12894 lines
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12894 lines
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{
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"droll":{
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"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"made a droll comment about the commencement speaker's penchant for clich\u00e9s"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"antic",
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"chucklesome",
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"comedic",
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"comic",
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"comical",
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"farcical",
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"funny",
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"hilarious",
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"humoristic",
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"humorous",
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"hysterical",
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"hysteric",
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"killing",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"riotous",
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"risible",
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"screaming",
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"sidesplitting",
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"uproarious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amusing",
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"diverting",
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"entertaining",
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"clownish",
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"knockabout",
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"slapstick",
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"slapsticky",
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"zany",
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"facetious",
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"flip",
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"flippant",
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"pert",
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"smart",
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"smart-aleck",
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"smart-alecky",
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"snickery",
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"jocular",
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"playful",
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"waggish",
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"campy",
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"jokey",
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"joky",
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"priceless",
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"rich",
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"whimsical",
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"witty",
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"wry",
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"blithesome",
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"gleeful",
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"jocose",
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"jocund",
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"jolly",
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"jovial",
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"laughing",
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"mad",
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"merry",
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"mirthful"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"earnest",
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"grave",
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"no-nonsense",
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"sedate",
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"serious",
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"severe",
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"sober",
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"sobersided",
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"solemn",
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"somber",
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"sombre",
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"staid",
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"unsmiling",
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"weighty",
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"affecting",
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"moving",
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"poignant",
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"touching",
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"tragic",
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"tragical",
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"lachrymose",
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"mournful",
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"sad",
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"sorrowful",
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"tearful",
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"woeful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"humorless",
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"lame",
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"unamusing",
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"uncomic",
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"unfunny",
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"unhumorous",
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"unhysterical"
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]
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},
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"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
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"examples":[
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"the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"card",
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"comedian",
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"comic",
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"farceur",
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"funnyman",
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"gagger",
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"gagman",
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"gagster",
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"humorist",
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"jester",
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"joker",
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"jokester",
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"wag",
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"wit"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comedienne",
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"entertainer",
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"banterer",
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"cutup",
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"kidder",
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"knockabout",
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"practical joker",
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"prankster",
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"quipper",
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"quipster",
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"teaser",
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"wisecracker",
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"buffoon",
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"clown",
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"fool",
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"harlequin",
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"zany",
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"caricaturist",
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"lampooner",
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"parodist",
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"satirist"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"drollery":{
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"something said or done to cause laughter":{
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"examples":[
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"the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boff",
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"boffo",
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"boffola",
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"crack",
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"funny",
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"gag",
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"giggle",
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"jape",
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"jest",
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"joke",
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"josh",
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"laugh",
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"nifty",
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"one-liner",
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"pleasantry",
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"quip",
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"rib",
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"sally",
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"waggery",
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"wisecrack",
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"witticism",
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"yuk",
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"yuck",
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"yak",
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"yock"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"funning",
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"joking",
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"wisecracking",
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"knee-slapper",
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"panic",
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"riot",
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"scream",
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"thigh-slapper",
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"antic",
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"buffoonery",
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"caper",
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"leg-pull",
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"monkeyshine(s)",
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"practical joke",
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"prank",
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"trick",
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"lampoon",
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"mock",
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"mockery",
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"parody",
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"put-on",
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"riff",
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"banter",
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"kidding",
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"persiflage",
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"raillery",
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"repartee",
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"drollness",
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"facetiousness",
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"funniness",
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"hilariousness",
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"humorousness",
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"comedy",
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"humor",
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"wit",
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"wordplay"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"the amusing quality or element in something":{
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"examples":[
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"though generally serious, the novel about a seriously dysfunctional family is not without drollery"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"comedy",
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"comic",
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"comicality",
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"drollness",
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"funniness",
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"hilariousness",
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"humor",
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"humorousness",
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"richness",
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"uproariousness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"amusement",
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"enjoyment",
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"fun",
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"pleasure",
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"absurdity",
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"irony",
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"laughableness",
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"ludicrousness",
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"ridiculousness",
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"whimsicality",
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"wittiness",
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"wryness",
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"burlesque",
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"caricature",
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"farce",
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"jest",
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"lampoon",
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"parody",
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"satire",
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"slapstick",
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"spoof",
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"takeoff",
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"jocularity",
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"jokiness",
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"playfulness",
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"waggishness"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"agony",
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"anguish",
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"dolor",
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"grief",
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"heartache",
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"heartbreak",
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"misery",
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"sorrow",
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"torment",
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"torture",
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"tribulation",
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"woe",
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"gravity",
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"seriousness",
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"soberness",
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"solemnity",
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"solemnness",
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"somberness"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"pathos"
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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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"drolls":{
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"a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor":{
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"examples":[
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"the drolls of late-night TV had a field day with that senator's sexual shenanigans"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cards",
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"comedians",
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"comics",
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"farceurs",
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"funnymen",
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"gaggers",
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"gagmen",
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"gagsters",
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"humorists",
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"jesters",
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"jokers",
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"jokesters",
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"wags",
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"wits"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"comediennes",
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"entertainers",
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"banterers",
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"cutups",
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"kidders",
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"knockabouts",
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"practical jokers",
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"pranksters",
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"quippers",
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"quipsters",
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"teasers",
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"wisecrackers",
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"buffoons",
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"clowns",
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"fools",
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"harlequins",
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"zanies",
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"caricaturists",
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"lampooners",
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"parodists",
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"satirists"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"drone":{
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"a lazy person":{
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"examples":[
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"those drones just lie around while we do all the work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"couch potato",
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"deadbeat",
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"do-nothing",
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"idler",
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"layabout",
