dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/rip_MWT.json
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{
"rip off":{
"an instance of theft":{
"examples":[
"a daring burglary of the art museum that resulted in one of the greatest rip-offs in history"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"pinch",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break-in",
"burglary",
"holdup",
"mugging",
"stickup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rip-roaring":{
"causing great emotional or mental stimulation":{
"examples":[
"a rip-roaring tale of the Old West"
],
"synonyms":[
"breathtaking",
"charged",
"electric",
"electrifying",
"exciting",
"exhilarating",
"exhilarative",
"galvanic",
"galvanizing",
"hair-raising",
"heart-stopping",
"inspiring",
"intoxicating",
"kicky",
"mind-bending",
"mind-blowing",
"mind-boggling",
"rousing",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"thrilling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arresting",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"provocative",
"tantalizing",
"titillating",
"absorbing",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"riveting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"enchanting",
"enthralling",
"fascinating",
"spellbinding",
"dynamic",
"energetic",
"high-voltage",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"lusty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boring",
"mind-numbing",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"dreary",
"dull",
"humdrum",
"monotonous",
"uninteresting"
],
"antonyms":[
"unexciting"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"ripening":{
"the process of becoming mature":{
"examples":[
"the ripening of a pumpkin can take a whole season"
],
"synonyms":[
"development",
"growth",
"maturation",
"maturing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blossoming",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"mellowing",
"softening",
"evolution",
"evolvement",
"expansion",
"progression",
"coming-of-age",
"maturity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decadence",
"decay",
"decaying",
"declension",
"decline",
"declining",
"degeneration",
"descent",
"deterioration",
"ebbing",
"fading",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wilting",
"withering",
"death",
"decease",
"demise",
"dying",
"end",
"exit",
"expiration",
"expiring",
"expiry",
"perishing",
"regression",
"retrogression",
"reversion"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"pears ripening on the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"developing",
"growing",
"growing up",
"maturing",
"progressing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowing",
"softening",
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"opening",
"unfolding",
"advancing",
"evolving",
"getting along",
"getting on",
"graying",
"greying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decaying",
"declining",
"degenerating",
"deteriorating",
"sinking",
"worsening",
"drooping",
"drying",
"fading",
"flagging",
"sagging",
"shriveling",
"shrivelling",
"waning",
"wasting (away)",
"weakening",
"wilting",
"withering",
"regressing",
"retrogressing",
"reverting",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"riposted":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"at cocktail parties she could riposte with lightning speed to even the most unexpected quip"
],
"synonyms":[
"answered",
"came back",
"rejoined",
"replied",
"responded",
"retorted",
"returned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledged",
"commented",
"communicated",
"corresponded",
"reacted",
"remarked",
"countered",
"defended",
"denied",
"explained",
"fielded",
"rebutted",
"refuted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenged",
"cross-examined",
"examined",
"grilled",
"interrogated",
"pumped",
"quizzed",
"polled",
"queried",
"surveyed"
],
"antonyms":[
"asked",
"inquired",
"questioned"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripped (out)":{
"as in snarled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snarled",
"commented",
"piped up (with)",
"remarked",
"clothed",
"clad",
"couched",
"formulated",
"formulized",
"phrased",
"put",
"worded",
"breathed",
"chirped",
"drawled",
"gasped",
"lipped",
"mouthed",
"murmured",
"purred",
"shouted",
"spluttered",
"spouted",
"whispered",
"affirmed",
"alleged",
"asserted",
"averred",
"avouched",
"avowed",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"declared",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"blabbered",
"blurted",
"bolted",
"got off",
"shot",
"aired",
"discussed",
"gave",
"looked",
"shared",
"sounded",
"vented",
"ventilated",
"voiced",
"articulated",
"brought out",
"enunciated",
"passed",
"said",
"spoke",
"stated",
"talked",
"told",
"uttered",
"verbalized",
"vocalized"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifled",
"suppressed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripping":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth"
],
"synonyms":[
"rending",
"ribboning",
"riving",
"shredding",
"tattering",
"tearing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"cleaving",
"rupturing",
"splitting",
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"lacerating",
"slashing",
"butchering",
"dismembering",
"dissecting",
"hacking",
"mangling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife"
],
"synonyms":[
"cutting",
"gashing",
"incising",
"shearing",
"slashing",
"slicing",
"slitting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscutting",
"hacksawing",
"scissoring",
"cleaving",
"riving",
"splitting",
"piercing",
"stabbing",
"bruising",
"butchering",
"hacking",
"haggling",
"lacerating",
"mangling",
"rending",
"tearing",
"carving",
"chipping",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"notching",
"anatomizing",
"dissecting",
"sectioning",
"chopping",
"dicing",
"mincing",
"amputating",
"cutting off",
"severing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the car went ripping down the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"motoring",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
"examples":[
"rip a sheet off the pad of paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"tearing",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"yanking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabbing",
"nabbing",
"seizing",
"snapping (up)",
"snatching",
"lopping (off)",
"nipping",
"amputating",
"cutting (off)",
"dissevering",
"severing",
"extracting",
"forcing",
"jerking",
"prizing",
"prying",
"pulling",
"rooting (out)",
"uprooting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reattaching"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripping (out)":{
"as in snarling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snarling",
"commenting",
"piping up (with)",
"remarking",
"clothing",
"couching",
"formulating",
"formulizing",
"phrasing",
"putting",
"wording",
"breathing",
"chirping",
"drawling",
"gasping",
"lipping",
"mouthing",
"murmuring",
"purring",
"shouting",
"spluttering",
"spouting",
"whispering",
"affirming",
"alleging",
"asserting",
"averring",
"avouching",
"avowing",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"blabbering",
"blurting",
"bolting",
"getting off",
"shooting",
"airing",
"discussing",
"giving",
"looking",
"sharing",
"sounding",
"ventilating",
"venting",
"voicing",
"articulating",
"bringing out",
"enunciating",
"passing",
"saying",
"speaking",
"stating",
"talking",
"telling",
"uttering",
"verbalizing",
"vocalizing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifling",
"suppressing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripper":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the comedian's last routine was a real ripper , leaving the audience in those proverbial stitches"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripsnorter",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ripen":{
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"pears ripening on the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"age",
"develop",
"grow",
"grow up",
"mature",
"progress"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellow",
"soften",
"bloom",
"blossom",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"flourish",
"flower",
"open",
"unfold",
"advance",
"evolve",
"get along",
"get on",
"gray",
"grey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"sink",
"worsen",
"droop",
"dry",
"fade",
"flag",
"sag",
"shrivel",
"wane",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither",
"regress",
"retrogress",
"revert",
"backslide",
"lapse",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rippers":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"the comedian's last routine was a real ripper , leaving the audience in those proverbial stitches"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"ripsnorters",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ripsnorters":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter , but it turned out to be a real snoozer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beauties",
"beauts",
"bee's knees",
"corkers",
"crackerjacks",
"crackajacks",
"daisies",
"dandies",
"dillies",
"doozies",
"doozers",
"dreams",
"honeys",
"hot stuff",
"humdingers",
"hummers",
"jim-dandies",
"knockouts",
"lollapaloozas",
"lulus",
"nifties",
"peaches",
"pippins",
"pips",
"rippers",
"snorters",
"sockdolagers",
"sockdologers",
"standouts",
"sweethearts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvels",
"phenomena",
"phenomenons",
"prodigies",
"sensations",
"wonders",
"catches",
"crown jewels",
"diamonds",
"gems",
"imperials",
"jewels",
"pearls",
"plums",
"treasures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"busts",
"disappointments",
"duds",
"failures",
"flops",
"lemons",
"letdowns",
"losers",
"stinkers",
"turkeys"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"rip-off":{
"an instance of theft":{
"examples":[
"a daring burglary of the art museum that resulted in one of the greatest rip-offs in history"
],
"synonyms":[
"grab",
"heist",
"pinch",
"snatching",
"swiping",
"theft"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break-in",
"burglary",
"holdup",
"mugging",
"stickup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"burgle",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"rob",
"steal (from)",
"take off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransack",
"rifle",
"despoil",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravish",
"sack",
"spoil",
"strip",
"bleed",
"break in",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"exploit",
"fleece",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"pluck",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"sting",
"swindle",
"hold up",
"mug",
"roll",
"stick up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriate",
"boost",
"filch",
"heist",
"hook",
"lift",
"misappropriate",
"nick",
"nip",
"pilfer",
"pinch",
"pocket",
"purloin",
"snitch",
"steal",
"swipe",
"thieve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarize",
"knock over",
"rob",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"sack",
"carjack",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"pick",
"rifle",
"poach",
"rustle",
"shoplift",
"collar",
"grab",
"grasp",
"nail",
"seize",
"snatch",
"take",
"mooch",
"sponge",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"shanghai",
"spirit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buy",
"purchase",
"bestow",
"contribute",
"donate",
"give",
"hand over",
"present"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilk",
"bleed",
"cheat",
"chisel",
"chouse",
"con",
"cozen",
"defraud",
"diddle",
"do",
"do in",
"euchre",
"fiddle",
"fleece",
"flimflam",
"gaff",
"hose",
"hustle",
"mulct",
"nobble",
"pluck",
"ream",
"rook",
"screw",
"shake down",
"short",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"skunk",
"squeeze",
"stick",
"stiff",
"sting",
"sucker",
"swindle",
"thimblerig",
"victimize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extort",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"wring",
"clip",
"gouge",
"nick",
"overcharge",
"soak",
"exploit",
"milk",
"deceive",
"dupe",
"fool",
"gull",
"trick",
"rope (in)",
"betray",
"bitch",
"double-cross",
"bamboozle",
"fast-talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rips":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth"
],
"synonyms":[
"rends",
"ribbons",
"rives",
"shreds",
"tatters",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"cleaves",
"ruptures",
"splits",
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incises",
"lacerates",
"slashes",
"butchers",
"dismembers",
"dissects",
"hacks",
"mangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife"
],
"synonyms":[
"cuts",
"gashes",
"incises",
"shears",
"slashes",
"slices",
"slits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscuts",
"hacksaws",
"saws",
"scissors",
"cleaves",
"rives",
"splits",
"pierces",
"stabs",
"bruises",
"butchers",
"hacks",
"haggles",
"lacerates",
"mangles",
"rends",
"tears",
"carves",
"chips",
"chisels",
"notches",
"anatomizes",
"dissects",
"sections",
"chops",
"dices",
"minces",
"amputates",
"cuts off",
"severs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the car went ripping down the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"motors",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
"examples":[
"rip a sheet off the pad of paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"tears",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"yanks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabs",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snaps (up)",
"snatches",
"lops (off)",
"nips",
"amputates",
"cuts (off)",
"dissevers",
"severs",
"extracts",
"forces",
"jerks",
"pries",
"prizes",
"pulls",
"roots (out)",
"uproots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reattaches"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"the hoe left rips in the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"gashes",
"incisions",
"lacerations",
"rents",
"slashes",
"slits",
"tears"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasions",
"scores",
"scrapes",
"scratches",
"injuries",
"wounds",
"cracks",
"fractures",
"ruptures",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"something of a rip in his youth, he eventually settled down"
],
"synonyms":[
"backsliders",
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupts",
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rippled":{
"as in rippling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rippling",
"billowing",
"surging",
"swelling",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"rolling",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"wavy",
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"undulant",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
"examples":[
"water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"bubbled",
"dribbled",
"guggled",
"gurgled",
"lapped",
"plashed",
"splashed",
"trickled",
"washed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eddied",
"purled",
"swirled",
"swashed",
"swished",
"swooshed",
"whished",
"dripped",
"dropped",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"rushed",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"spurted",
"squirted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ran",
"run"
],
"antonyms":[
"poured",
"rolled",
"streamed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ripple":{
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
"examples":[
"water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"bubble",
"dribble",
"guggle",
"gurgle",
"lap",
"plash",
"splash",
"trickle",
"wash"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eddy",
"purl",
"swirl",
"swash",
"swish",
"swoosh",
"whish",
"drip",
"drop",
"gush",
"jet",
"rush",
"spew",
"spout",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"run"
],
"antonyms":[
"pour",
"roll",
"stream"
]
},
"as in trill , warble":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chirr",
"trill",
"warble",
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clink",
"ding-dong",
"ping",
"ring",
"clatter",
"jangle",
"rattle",
"chime",
"jingle",
"tinkle",
"tintinnabulation"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fallout , blowback":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowback",
"by-product",
"fallout",
"offshoot",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"spin-off",
"afterclap",
"afterglow",
"aftershock",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"echo",
"implication",
"repercussion",
"ramification",
"aftereffect",
"aftermath",
"backwash",
"child",
"conclusion",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"effect",
"fate",
"fruit",
"issue",
"outcome",
"outgrowth",
"precipitate",
"product",
"result",
"resultant",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antecedent",
"causation",
"cause",
"occasion",
"reason",
"consideration",
"determinant",
"factor",
"base",
"basis",
"foundation",
"ground",
"groundwork",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"stimulus",
"mother",
"origin",
"root",
"source",
"spring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in riffle , wavelet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"riffle",
"wavelet",
"comber",
"curl",
"ground swell",
"roller",
"breaker",
"whitecap",
"tidal wave",
"tsunami",
"surf",
"sea(s)",
"billow",
"surge",
"swell",
"wave"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ripens":{
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"pears ripening on the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"ages",
"develops",
"grows",
"grows up",
"matures",
"progresses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellows",
"softens",
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"burgeons",
"bourgeons",
"flourishes",
"flowers",
"opens",
"unfolds",
"advances",
"evolves",
"gets along",
"gets on",
"grays",
"greys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decays",
"declines",
"degenerates",
"deteriorates",
"sinks",
"worsens",
"dries",
"droops",
"fades",
"flags",
"sags",
"shrivels",
"wanes",
"wastes (away)",
"weakens",
"wilts",
"withers",
"regresses",
"retrogresses",
"reverts",
"backslides",
"lapses",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripping off":{
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"burgling",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"stealing (from)",
"taking off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacking",
"rifling",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravishing",
"sacking",
"spoiling",
"stripping",
"bleeding",
"breaking in",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"exploiting",
"fleecing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"plucking",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling",
"holding up",
"mugging",
"rolling",
"sticking up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriating",
"boosting",
"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping",
"thieving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizing",
"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bilking",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"chousing",
"conning",
"cozening",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"doing",
"doing in",
"euchring",
"fiddling",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"gaffing",
"hosing",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"nobbling",
"plucking",
"reaming",
"rooking",
"screwing",
"shaking down",
"shortchanging",
"shorting",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stiffing",
"stinging",
"suckering",
"swindling",
"thimblerigging",
"victimizing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorting",
"wrenching",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"clipping",
"gouging",
"nicking",
"overcharging",
"soaking",
"exploiting",
"milking",
"deceiving",
"duping",
"fooling",
"gulling",
"tricking",
"roping (in)",
"betraying",
"bitching",
"double-crossing",
"bamboozling",
"fast-talking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rips (out)":{
"as in snarls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snarls",
"comments",
"pipes up (with)",
"remarks",
"clothes",
"couches",
"formulates",
"formulizes",
"phrases",
"puts",
"words",
"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
"murmurs",
"purrs",
"shouts",
"splutters",
"spouts",
"whispers",
"affirms",
"alleges",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"blabbers",
"blurts",
"bolts",
"gets off",
"shoots",
"airs",
"discusses",
"gives",
"looks",
"shares",
"sounds",
"ventilates",
"vents",
"voices",
"articulates",
"brings out",
"enunciates",
"passes",
"says",
"speaks",
"states",
"talks",
"tells",
"utters",
"verbalizes",
"vocalizes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifles",
"suppresses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripsnorter":{
"something very good of its kind":{
"examples":[
"had high hopes that the football game would be a ripsnorter , but it turned out to be a real snoozer"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaut",
"beauty",
"bee's knees",
"cat's meow",
"corker",
"crackerjack",
"crackajack",
"daisy",
"dandy",
"dilly",
"doozy",
"doozie",
"doozer",
"dream",
"honey",
"hot stuff",
"humdinger",
"hummer",
"jim-dandy",
"knockout",
"lollapalooza",
"lulu",
"nifty",
"peach",
"pip",
"pippin",
"ripper",
"snorter",
"sockdolager",
"sockdologer",
"standout",
"sweetheart"
],
"near synonyms":[
"marvel",
"phenomenon",
"prodigy",
"sensation",
"wonder",
"catch",
"crown jewel",
"diamond",
"gem",
"imperial",
"jewel",
"pearl",
"plum",
"treasure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bust",
"disappointment",
"dud",
"failure",
"flop",
"lemon",
"letdown",
"loser",
"stinker",
"turkey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"riposting":{
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"at cocktail parties she could riposte with lightning speed to even the most unexpected quip"
],
"synonyms":[
"answering",
"coming back",
"rejoining",
"replying",
"responding",
"retorting",
"returning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledging",
"commenting",
"communicating",
"corresponding",
"reacting",
"remarking",
"countering",
"defending",
"denying",
"explaining",
"fielding",
"rebutting",
"refuting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenging",
"cross-examining",
"examining",
"grilling",
"interrogating",
"pumping",
"quizzing",
"polling",
"querying",
"surveying"
],
"antonyms":[
"asking",
"inquiring",
"questioning"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rip-offs":{
"an instance of theft":{
"examples":[
"a daring burglary of the art museum that resulted in one of the greatest rip-offs in history"
],
"synonyms":[
"grabs",
"heists",
"pinches",
"thefts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break-ins",
"burglaries",
"holdups",
"muggings",
"stickups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"ripe":{
"fully grown or developed":{
"examples":[
"a ripe tomato"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"matured",
"ripened"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"golden",
"mellow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed"
],
"antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"green",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful"
]
},
"having an unpleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"the clothes of the field hands were sweaty and ripe after a hard day's work"
],
"synonyms":[
"fetid",
"foul",
"frowsty",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"funky",
"fusty",
"malodorous",
"musty",
"noisome",
"rank",
"reeking",
"reeky",
"smelly",
"stenchy",
"stinking",
"stinky",
"strong"
],
"near synonyms":[
"putrid",
"rancid",
"skunky",
"stale",
"bad",
"disgusting",
"offensive",
"repulsive",
"revolting",
"vile",
"decayed",
"decaying",
"decomposed",
"decomposing",
"rotted",
"rotten",
"rotting",
"spoiled",
"spoiling",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"nasty",
"noxious",
"odiferous",
"odoriferous",
"odorous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flowery",
"fruity",
"spicy",
"woodsy"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambrosial",
"aromatic",
"fragrant",
"perfumed",
"redolent",
"savory",
"savoury",
"scented",
"sweet"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"rip (out)":{
"as in snarl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"snarl",
"comment",
"pipe up (with)",
"remark",
"clothe",
"couch",
"formulate",
"formulize",
"phrase",
"put",
"word",
"breathe",
"chirp",
"drawl",
"gasp",
"lip",
"mouth",
"murmur",
"purr",
"shout",
"splutter",
"spout",
"whisper",
"affirm",
"allege",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"blabber",
"blurt",
"bolt",
"get off",
"shoot",
"air",
"discuss",
"give",
"look",
"share",
"sound",
"vent",
"ventilate",
"voice",
"articulate",
"bring out",
"enunciate",
"pass",
"say",
"speak",
"state",
"talk",
"tell",
"utter",
"verbalize",
"vocalize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"stifle",
"suppress"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripped":{
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
"examples":[
"when I got to his house, he was already pretty ripped"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"blitzed",
"bombed",
"high",
"hopped-up",
"loaded",
"spaced-out",
"spaced",
"stoned",
"strung out",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"addicted",
"hooked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"clean",
"temperate",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"being under the influence of alcohol":{
"examples":[
"college kids who need to learn that you don't need to get ripped in order to have a good time"
],
"synonyms":[
"besotted",
"blasted",
"blind",
"blitzed",
"blotto",
"bombed",
"boozy",
"canned",
"cockeyed",
"crocked",
"drunk",
"drunken",
"fried",
"gassed",
"hammered",
"high",
"impaired",
"inebriate",
"inebriated",
"intoxicated",
"juiced",
"lit",
"lit up",
"loaded",
"looped",
"oiled",
"pickled",
"pie-eyed",
"plastered",
"potted",
"sloshed",
"smashed",
"sottish",
"soused",
"sozzled",
"squiffed",
"squiffy",
"stewed",
"stiff",
"stinking",
"stoned",
"tanked",
"tiddly",
"tight",
"tipsy",
"wasted",
"wet",
"wiped out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"maudlin",
"beery",
"befuddled",
"bleary-eyed",
"crapulous",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"rocky",
"strung out",
"stupefied",
"debauched",
"dissipated",
"dissolute",
"alcoholic",
"bibulous",
"dipsomaniacal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"dry",
"temperate",
"teetotal",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
]
},
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth"
],
"synonyms":[
"rent",
"rended",
"ribboned",
"rived",
"shredded",
"tattered",
"tore"
],
"near synonyms":[
"broke",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"ruptured",
"split",
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"lacerated",
"slashed",
"butchered",
"dismembered",
"dissected",
"hacked",
"mangled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"gashed",
"incised",
"sheared",
"slashed",
"sliced",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksawed",
"scissored",
"cleaved",
"cleft",
"rived",
"split",
"pierced",
"stabbed",
"bruised",
"butchered",
"hacked",
"haggled",
"lacerated",
"mangled",
"rent",
"rended",
"tore",
"carved",
"chipped",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"notched",
"anatomized",
"dissected",
"sectioned",
"chopped",
"diced",
"minced",
"amputated",
"cut off",
"severed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the car went ripping down the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"motored",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"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"
]
},
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
"examples":[
"rip a sheet off the pad of paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"tore",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"yanked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grabbed",
"nabbed",
"seized",
"snapped (up)",
"snatched",
"lopped (off)",
"nipped",
"amputated",
"cut (off)",
"dissevered",
"severed",
"extracted",
"forced",
"jerked",
"pried",
"prized",
"pulled",
"rooted (out)",
"uprooted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reattached"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ripened":{
"fully grown or developed":{
"examples":[
"a fully ripened musical talent"
],
"synonyms":[
"adult",
"full-blown",
"full-fledged",
"mature",
"matured",
"ripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aged",
"aging",
"ageing",
"long-lived",
"old",
"older",
"golden",
"mellow"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blooming",
"blossoming",
"burgeoning",
"flourishing",
"flowering",
"undeveloped",
"unfinished",
"unfledged",
"unformed"
],
"antonyms":[
"adolescent",
"green",
"immature",
"juvenile",
"unripe",
"unripened",
"young",
"youngish",
"youthful"
]
},
"to become mature":{
"examples":[
"pears ripening on the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"aged",
"developed",
"grew",
"grew up",
"matured",
"progressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"mellowed",
"softened",
"bloomed",
"blossomed",
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"flowered",
"opened",
"unfolded",
"advanced",
"evolved",
"got along",
"got on",
"grayed",
"greyed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"decayed",
"declined",
"degenerated",
"deteriorated",
"sank",
"sunk",
"worsened",
"dried",
"drooped",
"faded",
"flagged",
"sagged",
"shriveled",
"shrivelled",
"waned",
"wasted (away)",
"weakened",
"wilted",
"withered",
"regressed",
"retrogressed",
"reverted",
"backslid",
"lapsed",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"ripples":{
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
"examples":[
"water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"bubbles",
"dribbles",
"guggles",
"gurgles",
"laps",
"plashes",
"splashes",
"trickles",
"washes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eddies",
"purls",
"swirls",
"swashes",
"swishes",
"swooshes",
"whishes",
"drips",
"drops",
"gushes",
"jets",
"rushes",
"spews",
"spouts",
"spurts",
"squirts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"runs"
],
"antonyms":[
"pours",
"rolls",
"streams"
]
},
"as in trills , warbles":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chirrs",
"trills",
"warbles",
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"pings",
"rings",
"clatters",
"jangle",
"rattles",
"chimes",
"jingles",
"tinkles",
"tintinnabulations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in fallouts , blowbacks":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"blowbacks",
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"fallouts",
"offshoots",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"spin-offs",
"afterclaps",
"afterglows",
"aftershocks",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"echoes",
"echos",
"implications",
"repercussions",
"ramifications",
"aftereffects",
"aftermaths",
"backwashes",
"children",
"conclusions",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"effects",
"fates",
"fruits",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"outgrowths",
"precipitates",
"products",
"resultants",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causations",
"causes",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"considerations",
"determinants",
"factors",
"bases",
"foundations",
"grounds",
"groundworks",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"stimuli",
"mothers",
"origins",
"roots",
"sources",
"springs"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in riffles , wavelets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"riffles",
"wavelets",
"combers",
"curls",
"ground swells",
"rollers",
"breakers",
"whitecaps",
"tidal waves",
"tsunamis",
"tsunami",
"surfs",
"seas",
"billows",
"surges",
"swells",
"waves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rip":{
"to cause (something) to separate into jagged pieces by violently pulling at it":{
"examples":[
"the dog ripped the sleeve of my shirt by grabbing it with his teeth"
],
"synonyms":[
"rend",
"ribbon",
"rive",
"shred",
"tatter",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"cleave",
"rupture",
"split",
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"lacerate",
"slash",
"butcher",
"dismember",
"dissect",
"hack",
"mangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate with a sharp edge (as a knife)":{
"examples":[
"you can see where someone ripped the painting with a penknife"
],
"synonyms":[
"cut",
"gash",
"incise",
"shear",
"slash",
"slice",
"slit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"crosscut",
"hacksaw",
"saw",
"scissor",
"cleave",
"rive",
"split",
"pierce",
"stab",
"bruise",
"butcher",
"hack",
"haggle",
"lacerate",
"mangle",
"rend",
"tear",
"carve",
"chip",
"chisel",
"notch",
"anatomize",
"dissect",
"section",
"chop",
"dice",
"mince",
"amputate",
"cut off",
"sever"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"the car went ripping down the road"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"motor",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to separate or remove by forceful pulling":{
"examples":[
"rip a sheet off the pad of paper"
],
"synonyms":[
"tear",
"wrench",
"wrest",
"yank"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grab",
"nab",
"seize",
"snap (up)",
"snatch",
"lop (off)",
"nip",
"amputate",
"cut (off)",
"dissever",
"sever",
"extract",
"force",
"jerk",
"prize",
"pry",
"pull",
"root (out)",
"uproot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"reattach"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a long deep cut":{
"examples":[
"the hoe left rips in the lawn"
],
"synonyms":[
"gash",
"incision",
"laceration",
"rent",
"slash",
"slit",
"tear"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abrasion",
"score",
"scrape",
"scratch",
"injury",
"wound",
"crack",
"fracture",
"rupture",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a person who has sunk below the normal moral standard":{
"examples":[
"something of a rip in his youth, he eventually settled down"
],
"synonyms":[
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ripostes":{
"a quick witty response":{
"examples":[
"he's known for having a brilliant riposte to nearly any insult"
],
"synonyms":[
"comebacks",
"repartees",
"retorts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squelches",
"back talks",
"cracks",
"quips",
"sallies",
"wisecracks",
"witticisms",
"zingers",
"cuts",
"insults",
"put-downs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"at cocktail parties she could riposte with lightning speed to even the most unexpected quip"
],
"synonyms":[
"answers",
"comes back",
"rejoins",
"replies",
"responds",
"retorts",
"returns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledges",
"comments",
"communicates",
"corresponds",
"reacts",
"remarks",
"counters",
"defends",
"denies",
"explains",
"fields",
"rebuts",
"refutes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenges",
"cross-examines",
"examines",
"grills",
"interrogates",
"pumps",
"quizzes",
"polls",
"queries",
"surveys"
],
"antonyms":[
"asks",
"inquires",
"questions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"ripeness":{
"as in maturity , adulthood":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adulthood",
"majority",
"maturity",
"middle",
"middle age",
"midlife",
"afterlife",
"afternoon",
"autumn",
"evening",
"sunset",
"twilight",
"winter",
"anecdotage",
"dotage",
"senility",
"elderliness",
"golden years",
"oldness",
"seniority"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adolescence",
"youth",
"springtime"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"riposte":{
"a quick witty response":{
"examples":[
"he's known for having a brilliant riposte to nearly any insult"
],
"synonyms":[
"comeback",
"repartee",
"retort"
],
"near synonyms":[
"squelch",
"back talk",
"crack",
"quip",
"sally",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"zinger",
"cut",
"insult",
"put-down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to speak or write in reaction to a question or to another reaction":{
"examples":[
"at cocktail parties she could riposte with lightning speed to even the most unexpected quip"
],
"synonyms":[
"answer",
"come back",
"rejoin",
"reply",
"respond",
"retort",
"return"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acknowledge",
"comment",
"communicate",
"correspond",
"react",
"remark",
"counter",
"defend",
"deny",
"explain",
"field",
"rebut",
"refute"
],
"near antonyms":[
"challenge",
"cross-examine",
"examine",
"grill",
"interrogate",
"pump",
"quiz",
"poll",
"query",
"survey"
],
"antonyms":[
"ask",
"inquire",
"question"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"rips off":{
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarizes",
"burgles",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"robs",
"steals (from)",
"takes off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacks",
"rifles",
"despoils",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravishes",
"sacks",
"spoils",
"strips",
"bleeds",
"breaks in",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"exploits",
"fleeces",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"plucks",
"rooks",
"shortchanges",
"skins",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stings",
"swindles",
"holds up",
"mugs",
"rolls",
"sticks up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriates",
"boosts",
"filches",
"heists",
"hooks",
"lifts",
"misappropriates",
"nicks",
"nips",
"pilfers",
"pinches",
"pockets",
"purloins",
"snitches",
"steals",
"swipes",
"thieves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarizes",
"knocks over",
"robs",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"sacks",
"carjacks",
"hijacks",
"highjacks",
"picks",
"rifles",
"poaches",
"rustles",
"shoplifts",
"collars",
"grabs",
"grasps",
"nails",
"seizes",
"snatches",
"takes",
"mooches",
"sponges",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"shanghais",
"spirits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buys",
"purchases",
"bestows",
"contributes",
"donates",
"gives",
"hands over",
"presents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"thimblerigs",
"victimizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorts",
"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ripped off":{
"to remove valuables from (a place) unlawfully":{
"examples":[
"the teens ripped off the store where they had been working for the summer"
],
"synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"burgled",
"knocked off",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"stole (from)",
"took off"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ransacked",
"rifled",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravished",
"sacked",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"stripped",
"stript",
"bled",
"broke in",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"exploited",
"fleeced",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"plucked",
"rooked",
"shortchanged",
"skinned",
"squeezed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"swindled",
"held up",
"mugged",
"rolled",
"stuck up"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
"examples":[
"the thief ripped off some jewelry as soon as no one was looking"
],
"synonyms":[
"appropriated",
"boosted",
"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
"misappropriated",
"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped",
"thieved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"burglarized",
"knocked over",
"robbed",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
"examples":[
"an investigation revealed that a whole slew of suppliers had been ripping off the defense department"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"thimblerigged",
"victimized"
],
"near synonyms":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"rippling":{
"as in rippled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"rippled",
"billowing",
"surging",
"swelling",
"rutted",
"rutty",
"rolling",
"inexact",
"unaligned",
"wavy",
"lopsided",
"unbalanced",
"undulant",
"undulating",
"undulatory",
"pitted",
"pocked",
"knobbly",
"knobby",
"knurled",
"knurly",
"nubbly",
"nubby"
],
"near antonyms":[
"exact",
"uniform",
"aligned",
"alined",
"regular",
"true",
"horizontal",
"tabular",
"plumb",
"straight",
"vertical",
"flush",
"even",
"flat",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
"examples":[
"water rippling gently over the tiers of the fountain"
],
"synonyms":[
"bubbling",
"dribbling",
"guggling",
"gurgling",
"lapping",
"plashing",
"splashing",
"trickling",
"washing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"eddying",
"purling",
"swirling",
"swashing",
"swishing",
"swooshing",
"whishing",
"dripping",
"dropping",
"gushing",
"jetting",
"rushing",
"spewing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"squirting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"running"
],
"antonyms":[
"pouring",
"rolling",
"streaming"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
}
}