitcheries",
"bewitchments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"fortune-tellings",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"spiritualisms",
"augurs",
"omens",
"exorcisms",
"alchemies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"softly":{
"as in quietly , faintly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"faintly",
"feebly",
"low",
"noiselessly",
"quietly",
"inaudibly",
"silently",
"soundlessly",
"voicelessly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aloud",
"audibly",
"out",
"out loud",
"verbally",
"vocally",
"clearly",
"discernibly",
"distinctly",
"distinguishably",
"perceptibly",
"plainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in gently , lightly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clemently",
"gently",
"leniently",
"lightly",
"mildly",
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"considerately",
"cordially",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"lovingly",
"tenderly",
"charitably",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"mercifully",
"softheartedly",
"sympathetically",
"tolerantly",
"understandingly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brutally",
"hard",
"hardly",
"harshly",
"ill",
"oppressively",
"roughly",
"severely",
"sternly",
"stiffly",
"callously",
"cold-bloodedly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"inhumanly",
"insensately",
"insensitively",
"mercilessly",
"obdurately",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"tyrannically",
"uncharitably",
"unfeelingly",
"unmercifully",
"unsparingly",
"abusively",
"brutishly",
"savagely",
"viciously"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"socles":{
"as in cornices , capitals":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"architraves",
"capitals",
"cornices",
"entablatures",
"friezes",
"shafts",
"columns",
"pilasters",
"pillars",
"shorings",
"braces",
"buttresses",
"mountings",
"mounts",
"props",
"reinforcements",
"shores",
"spurs",
"stays",
"supports",
"underpinnings",
"arches",
"bolsters",
"brackets",
"cantilevers",
"girders",
"frames",
"bearings",
"daises",
"platforms",
"podiums",
"podia",
"rostra",
"rostrums",
"stages",
"tribunes",
"crutches",
"pegs",
"posts",
"stakes",
"stanchions",
"stilts",
"struts",
"trusses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"foundations",
"pedestals",
"plinths",
"stands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sombre":{
"being without light or without much light":{
"examples":[
"the prison's somber interrogation room has the desired effect of striking fear and despair into the prisoner"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"caliginous",
"dark",
"darkened",
"darkish",
"darkling",
"darksome",
"dim",
"dimmed",
"dusk",
"dusky",
"gloomy",
"lightless",
"murky",
"obscure",
"obscured",
"pitch-black",
"pitch-dark",
"pitchy",
"rayless",
"stygian",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"unlit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crepuscular",
"twilit",
"moonless",
"starless",
"sunless",
"cloudy",
"dull",
"dulled",
"lackluster",
"shadowlike",
"shadowy",
"shady",
"gray",
"grey",
"leaden",
"pale",
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"foggy",
"fuliginous",
"misty",
"smoggy",
"soupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ablaze",
"agleam",
"aglitter",
"alight",
"beaming",
"beamy",
"effulgent",
"glaring",
"glowing",
"incandescent",
"lambent",
"radiant",
"relucent",
"resplendent",
"shining",
"sparkling",
"ultrabright",
"glossy",
"lustrous",
"shiny",
"floodlit",
"floodlighted",
"highlighted",
"spotlighted",
"spotlit",
"moonlit",
"moony",
"starlit",
"sunlit"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"brightened",
"brilliant",
"illuminated",
"illumined",
"light",
"lit",
"lighted",
"lightsome",
"lucent",
"lucid",
"luminous"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the somber occasion of a dear friend's funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"solemn",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"souring":{
"the loss of friendship or affection":{
"examples":[
"the souring of the business partnership led to an ugly legal battle"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienation",
"disaffection",
"disgruntlement",
"estrangement"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonism",
"embitterment",
"envenoming",
"breach",
"breakup",
"divorce",
"rift",
"rupture",
"schism",
"separation",
"split",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"hostility",
"jaundice",
"rancor",
"aggravation",
"furor",
"fury",
"incensing",
"indignation",
"infuriation",
"ire",
"outrage",
"rage",
"spleen",
"wrath",
"disenchantment",
"disillusionment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearment",
"ingratiation",
"appeasement",
"conciliation",
"mollification",
"pacification",
"propitiation"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconcilement",
"reconciliation"
]
},
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienating",
"aliening",
"disaffecting",
"disgruntling",
"estranging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonizing",
"embittering",
"envenoming",
"aggravating",
"angering",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"outraging",
"rankling",
"riling",
"roiling",
"breaking up",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"dividing",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"uncoupling",
"unlinking",
"unyoking",
"disappointing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"grating",
"irking",
"irritating",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"piquing",
"riling",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endearing",
"ingratiating",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"disarming",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconciling"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"so":{
"for this or that reason":{
"examples":[
"it was raining, so we stayed inside"
],
"synonyms":[
"accordingly",
"consequently",
"ergo",
"hence",
"therefore",
"thereupon",
"thus",
"wherefore"
],
"near synonyms":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in like manner":{
"examples":[
"the boss works very hard, and so does everyone else"
],
"synonyms":[
"alike",
"also",
"correspondingly",
"ditto",
"likewise",
"similarly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equally",
"equivalently",
"identically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contrarily",
"conversely",
"inversely",
"oppositely",
"vice versa",
"diversely",
"unequally",
"variously"
],
"antonyms":[
"differently",
"dissimilarly",
"otherwise"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"it's so cold outside"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"sore",
"sorely",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"without any question":{
"examples":[
"you are so in trouble if I catch you sneaking out of the house again"
],
"synonyms":[
"all right",
"alright",
"assuredly",
"certainly",
"clearly",
"definitely",
"doubtless",
"easily",
"forsooth",
"hands down",
"inarguably",
"incontestably",
"incontrovertibly",
"indeed",
"indisputably",
"plainly",
"really",
"sure",
"surely",
"truly",
"unarguably",
"undeniably",
"undoubtedly",
"unquestionably"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conceivably",
"likely",
"perhaps",
"possibly",
"probably",
"obviously",
"unmistakably"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
"examples":[
"I'm afraid that some of what you've said just isn't so"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"bang on",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"spot-on",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"sobersided":{
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"a surprisingly sobersided biography of a great comedian"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"soupspoons":{
"as in tablespoons , teaspoons":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dessertspoons",
"tablespoons",
"teaspoons",
"skimmers",
"dippers",
"ladles",
"scoops",
"spoons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soared":{
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
],
"synonyms":[
"arose",
"ascended",
"aspired",
"climbed",
"lifted",
"mounted",
"rose",
"thrust",
"upped",
"upreared",
"uprose",
"upthrusted",
"upturned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surged",
"towered",
"boosted",
"elevated",
"raised",
"upheaved",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"ballooned",
"blasted off",
"took off",
"zoomed",
"crested",
"scaled",
"surmounted",
"topped",
"canted",
"inclined",
"leaned",
"listed",
"reclined",
"slanted",
"sloped",
"tilted",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dived",
"dove",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"sank",
"sunk",
"slid"
],
"antonyms":[
"declined",
"descended",
"dipped",
"dropped",
"fell (off)",
"plunged"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviated",
"flew",
"glided",
"planed",
"winged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifted",
"floated",
"hovered",
"hung",
"hanged",
"wafted",
"coasted",
"cruised",
"sailed",
"swept",
"darted",
"flitted",
"fluttered",
"catapulted",
"helicoptered",
"jetted",
"orbited",
"rocketed",
"dived",
"dove",
"stooped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
"examples":[
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocketed",
"shot (up)",
"skyrocketed",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulated",
"appreciated",
"ballooned",
"built up",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"enlarged",
"escalated",
"expanded",
"increased",
"mounted",
"multiplied",
"mushroomed",
"proliferated",
"snowballed",
"swelled",
"waxed",
"crested",
"peaked",
"surged",
"heightened",
"intensified"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsed",
"fell",
"contracted",
"decreased",
"diminished",
"dropped",
"lessened",
"waned"
],
"antonyms":[
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"slumped",
"tumbled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soda pops":{
"as in pops , sodas":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pops",
"sodas",
"soft drinks",
"tonics",
"drinkables",
"drinks",
"libations",
"potables",
"quenchers",
"potions",
"nectars",
"mixers",
"mixes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alcohols",
"brews",
"intoxicants",
"liquors",
"spirits"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sounding (out)":{
"as in feeling (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feeling (out)",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"circularizing",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"soliciting",
"surveying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soign\u00e9":{
"as in ritzy , chichi":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chichi",
"flossy",
"haute",
"haut",
"nobby",
"ritzy",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"posh",
"sharp",
"sleek",
"smart",
"snappy",
"stylish",
"swagger",
"swank",
"swanky",
"deluxe",
"exclusive",
"high-end",
"luxe",
"luxurious",
"opulent",
"sumptuous",
"upmarket",
"upscale",
"flamboyant",
"flashy",
"glitzy",
"ostentatious",
"august",
"baronial",
"gallant",
"glorious",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"lavish",
"magnificent",
"monumental",
"noble",
"ornate",
"proud",
"regal",
"rich",
"royal",
"splendid",
"superb",
"classy",
"courtly",
"elegant",
"fine",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"majestic",
"refined",
"stately",
"tasteful",
"artful",
"genteel",
"polished",
"sophisticated",
"ultrachic",
"ultracool",
"ultrahip",
"ultraposh",
"ultrasmart",
"ultrasophisticated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dowdy",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"styleless",
"tasteless",
"unfashionable",
"unhandsome",
"unstylish",
"rough-edged",
"rough-hewn",
"rude",
"trashy",
"uncouth",
"uncultivated",
"uncultured",
"unpolished",
"unrefined",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"socializer":{
"as in socialite":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"socialite"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchorite",
"eremite",
"hermit",
"isolate",
"recluse",
"solitary",
"homebody",
"shut-in"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"song":{
"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
"examples":[
"she sang a little-known song for the talent show"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"vocal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
"examples":[
"the songs of Shakespeare"
],
"synonyms":[
"lyric",
"poem",
"rune",
"verse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhyme",
"rime",
"ballad",
"lay",
"anacreontic",
"clerihew",
"dithyramb",
"eclogue",
"elegy",
"English sonnet",
"epic",
"epigram",
"epode",
"epopee",
"epos",
"georgic",
"idyll",
"idyl",
"jingle",
"lament",
"limerick",
"madrigal",
"ode",
"pastoral",
"pastorale",
"psalm",
"rondeau",
"rondel",
"rondelle",
"rondelet",
"sonnet",
"triolet",
"villanelle",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tanka",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"poetry",
"versification",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
"examples":[
"whistle a song as accompaniment to your work"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"lay",
"melody",
"strain",
"tune",
"warble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descant",
"discant",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"hymn",
"lyric",
"madrigal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a very small sum of money":{
"examples":[
"developers bought the land for a song"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken feed",
"chump change",
"dime",
"hay",
"mite",
"peanuts",
"pin money",
"pittance",
"shoestring",
"two cents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"petty cash",
"pocket money",
"spending money"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bankroll",
"capital",
"funds",
"means",
"wherewithal",
"opulence",
"pelf",
"riches",
"treasure",
"wealth",
"heap",
"pile",
"pot",
"bonanza",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"treasury"
],
"antonyms":[
"big buck(s)",
"boodle",
"bundle",
"fortune",
"king's ransom",
"megabuck(s)",
"mint",
"wad"
]
},
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"a hero honored in song and story"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrelsy",
"poesy",
"poetry",
"verse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhyme",
"rime",
"blank verse",
"free verse",
"vers libre"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"prose"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonant":{
"as in pronounced , articulated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"articulated",
"enunciated",
"pronounced",
"oral",
"spoken",
"uttered",
"vocal",
"voiced",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"intoned",
"mouthed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"sputtered",
"squeaked",
"whispered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonvocal",
"inarticulate",
"mute",
"quiet",
"silent",
"unexpressed",
"unsaid",
"unspoken",
"unuttered",
"unvoiced",
"surd",
"voiceless"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"socko":{
"as in boffo , runaway":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"boffo",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"runaway",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust",
"coming",
"promising",
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"thriving",
"triumphant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful",
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solipsistic":{
"overly concerned with one's own desires, needs, or interests":{
"examples":[
"regards today's young people as solipsistic slackers who have no knowledge of or interest in the world at large"
],
"synonyms":[
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egomaniacal",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"narcissistic",
"self-absorbed",
"self-centered",
"self-concerned",
"self-infatuated",
"self-interested",
"self-involved",
"self-loving",
"self-obsessed",
"self-oriented",
"self-preoccupied",
"self-regarding",
"self-seeking",
"self-serving",
"selfish"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inner-directed",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-contented",
"self-directed",
"self-glorifying",
"self-important",
"self-indulgent",
"self-opinionated",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"vain",
"vainglorious"
],
"near antonyms":[
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"charitable",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"self-denying",
"self-giving",
"self-sacrificing",
"other-directed",
"diffident",
"self-doubting",
"self-flagellating",
"self-questioning",
"self-reflective"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-forgetful",
"self-forgetting",
"selfless",
"unselfish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sold (for)":{
"to have a price of":{
"examples":[
"the house is selling for $200,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"brought",
"cost",
"fetched",
"ran",
"run",
"went (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"listed (for)",
"amounted (to)",
"came (to)",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"commanded",
"exacted",
"asked",
"demanded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"social climber":{
"as in elitist , name-dropper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"elitist",
"name-dropper",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solariums":{
"as in sunrooms , sunporches":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sleeping porches",
"sunporches",
"sunrooms",
"sun parlors",
"galilees",
"porticoes",
"porticos",
"porte cocheres",
"galleries",
"lanais",
"piazzas",
"piazze",
"porches",
"stoops",
"verandas",
"verandahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sofa bed":{
"as in couch , bunk bed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunk bed",
"cot",
"couch",
"daybed",
"feather bed",
"four-poster",
"hammock",
"Murphy bed",
"shakedown",
"sleigh bed",
"sofa",
"studio couch",
"trundle bed",
"water bed",
"bunk",
"doss",
"hay",
"kip",
"lair",
"pad",
"rack",
"sack",
"bedstead",
"futon",
"mattress",
"pallet",
"bassinet",
"carry-cot",
"cradle",
"crib"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soaker":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"that soaker couldn't pass a Breathalyzer test if his life depended on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swigger",
"swiller",
"wino"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sobs":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"blubs",
"cries",
"weeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greets",
"grieves",
"keens",
"laments",
"mourns",
"howls",
"screams",
"squalls",
"wails",
"yowls",
"bleats",
"mewls",
"pules",
"whimpers",
"whines",
"sniffles",
"snivels",
"groans",
"moans",
"sighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tears , cries":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cries",
"tears",
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"lamentations",
"laments",
"moans",
"plaints",
"wails",
"mournings",
"sufferings",
"hand-wringings",
"regrets",
"complaints",
"cris de coeur",
"outcries",
"protests",
"anguishes",
"dolors",
"griefs",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"sorrows",
"woes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exultations",
"rejoicings"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"something else":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"That gourmet meal was really something else !"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sorties":{
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"an occasional sortie to the city to rummage through some of its numerous used-book stores"
],
"synonyms":[
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"rambles",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"spins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"journeys",
"travels",
"voyages",
"circuits",
"tours",
"expeditions",
"odysseys",
"safaris",
"detours",
"hikes",
"peregrinations",
"treks",
"walks",
"pilgrimages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"somewhat":{
"to some degree or extent":{
"examples":[
"wear a jacket as it's somewhat chilly today"
],
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"sort of"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"decently",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"vaguely",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awfully",
"beastly",
"deadly",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"frightfully",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"mightily",
"mortally",
"particularly",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"very",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soup up":{
"as in trick , embellish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embellish",
"trick",
"ameliorate",
"enrich",
"improve",
"meliorate",
"cosmeticize",
"doll up",
"spruce",
"candy",
"dress up",
"enhance",
"sweeten"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sonorous":{
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
"examples":[
"a sonorous waterfall that can be heard from a considerable distance"
],
"synonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"slam-bang",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brazen",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"overloud",
"sharp",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dead",
"quiet",
"silent",
"still",
"stilly",
"ultraquiet",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"tranquil",
"hushed",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"antonyms":[
"gentle",
"low",
"soft"
]
},
"marked by conspicuously full and rich sounds or tones":{
"examples":[
"a baritone with a particularly sonorous voice"
],
"synonyms":[
"golden",
"orotund",
"plangent",
"resonant",
"resounding",
"reverberant",
"reverberating",
"reverberative",
"ringing",
"rotund",
"round",
"vibrant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deep",
"full",
"mellifluent",
"mellifluous",
"mellow",
"plummy",
"rich",
"loud",
"powerful",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cavernous",
"hollow",
"faint",
"low",
"murmurous",
"muted",
"smothered",
"soft",
"weak",
"thin",
"tinny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"soulful":{
"full of or expressing feeling or emotion":{
"examples":[
"soulful music",
"a soulful performer",
"a handsome actor with soulful eyes"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affectionate",
"feeling",
"intense",
"loving",
"passionate",
"sensitive",
"warm",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"touchy-feely",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"unrestrained",
"dramatic",
"histrionic",
"hyperemotional",
"melodramatic",
"theatrical",
"theatric",
"gushing",
"gushy",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"outgoing",
"blunt",
"candid",
"frank",
"outspoken",
"plain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"constrained",
"quiet",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn",
"bashful",
"modest",
"retiring",
"shy",
"introverted",
"self-directed",
"aloof",
"detached",
"dispassionate",
"emotionless",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"unconcerned",
"unfeeling",
"chilly",
"cold",
"frigid",
"glacial",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hard-hearted",
"icy",
"unfriendly",
"inhibited",
"reserved",
"restrained",
"undemonstrative",
"unemotional"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solid":{
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
"examples":[
"the only solid conclusion that the jury could have reached"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"sober",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"colorable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
]
},
"having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure":{
"examples":[
"the ice cream is too solid to scoop right now"
],
"synonyms":[
"compact",
"firm",
"hard",
"rigid",
"stiff",
"unyielding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"case-hardened",
"compacted",
"compressed",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"stiffened",
"tempered",
"close",
"dense",
"heavy",
"thick",
"thickset",
"inelastic",
"inflexible",
"ramrod",
"unbending",
"compressed",
"condensed",
"adamantine",
"rocklike",
"sturdy",
"substantial",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"nonporous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loose",
"scattered",
"thin",
"bendable",
"elastic",
"flexible",
"malleable",
"pliable",
"pliant",
"supple",
"droopy",
"flaccid",
"floppy",
"lank",
"limp",
"slack",
"airy",
"light",
"permeable",
"porous",
"ultrasoft"
],
"antonyms":[
"flabby",
"soft",
"spongy",
"squashy",
"squishy"
]
},
"having or consisting of a single color":{
"examples":[
"both kittens are black, but one has a solid coat and the other has a few white patches"
],
"synonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"self",
"self-colored"
],
"near synonyms":[
"achromatic",
"neutral"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"shaded",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"skewbald",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"striped",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone"
],
"antonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated"
]
},
"not showing weakness or uncertainty":{
"examples":[
"some people see a solid handshake as a sign of strong character"
],
"synonyms":[
"firm",
"forceful",
"hearty",
"iron",
"lusty",
"robust",
"stout",
"strong",
"sturdy",
"vigorous"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hard",
"ironclad",
"mighty",
"powerful",
"tough",
"unyielding",
"animated",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"assured",
"certain",
"confident",
"sanguine",
"secure",
"sure"
],
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"feeble",
"fragile",
"frail",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"diffident",
"insecure",
"self-doubting",
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"spineless",
"weakened",
"weak-kneed",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncertain",
"weak"
]
},
"worthy of one's trust":{
"examples":[
"a solid source of information to reporters"
],
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"calculable",
"dependable",
"good",
"reliable",
"responsible",
"safe",
"secure",
"steady",
"sure",
"tried",
"tried-and-true",
"true",
"trustable",
"trustworthy",
"trusty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"constant",
"devoted",
"faithful",
"fast",
"loyal",
"staunch",
"stanch",
"steadfast",
"true-blue",
"honest",
"sincere",
"single-minded",
"infallible",
"unerring",
"bedrock",
"firm",
"sound",
"strong",
"effective",
"telling",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"proven",
"valid",
"validated",
"verified",
"blameless",
"faultless",
"guiltless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"irreproachable",
"unimpeachable",
"unquestionable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disloyal",
"faithless",
"false",
"fickle",
"inconstant",
"perfidious",
"recreant",
"traitorous",
"treacherous",
"unfaithful",
"untrue",
"deceitful",
"dishonest",
"lying",
"mendacious",
"untruthful",
"debatable",
"disputable",
"doubtable",
"doubtful",
"dubious",
"fishy",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"questionable",
"shady",
"shaky",
"suspect",
"uncertain",
"unsound",
"hazardous",
"risky",
"unconfirmed",
"untried"
],
"antonyms":[
"dodgy",
"uncertain",
"undependable",
"unreliable",
"unsafe",
"untrustworthy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solatia":{
"as in punitive damages":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"punitive damages",
"compensations",
"damages",
"indemnifications",
"indemnities",
"quittances",
"recompenses",
"recoupments",
"redresses",
"remunerations",
"reparations",
"reprisals",
"requitals",
"restitutions",
"satisfactions",
"amends",
"atonements",
"expiations",
"refunds",
"reimbursements",
"repayments",
"adjustments",
"settlements",
"punishments",
"retaliations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorehead":{
"as in ill-tempered , disagreeable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"antisocial",
"cold",
"cool",
"disagreeable",
"disapproving",
"distant",
"frigid",
"icy",
"ill-tempered",
"sulky",
"unfriendly",
"unpleasant",
"acrid",
"acrimonious",
"antagonistic",
"antipathetic",
"bitter",
"embittered",
"inimical",
"malevolent",
"piqued",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"spiteful",
"vengeful",
"vindictive",
"virulent",
"vitriolic",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bearish",
"bilious",
"cantankerous",
"churlish",
"crabby",
"cranky",
"dyspeptic",
"exasperated",
"fretful",
"fussy",
"grouchy",
"grumpy",
"ill-humored",
"inflammable",
"irascible",
"irritable",
"peevish",
"perturbed",
"petulant",
"put out",
"quick-tempered",
"snappish",
"testy",
"touchy",
"boiling",
"bristling",
"bristly",
"burning",
"cross",
"huffy",
"passionate",
"seething",
"sizzling",
"smoldering",
"smouldering",
"worked up",
"wrought (up)",
"argumentative",
"belligerent",
"contentious",
"contrary",
"disputatious",
"ornery",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"querulous",
"ranting",
"raving",
"stormy",
"angered",
"angry",
"apoplectic",
"ballistic",
"cheesed off",
"choleric",
"enraged",
"foaming",
"fuming",
"furious",
"hopping",
"horn-mad",
"hot",
"incensed",
"indignant",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriate",
"infuriated",
"irate",
"ireful",
"livid",
"mad",
"outraged",
"rabid",
"rankled",
"riled",
"riley",
"roiled",
"shirty",
"sore",
"steamed up",
"steaming",
"teed off",
"ticked",
"wrathful",
"wroth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angerless",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"accepting",
"accommodating",
"obliging",
"agreeable",
"amenable",
"complaisant",
"amicable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"content",
"happy",
"satisfied",
"empathetic",
"sympathetic",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"placid",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"unembittered",
"affable",
"amiable",
"easygoing",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"kind",
"pleasant",
"sweet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in malcontent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"malcontent",
"hunks",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"sourpuss",
"whiner",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"socialisms":{
"a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies":{
"examples":[
"an ardent opponent of socialism"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"radicalisms",
"leftisms",
"lefts",
"left wings",
"liberalisms",
"neoliberalisms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"neoconservatisms",
"conservatisms",
"illiberalisms",
"immobilisms",
"rights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soiling":{
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouling",
"begriming",
"bemiring",
"besmirching",
"blackening",
"daubing",
"dirtying",
"distaining",
"fouling",
"gauming",
"griming",
"miring",
"mucking",
"muddying",
"smirching",
"smudging",
"staining",
"sullying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminating",
"defiling",
"polluting",
"tainting",
"discoloring",
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disheveling",
"dishevelling",
"disordering",
"draggling",
"jumbling",
"messing",
"muddling",
"collying",
"crocking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminating",
"purging",
"purifying",
"disinfecting",
"sanitizing",
"brushing",
"dry-cleaning",
"dusting",
"laundering",
"mopping",
"rinsing",
"scouring",
"scrubbing",
"sweeping",
"washing",
"wiping",
"brightening",
"deodorizing",
"freshening",
"renewing",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaning",
"cleansing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solon":{
"a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws":{
"examples":[
"one of the most politically adept solons in the state legislature"
],
"synonyms":[
"lawgiver",
"lawmaker",
"legislator"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblyman",
"assemblywoman",
"congressman",
"congresswoman",
"senator"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soddened":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"wet",
"wetted",
"wet down",
"wetted down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersed",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"drizzled",
"humidified",
"hydrated",
"misted",
"moistened",
"moisturized",
"showered",
"sprinkled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"hosed (down)",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"splashed",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sloshed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"rehydrated",
"rewashed",
"rewet",
"rewetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatered",
"evaporated",
"freeze-dried",
"drip-dried",
"wrung",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenched",
"drowned",
"impregnated",
"macerated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sopped",
"soused",
"steeped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"marinated",
"seethed",
"presoaked",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"inundated",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"hydrated",
"swilled",
"washed",
"watered",
"infiltrated",
"penetrated",
"permeated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared",
"drained",
"emptied",
"voided",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrung (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sought (out)":{
"as in looked up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"looked up",
"called (on or upon)",
"dropped in (on)",
"saw",
"visited",
"dropped by"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"cold-shouldered",
"ignored",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in looked , reached":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cast about",
"hunted",
"looked",
"reached",
"grabbled",
"captured",
"clutched",
"corralled",
"got",
"grabbed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"felt",
"fished",
"fumbled",
"groped",
"scrabbled",
"combed",
"dredged",
"dug (through)",
"raked",
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"rummaged",
"scoured"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soldierly":{
"of, relating to, or suitable for war or a warrior":{
"examples":[
"Noah Webster's brief contribution to the Revolutionary cause suggests that his soldierly skills were few"
],
"synonyms":[
"martial",
"military"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"bellicose",
"combative",
"contentious",
"guerrilla",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"scrappy",
"truculent",
"warlike",
"belligerent",
"militant",
"militarist",
"militaristic",
"warring",
"antagonistic",
"argumentative",
"fierce",
"gladiatorial",
"hot-tempered",
"mercenary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civil",
"civilian",
"nonmilitary",
"conciliatory",
"nonviolent",
"pacific",
"peaceable",
"peaceful",
"affable",
"amiable",
"amicable",
"benevolent",
"complaisant",
"cordial",
"easygoing",
"friendly",
"genial",
"good-natured",
"gracious",
"ingratiating",
"obliging"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsoldierly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sound bite":{
"as in clip , snippet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clip",
"snippet",
"excerpt",
"extract",
"passage",
"citation",
"quotation",
"locus classicus",
"longueur",
"purple passage",
"context",
"sample",
"selection"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sockdolager":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitously":{
"as in respectfully , politely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chivalrously",
"decorously",
"deferentially",
"gallantly",
"politely",
"respectfully",
"discreetly",
"judiciously",
"prudently",
"sensibly",
"wisely",
"compassionately",
"humanely",
"kindheartedly",
"sweetly",
"sympathetically",
"excusably",
"fairly",
"justifiably",
"validly",
"pleasantly",
"considerately",
"courteously",
"graciously",
"kindly",
"nicely",
"reasonably",
"thoughtfully",
"well"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discourteously",
"inconsiderately",
"thoughtlessly",
"contemptuously",
"disdainfully",
"disrespectfully",
"impolitely",
"rudely",
"scornfully",
"snootily",
"cruelly",
"heartlessly",
"nastily",
"viciously",
"shabbily",
"unfairly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sou'wester":{
"as in baseball cap , cowboy hat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trench , trench coat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"poncho",
"trench",
"trench coat",
"rain gear",
"rainwear",
"mac",
"mack",
"mackintosh",
"macintosh",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"slicker",
"waterproof"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soliloquy":{
"a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts":{
"examples":[
"Hamlet's famous soliloquy"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monologue",
"monolog",
"address",
"declamation",
"harangue",
"oration",
"peroration",
"speech",
"talk",
"diatribe",
"rant",
"tirade",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"tribute",
"keynote address",
"keynote speech",
"lecture",
"salutatory",
"homily",
"sermon",
"pitch",
"presentation",
"spiel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soir\u00e9es":{
"a formal social gathering that is usually at night":{
"examples":[
"They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bakes",
"clambakes",
"cocktail parties",
"hen parties",
"house parties",
"housewarmings",
"icebreakers",
"kaffeeklatsches",
"keggers",
"keg parties",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"masquerades",
"meet and greets",
"mixers",
"salons",
"showers",
"socials",
"stags",
"suppers",
"symposia",
"symposiums",
"tea parties",
"teas",
"affairs",
"bashes",
"binges",
"blasts",
"blowouts",
"dos",
"do's",
"events",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"functions",
"get-togethers",
"parties",
"receptions",
"shindigs",
"benefits",
"fund-raisers",
"balls",
"dances",
"formals",
"proms",
"celebrations",
"galas",
"occasions",
"bacchanalia",
"bacchanals",
"orgies",
"saturnalias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sods":{
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"examples":[
"a sentimental journey back to the old sod"
],
"synonyms":[
"countries",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"homes",
"mother countries",
"motherlands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"old countries",
"communities",
"neighborhoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"he's a nasty old sod who never has a nice thing to say about anybody"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sofas":{
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
"examples":[
"I curled up on the sofa with a book"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"davenports",
"divans",
"lounges",
"settees",
"squabs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"loungers",
"love seats",
"recamiers",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"banquettes",
"benches",
"ottomans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"souping up":{
"as in tricking , embellishing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"embellishing",
"tricking",
"ameliorating",
"enriching",
"improving",
"meliorating",
"cosmeticizing",
"dolling up",
"sprucing",
"candying",
"dressing up",
"enhancing",
"sweetening"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"somberly":{
"as in glumly , darkly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"sullenly",
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"solve (for)":{
"as in figure out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"figure out",
"allow (for)",
"deduct",
"factor (in or into or out)",
"figure in",
"calculate",
"cipher",
"compute",
"figure",
"reckon",
"work out",
"calibrate",
"gauge",
"gage",
"measure",
"scale",
"quantify",
"quantitate",
"count",
"itemize",
"number",
"add up",
"average",
"sum",
"tally",
"total",
"totalize",
"add",
"divide",
"multiply",
"subtract",
"appraise",
"assess",
"estimate",
"evaluate",
"rate",
"value",
"recalculate",
"recompute",
"refigure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solved":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"broke",
"cracked",
"doped (out)",
"figured out",
"puzzled (out)",
"resolved",
"riddled (out)",
"unraveled",
"unriddled",
"worked",
"wrought",
"worked out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluded",
"decided",
"deduced",
"gathered",
"inferred",
"judged",
"reasoned",
"cleared (up)",
"ironed out",
"straightened (out)",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"untied",
"assumed",
"conjectured",
"divined",
"guessed",
"presumed",
"speculated",
"deciphered",
"decoded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"softcovers":{
"as in hardcovers , hardbacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"papers",
"pocket books",
"pocket editions",
"softbacks",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes",
"folios",
"quartos",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"encyclopedias",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"novelettes",
"novels",
"pulps",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"songster":{
"one who sings":{
"examples":[
"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era"
],
"synonyms":[
"caroler",
"caroller",
"singer",
"vocalist",
"vocalizer",
"voice"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belter",
"crooner",
"harmonizer",
"hummer",
"warbler",
"yodeler",
"serenader",
"cantor",
"chanter",
"chorister",
"chansonnier",
"chanteuse",
"songstress",
"bard",
"troubadour"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soiled":{
"not clean":{
"examples":[
"a soiled carpet in need of a good shampooing"
],
"synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"black",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"dusty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"smutty",
"sordid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"germy",
"impure",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"insanitary",
"uncleaned",
"unsanitary",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"unwashed",
"greasy",
"gunky",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"rumpled",
"scruffy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"raunchy",
"scuzzy",
"shabby",
"skanky",
"sleazy",
"squalid",
"collied",
"crocked",
"fuliginous",
"sooty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"pure",
"cleaned",
"cleansed",
"combed",
"groomed",
"neat",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"bleached",
"purified",
"whitened",
"bright",
"flawless",
"perfect",
"shiny",
"sparkling",
"unspotted",
"untouched",
"taintless",
"unblemished",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"virgin",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanly",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"ultraclean",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"daubed",
"dirtied",
"distained",
"fouled",
"gaumed",
"grimed",
"mired",
"mucked",
"muddied",
"smirched",
"smudged",
"stained",
"sullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"discolored",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"draggled",
"jumbled",
"messed",
"muddled",
"collied",
"crocked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminated",
"purged",
"purified",
"disinfected",
"sanitized",
"brushed",
"dry-cleaned",
"dusted",
"laundered",
"mopped",
"rinsed",
"scoured",
"scrubbed",
"swept",
"washed",
"wiped",
"brightened",
"deodorized",
"freshened",
"renewed",
"spruced (up)",
"straightened (up)",
"tidied (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleaned",
"cleansed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sorts":{
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
"examples":[
"I prefer jackets with zippers to the sort that close with buttons"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"classes",
"descriptions",
"feathers",
"genres",
"ilks",
"kidneys",
"kinds",
"likes",
"manners",
"natures",
"orders",
"species",
"strains",
"stripes",
"types",
"varieties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"models",
"samples",
"specimens",
"brackets",
"bunches",
"categories",
"divisions",
"families",
"grades",
"groupings",
"groups",
"lots",
"persuasions",
"ranks",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of the human race":{
"examples":[
"he's a decent sort"
],
"synonyms":[
"babies",
"beings",
"birds",
"bodies",
"bods",
"characters",
"cookies",
"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
"fish",
"fishes",
"guys",
"heads",
"human beings",
"humans",
"individuals",
"lives",
"men",
"mortals",
"parties",
"people",
"personages",
"scouts",
"slobs",
"souls",
"specimens",
"stiffs",
"things",
"wights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hominids",
"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
"fellowmen",
"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
],
"synonyms":[
"associates",
"chums",
"companies",
"consociates",
"consorts",
"fraternizes",
"hangs (around or out)",
"hobnobs",
"hooks up",
"messes around",
"pals (around)",
"runs",
"travels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliates",
"allies",
"attaches",
"bands",
"bonds",
"clubs",
"collaborates",
"colludes",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"connects",
"cooperates",
"couples",
"gangs",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"groups",
"interrelates",
"joins",
"knots",
"leagues",
"links",
"mingles",
"mixes",
"rallies",
"relates",
"sides",
"socializes",
"teams",
"ties",
"weds",
"befriends",
"friends"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"cold-shoulders",
"shuns",
"snubs",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"breaks up",
"disbands",
"disperses",
"splits (up)",
"disjoins",
"dissociates",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"accords",
"agrees",
"answers",
"checks",
"chords",
"coheres",
"coincides",
"comports",
"conforms",
"consists",
"corresponds",
"dovetails",
"fits",
"goes",
"harmonizes",
"jibes",
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"squares",
"tallies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equals",
"matches",
"parallels",
"aligns",
"alines",
"lines up",
"registers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicts",
"disputes",
"gainsays",
"negates",
"nullifies",
"clashes",
"conflicts",
"jars"
],
"antonyms":[
"differs (from)",
"disagrees (with)"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorts",
"breaks down",
"categorizes",
"classes",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"compartmentalizes",
"compartments",
"digests",
"distinguishes",
"distributes",
"grades",
"groups",
"pegs",
"places",
"ranges",
"ranks",
"relegates",
"separates",
"types"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arrays",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"systematizes",
"alphabetizes",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"files",
"indexes",
"lists",
"refers",
"pigeonholes",
"shelves",
"identifies",
"recognizes",
"culls",
"screens",
"sets",
"sieves",
"sifts",
"winnows",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"colligates",
"recategorizes",
"reclassifies",
"regroups",
"subcategorizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confuses",
"disarranges",
"jumbles",
"lumps",
"mixes (up)",
"scrambles",
"misclassifies",
"missorts",
"mistypes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soft spot":{
"a vulnerable point":{
"examples":[
"a huge trade imbalance continued to be the soft spot in the nation's economy"
],
"synonyms":[
"Achilles' heel",
"back",
"chink",
"jugular",
"underbelly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"downfall",
"ruin",
"undoing",
"hamartia",
"tragic flaw"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"son":{
"as in daughter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daughter",
"by-product",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth",
"spin-off",
"descendant",
"descendent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestor",
"antecedent",
"archetype",
"daddy",
"foregoer",
"forerunner",
"granddaddy",
"grandaddy",
"precursor",
"predecessor",
"prototype",
"model",
"original",
"originator",
"sire"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in child , heir":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"child",
"heir",
"inheritor",
"successor",
"offspring",
"issue",
"posterity",
"progeny",
"seed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancestry",
"birth",
"blood",
"bloodline",
"breeding",
"descent",
"extraction",
"family tree",
"genealogy",
"line",
"lineage",
"origin",
"parentage",
"pedigree",
"stock",
"strain",
"heredity",
"succession",
"family",
"house"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicit":{
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvass",
"canvas",
"interview",
"poll",
"survey"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularize",
"interrogate",
"question",
"feel (out)",
"sound (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"report"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask (for)",
"bespeak",
"call (for)",
"desire",
"plead (for)",
"quest",
"request",
"seek",
"speak (for)",
"sue (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (for)",
"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"insist (on)",
"petition (for)",
"press (for)",
"require",
"requisition",
"invite",
"invoke"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"ask",
"hit (up)",
"request"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"implore",
"importune",
"invite",
"invoke",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate",
"demand",
"enjoin",
"exact",
"press",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appeal (to)",
"beg",
"beseech",
"besiege",
"conjure",
"entreat",
"impetrate",
"implore",
"importune",
"petition",
"plead (to)",
"pray",
"supplicate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludge",
"cadge",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"ask",
"desire",
"invoke",
"request",
"sue",
"claim",
"coerce",
"command",
"compel",
"demand",
"force",
"insist",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hint",
"imply",
"intimate",
"suggest",
"appease",
"conciliate",
"gratify",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"please",
"satisfy",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
"synonyms":[
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"betray",
"decoy",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"draw in",
"inveigle",
"persuade",
"rope (in)",
"snow",
"catch",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"snare",
"tangle",
"trap",
"bewitch",
"captivate",
"charm",
"enchant",
"fascinate",
"magnetize",
"wile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarn",
"ward (off)",
"warn",
"drive (away or off)",
"repulse",
"turn away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soul mates":{
"as in wives , husbands":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"better halves",
"companions",
"consorts",
"husbands",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"spouses",
"wives",
"hausfraus",
"homemakers",
"househusbands",
"housekeepers",
"housewives",
"stay-at-homes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socking":{
"as in pummeling , walloping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"bashing",
"battering",
"battery",
"batting",
"beating",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"licking",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"smashing",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impairment",
"injury",
"frenzy",
"fury",
"onslaught",
"outbreak",
"outrage",
"paroxysm",
"rage",
"rampage",
"revolt",
"riot",
"rupture",
"shock",
"storm",
"terror",
"threat",
"tumult",
"turbulence",
"upheaval",
"uproar",
"barbarity",
"brutality",
"savagery",
"browbeating",
"bulldozing",
"bullying",
"hectoring",
"strong-arming",
"force",
"foul play",
"violence",
"crippling",
"maiming",
"mayhem",
"mutilation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"pacificism",
"pacifism",
"nonviolence"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"banging",
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sommelier":{
"as in bartender , waiter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barkeep",
"barkeeper",
"barman",
"bartender",
"gar\u00e7on",
"server",
"waiter",
"waitperson",
"steward",
"stewardess",
"headwaiter",
"ma\u00eetre d'",
"maitre d'",
"ma\u00eetre d'h\u00f4tel",
"waitress"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soundness":{
"the ability to withstand force or stress without being distorted, dislodged, or damaged":{
"examples":[
"the car manufacturer tested the soundness of the new model in various types of collisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"firmness",
"stability",
"strength",
"sturdiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dependability",
"durability",
"reliability",
"solidity",
"solidness",
"cohesion",
"toughness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insubstantiality",
"unsoundness",
"unsubstantiality",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insecurity",
"instability",
"precariousness",
"shakiness",
"unstableness",
"unsteadiness"
]
},
"the condition of being sound in body":{
"examples":[
"his athletic soundness is open to question since he's been away from the sport for so long"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitness",
"health",
"healthiness",
"heartiness",
"robustness",
"sap",
"verdure",
"wellness",
"wholeness",
"wholesomeness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fettle",
"shape",
"cleanliness",
"hygiene",
"hardiness",
"lustiness",
"robustiousness",
"ruggedness",
"stamina",
"strength",
"toughness",
"vigor",
"vigorousness",
"vitality",
"bloom",
"flush",
"flushness",
"activeness",
"agility",
"liveliness",
"spryness",
"weal",
"welfare",
"well-being"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debility",
"decrepitude",
"feebleness",
"frailness",
"infirmity",
"lameness",
"sickliness",
"weakness",
"ailment",
"condition",
"disease",
"disorder",
"malady",
"trouble"
],
"antonyms":[
"illness",
"sickness",
"unhealthiness",
"unsoundness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidarity":{
"a feeling of unity between people who have the same interests, goals, etc.":{
"examples":[
"national solidarity",
"The candlelight vigil was a show of solidarity with all the victims of the tragedy."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affinity",
"connection",
"empathy",
"kinship",
"oneness",
"rapport",
"sympathy",
"understanding",
"chime",
"comity",
"compatibility",
"concord",
"harmony",
"peace",
"amity",
"companionship",
"compatibleness",
"congeniality",
"fellowship",
"fraternization",
"friendship",
"collaboration",
"mutualism",
"reciprocity",
"symbiosis",
"agreement",
"consensus",
"unanimity",
"cohesion",
"cohesiveness",
"peacefulness",
"sereneness",
"serenity",
"sweetness and light",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"enmity",
"hatred",
"hostility",
"unfriendliness",
"alienation",
"breach",
"divorce",
"estrangement",
"rupture",
"schism",
"scission",
"severance",
"dissent",
"dissidence",
"anarchy",
"disorder",
"disturbance",
"strife",
"turmoil",
"conflict",
"discord",
"dissension",
"dissention",
"disunity",
"variance"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sounds (out)":{
"as in feels (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"feels (out)",
"interrogates",
"questions",
"circularizes",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"interviews",
"polls",
"solicits",
"surveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reports"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soliloquies":{
"a long, usually serious spoken discourse that a character in a play delivers to an audience and that reveals the character's thoughts":{
"examples":[
"Hamlet's famous soliloquy"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"monologues",
"monologs",
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"orations",
"perorations",
"speeches",
"talks",
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"pitches",
"presentations",
"spiels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sojourns (at)":{
"as in stays (at) , camps (out in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camps (out in)",
"stays (at)",
"stops (over)",
"tarries (in)",
"calls (on or upon)",
"drops by",
"drops in",
"pops (in)",
"runs (in)",
"infests",
"invades",
"overruns",
"swarms",
"attends",
"takes in",
"patronizes",
"affects",
"frequents",
"habituates",
"hangs (at)",
"haunts",
"resorts (to)",
"visits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoids",
"shuns",
"dodges",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"shakes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soothers":{
"as in comforters , solacers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comforters",
"solacers",
"charmers",
"smoothies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annoyances",
"annoyers",
"bothers",
"gadflies",
"gnawers",
"nudniks",
"nudnicks",
"nuisances",
"pains",
"persecutors",
"pests",
"teasers",
"teases",
"headaches",
"harriers",
"hecklers",
"interrupters",
"interruptors"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"somatic":{
"of or relating to the human body":{
"examples":[
"a somatic disorder that was once thought to be \"all in the patient's head\""
],
"synonyms":[
"animal",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"corporeal",
"fleshly",
"material",
"physical"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anatomic",
"anatomical",
"physiological",
"physiologic",
"sensual",
"sensuous",
"hand-to-hand"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cerebral",
"inner",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"psychological",
"psychologic",
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"softie":{
"a person lacking in physical strength":{
"examples":[
"a softy who usually needs someone else's strong hands to open bottles and jars"
],
"synonyms":[
"weakling",
"wimp",
"wuss",
"wussy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pushover",
"milksop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"powerhouse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft-boiled":{
"as in flat , tasteless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"flat",
"insipid",
"tasteless",
"vapid",
"watery",
"melodramatic",
"soap-operatic",
"soapy",
"sudsy",
"cutesy",
"twee",
"feel-good",
"fuzzy",
"dreamy",
"misty-eyed",
"moonstruck",
"moony",
"nostalgic",
"starry-eyed",
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"soupy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"sticky",
"sugarcoated",
"sugary",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsentimental",
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"solvents":{
"as in disinfectants , purifiers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"disinfectants",
"purifiers",
"cleaners",
"cleansers",
"detergents",
"soaps",
"scrubs",
"shampoos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solacing":{
"the giving of hope and strength in times of grief, distress, or suffering":{
"examples":[
"I will be forever grateful for my friend's solacing of me when my mother died"
],
"synonyms":[
"comforting",
"consolation",
"consoling",
"reassurance",
"solace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiseration",
"compassion",
"condolence",
"feeling",
"sympathy",
"counseling",
"counselling",
"humanity",
"kindheartedness",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"mercy",
"pity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"reassuring",
"soothing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserating",
"condoling",
"empathizing",
"sympathizing",
"boosting",
"buoying (up)",
"elevating",
"lifting",
"uplifting",
"allaying",
"alleviating",
"assuaging",
"relieving",
"calming",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"fretting",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"aggravating",
"intensifying",
"worsening",
"annoying",
"irking",
"irritating",
"harassing",
"pestering"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressing",
"tormenting",
"torturing",
"troubling"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amusing",
"disporting",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"regaling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbing",
"busying",
"distracting",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"immersing",
"interesting",
"involving",
"occupying",
"beguiling",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"delighting",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"gripping",
"hypnotizing",
"intriguing",
"mesmerizing",
"coddling",
"gratifying",
"humoring",
"indulging",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"pleasing",
"pleasuring",
"spoiling",
"appeasing",
"comforting",
"conciliating",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"soothing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"jading",
"draining",
"enervating",
"exhausting",
"fatiguing",
"tiring",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"chafing",
"disturbing",
"exasperating",
"fretting",
"galling",
"grating",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"irking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"perturbing",
"pestering",
"piquing",
"upsetting",
"vexing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soft-pedaling":{
"as in minimization , de-emphasis":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"de-emphasis",
"minimization",
"censure",
"condemnation",
"criticism",
"denouncement",
"denunciation",
"abuse",
"invective",
"vituperation",
"derision",
"mockery",
"ridicule",
"aspersion",
"backbiting",
"calumny",
"defamation",
"libel",
"slander",
"vilification",
"belittlement",
"denigration",
"deprecation",
"depreciation",
"derogation",
"detraction",
"diminishment",
"disparagement",
"put-down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggrandizement",
"ennoblement",
"exaltation",
"glorification",
"magnification",
"acclaim",
"praise",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"commendation",
"hype",
"puffery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
"examples":[
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
],
"synonyms":[
"de-emphasizing",
"downplaying",
"playing down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"underplaying",
"understating",
"bad-mouthing",
"belittling",
"crying down",
"decrying",
"denigrating",
"deprecating",
"depreciating",
"derogating",
"dismissing",
"disparaging",
"kissing off",
"minimizing",
"poor-mouthing",
"putting down",
"running down",
"talking down",
"trashing",
"trash-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exaggerating",
"overdoing",
"overdrawing",
"overstating",
"elaborating",
"embellishing",
"embroidering",
"magnifying",
"padding",
"stretching",
"fudging",
"hedging",
"melodramatizing",
"overemphasizing",
"overplaying",
"sensationalizing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"so-and-so":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastard",
"beast",
"bleeder",
"blighter",
"boor",
"bounder",
"bugger",
"buzzard",
"cad",
"chuff",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cretin",
"crud",
"crumb",
"cur",
"dirtbag",
"dog",
"fink",
"heel",
"hound",
"jerk",
"joker",
"louse",
"lout",
"pill",
"rat",
"rat fink",
"reptile",
"rotter",
"schmuck",
"scum",
"scumbag",
"scuzzball",
"skunk",
"sleaze",
"sleazebag",
"sleazeball",
"slime",
"slimeball",
"slob",
"snake",
"sod",
"stinkard",
"stinker",
"swine",
"toad",
"varmint",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarian",
"brute",
"caveman",
"Neanderthal",
"savage",
"loudmouth",
"vulgarian",
"lowlife",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"roughneck",
"scab",
"scamp",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"wretch",
"booby",
"doofus",
"fool",
"jackass",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"schmo",
"schmoe",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dink",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dork",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"turkey",
"brat",
"insolent",
"nuisance",
"pest",
"snip",
"snob",
"snoot",
"snot",
"dweeb",
"nerd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hero",
"heroine",
"idol",
"role model",
"gentleman",
"lady",
"angel",
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soothsayers":{
"one who predicts future events or developments":{
"examples":[
"a soothsayer predicted that I would meet the man of my dreams online, assuming of course that I became a subscriber to the Web site's dating service"
],
"synonyms":[
"augurs",
"diviners",
"forecasters",
"foreseers",
"foretellers",
"fortune-tellers",
"futurists",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"visionaries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"prophetesses",
"sibyls",
"wisewomen",
"mystics",
"oracles",
"astrologers",
"crystal gazers",
"palmists",
"rhabdomancers",
"Cassandras",
"doomsayers",
"doomsdayers",
"Jeremiahs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft touch":{
"one who is easily deceived or cheated":{
"examples":[
"the kindly old woman was a soft touch for any con man with a hard-luck story"
],
"synonyms":[
"chump",
"dupe",
"gull",
"mug",
"patsy",
"pigeon",
"pushover",
"sap",
"sucker",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cat's-paw",
"mark",
"target",
"victim",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"butt",
"derision",
"laughingstock",
"mock",
"mockery",
"booby",
"dodo",
"fool",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"monkey",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"nitwit",
"simp",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo",
"loser",
"blockhead",
"dolt",
"dope",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"idiot",
"imbecile",
"moron",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheat",
"cheater",
"confidence man",
"cozener",
"defrauder",
"dodger",
"hoaxer",
"shark",
"sharper",
"slicker",
"swindler",
"trickster"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sows":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrews",
"dots",
"peppers",
"scatters",
"spots",
"sprays",
"sprinkles",
"strews"
],
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"blankets",
"drizzles",
"dusts",
"studs",
"dapples",
"flecks",
"speckles",
"stipples",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"drills",
"plants",
"puts in",
"seeds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beds",
"replants",
"transplants",
"broadcasts",
"scatters",
"pots",
"overseeds",
"reseeds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathers",
"harvests",
"reaps"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeds",
"enroots",
"implants",
"inculcates",
"infixes",
"inseminates",
"instills",
"plants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drives",
"hammers",
"pounds",
"embeds",
"imbeds",
"entrenches",
"intrenches",
"fixes",
"lodges",
"roots",
"imbues",
"infuses",
"ingrains",
"engrains",
"inoculates",
"invests",
"steeps",
"suffuses"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"so far":{
"up to this or that time":{
"examples":[
"We haven't run into any traffic so far on our drive ."