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"lazybones",
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"loafer",
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"lotus-eater",
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"slouch",
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"slug",
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"slugabed",
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"sluggard"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bum",
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"good-for-nothing",
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"ne'er-do-well",
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"crawler",
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"creeper",
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"dawdler",
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"laggard",
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"putterer",
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"slowpoke",
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"snail",
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"stick-in-the-mud",
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"straggler",
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"clock-watcher",
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"goldbrick",
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"malingerer",
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"shirker",
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"slacker",
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"dallier",
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"lingerer",
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"loiterer",
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"loller",
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"lounger",
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"saunterer",
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"delayer",
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"procrastinator",
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"dropout",
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"quitter"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"achiever",
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"comer",
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"highflier",
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"highflyer",
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"live wire",
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"powerhouse"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"doer",
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"go-ahead",
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"go-getter",
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"hummer",
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"hustler",
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"self-starter"
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]
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},
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"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
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"examples":[
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"after lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"dogsbody",
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"drudge",
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"drudger",
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"fag",
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"foot soldier",
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"grub",
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"grubber",
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"grunt",
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"laborer",
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"peon",
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"plugger",
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"slave",
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"slogger",
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"toiler",
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"worker"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"workhorse",
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"serf"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"goldbrick",
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"shirker",
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"idler",
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"lazybones",
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"loafer",
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"slouch",
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"slug",
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"sluggard"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
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"examples":[
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"heard the drone of an airplane overhead"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"burr",
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"buzz",
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"chirr",
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"churr",
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"hum",
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"purr",
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"thrum",
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"whir",
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"whirr",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"zoom"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"babble",
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"coo",
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"gasp",
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"gurgle",
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"hiss",
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"moan",
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"murmur",
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"rustle",
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"sigh",
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"suspiration",
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"susurration",
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"susurrus",
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"whisper",
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"whish",
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"zing",
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"zip"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"bawl",
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"howl",
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"roar",
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"scream",
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"screech",
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"shriek",
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"squall",
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"squeal",
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"yelp",
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"yell"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
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"examples":[
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"the sound of droning bees all around us"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bumble",
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"burr",
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"buzz",
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"hum",
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"whir",
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"whirr",
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"whish",
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"whiz",
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"whizz",
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"zip",
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"zoom"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"chirr",
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"churr",
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"thrum",
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"fizz",
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"hiss",
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"murmur",
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"purr",
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"rustle",
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"sigh",
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"sizzle",
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"swish",
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"whisper",
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"coo",
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"curr",
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"wheeze",
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"whistle",
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"whoosh"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to spend time doing nothing":{
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"examples":[
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"instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bum",
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"chill",
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"dally",
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"dawdle",
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"dillydally",
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"footle",
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"goof (off)",
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"hack (around)",
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"hang (around or out)",
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"hang about",
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"idle",
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"kick around",
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"kick back",
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"laze",
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"lazy",
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"loaf",
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"loll",
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"lounge",
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"veg out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fiddle (around)",
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"fool",
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"mess",
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"monkey",
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"muck",
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"piddle",
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"play",
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"potter (around)",
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"putter (around)",
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"trifle",
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"doze",
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"estivate",
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"aestivate",
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"hibernate",
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"lag",
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"linger",
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"loiter",
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"poke",
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"relax",
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"rest",
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"tarry",
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"amble",
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"mosey",
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"saunter",
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"stroll",
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"swan",
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"furlough",
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"goldbrick",
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"malinger",
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"truant"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"drudge",
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"grind",
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"grub",
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"hump",
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"hustle",
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"labor",
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"moil",
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"peg",
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"plod",
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"plow",
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"plug",
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"slave",
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"sweat",
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"toil",
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"travail",
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"work",
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"apply",
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"buckle (down)",
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"exert",
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"put out"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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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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"droopy":{
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"bending downward or forward":{
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"examples":[
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"the droopy heads of tired fans riding home on the bus"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bowed",
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"bowing",
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"declined",
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"declining",
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"descendant",
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"descendent",
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"descending",
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"drooping",
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"hanging",
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"hung",
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"inclining",
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"nodding",
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"pendulous",
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"sagging",
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"stooping",
|
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"weeping"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
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"falling",
|
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"pendent",
|
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"pendant",
|
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"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"erect",
|
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"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
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"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
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]
|
|
},
|
|
"not stiff in structure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a droopy stalk of celery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flaccid",
|
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"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
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"limp",
|
|
"yielding"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"semisoft",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"flimsy",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"lax",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tense"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"feeling unhappiness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"looking droopy and miserable while standing in the pouring rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"cast down",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"down in the mouth",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heartbroken",
|
|
"heartsick",
|
|
"heartsore",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholic",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"miserable",
|
|
"mournful",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"saddened",
|
|
"sorrowful",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"woebegone",
|
|
"woeful",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggrieved",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"troubled",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"despairing",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"disappointed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"suicidal",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"lugubrious",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"regretful",
|
|
"rueful",
|
|
"agonized",
|
|
"anguished",
|
|
"grieving",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"comfortless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"drear",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"elegiac",
|
|
"elegiacal",
|
|
"funereal",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"morbid",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ecstatic",
|
|
"elated",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"euphoric",
|
|
"exhilarated",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"exultant",
|
|
"overjoyed",
|
|
"rapturous",
|
|
"rhapsodic",
|
|
"rhapsodical",
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"jubilant",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop behind":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He dropped behind in the second half of the race."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"lollygag",
|
|
"lallygag",
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"shilly-shally",
|
|
"tarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"monkey (around)",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"potter (around)",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"inch",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stagger",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)",
|
|
"filibuster",
|
|
"procrastinate",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"temporize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"speed (up)",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"zip"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop out of sight":{
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The city dropped out of sight as we rounded the highway."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialize",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evanesce",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"melt",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"vanish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blank (out)",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"dim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"break out",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"loom",
|
|
