dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/boa_MWT.json
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{
"boarded":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"victualed",
"victualled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"served",
"waited",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"sustained",
"banqueted",
"dined",
"feasted",
"regaled",
"messed",
"battened",
"fattened",
"filled",
"force-fed",
"overfed",
"surfeited",
"underfed",
"hand-fed",
"spoon-fed",
"refed",
"reprovisioned"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"bestowed",
"billeted",
"bivouacked",
"bunked",
"camped",
"chambered",
"domiciled",
"encamped",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"put up",
"quartered",
"roofed",
"roomed",
"sheltered",
"took in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconced",
"homed",
"roosted",
"secured",
"shedded",
"stabled",
"tented",
"barracked",
"bedded (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejected",
"evicted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boarding":{
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"victualing",
"victualling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serving",
"waiting",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"sustaining",
"banqueting",
"dining",
"feasting",
"regaling",
"messing",
"battening",
"fattening",
"filling",
"force-feeding",
"overfeeding",
"surfeiting",
"underfeeding",
"hand-feeding",
"spoon-feeding",
"refeeding",
"reprovisioning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"bestowing",
"billeting",
"bivouacking",
"bunking",
"camping",
"chambering",
"domiciling",
"encamping",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"putting up",
"quartering",
"roofing",
"rooming",
"sheltering",
"taking in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"homing",
"roosting",
"securing",
"shedding",
"stabling",
"tenting",
"barracking",
"bedding (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejecting",
"evicting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boasted":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"blew",
"bragged",
"bulled",
"crowed",
"gasconaded",
"swaggered",
"vapored",
"vaunted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustered",
"harangued",
"puffed",
"prided",
"gushed",
"exulted",
"gloried",
"rejoiced",
"brandished",
"displayed",
"exhibited",
"exposed",
"flaunted",
"glorified",
"paraded",
"showed off",
"magnified",
"maximized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittled",
"deprecated",
"diminished",
"discounted",
"laughed off",
"minimized",
"played down",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"shrugged off",
"underrated",
"undervalued",
"bemoaned",
"lamented",
"mourned",
"regretted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have within":{
"examples":[
"the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms"
],
"synonyms":[
"bore",
"contained",
"held"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodated",
"fitted",
"fit",
"took",
"cased",
"encased",
"enclosed",
"inclosed",
"encompassed",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boastful":{
"as in cocky , bombastic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"assured",
"biggety",
"biggity",
"bigheaded",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"consequential",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"important",
"overweening",
"pompous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-conceited",
"self-important",
"self-opinionated",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"swellheaded",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"disdainful",
"fastuous",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-hat",
"huffy",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"peremptory",
"pontifical",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"toplofty",
"toploftical",
"uppish",
"uppity",
"domineering",
"high-handed",
"imperious",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"holier-than-thou",
"pretentious",
"overconfident",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"confident",
"self-assured",
"self-confident",
"self-adulatory",
"self-congratulatory",
"self-contented",
"self-gratulatory",
"self-applauding",
"self-dramatizing",
"self-glorifying",
"self-promoting",
"self-affected",
"self-centered",
"self-engrossed",
"selfish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"egoless",
"humble",
"modest",
"uncomplacent",
"diffident",
"self-critical",
"self-distrustful",
"self-doubting",
"self-reproachful",
"self-reproving",
"meek",
"timid",
"unassertive",
"down-to-earth",
"unarrogant",
"unassuming",
"unpretentious",
"bashful",
"demure",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"retiring",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"boasting":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowing",
"bragging",
"bulling",
"crowing",
"gasconading",
"swaggering",
"vaporing",
"vaunting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blustering",
"haranguing",
"puffing",
"priding",
"gushing",
"exulting",
"glorying",
"rejoicing",
"brandishing",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flaunting",
"glorifying",
"parading",
"showing off",
"magnifying",
"maximizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittling",
"deprecating",
"diminishing",
"discounting",
"laughing off",
"minimizing",
"playing down",
"pooh-poohing",
"poohing",
"shrugging off",
"underrating",
"undervaluing",
"bemoaning",
"lamenting",
"mourning",
"regretting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have within":{
"examples":[
"the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"containing",
"holding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodating",
"fitting",
"taking",
"casing",
"encasing",
"enclosing",
"inclosing",
"encompassing",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boat":{
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"examples":[
"paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottom",
"craft",
"vessel",
"watercraft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"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"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large craft for travel by water":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island"
],
"synonyms":[
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"motor ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruise",
"ferry",
"navigate",
"sail",
"ship (out)",
"voyage"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoe",
"kayak",
"yacht",
"coast"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boastfulness":{
"as in bravado , swagger":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"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",
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"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":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness",
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boatloads":{
"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices"
],
"synonyms":[
"abundances",
"barrels",
"basketfuls",
"basketsful",
"buckets",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"bushels",
"carloads",
"chunks",
"deals",
"dozens",
"dozen",
"fistfuls",
"gobs",
"good deals",
"heaps",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lots",
"masses",
"messes",
"mountains",
"much",
"multiplicities",
"myriads",
"oodles",
"packs",
"passels",
"pecks",
"piles",
"platefuls",
"plenitudes",
"plenties",
"plentitudes",
"potfuls",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaves",
"shiploads",
"sights",
"slews",
"spates",
"stacks",
"stores",
"tons",
"truckloads",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths",
"yards"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemics",
"plagues",
"rashes",
"bonanzas",
"embarrassments",
"excesses",
"overabundances",
"overages",
"overkills",
"overmuch",
"oversupplies",
"plethoras",
"redundancies",
"superabundances",
"superfluities",
"surfeits",
"surpluses",
"deluges",
"floods",
"overflows",
"armies",
"bevies",
"crams",
"crowds",
"crushes",
"droves",
"flocks",
"herds",
"hordes",
"hosts",
"legions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"presses",
"scores",
"seas",
"swarms",
"throngs",
"gazillions",
"jillions",
"kazillions",
"millions",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillions",
"zillions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atoms",
"crumbs",
"dots",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"fragments",
"grains",
"granules",
"iotas",
"jots",
"modicums",
"molecules",
"motes",
"nubbins",
"particles",
"rays",
"scintillas",
"scraps",
"shreds",
"tittles",
"whits",
"smatterings",
"smatters",
"dashes",
"drops",
"morsels",
"shots",
"pieces",
"portions",
"sections",
"absences",
"dearths",
"famines",
"lacks",
"paucities",
"poverties",
"scarcities",
"shortages",
"undersupplies",
"wants",
"deficiencies",
"deficits",
"inadequacies",
"insufficiencies"
],
"antonyms":[
"aces",
"bits",
"dabs",
"drams",
"driblets",
"glimmers",
"handfuls",
"handsful",
"hints",
"licks",
"little",
"mites",
"mouthfuls",
"nips",
"ounces",
"peanuts",
"pinches",
"pittances",
"scruples",
"shades",
"shadows",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"specks",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"sprinklings",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boaster":{
"someone who boasts":{
"examples":[
"I'm tired of hearing about that boaster's new car"
],
"synonyms":[
"blower",
"blowhard",
"brag",
"braggadocio",
"braggart",
"bragger",
"cockalorum",
"cracker",
"gascon",
"gasconader",
"swaggerer",
"vaunter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterer",
"cock",
"self-advertiser",
"self-dramatizer",
"self-promoter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"board(s)":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers"
],
"synonyms":[
"associations",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies",
"sodalities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
"examples":[
"in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board"
],
"synonyms":[
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coffee tables",
"refectory tables",
"tea tables",
"bars",
"counters",
"buffets",
"sideboards",
"side tables",
"bed tables",
"card tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serves",
"waits",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"messes",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"force-feeds",
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"underfeeds",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"refeeds",
"reprovisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boarding school":{
"as in prep school , prep":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prep",
"preparatory school",
"prep school",
"academe",
"academy",
"school",
"seminary",
"common school",
"elementary school",
"grammar school",
"high school",
"junior high school",
"kindergarten",
"middle school",
"primary school",
"public school",
"secondary school",
"senior high school",
"trade school",
"training school",
"charter school",
"magnet school",
"minischool",
"madrassa",
"madrasa",
"madrassah",
"madrasah",
"Sunday school",
"yeshiva",
"yeshivah"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boardinghouses":{
"a building where people pay to live and have daily meals":{
"examples":[
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"motor courts",
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"campgrounds",
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"dorms",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"asps",
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"blue racers",
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"chicken snakes",
"cobras",
"constrictors",
"copperheads",
"coral snakes",
"cottonmouth moccasins",
"diamondback rattlesnakes",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snakes",
"gopher snakes",
"green snakes",
"hognose snakes",
"horned vipers",
"indigo snakes",
"king cobras",
"king snakes",
"kraits",
"mambas",
"milk snakes",
"moccasins",
"pine snakes",
"pit vipers",
"puff adders",
"pythons",
"racers",
"rat snakes",
"rattlesnakes",
"sea serpents",
"sea snakes",
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"taipans",
"water moccasins",
"water snakes",
"worm snakes",
"serpents",
"snakes",
"vipers"
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"preparatory schools",
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"prep schools",
"academes",
"academies",
"schools",
"seminaries",
"common schools",
"elementary schools",
"grammar schools",
"high schools",
"junior high schools",
"kindergartens",
"middle schools",
"primary schools",
"public schools",
"secondary schools",
"senior high schools",
"trade schools",
"training schools",
"charter schools",
"magnet schools",
"minischools",
"madrassas",
"madrasas",
"madrassahs",
"madrasahs",
"Sunday schools",
"yeshivas",
"yeshivot"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a public place for strolling":{
"examples":[
"the town's old-fashioned beachfront boardwalk has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s"
],
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"mall",
"promenade",
"walk"
],
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"walkway",
"alameda",
"all\u00e9e",
"arcade",
"colonnade",
"galleria",
"gallery",
"plaza"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers"
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"chamber",
"club",
"college",
"congress",
"consortium",
"council",
"fellowship",
"fraternity",
"guild",
"gild",
"institute",
"institution",
"league",
"order",
"organization",
"society",
"sodality"
],
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"collective",
"commune",
"community",
"cooperative",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"camp",
"coalition",
"partnership",
"body",
"cadre",
"group",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"junta",
"junto",
"klatch",
"klatsch",
"lot",
"set",
"crew",
"outfit",
"party",
"squad",
"team",
"branch",
"chapter",
"local",
"faithful",
"fold",
"membership",
"sisterhood",
"sorority",
"cabal",
"camarilla",
"camorra",
"confederacy",
"conspiracy",
"band",
"gang",
"ring",
"cartel",
"combine",
"syndicate"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
"examples":[
"in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board"
],
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"table"
],
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"coffee table",
"refectory table",
"tea table",
"bar",
"counter",
"buffet",
"sideboard",
"side table",
"bed table",
"card table"
],
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"antonyms":[]
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"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
],
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"cater",
"feed",
"provision",
"victual"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serve",
"wait",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"sustain",
"banquet",
"dine",
"feast",
"regale",
"mess",
"batten",
"fatten",
"fill",
"force-feed",
"overfeed",
"surfeit",
"underfeed",
"hand-feed",
"spoon-feed",
"refeed",
"reprovision"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
],
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"accommodate",
"bestow",
"billet",
"bivouac",
"bunk",
"camp",
"chamber",
"domicile",
"encamp",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"put up",
"quarter",
"roof",
"room",
"shelter",
"take in"
],
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"ensconce",
"home",
"roost",
"secure",
"shed",
"stable",
"tent",
"barrack",
"bed (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"eject",
"evict"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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"a considerable amount":{
"examples":[
"a boatload of publicity for the new handheld devices"
],
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"abundance",
"barrel",
"basketful",
"bucket",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"carload",
"chunk",
"deal",
"dozen",
"fistful",
"gobs",
"good deal",
"heap",
"hundred",
"lashings",
"lashins",
"loads",
"lot",
"mass",
"mess",
"mountain",
"much",
"multiplicity",
"myriad",
"oodles",
"pack",
"passel",
"peck",
"pile",
"plateful",
"plenitude",
"plentitude",
"plenty",
"pot",
"potful",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"reams",
"scads",
"sheaf",
"shipload",
"sight",
"slew",
"spate",
"stack",
"store",
"ton",
"truckload",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth",
"yard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"epidemic",
"plague",
"rash",
"bonanza",
"embarrassment",
"excess",
"overabundance",
"overage",
"overkill",
"overmuch",
"oversupply",
"plethora",
"redundancy",
"superabundance",
"superfluity",
"surfeit",
"surplus",
"deluge",
"flood",
"overflow",
"army",
"bevy",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"score",
"sea",
"swarm",
"throng",
"gazillion",
"jillion",
"kazillion",
"million",
"thousands",
"trillion",
"zillion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"atom",
"crumb",
"dot",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"fragment",
"grain",
"granule",
"iota",
"jot",
"modicum",
"molecule",
"mote",
"nubbin",
"particle",
"ray",
"scintilla",
"scrap",
"shred",
"tittle",
"whit",
"smatter",
"smattering",
"dash",
"drop",
"morsel",
"shot",
"piece",
"portion",
"section",
"absence",
"dearth",
"famine",
"lack",
"paucity",
"poverty",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"shortage",
"undersupply",
"want",
"deficiency",
"deficit",
"inadequacy",
"insufficiency",
"meagerness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"skimpiness"
],
"antonyms":[
"ace",
"bit",
"dab",
"dram",
"driblet",
"glimmer",
"handful",
"hint",
"lick",
"little",
"mite",
"mouthful",
"nip",
"ounce",
"peanuts",
"pinch",
"pittance",
"scruple",
"shade",
"shadow",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"speck",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"sprinkling",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"tad",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boardinghouse":{
"a building where people pay to live and have daily meals":{
"examples":[
"a onetime boardinghouse that is now the site of the town's historical museum"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lodging house",
"rooming house",
"auberge",
"caravansary",
"caravanserai",
"hospice",
"hostel",
"hostelry",
"hotel",
"inn",
"lodge",
"public house",
"tavern",
"B and B",
"bed-and-breakfast",
"guesthouse",
"apartment hotel",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rest",
"court",
"motel",
"motor court",
"motor inn",
"motor lodge",
"resort",
"spa",
"tourist court",
"youth hostel",
"camp",
"campground",
"bunkhouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"doss-house",
"fleabag",
"flophouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boarder":{
"one who rents a room or apartment in another's house":{
"examples":[
"a boarder who paid $100 per week for a room and meals"
],
"synonyms":[
"lessee",
"lodger",
"renter",
"roomer",
"tenant"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotenant",
"subtenant",
"flatmate",
"roommate",
"roomie",
"guest",
"visitor",
"occupant",
"occupier",
"resident",
"resider"
],
"near antonyms":[
"laird",
"landholder",
"landowner",
"proprietor",
"landlady",
"slumlord",
"host",
"innkeeper",
"proprietor"
],
"antonyms":[
"landlord",
"lessor",
"letter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boardwalks":{
"a public place for strolling":{
"examples":[
"the town's old-fashioned beachfront boardwalk has been a tourist attraction since the 1920s"
],
"synonyms":[
"malls",
"promenades",
"walks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"walkways",
"alamedas",
"all\u00e9es",
"arcades",
"colonnades",
"gallerias",
"galleries",
"plazas"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boated":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruised",
"ferried",
"navigated",
"sailed",
"shipped (out)",
"voyaged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoed",
"kayaked",
"yachted",
"coasted"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"boardmen":{
"as in officers , officials":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"officers",
"officials",
"middle managers",
"commissioners",
"ministers",
"codirectors",
"co-directors",
"comanagers",
"co-managers",
"co-organizers",
"bosses",
"chiefs",
"heads",
"leaders",
"presidents",
"administrants",
"administrators",
"archons",
"directors",
"execs",
"executives",
"managers",
"superintendents",
"supervisors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boater":{
"as in helmet , beret":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"top hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boardman":{
"as in officer , official":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"officer",
"official",
"middle manager",
"commissioner",
"minister",
"codirector",
"comanager",
"co-organizer",
"boss",
"chief",
"head",
"leader",
"president",
"administrant",
"administrator",
"archon",
"director",
"exec",
"executive",
"manager",
"superintendent",
"supervisor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boasters":{
"someone who boasts":{
"examples":[
"I'm tired of hearing about that boaster's new car"
],
"synonyms":[
"blowers",
"blowhards",
"braggadocios",
"braggarts",
"braggers",
"brags",
"cockalorums",
"crackers",
"gasconaders",
"gascons",
"swaggerers",
"vaunters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusterers",
"cocks",
"self-advertisers",
"self-dramatizers",
"self-promoters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boasts":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"blows",
"brags",
"bulls",
"crows",
"gasconades",
"swaggers",
"vapors",
"vaunts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blusters",
"harangues",
"puffs",
"prides",
"gushes",
"exults",
"glories",
"rejoices",
"brandishes",
"displays",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flaunts",
"glorifies",
"parades",
"shows off",
"magnifies",
"maximizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittles",
"deprecates",
"diminishes",
"discounts",
"laughs off",
"minimizes",
"plays down",
"pooh-poohs",
"poohs",
"shrugs off",
"underrates",
"undervalues",
"bemoans",
"laments",
"mourns",
"regrets"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have within":{
"examples":[
"the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms"
],
"synonyms":[
"bears",
"contains",
"holds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"fits",
"takes",
"cases",
"encases",
"encloses",
"incloses",
"encompasses",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
"examples":[
"the school's boast was a winning football team"
],
"synonyms":[
"credits",
"crown jewels",
"glories",
"honors",
"jewels",
"prides",
"treasures",
"trophies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pi\u00e8ces de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpieces",
"attractions",
"features",
"highlights",
"distinctions",
"excellences",
"merits",
"values",
"virtues"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgraces",
"dishonors",
"blemishes",
"blots",
"defects",
"shames",
"slurs",
"smirches",
"smudges",
"stains",
"stigmas",
"stigmata",
"eyesores",
"frights",
"horrors",
"messes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boats":{
"a small buoyant structure for travel on water":{
"examples":[
"paddling the little boat across the lake is great exercise, but tiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"bottoms",
"crafts",
"vessels",
"watercrafts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"catboats",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"yachts",
"bateaux",
"batteaux",
"ca\u00efques",
"canoes",
"catamarans",
"coracles",
"curraghs",
"currachs",
"dhows",
"dinghies",
"dinks",
"dories",
"dugouts",
"flatboats",
"garveys",
"gigs",
"johnboats",
"kayaks",
"outriggers",
"paddleboats",
"pinnaces",
"piraguas",
"pirogues",
"pontoons",
"prams",
"punts",
"rafts",
"rowboats",
"rowing boats",
"sampans",
"scows",
"sculls",
"shallops",
"shells",
"skiffs",
"surfboats",
"umiaks",
"wherries",
"cruisers",
"inboards",
"motorboats",
"outboards",
"powerboats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"bankers",
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a large craft for travel by water":{
"examples":[
"you'll have to take a passenger boat to get to the island"
],
"synonyms":[
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"motor ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruises",
"ferries",
"navigates",
"sails",
"ships (out)",
"voyages"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoes",
"kayaks",
"yachts",
"coasts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boa":{
"as in python , constrictor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adder",
"anaconda",
"asp",
"black racer",
"blacksnake",
"blue racer",
"bull snake",
"bushmaster",
"chicken snake",
"cobra",
"constrictor",
"copperhead",
"coral snake",
"cottonmouth moccasin",
"diamondback rattlesnake",
"fer-de-lance",
"garter snake",
"gopher snake",
"green snake",
"hognose snake",
"horned viper",
"indigo snake",
"king cobra",
"king snake",
"krait",
"mamba",
"milk snake",
"moccasin",
"pine snake",
"pit viper",
"puff adder",
"python",
"racer",
"rat snake",
"rattlesnake",
"sea serpent",
"sea snake",
"sidewinder",
"taipan",
"water moccasin",
"water snake",
"worm snake",
"serpent",
"snake",
"viper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boards":{
"a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest":{
"examples":[
"a proposal that is likely to meet with strong opposition from the local board of undertakers"
],
"synonyms":[
"associations",
"brotherhoods",
"chambers",
"clubs",
"colleges",
"congresses",
"consortia",
"consortiums",
"councils",
"fellowships",
"fraternities",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"institutes",
"institutions",
"leagues",
"orders",
"organizations",
"societies",
"sodalities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collectives",
"communes",
"communities",
"cooperatives",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"camps",
"coalitions",
"partnerships",
"bodies",
"cadres",
"groups",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"juntas",
"juntos",
"klatches",
"klatsches",
"lots",
"sets",
"crews",
"outfits",
"parties",
"squads",
"teams",
"branches",
"chapters",
"locals",
"faithfuls",
"folds",
"memberships",
"sisterhoods",
"sororities",
"cabals",
"camarillas",
"camorras",
"confederacies",
"conspiracies",
"bands",
"gangs",
"rings",
"cartels",
"combines",
"syndicates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a leg-mounted piece of furniture with a broad flat top designed for the serving of food":{
"examples":[
"in preparation for the governor's visit, the taverner arranged an array of fancy dishes and silverware on the inn's finest board"
],
"synonyms":[
"tables"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coffee tables",
"refectory tables",
"tea tables",
"bars",
"counters",
"buffets",
"sideboards",
"side tables",
"bed tables",
"card tables"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide food or meals for":{
"examples":[
"housed and boarded many foster children over the years"
],
"synonyms":[
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"victuals"
],
"near synonyms":[
"serves",
"waits",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"sustains",
"banquets",
"dines",
"feasts",
"regales",
"messes",
"battens",
"fattens",
"fills",
"force-feeds",
"overfeeds",
"surfeits",
"underfeeds",
"hand-feeds",
"spoon-feeds",
"refeeds",
"reprovisions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with living quarters or shelter":{
"examples":[
"boarded the stray cat until a permanent home could be found"
],
"synonyms":[
"accommodates",
"bestows",
"billets",
"bivouacs",
"bunks",
"camps",
"chambers",
"domiciles",
"encamps",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"puts up",
"quarters",
"roofs",
"rooms",
"shelters",
"takes in"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconces",
"homes",
"roosts",
"secures",
"sheds",
"stables",
"tents",
"barracks",
"beds (down)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ejects",
"evicts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boarders":{
"one who rents a room or apartment in another's house":{
"examples":[
"a boarder who paid $100 per week for a room and meals"
],
"synonyms":[
"lessees",
"lodgers",
"renters",
"roomers",
"tenants"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cotenants",
"co-tenants",
"subtenants",
"flatmates",
"roommates",
"roomies",
"guests",
"visitors",
"occupants",
"occupiers",
"residents",
"residers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lairds",
"landholders",
"landowners",
"proprietors",
"landladies",
"slumlords",
"hosts",
"innkeepers",
"proprietors"
],
"antonyms":[
"landlords",
"lessors",
"letters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boast":{
"to praise or express pride in one's own possessions, qualities, or accomplishments often to excess":{
"examples":[
"he boasted about his latest killing in real estate so I thought he should be the one to pay for dinner"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"brag",
"bull",
"crow",
"gasconade",
"swagger",
"vapor",
"vaunt"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluster",
"harangue",
"puff",
"pride",
"gush",
"exult",
"glory",
"rejoice",
"brandish",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flaunt",
"glorify",
"parade",
"show off",
"magnify",
"maximize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"belittle",
"deprecate",
"diminish",
"discount",
"laugh off",
"minimize",
"play down",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"shrug off",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"bemoan",
"lament",
"mourn",
"regret"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to have within":{
"examples":[
"the hotel boasts nearly 50 rooms"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"contain",
"hold"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accommodate",
"fit",
"take",
"case",
"encase",
"enclose",
"inclose",
"encompass",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an asset that brings praise or renown":{
"examples":[
"the school's boast was a winning football team"
],
"synonyms":[
"credit",
"crown jewel",
"glory",
"honor",
"jewel",
"pride",
"treasure",
"trophy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance",
"showpiece",
"attraction",
"feature",
"highlight",
"distinction",
"excellence",
"merit",
"value",
"virtue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"blemish",
"blot",
"defect",
"shame",
"slur",
"smirch",
"smudge",
"stain",
"stigma",
"eyesore",
"fright",
"horror",
"mess"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"boaters":{
"as in helmets , berets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"top hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"boating":{
"to travel on water in a vessel":{
"examples":[
"boated to the picnic site on an island in the bay"
],
"synonyms":[
"cruising",
"ferrying",
"navigating",
"sailing",
"shipping (out)",
"voyaging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"canoeing",
"kayaking",
"yachting",
"coasting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
}
}