],
"synonyms":[
"heretofore",
"hitherto",
"theretofore",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"before",
"formerly",
"previously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"afterward",
"afterwards",
"later",
"subsequently",
"hereupon",
"thereupon"
],
"antonyms":[
"henceforth",
"henceforward",
"hereafter",
"thenceforth",
"thenceforward",
"thenceforwards",
"thereafter"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sogginess":{
"as in wetness , dankness":{
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"near synonyms":[
"clamminess",
"dankness",
"soddenness",
"wetness",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soupspoon":{
"as in tablespoon , teaspoon":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dessertspoon",
"tablespoon",
"teaspoon",
"skimmer",
"dipper",
"ladle",
"scoop",
"spoon"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft-pedals":{
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
"examples":[
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
],
"synonyms":[
"de-emphasizes",
"downplays",
"plays down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"underplays",
"understates",
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"cries down",
"decries",
"denigrates",
"deprecates",
"depreciates",
"derogates",
"dismisses",
"disparages",
"kisses off",
"minimizes",
"poor-mouths",
"puts down",
"runs down",
"talks down",
"trashes",
"trash-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exaggerates",
"overdoes",
"overdraws",
"overstates",
"elaborates",
"embellishes",
"embroiders",
"magnifies",
"pads",
"stretches",
"fudges",
"hedges",
"melodramatizes",
"overemphasizes",
"overplays",
"sensationalizes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in mufflers , softeners":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mufflers",
"quieters",
"softeners",
"dampers",
"mutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solitaires":{
"as in cameos , baguettes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baguettes",
"cabochons",
"cameos",
"scarabs",
"teardrops",
"birthstones",
"pastes",
"rhinestones",
"zircons",
"baubles",
"bijous",
"bijoux",
"trinkets",
"crown jewels",
"jewelries",
"brilliants",
"gems",
"gemstones",
"jewels",
"rocks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"roughs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soupy":{
"filled with or dimmed by fine particles (as of dust or water) in suspension":{
"examples":[
"the soupy skies over the island make a nighttime landing a very risky business"
],
"synonyms":[
"beclouded",
"befogged",
"brumous",
"clouded",
"cloudy",
"foggy",
"gauzy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"murky",
"smoggy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overcast",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"thick",
"dirty",
"miry",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"slimy",
"slushy",
"turbid",
"miasmal",
"miasmatic",
"miasmic",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"smudgy",
"sooty",
"filmy",
"milky",
"opaque"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bright",
"clean",
"clement",
"fair",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"translucent",
"transparent"
],
"antonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"limpid",
"pellucid",
"unclouded"
]
},
"having an overly soft liquid consistency":{
"examples":[
"soupy ice cream that had been left out on the counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"runny",
"watery"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flowing",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"liquefied",
"dilute",
"diluted",
"thin",
"thinned",
"watered-down",
"weak",
"weakened",
"sloshy",
"slushy",
"soggy",
"waterlogged",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ropy",
"ropey",
"syrupy",
"viscid",
"viscous",
"creamy",
"heavy",
"thick",
"thickened",
"thickish",
"gelatinous",
"gluey",
"glutinous",
"gooey",
"gummy",
"sticky"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"examples":[
"once starred as the virginal ingenue in a string of soupy operettas"
],
"synonyms":[
"chocolate-box",
"cloying",
"corny",
"drippy",
"fruity",
"gooey",
"lovey-dovey",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"mushy",
"novelettish",
"saccharine",
"sappy",
"schmaltzy",
"sentimental",
"sloppy",
"slushy",
"soppy",
"spoony",
"spooney",
"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"
]
},
"sophisticate":{
"a person with the outlook, experience, and manners thought to be typical of big city dwellers":{
"examples":[
"sophisticates laughing at people they thought of as hicks"
],
"synonyms":[
"city slicker",
"cosmopolitan",
"cosmopolite",
"metropolitan",
"slicker"
],
"near synonyms":[
"urbanite",
"worldling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"bumpkin",
"hick",
"provincial",
"rustic",
"yokel"
]
},
"to make complex or difficult":{
"examples":[
"there's no need to sophisticate something that is beautiful in its simplicity"
],
"synonyms":[
"complex",
"complexify",
"complicate",
"embarrass",
"entangle",
"perplex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"develop",
"elaborate",
"expand",
"intensify",
"magnify",
"confound",
"confuse",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abbreviate",
"cut",
"shorten",
"ease",
"facilitate",
"disentangle",
"straighten (out)",
"unravel",
"untangle",
"oversimplify"
],
"antonyms":[
"simplify",
"streamline"
]
},
"to alter (something) for the worse with the addition of foreign or lower-grade substances":{
"examples":[
"vanilla extract that has been sophisticated with corn syrup"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulterate",
"cut",
"dilute",
"extend",
"lace",
"thin",
"water down",
"weaken"
],
"near synonyms":[
"load",
"befoul",
"contaminate",
"corrupt",
"defile",
"dirty",
"envenom",
"foul",
"infect",
"poison",
"pollute",
"soil",
"spoil",
"sully",
"taint",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"manipulate",
"misrepresent",
"tamper (with)",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"falsify",
"fudge",
"doctor",
"spike",
"attenuate",
"moderate",
"qualify",
"temper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"fertilize",
"lard",
"augment",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"supplement",
"decontaminate",
"purify",
"clarify",
"clean",
"cleanse",
"distill",
"distil",
"filter",
"flush",
"leach",
"pasteurize",
"purge",
"refine",
"better",
"enhance",
"improve",
"compact",
"concentrate",
"condense"
],
"antonyms":[
"enrich",
"fortify",
"richen",
"strengthen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sorrel":{
"as in chestnut , roan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bay",
"black",
"buckskin",
"chestnut",
"dun",
"palomino",
"pinto",
"roan",
"skewbald",
"charger",
"courser",
"cow pony",
"cutting horse",
"galloper",
"hack",
"hackney",
"mount",
"packhorse",
"prancer",
"quarter horse",
"racehorse",
"saddle horse",
"trotter",
"warhorse",
"workhorse",
"cob",
"dobbin",
"jade",
"plug",
"skate",
"bronco",
"mustang",
"pony",
"colt",
"filly",
"foal",
"gelding",
"mare",
"stallion",
"equid",
"equine",
"horse",
"nag",
"steed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonnies":{
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
"examples":[
"come over here, sonny , and help me clean up"
],
"synonyms":[
"boychicks",
"boychiks",
"boyos",
"boys",
"callants",
"laddies",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavelings",
"shavers",
"striplings",
"tads",
"youths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adolescents",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"minors",
"moppets",
"teenagers",
"tweens",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"gamins",
"guttersnipes",
"hobbledehoys",
"imps",
"squirts",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"schoolboys",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"mama's boys"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sororities":{
"a club of women especially at a U.S. college":{
"examples":[
"She wanted to join the sorority because all of her friends were members."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sisterhoods",
"associations",
"boards",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies",
"sodalities",
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sovran":{
"coming before all others in importance":{
"examples":[
"the sovereign issue for voters is the inadequate performance of the local schools"
],
"synonyms":[
"arch",
"big",
"capital",
"cardinal",
"central",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"grand",
"great",
"greatest",
"highest",
"key",
"leading",
"main",
"master",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"overbearing",
"overmastering",
"overriding",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"primal",
"primary",
"principal",
"prior",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"distinguished",
"eminent",
"illustrious",
"noble",
"notable",
"noteworthy",
"outstanding",
"prestigious",
"signal",
"star",
"stellar",
"superior",
"high-level",
"senior",
"top",
"important",
"influential",
"major",
"mighty",
"momentous",
"significant",
"incomparable",
"matchless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"celebrated",
"famed",
"famous",
"renowned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inconsequential",
"inconsiderable",
"insignificant",
"minor",
"negligible",
"slight",
"trifling",
"trivial",
"unimportant",
"collateral",
"inferior",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary"
],
"antonyms":[
"last",
"least"
]
},
"not being under the rule or control of another":{
"examples":[
"a sovereign state whose domestic policies are its own business"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomous",
"free",
"freestanding",
"independent",
"self-governed",
"self-governing",
"self-ruling",
"separate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"freeborn",
"delivered",
"emancipated",
"freed",
"liberated",
"manumitted",
"redeemed",
"released",
"unconquered",
"unruled",
"unsupervised",
"empowered",
"enfranchised",
"democratic",
"republican"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bound",
"captive",
"conquered",
"enslaved",
"fettered",
"subdued",
"subjugated",
"inferior",
"subordinate",
"subservient"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependent",
"nonautonomous",
"non-self-governing",
"subject",
"unfree"
]
},
"one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority":{
"examples":[
"after the current sovereign dies, the monarchy may be abolished"
],
"synonyms":[
"autocrat",
"monarch",
"potentate",
"ruler"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coruler",
"Caesar",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"emir",
"amir",
"ameer",
"emperor",
"empress",
"kaiser",
"khan",
"khedive",
"king",
"lord",
"mikado",
"mogul",
"prince",
"queen",
"satrap",
"shah",
"sultan",
"suzerain",
"authoritarian",
"Big Brother",
"despot",
"dictator",
"f\u00fchrer",
"fuehrer",
"monocrat",
"overlord",
"paramount",
"tyrant"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sociality":{
"as in sociability , affability":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"affability",
"agreeableness",
"amenity",
"amicability",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"pleasantness",
"sociability",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gladsomeness",
"high-spiritedness",
"lightheartedness",
"perkiness",
"amiability",
"amiableness",
"good-humoredness",
"good-naturedness",
"good-temperedness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grouch",
"hump",
"pet",
"pouts",
"snit",
"sulk",
"sulkiness",
"sullenness",
"blues",
"dumps",
"mopes",
"surliness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"social":{
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
"examples":[
"not exactly the social sort, our boss generally stays in his office and keeps to himself"
],
"synonyms":[
"boon",
"clubbable",
"clubable",
"clubby",
"companionable",
"convivial",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cordial",
"folksy",
"forthcoming",
"friendly",
"hospitable",
"affable",
"genial",
"gracious",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"congenial",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"animated",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"lively",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"spirited",
"sprightful",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"communicative",
"expansive",
"garrulous",
"talkative",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"effervescent",
"upbeat",
"bubbly",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misanthropic",
"aloof",
"cold",
"cool",
"detached",
"distant",
"frosty",
"remote",
"reserved",
"standoffish",
"mum",
"mute",
"reticent",
"silent",
"taciturn"
],
"antonyms":[
"antisocial",
"insociable",
"introverted",
"nongregarious",
"reclusive",
"unsociable",
"unsocial"
]
},
"tending to group with others of the same kind":{
"examples":[
"dogs are social animals, preferring by nature to be part of a pack"
],
"synonyms":[
"colonial",
"gregarious",
"sociable"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associational",
"consociational",
"subsocial",
"dependent",
"parasitic",
"parasitical",
"precocial",
"symbiotic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"autonomous",
"independent",
"self-contained",
"semiautonomous",
"semi-independent",
"altricial",
"self-subsistent",
"self-sufficient",
"self-supporting",
"self-sustaining",
"lone",
"recluse",
"reclusive",
"unsociable"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonsocial",
"solitary"
]
},
"as in tea , tea party":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"soiree",
"soir\u00e9e",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sound bites":{
"as in clips , snippets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clips",
"snippets",
"excerpts",
"extracts",
"passages",
"citations",
"quotations",
"loci classici",
"longueurs",
"purple passages",
"contexts",
"samples",
"selections"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sojourns":{
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
"examples":[
"spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home"
],
"synonyms":[
"stays",
"tarries",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field trips",
"homestays",
"sleepovers",
"layovers",
"stopovers",
"stops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
"examples":[
"began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashes",
"stays",
"tarries",
"visits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"comes by",
"comes over",
"drops by",
"drops in",
"runs in",
"steps in",
"stops (by)",
"frequents",
"hangs (around or out)",
"haunts",
"inhabits",
"occupies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abides",
"dwells",
"lives",
"resides"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soilage":{
"the state or quality of being dirty":{
"examples":[
"the fee for cleaning the carpet will depend upon the extent of the soilage"
],
"synonyms":[
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discoloration",
"staining",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"muddiness",
"sootiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitation":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjuration",
"appeal",
"conjuration",
"cry",
"desire",
"entreaty",
"petition",
"plea",
"pleading",
"prayer",
"suit",
"suppliance",
"supplication"
],
"near synonyms":[
"application",
"requisition",
"call",
"claim",
"demand",
"insistence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"someone":{
"some person":{
"examples":[
"Someone left you a message.",
"We need someone who can work nights and weekends."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"somebody",
"all",
"everybody",
"everyone",
"anybody",
"anyone"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nobody",
"none",
"no one"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"pronoun"
]
},
"solidified":{
"to become physically firm or solid":{
"examples":[
"water solidifying into ice"
],
"synonyms":[
"concreted",
"congealed",
"firmed (up)",
"froze",
"hardened",
"indurated",
"set"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caked",
"callused",
"encrusted",
"incrusted",
"clotted",
"coagulated",
"gelated",
"gelatinized",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
"stiffened",
"thickened",
"calcified",
"crystallized",
"crystalized",
"ossified",
"petrified",
"rigidified",
"annealed",
"case-hardened",
"tempered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliquesced",
"dissolved",
"fluxed",
"fused",
"melted",
"thawed",
"unfroze"
],
"antonyms":[
"liquefied",
"liquified",
"softened"
]
},
"to take on a definite form":{
"examples":[
"my ideas on this topic are just starting to solidify"
],
"synonyms":[
"crystallized",
"crystalized",
"formed",
"jelled",
"shaped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"associated",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"fused",
"combined",
"conjoined",
"conjugated",
"connected",
"coupled",
"joined",
"linked (up)",
"unified",
"united"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke down",
"decayed",
"decomposed",
"disintegrated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soundproofing":{
"as in insulating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insulating",
"muffling",
"muting",
"stifling",
"padding",
"dampening",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"subduing",
"toning (down)",
"baffling",
"smothering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffling",
"amplifying",
"boosting",
"deepening",
"enhancing",
"heightening",
"increasing",
"magnifying",
"stepping up",
"strengthening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"something":{
"one that has a real and independent existence":{
"examples":[
"I heard something fall off the counter"
],
"synonyms":[
"being",
"commodity",
"entity",
"existent",
"individual",
"individuality",
"integer",
"object",
"reality",
"substance",
"thing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"body",
"subject",
"material",
"matter",
"quantity",
"stuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"nonentity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to some degree or extent":{
"examples":[
"a person of something less than total honesty"
],
"synonyms":[
"enough",
"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
"moderately",
"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"somewhat",
"sort of"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"decently",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"vaguely",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awfully",
"beastly",
"deadly",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"frightfully",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"mightily",
"mortally",
"particularly",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"very",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"songfests":{
"as in hootenannies , jams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ceilidhs",
"ceilis",
"hootenannies",
"jams",
"jam sessions",
"sings",
"recitals",
"symphonies",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"shindigs",
"performances",
"presentations",
"concerts",
"musicales"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sophism":{
"as in sophistry":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"sophistry",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale",
"distortion",
"inaccuracy",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"superstition",
"factoid",
"delusion",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"songsmiths":{
"a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{
"examples":[
"among American songsmiths Irving Berlin has assumed legendary status"
],
"synonyms":[
"songwriters",
"tunesmiths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocomposers",
"co-composers",
"composers",
"melodists",
"musicians",
"symphonists",
"arrangers",
"orchestrators",
"orchestraters",
"scorers",
"librettists",
"lyricists",
"lyrists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solaces":{
"a feeling of ease from grief or trouble":{
"examples":[
"the kind words brought a little solace to the grieving widow"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"reliefs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"encouragements",
"inspirations",
"uplifts",
"assurances",
"reassurances",
"alleviations",
"assuagements",
"mitigations",
"contentments",
"commiserations",
"empathies",
"sympathies",
"aids",
"assistances",
"help",
"succors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anguishes",
"distresses",
"heartaches",
"heartbreaks",
"torments",
"tortures"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"counselors did their best to solace the bereaved children"
],
"synonyms":[
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"soothes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserates",
"condoles",
"empathizes",
"sympathizes",
"boosts",
"buoys (up)",
"elevates",
"lifts",
"uplifts",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"relieves",
"calms",
"quiets",
"relaxes",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"frets",
"upsets",
"worries",
"aggravates",
"intensifies",
"worsens",
"annoys",
"irks",
"irritates",
"harasses",
"pesters"
],
"antonyms":[
"distresses",
"torments",
"tortures",
"troubles"
]
},
"to cause (someone) to pass the time agreeably occupied":{
"examples":[
"I solaced myself with a book while I waited for the bus"
],
"synonyms":[
"amuses",
"disports",
"diverts",
"entertains",
"regales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"busies",
"distracts",
"engages",
"engrosses",
"immerses",
"interests",
"involves",
"occupies",
"beguiles",
"bewitches",
"captivates",
"charms",
"delights",
"enchants",
"enthralls",
"enthrals",
"fascinates",
"grips",
"hypnotizes",
"intrigues",
"mesmerizes",
"coddles",
"gratifies",
"humors",
"indulges",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"pleases",
"pleasures",
"spoils",
"appeases",
"comforts",
"conciliates",
"consoles",
"contents",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"soothes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bores",
"jades",
"drains",
"enervates",
"exhausts",
"fatigues",
"tires",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"chafes",
"disturbs",
"exasperates",
"frets",
"galls",
"grates",
"harasses",
"harries",
"irks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"perturbs",
"pesters",
"piques",
"upsets",
"vexes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solving":{
"to find an answer for through reasoning":{
"examples":[
"it took me half an hour to solve the logic puzzle"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"breaking",
"cracking",
"doping (out)",
"figuring out",
"puzzling (out)",
"resolving",
"riddling (out)",
"unraveling",
"unriddling",
"working",
"working out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"concluding",
"deciding",
"deducing",
"gathering",
"inferring",
"judging",
"reasoning",
"clearing (up)",
"ironing out",
"straightening (out)",
"unscrambling",
"untangling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"assuming",
"conjecturing",
"divining",
"guessing",
"presuming",
"speculating",
"deciphering",
"decoding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soft":{
"not loud in pitch or volume":{
"examples":[
"soft music played in the background while we ate"
],
"synonyms":[
"dull",
"gentle",
"low",
"quiet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead",
"silent",
"still",
"calm",
"dreamy",
"hushed",
"peaceful",
"restful",
"serene",
"soothing",
"stilly",
"tranquil",
"muffled",
"muted",
"softened",
"toned (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brazen",
"crashing",
"dinning",
"discordant",
"noisy",
"obstreperous",
"raucous",
"rip-roaring",
"vociferous",
"grating",
"harsh",
"shrill",
"squealing",
"strident",
"clarion",
"clear",
"trumpetlike"
],
"antonyms":[
"blaring",
"blasting",
"booming",
"clamorous",
"clangorous",
"deafening",
"earsplitting",
"loud",
"overloud",
"piercing",
"plangent",
"resounding",
"ringing",
"roaring",
"sonorous",
"stentorian",
"thundering",
"thunderous"
]
},
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
"examples":[
"I like this sweater the best because it is so soft and comfortable"
],
"synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silklike",
"silky",
"velvetlike",
"velvety"
],
"near synonyms":[
"creamy",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy"
]
},
"giving easily to the touch":{
"examples":[
"soft mattresses make it very easy to fall asleep, but they have a tendency to get lumpy"
],
"synonyms":[
"flabby",
"mushy",
"pulpy",
"spongy",
"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"
]
},
"involving minimal difficulty or effort":{
"examples":[
"looking for a soft job in local government"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheap",
"downhill",
"easy",
"effortless",
"facile",
"fluent",
"fluid",
"hands-down",
"light",
"painless",
"ready",
"royal",
"simple",
"smooth",
"snap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"idiotproof",
"mindless",
"quick",
"straightforward",
"unchallenging",
"uncomplicated",
"apparent",
"clear",
"clear-cut",
"distinct",
"evident",
"manifest",
"obvious",
"open-and-shut",
"palpable",
"patent",
"perspicuous",
"plain",
"transparent",
"unambiguous",
"unequivocal",
"unmistakable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burdensome",
"exhausting",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful",
"taxing",
"troublesome",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"intricate",
"involved",
"knotty",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"recondite"
],
"antonyms":[
"arduous",
"demanding",
"difficult",
"exacting",
"formidable",
"grueling",
"gruelling",
"hard",
"herculean",
"killer",
"labored",
"laborious",
"murderous",
"rough",
"severe",
"stiff",
"strenuous",
"toilful",
"toilsome",
"tough"
]
},
"lacking bodily strength":{
"examples":[
"soft recruits who will get toughened up in the army"
],
"synonyms":[
"asthenic",
"debilitated",
"delicate",
"down-and-out",
"effete",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"faint",
"feeble",
"frail",
"infirm",
"languid",
"low",
"prostrate",
"prostrated",
"sapped",
"slight",
"softened",
"tender",
"unsubstantial",
"wasted",
"weak",
"weakened",
"wimpish",
"wimpy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"disabled",
"incapacitated",
"invalid",
"paralyzed",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"impotent",
"powerless",
"breakable",
"flimsy",
"fragile",
"dizzy",
"groggy",
"rocky",
"unsteady",
"woozy",
"drained",
"exhausted",
"flagging",
"tired",
"weary",
"worn-out",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"lame",
"unsound",
"resistless",
"susceptible",
"unresistant",
"vulnerable",
"yielding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"able-bodied",
"athletic",
"beefy",
"brawny",
"fit",
"husky",
"muscular",
"sinewy",
"strapping",
"virile",
"hard",
"hardy",
"lusty",
"red-blooded",
"robust",
"sturdy",
"tough",
"fortified",
"hardened",
"inured",
"strengthened",
"toughened",
"energetic",
"energized",
"invigorated",
"vigorous",
"vitalized",
"hale",
"healthy",
"sound",
"capable",
"competent",
"convalescing",
"recovering",
"recuperating"
],
"antonyms":[
"mighty",
"powerful",
"rugged",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"strong"
]
},
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"a soft person who tends to yield to stronger personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"spineless",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
]
},
"not harsh or stern especially in nature or effect":{
"examples":[
"a soft breeze coming off the lake"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"benign",
"bland",
"delicate",
"gentle",
"light",
"mellow",
"mild",
"nonabrasive",
"soothing",
"tender"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calm",
"pacific",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"quiet",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"clement",
"compassionate",
"easy",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"buffering",
"cushioning",
"emollient",
"softening",
"sleek",
"slick",
"smooth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exquisite",
"fierce",
"intense",
"powerful",
"severe",
"forceful",
"forcible",
"savage",
"violent",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"strong",
"abrading",
"irritating",
"roughening",
"grim",
"gruff",
"rude",
"stiff",
"heavy-handed",
"oppressive",
"pitiless",
"tyrannical",
"tyrannic"
],
"antonyms":[
"abrasive",
"caustic",
"coarse",
"hard",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scathing",
"stern",
"ungentle"
]
},
"providing physical comfort":{
"examples":[
"a warm, soft bed to rest my weary bones"
],
"synonyms":[
"comfortable",
"comfy",
"cozy",
"cushy",
"easy",
"snug"
],
"near synonyms":[
"easeful",
"relaxing",
"reposeful",
"restful",
"gem\u00fctlich",
"genial",
"hospitable",
"inviting",
"pleasant",
"commodious",
"roomy",
"spacious",
"homelike",
"homely",
"homey",
"homy",
"intimate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"inhospitable",
"uninviting",
"unpleasant"
],
"antonyms":[
"uncomfortable"
]
},
"tolerant and kind in the judgment of and expectations for others":{
"examples":[
"felt that his wife had been a little too soft on their son, and that more discipline was in order"
],
"synonyms":[
"charitable",
"clement",
"easy",
"indulgent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"acquiescent",
"amenable",
"obliging",
"easygoing",
"laid-back",
"undemanding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demanding",
"uncharitable",
"unforgiving",
"inflexible",
"intolerant",
"unbending",
"uncompromising",
"unyielding"
],
"antonyms":[
"hard",
"harsh",
"severe",
"stern",
"strict"
]
},
"marked by temperatures that are neither too high nor too low":{
"examples":[
"it was a lovely soft spring evening"
],
"synonyms":[
"balmy",
"clement",
"equable",
"genial",
"gentle",
"mild",
"moderate",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"cloudless",
"fair",
"rainless",
"sunny",
"sunshiny",
"calm",
"halcyon",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"tranquil",
"delightful",
"fine",
"pleasant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blustering",
"blustery",
"breezy",
"gusty",
"rough",
"squally",
"stormy",
"windy",
"misty",
"rainy",
"showery",
"bleak",
"cloudy",
"dismal",
"foggy",
"gloomy",
"gray",
"grey",
"hazy",
"overcast",
"sunless",
"bitter",
"dirty",
"foul",
"nasty",
"raw"
],
"antonyms":[
"harsh",
"inclement",
"intemperate",
"severe"
]
},
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
"examples":[
"sometimes I wonder if you've gone soft in the head"
],
"synonyms":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"bonehead",
"boneheaded",
"brain-dead",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"fatuous",
"gormless",
"half-witted",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"lunkheaded",
"mindless",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"senseless",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"softheaded",
"stupid",
"thick",
"thick-witted",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"unsmart",
"vacuous",
"weak-minded",
"witless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cretinous",
"feebleminded",
"simpleminded",
"boobish",
"foolish",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"moronic",
"ignorant",
"illiterate",
"lowbrow",
"uneducated",
"uninformed",
"unintellectual",
"untaught",
"unthinking",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"half-baked",
"harebrained",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"silly",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"zany",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"unreasonable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ingenious",
"resourceful",
"acute",
"astute",
"discerning",
"insightful",
"keen",
"knowing",
"perceptive",
"percipient",
"perspicacious",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sapient",
"savvy",
"wise",
"cerebral",
"erudite",
"highbrow",
"intellectual",
"knowledgeable",
"learned",
"literate",
"scholarly",
"thinking",
"well-read",
"educated",
"informed",
"schooled",
"skilled",
"trained",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"foxy",
"shrewd",
"wily",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sound",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid"
],
"antonyms":[
"apt",
"brainy",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"clever",
"fast",
"hyperintelligent",
"intelligent",
"keen",
"nimble",
"quick",
"quick-witted",
"sharp",
"sharp-witted",
"smart",
"supersmart",
"ultrasmart"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sometimes":{
"on some occasions":{
"examples":[
"sometimes I like to go skiing, and sometimes I prefer to stay inside where it's warm"
],
"synonyms":[
"here and there",
"now",
"now and then",
"occasionally"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intermittently",
"off and on",
"periodically",
"recurrently",
"infrequently",
"little",
"rarely",
"seldom",
"irregularly",
"sporadically",
"variously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"frequently",
"hourly",
"much",
"oft",
"often",
"oftentimes",
"ofttimes",
"commonly",
"ordinarily",
"regularly",
"routinely",
"usually",
"always",
"consistently",
"constantly",
"invariably",
"continually",
"continuingly",
"continuously",
"incessantly",
"perpetually",
"unceasingly",
"uninterruptedly",
"endlessly",
"ever",
"interminably"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sojourned (at)":{
"as in stayed (at) , camped (out in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camped (out in)",
"stayed (at)",
"stopped (over)",
"tarried (in)",
"called (on or upon)",
"dropped by",
"dropped in",
"popped (in)",
"ran (in)",
"infested",
"invaded",
"overran",
"swarmed",
"attended",
"took in",
"patronized",
"affected",
"frequented",
"habituated",
"haunted",
"hung (at)",
"hanged (at)",
"resorted (to)",
"visited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"shunned",
"dodged",
"ducked",
"eluded",
"escaped",
"eschewed",
"evaded",
"shook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounded off":{
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
"examples":[
"she never missed a chance to sound off about the latest \"stupid\" political decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"piped up",
"shot",
"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":[]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"examples":[
"the guard captain commanded each sentry to sound off"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"bayed",
"bellowed",
"called",
"cried",
"hollered",
"holloed",
"hallooed",
"roared",
"shouted",
"thundered",
"vociferated",
"yelled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crowed",
"whooped",
"screamed",
"screeched",
"shrieked",
"shrilled",
"squeaked",
"squealed",
"caterwauled",
"howled",
"ululated",
"wailed",
"yawped",
"yauped",
"yowled",
"hailed",
"spoke out",
"spoke up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathed",
"mumbled",
"murmured",
"muttered",
"whispered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sojourn (at)":{
"as in stay (at) , camp (out in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camp (out in)",
"stay (at)",
"stop (over)",
"tarry (in)",
"call (on or upon)",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"pop (in)",
"run (in)",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"swarm",
"attend",
"take in",
"patronize",
"affect",
"frequent",
"habituate",
"hang (at)",
"haunt",
"resort (to)",
"visit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoid",
"shun",
"dodge",
"duck",
"elude",
"escape",
"eschew",
"evade",
"shake"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soliciting":{
"asking humbly":{
"examples":[
"a soliciting tone is better when asking for lenient treatment you don't deserve"
],
"synonyms":[
"beseeching",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"pleading",
"prayerful",
"suppliant",
"supplicant",
"supplicating",
"supplicatory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"begging",
"importunate",
"insistent",
"persistent"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in request , pleading":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"appeal",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"entreaty",
"imploring",
"petition",
"pleading",
"request",
"suit",
"supplication",
"evensong",
"matins",
"vespers",
"collect",
"grace",
"invocation",
"litany",
"requiescat",
"thanksgiving",
"orison",
"prayer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"interviewing",
"polling",
"surveying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularizing",
"interrogating",
"questioning",
"feeling (out)",
"sounding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reporting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking (for)",
"bespeaking",
"calling (for)",
"desiring",
"pleading (for)",
"questing",
"requesting",
"seeking",
"speaking (for)",
"suing (for)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (for)",
"begging (for)",
"claiming",
"clamoring (for)",
"importuning",
"urging",
"wishing (for)",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"insisting (on)",
"petitioning (for)",
"pressing (for)",
"requiring",
"requisitioning",
"inviting",
"invoking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"asking",
"hitting (up)",
"requesting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"inviting",
"invoking",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"supplicating",
"demanding",
"enjoining",
"exacting",
"pressing",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coercing",
"compelling",
"constraining",
"forcing",
"obliging",
"requiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealing (to)",
"begging",
"beseeching",
"besieging",
"conjuring",
"entreating",
"impetrating",
"imploring",
"importuning",
"petitioning",
"pleading (to)",
"praying",
"supplicating"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludging",
"cadging",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"asking",
"desiring",
"invoking",
"requesting",
"suing",
"claiming",
"coercing",
"commanding",
"compelling",
"demanding",
"forcing",
"insisting",
"requiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinting",
"implying",
"intimating",
"suggesting",
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"gratifying",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
"synonyms":[
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"betraying",
"decoying",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drawing in",
"inveigling",
"persuading",
"roping (in)",
"snowing",
"catching",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"snaring",
"tangling",
"trapping",
"bewitching",
"captivating",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"fascinating",
"magnetizing",
"wiling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerting",
"cautioning",
"forewarning",
"warding (off)",
"warning",
"driving (away or off)",
"repulsing",
"turning away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soaks (up)":{
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorbs",
"drinks",
"imbibes",
"sponges",
"sucks (up)",
"takes up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulps",
"guzzles",
"quaffs",
"sips",
"slurps",
"swallows",
"swigs",
"swills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sorceress":{
"a woman believed to have often harmful supernatural powers":{
"examples":[
"asked the sorceress to cast an evil spell over the village"
],
"synonyms":[
"enchantress",
"hag",
"hex",
"witch"
],
"near synonyms":[
"charmer",
"conjurer",
"conjuror",
"enchanter",
"necromancer",
"voodoo",
"voodooist",
"magician",
"sorcerer",
"warlock",
"wizard"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sou'westers":{
"as in baseball caps , cowboy hats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in trenches , trench coats":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ponchos",
"trench coats",
"trenches",
"rain gear",
"rainwears",
"mackintoshes",
"macintoshes",
"macs",
"macks",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"slickers",
"waterproofs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sour grapes":{
"unfair criticism that comes from someone who is disappointed about not getting something":{
"examples":[
"His remarks are nothing but sour grapes ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol",
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"sourness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"plural noun"
]
},
"southeasters":{
"as in winds , southwesters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blasts",
"blows",
"flurries",
"gales",
"headwinds",
"northeasters",
"northers",
"northwesters",
"southwesters",
"westerlies",
"winds",
"airs",
"breaths",
"breezes",
"puffs",
"wafts",
"zephyrs",
"currents",
"drafts",
"whiffs",
"sea breezes",
"squalls",
"tempests",
"tornadoes",
"tornados",
"windstorms",
"airflows"
],
"near antonyms":[
"tailwinds",
"calms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sommeliers":{
"as in bartenders , waiters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barkeeps",
"barkeepers",
"barmen",
"bartenders",
"gar\u00e7ons",
"servers",
"waiters",
"waitpersons",
"stewardesses",
"stewards",
"headwaiters",
"ma\u00eetre d's",
"maitre d's",
"ma\u00eetres d'h\u00f4tel",
"waitresses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sole":{
"belonging only to the one person, unit, or group named":{
"examples":[
"the landowner has sole rights to the property, so he can do whatever he wants to with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"exclusive",
"single",
"unshared"
],
"near synonyms":[
"proprietary",
"personal",
"private"
],
"near antonyms":[
"common",
"communal",
"conjoint",
"cooperative",
"joint",
"multiple",
"mutual",
"pooled",
"public",
"shared",
"united"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonexclusive"
]
},
"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
"examples":[
"the eldest son became the family's sole support"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"solitary",
"special",
"sui generis",
"unique"
],
"near synonyms":[
"single",
"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"unattended",
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"nonce"
],
"near antonyms":[
"divers",
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad",
"assorted",
"heterogenous",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"promiscuous",
"varied",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in toe , belly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"belly",
"toe",
"bottom",
"underbelly",
"underbody",
"underpart",
"underside",
"undersurface",
"base",
"floor",
"foot",
"ground",
"seat",
"underpinning",
"undercarriage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"face",
"top",
"acme",
"apex",
"climax",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"height",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"roof",
"summit",
"cusp",
"head",
"point",
"tip",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"sobriquet":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
],
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"alias",
"byname",
"cognomen",
"epithet",
"handle",
"moniker",
"monicker",
"nickname",
"surname"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellation",
"denomination",
"denotation",
"designation",
"label",
"tag",
"title",
"anonym",
"nom de guerre",
"nom de plume",
"pen name",
"pseudonym"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorcery":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
"examples":[
"in olden times people suspected of sorcery were often put to death"
],
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"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"alchemy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sown":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewed",
"bestrewn",
"dotted",
"peppered",
"scattered",
"spotted",
"sprayed",
"sprinkled",
"strewed",
"strewn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketed",
"drizzled",
"dusted",
"studded",
"dappled",
"flecked",
"speckled",
"stippled",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilled",
"planted",
"put in",
"seeded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedded",
"replanted",
"transplanted",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"scattered",
"potted",
"overseeded",
"reseeded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathered",
"harvested",
"reaped"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"bred",
"enrooted",
"implanted",
"inculcated",
"infixed",
"inseminated",
"instilled",
"planted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"driven",
"hammered",
"pounded",
"embedded",
"imbedded",
"entrenched",
"intrenched",
"fixed",
"lodged",
"rooted",
"imbued",
"infused",
"ingrained",
"engrained",
"inoculated",
"invested",
"steeped",
"suffused"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soddenness":{
"as in wetness , dankness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"clamminess",
"dankness",
"sogginess",
"wetness",
"sultriness",
"mugginess",
"stickiness",
"stuffiness",
"damp",
"dampness",
"humidity",
"moistness",
"moisture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aridity",
"dehumidification",
"dehydration",
"dryness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soaring":{
"as in ascendant , ascending":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"ascending",
"airy",
"elevated",
"high",
"nosebleed",
"overhead",
"overlooking",
"raised",
"upheld",
"uplifted",
"upraised",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost",
"upward"
],
"near antonyms":[
"low",
"low-lying",
"depressed",
"descendant",
"descendent",
"descending",
"down",
"dropped",
"fallen",
"grounded",
"lowered",
"sunken",
"lowermost",
"nethermost",
"undermost",
"abreast",
"even",
"level"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in ballooning , skydiving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballooning",
"gliding",
"hang gliding",
"paragliding",
"skydiving",
"aeronautics",
"aviation",
"flight",
"flying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the Eiffel Tower soaring into the skies above Paris"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"thrusting",
"upping",
"uprearing",
"uprising",
"upthrusting",
"upturning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
"examples":[
"bats soaring and swooping through the night air"
],
"synonyms":[
"aviating",
"flying",
"gliding",
"planing",
"winging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drifting",
"floating",
"hanging",
"hovering",
"wafting",
"coasting",
"cruising",
"sailing",
"sweeping",
"darting",
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"catapulting",
"helicoptering",
"jetting",
"orbiting",
"rocketing",
"diving",
"stooping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rise abruptly and rapidly":{
"examples":[
"gas prices soared overnight because of the shortage"
],
"synonyms":[
"rocketing",
"shooting (up)",
"skyrocketing",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"appreciating",
"ballooning",
"building up",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"enlarging",
"escalating",
"expanding",
"increasing",
"mounting",
"multiplying",
"mushrooming",
"proliferating",
"snowballing",
"swelling",
"waxing",
"cresting",
"peaking",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collapsing",
"falling",
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dropping",
"lessening",
"waning"
],
"antonyms":[
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"slumping",
"tumbling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"softhearted":{
"having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others":{
"examples":[
"a softhearted person who never hesitates to help anyone in trouble"
],
"synonyms":[
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"compassionate",
"good-hearted",
"humane",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"warmhearted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attentive",
"considerate",
"solicitous",
"thoughtful",
"affable",
"amicable",
"benign",
"companionable",
"comradely",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gentle",
"good",
"good-natured",
"good-tempered",
"gracious",
"mild",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"sweet",
"warm",
"clement",
"forbearing",
"forgiving",
"lenient",
"merciful",
"soft",
"patient",
"pitying",
"tolerant",
"understanding",
"altruistic",
"brotherly",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"generous",
"greathearted",
"humanitarian",
"liberal",
"magnanimous",
"munificent",
"noble",
"openhearted",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"anticruelty",
"cruelty-free"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ironhearted",
"merciless",
"pitiless",
"ruthless",
"stonyhearted",
"inconsiderate",
"insensitive",
"thoughtless",
"uncaring",
"unthinking",
"grim",
"hard-boiled",
"harsh",
"heavy-handed",
"severe",
"stern",
"tough",
"unsentimental",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"spiteful",
"virulent",
"antihumanitarian",
"uncharitable"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"barbaric",
"barbarous",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute",
"brutish",
"callous",
"cold-blooded",
"cruel",
"fiendish",
"hard-hearted",
"heartless",
"inhuman",
"inhumane",
"insensate",
"sadistic",
"savage",
"truculent",
"uncompassionate",
"unfeeling",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unsympathetic",
"vicious",
"wanton"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sober":{
"not having one's mind affected by alcohol":{
"examples":[
"it's important to stay sober if you're going to be driving a car"
],
"synonyms":[
"clearheaded",
"straight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"teetotal",
"temperate",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"crapulous",
"dipsomaniacal",
"maudlin",
"tiddly",
"befuddled",
"besotted",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wiped out"
]
},
"based on sound reasoning or information":{
"examples":[
"a sober assessment of the situation"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonsense",
"commonsensible",
"commonsensical",
"firm",
"good",
"hard",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"levelheaded",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"reasoned",
"sensible",
"solid",
"valid",
"well-founded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"actual",
"real",
"true",
"certain",
"sure",
"certified",
"validated",
"verified",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"substantiated",
"cogent",
"convincing",
"colorable",
"credible",
"plausible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unsubstantiated",
"unsupported",
"unwarranted",
"flimsy",
"implausible",
"unconvincing",
"weak",
"fallacious",
"false",
"misguided",
"misled"
],
"antonyms":[
"groundless",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"nonsensical",
"nonvalid",
"unfounded",
"uninformed",
"unjustified",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoned",
"unsound"
]
},
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"a sober reply to what was only a teasing comment"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"not excessively showy":{
"examples":[
"if you don't have anything in black, at least wear a sober outfit to the funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"conservative",
"low-key",
"low-keyed",
"muted",
"quiet",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned-down",
"understated",
"unflashy",
"unpretentious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"becoming",
"fit",
"fitting",
"proper",
"suitable",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"inconspicuous",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"graceful",
"handsome",
"refined",
"tasteful",
"drab",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"practical",
"sensible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meretricious",
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"tawdry",
"trashy",
"vulgar",
"baroque",
"fancy",
"frilly",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"ornate",
"rococo",
"overdecorated",
"overdone",
"overwrought"
],
"antonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky"
]
},
"given to or marked by restraint in the satisfaction of one's appetites":{
"examples":[
"cruise passengers of sober dispositions will be put off by the focus on nonstop dining"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstentious",
"abstinent",
"continent",
"self-abnegating",
"self-denying",
"temperate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"disciplined",
"self-controlled",
"self-disciplined",
"self-governed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gluttonous",
"greedy",
"rapacious",
"voracious",
"Cyrenaic",
"hedonistic",
"self-pleasing",
"sensual",
"sybaritic",
"voluptuous",
"voluptuary",
"masturbatory",
"onanistic"
],
"antonyms":[
"self-indulgent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"song and dance":{
"language marked by abstractions, jargon, euphemisms, and circumlocutions":{
"examples":[
"instead of simply denying our request, the mayor's representative gave us a song and dance about legal issues and municipal liability"
],
"synonyms":[
"bafflegab",
"double-talk",
"gibberish",
"gobbledygook",
"gobbledegook",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bureaucratese",
"computerese",
"educationese",
"governmentese",
"legalese",
"Pentagonese",
"psychobabble",
"technobabble",
"bombast",
"fustian",
"gas",
"grandiloquence",
"hot air",
"hype",
"oratory",
"rhetoric",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"so-and-so's":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"I'm never talking to that nasty so-and-so again after what he said to me last time!"
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"somehow":{
"in a way that is not known or certain":{
"examples":[
"Somehow we got lost.",
"She somehow managed to find her earring in the sand.",
"It will all work out somehow ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"someway",
"someways",
"anywise",
"at all",
"ever",
"half",
"remotely"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"somnolence":{
"the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{
"examples":[
"somnolence is likely to be the most typical and telling reaction to this novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"doziness",
"drowsiness",
"sleepiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fatigue",
"tiredness",
"weariness",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"dozing",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"oversleeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awareness",
"consciousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonneteers":{
"as in lyricists , epigrammatizers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epigrammatists",
"epigrammatizers",
"lyricists",
"rhymers",
"scops",
"troubadours",
"rhapsodes",
"rhapsodists",
"poets laureate",
"poet laureates",
"poetesses",
"bards",
"minstrels",
"muses",
"poetasters",
"poets",
"rhymesters",
"rimesters",
"versifiers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"somnolences":{
"the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{
"examples":[
"somnolence is likely to be the most typical and telling reaction to this novel"
],
"synonyms":[
"doziness",
"drowsiness",
"sleepiness"
],
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"fatigue",
"tiredness",
"weariness",
"lassitude",
"lethargy",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"dozing",
"resting",
"sleeping",
"slumbering",
"oversleeping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"awareness",
"consciousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insomnia",
"sleeplessness",
"wakefulness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sootiness":{
"as in muddiness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muddiness",
"insanitation",
"squalor",
"messiness",
"mussiness",
"sloppiness",
"untidiness",
"impureness",
"impurity",
"discoloration",
"staining",
"blackness",
"dinge",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"smuttiness",
"soilage",
"sordidness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"spotlessness",
"purity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socle":{
"as in cornice , capital":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"architrave",
"capital",
"cornice",
"entablature",
"frieze",
"shaft",
"column",
"pilaster",
"pillar",
"shoring",
"brace",
"buttress",
"mount",
"mounting",
"prop",
"reinforcement",
"shore",
"spur",
"stay",
"support",
"underpinning",
"arch",
"bolster",
"bracket",
"cantilever",
"girder",
"frame",
"bearing",
"dais",
"platform",
"podium",
"rostrum",
"stage",
"tribune",
"crutch",
"peg",
"post",
"stake",
"stanchion",
"stilt",
"strut",
"truss",
"base",
"foot",
"foundation",
"pedestal",
"plinth",
"stand"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourcing":{
"as in referencing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"referencing",
"bearing out",
"corroborating",
"documenting",
"substantiating",
"validating",
"adverting (to)",
"illustrating",
"naming",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"exemplifying",
"representing",
"adducing",
"citing",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"quoting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounded (out)":{
"as in felt (out)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"felt (out)",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"circularized",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"polled",
"solicited",
"surveyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soundproof":{
"as in waterproof , lightproof":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lightproof",
"waterproof",
"airtight",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"leakproof",
"watertight",
"close",
"compact",
"dense",
"snug",
"thick",
"impenetrable",
"impermeable",
"impervious",
"tight"
],
"near antonyms":[
"penetrable",
"permeable",
"pervious",
"absorbent",
"leaky",
"porous",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in insulate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insulate",
"muffle",
"mute",
"stifle",
"pad",
"dampen",
"mellow",
"soften",
"subdue",
"tone (down)",
"baffle",
"smother"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffle",
"amplify",
"boost",
"deepen",
"enhance",
"heighten",
"increase",
"magnify",
"step up",
"strengthen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sourpusses":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"bellyachers",
"complainers",
"crabs",
"cranks",
"croakers",
"crosspatches",
"curmudgeons",
"fussers",
"gripers",
"grouches",
"grousers",
"growlers",
"grumblers",
"grumps",
"murmurers",
"mutterers",
"whiners"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontents",
"soreheads",
"grinches",
"killjoys",
"party poopers",
"spoilsports",
"defeatists",
"pessimists",
"faultfinders",
"kickers",
"naggers",
"nitpickers",
"objectors",
"quibblers",
"repiners",
"crocks",
"hypochondriacs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimists",
"Pollyannas",
"happy campers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soothed":{
"to ease the grief or distress of":{
"examples":[
"there seemed to be no words sufficient to soothe the bereaved parents"
],
"synonyms":[
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"reassured",
"solaced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commiserated",
"condoled",
"empathized",
"sympathized",
"boosted",
"buoyed (up)",
"elevated",
"lifted",
"uplifted",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"relieved",
"calmed",
"quieted",
"relaxed",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"fretted",
"upset",
"worried",
"aggravated",
"intensified",
"worsened",
"annoyed",
"irked",
"irritated",
"harassed",
"pestered"
],
"antonyms":[
"distressed",
"tormented",
"tortured",
"troubled"
]
},
"to free from distress or disturbance":{
"examples":[
"soothed the baby with a bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"becalmed",
"calmed",
"composed",
"lullabied",
"lulled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"salved",
"settled",
"stilled",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"hushed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"laid",
"mitigated",
"quelled",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"solaced",
"narcotized",
"sedated",
"stupefied"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"aroused",
"excited",
"fomented",
"incited",
"roused",
"stirred (up)",
"worked up"
],
"antonyms":[
"agitated",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"disturbed",
"keyed (up)",
"perturbed",
"upset",
"vexed",
"vext"
]
},
"to make more bearable or less severe":{
"examples":[
"hot tea with honey will soothe a sore throat"
],
"synonyms":[
"allayed",
"alleviated",
"assuaged",
"eased",
"helped",
"mitigated",
"mollified",
"palliated",
"relieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abated",
"lightened",
"moderated",
"softened",
"tempered",
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"amended",
"corrected",
"emended",
"fixed",
"mended",
"rectified",
"reformed",
"repaired",
"ameliorated",
"bettered",
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"improved",
"meliorated",
"perfected",
"refined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"heightened",
"intensified",
"sharpened"
],
"antonyms":[
"aggravated",
"exacerbated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"somebodies":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday"
],
"synonyms":[
"causes c\u00e9l\u00e8bres",
"causes celebres",
"celebrities",
"celebs",
"figures",
"icons",
"ikons",
"lights",
"luminaries",
"megastars",
"names",
"notabilities",
"notables",
"notorieties",
"personages",
"personalities",
"standouts",
"stars",
"superstars",
"VIPs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorites",
"heartthrobs",
"heroes",
"idols",
"demigods",
"dignitaries",
"eminences",
"immortals",
"monuments",
"pillars",
"worthies",
"barons",
"big shots",
"bigwigs",
"kahunas",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"panjandrums",
"panjandra"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweights",
"mediocrities",
"has-beens"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobodies",
"noncelebrities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socializers":{
"as in socialites":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"socialites"
],
"near antonyms":[
"anchorites",
"eremites",
"hermits",
"isolates",
"recluses",
"solitaries",
"homebodies",
"shut-ins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soaking":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"the fisherman couldn't wait to take off his soaking socks"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"as in gouging , overcharging":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"device",
"dodge",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"ploy",
"scheme",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick",
"wile",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"forgery",
"hoax",
"humbug",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"thimblerig",
"three-card monte",
"racket",
"rip-off",
"Ponzi scheme",
"pyramid scheme",
"cross",
"fix",
"bunco",
"bunko",
"con",
"fiddle",
"flimflam",
"fraud",
"hustle",
"scam",
"shell game",
"sting",
"swindle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"we ran for home as soon as the rain started, but our clothes still ended up soaked"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"macerating",
"saturating",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"steeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
]
},
"to charge (someone) too much for goods or services":{
"examples":[
"a merchant who soaks the tourists every summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"gouging",
"overcharging",
"stinging",
"surcharging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cheating",
"defrauding",
"sticking",
"clipping",
"fleecing",
"skinning",
"mischarging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"undercharging"
]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"that downpour soaked my hair, and now I look like a sight"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soddening",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
"examples":[
"depressed about his love life, he repaired to a bar to soak"
],
"synonyms":[
"bibbing",
"boozing",
"drinking",
"guzzling",
"liquoring (up)",
"lushing (up)",
"tippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousing",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"imbibing",
"nipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sourly":{
"as in sternly , glumly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dourly",
"glumly",
"mirthlessly",
"sternly",
"sulkily",
"sullenly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"forlornly",
"mournfully",
"plaintively",
"sorrowfully",
"blackly",
"dismally",
"drearily",
"gloomily",
"pessimistically",
"abjectly",
"dejectedly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"wretchedly",
"bleakly",
"cheerlessly",
"darkly",
"heavily",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"unhappily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brightly",
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"happily",
"heartily",
"jocosely",
"jovially",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"smilingly",
"amusedly",
"exuberantly",
"giddily",
"gigglingly",
"joyfully",
"joyously",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"breezily",
"gladly",
"gladsomely",
"laughingly",
"lightheartedly",
"sunnily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"softener":{
"as in muffler , quieter":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muffler",
"quieter",
"soft pedal",
"damper",
"mute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sofa":{
"a long upholstered piece of furniture designed for several sitters":{
"examples":[
"I curled up on the sofa with a book"
],
"synonyms":[
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"squab"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lounger",
"love seat",
"recamier",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"daybed",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"banquette",
"bench",
"ottoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solely":{
"for nothing other than":{
"examples":[
"I fight solely for my country, not for money!"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"exclusively",
"just",
"only",
"purely",
"simply"
],
"near synonyms":[
"basically",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"generally",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"predominantly",
"primarily",
"principally",
"substantially"
],
"near antonyms":[
"additionally",
"also",
"besides",
"likewise"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"without aid or support":{
"examples":[
"you undertook that project solely on your own, and you will finish it likewise"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"singly",
"unaided",
"unassisted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"individually",
"separately",
"solo"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"sobbed":{
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawled",
"blubbed",
"blubbered",
"cried",
"wept"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greeted",
"grieved",
"keened",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"howled",
"screamed",
"squalled",
"wailed",
"yowled",
"bleated",
"mewled",
"puled",
"whimpered",
"whined",
"sniffled",
"sniveled",
"snivelled",
"groaned",
"moaned",
"sighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"songbooks":{
"as in songsters":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"songsters",
"breviaries",
"missals",
"Psalters",
"antiphonals",
"antiphonaries",
"hymnals",
"hymnaries",
"hymnbooks",
"psalmodies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sodality":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a 19th-century observer of American society noted that Americans had a fondness for forming sodalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"association",
"board",
"brotherhood",
"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the body of people in a profession or field of activity":{
"examples":[
"a tragic loss of life that was felt throughout the sodality of firefighters"
],
"synonyms":[
"brotherhood",
"community",
"corps",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"vocation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"calling",
"profession",
"association",
"club",
"federation",
"guild",
"gild",
"organization",
"society"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"souls":{
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
"examples":[
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"vitalities",
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"bodies",
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"I promise I won't tell another soul"
],
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"beings",
"birds",
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"creatures",
"customers",
"devils",
"ducks",
"eggs",
"faces",
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"heads",
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"things",
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"homos",
"humanoids",
"brothers",
"brethren",
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"fellows",
"neighbors",
"celebrities",
"personalities",
"selves",
"somebodies"
],
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"animals",
"beasties",
"beasts",
"brutes",
"critters"
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"a kind act that was the very soul of charity"
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"stuff",
"substances"
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"cores",
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"epitomes",
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"attributes",
"features",
"properties",
"gists",
"kernels",
"nubs"
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"knew in her soul that it was true"
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"blood",
"bones",
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"guts",
"hearts",
"heartstrings",
"inner spaces",
"insides",
"quicks"
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"minds"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"customer",
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"duck",
"egg",
"face",
"fish",
"guy",
"head",
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"man",
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"slob",
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"specimen",
"stiff",
"thing",
"wight"
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"humanoid",
"brother",
"fellow",
"fellowman",
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"personality",
"self",
"somebody"
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"animal",
"beast",
"beastie",
"brute",
"critter"
],
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},
"type":[
"phrase"
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},
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"examples":[
"some readers don't appreciate that she sometimes uses her book blog as a soapbox for her political views"
],
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"forums",
"fora",
"mediums",
"media",
"outlets",
"platforms",
"venues"
],
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"channels",
"conduits",
"pipelines",
"showcases",
"stages"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"sourced":{
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"type":[
"verb"
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},
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"verb"
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},
"soup\u00e7ons":{
"a very small amount":{
"examples":[
"the book is filled with cynicism and sarcasm, along with a soup\u00e7on of existentialist angst"
],
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"bits",
"crumbs",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"nips",
"ounces",
"particles",
"peanuts",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"shreds",
"skoshes",
"smacks",
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"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"snaps",
"sparks",
"spatters",
"specks",
"splashes",
"spots",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"touches",
"traces"
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"hoots",
"iotas",
"jots",
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soured":{
"as in dry , unsweetened":{
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"dry",
"unsweetened",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tart",
"tartish",
"vinegary",
"pungent",
"sharp",
"tangy",
"zestful",
"zesty",
"zingy",
"astringent",
"hyperacid",
"puckery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sweet",
"bland",
"smooth",
"flat",
"flavorless",
"insipid",
"savorless",
"tasteless",
"zestless",
"dilute",
"thin",
"watery",
"weak"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to change from friendly or loving to unfriendly or uncaring":{
"examples":[
"a misunderstanding that soured their relationship for a long time"
],
"synonyms":[
"alienated",
"aliened",
"disaffected",
"disgruntled",
"estranged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antagonized",
"embittered",
"envenomed",
"aggravated",
"angered",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"outraged",
"rankled",
"riled",
"roiled",
"broke up",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"uncoupled",
"unlinked",
"unyoked",
"disappointed",
"disenchanted",
"disillusioned",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"grated",
"irked",
"irritated",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"piqued",
"riled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"endeared",
"ingratiated",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"disarmed",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated"
],
"antonyms":[
"reconciled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soir\u00e9e":{
"a formal social gathering that is usually at night":{
"examples":[
"They attended a fashionable soiree at a fancy hotel."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"bake",
"clambake",
"cocktail party",
"hen party",
"house party",
"housewarming",
"icebreaker",
"kaffeeklatsch",
"kegger",
"keg party",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"masquerade",
"meet and greet",
"mixer",
"salon",
"shower",
"social",
"stag",
"supper",
"symposium",
"tea",
"tea party",
"affair",
"bash",
"binge",
"blast",
"blowout",
"do",
"event",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"function",
"get-together",
"party",
"reception",
"shindig",
"benefit",
"fund-raiser",
"ball",
"dance",
"formal",
"prom",
"celebration",
"gala",
"occasion",
"bacchanal",
"bacchanalia",
"orgy",
"saturnalia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sophistries":{
"reasoning or arguments that sound correct but are actually false":{
"examples":[
"She said that many of the points made during the debate were pure sophistry ."
],
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"circumlocution",
"equivocation",
"shuffle",
"tergiversation",
"ambiguity",
"ambiguousness",
"equivocalness",
"murkiness",
"nebulousness",
"obscureness",
"obscurity",
"opacity",
"quibbling",
"deception",
"deceptiveness",
"delusion",
"dishonesty",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"untruthfulness",
"speciousness",
"spuriousness",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"sophism",
"factoid",
"superstition",
"fiction",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"distortion",
"misapprehension",
"miscomprehension",
"misinterpretation",
"misjudgment",
"misperception",
"misunderstanding",
"misinformation",
"misknowledge",
"misreport",
"misrepresentation",
"misstatement",
"fib",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"story",
"tale",
"error",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"falsity",
"hallucination",
"illusion",
"misbelief",
"misconception",
"myth",
"old wives' tale",
"untruth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"truth",
"verity",
"accuracy",
"actuality",
"correctness",
"factuality",
"factualness",
"genuineness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"candor",
"directness",
"forthrightness",
"frankness",
"openheartedness",
"openness",
"plainness",
"plumpness",
"straightforwardness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socializing":{
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends"
],
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"associating",
"fraternizing",
"going out",
"hobnobbing",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"stepping out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"carousing",
"partying",
"reveling",
"revelling",
"circulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"eschewing",
"shunning",
"slighting",
"snubbing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soreness":{
"as in discomfort , distress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"distress",
"tenderness",
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"tingle",
"twinge",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soporifics":{
"as in sedatives , tranquilizers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hypnotics",
"sedatives",
"tranquilizers",
"tranquillizers",
"pacifiers",
"palliatives",
"security blankets",
"anesthetics",
"anodynes",
"narcotics",
"opiates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socialists":{
"an adherent or advocate of an economic system in which the means of production are owned and controlled by the state":{
"examples":[
"a lifelong socialist who never lost faith in his cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"commies",
"communists",
"comrades",
"Reds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lefties",
"leftists",
"pinkos",
"pinkoes",
"pinks",
"social democrats",
"Bolsheviks",
"Bolsheviki",
"Leninists",
"Leninites",
"Maoists",
"Marxists",
"Stalinists",
"Trotskyists",
"Trotskyites",
"extremists",
"radicals",
"revolutionaries",
"revolutionists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"capitalists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sockdologer":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sold short":{
"to place too low a value on":{
"examples":[
"I think you're selling yourself short ; you're much better at this than you think you are."
],
"synonyms":[
"underestimated",
"underrated",
"undervalued"
],
"near synonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"minimized",
"played down",
"soft-pedaled",
"belittled",
"decried",
"depreciated",
"disparaged",
"despised",
"disdained",
"scorned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued",
"admired",
"esteemed",
"regarded",
"respected",
"adored",
"idolized",
"revered",
"reverenced",
"venerated",
"worshipped",
"worshiped"
],
"antonyms":[
"overestimated",
"overrated",
"overvalued"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sowing":{
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
"examples":[
"sow the fields with maize in early spring, and the crop should be ready by late summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"bestrewing",
"dotting",
"peppering",
"scattering",
"spotting",
"spraying",
"sprinkling",
"strewing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blanketing",
"drizzling",
"dusting",
"studding",
"dappling",
"flecking",
"speckling",
"stippling",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put or set into the ground to grow":{
"examples":[
"first sow the seeds in potting soil"
],
"synonyms":[
"drilling",
"planting",
"putting in",
"seeding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedding",
"replanting",
"transplanting",
"broadcasting",
"scattering",
"potting",
"overseeding",
"reseeding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gathering",
"harvesting",
"reaping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to set permanently in the consciousness or mind-set":{
"examples":[
"a malicious neighbor who sowed within him nagging suspicions about his wife"
],
"synonyms":[
"breeding",
"enrooting",
"implanting",
"inculcating",
"infixing",
"inseminating",
"instilling",
"planting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"driving",
"hammering",
"pounding",
"embedding",
"imbedding",
"entrenching",
"intrenching",
"fixing",
"lodging",
"rooting",
"imbuing",
"infusing",
"ingraining",
"engraining",
"inoculating",
"investing",
"steeping",
"suffusing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solicitations":{
"an earnest request":{
"examples":[
"the mail is always full of solicitations from worthy causes"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjurations",
"appeals",
"conjurations",
"cries",
"desires",
"entreaties",
"petitions",
"pleadings",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"suits",
"suppliances",
"supplications"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applications",
"requisitions",
"calls",
"claims",
"demands",
"insistences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorting":{
"to come or be together as friends":{
"examples":[
"you should be careful about whom you sort with"
],
"synonyms":[
"associating",
"chumming",
"companying",
"consociating",
"consorting",
"fraternizing",
"hanging (around or out)",
"hobnobbing",
"hooking up",
"messing around",
"palling (around)",
"running",
"traveling",
"travelling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"affiliating",
"allying",
"attaching",
"banding",
"bonding",
"clubbing",
"collaborating",
"colluding",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"connecting",
"cooperating",
"coupling",
"ganging",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"grouping",
"interrelating",
"joining",
"knotting",
"leaguing",
"linking",
"mingling",
"mixing",
"rallying",
"relating",
"siding",
"socializing",
"teaming",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding",
"befriending",
"friending"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"cold-shouldering",
"shunning",
"snubbing",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"breaking up",
"disbanding",
"dispersing",
"splitting (up)",
"disjoining",
"dissociating",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in agreement on every point":{
"examples":[
"that doesn't sort with what you said the last time"
],
"synonyms":[
"according",
"agreeing",
"answering",
"checking",
"chording",
"cohering",
"coinciding",
"comporting",
"conforming",
"consisting",
"corresponding",
"dovetailing",
"fitting",
"going",
"harmonizing",
"jibing",
"rhyming",
"riming",
"squaring",
"tallying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"equaling",
"equalling",
"matching",
"paralleling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"lining up",
"registering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contradicting",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"negating",
"nullifying",
"clashing",
"conflicting",
"jarring"
],
"antonyms":[
"differing (from)",
"disagreeing (with)"
]
},
"to arrange or assign according to type":{
"examples":[
"sorted the mail into bills to be paid and junk to be thrown out"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorting",
"breaking down",
"categorizing",
"classifying",
"classing",
"codifying",
"compartmentalizing",
"compartmenting",
"digesting",
"distinguishing",
"distributing",
"grading",
"grouping",
"pegging",
"placing",
"ranging",
"ranking",
"relegating",
"separating",
"typing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arraying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"systematizing",
"alphabetizing",
"cataloging",
"cataloguing",
"filing",
"indexing",
"listing",
"referring",
"pigeonholing",
"shelving",
"identifying",
"recognizing",
"culling",
"screening",
"setting",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"winnowing",
"clumping",
"clustering",
"colligating",
"recategorizing",
"reclassifying",
"regrouping",
"subcategorizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"confusing",
"disarranging",
"jumbling",
"lumping",
"mixing (up)",
"scrambling",
"misclassifying",
"missorting",
"mis-sorting",
"mistyping"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solves (for)":{
"as in figures out":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"figures out",
"allows (for)",
"deducts",
"factors (in or into or out)",
"figures in",
"calculates",
"ciphers",
"computes",
"figures",
"reckons",
"works out",
"calibrates",
"gauges",
"gages",
"measures",
"scales",
"quantifies",
"quantitates",
"counts",
"itemizes",
"numbers",
"adds up",
"averages",
"sums",
"tallies",
"totalizes",
"totals",
"adds",
"divides",
"multiplies",
"subtracts",
"appraises",
"assesses",
"estimates",
"evaluates",
"rates",
"values",
"recalculates",
"recomputes",
"refigures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"songsters":{
"one who sings":{
"examples":[
"one of the most popular songsters during the World War II era"
],
"synonyms":[
"carolers",
"carollers",
"singers",
"vocalists",
"vocalizers",
"voices"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belters",
"crooners",
"harmonizers",
"hummers",
"warblers",
"yodelers",
"serenaders",
"cantors",
"chanters",
"choristers",
"chansonniers",
"chanteuses",
"songstresses",
"bards",
"troubadours"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrily":{
"as in wretchedly , abominably":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abominably",
"contemptibly",
"despicably",
"detestably",
"hatefully",
"nastily",
"pitiably",
"wretchedly",
"basely",
"currishly",
"dishonorably",
"ignobly",
"degenerately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gallantly",
"grandly",
"greatheartedly",
"greatly",
"heroically",
"high-mindedly",
"honorably",
"magnanimously",
"nobly",
"loftily",
"venerably",
"magnificently",
"majestically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"songs":{
"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
"examples":[
"she sang a little-known song for the talent show"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"vocals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"motets",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect":{
"examples":[
"the songs of Shakespeare"
],
"synonyms":[
"lyrics",
"poems",
"runes",
"verses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"ballads",
"lays",
"anacreontics",
"clerihews",
"dithyrambs",
"eclogues",
"elegies",
"English sonnets",
"epics",
"epigrams",
"epodes",
"epopees",
"eposes",
"georgics",
"idylls",
"idyls",
"jingles",
"laments",
"limericks",
"madrigals",
"odes",
"pastorales",
"pastorals",
"psalms",
"rondeaux",
"rondelets",
"rondelles",
"rondels",
"sonnets",
"triolets",
"villanelles",
"haiku",
"senryu",
"tankas",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"versifications",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
"examples":[
"whistle a song as accompaniment to your work"
],
"synonyms":[
"airs",
"lays",
"melodies",
"strains",
"tunes",
"warbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descants",
"discants",
"cadences",
"measures",
"meters",
"rhythms",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"hymns",
"lyrics",
"madrigals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"writing that uses rhythm, vivid language, and often rhyme to provoke an emotional response":{
"examples":[
"a hero honored in song and story"
],
"synonyms":[
"minstrelsies",
"poesies",
"poetries",
"verses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rhymes",
"rimes",
"blank verses",
"free verses",
"vers libres"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"proses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sojourn":{
"a temporary residing as another's guest":{
"examples":[
"spent a relaxing sojourn in her friend's summer home"
],
"synonyms":[
"stay",
"tarry",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"field trip",
"homestay",
"sleepover",
"layover",
"stop",
"stopover"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
"examples":[
"began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"stay",
"tarry",
"visit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"come by",
"come over",
"drop by",
"drop in",
"run in",
"step in",
"stop (by)",
"frequent",
"hang (around or out)",
"haunt",
"inhabit",
"occupy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abide",
"dwell",
"live",
"reside"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soundproofs":{
"as in insulates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insulates",
"muffles",
"mutes",
"stifles",
"pads",
"dampens",
"mellows",
"softens",
"subdues",
"tones (down)",
"baffles",
"smothers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unmuffles",
"amplifies",
"boosts",
"deepens",
"enhances",
"heightens",
"increases",
"magnifies",
"steps up",
"strengthens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sounding board":{
"a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good":{
"examples":[
"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist",
"adviser",
"advisor",
"consigliere",
"consultant",
"counsel",
"counselor",
"counsellor",
"confidant",
"cabinet",
"kitchen cabinet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solemn":{
"having or showing a formal and serious or reserved manner":{
"examples":[
"the director of the funeral home has a fittingly solemn demeanor"
],
"synonyms":[
"august",
"dignified",
"distingu\u00e9",
"distinguished",
"imposing",
"portly",
"staid",
"stately"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decorous",
"proper",
"seemly",
"grave",
"grim",
"po-faced",
"sober",
"somber",
"sombre",
"aristocratic",
"elegant",
"elevated",
"handsome",
"lordly",
"magisterial",
"majestic",
"noble"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coarse",
"crass",
"crude",
"improper",
"indecent",
"uncouth",
"unseemly",
"vulgar"
],
"antonyms":[
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"giddy",
"goofy",
"silly",
"undignified"
]
},
"not joking or playful in mood or manner":{
"examples":[
"solemn as a judge"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"humorless",
"no-nonsense",
"po-faced",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"staid",
"uncomic",
"unsmiling",
"weighty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"harsh",
"stern",
"strict",
"businesslike",
"professional",
"dignified",
"distinguished",
"elevated",
"serious-minded",
"gloomy",
"grim"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"laughable",
"light",
"light-headed",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"sidesplitting",
"uproarious",
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"lighthearted",
"puerile",
"scatterbrained",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"cockeyed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"foolish",
"half-witted",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"humorous",
"jesting",
"jocular",
"joking",
"kittenish",
"ludic",
"playful"
]
},
"causing or marked by an atmosphere lacking in cheer":{
"examples":[
"the Capitol's rotunda was draped in solemn decorations of a state funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dire",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blue",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"down",
"droopy",
"hangdog",
"inconsolable",
"low",
"melancholic",
"melancholy",
"mirthless",
"sad",
"unhappy",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"dim",
"discomfiting",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dismaying",
"dispiriting",
"distressful",
"distressing",
"upsetting",
"desperate",
"hopeless",
"pessimistic",
"lamentable",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"sorrowful",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dull",
"dour",
"grim",
"lowering",
"louring",
"lowery",
"loury",
"menacing",
"negative",
"oppressive",
"threatening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"buoyant",
"gay",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"joyful",
"joyous",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"encouraging",
"hopeful",
"optimistic",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bright",
"cheerful",
"cheering",
"cheery",
"comforting",
"cordial",
"festive",
"friendly",
"gay",
"heartwarming",
"sunshiny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sold down the river":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"He didn't expect to be sold down the river by someone he had known for so long."
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbed",
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"sold (out)",
"two-timed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave away",
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"snitched (on)",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"stood by"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"sociability":{
"the quality or state of being social":{
"examples":[
"her sociability was called into question when she said she hated parties"
],
"synonyms":[
"conviviality",
"gregariousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"amiability",
"cordiality",
"folksiness",
"friendliness",
"neighborliness",
"camaraderie",
"companionship",
"fellowship",
"boldness",
"brashness",
"extroversion",
"extraversion",
"forwardness",
"immodesty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"coyness",
"diffidence",
"shyness",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"introversion",
"reclusion",
"modesty",
"retiringness"
],
"antonyms":[
"unsociability",
"unsociableness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sold (out)":{
"to be unfaithful or disloyal to":{
"examples":[
"the band sold out its faithful followers, abandoning its edgy style for a more commercial sound"
],
"synonyms":[
"backstabbed",
"betrayed",
"crossed",
"double-crossed",
"two-timed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gave away",
"informed (on)",
"peached",
"ratted (on)",
"shopped",
"snitched (on)",
"split (on)",
"told (on)",
"turned in"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"safeguarded",
"saved",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[
"stood by"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solemnizes":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"sanctifies",
"celebrates",
"commemorates",
"keeps",
"observes",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors",
"lauds",
"praises",
"memorializes",
"remembers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blows off",
"disregards",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"breaks",
"transgresses",
"violates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sovranty":{
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomy",
"freedom",
"independence",
"independency",
"liberty",
"self-determination",
"self-governance",
"self-government"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipation",
"enfranchisement",
"liberation",
"manumission",
"release"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivity",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"internment",
"subjugation"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependence",
"dependance",
"heteronomy",
"subjection",
"unfreedom"
]
},
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
"examples":[
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealth",
"country",
"land",
"nation",
"state"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city-state",
"microstate",
"ministate",
"nation-state",
"domain",
"dominion",
"empire",
"kingdom",
"realm",
"republic",
"duchy",
"dukedom",
"emirate",
"principality",
"seigniory",
"seignory",
"sultanate",
"democracy",
"dictatorship",
"monarchy",
"monocracy",
"oligarchy",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"theocracy",
"client state",
"colony",
"condominium",
"dependency",
"mandate",
"province",
"settlement",
"soil",
"trust territory",
"fatherland",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"great power",
"power",
"sea power",
"superpower",
"world power",
"welfare state"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendance",
"ascendence",
"ascendancy",
"ascendency",
"dominance",
"domination",
"dominion",
"hegemony",
"imperium",
"predominance",
"predominancy",
"preeminence",
"reign",
"supremacy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primacy",
"superiority",
"lordship",
"scepter",
"arm",
"authority",
"choke hold",
"clutch",
"command",
"control",
"grip",
"hold",
"mastery",
"sway",
"takeover",
"direction",
"jurisdiction",
"management",
"clout",
"might",
"pull",
"weight",
"eminence",
"importance",
"moment",
"prerogative",
"privilege",
"right"
],
"near antonyms":[
"helplessness",
"weakness",
"impotence",
"impotency",
"powerlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sobbing":{
"as in crying , wailing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"crying",
"keening",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"wailing",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"maudlin",
"mawkish",
"sentimental",
"misty",
"misty-eyed",
"moist",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"emotional",
"bemoaning",
"bewailing",
"lachrymose",
"tearful",
"teary",
"weepy",
"doleful",
"dolorous",
"grieving",
"mournful",
"plaintive",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"lugubrious",
"brokenhearted",
"dejected",
"depressed",
"despondent",
"disconsolate",
"downcast",
"downhearted",
"heartbroken",
"heartsick",
"heavyhearted",
"inconsolable",
"miserable",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"woebegone",
"woeful",
"wretched"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beaming",
"chuckling",
"giggling",
"grinning",
"laughing",
"smiling",
"blithe",
"blithesome",
"cheerful",
"cheery",
"gay",
"happy",
"jocose",
"jovial",
"lighthearted",
"lightsome",
"merry",
"mirthful",
"sunny"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in crying , weeping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blubbering",
"crying",
"sniveling",
"weeping",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"yammering",
"groan",
"moan",
"wail",
"keen",
"lament",
"lamentation",
"plaint",
"bawl",
"cry",
"howl",
"shriek",
"squall",
"whimper",
"whine",
"yelp",
"yowl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cackle",
"chortle",
"chuckle",
"giggle",
"guffaw",
"laugh",
"snicker",
"snigger",
"titter",
"twitter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shed tears often while making meaningless sounds as a sign of pain or distress":{
"examples":[
"the child sobbed when she found the dead frog"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawling",
"blubbering",
"blubbing",
"crying",
"weeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"greeting",
"grieving",
"keening",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"howling",
"screaming",
"squalling",
"wailing",
"yowling",
"bleating",
"mewling",
"puling",
"whimpering",
"whining",
"sniffling",
"sniveling",
"snivelling",
"groaning",
"moaning",
"sighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"soft soaps":{
"to get (someone) to do something by gentle urging, special attention, or flattery":{
"examples":[
"she cunningly soft-soaped her parents into letting her go on the trip"
],
"synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"blarneys",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"palavers",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"adulates",
"flatters",
"overpraises",
"butters up",
"charms",
"massages",
"woos",
"begs",
"beseeches",
"importunes",
"urges",
"beguiles",
"cozens",
"finagles",
"juggles",
"wangles",
"wiles",
"entices",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bugs",
"harasses",
"nags",
"pesters",
"teases",
"browbeats",
"bulldozes",
"bullies",
"cows",
"intimidates",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"demands",
"forces",
"makes",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to praise too much":{
"examples":[
"shrewd voters who know when a politician is trying to soft-soap them"
],
"synonyms":[
"adulates",
"belauds",
"blarneys",
"butters up",
"flatters",
"hero-worships",
"honeys",
"massages",
"overpraises",
"puffs",
"strokes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blandishes",
"cajoles",
"coaxes",
"sweet-talks",
"wheedles",
"fawns",
"kowtows",
"sucks (up to)",
"toadies",
"idolizes",
"worships",
"eulogizes",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises",
"applauds",
"commends",
"compliments",
"congratulates",
"felicitates",
"drools",
"gushes",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"endears",
"ingratiates",
"courts",
"romances",
"woos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad-mouths",
"belittles",
"decries",
"depreciates",
"disparages",
"puts down"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sorcerers":{
"a person skilled in using supernatural forces":{
"examples":[
"a sorcerer who used his power for evil ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"charmers",
"conjurers",
"conjurors",
"enchanters",
"mages",
"magi",
"Magians",
"magicians",
"necromancers",
"voodooists",
"voodoos",
"witches",
"wizards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enchantresses",
"hags",
"hexes",
"sorceresses",
"warlocks",
"occultists",
"thaumaturges",
"thaumaturgists",
"theurgists",
"wonder-workers",
"medicine men",
"shamanists",
"shamans",
"witch doctors",
"crystal gazers",
"diviners",
"foreseers",
"fortune-tellers",
"prognosticators",
"prophesiers",
"prophets",
"seers",
"soothsayers",
"mediums",
"media",
"exorcisers",
"exorcists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"songstress":{
"as in chanteuse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chanteuse",
"chansonnier",
"bard",
"troubadour",
"cantor",
"chanter",
"chorister",
"serenader",
"crooner",
"harmonizer",
"hummer",
"warbler",
"yodeler",
"belter",
"caroler",
"caroller",
"singer",
"songster",
"vocalist",
"vocalizer",
"voice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sometime":{
"at a later time":{
"examples":[
"we'll get around to it sometime"
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"finally",
"someday",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"imminently",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon",
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"having been such at some previous time":{
"examples":[
"a sometime athlete who's gotten awfully fat"
],
"synonyms":[
"erstwhile",
"former",
"late",
"old",
"once",
"onetime",
"other",
"past",
"quondam",
"whilom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bygone",
"dead",
"defunct",
"departed",
"expired",
"extinct",
"gone",
"long-ago",
"vanished"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"extant",
"ongoing",
"present",
"present-day",
"coming",
"future",
"prospective",
"unborn"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"somebody":{
"a person who is widely known and usually much talked about":{
"examples":[
"a small-town girl who hopes to become a somebody someday"
],
"synonyms":[
"cause c\u00e9l\u00e8bre",
"cause celebre",
"celeb",
"celebrity",
"figure",
"icon",
"ikon",
"light",
"luminary",
"megastar",
"name",
"notability",
"notable",
"notoriety",
"personage",
"personality",
"standout",
"star",
"superstar",
"VIP"
],
"near synonyms":[
"favorite",
"heartthrob",
"hero",
"idol",
"demigod",
"dignitary",
"eminence",
"immortal",
"monument",
"pillar",
"worthy",
"baron",
"big shot",
"bigwig",
"kahuna",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"nabob",
"panjandrum"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightweight",
"mediocrity",
"has-been"
],
"antonyms":[
"nobody",
"noncelebrity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"songbook":{
"as in songster":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"songster",
"breviary",
"missal",
"Psalter",
"antiphonal",
"antiphonary",
"hymnal",
"hymnary",
"hymnbook",
"psalmody"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soddens":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathes",
"bedraggles",
"douses",
"dowses",
"drenches",
"drowns",
"soaks",
"sops",
"souses",
"washes",
"waterlogs",
"waters",
"water-soaks",
"wets",
"wets down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperses",
"bedews",
"dampens",
"damps",
"drizzles",
"humidifies",
"hydrates",
"mists",
"moistens",
"moisturizes",
"showers",
"sprinkles",
"deluges",
"floods",
"hoses (down)",
"inundates",
"overflows",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"splashes",
"impregnates",
"saturates",
"steeps",
"flushes",
"irrigates",
"laves",
"rinses",
"sloshes",
"sluices",
"dips",
"ducks",
"dunks",
"rehydrates",
"rewashes",
"rewets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewaters",
"evaporates",
"freeze-dries",
"drip-dries",
"wrings",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"scorches",
"sears"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenches",
"drowns",
"impregnates",
"macerates",
"saturates",
"soaks",
"sops",
"souses",
"steeps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogs",
"water-soaks",
"marinates",
"seethes",
"presoaks",
"dips",
"immerses",
"inundates",
"submerges",
"swamps",
"bathes",
"douses",
"dowses",
"hydrates",
"swills",
"washes",
"waters",
"infiltrates",
"penetrates",
"permeates",
"dampens",
"damps",
"humidifies",
"moistens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrates",
"desiccates",
"dries",
"parches",
"sears",
"drains",
"empties",
"voids",
"dehumidifies"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrings (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solacer":{
"as in comforter , soother":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comforter",
"soother",
"charmer",
"smoothy",
"smoothie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"annoyance",
"annoyer",
"bother",
"gadfly",
"gnawer",
"nudnik",
"nudnick",
"nuisance",
"pain",
"persecutor",
"pest",
"tease",
"teaser",
"headache",
"harrier",
"heckler",
"interrupter",
"interruptor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sounding boards":{
"a person or group with whom you discuss ideas to see if the ideas are good":{
"examples":[
"My friend is my sounding board for new ideas."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists",
"advisers",
"advisors",
"consiglieri",
"consiglieres",
"consultants",
"counselors",
"counsellors",
"counsels",
"confidants",
"cabinets",
"kitchen cabinets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft-pedal":{
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
"examples":[
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
],
"synonyms":[
"de-emphasize",
"downplay",
"play down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"underplay",
"understate",
"bad-mouth",
"belittle",
"cry down",
"decry",
"denigrate",
"deprecate",
"depreciate",
"derogate",
"dismiss",
"disparage",
"kiss off",
"minimize",
"poor-mouth",
"put down",
"run down",
"talk down",
"trash",
"trash-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exaggerate",
"overdo",
"overdraw",
"overstate",
"elaborate",
"embellish",
"embroider",
"magnify",
"pad",
"stretch",
"fudge",
"hedge",
"melodramatize",
"overemphasize",
"overplay",
"sensationalize"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in muffler , softener":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"muffler",
"quieter",
"softener",
"damper",
"mute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sourness":{
"as in nastiness , coldness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coldness",
"crossness",
"discourteousness",
"iciness",
"impoliteness",
"incivility",
"nastiness",
"rudeness",
"surliness",
"ungraciousness",
"gruffness",
"harshness",
"hostility",
"relentlessness",
"severity",
"sternness",
"vehemence",
"anger",
"animosity",
"gall",
"jaundice",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"rancor",
"scorn",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"vindictiveness",
"acidity",
"acidness",
"acridity",
"acridness",
"acrimony",
"asperity",
"bile",
"bitterness",
"cattiness",
"corrosiveness",
"mordancy",
"tartness",
"virulence",
"virulency",
"vitriol",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"sour grapes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civility",
"cordiality",
"courtesy",
"diplomacy",
"geniality",
"graciousness",
"kindness",
"politeness",
"tactfulness",
"compassion",
"softness",
"sweetness",
"sympathy",
"tenderness",
"warmth",
"oiliness",
"smoothness",
"suaveness",
"suavity",
"unctuousness",
"urbanity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sociopath":{
"as in paranoid , delusional":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"high-strung",
"unstable",
"uptight",
"anxious",
"bothered",
"distressed",
"overanxious",
"uneasy",
"unquiet",
"unsettled",
"worried",
"jittery",
"jumpy",
"nervous",
"restless",
"skittish",
"tense",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"fixated",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unneurotic",
"relaxed",
"relieved",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"collected",
"composed",
"cool",
"coolheaded",
"equal",
"level",
"limpid",
"peaceful",
"placid",
"possessed",
"recollected",
"sedate",
"self-composed",
"self-possessed",
"serene",
"smooth",
"together",
"tranquil",
"undisturbed",
"unperturbed",
"unruffled",
"unshaken",
"untroubled",
"unworried",
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sobersidedness":{
"as in earnestness , soberness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"earnestness",
"soberness",
"graveness",
"grimness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"sternness",
"priggishness",
"starchiness",
"stuffiness",
"constraint",
"restraint",
"self-control"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coltishness",
"espi\u00e8glerie",
"friskiness",
"impishness",
"larkiness",
"mischief",
"mischievousness",
"playfulness",
"prankishness",
"sportfulness",
"sportiveness",
"tricksiness",
"coyness",
"kittenishness",
"archness",
"devilment",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"hob",
"rascality",
"roguishness",
"waggery"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soloist":{
"as in accompanist , recitalist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanist",
"recitalist",
"symphonist",
"maestro",
"virtuoso",
"accordionist",
"bassoonist",
"clarinetist",
"clarinettist",
"cornetist",
"cornettist",
"drummer",
"fiddler",
"flautist",
"flutist",
"guitarist",
"harpist",
"hornist",
"keyboardist",
"oboist",
"organ-grinder",
"organist",
"percussionist",
"pianist",
"picker",
"piper",
"reedman",
"saxophonist",
"trombonist",
"trumpeter",
"violinist",
"violist",
"artist",
"performer",
"minstrel",
"instrumentalist",
"musician",
"player"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"softcover":{
"as in hardcover , hardback":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardback",
"hardcover",
"paper",
"paperback",
"paperbound",
"pocket book",
"pocket edition",
"softback",
"trade book",
"trade edition",
"book",
"tome",
"volume",
"folio",
"quarto",
"guidebook",
"handbook",
"how-to",
"manual",
"catalog",
"catalogue",
"cyclopedia",
"cyclopaedia",
"dictionary",
"encyclopedia",
"monograph",
"primer",
"text",
"textbook",
"tract",
"treatise",
"novel",
"novelette",
"pulp",
"album",
"almanac",
"anthology",
"casebook",
"chapbook",
"omnibus",
"picture book"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Sovietism":{
"as in bolshevism , Marxism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bolshevism",
"Leninism",
"Marxism",
"Stalinism",
"collectivism",
"Communism",
"leftism",
"liberalism",
"radicalism",
"Big Brother",
"Big Brotherism",
"fascism",
"Nazism",
"absolutism",
"autarchy",
"authoritarianism",
"autocracy",
"Caesarism",
"czarism",
"tsarism",
"tzarism",
"despotism",
"dictatorship",
"totalism",
"totalitarianism",
"tyranny"
],
"near antonyms":[
"democracy",
"self-governance",
"self-government",
"self-rule",
"freedom",
"self-determination",
"autonomy",
"sovereignty",
"sovranty"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sojourning (at)":{
"as in staying (at) , camping (out in)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"camping (out in)",
"staying (at)",
"stopping (over)",
"tarrying (in)",
"calling (on or upon)",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"popping (in)",
"running (in)",
"infesting",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"swarming",
"attending",
"taking in",
"patronizing",
"affecting",
"frequenting",
"habituating",
"hanging (at)",
"haunting",
"resorting (to)",
"visiting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoiding",
"shunning",
"dodging",
"ducking",
"eluding",
"escaping",
"eschewing",
"evading",
"shaking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solo":{
"not being in the company of others":{
"examples":[
"a solo flight in a hot-air balloon"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"lone",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"single",
"solitary",
"unaccompanied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unattended",
"unchaperoned",
"forlorn",
"friendless",
"cloistered",
"disassociated",
"hermetic",
"hermetical",
"insulated",
"isolate",
"isolated",
"remote",
"retired",
"secluded",
"withdrawn",
"quarantined",
"segregated",
"separated",
"sequestered",
"separate",
"unattached",
"unconnected",
"unlinked",
"detached",
"disconnected",
"disjointed",
"dissociated",
"disunited",
"divided",
"fractionated",
"abandoned",
"adrift",
"deserted",
"desolate",
"forgotten",
"forsaken",
"lorn",
"neglected"
],
"near antonyms":[
"attended",
"chaperoned",
"escorted",
"adjacent",
"adjoining",
"communicating",
"contiguous",
"neighboring",
"next-door",
"attached",
"connected",
"coupled",
"linked"
],
"antonyms":[
"accompanied"
]
},
"as in song , vocal":{
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"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"song",
"vocal",
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in alone , solely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"singly",
"solely",
"unaided",
"unassisted",
"individually",
"separately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"noun"
]
},
"soakers":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"that soaker couldn't pass a Breathalyzer test if his life depended on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholics",
"alkies",
"boozehounds",
"boozers",
"dipsomaniacs",
"drinkers",
"drunkards",
"drunks",
"inebriates",
"juiceheads",
"juicers",
"lushes",
"rummies",
"soaks",
"sots",
"souses",
"tipplers",
"topers",
"tosspots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swiggers",
"swillers",
"winos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainers",
"nondrinkers",
"teetotalers",
"teetotallers",
"teetotalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"somewhere":{
"very close to but not completely":{
"examples":[
"somewhere around 15,000 people live in town"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"all but",
"almost",
"borderline",
"fair",
"fairly",
"feckly",
"more or less",
"most",
"much",
"near",
"nearly",
"next to",
"nigh",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appreciably",
"by and large",
"chiefly",
"largely",
"mainly",
"mostly",
"kind of",
"partially",
"partly",
"somewhat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"entirely",
"fully",
"plain",
"plumb",
"quite",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"well",
"wholly",
"barely",
"hardly",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"someway":{
"as in somehow":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"somehow",
"anywise",
"at all",
"ever",
"half",
"remotely"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soused":{
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"he stumbled off to bed, completely soused as usual"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"ripped",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"peeled off his soused socks and instantly felt much more comfortable"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"sodden",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"washed",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"wet",
"wetted",
"wet down",
"wetted down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersed",
"bedewed",
"damped",
"dampened",
"drizzled",
"humidified",
"hydrated",
"misted",
"moistened",
"moisturized",
"showered",
"sprinkled",
"deluged",
"flooded",
"hosed (down)",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"splashed",
"impregnated",
"saturated",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sloshed",
"sluiced",
"dipped",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"rehydrated",
"rewashed",
"rewet",
"rewetted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatered",
"evaporated",
"freeze-dried",
"drip-dried",
"wrung",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"scorched",
"seared"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dipped",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"ducked",
"dunked",
"immersed",
"sopped",
"submerged",
"submersed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathed",
"moistened",
"soaked",
"steeped",
"wet",
"wetted",
"drenched",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"dived",
"dove",
"plunged",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenched",
"drowned",
"impregnated",
"macerated",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soddened",
"sopped",
"steeped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogged",
"water-soaked",
"marinated",
"seethed",
"presoaked",
"dipped",
"immersed",
"inundated",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"bathed",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"hydrated",
"swilled",
"washed",
"watered",
"infiltrated",
"penetrated",
"permeated",
"damped",
"dampened",
"humidified",
"moistened"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrated",
"desiccated",
"dried",
"parched",
"seared",
"drained",
"emptied",
"voided",
"dehumidified"
],
"antonyms":[
"wrung (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soft-pedaled":{
"to reduce in apparent importance":{
"examples":[
"she politely tries to soft-pedal her accomplishments when talking to less fortunate people"
],
"synonyms":[
"de-emphasized",
"downplayed",
"played down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"underplayed",
"understated",
"bad-mouthed",
"belittled",
"cried down",
"decried",
"denigrated",
"deprecated",
"depreciated",
"derogated",
"dismissed",
"disparaged",
"kissed off",
"minimized",
"poor-mouthed",
"put down",
"ran down",
"talked down",
"trashed",
"trash-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exaggerated",
"overdid",
"overdrew",
"overstated",
"elaborated",
"embellished",
"embroidered",
"magnified",
"padded",
"stretched",
"fudged",
"hedged",
"melodramatized",
"overemphasized",
"overplayed",
"sensationalized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soldier":{
"a person engaged in military service":{
"examples":[
"one of the goals of war is to keep as many soldiers as possible from being killed"
],
"synonyms":[
"dogface",
"fighter",
"legionary",
"legionnaire",
"man-at-arms",
"regular",
"serviceman",
"trooper",
"warrior"
],
"near synonyms":[
"servicewoman",
"carabineer",
"carabinier",
"cavalier",
"cavalryman",
"cuirassier",
"dragoon",
"doughboy",
"footman",
"foot soldier",
"grunt",
"infantryman",
"commando",
"raider",
"jarhead",
"marine",
"ranger",
"artilleryman",
"cannoneer",
"gunner",
"mortarman",
"musketeer",
"rifleman",
"archer",
"crossbowman",
"lancer",
"pikeman",
"spearman",
"Confederate",
"Continental",
"Federal",
"GI",
"guardsman",
"militiaman",
"minuteman",
"counterguerrilla",
"counterguerilla",
"guerrilla",
"guerilla",
"irregular",
"paramilitary",
"partisan",
"partizan",
"combatant",
"noncombatant",
"lifer",
"veteran",
"warhorse",
"conscript",
"draftee",
"enrollee",
"recruit",
"reservist",
"champion",
"knight",
"digger",
"gallowglass",
"gendarme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"civilian"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sovereignties":{
"the state of being free from the control or power of another":{
"examples":[
"upon leaving home she felt that she had achieved sovereignty for the first time in her life"
],
"synonyms":[
"autonomies",
"freedoms",
"independences",
"independencies",
"liberties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emancipations",
"enfranchisements",
"liberations",
"manumissions",
"releases"
],
"near antonyms":[
"captivities",
"enchainments",
"enslavements",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"internments",
"subjugations"
],
"antonyms":[
"dependences",
"dependances",
"heteronomies",
"subjections",
"unfreedoms"
]
},
"a body of people composed of one or more nationalities usually with its own territory and government":{
"examples":[
"as parts of the same sovereignty , the states should not enact laws intended to harm one another economically"
],
"synonyms":[
"commonwealths",
"countries",
"lands",
"nations",
"states"
],
"near synonyms":[
"city-states",
"microstates",
"ministates",
"nation-states",
"domains",
"dominions",
"empires",
"kingdoms",
"realms",
"republics",
"duchies",
"dukedoms",
"emirates",
"principalities",
"seigniories",
"seignories",
"sultanates",
"democracies",
"dictatorships",
"monarchies",
"monocracies",
"oligarchies",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"theocracies",
"client states",
"colonies",
"condominiums",
"condominia",
"dependencies",
"mandates",
"provinces",
"settlements",
"soil",
"trust territories",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"motherlands",
"great powers",
"powers",
"sea powers",
"superpowers",
"world powers",
"welfare states"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"controlling power or influence over others":{
"examples":[
"the gradual sovereignty of English as the language of international communication"
],
"synonyms":[
"ascendances",
"ascendences",
"ascendancies",
"ascendencies",
"dominances",
"dominations",
"dominions",
"hegemonies",
"imperiums",
"predominances",
"predominancies",
"preeminences",
"reigns",
"supremacies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"primacies",
"superiorities",
"lordships",
"scepters",
"arms",
"authorities",
"choke holds",
"clutches",
"commands",
"controls",
"grips",
"holds",
"masteries",
"sways",
"takeovers",
"directions",
"jurisdictions",
"managements",
"clouts",
"mights",
"pulls",
"weights",
"eminences",
"importances",
"moments",
"prerogatives",
"privileges",
"rights"
],
"near antonyms":[
"weaknesses",
"impotences",
"impotencies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrowfulness":{
"a state or spell of low spirits":{
"examples":[
"with a sorrowfulness that can only be described as heart-wrenching, she read the elegy"
],
"synonyms":[
"blue devils",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"desolation",
"despond",
"despondence",
"despondency",
"disconsolateness",
"dispiritedness",
"doldrums",
"dolefulness",
"downheartedness",
"dreariness",
"dumps",
"forlornness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"glumness",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"miserableness",
"mopes",
"mournfulness",
"oppression",
"sadness",
"unhappiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"melancholia",
"self-pity",
"anguish",
"dolor",
"grief",
"mourning",
"somberness",
"sorrow",
"woefulness",
"agony",
"distress",
"pain",
"misery",
"woe",
"wretchedness",
"discouragement",
"disheartenment",
"moodiness",
"despair",
"desperation",
"hopelessness",
"self-despair",
"boredom",
"ennui",
"tedium",
"dismalness",
"drear",
"morbidness",
"moroseness",
"morosity",
"regret",
"rue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"gayness",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"humor",
"jollity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"cheeriness",
"hopefulness",
"optimism",
"sunniness",
"content",
"contentedness",
"contentment",
"satisfaction",
"delight",
"gratification"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"blissfulness",
"ecstasy",
"elatedness",
"elation",
"euphoria",
"exhilaration",
"exuberance",
"exultation",
"felicity",
"gladness",
"gladsomeness",
"happiness",
"heaven",
"intoxication",
"joy",
"joyfulness",
"joyousness",
"jubilation",
"rapture",
"rapturousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solidly":{
"as in squarely , resolutely":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"decidedly",
"determinedly",
"directly",
"emphatically",
"fast",
"fixedly",
"intensively",
"intently",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"rigidly",
"smartly",
"soundly",
"squarely",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"surely",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"eagerly",
"gamely",
"heartily",
"lustily",
"snappily",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"vivaciously",
"aggressively",
"assertively",
"manfully",
"potently",
"fiercely",
"hammer and tongs",
"robustly",
"roughshod",
"sharply",
"vehemently",
"violently",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"explosively",
"firmly",
"forcefully",
"forcibly",
"hard",
"mightily",
"muscularly",
"powerfully",
"roundly",
"stiffly",
"stoutly",
"strenuously",
"strongly",
"sturdily",
"vigorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feebly",
"gently",
"softly",
"weakly",
"delicately",
"faintly",
"frailly",
"shakily",
"bloodlessly",
"halfheartedly",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"spiritlessly",
"impotently",
"ineffectively",
"ineffectually",
"lamely",
"nervelessly",
"spinelessly",
"uncertainly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"solar plexus":{
"the part of the body between the chest and the pelvis":{
"examples":[
"a punch in the solar plexus knocked the air out of him"
],
"synonyms":[
"abdomen",
"belly",
"breadbasket",
"gut",
"stomach",
"tummy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"middle",
"midriff",
"waist",
"paunch",
"potbelly",
"thorax"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicitor":{
"one that tries to get a person to give in to a desire":{
"examples":[
"money, that great solicitor that has often succeeded in persuading people to sell their very souls"
],
"synonyms":[
"baiter",
"seducer",
"tempter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beguiler",
"enchantress",
"siren",
"temptress",
"tantalizer",
"briber",
"inducer",
"inveigler",
"persuader",
"corrupter",
"corruptor",
"debaser",
"debaucher",
"degrader",
"depraver",
"perverter",
"undoer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"one who asks earnestly for a favor or gift":{
"examples":[
"even a billionaire doesn't have the wherewithal to grant the wish of every deserving solicitor who comes his way"
],
"synonyms":[
"petitioner",
"pleader",
"suitor",
"suppliant",
"supplicant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"cadger",
"moocher",
"schnorrer",
"asker",
"requester",
"suer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soloists":{
"as in accompanists , recitalists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"accompanists",
"recitalists",
"symphonists",
"maestros",
"maestri",
"virtuosos",
"virtuosi",
"accordionists",
"bassoonists",
"clarinetists",
"clarinettists",
"cornetists",
"cornettists",
"drummers",
"fiddlers",
"flautists",
"flutists",
"guitarists",
"harpists",
"hornists",
"keyboardists",
"oboists",
"organ-grinders",
"organists",
"percussionists",
"pianists",
"pickers",
"pipers",
"reedmen",
"saxophonists",
"trombonists",
"trumpeters",
"violinists",
"violists",
"artists",
"performers",
"minstrels",
"instrumentalists",
"musicians",
"players"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soles":{
"as in toes , bellies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bellies",
"toes",
"bottoms",
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"floors",
"grounds",
"seats",
"underpinnings",
"undercarriages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"faces",
"tops",
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"climaxes",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heights",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"roofs",
"summits",
"cusps",
"heads",
"points",
"tips",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorts (through)":{
"to look through (as a place) carefully or thoroughly in an effort to find or discover something":{
"examples":[
"I sorted through the pile of magazines until I found the article I was looking for"
],
"synonyms":[
"combs",
"digs (through)",
"dredges",
"hunts (through)",
"rakes",
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"rummages",
"scours",
"searches",
"trolls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"frisks",
"pats down",
"shakes down",
"audits",
"checks (out)",
"examines",
"inspects",
"investigates",
"reviews",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"ascertains",
"descries",
"detects",
"determines",
"discovers",
"ferrets (out)",
"finds",
"finds out",
"gets",
"hits (on or upon)",
"learns",
"locates",
"runs down",
"scares up",
"tracks (down)",
"grubs (about)",
"pokes (around)",
"explores",
"probes",
"prospects",
"skirmishes",
"snoops",
"browses",
"glances (over)",
"looks over",
"peruses",
"studies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hides",
"abandons",
"loses",
"ignores",
"neglects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soberness":{
"a mental state free of jesting or trifling":{
"examples":[
"the unexpected soberness of the class clown at the memorial service was startling"
],
"synonyms":[
"earnest",
"earnestness",
"graveness",
"gravity",
"intentness",
"serious-mindedness",
"seriousness",
"sobriety",
"solemnity",
"solemnness",
"staidness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gravitas",
"humorlessness",
"decisiveness",
"deliberation",
"determination",
"firmness",
"purposefulness",
"resoluteness",
"resolve",
"absorption",
"attentiveness",
"concentration",
"engrossment",
"enthrallment",
"immersion",
"intensity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lightness",
"shallowness",
"superficiality",
"dalliance",
"dilettantism",
"cheerfulness",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"high-spiritedness",
"merriment",
"mirth"
],
"antonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"levity",
"lightheartedness",
"lightness",
"play",
"unseriousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sooth":{
"agreement with fact or reality":{
"examples":[
"I doubt not the sooth of what you say, but there may be other facts of which we are unaware"
],
"synonyms":[
"facticity",
"factuality",
"trueness",
"truth",
"verity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accuracy",
"accurateness",
"actuality",
"authenticity",
"correctness",
"credibility",
"honesty",
"trustability",
"trustiness",
"trustworthiness",
"truthfulness",
"veracity",
"dependability",
"reliability"
],
"near antonyms":[
"erroneousness",
"fallaciousness",
"fallacy",
"falsehood",
"fiction",
"half-truth",
"lie",
"impreciseness",
"imprecision",
"inaccuracy",
"incorrectness",
"inexactitude",
"inexactness",
"deceit",
"dishonesty",
"equivocation",
"lying",
"mendaciousness",
"mendacity",
"prevarication",
"untruthfulness"
],
"antonyms":[
"falseness",
"falsity",
"untruth"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soft-core":{
"as in hard-core":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hard-core",
"adult",
"mature",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"X-rated",
"bedroom",
"erotic",
"erotical",
"sexy",
"suggestive",
"bawdy",
"coarse",
"crude",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"lewd",
"lustful",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"ribald",
"salacious",
"smutty",
"unprintable",
"vulgar",
"wanton",
"immodest",
"kinky",
"prurient",
"earthy",
"racy",
"salty",
"indecorous",
"unbecoming",
"debasing",
"perverted",
"profane",
"naughty",
"wicked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"G-rated",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decent",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"polite",
"proper",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sojourning":{
"to reside as a temporary guest":{
"examples":[
"began their retirement by leisurely sojourning with friends and relatives scattered across the country"
],
"synonyms":[
"crashing",
"staying",
"tarrying",
"visiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coming by",
"coming over",
"dropping by",
"dropping in",
"running in",
"stepping in",
"stopping (by)",
"frequenting",
"hanging (around or out)",
"haunting",
"inhabiting",
"occupying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abiding",
"dwelling",
"living",
"residing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"someday":{
"at a later time":{
"examples":[
"the dream that we'll get to the other planets someday"
],
"synonyms":[
"eventually",
"finally",
"sometime",
"sooner or later",
"ultimately",
"yet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anon",
"before long",
"by and by",
"directly",
"imminently",
"momentarily",
"presently",
"shortly",
"soon",
"forthwith",
"immediately",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ne'er",
"never",
"nevermore"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"softens":{
"to diminish the physical strength of":{
"examples":[
"three weeks of being sick in bed had noticeably softened her"
],
"synonyms":[
"debilitates",
"devitalizes",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"etiolates",
"prostrates",
"saps",
"tires",
"wastes",
"weakens"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cripples",
"disables",
"hamstrings",
"incapacitates",
"depletes",
"depresses",
"exhausts",
"impoverishes",
"unmans",
"washes out",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"injures",
"invalids",
"lays up",
"breaks down",
"grinds (down)",
"wears down",
"wears out",
"paralyzes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"energizes",
"invigorates",
"recruits",
"rejuvenates",
"vitalizes",
"hardens",
"seasons",
"toughens"
],
"antonyms":[
"beefs (up)",
"fortifies",
"strengthens"
]
},
"to lessen the shock of":{
"examples":[
"had tried to soften the blow of her rejection to his marriage proposal"
],
"synonyms":[
"buffers",
"cushions",
"gentles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baffles",
"dampens",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"obtunds",
"moderates",
"modulates",
"tempers",
"allays",
"alleviates",
"assuages",
"eases",
"lightens",
"mitigates",
"relieves"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heightens",
"intensifies",
"sharpens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soddening":{
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathing",
"bedraggling",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"drenching",
"drowning",
"soaking",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"washing",
"watering",
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"wetting",
"wetting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aspersing",
"bedewing",
"dampening",
"damping",
"drizzling",
"humidifying",
"hydrating",
"misting",
"moistening",
"moisturizing",
"showering",
"sprinkling",
"deluging",
"flooding",
"hosing (down)",
"inundating",
"overflowing",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"splashing",
"impregnating",
"saturating",
"steeping",
"flushing",
"irrigating",
"laving",
"rinsing",
"sloshing",
"sluicing",
"dipping",
"ducking",
"dunking",
"rehydrating",
"rewashing",
"rewetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewatering",
"evaporating",
"freeze-drying",
"drip-drying",
"wringing",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"scorching",
"searing"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
],
"synonyms":[
"drenching",
"drowning",
"impregnating",
"macerating",
"saturating",
"soaking",
"sopping",
"sousing",
"steeping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlogging",
"water-soaking",
"marinating",
"seething",
"presoaking",
"dipping",
"immersing",
"inundating",
"submerging",
"swamping",
"bathing",
"dousing",
"dowsing",
"hydrating",
"swilling",
"washing",
"watering",
"infiltrating",
"penetrating",
"permeating",
"dampening",
"damping",
"humidifying",
"moistening"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrating",
"desiccating",
"drying",
"parching",
"searing",
"draining",
"emptying",
"voiding",
"dehumidifying"
],
"antonyms":[
"wringing (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"solemnize":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bless",
"consecrate",
"sanctify",
"celebrate",
"commemorate",
"keep",
"observe",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"memorialize",
"remember"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blow off",
"disregard",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"break",
"transgress",
"violate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soil":{
"foul matter that mars the purity or cleanliness of something":{
"examples":[
"got some sort of soil on my white pants"
],
"synonyms":[
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"crock",
"soot",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
"examples":[
"the horse lifted its tail and deposited its soil on the grass"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"doo-doo",
"dropping",
"dung",
"excrement",
"excreta",
"feces",
"ordure",
"poop",
"scat",
"slops",
"waste"
],
"near synonyms":[
"night soil",
"stool",
"dunghill",
"guano",
"manure",
"midden",
"muck",
"spoor",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"coprolite"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow":{
"examples":[
"bought rich soil to plant flowers in"
],
"synonyms":[
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"humus",
"loam",
"topsoil",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the solid part of our planet's surface as distinguished from the sea and air":{
"examples":[
"happy to have soil under my feet after that long sea voyage"
],
"synonyms":[
"dirt",
"dust",
"earth",
"ground",
"land",
"terra firma"
],
"near synonyms":[
"continent",
"landmass",
"zone",
"island",
"isthmus",
"mainland",
"peninsula"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make dirty":{
"examples":[
"oil and grease soiled the mechanic's shirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"befoul",
"begrime",
"bemire",
"besmirch",
"blacken",
"daub",
"dirty",
"distain",
"foul",
"gaum",
"grime",
"mire",
"muck",
"muddy",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"stain",
"sully"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contaminate",
"defile",
"pollute",
"taint",
"discolor",
"confuse",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"draggle",
"jumble",
"mess",
"muddle",
"colly",
"crock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decontaminate",
"purge",
"purify",
"disinfect",
"sanitize",
"brush",
"dry-clean",
"dust",
"launder",
"mop",
"rinse",
"scour",
"scrub",
"sweep",
"wash",
"wipe",
"brighten",
"deodorize",
"freshen",
"renew",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"clean",
"cleanse"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"solemnized":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"sanctified",
"celebrated",
"commemorated",
"kept",
"observed",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored",
"lauded",
"praised",
"memorialized",
"remembered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew off",
"disregarded",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"broke",
"transgressed",
"violated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sorely":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"our company president, who is retiring at the end of the year, will be sorely missed"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorrowfully",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"to a great degree":{
"examples":[
"completed some sorely needed repairs to the boat"
],
"synonyms":[
"achingly",
"almighty",
"archly",
"awful",
"awfully",
"badly",
"beastly",
"blisteringly",
"bone",
"colossally",
"corking",
"cracking",
"damn",
"damned",
"dang",
"deadly",
"desperately",
"eminently",
"enormously",
"especially",
"ever",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"extra",
"extremely",
"fabulously",
"fantastically",
"far",
"fiercely",
"filthy",
"frightfully",
"full",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"immensely",
"incredibly",
"intensely",
"jolly",
"majorly",
"mightily",
"mighty",
"monstrous",
"mortally",
"most",
"much",
"particularly",
"passing",
"rattling",
"real",
"really",
"right",
"roaring",
"roaringly",
"seriously",
"severely",
"so",
"sore",
"spanking",
"specially",
"stinking",
"such",
"super",
"supremely",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"that",
"thumping",
"too",
"unco",
"uncommonly",
"vastly",
"very",
"vitally",
"way",
"whacking",
"wicked",
"wildly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"absolutely",
"altogether",
"completely",
"downright",
"entirely",
"flat-out",
"fully",
"positively",
"purely",
"radically",
"thoroughly",
"totally",
"utterly",
"wholly",
"deeply",
"profoundly",
"exceptionally",
"notably",
"remarkably",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially",
"appreciably",
"discernibly",
"markedly",
"noticeably",
"obviously",
"palpably",
"plainly",
"visibly",
"abundantly",
"plentifully",
"astronomically",
"grandly",
"monstrously",
"monumentally",
"excessively",
"obscenely",
"overmuch",
"amazingly",
"astonishingly",
"staggeringly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"meagerly",
"scantily",
"barely",
"hardly",
"just",
"marginally",
"minimally",
"scarcely"
],
"antonyms":[
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"somewhat"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"soubrette":{
"as in jade , coquette":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coquette",
"jade",
"coquet",
"vamp",
"flirt",
"flirter",
"wanton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"solicited":{
"as in requested":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"requested",
"necessary",
"needed",
"required",
"desired",
"wanted",
"welcome"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unasked",
"unbidden",
"unbid",
"uninvited",
"unsolicited",
"unsought",
"undesired",
"unwanted",
"unwelcome",
"objectionable",
"offensive",
"unacceptable",
"undesirable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to go around and approach (people) with a request for opinions or information":{
"examples":[
"solicited several opinions about which job he should accept"
],
"synonyms":[
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"interviewed",
"polled",
"surveyed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circularized",
"interrogated",
"questioned",
"felt (out)",
"sounded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reported"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request for":{
"examples":[
"always ready to solicit donations for a charity"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked (for)",
"bespoke",
"called (for)",
"desired",
"pleaded (for)",
"pled (for)",
"plead (for)",
"quested",
"requested",
"sought",
"spoke (for)",
"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"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request of":{
"examples":[
"solicited him to join the team"
],
"synonyms":[
"asked",
"hit (up)",
"requested"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"invited",
"invoked",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"supplicated",
"demanded",
"enjoined",
"exacted",
"pressed",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coerced",
"compelled",
"constrained",
"forced",
"obliged",
"required"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a request to (someone) in an earnest or urgent manner":{
"examples":[
"solicit the President for relief funds"
],
"synonyms":[
"appealed (to)",
"begged",
"beseeched",
"besought",
"besieged",
"conjured",
"entreated",
"impetrated",
"implored",
"importuned",
"petitioned",
"pleaded (to)",
"pled (to)",
"plead (to)",
"prayed",
"supplicated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bludged",
"cadged",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"asked",
"desired",
"invoked",
"requested",
"sued",
"claimed",
"coerced",
"commanded",
"compelled",
"demanded",
"forced",
"insisted",
"required"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hinted",
"implied",
"intimated",
"suggested",
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"gratified",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to lead away from a usual or proper course by offering some pleasure or advantage":{
"examples":[
"how many men have been solicited into purchasing bogus aids for \"male enhancement\" by shameless appeals to their vanity?"
],
"synonyms":[
"allured",
"baited",
"beguiled",
"betrayed",
"decoyed",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"drew in",
"inveigled",
"persuaded",
"roped (in)",
"snowed",
"caught",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"snared",
"tangled",
"trapped",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"fascinated",
"magnetized",
"wiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alerted",
"cautioned",
"forewarned",
"warded (off)",
"warned",
"drove (away or off)",
"repulsed",
"turned away"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"souse":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"an old souse who lumbered home with a full bottle of gin in him every night"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"tippler",
"toper",
"tosspot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swigger",
"swiller",
"wino"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"a passing car barreled through the puddle and soused us good"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"to sink or push (something) briefly into or as if into a liquid":{
"examples":[
"repeatedly soused the tools in the tub to get the dirt off"
],
"synonyms":[
"dip",
"douse",
"dowse",
"duck",
"dunk",
"immerse",
"sop",
"submerge",
"submerse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bathe",
"moisten",
"soak",
"steep",
"wet",
"drench",
"drown",
"flood",
"dive",
"plunge",
"thrust"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"firefighters soused the neighboring houses so that they wouldn't catch fire as well"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sodden",
"sop",
"steep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"marinate",
"seethe",
"presoak",
"dip",
"immerse",
"inundate",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"hydrate",
"swill",
"wash",
"water",
"infiltrate",
"penetrate",
"permeate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear",
"drain",
"empty",
"void",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"wring (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sourpuss":{
"an irritable and complaining person":{
"examples":[
"that old sourpuss must spend all his time making sure no one traipses across his lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"bellyacher",
"complainer",
"crab",
"crank",
"croaker",
"crosspatch",
"curmudgeon",
"fusser",
"griper",
"grouch",
"grouser",
"growler",
"grumbler",
"grump",
"murmurer",
"mutterer",
"whiner"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hunks",
"malcontent",
"sorehead",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"spoilsport",
"defeatist",
"pessimist",
"faultfinder",
"kicker",
"nagger",
"nitpicker",
"objector",
"quibbler",
"repiner",
"crock",
"hypochondriac"
],
"near antonyms":[
"optimist",
"Pollyanna",
"happy camper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sodden":{
"containing, covered with, or thoroughly penetrated by water":{
"examples":[
"eyes peering out between strands of sodden hair"
],
"synonyms":[
"awash",
"bathed",
"bedraggled",
"doused",
"dowsed",
"drenched",
"dripping",
"logged",
"saturate",
"saturated",
"soaked",
"soaking",
"soggy",
"sopping",
"soppy",
"soused",
"washed",
"water-soaked",
"watered",
"waterlogged",
"watery",
"wet"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deluged",
"drowned",
"flooded",
"inundated",
"overflowed",
"submerged",
"swamped",
"hydrated",
"dipped",
"dunked",
"splashed",
"aqueous",
"steeped",
"flushed",
"irrigated",
"laved",
"rinsed",
"sluiced",
"clammy",
"damp",
"dampish",
"dank",
"humid",
"moist",
"semimoist",
"wettish",
"boggy",
"miry",
"seepy",
"sloppy",
"squashy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bone-dry",
"hyperarid",
"ultradry",
"waterproof",
"water-repellent",
"water-resistant",
"watertight",
"baked",
"dehydrated",
"freeze-dried",
"droughty",
"parched",
"sere",
"sear",
"sunbaked",
"thirsty",
"wrung"
],
"antonyms":[
"arid",
"dry",
"unwatered",
"waterless"
]
},
"to make wet":{
"examples":[
"soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathe",
"bedraggle",
"douse",
"dowse",
"drench",
"drown",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"wash",
"water",
"water-soak",
"waterlog",
"wet",
"wet down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"asperse",
"bedew",
"damp",
"dampen",
"drizzle",
"humidify",
"hydrate",
"mist",
"moisten",
"moisturize",
"shower",
"sprinkle",
"deluge",
"flood",
"hose (down)",
"inundate",
"overflow",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"splash",
"impregnate",
"saturate",
"steep",
"flush",
"irrigate",
"lave",
"rinse",
"slosh",
"sluice",
"dip",
"duck",
"dunk",
"rehydrate",
"rewash",
"rewet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dewater",
"evaporate",
"freeze-dry",
"drip-dry",
"wring",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"scorch",
"sear"
]
},
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
"examples":[
"cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush"
],
"synonyms":[
"drench",
"drown",
"impregnate",
"macerate",
"saturate",
"soak",
"sop",
"souse",
"steep"
],
"near synonyms":[
"waterlog",
"water-soak",
"marinate",
"seethe",
"presoak",
"dip",
"immerse",
"inundate",
"submerge",
"swamp",
"bathe",
"douse",
"dowse",
"hydrate",
"swill",
"wash",
"water",
"infiltrate",
"penetrate",
"permeate",
"damp",
"dampen",
"humidify",
"moisten"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dehydrate",
"desiccate",
"dry",
"parch",
"sear",
"drain",
"empty",
"void",
"dehumidify"
],
"antonyms":[
"wring (out)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"socket":{
"as in opening , alcove":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"alcove",
"cleft",
"niche",
"nook",
"opening",
"basin",
"bowl",
"valley",
"alveolus",
"dimple",
"gouge",
"impression",
"imprint",
"notch",
"pocket",
"burrow",
"cave",
"cavern",
"ditch",
"excavation",
"furrow",
"groove",
"gutter",
"trench",
"trough",
"borehole",
"chuckhole",
"crater",
"posthole",
"pothole",
"sinkhole",
"wallow",
"water hole",
"well",
"cavity",
"concavity",
"dent",
"depression",
"dint",
"hole",
"hollow",
"indentation",
"indenture",
"pit",
"recess",
"abyss",
"chasm",
"gulf",
"vacuity",
"vacuum",
"void"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulge",
"camber",
"convexity",
"jut",
"projection",
"protrusion",
"protuberance",
"hill",
"mound",
"rise",
"bump",
"bunch",
"hump",
"lump",
"pimple",
"swell",
"swelling",
"tumor"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sorrowfully":{
"with feelings of bitterness or grief":{
"examples":[
"in a sorrowfully worded statement she announced that she was dropping out of the race for governor"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizingly",
"bitterly",
"dolefully",
"dolorously",
"grievously",
"hard",
"hardly",
"inconsolably",
"lugubriously",
"mournfully",
"painfully",
"plaintively",
"regretfully",
"resentfully",
"ruefully",
"sadly",
"sorely",
"unhappily",
"wailfully",
"woefully",
"wretchedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abjectly",
"cheerlessly",
"crestfallenly",
"dejectedly",
"despairingly",
"despondently",
"disconsolately",
"dispiritedly",
"downheartedly",
"low-spiritedly",
"blackly",
"darkly",
"dismally",
"distressfully",
"distressingly",
"dourly",
"drearily",
"forlornly",
"gloomily",
"glumly",
"joylessly",
"mirthlessly",
"miserably",
"morosely",
"pessimistically",
"somberly",
"sullenly",
"acutely",
"harshly",
"keenly",
"piercingly",
"poignantly",
"severely",
"sharply",
"cruelly",
"hurtfully",
"ill",
"rancorously"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheerfully",
"cheerily",
"delightedly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"gleefully",
"good-naturedly",
"lightheartedly",
"merrily",
"mirthfully",
"rejoicingly",
"sunnily",
"blithely",
"blithesomely",
"calmly",
"casually",
"dispassionately",
"easily",
"impassively",
"indifferently",
"lightly",
"nonchalantly",
"stoically",
"unconcernedly",
"favorably",
"well"
],
"antonyms":[
"blissfully",
"gladly",
"happily",
"joyfully",
"joyously"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"solemnizing":{
"to mark (something) officially or formally especially with a religious ceremony":{
"examples":[
"The priest solemnized their marriage."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"sanctifying",
"celebrating",
"commemorating",
"keeping",
"observing",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"lauding",
"praising",
"memorializing",
"remembering"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blowing off",
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"breaking",
"transgressing",
"violating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"soppiness":{
"the state or quality of having an excess of tender feelings (as of love, nostalgia, or compassion)":{
"examples":[
"sees Valentine's Day as just an excuse for unbridled displays of soppiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"bathos",
"gooeyness",
"lovey-doveyness",
"mawkishness",
"mush",
"mushiness",
"saccharinity",
"sappiness",
"sentimentalism",
"sentimentality",
"sloppiness",
"syrup",
"sirup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"emotion",
"sentiment",
"corn",
"corniness",
"hokeyness",
"hokiness",
"schmaltz",
"schmalz"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cynicism",
"hardheadedness",
"hard-heartedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sophistical":{
"as in misleading , specious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"misleading",
"specious",
"fallacious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"half-baked",
"ill-advised",
"misguided",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"foolish",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"reasonless",
"senseless",
"silly",
"Kafkaesque",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange",
"surreal",
"unusual",
"weird",
"insane",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"rambling",
"random",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded",
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"reasoned",
"ordered",
"organized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"certain",
"sure",
"true",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"substantiated",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"somniferous":{
"tending to cause sleep":{
"examples":[
"a somniferous enumeration of details that I could have done without"
],
"synonyms":[
"drowsy",
"hypnotic",
"narcotic",
"opiate",
"sleepy",
"slumberous",
"slumbrous",
"somnolent",
"soporific"
],
"near synonyms":[
"depressant",
"relaxant",
"sedative",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"calming",
"comforting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"relaxing",
"restful",
"settling",
"soothing",
"analgesic",
"anesthetic",
"anesthetizing",
"benumbing",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"numbing",
"hypnotizing",
"mesmerizing",
"stupefying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"energizing",
"invigorating",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"wakening",
"waking",
"bracing",
"refreshing",
"restorative",
"reviving",
"stimulative",
"stimulatory"
],
"antonyms":[
"stimulant"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"softheads":{
"a silly flighty person":{
"examples":[
"gave his son-in-law a position in the company where the softhead could do little harm"
],
"synonyms":[
"birdbrains",
"cuckoos",
"ditzes",
"featherbrains",
"featherheads",
"flibbertigibbets",
"nitwits",
"rattlebrains",
"scatterbrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fools",
"geese",
"sillies",
"simpletons"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soldiery":{
"as in men-at-arms , servicemen":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"GIs",
"GI's",
"men-at-arms",
"rank and file",
"servicemen",
"servicewomen",
"soldiers",
"armed forces",
"color",
"military",
"service",
"troops",
"force",
"militia",
"reserves",
"armor",
"defense",
"gendarmerie",
"gendarmery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"civilians",
"noncombatants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sourcebook":{
"as in casebook":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casebook",
"almanac",
"ana",
"analects",
"chapbook",
"digest",
"garland",
"symposium",
"archives",
"corpus",
"library",
"miscellanea",
"album",
"anthology",
"collectanea",
"compendium",
"compilation",
"florilegium",
"miscellany",
"reader"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"socialites":{
"someone who is well-known in fashionable society and is often seen at parties and other social events for wealthy people":{
"examples":[
"Many of the city's socialites showed up for the premiere gala."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"swells",
"aristocrats",
"blue bloods",
"gentlepeople",
"gentles",
"nobles",
"patricians",
"magnates",
"magnificoes",
"magnificos",
"moguls",
"nabobs",
"gentlefolks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"canailles",
"commoners",
"plebeians",
"plebs",
"proletarians",
"roturiers",
"boors",
"fellahin",
"fellaheen",
"peasants",
"peons",
"peones"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sockdologers":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the professor called it one sockdolager of a short story, but he seemed to be the only one in the room amused by this description"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
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"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
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"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"to some degree or extent":{
"examples":[
"you've been acting sort of funny all week"
],
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"fairly",
"kind of",
"kindly",
"like",
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"more or less",
"pretty",
"quite",
"rather",
"relatively",
"something",
"somewhat"
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"acceptably",
"decently",
"passably",
"tolerably",
"little",
"negligibly",
"nominally",
"slightly",
"vaguely",
"half",
"halfway",
"incompletely",
"part",
"partially",
"partly",
"partway"
],
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"awfully",
"beastly",
"deadly",
"especially",
"exceedingly",
"exceeding",
"exceptionally",
"extremely",
"frightfully",
"greatly",
"heavily",
"highly",
"hugely",
"mightily",
"mortally",
"particularly",
"surpassingly",
"terribly",
"very",
"considerably",
"extensively",
"significantly",
"substantially"
],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
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"as in recites":{
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"recites",
"declaims",
"descants",
"discourses",
"expatiates",
"harangues",
"lectures",
"orates",
"speaks",
"talks",
"disserts",
"expounds",
"pontificates",
"sermonizes",
"mouths",
"spouts",
"filibusters"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sorrows":{
"to feel deep sadness or mental pain":{
"examples":[
"the soldier's widow continued to sorrow long after her husband's last letter had turned yellow with age"
],
"synonyms":[
"agonizes",
"anguishes",
"bleeds",
"grieves",
"hurts",
"mourns",
"suffers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aches",
"longs (for)",
"pines (away)",
"sighs",
"smarts",
"racks",
"torments",
"tortures",
"bemoans",
"bewails",
"deplores",
"laments",
"rues",
"bawls",
"blubbers",
"cries",
"groans",
"howls",
"keens",
"moans",
"sobs",
"takes on",
"wails",
"weeps",
"yammers",
"yowls",
"languishes",
"regrets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beams",
"cheers",
"crows",
"delights",
"exults",
"glories",
"joys",
"laughs",
"ravishes",
"rejoices",
"triumphs",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"commiserates",
"consoles",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes",
"sympathizes"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sons of guns":{
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
"examples":[
"They weren't sure how that son of a gun even got the job."
],
"synonyms":[
"bastards",
"beasts",
"bleeders",
"blighters",
"boors",
"bounders",
"buggers",
"buzzards",
"cads",
"chuffs",
"churls",
"clowns",
"creeps",
"cretins",
"cruds",
"crumbs",
"curs",
"dirtbags",
"dogs",
"finks",
"heels",
"hounds",
"jerks",
"jokers",
"louses",
"louts",
"pills",
"rat finks",
"rats",
"reptiles",
"rotters",
"schmucks",
"scumbags",
"scums",
"scuzzballs",
"skunks",
"skunk",
"sleazebags",
"sleazeballs",
"sleazes",
"slimeballs",
"slimes",
"slobs",
"snakes",
"so-and-sos",
"so-and-so's",
"sods",
"stinkards",
"stinkers",
"swine",
"toads",
"varmints",
"vermin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarians",
"brutes",
"cavemen",
"Neanderthals",
"savages",
"loudmouths",
"vulgarians",
"lowlifes",
"lowlives",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"roughnecks",
"scabs",
"scamps",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"wretches",
"boobies",
"doofuses",
"dufuses",
"fools",
"jackasses",
"nincompoops",
"ninnies",
"nits",
"nitwits",
"nuts",
"schmoes",
"airheads",
"birdbrains",
"blockheads",
"dinks",
"dolts",
"dopes",
"dorks",
"goons",
"half-wits",
"idiots",
"imbeciles",
"morons",
"turkeys",
"brats",
"insolents",
"nuisances",
"pests",
"snips",
"snobs",
"snoots",
"snots",
"dweebs",
"nerds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heroes",
"heroines",
"idols",
"role models",
"gentlemen",
"ladies",
"angels",
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"socialism":{
"a way of organizing a society in which major industries are owned and controlled by the government rather than by individual people and companies":{
"examples":[
"an ardent opponent of socialism"
],
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"near synonyms":[
"radicalism",
"left",
"leftism",
"left wing",
"liberalism",
"neoliberalism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"neoconservatism",
"conservatism",
"illiberalism",
"immobilism",
"right"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soliloquized":{
"as in recited":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"recited",
"declaimed",
"descanted",
"discoursed",
"expatiated",
"harangued",
"lectured",
"orated",
"spoke",
"talked",
"disserted",
"expounded",
"pontificated",
"sermonized",
"mouthed",
"spouted",
"filibustered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"some":{
"known but not named":{
"examples":[
"some people won't be able to come"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymous",
"certain",
"given",
"one",
"unidentified",
"unnamed",
"unspecified"
],
"near synonyms":[
"particular",
"specific"
],
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"known",
"named",
"specified"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"close to but not exactly":{
"examples":[
"some 300 people showed up for the giveaway"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"approximately",
"around",
"like",
"more or less",
"much",
"near",
"plus or minus",
"roughly",
"say"
],
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"generally",
"kind of",
"loosely",
"nearly",
"nominally",
"practically",
"virtually",
"well-nigh"
],
"near antonyms":[
"due",
"even",
"just",
"sharp",
"smack-dab",
"squarely"
],
"antonyms":[
"exactly",
"precisely"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"so-so":{
"of average to below average quality":{
"examples":[
"a so-so production of a great play"
],
"synonyms":[
"common",
"fair",
"indifferent",
"mediocre",
"medium",
"middling",
"ordinary",
"passable",
"run-of-the-mill",
"run-of-the-mine",
"run-of-mine",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"alright",
"decent",
"OK",
"okay",
"reasonable",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"sufficing",
"tolerable",
"moderate",
"modest",
"presentable",
"respectable",
"minimal",
"unexceptional",
"fine",
"good",
"nice"
],
"near antonyms":[
"A1",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"distinguished",
"excellent",
"exceptional",
"exquisite",
"fabulous",
"fantastic",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"grand",
"great",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"matchless",
"maximum",
"nifty",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"optimal",
"optimum",
"outstanding",
"par excellence",
"peerless",
"preeminent",
"prime",
"sensational",
"special",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supreme",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unsurpassed",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"unacceptable",
"unsatisfactory",
"wanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"in a satisfactory way":{
"examples":[
"I think I did so-so on the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"acceptably",
"adequately",
"all right",
"alright",
"creditably",
"decently",
"fine",
"good",
"middlingly",
"nicely",
"OK",
"okay",
"passably",
"respectably",
"satisfactorily",
"serviceably",
"sufficiently",
"tolerably",
"well"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appropriately",
"aptly",
"congruously",
"correctly",
"decorously",
"felicitously",
"fittingly",
"happily",
"meetly",
"rightly",
"seemly",
"suitably",
"gratifyingly",
"satisfyingly",
"effectively",
"effectually",
"efficiently",
"neatly",
"tidily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbearably",
"inappropriately",
"incorrectly",
"indecently",
"unsuitably",
"awfully",
"deplorably",
"disastrously",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"miserably",
"terribly"
],
"antonyms":[
"bad",
"badly",
"deficiently",
"ill",
"inadequately",
"insufficiently",
"intolerably",
"poorly",
"unacceptably",
"unsatisfactorily"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"socialized":{
"as in civilized , semicivilized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"civilized",
"semicivilized",
"halterbroken",
"housebroken",
"trained",
"controlled",
"docile",
"familiar",
"semidomesticated",
"subdued",
"submissive",
"broken",
"busted",
"domestic",
"domesticated",
"gentled",
"tame",
"tamed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"feral",
"savage",
"unbroken",
"undomesticated",
"untamed",
"wild",
"wilding",
"uncontrolled",
"undocile",
"unsubdued",
"untrained",
"bestial",
"brutal",
"brute"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take part in social activities":{
"examples":[
"he likes to socialize with his coworkers after work ends"
],
"synonyms":[
"associated",
"fraternized",
"hobnobbed",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"stepped out",
"went out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caroused",
"partied",
"reveled",
"revelled",
"circulated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avoided",
"eschewed",
"shunned",
"slighted",
"snubbed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"soak (up)":{
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"examples":[
"this sponge should soak up the spilled juice very nicely"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"drink",
"imbibe",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slurp",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sophistic":{
"as in misleading , specious":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eristic",
"eristical",
"misleading",
"specious",
"fallacious",
"illegitimate",
"illogical",
"inconsequent",
"inconsequential",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"half-baked",
"ill-advised",
"misguided",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned",
"inconsistent",
"absurd",
"asinine",
"foolish",
"meaningless",
"nonsensical",
"preposterous",
"reasonless",
"senseless",
"silly",
"Kafkaesque",
"odd",
"peculiar",
"strange",
"surreal",
"unusual",
"weird",
"insane",
"mad",
"nutty",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"disordered",
"disorganized",
"rambling",
"random",
"unconvincing",
"inexplicable",
"unaccountable",
"unexplainable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"sound",
"valid",
"well-founded",
"well-grounded",
"commonsense",
"sane",
"sensible",
"sober",
"wise",
"enlightened",
"informed",
"just",
"justified",
"reasoned",
"ordered",
"organized",
"clear",
"cogent",
"compelling",
"convincing",
"credible",
"persuasive",
"plausible",
"satisfying",
"solid",
"certain",
"sure",
"true",
"confirmed",
"corroborated",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"substantiated",
"validated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sobriquets":{
"a descriptive or familiar name given instead of or in addition to the one belonging to an individual":{
"examples":[
"tagged her with the sobriquet \"peanut\" because of her diminutive size"
],
"synonyms":[
"aliases",
"bynames",
"cognomens",
"cognomina",
"epithets",
"handles",
"monikers",
"monickers",
"nicknames",
"surnames"
],
"near synonyms":[
"appellations",
"denominations",
"denotations",
"designations",
"labels",
"tags",
"titles",
"anonyms",
"noms de guerre",
"noms de plume",
"pen names",
"pseudonyms"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sojourners":{
"as in loiterers , lingerers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"laggards",
"stragglers",
"bums",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"drifters",
"gadabouts",
"gypsies",
"knockabouts",
"maunderers",
"nomads",
"ramblers",
"roamers",
"rovers",
"strollers",
"vagabonds",
"wanderers",
"wayfarers",
"passengers",
"sightseers",
"travelers",
"travellers",
"migrants",
"transients",
"vagrants",
"amblers",
"saunterers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"homebodies",
"denizens",
"dwellers",
"habitants",
"inhabitants",
"residents",
"settlers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sock":{
"a close-fitting covering for the foot and leg":{
"examples":[
"black socks to go with black pants and shoes"
],
"synonyms":[
"hose",
"stocking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hosiery",
"support hose",
"anklet",
"bobby socks",
"bootee",
"kneesock"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"a wiseacre who deserves a good sock in the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"kept socking the punching bag until he was exhausted"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"softbacks":{
"as in hardbacks , softcovers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hardbacks",
"hardcovers",
"paperbacks",
"paperbounds",
"papers",
"pocket books",
"pocket editions",
"softcovers",
"trade books",
"trade editions",
"books",
"tomes",
"volumes",
"folios",
"quartos",
"guidebooks",
"handbooks",
"how-tos",
"manuals",
"catalogs",
"catalogues",
"cyclopedias",
"cyclopaedias",
"dictionaries",
"encyclopedias",
"monographs",
"primers",
"textbooks",
"texts",
"tracts",
"treatises",
"novelettes",
"novels",
"pulps",
"albums",
"almanacs",
"anthologies",
"casebooks",
"chapbooks",
"omnibuses",
"picture books"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"soot":{
"a black powder that is formed when something (such as wood or coal) is burned":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"crock",
"crud",
"dirt",
"filth",
"grime",
"gunk",
"muck",
"smut",
"soil",
"scum",
"sewage",
"sewerage",
"slime",
"sludge",
"swill",
"dross",
"dust",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"refuse",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"trash",
"waste",
"dinginess",
"dirtiness",
"dustiness",
"filthiness",
"foulness",
"griminess",
"grubbiness",
"nastiness",
"squalidness",
"uncleanliness",
"uncleanness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleanliness",
"cleanness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sonneteer":{
"as in lyricist , epigrammatizer":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"epigrammatist",
"epigrammatizer",
"lyricist",
"rhymer",
"scop",
"troubadour",
"rhapsode",
"rhapsodist",
"poet laureate",
"poetess",
"bard",
"minstrel",
"muse",
"poet",
"poetaster",
"rhymester",
"rimester",
"versifier"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"songwriter":{
"a person who writes popular musical compositions for the human voice":{
"examples":[
"he's both a singer and a songwriter"
],
"synonyms":[
"songsmith",
"tunesmith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cocomposer",
"composer",
"melodist",
"musician",
"symphonist",
"arranger",
"orchestrator",
"orchestrater",
"scorer",
"librettist",
"lyricist",
"lyrist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}