"show up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"materialize"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop the ball":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"boob",
|
|
"err",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"screw up",
|
|
"slip up",
|
|
"stumble",
|
|
"trip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nod",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"miscalculate",
|
|
"misconceive",
|
|
"miscount",
|
|
"miscue",
|
|
"misdeem",
|
|
"misgauge",
|
|
"misjudge",
|
|
"mistake",
|
|
"misconstrue",
|
|
"misinterpret",
|
|
"misunderstand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped out of sight":{
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerialized",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evanesced",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"melted",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"vanished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanked (out)",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"dimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"broke out",
|
|
"came out",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"loomed",
|
|
"showed up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"materialized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped the ball":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"boobed",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping":{
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of putting an end to something planned or previously agreed to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dropping of an act from the talent show should bring it in on time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"abortion",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"cancellation",
|
|
"cancelation",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"recision",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescission",
|
|
"revocation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulment",
|
|
"invalidation",
|
|
"neutralization",
|
|
"nullification",
|
|
"voidance",
|
|
"abolishment",
|
|
"abolition",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"termination",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishment",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"reversal",
|
|
"rollback"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"initiation",
|
|
"engagement",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped the fly ball",
|
|
"drop the anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"throwing",
|
|
"throwing down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattening",
|
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"flooring",
|
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"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"striking down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"plopping",
|
|
"plunking down",
|
|
"plonking down",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashing",
|
|
"cratering",
|
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"declining",
|
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"descending",
|
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"dipping",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"nose-diving",
|
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"plummeting",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"skidding",
|
|
"tumbling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop what you're doing and come here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"closing (down)",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"hindering",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"kiboshing",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"clamping down",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stamping",
|
|
"stanching",
|
|
"staunching",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"turning back",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"snuffing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"proceeding",
|
|
"progressing",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"impelling",
|
|
"propelling",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"hanging in",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"restarting",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angling",
|
|
"canting",
|
|
"cocking",
|
|
"heeling",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"listing",
|
|
"reclining",
|
|
"slanting",
|
|
"sloping",
|
|
"tilting",
|
|
"tipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evening",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"upsweeping",
|
|
"upturning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop that plan in favor of another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"calling off",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"crying off",
|
|
"recalling",
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking",
|
|
"scrapping",
|
|
"scrubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"writing off",
|
|
"recanting",
|
|
"retracting",
|
|
"taking back",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"countermanding",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"rolling back",
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"holding back",
|
|
"interrupting",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"promising",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"taking on",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"undertaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cow dropped her calf early this morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"birthing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"producing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"spawning",
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"calving",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"kittening",
|
|
"littering",
|
|
"pupping",
|
|
"whelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborting",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"miscarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowling (down or over)",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"felling",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"leveling",
|
|
"levelling",
|
|
"mowing (down)",
|
|
"prostrating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoing",
|
|
"knocking out",
|
|
"KO'ing",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"throwing down",
|
|
"toppling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"bludgeoning",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"pasting",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"slapping",
|
|
"slogging",
|
|
"slugging",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"smiting",
|
|
"socking",
|
|
"swatting",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"thwacking",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"whaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"losing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"triumphing (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nailing (down)",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cold glass dropped condensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"guttering",
|
|
"riffling",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"weeping",
|
|
"discharging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped $50 on these shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"shelling out",
|
|
"spending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"specifying",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downscaling",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"whittling",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"qualifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checking out",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"deceasing",
|
|
"demising",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"flatlining",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"kicking in",
|
|
"kicking off",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"pegging out",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"popping off",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"succumbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceasing",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coming to",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"existing",
|
|
"subsisting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"living"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping in":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"coming over",
|
|
"dropping by",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"running (over)",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"stopping (by or in)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"bopping (into)",
|
|
"happening (by)",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"resorting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping in (on)":{
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling (on or upon)",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"seeking (out)",
|
|
"dropping by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldering",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"snubbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops the ball":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"boobs",
|
|
"errs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"screws up",
|
|
"slips up",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nods",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"miscalculates",
|
|
"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"misdeems",
|
|
"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drought":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a drought of good movies this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drouth":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a drought of good movies this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunch",
|
|
"dearth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"famine",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"paucity",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"poverty",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"shortage",
|
|
"undersupply",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absence",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"necessity",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"privation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drove (into)":{
|
|
"as in beat (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beat (into)",
|
|
"imbued",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"instilled",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"bedded",
|
|
"embedded",
|
|
"imbedded",
|
|
"enrooted",
|
|
"entrenched",
|
|
"intrenched",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"impacted",
|
|
"implanted",
|
|
"ingrained",
|
|
"engrained",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"rooted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dislodged",
|
|
"rooted (out)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"removed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowned":{
|
|
"as in flooded , inundated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whole villages drowned by the rampaging river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"gulfed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanched",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"overcame",
|
|
"overran",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"macerated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"marinated",
|
|
"seethed",
|
|
"presoaked",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"penetrated",
|
|
"permeated",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"moistened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"seared",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrung (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soddened",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wetted",
|
|
"wet down",
|
|
"wetted down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersed",
|
|
"bedewed",
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"humidified",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"misted",
|
|
"moistened",
|
|
"moisturized",
|
|
"showered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"hosed (down)",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"rehydrated",
|
|
"rewashed",
|
|
"rewet",
|
|
"rewetted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatered",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"drip-dried",
|
|
"wrung",
|
|
"dehumidified"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"desiccated",
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"scorched",
|
|
"seared"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowsed":{
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"kipped",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"roosted",
|
|
"lulled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"got up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"wakened",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drooped":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"swagged",
|
|
"wilted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouched",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"wilted",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"gained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropouts":{
|
|
"as in quitters":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quitters",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"powerhouses",
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in leavers , abandoners":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoners",
|
|
"come-outers",
|
|
"leavers",
|
|
"betrayers",
|
|
"double-crossers",
|
|
"quislings",
|
|
"traitors",
|
|
"traitresses",
|
|
"traitoresses",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turncoats",
|
|
"defiers",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionaries",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"mutineers",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"reds",
|
|
"revolters",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"revolutionizers",
|
|
"apostates",
|
|
"defectors",
|
|
"deserters",
|
|
"recreants",
|
|
"renegades",
|
|
"discontents",
|
|
"malcontents",
|
|
"recusants",
|
|
"refuseniks",
|
|
"refusniks",
|
|
"refusers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"fanatics",
|
|
"militants",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"zealots"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops in the bucket":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Your copay may seem expensive, but it's a drop in the bucket compared with the total cost of the procedure."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drove":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people flocked to the annual festival in droves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"bike",
|
|
"cram",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"scrum",
|
|
"swarm",
|
|
"throng"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"logjam"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drove of cattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"herd"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colony",
|
|
"covey",
|
|
"gaggle",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"pod",
|
|
"school",
|
|
"swarm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to urge, push, or force onward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cowboys drove the herd of cattle from San Antonio to San Francisco"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"herded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shepherded",
|
|
"wrangled",
|
|
"egged",
|
|
"exhorted",
|
|
"flogged",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"hounded",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"whipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm going to drive across the country\u2014want to come?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automobiled",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"tooled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"joyrode",
|
|
"chauffeured",
|
|
"hacked",
|
|
"taxied",
|
|
"rode",
|
|
"rid",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"raced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drove the plunger into the opening"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"shoved",
|
|
"thrust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"bore (down)",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"weighed (upon)",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"leaned (on or against)",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"rammed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (a person) to give in to pressure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the corrupt governor was driven out of office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blackjacked",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"dragooned",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"muscled",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pressured",
|
|
"sandbagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browbeat",
|
|
"bulldozed",
|
|
"bullied",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"hectored",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"blackmailed",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"menaced",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"terrorized",
|
|
"threatened",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"hounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"convinced",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"prevailed (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"talked (into)",
|
|
"won (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"machinery driven by waterpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"cranked (up)",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"touched off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicked over",
|
|
"turned over",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"fueled",
|
|
"fuelled",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"powered",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"switched",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"kick-started",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"ignited",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"stepped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"turned off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or keep in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this motor drives the gears, which then turn the shaft"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred (up)",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fired (up)",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stimulated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bridled",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"regulated",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the runner drove past the finish line and then came to a dead stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop-off":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops out (of)":{
|
|
"as in throws up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"resigns (from)",
|
|
"retires (from)",
|
|
"steps aside (from)",
|
|
"steps down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stays (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drooling":{
|
|
"as in slobbering , slavering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"gushy",
|
|
"hagiographic",
|
|
"hagiographical",
|
|
"oily",
|
|
"oleaginous",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"unctuous",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"sanctimonious",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"profuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"genuine",
|
|
"heartfelt",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unfeigned",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"expectorating",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"spluttering",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effusing",
|
|
"enthusing",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"rhapsodizing",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doting (on)",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"emoting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop drooling , slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"chattering",
|
|
"chatting",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"gabbling",
|
|
"gibbering",
|
|
"jabbering",
|
|
"prattling",
|
|
"sputtering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blathering",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"blithering",
|
|
"gabbing",
|
|
"jangling",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"prating",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"tittle-tattling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"yakking",
|
|
"yacking",
|
|
"chuntering",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"stammering",
|
|
"stuttering",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"shrieking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"pronouncing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droshky":{
|
|
"as in barouche , caroche":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop-offs":{
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"retrenchments",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop (off)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop by":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"come over",
|
|
"drop in",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"run (over)",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"stop (by or in)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"bop (into)",
|
|
"happen (by)",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (at)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"resort (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droshkies":{
|
|
"as in barouches , caroches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"curricles",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped by":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"came over",
|
|
"dropped in",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"ran (over)",
|
|
"stepped in",
|
|
"stopped (by or in)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"bopped (into)",
|
|
"happened (by)",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"resorted (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop back":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"back away",
|
|
"fall back",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"chicken (out)",
|
|
"bow out",
|
|
"back down",
|
|
"backpedal",
|
|
"backtrack",
|
|
"climb down",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"pull away",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"vacate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"breast",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"dare",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"outbrave"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop a dime (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drollness":{
|
|
"the amusing quality or element in something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fans of Edward Gorey appreciate the delicious drollness of his illustrations of poker-faced individuals caught in macabre situations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comicality",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"uproariousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"irony",
|
|
"laughableness",
|
|
"ludicrousness",
|
|
"ridiculousness",
|
|
"whimsicality",
|
|
"wittiness",
|
|
"wryness",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"spoof",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jokiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"waggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"anguish",
|
|
"dolor",
|
|
"grief",
|
|
"heartache",
|
|
"heartbreak",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"sorrow",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"tribulation",
|
|
"woe",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"somberness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pathos"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping a dime (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finking",
|
|
"grassing (on)",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"ratting (on)",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"splitting (on)",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"backstabbing",
|
|
"crossing",
|
|
"double-crossing",
|
|
"selling (out)",
|
|
"two-timing",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"tipping (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"droves":{
|
|
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"people flocked to the annual festival in droves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bikes",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"scrums",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"rabblements",
|
|
"rabbles",
|
|
"riffraffs",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"logjams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a group of domestic animals assembled or herded together":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drove of cattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colonies",
|
|
"coveys",
|
|
"gaggles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"pods",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"swarms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droskies":{
|
|
"as in barouches , caroches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouches",
|
|
"broughams",
|
|
"buckboards",
|
|
"buggies",
|
|
"cabriolets",
|
|
"cabs",
|
|
"calashes",
|
|
"cal\u00e8ches",
|
|
"caleches",
|
|
"caroches",
|
|
"carryalls",
|
|
"chaises",
|
|
"chariots",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"coup\u00e9s",
|
|
"coupes",
|
|
"curricles",
|
|
"diligences",
|
|
"dogcarts",
|
|
"four-in-hands",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"go-carts",
|
|
"hackneys",
|
|
"hansoms",
|
|
"hansom cabs",
|
|
"jaunting cars",
|
|
"landaus",
|
|
"phaetons",
|
|
"post chaises",
|
|
"roadsters",
|
|
"rockaways",
|
|
"stagecoaches",
|
|
"stages",
|
|
"stanhopes",
|
|
"surreys",
|
|
"tandems",
|
|
"tilburies",
|
|
"tongas",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"troikas",
|
|
"victorias",
|
|
"carriages",
|
|
"equipages",
|
|
"rigs",
|
|
"turnouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops in (on)":{
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls (on or upon)",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"seeks (out)",
|
|
"drops by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulders",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"snubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drolleries":{
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the film's sophisticated drolleries will elicit smiles and chuckles even upon repeated viewings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boffolas",
|
|
"boffs",
|
|
"boffos",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"funnies",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"japes",
|
|
"jests",
|
|
"jokes",
|
|
"joshes",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"nifties",
|
|
"one-liners",
|
|
"pleasantries",
|
|
"quips",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"waggeries",
|
|
"wisecracks",
|
|
"witticisms",
|
|
"yuks",
|
|
"yucks",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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",
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"banters",
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"persiflages",
|
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"railleries",
|
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"repartees",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"humors",
|
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"wits",
|
|
"wordplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped a dime (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finked",
|
|
"grassed (on)",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"ratted (on)",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"split (on)",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"turned in",
|
|
"backstabbed",
|
|
"crossed",
|
|
"double-crossed",
|
|
"sold (out)",
|
|
"two-timed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"tipped (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowse (off)":{
|
|
"as in drop off , nod off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drop off",
|
|
"nod off",
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"sleep",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"oversleep",
|
|
"sleep in",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"hibernate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"wake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped out (of)":{
|
|
"as in threw up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"resigned (from)",
|
|
"retired (from)",
|
|
"stepped aside (from)",
|
|
"stepped down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stayed (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowse":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was just falling into a drowse when you called"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"lie",
|
|
"roost",
|
|
"lull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"waken"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping by":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"coming over",
|
|
"dropping in",
|
|
"popping (in)",
|
|
"running in",
|
|
"running (over)",
|
|
"stepping in",
|
|
"stopping (by or in)",
|
|
"visiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barging (in)",
|
|
"looking up",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"bopping (into)",
|
|
"happening (by)",
|
|
"frequenting",
|
|
"hanging (at)",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"resorting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droning":{
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sound of droning bees all around us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"burring",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"whirring",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirring",
|
|
"churring",
|
|
"thrumming",
|
|
"fizzing",
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"sighing",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"cooing",
|
|
"curring",
|
|
"wheezing",
|
|
"whistling",
|
|
"whooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"kicking around",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"lazying",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"vegging out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"mucking",
|
|
"piddling",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"estivating",
|
|
"aestivating",
|
|
"hibernating",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"moseying",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"swanning",
|
|
"furloughing",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"malingering",
|
|
"truanting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"grinding",
|
|
"grubbing",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"moiling",
|
|
"pegging",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plowing",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"travailing",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"buckling (down)",
|
|
"exerting",
|
|
"putting out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop out":{
|
|
"as in quit , withdraw":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"demit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlist (in)",
|
|
"enroll (in)",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"sign on (for)",
|
|
"sign up (for)",
|
|
"reenlist",
|
|
"reenroll",
|
|
"reenter",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"re-up",
|
|
"get in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in quitter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in leaver , abandoner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoner",
|
|
"come-outer",
|
|
"leaver",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"traitress",
|
|
"traitoress",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turncoat",
|
|
"defier",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionary",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"mutineer",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"revolutionizer",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refusenik",
|
|
"refusnik",
|
|
"refuser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops behind":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He dropped behind in the second half of the race."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"lollygags",
|
|
"lallygags",
|
|
"mopes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"shilly-shallies",
|
|
"tarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools around",
|
|
"messes around",
|
|
"monkeys (around)",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"inches",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"staggers",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)",
|
|
"filibusters",
|
|
"procrastinates",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"temporizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops off":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
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"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops back":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backs away",
|
|
"falls back",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"chickens (out)",
|
|
"bows out",
|
|
"backpedals",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"climbs down",
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"pulls away",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"vacates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"braves",
|
|
"brazens",
|
|
"breasts",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"outbraves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advances"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped the fly ball",
|
|
"drop the anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"throw down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"strike down",
|
|
"topple",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plunk down",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"crater",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"nose-dive",
|
|
"plummet",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"skid",
|
|
"tumble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"die (down)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retreat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop what you're doing and come here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"close (down)",
|
|
"deactivate",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"kibosh",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clamp down",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stamp",
|
|
"stanch",
|
|
"staunch",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"turn back",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"snuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"proceed",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"stir"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"quit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"go",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"hang in",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"hold on",
|
|
"persevere",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"follow through (with)",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"reopen",
|
|
"restart",
|
|
"resume",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"keep up",
|
|
"maintain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"cock",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"list",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"tilt",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"even",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"uprise",
|
|
"upsweep",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop that plan in favor of another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"call off",
|
|
"cancel",
|
|
"cry off",
|
|
"recall",
|
|
"repeal",
|
|
"rescind",
|
|
"revoke",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scrub"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogate",
|
|
"annul",
|
|
"invalidate",
|
|
"nullify",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"write off",
|
|
"recant",
|
|
"retract",
|
|
"take back",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"countermand",
|
|
"reverse",
|
|
"roll back",
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"promise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"undertake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"keep"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cow dropped her calf early this morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"birth",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"produce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"spawn",
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"sire",
|
|
"calve",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"kitten",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"pup",
|
|
"whelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abort",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"miscarry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowl (down or over)",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"mow (down)",
|
|
"prostrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"triumph (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nail (down)",
|
|
"win"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cold glass dropped condensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"riffle",
|
|
"ripple",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"discharge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped $50 on these shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"shell out",
|
|
"spend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"hint (at)",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"point (out)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"spell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
"whittle",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"qualify"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"check out",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"decease",
|
|
"demise",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flatline",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"kick in",
|
|
"kick off",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"pass (on)",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"peg out",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"pop off",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"succumb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predecease",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"come to",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"be",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"live"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drop of water fell from the leaky faucet every few seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"droplet",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"globule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"dewdrop",
|
|
"raindrop",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"distance measured from the top to the bottom of something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drop of 10 feet from the roof to the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deepness",
|
|
"depth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"sounding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"shallowness",
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"elevation",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"stature"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden drop of the plane really shook up the passengers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"nosedive",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedown",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"plummeting",
|
|
"sinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"headway",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"progression",
|
|
"betterment",
|
|
"improvement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge drop in pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got the drop on his opponent very early in the wrestling match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"catbird seat",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"high ground",
|
|
"inside track",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"stead",
|
|
"upper hand",
|
|
"vantage",
|
|
"whip hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"head start",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"margin",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"ascendancy",
|
|
"ascendency",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"dominance",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"predominance",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"transcendence",
|
|
"transcendency",
|
|
"precedence",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"privilege",
|
|
"seniority",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"foothold",
|
|
"opportunity",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"stranglehold",
|
|
"disparity",
|
|
"imbalance",
|
|
"inequality",
|
|
"unevenness",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"crimp",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"let",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"rub",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"handicap",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"minus",
|
|
"penalty",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowses (off)":{
|
|
"as in drops off , nods off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drops off",
|
|
"nods off",
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"sleeps",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"oversleeps",
|
|
"sleeps in",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"hibernates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"wakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping (off)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping behind":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He dropped behind in the second half of the race."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"lollygagging",
|
|
"lallygagging",
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"shilly-shallying",
|
|
"tarrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"monkeying (around)",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"pottering (around)",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"inching",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"slowing (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustering",
|
|
"procrastinating",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"temporizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"stampeding",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"sprinting",
|
|
"trotting",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"fast-forwarding",
|
|
"outpacing",
|
|
"outrunning",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"careering",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scudding",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"whizzing",
|
|
"zipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop in the bucket":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Your copay may seem expensive, but it's a drop in the bucket compared with the total cost of the procedure."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droop":{
|
|
"the extent to which something hangs or dips below a straight line":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tighten the line at the top of the banner so there won't be so much droop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"slackness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppiness",
|
|
"laxity",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"looseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"tautness",
|
|
"tenseness",
|
|
"tension",
|
|
"tightness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wilt",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droplet":{
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were only a few droplets left in the canteen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"glob",
|
|
"globule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbet",
|
|
"dewdrop",
|
|
"raindrop",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"teardrop",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowning":{
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whole villages drowned by the rampaging river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"gulfing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanching",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overrunning",
|
|
"flowing",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"wetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"draining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"macerating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"marinating",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"presoaking",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"immersing",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"permeating",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"moistening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"voiding",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wringing (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"bedraggling",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"soddening",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"waterlogging",
|
|
"water-soaking",
|
|
"wetting",
|
|
"wetting down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aspersing",
|
|
"bedewing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"damping",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"humidifying",
|
|
"hydrating",
|
|
"misting",
|
|
"moistening",
|
|
"moisturizing",
|
|
"showering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"hosing (down)",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"irrigating",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"rinsing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"ducking",
|
|
"dunking",
|
|
"rehydrating",
|
|
"rewashing",
|
|
"rewetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewatering",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"freeze-drying",
|
|
"drip-drying",
|
|
"wringing",
|
|
"dehumidifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrating",
|
|
"desiccating",
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"parching",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop-dead":{
|
|
"very pleasing to look at":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drop-dead wedding dress that must have cost a fortune"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aesthetic",
|
|
"esthetic",
|
|
"aesthetical",
|
|
"esthetical",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beauteous",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"comely",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-looking",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"likely",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"pretty",
|
|
"ravishing",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"sightly",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"well-favored"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"exquisite",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"Junoesque",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"statuesque",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"dainty",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"personable",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"presentable",
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"prettyish",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"dishy",
|
|
"dollish",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"luscious",
|
|
"nubile",
|
|
"pulchritudinous",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"sexy",
|
|
"toothsome",
|
|
"hunky",
|
|
"studly",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"glossy",
|
|
"showstopping",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"splashy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"zingy",
|
|
"photogenic",
|
|
"telegenic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"objectionable",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"unappealing",
|
|
"unappetizing",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"frumpish",
|
|
"frumpy",
|
|
"unbecoming",
|
|
"unshapely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"homely",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unaesthetic",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unbeautiful",
|
|
"uncomely",
|
|
"uncute",
|
|
"unhandsome",
|
|
"unlovely",
|
|
"unpleasing",
|
|
"unpretty",
|
|
"unsightly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droppings":{
|
|
"solid matter discharged from an animal's alimentary canal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only bad part about owning a rabbit was cleaning the droppings out of the litter box every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"spoor",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops (off)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"drains (away)",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"falls away",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"palls",
|
|
"phases down",
|
|
"ratchets (down)",
|
|
"rachets (down)",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"relents",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades (away)",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"gives out",
|
|
"melts (away)",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"tails (off)",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"slackens",
|
|
"slows (down)",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"deflates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"lengthens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dross":{
|
|
"discarded or useless material":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"get rid of the dross before closing up the shop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"deadwood",
|
|
"debris",
|
|
"dreck",
|
|
"drek",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"effluvium",
|
|
"effluvia",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"offal",
|
|
"offscouring",
|
|
"raffle",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"riffraff",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"spilth",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"truck",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"detritus",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"rubble",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"scrap heap",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"odds and ends",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"flotsam",
|
|
"jetsam",
|
|
"wreckage",
|
|
"castoff",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"throwaway",
|
|
"nothing",
|
|
"straw",
|
|
"two bits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"goody",
|
|
"goodie",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"pearl",
|
|
"plum",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"trove",
|
|
"valuable",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"find",
|
|
"salvage"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drovers":{
|
|
"as in herders , herdsmen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowherds",
|
|
"herders",
|
|
"herdsmen",
|
|
"cattlemen",
|
|
"ranchers",
|
|
"stockmen",
|
|
"horsemen",
|
|
"horsewomen",
|
|
"caballeros",
|
|
"gauchos",
|
|
"vaqueros",
|
|
"cowgirls",
|
|
"buckaroos",
|
|
"buckeroos",
|
|
"cowboys",
|
|
"cowhands",
|
|
"cowmen",
|
|
"cowpokes",
|
|
"cowpunchers",
|
|
"waddies",
|
|
"wranglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drown":{
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whole villages drowned by the rampaging river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"gulf",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanche",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overrun",
|
|
"flow",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"macerate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"marinate",
|
|
"seethe",
|
|
"presoak",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"immerse",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"swill",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"penetrate",
|
|
"permeate",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"moisten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"void",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wring (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"bedraggle",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"water-soak",
|
|
"waterlog",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wet down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperse",
|
|
"bedew",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"humidify",
|
|
"hydrate",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"moisten",
|
|
"moisturize",
|
|
"shower",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"hose (down)",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"irrigate",
|
|
"lave",
|
|
"rinse",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"dunk",
|
|
"rehydrate",
|
|
"rewash",
|
|
"rewet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewater",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"freeze-dry",
|
|
"drip-dry",
|
|
"wring",
|
|
"dehumidify"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrate",
|
|
"desiccate",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"parch",
|
|
"scorch",
|
|
"sear"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped (off)":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained (away)",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"fell away",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded (away)",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"tailed (off)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops in":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"comes over",
|
|
"drops by",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"runs in",
|
|
"runs (over)",
|
|
"steps in",
|
|
"stops (by or in)",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"bops (into)",
|
|
"happens (by)",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"hangs (at)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"resorts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droplets":{
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there were only a few droplets left in the canteen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"globules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"dewdrops",
|
|
"raindrops",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droner":{
|
|
"someone or something boring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie turned out to be a droner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"dullsville",
|
|
"nudnik",
|
|
"nudnick",
|
|
"snooze",
|
|
"snoozer",
|
|
"yawn",
|
|
"yawner"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"bromide",
|
|
"pill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"upper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops a dime (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The criminal dropped a dime on his former associates in exchange for a more lenient sentence."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"grasses (on)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"splits (on)",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drool":{
|
|
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the only thing more pathetic than the pop psychologist who gushed such drool was the public that lapped it up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applesauce",
|
|
"balderdash",
|
|
"baloney",
|
|
"boloney",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bilge",
|
|
"blah",
|
|
"blah-blah",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"bosh",
|
|
"bull",
|
|
"bunk",
|
|
"bunkum",
|
|
"buncombe",
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"codswallop",
|
|
"crapola",
|
|
"crock",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"fiddle",
|
|
"fiddle-faddle",
|
|
"fiddlesticks",
|
|
"flannel",
|
|
"flapdoodle",
|
|
"folderol",
|
|
"falderal",
|
|
"folly",
|
|
"foolishness",
|
|
"fudge",
|
|
"garbage",
|
|
"guff",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"hokeypokey",
|
|
"hokum",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"hooey",
|
|
"horsefeathers",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"malarkey",
|
|
"malarky",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"nerts",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"poppycock",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"rubbish",
|
|
"senselessness",
|
|
"silliness",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"stupidity",
|
|
"taradiddle",
|
|
"tarradiddle",
|
|
"tommyrot",
|
|
"tosh",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"trumpery",
|
|
"twaddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absurdity",
|
|
"asininity",
|
|
"fatuity",
|
|
"foolery",
|
|
"idiocy",
|
|
"imbecility",
|
|
"inaneness",
|
|
"inanity",
|
|
"insanity",
|
|
"kookiness",
|
|
"lunacy",
|
|
"absurdness",
|
|
"craziness",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"witlessness",
|
|
"hoity-toity",
|
|
"monkey business",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"tomfoolery",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"rigmarole",
|
|
"rigamarole",
|
|
"double-talk",
|
|
"greek",
|
|
"hocus-pocus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"levelheadedness",
|
|
"rationality",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"sensibleness",
|
|
"common sense",
|
|
"horse sense",
|
|
"sense",
|
|
"discernment",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"wisdom"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"saliva",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"expectoration",
|
|
"salivation",
|
|
"sputum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"salivate",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"water",
|
|
"expectorate",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"sputter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effuse",
|
|
"enthuse",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"rhapsodize",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dote (on)",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"emote"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop drooling , slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle",
|
|
"sputter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping out of sight":{
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerializing",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"evanescing",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"melting",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"vanishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanking (out)",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"dimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"breaking out",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"looming",
|
|
"showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"materializing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropout":{
|
|
"as in quit , withdraw":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"demit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlist (in)",
|
|
"enroll (in)",
|
|
"enter",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"sign on (for)",
|
|
"sign up (for)",
|
|
"reenlist",
|
|
"reenroll",
|
|
"reenter",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"re-up",
|
|
"get in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in quitter":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"malingerer",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"slugabed",
|
|
"sluggard",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"shirker",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"saunterer",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"putterer",
|
|
"slowpoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"powerhouse",
|
|
"doer",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"self-starter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in leaver , abandoner":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoner",
|
|
"come-outer",
|
|
"leaver",
|
|
"betrayer",
|
|
"double-crosser",
|
|
"quisling",
|
|
"traitor",
|
|
"traitress",
|
|
"traitoress",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"turncoat",
|
|
"defier",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionary",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"mutineer",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"revolter",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"revolutionizer",
|
|
"apostate",
|
|
"defector",
|
|
"deserter",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"renegade",
|
|
"discontent",
|
|
"malcontent",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refusenik",
|
|
"refusnik",
|
|
"refuser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"fanatic",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"zealot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping the ball":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm so sorry I dropped the ball and forgot to buy the wine for the dinner party."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"boobing",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped back":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backed away",
|
|
"fell back",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"flinched",
|
|
"recoiled",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"chickened (out)",
|
|
"bowed out",
|
|
"backed down",
|
|
"backpedaled",
|
|
"backtracked",
|
|
"climbed down",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"pulled away",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"left",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"went"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearded",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"brazened",
|
|
"breasted",
|
|
"confronted",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"faced",
|
|
"outbraved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advanced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped off":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drained (away)",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"fell away",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"palled",
|
|
"phased down",
|
|
"ratcheted (down)",
|
|
"racheted (down)",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"relented",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"faded (away)",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"gave out",
|
|
"melted (away)",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"tailed (off)",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"slackened",
|
|
"slowed (down)",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"deflated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"lengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"ballooned",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
|
"bourgeoned",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowsed (off)":{
|
|
"as in dropped off , nodded off":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dropped off",
|
|
"nodded off",
|
|
"catnapped",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"napped",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"slept",
|
|
"slumbered",
|
|
"snoozed",
|
|
"overslept",
|
|
"slept in",
|
|
"dreamed",
|
|
"dreamt",
|
|
"hibernated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"woke",
|
|
"waked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowsy":{
|
|
"desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drowsy students shuffled into the first-period class"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dozy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somnolent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asleep",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"yawning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"insomniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"wakeful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"tending to cause sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"listened to drowsy music while waiting in the dentist's office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"narcotic",
|
|
"opiate",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"slumberous",
|
|
"slumbrous",
|
|
"somniferous",
|
|
"somnolent",
|
|
"soporific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depressant",
|
|
"relaxant",
|
|
"sedative",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"lulling",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"analgesic",
|
|
"anesthetic",
|
|
"anesthetizing",
|
|
"benumbing",
|
|
"deadening",
|
|
"dulling",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"stupefying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"restorative",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"stimulative",
|
|
"stimulatory"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"stimulant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drooled":{
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"salivated",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"expectorated",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"foamed",
|
|
"frothed",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effused",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"rhapsodized",
|
|
"slobbered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doted (on)",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"emoted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop drooling , slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"chatted",
|
|
"chattered",
|
|
"driveled",
|
|
"drivelled",
|
|
"gabbled",
|
|
"gibbered",
|
|
"jabbered",
|
|
"prattled",
|
|
"sputtered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blathered",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"blithered",
|
|
"gabbed",
|
|
"jangled",
|
|
"jawed",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"prated",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"rattled",
|
|
"smattered",
|
|
"tittle-tattled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"yakked",
|
|
"yacked",
|
|
"chuntered",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"stammered",
|
|
"stuttered",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"shrieked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"pronounced"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops out of sight":{
|
|
"to cease to be visible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The city dropped out of sight as we rounded the highway."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dematerializes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evanesces",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"melts",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"vanishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanks (out)",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"dies (away or down or out)",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"dims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"breaks out",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"looms",
|
|
"shows up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"materializes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop in":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"come over",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"run (over)",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"stop (by or in)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"bop (into)",
|
|
"happen (by)",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (at)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"resort (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who visits another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caller",
|
|
"frequenter",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"visitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseguest",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"invitee",
|
|
"crasher",
|
|
"hanger-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"cohost",
|
|
"cohostess",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"hostess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drools":{
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby left a puddle of drool on my shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"salivas",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"spittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"expectorations",
|
|
"salivations",
|
|
"sputa",
|
|
"sputums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"salivates",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"expectorates",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"sputters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"effuses",
|
|
"enthuses",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"rhapsodizes",
|
|
"slobbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dotes (on)",
|
|
"fawns",
|
|
"emotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"stop drooling , slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"chats",
|
|
"chatters",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"gabbles",
|
|
"gibbers",
|
|
"jabbers",
|
|
"prattles",
|
|
"sputters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"blithers",
|
|
"gabs",
|
|
"jangles",
|
|
"jaws",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"prates",
|
|
"rattles",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"tittle-tattles",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"yaks",
|
|
"yacks",
|
|
"chunters",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"stammers",
|
|
"stutters",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"shrieks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"pronounces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping off":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"draining (away)",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"dying (away or down or out)",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"falling away",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"palling",
|
|
"phasing down",
|
|
"ratcheting (down)",
|
|
"racheting (down)",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"evaporating",
|
|
"fading (away)",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"giving out",
|
|
"melting (away)",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"tailing (off)",
|
|
"vanishing",
|
|
"slackening",
|
|
"slowing (down)",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"deflating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"lengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"soaring",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops by":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll either drop by on the way there or on the way back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"comes over",
|
|
"drops in",
|
|
"pops (in)",
|
|
"runs in",
|
|
"runs (over)",
|
|
"steps in",
|
|
"stops (by or in)",
|
|
"visits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barges (in)",
|
|
"looks up",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"bops (into)",
|
|
"happens (by)",
|
|
"frequents",
|
|
"hangs (at)",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"resorts (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop-in":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"come over",
|
|
"drop by",
|
|
"pop (in)",
|
|
"run (over)",
|
|
"run in",
|
|
"step in",
|
|
"stop (by or in)",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barge (in)",
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"bop (into)",
|
|
"happen (by)",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"hang (at)",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"resort (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who visits another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caller",
|
|
"frequenter",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"visitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseguest",
|
|
"company",
|
|
"invitee",
|
|
"crasher",
|
|
"hanger-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denizen",
|
|
"dweller",
|
|
"habitant",
|
|
"inhabitant",
|
|
"occupant",
|
|
"resident",
|
|
"resider",
|
|
"cohost",
|
|
"cohostess",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"hostess"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droughts":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a drought of good movies this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"lacunae",
|
|
"lacunas",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"omissions",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"privations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"adequacies",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"opulences",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drosky":{
|
|
"as in barouche , caroche":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barouche",
|
|
"brougham",
|
|
"buckboard",
|
|
"buggy",
|
|
"cab",
|
|
"cabriolet",
|
|
"calash",
|
|
"cal\u00e8che",
|
|
"caleche",
|
|
"caroche",
|
|
"carryall",
|
|
"chaise",
|
|
"chariot",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"curricle",
|
|
"diligence",
|
|
"dogcart",
|
|
"four-in-hand",
|
|
"gig",
|
|
"go-cart",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hansom",
|
|
"hansom cab",
|
|
"jaunting car",
|
|
"landau",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"post chaise",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"rockaway",
|
|
"stage",
|
|
"stagecoach",
|
|
"stanhope",
|
|
"surrey",
|
|
"tandem",
|
|
"tilbury",
|
|
"tonga",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"troika",
|
|
"victoria",
|
|
"carriage",
|
|
"equipage",
|
|
"rig",
|
|
"turnout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping out":{
|
|
"as in quitting , withdrawing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"demitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlisting (in)",
|
|
"enrolling (in)",
|
|
"entering",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"signing on (for)",
|
|
"signing up (for)",
|
|
"reenlisting",
|
|
"re-enlisting",
|
|
"reenrolling",
|
|
"re-enrolling",
|
|
"reentering",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"re-upping",
|
|
"getting in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowns":{
|
|
"to cover with a flood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"whole villages drowned by the rampaging river"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"gulfs",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"smothers",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overruns",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"wets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet thoroughly with liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drowned the carpet with shampoo, and so it took forever to dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"macerates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"marinates",
|
|
"seethes",
|
|
"presoaks",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"penetrates",
|
|
"permeates",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"moistens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"sears",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wrings (out)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make wet":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"cooked pasta drowned in marinara sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"bedraggles",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"soddens",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waterlogs",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"water-soaks",
|
|
"wets",
|
|
"wets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"asperses",
|
|
"bedews",
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"humidifies",
|
|
"hydrates",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"moistens",
|
|
"moisturizes",
|
|
"showers",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"hoses (down)",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"irrigates",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"rinses",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"dunks",
|
|
"rehydrates",
|
|
"rewashes",
|
|
"rewets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dewaters",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"freeze-dries",
|
|
"drip-dries",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"dehumidifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dehydrates",
|
|
"desiccates",
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"parches",
|
|
"scorches",
|
|
"sears"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping out (of)":{
|
|
"as in throwing up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"resigning (from)",
|
|
"retiring (from)",
|
|
"stepping aside (from)",
|
|
"stepping down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"staying (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop in (on)":{
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"call (on or upon)",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"visit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"look up",
|
|
"seek (out)",
|
|
"drop by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shoulder",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"snub"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop-ins":{
|
|
"a person who visits another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're having open house for New Year's, and drop-ins are welcome to come and go as they please"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"callers",
|
|
"frequenters",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"visitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"houseguests",
|
|
"companies",
|
|
"invitees",
|
|
"crashers",
|
|
"hangers-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"denizens",
|
|
"dwellers",
|
|
"habitants",
|
|
"inhabitants",
|
|
"occupants",
|
|
"residents",
|
|
"residers",
|
|
"cohostesses",
|
|
"co-hostesses",
|
|
"cohosts",
|
|
"co-hosts",
|
|
"hostesses",
|
|
"hosts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped in":{
|
|
"to make a brief visit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop in any time\u2014we're always home"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called",
|
|
"came by",
|
|
"came over",
|
|
"dropped by",
|
|
"popped (in)",
|
|
"ran in",
|
|
"ran (over)",
|
|
"stepped in",
|
|
"stopped (by or in)",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barged (in)",
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"bopped (into)",
|
|
"happened (by)",
|
|
"frequented",
|
|
"haunted",
|
|
"hung (at)",
|
|
"hanged (at)",
|
|
"resorted (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped in (on)":{
|
|
"to make a social call upon":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as long as we're in town, we should drop in on my aunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"called (on or upon)",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"visited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"looked up",
|
|
"sought (out)",
|
|
"dropped by"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"cold-shouldered",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"snubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drover":{
|
|
"as in herder , herdsman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowherd",
|
|
"herder",
|
|
"herdsman",
|
|
"cattleman",
|
|
"rancher",
|
|
"stockman",
|
|
"horseman",
|
|
"horsewoman",
|
|
"caballero",
|
|
"gaucho",
|
|
"vaquero",
|
|
"cowgirl",
|
|
"buckaroo",
|
|
"buckeroo",
|
|
"cowboy",
|
|
"cowhand",
|
|
"cowman",
|
|
"cowpoke",
|
|
"cowpuncher",
|
|
"waddy",
|
|
"waddie",
|
|
"wrangler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropping back":{
|
|
"to move back or away (as from something difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a change in the wind direction forced the firefighters to drop back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backing away",
|
|
"falling back",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"chickening (out)",
|
|
"bowing out",
|
|
"backing down",
|
|
"backpedaling",
|
|
"backtracking",
|
|
"climbing down",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"pulling away",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"leaving",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"vacating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"brazening",
|
|
"breasting",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing",
|
|
"outbraving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droners":{
|
|
"someone or something boring":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie turned out to be a droner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"dullsvilles",
|
|
"nudniks",
|
|
"nudnicks",
|
|
"snoozers",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"yawners",
|
|
"yawns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"bromides",
|
|
"pills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"gases",
|
|
"gasses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"uppers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop off":{
|
|
"to grow less in scope or intensity especially gradually":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my interest in photography has dropped off over the years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"die (away or down or out)",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"drain (away)",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"fall away",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"pall",
|
|
"phase down",
|
|
"ratchet (down)",
|
|
"rachet (down)",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"relent",
|
|
"remit",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper",
|
|
"taper off",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"fade (away)",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"give out",
|
|
"melt (away)",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"tail (off)",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"slacken",
|
|
"slow (down)",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"deflate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"lengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"soar",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drop-off in movie attendance was the greatest in more than a decade"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"depression",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"curtailment",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cutback",
|
|
"retrenchment",
|
|
"shortening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlargement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowses":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"was just falling into a drowse when you called"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"siestas",
|
|
"snoozes",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"beds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"snoozes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lies",
|
|
"roosts",
|
|
"lulls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"wakens",
|
|
"wakes (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops out":{
|
|
"as in quits , withdraws":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"demits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlists (in)",
|
|
"enrolls (in)",
|
|
"enters",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"signs on (for)",
|
|
"signs up (for)",
|
|
"reenlists",
|
|
"reenrolls",
|
|
"reenters",
|
|
"rejoins",
|
|
"re-ups",
|
|
"gets in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drouths":{
|
|
"a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's been a drought of good movies this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crunches",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"lacunae",
|
|
"lacunas",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"omissions",
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"needs",
|
|
"privations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"adequacies",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"opulences",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"sufficiencies",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drops":{
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped the fly ball",
|
|
"drop the anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"throws down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"strikes down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"immerses",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"craters",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"nose-dives",
|
|
"plummets",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dies (down)",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"ebbs",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"soars",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop what you're doing and come here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"tapers off",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"rounds (off or out)",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up",
|
|
"wraps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"hangs in",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"holds on",
|
|
"perseveres",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"reopens",
|
|
"restarts",
|
|
"resumes",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"maintains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"sinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"leans",
|
|
"lists",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"slants",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"tilts",
|
|
"tips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evens",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"uprises",
|
|
"upsweeps",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop that plan in favor of another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"calls off",
|
|
"cancels",
|
|
"cries off",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"repeals",
|
|
"rescinds",
|
|
"revokes",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"scrubs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogates",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"invalidates",
|
|
"nullifies",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"writes off",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"countermands",
|
|
"reverses",
|
|
"rolls back",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"promises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"initiates",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"undertakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"keeps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cow dropped her calf early this morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"births",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"produces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"spawns",
|
|
"begets",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"calves",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"kittens",
|
|
"litters",
|
|
"pups",
|
|
"whelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"miscarries"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowls (down or over)",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"fells",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"levels",
|
|
"mows (down)",
|
|
"prostrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"KOs",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"throws down",
|
|
"topples",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"bludgeons",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"hammers",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"pastes",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pounds",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"slogs",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smites",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"swats",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thumps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"triumphs (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nails (down)",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cold glass dropped condensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"flows",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"riffles",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"discharges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped $50 on these shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"outlays",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"shells out",
|
|
"spends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"hints (at)",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"points (out)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"spells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downscales",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
"whittles",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"qualifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checks out",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"deceases",
|
|
"demises",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flatlines",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"kicks in",
|
|
"kicks off",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"pegs out",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"pops off",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"succumbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predeceases",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comes to",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"lives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quantity of fluid that falls naturally in one rounded mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a drop of water fell from the leaky faucet every few seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"droplets",
|
|
"globs",
|
|
"globules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gobbets",
|
|
"dewdrops",
|
|
"raindrops",
|
|
"teardrops",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or process of going to a lower level or altitude":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden drop of the plane really shook up the passengers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"nosedives",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comedowns",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"downgrades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"headways",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"progressions",
|
|
"betterments",
|
|
"improvements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ascents",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"risings",
|
|
"soarings",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the amount by which something is lessened":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a huge drop in pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"depressions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions",
|
|
"downturns",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"curtailments",
|
|
"cutbacks",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"retrenchments",
|
|
"shortenings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlargements",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the more favorable condition or position in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got the drop on his opponent very early in the wrestling match"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"catbird seats",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"high grounds",
|
|
"inside tracks",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"steads",
|
|
"upper hands",
|
|
"vantages",
|
|
"whip hands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"head starts",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"margins",
|
|
"odds",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"ascendancies",
|
|
"ascendencies",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"dominances",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"predominances",
|
|
"superiorities",
|
|
"supremacies",
|
|
"transcendences",
|
|
"transcendencies",
|
|
"precedences",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"privileges",
|
|
"seniorities",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"footholds",
|
|
"opportunities",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detriments",
|
|
"strangleholds",
|
|
"disparities",
|
|
"imbalances",
|
|
"inequalities",
|
|
"disabilities",
|
|
"failings",
|
|
"impairments",
|
|
"shortcomings",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clogs",
|
|
"crimps",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"lets",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"rubs",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"handicaps",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"minuses",
|
|
"penalties",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowsing":{
|
|
"to sleep lightly or briefly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"picnickers drowsing in the shade of an oak tree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnapping",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"kipping",
|
|
"napping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"snoozing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"roosting",
|
|
"lulling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"awakening",
|
|
"awaking",
|
|
"getting up",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"uprising",
|
|
"wakening",
|
|
"waking (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droned":{
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sound of droning bees all around us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbled",
|
|
"burred",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"whirred",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirred",
|
|
"churred",
|
|
"thrummed",
|
|
"fizzed",
|
|
"hissed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"sighed",
|
|
"sizzled",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"cooed",
|
|
"curred",
|
|
"wheezed",
|
|
"whistled",
|
|
"whooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung about",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"lazied",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"vegged out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"mucked",
|
|
"piddled",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"dozed",
|
|
"estivated",
|
|
"aestivated",
|
|
"hibernated",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"moseyed",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"swanned",
|
|
"furloughed",
|
|
"goldbricked",
|
|
"malingered",
|
|
"truanted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudged",
|
|
"ground",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"moiled",
|
|
"pegged",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"plowed",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"slaved",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"sweated",
|
|
"toiled",
|
|
"travailed",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"applied",
|
|
"buckled (down)",
|
|
"exerted",
|
|
"put out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drowsiness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of desiring or needing sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tried to fight our drowsiness but fell asleep anyway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"doziness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"somnolence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"tiredness",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"lassitude",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"dozing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"sleeping",
|
|
"slumbering",
|
|
"oversleeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"consciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insomnia",
|
|
"sleeplessness",
|
|
"wakefulness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped behind":{
|
|
"to move or act slowly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He dropped behind in the second half of the race."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"lollygagged",
|
|
"lallygagged",
|
|
"moped",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"shilly-shallied",
|
|
"tarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddled (around)",
|
|
"fooled around",
|
|
"messed around",
|
|
"monkeyed (around)",
|
|
"played",
|
|
"pottered (around)",
|
|
"puttered (around)",
|
|
"trifled",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"inched",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"staggered",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)",
|
|
"filibustered",
|
|
"procrastinated",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"temporized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"sped (up)",
|
|
"speeded (up)",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"zipped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drove (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in turned away , repulsed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"repulsed",
|
|
"turned away",
|
|
"alerted",
|
|
"cautioned",
|
|
"forewarned",
|
|
"warded (off)",
|
|
"warned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"decoyed",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"led on",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"drew in",
|
|
"inveigled",
|
|
"persuaded",
|
|
"roped (in)",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droops":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"swags",
|
|
"wilts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"emaciates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wilts",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"runs down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped out":{
|
|
"as in quit , withdrew":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"demitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enlisted (in)",
|
|
"enrolled (in)",
|
|
"entered",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"signed on (for)",
|
|
"signed up (for)",
|
|
"reenlisted",
|
|
"re-enlisted",
|
|
"reenrolled",
|
|
"re-enrolled",
|
|
"reentered",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"re-upped",
|
|
"got in"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"droughty":{
|
|
"marked by little or no precipitation or humidity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a droughty region that could never support settlements"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"waterless"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air-dry",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"desertic",
|
|
"desertlike",
|
|
"xerothermic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"hydrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drooping":{
|
|
"bending downward or forward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"faded, drooping banners lining the walls of the old gym"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"stooping",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"slumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"erect",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"upright"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flagging , limping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"limping",
|
|
"exhaustion",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"setback",
|
|
"atrophy",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"weakening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"improvement",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"progress",
|
|
"rejuvenation",
|
|
"rejuvenescence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the flowers drooped on their stalks in the blazing sun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"swagging",
|
|
"wilting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as the afternoon wore on, we started to droop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"emaciating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"running down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"gaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"dropped":{
|
|
"as in decreased , depressed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"knockdown",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"under",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"low"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"maximum",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"utmost",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"over",
|
|
"overfilled",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overfull",
|
|
"overlarge",
|
|
"overloaded",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped the fly ball",
|
|
"drop the anchor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"threw",
|
|
"threw down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"struck down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"plopped",
|
|
"plunked down",
|
|
"plonked down",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"immersed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although they start out high, prices for home electronics eventually drop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crashed",
|
|
"cratered",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"nose-dived",
|
|
"plummeted",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"skidded",
|
|
"tumbled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"died (down)",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"ebbed",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"retreated"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"accumulated",
|
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"ballooned",
|
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"built",
|
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"burgeoned",
|
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"bourgeoned",
|
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"enlarged",
|
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"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"soared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"upped"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"drop what you're doing and come here"
|
|
],
|
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"synonyms":[
|
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"broke",
|
|
"broke off",
|
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"broke up",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"closed (down)",
|
|
"deactivated",
|
|
"blockaded",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"kiboshed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"stemmed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"clamped down",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stamped",
|
|
"stanched",
|
|
"staunched",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"turned back",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"snuffed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"proceeded",
|
|
"progressed",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"stirred"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"isn't it time you dropped that smoking habit and spent your money on better things?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"shut off",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"tapered off",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wound up",
|
|
"winded up",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ran on",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"held on",
|
|
"hung in",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persevered",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"followed through (with)",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"reopened",
|
|
"restarted",
|
|
"resumed",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"started"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"kept up",
|
|
"maintained"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lead or extend downward":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cable car tracks can drop suddenly, so be sure to hang onto something"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angled",
|
|
"canted",
|
|
"cocked",
|
|
"heeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"leaned",
|
|
"listed",
|
|
"reclined",
|
|
"slanted",
|
|
"sloped",
|
|
"tilted",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"evened",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"climbed",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"uprose",
|
|
"upswept",
|
|
"upturned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"drop that plan in favor of another"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"called off",
|
|
"canceled",
|
|
"cancelled",
|
|
"cried off",
|
|
"recalled",
|
|
"repealed",
|
|
"rescinded",
|
|
"revoked",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"scrubbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abrogated",
|
|
"annulled",
|
|
"invalidated",
|
|
"nullified",
|
|
"voided",
|
|
"wrote off",
|
|
"recanted",
|
|
"retracted",
|
|
"took back",
|
|
"withdrew",
|
|
"countermanded",
|
|
"reversed",
|
|
"rolled back",
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"gave up",
|
|
"relinquished",
|
|
"surrendered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"took on",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"undertook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"kept"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring forth from the womb":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cow dropped her calf early this morning"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birthed",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"produced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"labored",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"spawned",
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"sired",
|
|
"calved",
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"kittened",
|
|
"littered",
|
|
"pupped",
|
|
"whelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aborted",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"miscarried"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike (someone) so forcefully as to cause a fall":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dropped the would-be mugger in his tracks with a single well-aimed blow"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bowled (down or over)",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"felled",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"leveled",
|
|
"levelled",
|
|
"mowed (down)",
|
|
"prostrated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"KO'd",
|
|
"overthrew",
|
|
"threw down",
|
|
"toppled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"bludgeoned",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"hammered",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"pasted",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"slammed",
|
|
"slapped",
|
|
"slogged",
|
|
"slugged",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"smote",
|
|
"socked",
|
|
"swatted",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"thwacked",
|
|
"walloped",
|
|
"whacked",
|
|
"whaled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fail to win, gain, or obtain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the local hockey team has dropped two out of the last three contests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forfeited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conquered",
|
|
"prevailed (over)",
|
|
"triumphed (over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nailed (down)",
|
|
"won"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fall or let fall in or as if in drops":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cold glass dropped condensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"flowed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"guttered",
|
|
"riffled",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"wept",
|
|
"discharged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I dropped $50 on these shoes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"shelled out",
|
|
"spent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"rained",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he would ever so \"casually\" drop the names of celebrities he knew personally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"hinted (at)",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"pointed (out)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"spelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make smaller in amount, volume, or extent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with these icy road conditions, drivers should be dropping their speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downscaled",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
"whittled",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"qualified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to stop living":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the Black Death people all over Asia and Europe were dropping like flies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"checked out",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"deceased",
|
|
"demised",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"flatlined",
|
|
"kicked in",
|
|
"kicked off",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"passed (on)",
|
|
"pegged out",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"popped off",
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"stepped out",
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"succumbed",
|
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"went"
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"predeceased",
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"consumed",
|
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"disappeared",
|
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"dried up",
|
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"faded",
|
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"failed"
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"came to",
|
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"revived",
|
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"lingered",
|
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"existed",
|
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"subsisted",
|
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"was",
|
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"flourished",
|
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"prospered",
|
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"thrived",
|
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"throve"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"breathed",
|
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"lived"
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"adjective",
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"drowsing (off)":{
|
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"as in dropping off , nodding off":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"dropping off",
|
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"nodding off",
|
|
"catnapping",
|
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"dozing",
|
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"napping",
|
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"resting",
|
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"sleeping",
|
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"slumbering",
|
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"snoozing",
|
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"oversleeping",
|
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"sleeping in",
|
|
"dreaming",
|
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"hibernating"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"arousing",
|
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"awaking",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"waking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drop out (of)":{
|
|
"as in throw up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"resign (from)",
|
|
"retire (from)",
|
|
"step aside (from)",
|
|
"step down (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stay (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"drones":{
|
|
"a lazy person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those drones just lie around while we do all the work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couch potatoes",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"do-nothings",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"layabouts",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"lotus-eaters",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slugabeds",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"good-for-nothings",
|
|
"ne'er-do-wells",
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"creepers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"putterers",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"clock-watchers",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingerers",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"lollers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"saunterers",
|
|
"delayers",
|
|
"procrastinators",
|
|
"dropouts",
|
|
"quitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"achievers",
|
|
"comers",
|
|
"highfliers",
|
|
"highflyers",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"powerhouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doers",
|
|
"go-aheads",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hummers",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"self-starters"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who does very hard or dull work":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after lunch my fellow drones and I shuffle back to our cubicles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dogsbodies",
|
|
"drudgers",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grubbers",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"laborers",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"pluggers",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sloggers",
|
|
"toilers",
|
|
"workers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"workhorses",
|
|
"serfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"shirkers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a monotonous sound like that of an insect in motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"heard the drone of an airplane overhead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"suspirations",
|
|
"susurrations",
|
|
"susurruses",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"zings",
|
|
"zips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sound of droning bees all around us"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"burrs",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"whirs",
|
|
"whirrs",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chirrs",
|
|
"churrs",
|
|
"thrums",
|
|
"fizzes",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"sighs",
|
|
"sizzles",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"coos",
|
|
"currs",
|
|
"wheezes",
|
|
"whistles",
|
|
"whooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend time doing nothing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"instead of getting a job, he preferred to drone and live off his parents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs about",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"kicks around",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"lazies",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fiddles (around)",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"mucks",
|
|
"piddles",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"potters (around)",
|
|
"putters (around)",
|
|
"trifles",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"estivates",
|
|
"aestivates",
|
|
"hibernates",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"moseys",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"swans",
|
|
"furloughs",
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"malingers",
|
|
"truants"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"grubs",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"plows",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"works",
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"buckles (down)",
|
|
"exerts",
|
|
"puts out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |