13607 lines
266 KiB
JSON
13607 lines
266 KiB
JSON
{
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"boarded":{
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"to provide food or meals for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"served",
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"waited",
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"nourished",
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"nurtured",
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"sustained",
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"banqueted",
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"dined",
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"feasted",
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"regaled",
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"messed",
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"battened",
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"fattened",
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"filled",
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"force-fed",
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"overfed",
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"surfeited",
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"underfed",
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"hand-fed",
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"spoon-fed",
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"refed",
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"reprovisioned"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catered",
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"fed",
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"provisioned",
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"victualed",
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"victualled"
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]
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},
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"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ejected",
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"evicted"
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],
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"related":[
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"ensconced",
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"homed",
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"roosted",
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"secured",
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"shedded",
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"stabled",
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"tented",
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"barracked",
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"bedded (down)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accommodated",
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"bestowed",
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"billeted",
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"bivouacked",
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"bunked",
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"camped",
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"chambered",
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"domiciled",
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"encamped",
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"harbored",
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"housed",
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"lodged",
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"put up",
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"quartered",
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"roofed",
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"roomed",
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"sheltered",
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"took in"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boarding":{
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"to provide food or meals for":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"serving",
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"waiting",
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"nourishing",
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"nurturing",
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"sustaining",
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"banqueting",
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"dining",
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"feasting",
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"regaling",
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"messing",
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"battening",
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"fattening",
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"filling",
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"force-feeding",
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"overfeeding",
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"surfeiting",
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"underfeeding",
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"hand-feeding",
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"spoon-feeding",
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"refeeding",
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"reprovisioning"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catering",
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"feeding",
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"provisioning",
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"victualing",
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"victualling"
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]
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},
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"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ejecting",
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"evicting"
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],
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"related":[
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"ensconcing",
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"homing",
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"roosting",
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"securing",
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"shedding",
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"stabling",
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"tenting",
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"barracking",
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"bedding (down)"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"accommodating",
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"bestowing",
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"billeting",
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"bivouacking",
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"bunking",
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"camping",
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"chambering",
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"domiciling",
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"encamping",
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"harboring",
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"housing",
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"lodging",
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"putting up",
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"quartering",
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"roofing",
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"rooming",
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"sheltering",
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"taking in"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boasted":{
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"to have within":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accommodated",
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"fitted",
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"fit",
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"took",
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"cased",
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"encased",
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"enclosed",
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"inclosed",
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"encompassed",
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"harbored",
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"housed",
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"lodged",
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"sheltered"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bore",
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"contained",
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"held"
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]
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},
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"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittled",
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"deprecated",
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"diminished",
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"discounted",
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"laughed off",
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"minimized",
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"played down",
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"pooh-poohed",
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"poohed",
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"shrugged off",
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"underrated",
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"undervalued",
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"bemoaned",
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"lamented",
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"mourned",
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"regretted"
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],
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"related":[
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"blustered",
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"harangued",
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"puffed",
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"prided",
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"gushed",
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"exulted",
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"gloried",
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"rejoiced",
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"brandished",
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"displayed",
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"exhibited",
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"exposed",
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"flaunted",
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"glorified",
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"paraded",
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"showed off",
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"magnified",
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"maximized"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blew",
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"bragged",
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"bulled",
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"crowed",
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"gasconaded",
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"swaggered",
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"vapored",
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"vaunted"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boastful":{
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"as in cocky , bombastic":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"boasting":{
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"to have within":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"accommodating",
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"fitting",
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"taking",
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"casing",
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"encasing",
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"enclosing",
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"inclosing",
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"encompassing",
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"harboring",
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"housing",
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"lodging",
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"sheltering"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bearing",
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"containing",
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"holding"
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]
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},
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"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"belittling",
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"deprecating",
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"diminishing",
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"discounting",
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"laughing off",
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"minimizing",
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"playing down",
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"pooh-poohing",
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"poohing",
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"shrugging off",
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"underrating",
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"undervaluing",
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"bemoaning",
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"lamenting",
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"mourning",
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"regretting"
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],
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"related":[
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"blustering",
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"haranguing",
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"puffing",
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"priding",
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"gushing",
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"exulting",
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"glorying",
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"rejoicing",
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"brandishing",
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"displaying",
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"exhibiting",
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"exposing",
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"flaunting",
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"glorifying",
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"parading",
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"showing off",
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"magnifying",
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"maximizing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blowing",
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"bragging",
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"bulling",
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"crowing",
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"gasconading",
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"swaggering",
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"vaporing",
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"vaunting"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boat":{
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"a large craft for travel by water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"aircraft carrier",
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"argosy",
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"barge",
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"coaster",
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"collier",
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"containership",
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"corvette",
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"cruiser",
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"cutter",
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"destroyer",
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"ferryboat",
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"flagship",
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"freighter",
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"icebreaker",
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"ironclad",
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"lightship",
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"liner",
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"man-of-war",
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"man-o'-war",
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"merchantman",
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"merchant ship",
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"motor ship",
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"packet",
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"steamer",
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"steamship",
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"superliner",
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"supertanker",
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"tanker",
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"trader",
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"tramp",
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"transport",
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"warship",
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"watercraft",
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"bark",
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"barque",
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"brig",
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"brigantine",
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"caravel",
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"clipper",
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"junk",
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"ketch",
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"sailboat",
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"schooner",
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"square-rigger",
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"tall ship",
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"windjammer",
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"xebec",
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"yacht"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"keel",
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"ship",
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"vessel"
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]
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},
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"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"catboat",
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"ketch",
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"sailboat",
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"schooner",
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"yacht",
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"bateau",
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"ca\u00efque",
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"canoe",
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"catamaran",
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"coracle",
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"curragh",
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"currach",
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"dhow",
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"dinghy",
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"dink",
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"dory",
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"dugout",
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"flatboat",
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"garvey",
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"gig",
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"johnboat",
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"kayak",
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"outrigger",
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"paddleboat",
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"pinnace",
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"piragua",
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"pirogue",
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"pontoon",
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"pram",
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"punt",
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"raft",
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"rowboat",
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"rowing boat",
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"sampan",
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"scow",
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"scull",
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"shallop",
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"shell",
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"skiff",
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"surfboat",
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"umiak",
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"wherry",
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"cruiser",
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"inboard",
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"motorboat",
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"outboard",
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"powerboat",
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"houseboat",
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"riverboat",
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"auxiliary",
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"bumboat",
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"cutter",
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"jolly boat",
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"launch",
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"lifeboat",
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"longboat",
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"tender",
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"yawl",
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"barge",
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"hoy",
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"keel",
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"keelboat",
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"lighter",
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"narrow boat",
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"towboat",
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"tug",
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"tugboat",
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"ferry",
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"ferryboat",
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"gondola",
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"taxi",
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"water taxi",
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"banker",
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"coble",
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"dragger",
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"gillnetter",
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"hooker",
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"lugger",
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"scalloper",
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"seiner",
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"shrimper",
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"trawler",
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"whaleboat",
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"whaler",
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"workboat",
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"cockleshell",
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"tub",
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"airboat",
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"air-cushion vehicle",
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"hovercraft",
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"hydrofoil",
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"hydroplane",
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"assault boat",
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"PT boat",
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"torpedo boat"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bottom",
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"craft",
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"vessel",
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"watercraft"
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]
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},
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"to travel on water in a vessel":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"canoe",
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"kayak",
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"yacht",
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"coast"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cruise",
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"ferry",
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"navigate",
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"sail",
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"ship (out)",
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"voyage"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bobbing (up)":{
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"as in breaking out , shooting (up)":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"bobby":{
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"a member of a force charged with law enforcement at the local level":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"asked a passing London bobby for directions"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"civilian"
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],
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"related":[
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"patrolman",
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"policewoman",
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"detective",
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"dick",
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"gumshoe",
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"hawkshaw",
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"inspector",
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"investigator",
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"plainclothesman",
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"sherlock",
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"sleuth",
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"sleuthhound",
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"marshal",
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"marshall",
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"sheriff",
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"trooper",
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"peace officer",
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"captain",
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"lieutenant",
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"sergeant",
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"constabulary",
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"heat",
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"man",
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"police",
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"police force",
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"operative",
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"private detective",
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"private eye",
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"private investigator"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bull",
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"constable",
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"cop",
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"copper",
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"flatfoot",
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"fuzz",
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"gendarme",
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"lawman",
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"officer",
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"police officer",
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"policeman",
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"shamus"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bobby-soxer":{
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"as in schoolgirl , teenybopper":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"bobs":{
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"a bunch of flowers":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"the lassie carried only a little bob on her wedding day"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"boutonnieres",
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"corsages",
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"arrangements",
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"garlands",
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"leis"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bouquets",
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"nosegays",
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"posies"
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]
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},
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"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"he playfully bobbed his brother on the nose to get his attention"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"biffs",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"bonks",
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"clocks",
|
|
"clouts",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales",
|
|
"zaps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make (something) shorter or smaller with the use of a cutting instrument":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bobbed her waist-length hair herself on her 18th birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"skives",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"manicures",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"stumps",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"lops (off)",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"polls",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shears",
|
|
"snips",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family of ducks bobbing on the water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"jiggles",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"wobbles",
|
|
"wabbles",
|
|
"oscillates",
|
|
"rocks",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"undulates",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ducks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"jounces",
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"seesaws",
|
|
"wags"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bodacious":{
|
|
"having no exceptions or restrictions":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the bodacious gall to tell me that he'd return my lawn mower when he felt like it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"uncertain"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"eternal",
|
|
"perpetual",
|
|
"undying",
|
|
"unremitting",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"unrestricted",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"main",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supreme",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrific"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absolute",
|
|
"all-out",
|
|
"arrant",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"categorical",
|
|
"categoric",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"out-and-out",
|
|
"outright",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"profound",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"stone",
|
|
"straight-out",
|
|
"thorough",
|
|
"thoroughgoing",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed",
|
|
"unconditional",
|
|
"unmitigated",
|
|
"unqualified",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"very"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to attract attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unemphatic",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unshowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bodacious decor of the boutique hotel is intended to appeal to the young and the hip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"kenspeckle",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sexually attractive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bodacious Hollywood couple always followed by paparazzi"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"vampish",
|
|
"vampy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bodily":{
|
|
"of or relating to the human body":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the old man suffered from a number of bodily ailments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"mental",
|
|
"psychological",
|
|
"psychologic",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anatomic",
|
|
"anatomical",
|
|
"physiological",
|
|
"physiologic",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"hand-to-hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"corporal",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"somatic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boding":{
|
|
"something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"among some ancient peoples, solar eclipses were often seen as celestial bodings of earthly calamities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"forerunner",
|
|
"harbinger",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"precursor",
|
|
"foretaste",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"inkling",
|
|
"intimation",
|
|
"suggestion",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"prediction",
|
|
"prognostication",
|
|
"prophecy",
|
|
"prophesy",
|
|
"badge",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"divination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augury",
|
|
"auspice",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
|
"presage"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"forewarning",
|
|
"warning",
|
|
"anticipating",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"betokening",
|
|
"foreshadowing",
|
|
"harbingering",
|
|
"portending",
|
|
"prefiguring",
|
|
"presignifying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"alluding",
|
|
"connoting",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auguring",
|
|
"foreboding",
|
|
"forboding",
|
|
"promising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"body blow":{
|
|
"as in right , rabbit punch":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boffs":{
|
|
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an old joke dating from the days of vaudeville that's still good for a boff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smiles",
|
|
"smirks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly laughs",
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"cachinnations",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"guffaws",
|
|
"hee-haws",
|
|
"horselaughs",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"laughters",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the emcee told some good boffs that kept the ceremony from becoming too serious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"knee-slappers",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"riots",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"thigh-slappers",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"buffooneries",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"leg-pulls",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"practical jokes",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"riffs",
|
|
"banters",
|
|
"persiflages",
|
|
"railleries",
|
|
"repartees",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"wits",
|
|
"wordplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"drolleries",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bog":{
|
|
"a room furnished with a fixture for flushing body waste":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they're out of paper in the bog again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"commode",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"jakes",
|
|
"outhouse",
|
|
"privy",
|
|
"half bath",
|
|
"powder room",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"ladies' room",
|
|
"men's room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bath",
|
|
"bathroom",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"comfort station",
|
|
"convenience",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"john",
|
|
"latrine",
|
|
"lavatory",
|
|
"loo",
|
|
"potty",
|
|
"restroom",
|
|
"toilet",
|
|
"washroom",
|
|
"water closet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy land saturated or partially covered with water":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got a shoe stuck in the bog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swale",
|
|
"quagmire",
|
|
"guck",
|
|
"gook",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"mud",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"sludge",
|
|
"slush"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fen",
|
|
"marsh",
|
|
"marshland",
|
|
"mire",
|
|
"moor",
|
|
"morass",
|
|
"muskeg",
|
|
"slough",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"slue",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"swampland",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"wetland"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boggy":{
|
|
"as in sloppy , squashy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bogus":{
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made or manufactured with the intention of committing fraud":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"unfaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the \"designer\" watches sold on the street are usually bogus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"valid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"nonfunctioning",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"inauthentic",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"unauthentic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being such in appearance only and made with or manufactured from usually cheaper materials":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"real"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for that price, you're only going to get furniture covered in bogus leather and not the real stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"unadulterated"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"adulterated",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"engineered",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"manipulated",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"brummagem",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pinchbeck",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"spurious"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"ersatz",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"faux",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"imitative",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"synthetic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in natural or spontaneous quality":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"uncontrived",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there was often a lot of bogus conviviality at the company's parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"bona fide",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortless",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"hokey",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"overacted",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"theatrical",
|
|
"theatric",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"overrefined",
|
|
"simpering",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stylized",
|
|
"wooden",
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"studied"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affected",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"contrived",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"unnatural"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bogy":{
|
|
"something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"wraith",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"bogeyman",
|
|
"bogyman",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"monster",
|
|
"monstrosity",
|
|
"terror",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"black beast",
|
|
"bugaboo",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"dread",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child believed bogeys lived in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boil down":{
|
|
"to make into a short statement of the main points (as of a report)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the discussion of the problem can be boiled down to a couple of critical points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"elaborate (on or upon)",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"decoct",
|
|
"essentialize",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"streamline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"encapsulate",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"outline",
|
|
"recap",
|
|
"recapitulate",
|
|
"reprise",
|
|
"sum up",
|
|
"summarize",
|
|
"synopsize",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boisterous":{
|
|
"being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fans at the baseball game became particularly boisterous after the home run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"callithumpian",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"carnivalesque",
|
|
"larrikin",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rampageous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"rowdyish",
|
|
"ruffianly",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"openmouthed",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"yelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hell-raising",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"roisterous",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"rumbustious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bold":{
|
|
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you're a bold little brat for trying to steal my stuff while I'm right here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unabashed",
|
|
"unblushing",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"mouthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling or displaying no fear by temperament":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"poor-spirited",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"spineless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"uncourageous",
|
|
"ungallant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"weakhearted",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bold explorers who will someday journey to other planets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"wimpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"Spartan",
|
|
"undeterred",
|
|
"undismayed",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"unswerving",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"gutty",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"undauntable",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having an incline approaching the perpendicular":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"easy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the advanced climbers chose a bold cliff to test themselves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"gradual",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"unwrinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"perpendicular",
|
|
"plumb",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"vertical",
|
|
"craggy",
|
|
"hillocky",
|
|
"hilly",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"scarped",
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"precipitous",
|
|
"sheer",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"inclined or willing to take risks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our youngest brother was the boldest one in the family, instantly taking to everything from skiing to skateboarding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"overcareful",
|
|
"overcautious",
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"spooked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"levelheaded",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"concerned",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"foolhardy",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"hotheaded",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"imprudent",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"incautious",
|
|
"madcap",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"overconfident",
|
|
"rash",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"swashbuckling",
|
|
"unafraid",
|
|
"undaunted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"gritty",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"gadarene",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"precipitate",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"scatterbrained",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"unreasonable"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"free-swinging",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"nerved",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely to attract attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unemphatic",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unshowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an interior decorator who likes to use bold colors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"kenspeckle",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing a lack of proper social reserve or modesty":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unassuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bold child who interrupts the adults at his parents' parties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"down-to-earth",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"self-doubting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"bumptious",
|
|
"complacent",
|
|
"conceited",
|
|
"egoistic",
|
|
"egoistical",
|
|
"egomaniacal",
|
|
"egotistic",
|
|
"egotistical",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-and-mighty",
|
|
"high-hat",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"important",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"prideful",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"self-asserting",
|
|
"self-assertive",
|
|
"self-complacent",
|
|
"self-conceited",
|
|
"self-important",
|
|
"self-satisfied",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"uppity",
|
|
"vain",
|
|
"vainglorious",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"snobbish",
|
|
"stuck-up",
|
|
"supercilious",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold-faced",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"overbold",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"self-assured",
|
|
"self-confident",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"boastful",
|
|
"braggart",
|
|
"bragging",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-centered",
|
|
"self-concerned",
|
|
"self-engrossed",
|
|
"self-infatuated",
|
|
"self-interested",
|
|
"self-involved",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"self-seeking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"overfamiliar",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"presumptuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bold-faced":{
|
|
"displaying or marked by rude boldness":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"mousy",
|
|
"mousey",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child proceeded to tell a bold-faced lie despite the evidence right in front of us"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demure",
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"abashed",
|
|
"ashamed",
|
|
"blushing",
|
|
"embarrassed",
|
|
"shamefaced",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unobtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"obtrusive",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"shameless",
|
|
"unabashed",
|
|
"unblushing",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"lippy",
|
|
"mouthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brash",
|
|
"brassbound",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"brazen-faced",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"cocksure",
|
|
"cocky",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"sassy",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"wise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bollixes":{
|
|
"as in clutters , mishmashes":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bolster":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used additional beams to bolster the ceiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"steady",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"underlie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"prop (up)",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"undergird",
|
|
"underpin",
|
|
"uphold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercut",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confirm",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"verify",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"validate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"corroborate",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"shore (up)",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"support"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bomb":{
|
|
"a very large amount of money":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"song"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that stay at Claridge's cost a bomb , but it was worth it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that has failed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her tell-all book was a bomb that landed on the remainder tables with a thud"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"phenomenon"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"also-ran",
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"has-been",
|
|
"near miss",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"nonevent",
|
|
"nonstarter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"frost",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"shipwreck",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"bombard"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"click",
|
|
"come off",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go over",
|
|
"pan out",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"work out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cook",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"miscarry",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"implode",
|
|
"self-destruct"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flame out",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"founder",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"tank",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"win (against)",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"slaughter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"tromp",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whop",
|
|
"whap",
|
|
"whup"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enemy has bombed the city again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enfilade",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"strafe",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bombard",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombard":{
|
|
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"grill",
|
|
"interrogate",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"query",
|
|
"question",
|
|
"quiz",
|
|
"debrief",
|
|
"cross-examine",
|
|
"catechize",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"pester",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrage",
|
|
"bomb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enfilade",
|
|
"rake",
|
|
"strafe",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"blitz",
|
|
"blitzkrieg",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"cannonade",
|
|
"shell"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombarded":{
|
|
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reporters bombarded the company spokesman with sharp questions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"bombed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Allies bombarded Germany for a great many months during World War II"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enfiladed",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"strafed",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blitzkrieged",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"shelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombastic":{
|
|
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unrhetorical"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bombastic speech intended to impress the voters in her congressional district"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flatulent",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"oratorical",
|
|
"orotund",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bombed":{
|
|
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the police officer determined that the driver was bombed and arrested him"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"loaded",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a designated driver sipping seltzer while her friends got bombed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"teetotal",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"beery",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bleary-eyed",
|
|
"crapulous",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"rocky",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolute",
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"dipsomaniacal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"besotted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blotto",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sozzled",
|
|
"squiffed",
|
|
"squiffy",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stoned",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"tiddly",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tipsy",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wiped out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attack with a rapid or overwhelming outpouring of many things at once":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"following the reporter's obscene outburst, viewers bombed the television station with an unprecedented number of complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"grilled",
|
|
"interrogated",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"queried",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"quizzed",
|
|
"debriefed",
|
|
"cross-examined",
|
|
"catechized",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barraged",
|
|
"bombarded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be unsuccessful":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"came off",
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"panned out",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went over",
|
|
"worked out"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the chichi restaurant bombed big-time, lasting only six months"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cooked",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"prevailed",
|
|
"triumphed",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"floundered",
|
|
"struggled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"miscarried",
|
|
"misfired",
|
|
"went under",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"self-destructed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flamed out",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"flunked",
|
|
"folded",
|
|
"foundered",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"tanked",
|
|
"washed out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to defeat by a large margin":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's no surprise that the inexperienced baseball team got totally bombed in its first game"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"bested",
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"mastered",
|
|
"overbore",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overmatched",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"surmounted",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"triumphed (over)",
|
|
"won (against)",
|
|
"worsted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"overpowered",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"subjugated",
|
|
"upended",
|
|
"vanquished",
|
|
"aced (out)",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"exceeded",
|
|
"outdid",
|
|
"outdistanced",
|
|
"outfought",
|
|
"outshone",
|
|
"outshined",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtopped",
|
|
"surpassed",
|
|
"topped",
|
|
"transcended",
|
|
"edged (out)",
|
|
"nosed out",
|
|
"pipped",
|
|
"capped",
|
|
"excelled",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"scored",
|
|
"succeeded",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"slaughtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"blew away",
|
|
"buried",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"creamed",
|
|
"drubbed",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"shellacked",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"skunked",
|
|
"smoked",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"snowed under",
|
|
"thrashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"tromped",
|
|
"trounced",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"whomped",
|
|
"whopped",
|
|
"whapped",
|
|
"whupped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"skiers bombing down the slope vied for the coveted gold medal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use bombs or artillery against":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the enemy has bombed the city again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"enfiladed",
|
|
"raked",
|
|
"strafed",
|
|
"assailed",
|
|
"assaulted",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
|
"blitzkrieged",
|
|
"bombarded",
|
|
"cannonaded",
|
|
"shelled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bomber":{
|
|
"as in fighter , warplane":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bona fide":{
|
|
"being exactly as appears or as claimed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"pseudo",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"suppositious",
|
|
"supposititious",
|
|
"unauthentic",
|
|
"unreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bona fide war hero"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"factitious",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"man-made",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"synthetic",
|
|
"unnatural",
|
|
"concocted",
|
|
"fabricated",
|
|
"manufactured",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"identifiable",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"verifiable",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"incontestable",
|
|
"incontrovertible",
|
|
"indisputable",
|
|
"indubitable",
|
|
"irrefutable",
|
|
"undeniable",
|
|
"undoubted",
|
|
"unmistakable",
|
|
"unquestionable",
|
|
"veritable",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unalloyed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"authentic",
|
|
"certifiable",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"dinkum",
|
|
"echt",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"pukka",
|
|
"pucka",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"sure-enough",
|
|
"true"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonanza":{
|
|
"a huge amount":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The mailbox was stuffed with a bonanza of credit card offers."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that brings a large gain or profit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The popular video game became an unexpected bonanza for the independent developers behind it."
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonded":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to form a close personal relationship":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man attempting to bond with his new and mistrustful stepson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befriended",
|
|
"empathized",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"sympathized"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clicked",
|
|
"communed",
|
|
"related"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boner":{
|
|
"as in goof , boob":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in howler":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boney":{
|
|
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bony hills from which sheepherders eked out a meager existence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonged":{
|
|
"to make the clear sound heard when metal vibrates":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"church bells across the city bonged to mark the solemn occasion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chinked",
|
|
"clanged",
|
|
"clanked",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"clinked",
|
|
"ding-donged",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"gonged",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jingled",
|
|
"pinged",
|
|
"plinked",
|
|
"plunked",
|
|
"plonked",
|
|
"tanged",
|
|
"tingled",
|
|
"tinkled",
|
|
"echoed",
|
|
"resonated",
|
|
"resounded",
|
|
"reverberated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chimed",
|
|
"knelled",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"rang",
|
|
"tolled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonking":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an overhead branch suddenly fell and bonked him on the head"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonus":{
|
|
"something given in addition to what is ordinarily expected or owed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this job offers a nice Christmas bonus in addition to the salary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pension",
|
|
"bestowal",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"contribution",
|
|
"donation",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"offering",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"subsidy",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"freebie",
|
|
"freebee",
|
|
"giveaway",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"reward",
|
|
"fringe benefit",
|
|
"icing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"dividend",
|
|
"donative",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"gravy",
|
|
"gravy train",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"perk",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"throw-in",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boo":{
|
|
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheer"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee's questionable call was greeted with a chorus of boos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"clapping"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt",
|
|
"whistle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"Bronx cheer",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"raspberry",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"snort"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boob":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made an embarrassing boob on a chat show that had all of London laughing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracy",
|
|
"correctness",
|
|
"exactitude",
|
|
"exactness",
|
|
"preciseness",
|
|
"precision",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"inerrancy",
|
|
"infallibility",
|
|
"perfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bloomer",
|
|
"blooper",
|
|
"boner",
|
|
"howler",
|
|
"pratfall",
|
|
"foul-up",
|
|
"snafu",
|
|
"misapprehension",
|
|
"miscalculation",
|
|
"miscomprehension",
|
|
"misconception",
|
|
"misconstruction",
|
|
"misdescription",
|
|
"misimpression",
|
|
"misinterpretation",
|
|
"misjudgment",
|
|
"misreading",
|
|
"misstatement",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boo-boo",
|
|
"brick",
|
|
"clanger",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"error",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gaffe",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"inaccuracy",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misstep",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"oversight",
|
|
"screwup",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slipup",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boodle":{
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"single"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"collective",
|
|
"congregation",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"muster",
|
|
"organization",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"clan",
|
|
"clique",
|
|
"coterie",
|
|
"fellowship",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"guild",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"brigade",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"outfit",
|
|
"phalanx",
|
|
"platoon",
|
|
"posse",
|
|
"task force",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"alliance",
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"confederacy",
|
|
"confederation",
|
|
"federation",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"union",
|
|
"battalion",
|
|
"squadron",
|
|
"bevy",
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"covey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"array",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"batch",
|
|
"battery",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"constellation",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"knot",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"parcel",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"passel"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very large amount of money":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"song"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we saved a boodle by buying a house that's off the beaten path"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"spending money"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"property",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"bread",
|
|
"cash",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"currency",
|
|
"dough",
|
|
"gold",
|
|
"jack",
|
|
"legal tender",
|
|
"lucre",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"wampum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big bucks",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"earth",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabucks",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"packet",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an IRS agent was caught accepting some boodle from people she was auditing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backhander",
|
|
"bribe",
|
|
"cumshaw",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"sop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogie":{
|
|
"as in shuffle , jive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"book":{
|
|
"a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to swear on the Book that everything had happened just as he said"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"Polyglot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Good Book",
|
|
"Holy Writ",
|
|
"Scripture"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"softcover",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"information not generally available to the public":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's the book on the new company president?"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancient history",
|
|
"open secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"411",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"lowdown",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we booked a conference room for the meeting next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm running late, so I've got to book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boomed":{
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the strong economy, business is booming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cannons boomed throughout the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whimpered"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rumbled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"belled",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"thundered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boonies":{
|
|
"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she grew up in a big city, but chose to settle down way out in the boonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"urban sprawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"exurbia",
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boor":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a loudmouthed boor who embarrassed his family at every social event they attended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
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"dog",
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"fink",
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"heel",
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"hound",
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"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
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"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
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"rat",
|
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"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
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"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"boorishness":{
|
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"as in":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
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"related":[],
|
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"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"boosted":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
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"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
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"boosted the child into her car seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
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"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"upreared"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"upheaved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promotion that boosted the number of interested customers milling about the showroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended eating foods that boost the body's immunity to disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"restrengthened",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the box onto the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"upended"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the singer's latest release with a round of appearances on all the talk and entertainment shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman was nabbed trying to boost a couple of bottles of perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"carjacked",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shoplifted",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"filched",
|
|
"heisted",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pilfered",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"purloined",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thieved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booster":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boosts":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always liked to give struggling families in the neighborhood a boost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"nurturances",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"sponsorships",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"hand-holdings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"palliations",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetments",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hands",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden boost in sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"spikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the President, a tax cut is just the boost that the economy needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the child into her car seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"uprears",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"upheaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promotion that boosted the number of interested customers milling about the showroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended eating foods that boost the body's immunity to disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadens",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"restrengthens",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the box onto the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"upends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the singer's latest release with a round of appearances on all the talk and entertainment shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman was nabbed trying to boost a couple of bottles of perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"carjacks",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoplifts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"filches",
|
|
"heists",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pilfers",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"purloins",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thieves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booted (up)":{
|
|
"as in primed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootie":{
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an oldie from the disco era that urged you to shake your booty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
],
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows where Captain Kidd hid his booty , but that hasn't deterred hopeful adventurers from looking for it for the last 300 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"swag"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
},
|
|
"bopping":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she playfully bopped him on the head"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"boxing",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bore (with)":{
|
|
"as in suffered , stood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bore out":{
|
|
"to give evidence or testimony to the truth or factualness of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disproved",
|
|
"rebutted",
|
|
"refuted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newly discovered papers bore out the rumors about the president's personal life"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contradicted",
|
|
"gainsaid",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disavowed",
|
|
"disclaimed",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"questioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"backed (up)",
|
|
"testified (to)",
|
|
"vouched (for)",
|
|
"witnessed",
|
|
"guaranteed",
|
|
"warranted",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"professed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"documented",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proved",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"certified",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"corroborated",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"vindicated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"borehole":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bosses":{
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every morning the boss hands out a list of top-priority tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"inferiors",
|
|
"juniors",
|
|
"secondaries",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"subordinates",
|
|
"underlings"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"directresses",
|
|
"mistresses",
|
|
"administrators",
|
|
"commanders",
|
|
"directors",
|
|
"executives",
|
|
"generals",
|
|
"governors",
|
|
"hierarchs",
|
|
"higher-ups",
|
|
"leadmen",
|
|
"managers",
|
|
"overseers",
|
|
"principals",
|
|
"skippers",
|
|
"standard-bearers",
|
|
"stewards",
|
|
"straw bosses",
|
|
"superintendents",
|
|
"superiors",
|
|
"supervisors",
|
|
"dominators",
|
|
"lords",
|
|
"overlords",
|
|
"potentates",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"sovereigns",
|
|
"sovrans",
|
|
"figureheads",
|
|
"barons",
|
|
"czars",
|
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"tsars",
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"tzars",
|
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"kings",
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"magnates",
|
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"moguls",
|
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"presidents",
|
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"princes",
|
|
"big cheeses",
|
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"big guns",
|
|
"bigwigs",
|
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"top dogs",
|
|
"top guns",
|
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"coheads",
|
|
"co-heads",
|
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"coleaders",
|
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"co-leaders",
|
|
"employers",
|
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"gaffers",
|
|
"gangers",
|
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"micromanagers",
|
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"subchiefs",
|
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"sub-chiefs",
|
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"subdirectors",
|
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"sub-directors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss men",
|
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"captains",
|
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"chiefs",
|
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"foremen",
|
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"headmen",
|
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"heads",
|
|
"helmsmen",
|
|
"honchos",
|
|
"jefes",
|
|
"kingpins",
|
|
"leaders",
|
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"masters",
|
|
"taskmasters"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"guides",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"shepherds",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"steers",
|
|
"monitors",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"reigns",
|
|
"rules"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"quarterbacks",
|
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"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bossed the entire job site for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"administers",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"micromanages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"domineers",
|
|
"lords (it over)",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"reigns (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizes",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjugates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"presides (over)",
|
|
"rules",
|
|
"sways"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"spearheads"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bossing":{
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"guiding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"shepherding",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"steering",
|
|
"monitoring",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"reigning",
|
|
"ruling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"quarterbacking",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bossed the entire job site for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"micromanaging",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"lording (it over)",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"reigning (over)",
|
|
"tyrannizing",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"subjugating"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"presiding (over)",
|
|
"ruling",
|
|
"swaying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"spearheading"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"botches":{
|
|
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"notions",
|
|
"oddments",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"sundries",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"aggregates",
|
|
"aggregations",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"conglomerations",
|
|
"catchalls",
|
|
"admixtures",
|
|
"alloys",
|
|
"amalgams",
|
|
"blends",
|
|
"combinations",
|
|
"commixtures",
|
|
"composites",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"fusions",
|
|
"intermixtures",
|
|
"mix-ups",
|
|
"bollixes",
|
|
"chaoses",
|
|
"confusions",
|
|
"disarrangements",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"dog's breakfasts",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"morasses",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"agglomerations",
|
|
"alphabet soups",
|
|
"assortments",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"collages",
|
|
"crazy quilts",
|
|
"farragoes",
|
|
"gallimaufries",
|
|
"grab bags",
|
|
"gumbos",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"hodgepodges",
|
|
"hotchpotches",
|
|
"jambalayas",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"jungles",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"mac\u00e9doines",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"m\u00e9langes",
|
|
"menageries",
|
|
"miscellanea",
|
|
"miscellanies",
|
|
"mishmashes",
|
|
"mixed bags",
|
|
"montages",
|
|
"motleys",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"olios",
|
|
"olla podridas",
|
|
"ollas podridas",
|
|
"omnium-gatherums",
|
|
"pastiches",
|
|
"patchwork quilts",
|
|
"patchworks",
|
|
"potpourris",
|
|
"ragbags",
|
|
"ragouts",
|
|
"rummages",
|
|
"salads",
|
|
"salmagundis",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"smorgasbords",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"varieties",
|
|
"welters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"boots",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"botheration":{
|
|
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if I'm to get any work done, this incessant botheration has to stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bedevilment",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"harassment",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"persecution",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"mischief"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my life at that point seemed destined to be one endless botheration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"displeasure",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"irritableness",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"perturbation",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"snappishness",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"umbrage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a source of irritation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I hope that during my visit my special dietary needs won't be a botheration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bugbear",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"hair shirt",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"headache",
|
|
"inconvenience",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"peeve",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"thorn",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"fleabite",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"menace",
|
|
"millstone",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"plight",
|
|
"predicament",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"trouble",
|
|
"hang-up",
|
|
"pet peeve",
|
|
"problem",
|
|
"annoyer",
|
|
"disturber",
|
|
"harasser",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"pandora's box"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bothering":{
|
|
"the act of making unwelcome intrusions upon another":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one more bothering , and I'm going to kick you out of here"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggro",
|
|
"molestation",
|
|
"offense",
|
|
"offence",
|
|
"persecution",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"mischief"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"bedevilment",
|
|
"botheration",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"harassment",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"importunity",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"vexation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"spiting",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"sticking out",
|
|
"stomaching",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agonizing",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"yearning",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"despairing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fearing",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"dogging",
|
|
"dunning",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"gnawing",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"afflicting",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"butting in",
|
|
"cutting in (on)",
|
|
"obtruding",
|
|
"encroaching",
|
|
"infringing",
|
|
"invading",
|
|
"trespassing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"intruding (upon)",
|
|
"pestering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allaying",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"assuaging",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"chivying",
|
|
"chivvying",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexing",
|
|
"bedeviling",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"abashing",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"confusing",
|
|
"discomfiting",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"discountenancing",
|
|
"embarrassing",
|
|
"fazing",
|
|
"flustering",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"nonplussing",
|
|
"nonplusing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"unnerving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"concerning",
|
|
"derailing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distempering",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"flurrying",
|
|
"frazzling",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"weirding out",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bothersome":{
|
|
"causing annoyance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bothersome habit of dropping trash on the floor right next to the garbage can"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burdensome",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"importunate",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"inconveniencing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"brattish",
|
|
"bratty",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"troublesome",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"distractive",
|
|
"painful",
|
|
"stressful",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"troubling",
|
|
"trying",
|
|
"worrisome",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jarring",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"thorny"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abrasive",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"carking",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frustrating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"nettlesome",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"pesky",
|
|
"pestiferous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"pestilential",
|
|
"pesty",
|
|
"plaguey",
|
|
"plaguy",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"rebarbative",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"vexatious",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bottle":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a talented writer whose fondness for the bottle was the stuff of legend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"strength of mind to carry on in spite of danger":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wanted to confront the neighbors about the excessive noise coming from their flat, but I lost my bottle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cold feet",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"impotence",
|
|
"ineffectualness",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"indecision",
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresolution"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pluckiness",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"stomach",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cojones",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"daringness",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"gutsiness",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"pecker",
|
|
"prowess",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bottle (up)":{
|
|
"as in hold back , choke (back)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bottlenecks":{
|
|
"a crowded mass (as of cars) that impedes or blocks movement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bottleneck inevitably forms at the start of a construction zone when the highway narrows from three to two lanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"gridlocks",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"congestions",
|
|
"traffic",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"slowdowns",
|
|
"stoppages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"jam-ups",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"tailbacks",
|
|
"tie-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in impedes , hinders":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bottling up":{
|
|
"as in holding back , choking (back)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bottom":{
|
|
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cargo will be carried by a local bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"sailboat",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"bateau",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"canoe",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"coracle",
|
|
"curragh",
|
|
"currach",
|
|
"dhow",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dory",
|
|
"dugout",
|
|
"flatboat",
|
|
"garvey",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"johnboat",
|
|
"kayak",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"paddleboat",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"pirogue",
|
|
"pontoon",
|
|
"pram",
|
|
"punt",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"rowboat",
|
|
"rowing boat",
|
|
"sampan",
|
|
"scow",
|
|
"scull",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"shell",
|
|
"skiff",
|
|
"surfboat",
|
|
"umiak",
|
|
"wherry",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"inboard",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"outboard",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"houseboat",
|
|
"riverboat",
|
|
"auxiliary",
|
|
"bumboat",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"jolly boat",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"lifeboat",
|
|
"longboat",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"barge",
|
|
"hoy",
|
|
"keel",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"lighter",
|
|
"narrow boat",
|
|
"towboat",
|
|
"tug",
|
|
"tugboat",
|
|
"ferry",
|
|
"ferryboat",
|
|
"gondola",
|
|
"taxi",
|
|
"water taxi",
|
|
"banker",
|
|
"coble",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"gillnetter",
|
|
"hooker",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"scalloper",
|
|
"seiner",
|
|
"shrimper",
|
|
"trawler",
|
|
"whaleboat",
|
|
"whaler",
|
|
"workboat",
|
|
"cockleshell",
|
|
"tub",
|
|
"airboat",
|
|
"air-cushion vehicle",
|
|
"hovercraft",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"hydroplane",
|
|
"assault boat",
|
|
"PT boat",
|
|
"torpedo boat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boat",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel",
|
|
"watercraft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an immaterial thing upon which something else rests":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bottom of his thesis is the assumption that people are fundamentally good"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"bulwark",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"framework",
|
|
"infrastructure",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"substratum",
|
|
"substructure",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"justification",
|
|
"premise",
|
|
"premiss",
|
|
"presumption",
|
|
"presupposition",
|
|
"rationale",
|
|
"supposition",
|
|
"theory",
|
|
"thesis",
|
|
"warrant",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"hub",
|
|
"kernel",
|
|
"nucleus",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"touchstone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"cornerstone",
|
|
"footing",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"warp and woof"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or located at the bottom":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"highest",
|
|
"loftiest",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"topmost",
|
|
"upmost",
|
|
"uppermost"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was sitting on the bottom step of the stairway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"higher",
|
|
"loftier",
|
|
"upper",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"below",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"nether",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"low-lying",
|
|
"sunken"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bottommost",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"lowermost",
|
|
"nethermost",
|
|
"rock-bottom",
|
|
"undermost"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the lowest part, place, or point":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"head",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"vertex"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sliding all the way to the bottom of the snow-covered slope"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"basis",
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"groundwork",
|
|
"keystone",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basement",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the lowest point or level":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when profits hit bottom the company was forced to declare bankruptcy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flood tide",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abyss",
|
|
"armpit",
|
|
"pit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedrock",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"rock bottom",
|
|
"zero"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby fell backwards onto her bottom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"bootie",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the side or part facing downward from something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"face",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that side of the shelf is supposed to be the bottom , so turn it over before you assemble the bookcase"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"zenith"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"belly",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"toe",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"underpinning",
|
|
"undercarriage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"underbelly",
|
|
"underbody",
|
|
"underpart",
|
|
"underside",
|
|
"undersurface"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the surface upon which a body of water lies":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my missing fishing pole is probably lying on the bottom of the lake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"riverbed",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"basement",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bed",
|
|
"floor"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bottomless":{
|
|
"being or seeming to be without limits":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"circumscribed",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the wealthy couple are generous hosts, providing a bottomless supply of food and drink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fathomable",
|
|
"measurable",
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"superficial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"countless",
|
|
"incalculable",
|
|
"incomputable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"innumerable",
|
|
"unmeasured",
|
|
"exhaustless",
|
|
"inexhaustible",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"far-flung",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"fathomless",
|
|
"horizonless",
|
|
"illimitable",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"immensurable",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unbounded",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"unlimited"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"extending far downward":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"shallow",
|
|
"shoal",
|
|
"skin-deep",
|
|
"superficial",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ocean explorers discovered what appeared to be a bottomless abyss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depthless",
|
|
"two-dimensional",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"horizontal",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"finite",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"restricted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abyssal",
|
|
"unfathomable",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"endless",
|
|
"immeasurable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"infinite",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"measureless",
|
|
"unlimited",
|
|
"vast"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abysmal",
|
|
"deep",
|
|
"profound"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appareled",
|
|
"apparelled",
|
|
"attired",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"garbed",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"robed",
|
|
"suited"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the once popular fad called \"streaking\" in which the streaker ran bottomless in a public place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"covered",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"caparisoned",
|
|
"decked (out)",
|
|
"rigged (out)",
|
|
"tricked (out)",
|
|
"vested",
|
|
"decent"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"seminude",
|
|
"topless",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"peeled",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"au naturel",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disrobed",
|
|
"mother-naked",
|
|
"naked",
|
|
"nude",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"starkers",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"unclad",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undressed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bought":{
|
|
"made beforehand in large numbers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"bespoken",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"customized",
|
|
"custom-made",
|
|
"tailored",
|
|
"tailor-made"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bought dress that looked like a high-end designer item"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcrafted",
|
|
"handmade",
|
|
"homemade"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ready-to-wear",
|
|
"commercial",
|
|
"prefab",
|
|
"prefabricated",
|
|
"hand-me-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mass-produced",
|
|
"off-the-peg",
|
|
"off-the-rack",
|
|
"off-the-shelf",
|
|
"ready-made",
|
|
"store",
|
|
"store-bought"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to get possession of (something) by giving money in exchange for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I really want to buy that new book, but I don't have enough money right now"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dealt (in)",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"vended"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"obtained",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won",
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"paid (for)",
|
|
"sprang (for)",
|
|
"sprung (for)",
|
|
"bartered (for)",
|
|
"dealt (for)",
|
|
"dickered (over)",
|
|
"exchanged (for)",
|
|
"haggled (for)",
|
|
"negotiated (about)",
|
|
"traded (for)",
|
|
"bargained (with)",
|
|
"chaffered (with)",
|
|
"horse-traded (with)",
|
|
"paltered (with)",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"repurchased"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to influence someone with a bribe":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were rumors that the mobster had bought the judge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"tampered (with)",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"profaned",
|
|
"prostituted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"warped",
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bribed",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"squared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to regard as right or true":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disbelieved",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you buy that story, then I have a bridge in Brooklyn you might be interested in"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distrusted",
|
|
"doubted",
|
|
"misdoubted",
|
|
"mistrusted",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"suspected",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"disputed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accounted",
|
|
"accredited",
|
|
"understood",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"deduced",
|
|
"inferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"credited",
|
|
"swallowed",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"trusted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bought (back)":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boundary":{
|
|
"a real or imaginary point beyond which a person or thing cannot go":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"parents have to set boundaries for their children, and the children want them to"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extremity",
|
|
"fag end",
|
|
"terminus",
|
|
"border",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"verge",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barrier",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"hedge",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"termination"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the line or relatively narrow space that marks the outer limit of something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that chalk line marks the boundary of our playing field"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"center",
|
|
"core",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"inner",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"interior",
|
|
"middle",
|
|
"within"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"brink",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"cusp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"ceiling",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"demarcation",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"limitation",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"restriction",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"borderland",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"march",
|
|
"outskirts",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"selvage",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"shore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"border",
|
|
"borderline",
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"brim",
|
|
"circumference",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"frame",
|
|
"fringe",
|
|
"hem",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"perimeter",
|
|
"periphery",
|
|
"rim",
|
|
"skirt",
|
|
"skirting",
|
|
"verge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounteous":{
|
|
"being more than enough without being excessive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered a bounteous reward for finding the lost ring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"aplenty",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cornucopian",
|
|
"galore",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bounteous king who made sure all his subjects were well-fed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"largehearted",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"samaritan",
|
|
"sympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"costive",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounteously":{
|
|
"in a generous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"parsimoniously",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"ungenerously"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"our host handed us bounteously -filled plates and invited us to sit out by the pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"rudely",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"provocatively",
|
|
"coldly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"frigidly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"angrily",
|
|
"belligerently",
|
|
"begrudgingly",
|
|
"grudgingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"courteously",
|
|
"hospitably",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"reasonably",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cheerfully",
|
|
"cheerily",
|
|
"congenially",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"friendlily",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"selflessly",
|
|
"ungrudgingly",
|
|
"unselfishly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"beneficently",
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"bigheartedly",
|
|
"charitably",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"magnanimously",
|
|
"philanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amply",
|
|
"bountifully",
|
|
"freehandedly",
|
|
"freeheartedly",
|
|
"generously",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"lavishly",
|
|
"liberally",
|
|
"munificently",
|
|
"openhandedly",
|
|
"unstintingly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounties":{
|
|
"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bounty was offered for information leading to the capture of the criminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"premiums",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"treasure troves",
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"decorations",
|
|
"distinctions",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"plumes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"trophies",
|
|
"gratuities",
|
|
"tips",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"wages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rewards"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the record-breaking bounty from this year's corn harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"incomes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profits",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"returns",
|
|
"revenues",
|
|
"winnings",
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"appropriations",
|
|
"collections"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bountiful":{
|
|
"being more than enough without being excessive":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bountiful supply of apples for the harvest festival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"abounding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"replete",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"rife",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"aplenty",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"comfortable",
|
|
"cornucopian",
|
|
"galore",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful",
|
|
"plenty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing in abundance and without hesitation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"costive",
|
|
"illiberal",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bountiful host who makes sure that everyone has plenty to eat at his dinners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"largehearted",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"samaritan",
|
|
"sympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bighearted",
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"freehearted",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bounty":{
|
|
"something offered or given in return for a service performed":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bounty was offered for information leading to the capture of the criminal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"jackpot",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"award",
|
|
"decoration",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"plume",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"trophy",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"tip",
|
|
"desert(s)",
|
|
"wages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"price",
|
|
"reward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being generous":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapness",
|
|
"closeness",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"miserliness",
|
|
"parsimony",
|
|
"penuriousness",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"selfishness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"tightness",
|
|
"ungenerosity"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her bounty at Halloween was known throughout the neighborhood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"economy",
|
|
"frugality",
|
|
"husbandry",
|
|
"providence",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrift",
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"selflessness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"gratuity",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"improvidence",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"prodigality",
|
|
"wastefulness",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"squandering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bigheartedness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"generousness",
|
|
"largesse",
|
|
"largess",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"munificence",
|
|
"openhandedness",
|
|
"openheartedness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"unselfishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the total amount collected or obtained especially at one time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the record-breaking bounty from this year's corn harvest"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"winnings",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouquets":{
|
|
"a bunch of flowers":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought my wife a nice bouquet for her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"boutonnieres",
|
|
"corsages",
|
|
"arrangements",
|
|
"garlands",
|
|
"leis"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobs",
|
|
"nosegays",
|
|
"posies"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetors",
|
|
"malodors",
|
|
"reeks",
|
|
"stenches",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this wine has a good bouquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"odors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"attars",
|
|
"ottos",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"fragrances",
|
|
"fragrancies",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"perfumes",
|
|
"redolences",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"spices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an admiring personal remark":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an evening dress of daring design that attracted bouquets as well as brickbats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"barbs",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"epithets",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"slurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accolades",
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"encomiums",
|
|
"encomia",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"homages",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"salutations",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"valentines"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"kudos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeoisie":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bournes":{
|
|
"something that one hopes or intends to accomplish":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"still searching for the bourne that would give his life meaning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"means",
|
|
"methods",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"grails",
|
|
"holy grails",
|
|
"plots",
|
|
"projects",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"hopes",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"wishes",
|
|
"nirvanas",
|
|
"destinations",
|
|
"termini",
|
|
"terminuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aims",
|
|
"ambitions",
|
|
"aspirations",
|
|
"designs",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"goals",
|
|
"ideals",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"intentions",
|
|
"intents",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"meanings",
|
|
"objectives",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"plans",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"pretensions",
|
|
"purposes",
|
|
"targets",
|
|
"things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bout":{
|
|
"a competitive encounter between individuals or groups carried on for amusement, exercise, or in pursuit of a prize":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"undoubtedly the team's best wrestler, he hasn't lost a bout yet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"athletics",
|
|
"sport",
|
|
"battle",
|
|
"conflict",
|
|
"scrimmage",
|
|
"skirmish",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"tug-of-war",
|
|
"tussle",
|
|
"championship",
|
|
"national(s)",
|
|
"final",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"play-off",
|
|
"semifinal",
|
|
"derby",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"gymkhana",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"biathlon",
|
|
"decathlon",
|
|
"heptathlon",
|
|
"pentathlon",
|
|
"triathlon",
|
|
"marathon",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ultramarathon",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"rubber",
|
|
"runoff",
|
|
"sudden death",
|
|
"dead heat",
|
|
"photo finish",
|
|
"seesaw",
|
|
"classic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"competition",
|
|
"contest",
|
|
"event",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"matchup",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"sweepstakes",
|
|
"sweep-stake",
|
|
"tournament",
|
|
"tourney"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's currently suffering from a bout of the flu"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"remission"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"eclampsia",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bower":{
|
|
"as in pergola , arbor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"denude",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"strip"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drape",
|
|
"embed",
|
|
"imbed",
|
|
"encase",
|
|
"swaddle",
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"overlay",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"enwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosom",
|
|
"circumfuse",
|
|
"cocoon",
|
|
"embosom",
|
|
"embower",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"enclose",
|
|
"inclose",
|
|
"encompass",
|
|
"enfold",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"enswathe",
|
|
"envelop",
|
|
"enwrap",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"involve",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"mantle",
|
|
"muffle",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"swathe",
|
|
"veil",
|
|
"wrap"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowing out":{
|
|
"to undergo defeat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"triumphing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quite embarrassingly, the top-seeded player bowed out in the first round of competition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"tanking",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"cracking (up)",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"foundering",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowl (down or over)":{
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the exuberant dog bowled over several children"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"KO",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"throw down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"bludgeon",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"paste",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"pound",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"slap",
|
|
"slog",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smite",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"swat",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thump",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whale"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"down",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"prostrate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowl over":{
|
|
"to make a strong impression on (someone) with something unexpected":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was bowled over to learn that she had a long-lost sister"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"befuddle",
|
|
"bewilder",
|
|
"blindside",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"discomfit",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"jar",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"nonplus",
|
|
"perplex",
|
|
"shake up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astonish",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"dumbfound",
|
|
"dumfound",
|
|
"flabbergast",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"stun",
|
|
"stupefy",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"thunderstrike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowling":{
|
|
"to move or proceed smoothly and readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowling along in my spiffy new car"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"brushing",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"sliding",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"whisking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"speeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stomping",
|
|
"stumping",
|
|
"tramping",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"toiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"struggling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowled through the test and was the first one to hand in the booklet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bundling",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"cracking (on)",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"highballing",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"motoring",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"stepping",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"traveling",
|
|
"travelling",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetling",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scuffling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking",
|
|
"arrowing",
|
|
"beelining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"poking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boxing":{
|
|
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his mother threatened to box his ears if he didn't show a bit more respect"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"biffing",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"bobbing",
|
|
"bonking",
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"busting",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"clocking",
|
|
"clouting",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"rapping",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling",
|
|
"zapping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boyo":{
|
|
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a novel about a self-assertive, self-reliant boyo growing up in working-class Dublin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boy",
|
|
"boychick",
|
|
"boychik",
|
|
"callant",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"laddie",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaveling",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"sonny",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bo\u00eetes":{
|
|
"a bar or restaurant offering special nighttime entertainment (as music, dancing, or comedy acts)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a funky bo\u00eete on Paris's Left Bank that offers hot jazz to a self-consciously cool crowd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"a-go-gos",
|
|
"discos",
|
|
"discotheques",
|
|
"discoth\u00e9ques",
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"clip joints",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"honky-tonks",
|
|
"key clubs",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"canteens",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"clubs",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"nightspots",
|
|
"niteries",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"supper clubs"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bodiless":{
|
|
"not composed of matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ghosts are supposed to be bodiless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowel(s)":{
|
|
"as in intestine(s)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boyishness":{
|
|
"as in tomboyishness , mannishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bony":{
|
|
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that bony old horse may have been deliberately starved"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"producing inferior or only a small amount of vegetation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bony hills from which sheepherders eked out a meager existence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"hardscrabble",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"unfertile",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inhospitable",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"uncultivable",
|
|
"untillable",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"dried-up",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"spent",
|
|
"used up",
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arable",
|
|
"tillable",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"sylvan",
|
|
"verdant"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"rich"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bothers":{
|
|
"to thrust oneself upon (another) without invitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I am never going to get this work done if people don't stop wandering into the room and bothering me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"intrudes (upon)",
|
|
"pesters"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"duns",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gnaws",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"beleaguers",
|
|
"besets",
|
|
"besieges",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"afflicts",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"butts in",
|
|
"cuts in (on)",
|
|
"obtrudes",
|
|
"encroaches",
|
|
"infringes",
|
|
"invades",
|
|
"trespasses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it bothers me when obviously sick people go to movies and spend the whole time coughing and sneezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"burns (up)",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frosts",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"hacks (off)",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"itches",
|
|
"narks",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"rasps",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"spites",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"heckles",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"badgers",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"bullyrags",
|
|
"ballyrags",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"antagonizes",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"infuriates",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"rankles",
|
|
"roils",
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"miffs",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"outrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"reassures",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to experience concern or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just get the basic concept right and don't bother about the details"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fears",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agonizes",
|
|
"longs",
|
|
"pines",
|
|
"yearns",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"despairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"sticks out",
|
|
"stomachs",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to trouble the mind of; to make uneasy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the boss's cryptic message about changes to the company bothered me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"ails",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"concerns",
|
|
"derails",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distempers",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"exercises",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"frazzles",
|
|
"freaks (out)",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"hagrides",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unhinges",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"weirds out",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bugs",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"chivies",
|
|
"chivvies",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harries",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"nettles",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pesters",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts out",
|
|
"riles",
|
|
"vexes",
|
|
"bedevils",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"abashes",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"discomfits",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"discountenances",
|
|
"embarrasses",
|
|
"fazes",
|
|
"flusters",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"nonpluses",
|
|
"nonplusses",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"unnerves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allays",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"assuages",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"conciliates",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"propitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole household was in a bother , as our overnight guests were expected to arrive any minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"williwaws",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one who is obnoxiously annoying":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman next-door is such a bother \u2014always dropping in at the most inopportune moments!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"annoyers",
|
|
"gadflies",
|
|
"gnawers",
|
|
"nudniks",
|
|
"nudnicks",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"persecutors",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"teasers",
|
|
"teases"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"harriers",
|
|
"hecklers",
|
|
"interrupters",
|
|
"interruptors",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"molesters",
|
|
"tormentors",
|
|
"tormenters",
|
|
"torturers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"charmers",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"solacers",
|
|
"soothers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that is a source of irritation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"returning damaged goods is a real bother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"aggros",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"exasperations",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"hair shirts",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"headaches",
|
|
"inconveniences",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"irritants",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"ruffles",
|
|
"thorns",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"vexations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"fleabites",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"affronts",
|
|
"insults",
|
|
"offenses",
|
|
"offences",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"albatross",
|
|
"albatrosses",
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"menaces",
|
|
"millstones",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"sores",
|
|
"anxieties",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"tribulations",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"hang-ups",
|
|
"pet peeves",
|
|
"problems",
|
|
"annoyers",
|
|
"disturbers",
|
|
"harassers",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"offenders",
|
|
"pandora's boxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the feeling of impatience or anger caused by another's repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"never let his personal bothers interfere with his responsibilities at work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravations",
|
|
"aggros",
|
|
"annoyances",
|
|
"botherations",
|
|
"exasperations",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"griefs",
|
|
"irritations",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"vexations"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"displeasures",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"irritabilities",
|
|
"peeves",
|
|
"perturbations",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"resentments",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"chafes",
|
|
"danders",
|
|
"dudgeons",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"indignations",
|
|
"ires",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"umbrages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bore down on":{
|
|
"to push steadily against with some force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you need to bear down on that cap a bit to get it to latch tightly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"weighed (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"mashed",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"squished",
|
|
"squooshed",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"leaned (on or against)",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"scrunched",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"crammed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"jam-packed",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"wedged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to indicate the importance of by centering attention on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Our manager bore down on the need to meet upcoming deadlines."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accented",
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"featured",
|
|
"foregrounded",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"punctuated",
|
|
"stressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"focused",
|
|
"focussed",
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"pinpointed",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"spotlit",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"overplayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"underemphasized",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"belittled",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disparaged",
|
|
"minimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasized",
|
|
"played down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonhomie":{
|
|
"a feeling of friendliness among a group of people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Those camping out in line for the store's grand opening soon developed a cheerful bonhomie .",
|
|
"the bonhomie of strangers singing together around a campfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozes":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this will be a birthday party without booze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibs",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"liquors (up)",
|
|
"lushes (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"nips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowered":{
|
|
"to surround or cover closely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bowered by a canopy of grapevines, we enjoyed a serene and very private picnic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosomed",
|
|
"circumfused",
|
|
"cocooned",
|
|
"embosomed",
|
|
"embowered",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"enclosed",
|
|
"inclosed",
|
|
"encompassed",
|
|
"enfolded",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"enswathed",
|
|
"enveloped",
|
|
"enwrapped",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"involved",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"mantled",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"swathed",
|
|
"veiled",
|
|
"wrapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curtained",
|
|
"draped",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"encased",
|
|
"swaddled",
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"overlaid",
|
|
"overspread",
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"enwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"denuded",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"stripped",
|
|
"stript"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeoning":{
|
|
"as in flourishing , flowering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"luxuriating",
|
|
"overgrowing",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"shooting up",
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"sprouting",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"fruiting",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"regenerating",
|
|
"seeding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"efflorescing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"leafing",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"budding",
|
|
"opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boffola":{
|
|
"an explosive sound that is a sign of amusement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the audience could be heard chuckling throughout the play, but there were few theater-filling boffolas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belly laugh",
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"cachinnation",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"guffaw",
|
|
"hee-haw",
|
|
"horselaugh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smile",
|
|
"smirk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if that was the wannabe comic's best boffola , he'd be well-advised not to quit his day job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"one-liner",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism",
|
|
"yuk",
|
|
"yuck",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yock"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"knee-slapper",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"thigh-slapper",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"leg-pull",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"riff",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bowdlerizing":{
|
|
"to remove objectionable parts from":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bowdlerized version of \"Gulliver's Travels\" that purportedly makes it unobjectionable for children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"censoring",
|
|
"cleaning (up)",
|
|
"expurgating",
|
|
"laundering",
|
|
"red-penciling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purging",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"blue-penciling",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"bleeping",
|
|
"blipping",
|
|
"cutting (out)",
|
|
"deleting",
|
|
"excising",
|
|
"expunging",
|
|
"gutting",
|
|
"x-ing (out)",
|
|
"x'ing (out)",
|
|
"blacking out",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"silencing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"scrutinizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"sanctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boycott":{
|
|
"as in blackball , black":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bogies":{
|
|
"something or someone that causes fear or dread especially without reason":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"math and math tests have long been bogeys for many students"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"black beasts",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"wraiths",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"bogeymen",
|
|
"bogymen",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horribles",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child believed bogeys lived in the closet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlegger":{
|
|
"a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrabandist",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"runner",
|
|
"smuggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyote",
|
|
"gunrunner",
|
|
"mule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boondocks":{
|
|
"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a former city girl who was still adjusting to life in the boondocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exurbia",
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"urban sprawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bolsters":{
|
|
"to hold up or serve as a foundation for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"used additional beams to bolster the ceiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"props (up)",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustains",
|
|
"undergirds",
|
|
"underpins",
|
|
"upholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"steadies",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"underlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide evidence or information for (as a claim or idea)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a couple of tournament wins would bolster the extravagant claims that have been made on behalf of the young golfer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"corroborates",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"shores (up)",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confirms",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"verifies",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"validates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"undercuts",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in brackets , arches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bodkin":{
|
|
"as in dagger , machete":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"bolo",
|
|
"bowie knife",
|
|
"cutlass",
|
|
"dagger",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"jackknife",
|
|
"machete",
|
|
"pocketknife",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"sheath knife",
|
|
"stiletto",
|
|
"stylet",
|
|
"switchblade",
|
|
"switch knife",
|
|
"yataghan",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"shiv",
|
|
"cleaver",
|
|
"hack",
|
|
"rapier",
|
|
"saber",
|
|
"sabre",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"sword",
|
|
"scalpel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bourgeoned":{
|
|
"to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trout population in the stream is burgeoning now that the water is clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to grow vigorously":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spring flowers burgeoned once the warm weather set in for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"luxuriated",
|
|
"overgrew",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"shot up",
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"sprouted",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"fruited",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"seeded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to produce flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chrysanthemums usually burgeon in early fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"blossomed",
|
|
"effloresced",
|
|
"flowered",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leafed",
|
|
"leaved",
|
|
"budded",
|
|
"opened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bogeymen":{
|
|
"as in demons , devils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"wraiths",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horribles",
|
|
"horrors",
|
|
"monsters",
|
|
"monstrosities",
|
|
"terrors",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"black beasts",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"bugaboos",
|
|
"bugbears",
|
|
"dreads",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"ogres",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bonehead":{
|
|
"not having or showing an ability to absorb ideas readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bonehead decision to trade their best player"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the package's directions seem to suggest that anyone who would buy such a product is a bonehead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"bubblehead",
|
|
"chowderhead",
|
|
"chucklehead",
|
|
"clodpoll",
|
|
"clodpole",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"cluck",
|
|
"clunk",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cuddie",
|
|
"deadhead",
|
|
"dim bulb",
|
|
"dimwit",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dullard",
|
|
"dum-dum",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dumbhead",
|
|
"dummkopf",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"dunderhead",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"golem",
|
|
"goof",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"hammerhead",
|
|
"hardhead",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"loggerhead",
|
|
"loon",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"lunkhead",
|
|
"meathead",
|
|
"mome",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"mutt",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"noddy",
|
|
"noodle",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"prat",
|
|
"ratbag",
|
|
"saphead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"stupe",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"thickhead",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"woodenhead",
|
|
"yahoo",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"buffoon",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"villain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boded":{
|
|
"to show signs of a favorable or successful outcome":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her natural gift for reading boded well for her future in school"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augured",
|
|
"foreboded",
|
|
"forboded",
|
|
"promised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forecast",
|
|
"forecasted",
|
|
"foretold",
|
|
"predicted",
|
|
"presaged",
|
|
"prognosticated",
|
|
"prophesied",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"warned",
|
|
"anticipated",
|
|
"divined",
|
|
"foreknew",
|
|
"foresaw",
|
|
"betokened",
|
|
"foreshadowed",
|
|
"harbingered",
|
|
"portended",
|
|
"prefigured",
|
|
"presignified",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"alluded",
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bouquet":{
|
|
"a bunch of flowers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought my wife a nice bouquet for her birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bob",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this wine has a good bouquet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"attar",
|
|
"otto",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"fragrancy",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent",
|
|
"spice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetor",
|
|
"malodor",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an admiring personal remark":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an evening dress of daring design that attracted bouquets as well as brickbats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"compliment",
|
|
"kudo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accolade",
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"encomium",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"homage",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"salutation",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"valentine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affront",
|
|
"barb",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"epithet",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"slur"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boring":{
|
|
"causing weariness, restlessness, or lack of interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wish this book weren't so boring ; I keep falling asleep whenever I try to read it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dusty",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"ho-hum",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"jejune",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"mind-numbing",
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"stodgy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"uninteresting",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aseptic",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"dullish",
|
|
"pleasureless",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"prosy",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"blank",
|
|
"earthbound",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"pallid",
|
|
"pedantic",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"suspenseless",
|
|
"undramatic",
|
|
"uneventful",
|
|
"unexciting",
|
|
"unimaginative",
|
|
"uninspiring",
|
|
"unnewsworthy",
|
|
"unrewarding",
|
|
"unsensational",
|
|
"unspectacular",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothersome",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"longsome",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unsurprising",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"cumbersome",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"eye-opening",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"surprising",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"exhilarating",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"hair-raising",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"suspenseful",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"provocative",
|
|
"tantalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a hole or series of holes in":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some woodpecker bored holes in our tree in the backyard"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"holing",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"riddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"prickling",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"burrowing (into)",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"gouging",
|
|
"grooving",
|
|
"hollowing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"notching",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slitting",
|
|
"splitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"sealing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to force one's way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with some effort, she bored through the throng of yelling protestors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulldozing",
|
|
"bulling",
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"elbowing",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"jostling",
|
|
"muscling",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"shouldering",
|
|
"squeezing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"shoving",
|
|
"thrusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the professor's lifeless and unimaginative teaching style bored the students to death"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"burning out",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"fagging",
|
|
"fatiguing",
|
|
"tuckering (out)",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"dejecting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"monopolizing",
|
|
"preoccupying",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"involving",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"busying",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bossiness":{
|
|
"as in high-handedness , dominance":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritativeness",
|
|
"bowwow",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"high-handedness",
|
|
"arrogance",
|
|
"assumption",
|
|
"bumptiousness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"haughtiness",
|
|
"hauteur",
|
|
"high horse",
|
|
"huffiness",
|
|
"imperiousness",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"lordliness",
|
|
"masterfulness",
|
|
"peremptoriness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pompousness",
|
|
"presumptuousness",
|
|
"pretense",
|
|
"pretence",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"self-consequence",
|
|
"self-importance",
|
|
"superciliousness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"toploftiness",
|
|
"condescension",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"chest-thumping",
|
|
"inflation",
|
|
"self-assertion",
|
|
"side",
|
|
"snobbery",
|
|
"snobbishness",
|
|
"snobbism",
|
|
"snootiness",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"cheekiness",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"sauciness",
|
|
"boastfulness",
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"braggadocio",
|
|
"bravado",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"swagger",
|
|
"triumphalism",
|
|
"vaingloriousness",
|
|
"vainglory",
|
|
"cockiness",
|
|
"complacence",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"egoism",
|
|
"egotism",
|
|
"pride",
|
|
"pridefulness",
|
|
"self-assumption",
|
|
"self-centeredness",
|
|
"self-complacency",
|
|
"self-conceit",
|
|
"self-content",
|
|
"self-contentment",
|
|
"self-opinion",
|
|
"self-partiality",
|
|
"self-satisfaction",
|
|
"smugness",
|
|
"swelled head",
|
|
"vanity",
|
|
"superiority complex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humility",
|
|
"modesty",
|
|
"unassumingness",
|
|
"unpretentiousness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"demureness",
|
|
"retiringness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"self-distrust",
|
|
"self-doubt",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timidness",
|
|
"lowliness",
|
|
"meekness",
|
|
"mousiness",
|
|
"passiveness",
|
|
"passivity",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"quietness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reservedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boss":{
|
|
"the person (as an employer or supervisor) who tells people and especially workers what to do":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every morning the boss hands out a list of top-priority tasks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss man",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"chief",
|
|
"foreman",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"headman",
|
|
"helmsman",
|
|
"honcho",
|
|
"jefe",
|
|
"kingpin",
|
|
"leader",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"taskmaster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"directress",
|
|
"mistress",
|
|
"administrator",
|
|
"commander",
|
|
"director",
|
|
"executive",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"governor",
|
|
"hierarch",
|
|
"higher-up",
|
|
"leadman",
|
|
"manager",
|
|
"overseer",
|
|
"principal",
|
|
"skipper",
|
|
"standard-bearer",
|
|
"steward",
|
|
"straw boss",
|
|
"superintendent",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"supervisor",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"lord",
|
|
"overlord",
|
|
"potentate",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"sovereign",
|
|
"sovran",
|
|
"figurehead",
|
|
"baron",
|
|
"czar",
|
|
"tsar",
|
|
"tzar",
|
|
"king",
|
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"magnate",
|
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"mogul",
|
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"president",
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"prince",
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"big cheese",
|
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"big gun",
|
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"bigwig",
|
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"top dog",
|
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"top gun",
|
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"cohead",
|
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"coleader",
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"employer",
|
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"gaffer",
|
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"ganger",
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"micromanager",
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"subchief",
|
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"subdirector"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"dependent",
|
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"inferior",
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"junior",
|
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"secondary",
|
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"subject",
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"subordinate",
|
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"underling"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[]
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},
|
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"of the very best kind":{
|
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"examples":[
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"that's a really boss stereo you've got"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"A-OK",
|
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"A1",
|
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"awesome",
|
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"bang-up",
|
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"banner",
|
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"beautiful",
|
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"blue-chip",
|
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"blue-ribbon",
|
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"boffo",
|
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"bonny",
|
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"bonnie",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
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"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in charge of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she bossed that project for years, until she was promoted again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"quarterback",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"shepherd",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"steer",
|
|
"monitor",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"reign",
|
|
"rule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to exercise authority or power over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bossed the entire job site for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"preside (over)",
|
|
"rule",
|
|
"sway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"administer",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"micromanage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"domineer",
|
|
"lord (it over)",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"reign (over)",
|
|
"tyrannize",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subjugate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bossed the entire gang of electricians on the construction project"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"spearhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bobbled":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"boggled",
|
|
"bollixed (up)",
|
|
"booted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"buggered (up)",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"dubbed",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mucked up",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"screwed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"piffled",
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"vitiated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mismanaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"reformed",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make short up-and-down movements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bobbed",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"jounced",
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"seesawed",
|
|
"wagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jerked",
|
|
"jiggled",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"wiggled",
|
|
"wobbled",
|
|
"wabbled",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"rocked",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"ducked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |