dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/spi_MWT.json
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{
"spice":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"a cologne for men that captures all of the spice of the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"attar",
"otto",
"balm",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"redolence",
"scent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essence",
"odor"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
]
},
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
"examples":[
"Europe in Columbus's time imported rare and valuable spices from the Indies"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"flavoring",
"seasoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sauce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses":{
"examples":[
"a new hobby will add spice to your life"
],
"synonyms":[
"nip",
"piquancy",
"pungency",
"tang",
"zest",
"zing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"raciness",
"spiciness",
"fieriness",
"hotness",
"acuteness",
"keenness",
"sharpness",
"provocativeness",
"excitement",
"invigoration",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"thrill",
"bitterness",
"mordancy",
"trenchancy",
"flavor",
"redolence",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flatness",
"tastelessness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"insipidity",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"platitude",
"predictability",
"sameness",
"tediousness",
"blandness",
"thinness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[
"insipidity"
]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"spice the stew with more pepper"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"lace",
"savor",
"savour",
"season"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enhance",
"enrich",
"sauce",
"pepper",
"salt",
"aromatize",
"perfume"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spick-and-span":{
"free from dirt or stain":{
"examples":[
"let's make the house spick-and-span for our visitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"chaste",
"clean",
"fair",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"cleanly",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dingy",
"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"unwashed",
"defiled",
"germy",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grubby",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned"
]
},
"recently made and never used before":{
"examples":[
"a spick-and-span waffle iron that our host was obviously using for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"unused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean",
"fresh",
"mint",
"pristine",
"unspoiled",
"untouched",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"natural",
"raw",
"unprocessed",
"untreated",
"unworked",
"virgin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dirty",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"stale",
"aged",
"beat-up",
"old",
"shabby",
"shopworn",
"well-handled",
"worn"
],
"antonyms":[
"hand-me-down",
"secondhand",
"used"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spied":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identified",
"made out",
"picked out",
"picked up",
"attended (to)",
"considered",
"heeded",
"marked",
"minded",
"studied",
"watched",
"examined",
"inspected",
"scanned",
"scrutinized",
"surveyed",
"glanced (at)",
"glimpsed",
"peered (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spies":{
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"examples":[
"the government spy risked his life every day in the fight against global terrorism"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assets",
"emissaries",
"intelligencers",
"moles",
"operatives",
"spooks",
"undercovers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"couriers",
"counterspies",
"double agents",
"sleepers",
"infiltrators",
"informers",
"stool pigeons",
"spymasters",
"superspies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifies",
"makes out",
"picks out",
"picks up",
"attends (to)",
"considers",
"heeds",
"marks",
"minds",
"studies",
"watches",
"examines",
"inspects",
"scans",
"scrutinizes",
"surveys",
"glances (at)",
"glimpses",
"peers (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiffed-up":{
"as in formal , elegant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dolled up",
"dressy",
"elegant",
"formal",
"dapper",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy",
"spruce",
"orderly",
"tidy",
"\u00e0 la mode",
"a la mode",
"chic",
"fashionable",
"in",
"modish",
"stylish",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"clean",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"messy",
"mussed",
"rumpled",
"uncombed",
"untidy",
"wrinkled",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grubby",
"nasty",
"scroungy",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"scuzzy",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"dowdy",
"inelegant",
"unfashionable",
"unstylish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiffy":{
"neat, stylish, and attractive":{
"examples":[
"a spiffy new uniform",
"She looked very spiffy in her new dress."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spruce",
"antiseptic",
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spikelike":{
"as in jagged , barbed":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barbed",
"jagged",
"pronged",
"spiked",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"needlelike",
"spiny",
"bladelike",
"knifelike",
"peaked",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"sharp",
"spired",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blunt",
"dull",
"rounded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spikes":{
"as in darts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"darts",
"javelins",
"lances",
"pike",
"pikes",
"pikestaffs",
"shafts",
"spears",
"gaffs",
"halberds",
"halberts",
"harpoons",
"leisters",
"tridents"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jumps , run-ups":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jumps",
"run-ups",
"accessions",
"appendixes",
"appendices",
"continuations",
"extensions",
"uptrends",
"upturns",
"complements",
"accumulations",
"assemblages",
"collections",
"gatherings",
"accretions",
"accruals",
"addenda",
"addendums",
"additions",
"augmentations",
"boosts",
"expansions",
"gains",
"increases",
"increments",
"more",
"pluses",
"plusses",
"proliferations",
"raises",
"rises",
"step-ups",
"supplements",
"upticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatements",
"declines",
"decreases",
"decrements",
"depletions",
"diminishments",
"diminutions",
"drop-offs",
"falloffs",
"falls",
"losses",
"reductions",
"shrinkages",
"step-downs",
"deductions",
"subtractions"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amps (up)",
"animates",
"braces",
"energizes",
"enlivens",
"fillips",
"fires",
"gingers (up)",
"invigorates",
"jazzes (up)",
"juices up",
"jump-starts",
"livens (up)",
"peps (up)",
"quickens",
"stimulates",
"vitalizes",
"vivifies",
"zips (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouses",
"awakens",
"awakes",
"raises",
"rouses",
"stirs",
"wakes (up)",
"activates",
"actuates",
"drives",
"impels",
"motivates",
"motives",
"moves",
"propels",
"charges",
"electrifies",
"galvanizes",
"enkindles",
"excites",
"ferments",
"foments",
"incites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"instigates",
"kindles",
"provokes",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"triggers",
"turns on",
"whips (up)",
"abets",
"boosts",
"buoys",
"cheers",
"emboldens",
"fortifies",
"heartens",
"infuses",
"inspires",
"lifts",
"rallies",
"steels",
"strengthens",
"reactivates",
"reanimates",
"reawakens",
"reawakes",
"recharges",
"recreates",
"reenergizes",
"refreshens",
"refreshes",
"regenerates",
"reinvigorates",
"rejuvenates",
"rekindles",
"renews",
"restimulates",
"resurrects",
"resuscitates",
"revitalizes",
"revives"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burns out",
"debilitates",
"does in",
"drains",
"enervates",
"enfeebles",
"exhausts",
"fags",
"fatigues",
"harasses",
"kayoes",
"knocks out",
"saps",
"tuckers (out)",
"undermines",
"washes out",
"weakens",
"wearies",
"wears",
"wears out",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"jades",
"quells",
"quenches",
"represses",
"restrains",
"slows",
"stills",
"stunts",
"suppresses",
"daunts",
"demoralizes",
"discourages",
"disheartens",
"dispirits"
],
"antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"kills"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spinal column":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"examples":[
"a diagram of the spinal column"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"chine",
"spine",
"vertebral column"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back",
"spinal cord",
"vertebra"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spinal cord":{
"as in back , vertebra":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"back",
"vertebra",
"backbone",
"chine",
"spinal column",
"spine",
"vertebral column"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spindling":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"examples":[
"a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cutting , quilling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing",
"perforating",
"riddling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spindly":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"examples":[
"spindly , underfed dogs roamed the poverty-stricken village"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiny":{
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
"examples":[
"this promises to be a spiny problem to negotiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"catchy",
"delicate",
"difficult",
"dodgy",
"hairy",
"knotty",
"nasty",
"prickly",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"sensitive",
"sticky",
"thorny",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"tough",
"tricksy",
"tricky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"intricate",
"involved",
"recondite",
"serious",
"problem",
"scabrous",
"stubborn",
"troublesome",
"troublous",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"worrisome",
"burdensome",
"demanding",
"discommoding",
"exacting",
"exhausting",
"importunate",
"inconvenient",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"manageable",
"painless",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"uncomplicated",
"undemanding",
"unproblematic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spirit":{
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
"examples":[
"the theological and philosophical belief that the spirit is superior to the body"
],
"synonyms":[
"psyche",
"soul"
],
"near synonyms":[
"life",
"vitality",
"being",
"essence",
"quintessence"
],
"near antonyms":[
"body",
"flesh"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
"examples":[
"had been in a combative spirit all week"
],
"synonyms":[
"cheer",
"feather",
"humor",
"mode",
"mood",
"temper"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angle",
"attitude",
"mind-set",
"outlook",
"perspective",
"slant",
"standpoint",
"viewpoint",
"emotion",
"feeling",
"heart",
"passion",
"sentiment",
"strain",
"belief",
"conviction",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"mind",
"opinion",
"expression",
"tone",
"vein",
"character",
"disposition",
"identity",
"individuality",
"makeup",
"mettle",
"personality",
"selfhood",
"self-identity",
"temperament",
"responsiveness",
"sensibility",
"sensitiveness",
"sensitivity"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
"examples":[
"Hamlet's late father appears to him in the form of a spirit and with the revelation that he was in fact murdered"
],
"synonyms":[
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"familiar spirit",
"ghost",
"hant",
"haunt",
"materialization",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spook",
"sprite",
"vision",
"visitant",
"wraith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"angel",
"daimon",
"familiar",
"genie",
"genius",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"shaitan",
"double",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"fetch",
"lemures",
"manes",
"incubus",
"lamia",
"succubus",
"vampire",
"zombie",
"zombi",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"daemon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghoul",
"imp"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"a hotel bar that's well stocked with spirits"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in snatch , abscond (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abscond (with)",
"snatch",
"capture",
"crimp",
"impress",
"seize",
"shanghai",
"waylay",
"hijack",
"highjack",
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"catch",
"cop",
"steal",
"take"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deliver",
"ransom",
"redeem",
"rescue",
"restore",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiritless":{
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
"examples":[
"he was spiritless and depressed for weeks after being fired"
],
"synonyms":[
"enervated",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless"
],
"near synonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"slothful",
"dull",
"lethargic",
"logy",
"loggy",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"torpid",
"exhausted",
"knackered",
"tired",
"weary",
"feeble",
"frail",
"weak",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"indifferent",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless",
"unwary",
"inactive",
"inert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"dynamic",
"industrious",
"kinetic",
"avid",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"lively",
"pumped",
"vivacious",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"perky",
"up",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"dapper",
"open-eyed",
"sleepless",
"vigilant",
"watchful",
"wide-awake"
],
"antonyms":[
"ambitious",
"animated",
"energetic",
"enterprising",
"motivated"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiritlessly":{
"as in casually , lazily":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"casually",
"desultorily",
"halfheartedly",
"indolently",
"lackadaisically",
"languidly",
"lazily",
"listlessly",
"shiftlessly",
"sluggishly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amain",
"arduously",
"assiduously",
"determinedly",
"diligently",
"doggedly",
"hard",
"hardly",
"industriously",
"intensely",
"intensively",
"intently",
"laboriously",
"mightily",
"purposefully",
"resolutely",
"sedulously",
"slavishly",
"strenuously",
"actively",
"animatedly",
"briskly",
"busily",
"dynamically",
"energetically",
"feverishly",
"spiritedly",
"vehemently",
"vigorously",
"zealously",
"continuously",
"ploddingly",
"steadfastly",
"steadily",
"unabatedly",
"unrelentingly",
"unremittingly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in cravenly , fearfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spinelessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spiritlessness":{
"as in weariness , lethargy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"languidness",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"limpness",
"listlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sluggishness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"weariness",
"indolence",
"laziness",
"apathy",
"impassivity",
"inactivity",
"lifelessness",
"blues",
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondence",
"forlornness",
"sadness",
"sorrow",
"unhappiness",
"dolefulness",
"dolorousness",
"joylessness",
"mournfulness",
"plaintiveness",
"woe",
"woefulness",
"blackness",
"darkness",
"gloominess",
"glumness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animation",
"giddiness",
"jauntiness",
"liveliness",
"perkiness",
"vivacity",
"brightness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"chirpiness",
"effervescence",
"friskiness",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"sparkle",
"spirit",
"spunk",
"verve",
"vivaciousness",
"eagerness",
"ebullience",
"ebulliency",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"spiritedness",
"sprightliness",
"spunkiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritual":{
"not composed of matter":{
"examples":[
"a staunch skeptic and realist, he scoffs at the very notion of ghosts and other spiritual entities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodiless",
"ethereal",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
],
"near synonyms":[
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"supernatural",
"impalpable",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gaseous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"visible",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"massive",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
]
},
"of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion":{
"examples":[
"spiritual songs that have been sung by generations of worshippers"
],
"synonyms":[
"devotional",
"religious",
"sacred"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"solemn",
"liturgical",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"semireligious",
"semisacred"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular"
]
},
"a religious song":{
"examples":[
"sang a spiritual at the funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"psalm"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"Gloria Patri",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"processional",
"recessional"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"spiteful":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"examples":[
"the gossip would utter the most vicious things with a spiteful smile"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"vicious",
"virulent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"devious",
"scoundrelly",
"scurvy",
"snakelike",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"envious",
"jaundiced",
"jealous",
"rancorous",
"resentful",
"vindictive",
"vitriolic",
"contemptuous",
"deprecating",
"derogatory",
"disdainful",
"disparaging",
"mean-spirited",
"obnoxious",
"opprobrious",
"scornful",
"snide",
"snotty",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"unloving",
"baleful",
"baneful",
"evil",
"harsh",
"hostile",
"inimical",
"acrid",
"caustic",
"poisonous",
"scathing",
"venomous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"compassionate",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"kind",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"sympathetic",
"warm",
"warmhearted",
"affable",
"agreeable",
"amiable",
"cordial",
"friendly",
"genial",
"gracious",
"nice",
"pleasant",
"affectionate",
"amorous",
"sweet",
"tender",
"tenderhearted",
"humane",
"altruistic",
"high-minded",
"humanitarian",
"magnanimous",
"noble",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spits":{
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"examples":[
"at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"capes",
"forelands",
"headlands",
"nesses",
"peninsulas",
"points",
"promontories"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the spit and image of his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spitting images",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"examples":[
"so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth"
],
"synonyms":[
"drools",
"salivas",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"spittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foams",
"froths",
"expectorations",
"salivations",
"sputa",
"sputums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiritedness":{
"as in enthusiasm , eagerness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"eagerness",
"ebullience",
"ebulliency",
"enthusiasm",
"keenness",
"buoyancy",
"jauntiness",
"springiness",
"brightness",
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"chirpiness",
"effervescence",
"friskiness",
"pizzazz",
"pizazz",
"sparkle",
"spirit",
"verve",
"vivaciousness",
"vivacity",
"impishness",
"pertness",
"playfulness",
"ambition",
"beans",
"bounce",
"brio",
"dash",
"drive",
"dynamism",
"energy",
"esprit",
"gas",
"get-up-and-go",
"ginger",
"go",
"gusto",
"hardihood",
"juice",
"life",
"moxie",
"oomph",
"pep",
"punch",
"sap",
"snap",
"starch",
"vigor",
"vim",
"vinegar",
"vitality",
"zest",
"zing",
"zip",
"animation",
"briskness",
"exuberance",
"jazziness",
"liveliness",
"lustiness",
"peppiness",
"robustness",
"sprightliness",
"vibrance",
"vibrancy",
"vigorousness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolence",
"laziness",
"anemia",
"bloodlessness",
"languidness",
"languor",
"lethargy",
"limpness",
"listlessness",
"sleepiness",
"sluggishness",
"spiritlessness",
"torpidity",
"torpor",
"weariness",
"apathy",
"impassivity",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"pallidness",
"tediousness",
"tedium",
"vapidity",
"vapidness",
"inactivity",
"lifelessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiked":{
"as in barbed , spiky":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barbed",
"jagged",
"pronged",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"needlelike",
"spiny",
"bladelike",
"knifelike",
"peaked",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"sharp",
"spired",
"tipped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blunt",
"dull",
"rounded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amped (up)",
"animated",
"braced",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"filliped",
"fired",
"gingered (up)",
"invigorated",
"jazzed (up)",
"juiced up",
"jump-started",
"livened (up)",
"pepped (up)",
"quickened",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"vivified",
"zipped (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"awakened",
"awoke",
"awaked",
"raised",
"roused",
"stirred",
"woke (up)",
"waked (up)",
"activated",
"actuated",
"drove",
"impelled",
"motivated",
"motived",
"moved",
"propelled",
"charged",
"electrified",
"galvanized",
"enkindled",
"excited",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"incited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"instigated",
"kindled",
"provoked",
"set off",
"sparked",
"triggered",
"turned on",
"whipped (up)",
"abetted",
"boosted",
"buoyed",
"cheered",
"emboldened",
"fortified",
"heartened",
"infused",
"inspired",
"lifted",
"rallied",
"steeled",
"strengthened",
"reactivated",
"reanimated",
"reawakened",
"reawoke",
"reawaked",
"recharged",
"recreated",
"reenergized",
"re-energized",
"refreshed",
"refreshened",
"regenerated",
"reinvigorated",
"rejuvenated",
"rekindled",
"renewed",
"restimulated",
"resurrected",
"resuscitated",
"revitalized",
"revived"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burned out",
"burnt out",
"debilitated",
"did in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"enfeebled",
"exhausted",
"fagged",
"fatigued",
"harassed",
"kayoed",
"knocked out",
"sapped",
"tuckered (out)",
"undermined",
"washed out",
"weakened",
"wearied",
"wore",
"wore out",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"jaded",
"quelled",
"quenched",
"repressed",
"restrained",
"slowed",
"stilled",
"stunted",
"suppressed",
"daunted",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited"
],
"antonyms":[
"damped",
"dampened",
"deadened",
"dulled",
"killed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spiffily":{
"as in neatly , smartly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"gallantly",
"jazzily",
"nattily",
"neatly",
"pertly",
"smartly",
"snappily",
"gorgeously",
"richly",
"spectacularly",
"splendidly",
"strikingly",
"conspicuously",
"luridly",
"shockingly",
"fancily",
"ornately",
"swankily",
"flamboyantly",
"flashily",
"garishly",
"gaudily",
"loud",
"loudly",
"ostentatiously",
"bravely",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"colorfully",
"gaily",
"gayly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boringly",
"drably",
"dully",
"colorlessly",
"inconspicuously",
"unobtrusively",
"unpretentiously",
"chastely",
"demurely",
"modestly",
"conservatively",
"plainly",
"quietly",
"simply",
"bleakly",
"severely",
"somberly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spiriting (away or off)":{
"as in kidnapping , abducting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"enmeshing",
"immeshing",
"ensnaring",
"entangling",
"entrapping",
"meshing",
"rending",
"wresting",
"clasping",
"clutching",
"fastening (on)",
"fisting",
"grasping",
"gripping",
"holding",
"latching (on or onto)",
"securing",
"baying",
"cornering",
"apprehending",
"arresting",
"detaining",
"gloving",
"haltering",
"lassoing",
"roping",
"bagging",
"capturing",
"catching",
"collaring",
"copping",
"corralling",
"getting",
"glomming",
"grabbing",
"grappling",
"hooking",
"landing",
"nabbing",
"nailing",
"netting",
"nobbling",
"rapping",
"seizing",
"snagging",
"snapping (up)",
"snaring",
"snatching",
"trapping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"discharging",
"freeing",
"liberating",
"releasing",
"dropping",
"loosening",
"unhanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"spills":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"tells",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confides",
"shares",
"debunks",
"shows up",
"unclothes",
"undrapes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"brings out",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"gives away",
"leaks",
"informs",
"squeals",
"talks",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"relates",
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"owns",
"disinters",
"rakes up",
"smokes out",
"unearths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"shrouds",
"veils"
]
},
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"she tripped over the toy and had a nasty spill on the stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"falls",
"slips",
"stumbles",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"headers",
"pratfalls",
"missteps",
"trips",
"descents",
"dives",
"plunges",
"skids",
"slides",
"free-falls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiritistic":{
"as in mystical , psychic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritualistic",
"metaphysical",
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"supersensory",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spillway":{
"as in floodway , sluice":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"floodway",
"sluice",
"sluiceway",
"millrace",
"millstream",
"swash",
"tideway",
"torrent",
"aqueduct",
"canal",
"channel",
"conduit",
"course",
"flume",
"racecourse",
"raceway",
"watercourse",
"waterway",
"gutter",
"trough",
"river",
"rivulet",
"stream"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spirit (away or off)":{
"as in kidnap , abduct":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abduct",
"kidnap",
"enmesh",
"immesh",
"ensnare",
"entangle",
"entrap",
"mesh",
"rend",
"wrest",
"clasp",
"clutch",
"fasten (on)",
"fist",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"latch (on or onto)",
"secure",
"bay",
"corner",
"apprehend",
"arrest",
"detain",
"glove",
"halter",
"lasso",
"rope",
"bag",
"capture",
"catch",
"collar",
"cop",
"corral",
"get",
"glom",
"grab",
"grapple",
"hook",
"land",
"nab",
"nail",
"net",
"nobble",
"rap",
"seize",
"snag",
"snap (up)",
"snare",
"snatch",
"trap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"discharge",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"drop",
"loosen",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"spiled":{
"as in corked , stoppered":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunged",
"corked",
"stoppered",
"stoppled",
"blocked",
"choked",
"clogged",
"clotted",
"congested",
"dammed",
"gummed (up)",
"jammed",
"obstructed",
"occluded",
"plugged (up)",
"stopped (up)",
"stuffed",
"filled",
"gridlocked",
"packed",
"furred",
"silted",
"flooded",
"glutted",
"inundated",
"overwhelmed",
"swamped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cleared",
"freed",
"opened (up)",
"unblocked",
"unclogged",
"unplugged",
"unstopped",
"excavated",
"hollowed (out)",
"scooped (out)",
"emptied",
"lightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spike":{
"as in dart":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dart",
"javelin",
"lance",
"pike",
"pikestaff",
"shaft",
"spear",
"gaff",
"halberd",
"halbert",
"harpoon",
"leister",
"trident"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in jump , run-up":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"jump",
"run-up",
"accession",
"appendix",
"continuation",
"extension",
"uptrend",
"upturn",
"complement",
"accumulation",
"assemblage",
"collection",
"gathering",
"accretion",
"accrual",
"addendum",
"addition",
"augmentation",
"boost",
"expansion",
"gain",
"increase",
"increment",
"more",
"plus",
"proliferation",
"raise",
"rise",
"step-up",
"supplement",
"uptick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abatement",
"decline",
"decrease",
"decrement",
"depletion",
"diminishment",
"diminution",
"drop-off",
"fall",
"falloff",
"lessening",
"loss",
"lowering",
"reduction",
"shrinkage",
"step-down",
"deduction",
"subtraction"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindle",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"bayonet",
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amp (up)",
"animate",
"brace",
"energize",
"enliven",
"fillip",
"fire",
"ginger (up)",
"invigorate",
"jazz (up)",
"juice up",
"jump-start",
"liven (up)",
"pep (up)",
"quicken",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"vivify",
"zip (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arouse",
"awake",
"awaken",
"raise",
"rouse",
"stir",
"wake (up)",
"activate",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"motivate",
"motive",
"move",
"propel",
"charge",
"electrify",
"galvanize",
"enkindle",
"excite",
"ferment",
"foment",
"incite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"instigate",
"kindle",
"provoke",
"set off",
"spark",
"trigger",
"turn on",
"whip (up)",
"abet",
"boost",
"buoy",
"cheer",
"embolden",
"fortify",
"hearten",
"infuse",
"inspire",
"lift",
"rally",
"steel",
"strengthen",
"reactivate",
"reanimate",
"reawake",
"reawaken",
"recharge",
"recreate",
"reenergize",
"refresh",
"refreshen",
"regenerate",
"reinvigorate",
"rejuvenate",
"rekindle",
"renew",
"restimulate",
"resurrect",
"resuscitate",
"revitalize",
"revive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn out",
"debilitate",
"do in",
"drain",
"enervate",
"enfeeble",
"exhaust",
"fag",
"fatigue",
"harass",
"kayo",
"knock out",
"sap",
"tucker (out)",
"undermine",
"wash out",
"weaken",
"wear",
"wear out",
"weary",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"jade",
"quell",
"quench",
"repress",
"restrain",
"slow",
"still",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dispirit"
],
"antonyms":[
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"dull",
"kill"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spilled the beans":{
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
],
"synonyms":[
"blabbed",
"dished",
"gossiped",
"talked",
"tattled",
"wagged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandied (about)",
"circulated",
"noised (about or abroad)",
"rumored",
"blabbered",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"revealed",
"told",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"let on",
"suggested",
"informed",
"reported",
"snitched",
"squealed",
"tipped (off)",
"babbled",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"confided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clammed up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"spiriting":{
"as in snatching , absconding (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absconding (with)",
"snatching",
"capturing",
"crimping",
"impressing",
"seizing",
"shanghaiing",
"waylaying",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"catching",
"copping",
"stealing",
"taking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivering",
"ransoming",
"redeeming",
"rescuing",
"restoring",
"returning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spilling the beans (about)":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confiding",
"sharing",
"debunking",
"showing up",
"unclothing",
"undraping",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"bringing out",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"betraying",
"blabbing",
"giving away",
"leaking",
"informing",
"squealing",
"talking",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"relating",
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"owning",
"disinterring",
"raking up",
"smoking out",
"unearthing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering (up)",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"spigots":{
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
"examples":[
"the plumber has installed a new spigot over the kitchen sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"cocks",
"faucets",
"gates",
"stopcocks",
"taps",
"valves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hydrants",
"spouts",
"petcocks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiralled":{
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiled",
"corkscrewed",
"curled",
"entwined",
"twined",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"swept",
"swerved",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"swirled",
"whirled",
"circled",
"encircled",
"looped",
"enlaced",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"laced",
"bowed",
"bulged",
"meandered",
"weaved",
"zigzagged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spirited":{
"marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{
"examples":[
"the town meeting featured a spirited debate about the proposed ban on skateboarding in the plaza downtown"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiery",
"gingery",
"high-spirited",
"mettlesome",
"peppery",
"spunky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aggressive",
"ambitious",
"assertive",
"high-pressure",
"in-your-face",
"militant",
"pushy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"bouncy",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"feisty",
"frisky",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"racy",
"scrappy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy",
"ardent",
"fervent",
"impassioned",
"passionate",
"emphatic",
"obtrusive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloodless",
"boring",
"dull",
"lifeless",
"dead",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languorous",
"limp",
"listless",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"low-pressure",
"nonassertive",
"unaggressive",
"unambitious",
"unassertive",
"unenterprising"
],
"antonyms":[
"halfhearted",
"leaden",
"spiritless"
]
},
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"examples":[
"a team known for its spirited and in-your-face basketball"
],
"synonyms":[
"active",
"airy",
"animate",
"animated",
"bouncing",
"brisk",
"energetic",
"frisky",
"gay",
"jaunty",
"jazzy",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"mettlesome",
"peppy",
"perky",
"pert",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"racy",
"snappy",
"spanking",
"sparky",
"sprightly",
"springy",
"vital",
"vivacious",
"zippy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"dashing",
"spiffy",
"agog",
"alert",
"awake",
"open-eyed",
"up",
"wide-awake",
"agile",
"nimble",
"spry",
"bright",
"buoyant",
"cheerful",
"chipper",
"chirpy",
"chirrupy",
"effervescent",
"sparkly",
"upbeat",
"eager",
"enthusiastic",
"keen",
"frolicsome",
"impish",
"pixieish",
"playful",
"boisterous",
"bubbly",
"ebullient",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"high-strung",
"nervous",
"skittish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
]
},
"as in snatched , absconded (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absconded (with)",
"snatched",
"captured",
"crimped",
"impressed",
"seized",
"shanghaied",
"waylaid",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"caught",
"copped",
"stole",
"took"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivered",
"ransomed",
"redeemed",
"rescued",
"restored",
"returned"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spiting":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"bugging",
"burning (up)",
"chafing",
"eating",
"exasperating",
"frosting",
"galling",
"getting",
"grating",
"griping",
"hacking (off)",
"irking",
"irritating",
"itching",
"narking",
"nettling",
"peeving",
"persecuting",
"piquing",
"putting out",
"rasping",
"riling",
"ruffling",
"vexing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassling",
"heckling",
"nagging",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"provoking",
"rousing",
"badgering",
"baiting",
"bullyragging",
"ballyragging",
"deviling",
"devilling",
"hagriding",
"harassing",
"harrying",
"pestering",
"plaguing",
"teasing",
"angering",
"antagonizing",
"enraging",
"incensing",
"infuriating",
"maddening",
"rankling",
"roiling",
"agitating",
"discomforting",
"discomposing",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"exercising",
"freaking (out)",
"fretting",
"perturbing",
"undoing",
"unhinging",
"unsettling",
"upsetting",
"worrying",
"affronting",
"insulting",
"miffing",
"offending",
"outraging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeasing",
"conciliating",
"mollifying",
"obliging",
"pacifying",
"placating",
"propitiating",
"delighting",
"gladdening",
"gratifying",
"pleasing",
"satisfying",
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"contenting",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"solacing",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiky":{
"as in sour , brisk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tartish",
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiced":{
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"spice the stew with more pepper"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavored",
"laced",
"savored",
"savoured",
"seasoned"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enhanced",
"enriched",
"sauced",
"peppered",
"salted",
"aromatized",
"perfumed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spinelessly":{
"as in cravenly , fearfully":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cowardly",
"cravenly",
"fearfully",
"pusillanimously",
"spiritlessly",
"timorously",
"diffidently",
"mousily",
"shyly",
"skittishly",
"timidly",
"anxiously",
"apprehensively",
"nervously",
"carefully",
"cautiously",
"heedfully",
"prudently"
],
"near antonyms":[
"boldly",
"bravely",
"courageously",
"dauntlessly",
"doughtily",
"fearlessly",
"gallantly",
"gutsily",
"heroically",
"intrepidly",
"manfully",
"stalwartly",
"stoutheartedly",
"valiantly",
"valorously",
"determinedly",
"firmly",
"gamely",
"grittily",
"pluckily",
"resolutely",
"spiritedly",
"spunkily",
"stoutly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spiritualize":{
"as in baptize , canonize":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baptize",
"canonize",
"bless",
"consecrate",
"hallow",
"sacralize",
"sanctify",
"chasten",
"cleanse",
"lustrate",
"purify",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"expurgate",
"commit",
"dedicate",
"devote",
"reconsecrate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrate",
"desacralize",
"desanctify",
"defile",
"desecrate",
"profane",
"dirty",
"foul",
"pollute",
"soil",
"taint",
"violate",
"blaspheme",
"curse",
"cuss",
"damn",
"execrate",
"cast out",
"condemn",
"damn",
"punish"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spitting up":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfing",
"gagging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"puking",
"retching",
"spewing",
"throwing up",
"upchucking",
"vomiting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorging",
"regurgitating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"nauseating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spilled":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"told",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confided",
"shared",
"debunked",
"showed up",
"unclothed",
"undraped",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"brought out",
"declared",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"gave away",
"leaked",
"informed",
"squealed",
"talked",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"related",
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"owned",
"disinterred",
"raked up",
"smoked out",
"unearthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiritualisms":{
"as in occultisms , hoodoos":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hexereis",
"hoodoos",
"occultisms",
"alchemies",
"bewitcheries",
"bewitchments",
"devilries",
"deviltries",
"diableries",
"enchantments",
"ensorcellments",
"magics",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"necromancies",
"sorceries",
"thaumaturgies",
"voodooisms",
"witchcrafts",
"witcheries",
"wizardries",
"conjurations",
"glamours",
"glamors",
"incantations",
"spells",
"curses",
"hexes",
"jinxes",
"auguries",
"crystal gazings",
"divinations",
"fortune-tellings",
"soothsayings",
"sortileges",
"augurs",
"omens",
"exorcisms",
"abracadabras",
"amulets",
"charms",
"fetishes",
"fetiches",
"mascots",
"periapts",
"phylacteries",
"talismans"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sciences"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritualism":{
"as in occultism , hoodoo":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"alchemy",
"bewitchery",
"bewitchment",
"conjuring",
"devilry",
"deviltry",
"diablerie",
"enchantment",
"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
"necromancy",
"sorcery",
"thaumaturgy",
"voodooism",
"witchcraft",
"witchery",
"wizardry",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"augur",
"omen",
"exorcism",
"abracadabra",
"amulet",
"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman"
],
"near antonyms":[
"science"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spired":{
"tapering to a thin tip":{
"examples":[
"the spired mountain peaks known as the Teton Range"
],
"synonyms":[
"peaked",
"pointed",
"pointy",
"sharp",
"tipped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"needlelike",
"spiny",
"barbed",
"jagged",
"pronged",
"spiked",
"spikelike",
"spiky",
"spikey",
"bladelike",
"knifelike"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dull",
"rounded"
],
"antonyms":[
"blunt"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spill the beans (about)":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"spill",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confide",
"share",
"debunk",
"show up",
"unclothe",
"undrape",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"bring out",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"betray",
"blab",
"give away",
"leak",
"inform",
"squeal",
"talk",
"communicate",
"impart",
"relate",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"avow",
"concede",
"confess",
"own",
"disinter",
"rake up",
"smoke out",
"unearth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"spinning":{
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrating",
"pinwheeling",
"pirouetting",
"revolving",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"turning",
"twirling",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coiling",
"curling",
"curving",
"rounding",
"spiraling",
"spiralling",
"swirling",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding",
"circling",
"circulating",
"encircling",
"orbiting",
"ringing",
"pivoting",
"swiveling",
"swivelling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"my head spun as I contemplated all the possible problems this restructuring could cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"reeling",
"swimming",
"turning",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"collecting",
"settling",
"steadying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"spun the child around until he was hopelessly dizzy"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivoting",
"revolving",
"rolling",
"rotating",
"swinging",
"swirling",
"swiveling",
"swivelling",
"turning",
"twirling",
"twisting",
"wheeling",
"whirling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screwing",
"unscrewing",
"twiddling",
"coiling",
"cranking",
"reeling",
"winding",
"circulating"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spited":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"ate",
"bothered",
"bugged",
"burned (up)",
"burnt (up)",
"chafed",
"exasperated",
"frosted",
"galled",
"got",
"grated",
"griped",
"hacked (off)",
"irked",
"irritated",
"itched",
"narked",
"nettled",
"peeved",
"persecuted",
"piqued",
"put out",
"rasped",
"riled",
"ruffled",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassled",
"heckled",
"nagged",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"provoked",
"roused",
"badgered",
"baited",
"bullyragged",
"ballyragged",
"deviled",
"devilled",
"hagrode",
"harassed",
"harried",
"pestered",
"plagued",
"teased",
"angered",
"antagonized",
"enraged",
"incensed",
"infuriated",
"maddened",
"rankled",
"roiled",
"agitated",
"discomforted",
"discomposed",
"disquieted",
"distressed",
"exercised",
"freaked (out)",
"fretted",
"perturbed",
"undid",
"unhinged",
"unsettled",
"upset",
"worried",
"affronted",
"insulted",
"miffed",
"offended",
"outraged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeased",
"conciliated",
"mollified",
"obliged",
"pacified",
"placated",
"propitiated",
"delighted",
"gladdened",
"gratified",
"pleased",
"satisfied",
"assured",
"cheered",
"comforted",
"consoled",
"contented",
"quieted",
"reassured",
"solaced",
"soothed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiral":{
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"coil",
"corkscrew",
"curl",
"entwine",
"twine",
"twist",
"wind"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arc",
"arch",
"bend",
"crook",
"curve",
"hook",
"sweep",
"swerve",
"turn",
"veer",
"wheel",
"swirl",
"whirl",
"circle",
"encircle",
"loop",
"enlace",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"lace",
"bow",
"bulge",
"meander",
"weave",
"zigzag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
"examples":[
"a spiral staircase takes visitors up into the Statue of Liberty"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"helical",
"involute",
"screwlike",
"winding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circular",
"curling",
"curving",
"swirly",
"twisting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lineal",
"linear",
"right",
"straight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in twist , curve":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"twist",
"whorl",
"circuit",
"circulation",
"ring",
"round",
"circle",
"orbit",
"gyration",
"pirouette",
"reel",
"revolution",
"roll",
"rotation",
"spin",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl",
"eddy",
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spin-off":{
"something that naturally develops or is developed from something else":{
"examples":[
"a spin-off of the popular television series"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-product",
"derivate",
"derivation",
"derivative",
"offshoot",
"outgrowth"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descendant",
"descendent",
"aftermath",
"consequence",
"corollary",
"development",
"fruit",
"growth",
"issue",
"outcome",
"product",
"result",
"sequel",
"sequence",
"upshot",
"denouement",
"d\u00e9nouement",
"repercussion",
"aftereffect",
"side effect",
"side reaction",
"copy",
"duplicate",
"facsimile",
"replica",
"reproduction"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetype",
"original",
"prototype",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"determinant",
"occasion",
"reason"
],
"antonyms":[
"origin",
"root",
"source"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiels":{
"a fast utterance that someone has often said before and that is usually intended to persuade people to buy something, agree to something, etc.":{
"examples":[
"I listened to the salesman's spiel but still refused to buy anything.",
"He gave me a long spiel about the benefits of joining the club."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pitches",
"presentations",
"addresses",
"declamations",
"harangues",
"orations",
"perorations",
"speeches",
"talks",
"diatribes",
"rants",
"tirades",
"eulogies",
"panegyrics",
"tributes",
"keynote addresses",
"keynote speeches",
"lectures",
"salutatories",
"homilies",
"sermons",
"monologues",
"monologs",
"soliloquies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spill the beans":{
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
],
"synonyms":[
"blab",
"dish",
"gossip",
"talk",
"tattle",
"wag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandy (about)",
"circulate",
"noise (about or abroad)",
"rumor",
"blabber",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"reveal",
"tell",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"let on",
"suggest",
"inform",
"report",
"snitch",
"squeal",
"tip (off)",
"babble",
"spill",
"confide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clam up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"spires":{
"as in spirals , whorls":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annulets",
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"furls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"twirls",
"whorls",
"wreaths",
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"bands",
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spilled the beans (about)":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"told",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confided",
"shared",
"debunked",
"showed up",
"unclothed",
"undraped",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"brought out",
"declared",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"gave away",
"leaked",
"informed",
"squealed",
"talked",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"related",
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"owned",
"disinterred",
"raked up",
"smoked out",
"unearthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"spiritualist":{
"a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{
"examples":[
"the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit\u2014or \"control\"\u2014conveys its messages to the living"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"channeler",
"medium",
"psychic",
"spiritist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clairvoyant",
"mentalist",
"mind reader",
"telepath",
"sensitive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spirited (away or off)":{
"as in kidnapped , abducted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"enmeshed",
"immeshed",
"ensnared",
"entangled",
"entrapped",
"meshed",
"rent",
"rended",
"wrested",
"clasped",
"clutched",
"fastened (on)",
"fisted",
"grasped",
"gripped",
"held",
"latched (on or onto)",
"secured",
"bayed",
"cornered",
"apprehended",
"arrested",
"detained",
"gloved",
"haltered",
"lassoed",
"roped",
"bagged",
"captured",
"caught",
"collared",
"copped",
"corralled",
"glommed",
"got",
"grabbed",
"grappled",
"hooked",
"landed",
"nabbed",
"nailed",
"netted",
"nobbled",
"rapped",
"seized",
"snagged",
"snapped (up)",
"snared",
"snatched",
"trapped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"discharged",
"freed",
"liberated",
"released",
"dropped",
"loosened",
"unhanded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"spilling":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"divulging",
"exposing",
"letting on (about)",
"revealing",
"telling",
"unbosoming",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"unveiling"
],
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"confiding",
"sharing",
"debunking",
"showing up",
"unclothing",
"undraping",
"advertising",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"bringing out",
"broadcasting",
"declaring",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"promulgating",
"publicizing",
"publishing",
"sounding",
"betraying",
"blabbing",
"giving away",
"leaking",
"informing",
"squealing",
"talking",
"communicating",
"imparting",
"relating",
"acknowledging",
"admitting",
"avowing",
"conceding",
"confessing",
"owning",
"disinterring",
"raking up",
"smoking out",
"unearthing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"gilding",
"glossing (over)",
"varnishing",
"whitewashing",
"beclouding",
"bedimming",
"befogging",
"clouding",
"darkening",
"eclipsing",
"obscuring",
"overcasting",
"overshadowing",
"shading"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"covering (up)",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"masking",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiraling":{
"as in spiral , swirling":{
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"synonyms":[],
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"circling",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"looping",
"spiral",
"swirling",
"zigzag",
"zigzagging",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"bending",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"tortuous",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"winding",
"windy",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straight",
"straightaway",
"direct",
"linear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrewing",
"curling",
"entwining",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding"
],
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"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"swirling",
"whirling",
"circling",
"encircling",
"looping",
"enlacing",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"lacing",
"bowing",
"bulging",
"meandering",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spirals":{
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
],
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"coils",
"corkscrews",
"curls",
"entwines",
"twines",
"twists",
"winds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arches",
"arcs",
"bends",
"crooks",
"curves",
"hooks",
"sweeps",
"swerves",
"turns",
"veers",
"wheels",
"swirls",
"whirls",
"circles",
"encircles",
"loops",
"enlaces",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"laces",
"bows",
"bulges",
"meanders",
"weaves",
"zigzags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in twists , curves":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"circles",
"orbits",
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"reels",
"revolutions",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"spins",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spindrifts":{
"as in sprays , mists":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mists",
"sprays",
"mousses",
"scums",
"foams",
"froths",
"heads",
"lathers",
"spumes",
"suds",
"surfs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spitting":{
"as in misty , drizzling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"drippy",
"drizzling",
"drizzly",
"misty",
"mizzly",
"sprinkling",
"pouring",
"precipitating",
"rainy",
"stormy",
"wet"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
],
"synonyms":[
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spiking",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spicing":{
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"spice the stew with more pepper"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavoring",
"lacing",
"savoring",
"savouring",
"seasoning"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enhancing",
"enriching",
"saucing",
"peppering",
"salting",
"aromatizing",
"perfuming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiritualists":{
"a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{
"examples":[
"the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit\u2014or \"control\"\u2014conveys its messages to the living"
],
"synonyms":[
"channelers",
"channels",
"mediums",
"media",
"psychics",
"spiritists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clairvoyants",
"mentalists",
"mind readers",
"telepaths",
"sensitives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spineless":{
"lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"a spineless man who let his wife make all the decisions"
],
"synonyms":[
"characterless",
"effete",
"frail",
"invertebrate",
"limp-wristed",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"nerveless",
"soft",
"weak",
"weak-kneed",
"weakened",
"weakling",
"wet",
"wimpish",
"wimpy",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flabby",
"flaccid",
"forceless",
"ineffective",
"ineffectual",
"impotent",
"impuissant",
"powerless",
"emasculated",
"unnerved",
"lamblike",
"meek",
"pliable",
"submissive",
"corrupt",
"dastardly",
"unprincipled",
"unscrupulous",
"villainous",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"fainthearted",
"lily-livered",
"nebbishy",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"sissy",
"timid",
"infirm",
"irresolute",
"vacillating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ethical",
"good",
"moral",
"principled",
"right",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"determined",
"mettlesome",
"resolute",
"unrelenting",
"courageous",
"stalwart",
"stouthearted"
],
"antonyms":[
"backboned",
"firm",
"hard",
"strong",
"tough"
]
},
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
"examples":[
"spineless seamen who trembled at the first roar of the cannon"
],
"synonyms":[
"chicken",
"chicken-livered",
"chickenhearted",
"cowardly",
"craven",
"dastardly",
"gutless",
"lily-livered",
"milk-livered",
"poltroon",
"pusillanimous",
"recreant",
"unheroic",
"yellow"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffident",
"fainthearted",
"fearful",
"timid",
"timorous",
"afraid",
"frightened",
"scared",
"careful",
"cautious",
"wary",
"bashful",
"coy",
"shy",
"feeble",
"soft",
"unmanly",
"weak"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacious",
"bold",
"brazen",
"cheeky",
"nervy",
"plucky",
"spirited",
"spunky",
"determined",
"resolute"
],
"antonyms":[
"brave",
"courageous",
"daring",
"dauntless",
"doughty",
"fearless",
"gallant",
"greathearted",
"gutsy",
"hardy",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"intrepid",
"lionhearted",
"stalwart",
"stout",
"stouthearted",
"valiant",
"valorous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spirituals":{
"a religious song":{
"examples":[
"sang a spiritual at the funeral"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthems",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"psalms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"Gloria Patris",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"masses",
"oratorios",
"processionals",
"recessionals"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spindles":{
"as in cuts , quills":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices",
"perforates",
"riddles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spinelessness":{
"the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character":{
"examples":[
"the spinelessness that the grown woman has shown in dealing with her overbearing mother"
],
"synonyms":[
"frailness",
"frailty",
"softness",
"weakness",
"wimpiness",
"wimpishness",
"wishy-washiness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"failing",
"flaw",
"foible",
"peccadillo",
"evil",
"immorality",
"wickedness",
"corruption",
"corruptness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discipline",
"self-discipline",
"goodness",
"integrity",
"morality",
"rectitude",
"righteousness",
"rightness",
"uprightness",
"virtuousness"
],
"antonyms":[
"backbone",
"chutzpah",
"chutzpa",
"hutzpah",
"hutzpa",
"firmness",
"fortitude",
"hardihood",
"mettle",
"moxie",
"nerve",
"resoluteness",
"strength",
"toughness"
]
},
"a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
"examples":[
"charged the midshipman with sickening spinelessness under fire"
],
"synonyms":[
"cowardice",
"cowardliness",
"cravenness",
"dastardliness",
"gutlessness",
"poltroonery",
"pusillanimity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diffidence",
"faintheartedness",
"fearfulness",
"timidity",
"timorousness",
"carefulness",
"cautiousness",
"wariness",
"bashfulness",
"shyness",
"feebleness",
"softness",
"weakness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"audacity",
"boldness",
"brazenness",
"backbone",
"fiber",
"fortitude",
"grit",
"gumption",
"mettle",
"pluck",
"spunk",
"determination",
"perseverance",
"resolution",
"endurance",
"stamina",
"tenacity"
],
"antonyms":[
"bravery",
"courage",
"courageousness",
"daring",
"dauntlessness",
"doughtiness",
"fearlessness",
"gallantry",
"greatheartedness",
"guts",
"hardihood",
"heart",
"heroism",
"intrepidity",
"intrepidness",
"nerve",
"stoutness",
"valiance",
"valor",
"virtue"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritualizes":{
"as in baptizes , canonizes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizes",
"canonizes",
"blesses",
"consecrates",
"hallows",
"sacralizes",
"sanctifies",
"chastens",
"cleanses",
"lustrates",
"purifies",
"exorcises",
"exorcizes",
"expurgates",
"commits",
"dedicates",
"devotes",
"reconsecrates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrates",
"desacralizes",
"desanctifies",
"defiles",
"desecrates",
"profanes",
"dirties",
"fouls",
"pollutes",
"soils",
"taints",
"violates",
"blasphemes",
"curses",
"cusses",
"damns",
"execrates",
"casts out",
"condemns",
"damns",
"punishes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spillways":{
"as in floodways , sluices":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"floodways",
"sluices",
"sluiceways",
"millraces",
"millstreams",
"swashes",
"tideways",
"torrents",
"aqueducts",
"canals",
"channels",
"conduits",
"courses",
"flumes",
"racecourses",
"raceways",
"watercourses",
"waterways",
"gutters",
"troughs",
"rivers",
"rivulets",
"streams"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spins":{
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrates",
"pinwheels",
"pirouettes",
"revolves",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"turns",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"rounds",
"spirals",
"swirls",
"twines",
"twists",
"winds",
"circles",
"circulates",
"encircles",
"orbits",
"rings",
"pivots",
"swivels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"my head spun as I contemplated all the possible problems this restructuring could cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"reels",
"swims",
"turns",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirls"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"collects",
"settles",
"steadies"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"spun the child around until he was hopelessly dizzy"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivots",
"revolves",
"rolls",
"rotates",
"swings",
"swirls",
"swivels",
"turns",
"twirls",
"twists",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screws",
"unscrews",
"twiddles",
"coils",
"cranks",
"reels",
"winds",
"circulates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"the ice skater moved into a tight spin at the end of her routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrations",
"pirouettes",
"reels",
"revolutions",
"rolls",
"rotations",
"twirls",
"wheels",
"whirls"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuits",
"circulations",
"rings",
"rounds",
"coils",
"curls",
"curves",
"spirals",
"twists",
"whorls",
"circles",
"orbits",
"eddies",
"swirls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"a family out for a spin on a beautiful Sunday afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"excursions",
"jaunts",
"junkets",
"outings",
"rambles",
"sallies",
"sashays",
"sorties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"journeys",
"travels",
"voyages",
"circuits",
"tours",
"expeditions",
"odysseys",
"safaris",
"detours",
"hikes",
"peregrinations",
"treks",
"walks",
"pilgrimages"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spic-and-span":{
"free from dirt or stain":{
"examples":[
"let's make the house spick-and-span for our visitors"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"chaste",
"clean",
"fair",
"immaculate",
"pristine",
"spotless",
"squeaky-clean",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unstained",
"unsullied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pure",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome",
"cleanly",
"germfree",
"hygienic",
"sanitary",
"sterile",
"abluted",
"bleached",
"cleansed",
"purified",
"scrubbed",
"washed",
"whitened",
"milky",
"snowy",
"white",
"flawless",
"unblemished",
"bright",
"shiny",
"sparkling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dingy",
"greasy",
"grimy",
"mucky",
"muddy",
"unwashed",
"defiled",
"germy",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"unsterile",
"unsterilized",
"blackened",
"discolored"
],
"antonyms":[
"besmirched",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grubby",
"smirched",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleaned"
]
},
"recently made and never used before":{
"examples":[
"a spick-and-span waffle iron that our host was obviously using for the first time"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"unused"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clean",
"fresh",
"mint",
"pristine",
"unspoiled",
"untouched",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"natural",
"raw",
"unprocessed",
"untreated",
"unworked",
"virgin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dirty",
"soiled",
"spoiled",
"stale",
"aged",
"beat-up",
"old",
"shabby",
"shopworn",
"well-handled",
"worn"
],
"antonyms":[
"hand-me-down",
"secondhand",
"used"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spills the beans (about)":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[
"bares",
"discloses",
"discovers",
"divulges",
"exposes",
"lets on (about)",
"reveals",
"spills",
"tells",
"unbosoms",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confides",
"shares",
"debunks",
"shows up",
"unclothes",
"undrapes",
"advertises",
"announces",
"blazes",
"brings out",
"broadcasts",
"declares",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"promulgates",
"publicizes",
"publishes",
"sounds",
"betrays",
"blabs",
"gives away",
"leaks",
"informs",
"squeals",
"talks",
"communicates",
"imparts",
"relates",
"acknowledges",
"admits",
"avows",
"concedes",
"confesses",
"owns",
"disinters",
"rakes up",
"smokes out",
"unearths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"gilds",
"glosses (over)",
"varnishes",
"whitewashes",
"beclouds",
"bedims",
"befogs",
"clouds",
"darkens",
"eclipses",
"obscures",
"overcasts",
"overshadows",
"shades"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaks",
"conceals",
"covers (up)",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"masks",
"shrouds",
"veils"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"spices":{
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
"examples":[
"a cologne for men that captures all of the spice of the sea"
],
"synonyms":[
"aromas",
"attars",
"ottos",
"balms",
"bouquets",
"fragrances",
"fragrancies",
"incenses",
"perfumes",
"redolences",
"scents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"essences",
"odors"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"fetors",
"malodors",
"reeks",
"stenches",
"stinks"
]
},
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
"examples":[
"Europe in Columbus's time imported rare and valuable spices from the Indies"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavorings",
"flavors",
"seasonings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sauces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"examples":[
"spice the stew with more pepper"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavors",
"laces",
"savors",
"savours",
"seasons"
],
"near synonyms":[
"enhances",
"enriches",
"sauces",
"peppers",
"salts",
"aromatizes",
"perfumes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spirits (away or off)":{
"as in kidnaps , abducts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"enmeshes",
"immeshes",
"ensnares",
"entangles",
"entraps",
"meshes",
"rends",
"wrests",
"clasps",
"clutches",
"fastens (on)",
"fists",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"latches (on or onto)",
"secures",
"bays",
"corners",
"apprehends",
"arrests",
"detains",
"gloves",
"halters",
"lassos",
"ropes",
"bags",
"captures",
"catches",
"collars",
"cops",
"corrals",
"gets",
"gloms",
"grabs",
"grapples",
"hooks",
"lands",
"nabs",
"nails",
"nets",
"nobbles",
"raps",
"seizes",
"snags",
"snaps (up)",
"snares",
"snatches",
"traps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"discharges",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"drops",
"loosens",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"spit":{
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"examples":[
"at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"arm",
"cape",
"foreland",
"headland",
"ness",
"peninsula",
"point",
"promontory"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breakwater",
"jetty"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"the spit and image of his father"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spitting image",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"examples":[
"so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth"
],
"synonyms":[
"drool",
"saliva",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"spittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foam",
"froth",
"expectoration",
"salivation",
"sputum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
],
"synonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindle",
"perforate",
"riddle",
"bayonet",
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spine":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"examples":[
"he hurt his spine in the accident, but the doctor says he'll be walking again in no time"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"chine",
"spinal column",
"vertebral column"
],
"near synonyms":[
"back",
"spinal cord",
"vertebra"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spicy":{
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
"examples":[
"a spicy suggestion that earned him a slap in the face"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawdy",
"blue",
"gamy",
"gamey",
"lewd",
"off",
"off-color",
"off-colored",
"racy",
"ribald",
"risqu\u00e9",
"salty",
"suggestive"
],
"near synonyms":[
"leering",
"barnyard",
"coarse",
"coarse-grained",
"crude",
"earthy",
"foul",
"gross",
"vulgar",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"gutter",
"indecent",
"lascivious",
"locker-room",
"nasty",
"obscene",
"pornographic",
"porny",
"prurient",
"raunchy",
"smutty",
"stag",
"unprintable",
"unpublishable",
"warm",
"X-rated",
"immodest",
"indecorous",
"indelicate",
"naughty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clean",
"decent",
"G-rated",
"nonobscene",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"priggish",
"prim",
"prudish",
"puritanical",
"staid",
"straitlaced",
"straightlaced",
"Victorian",
"correct",
"decorous",
"genteel",
"nice",
"polite",
"proper",
"respectable",
"seemly"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spit up":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up"
],
"synonyms":[
"barf",
"gag",
"heave",
"hurl",
"puke",
"retch",
"spew",
"throw up",
"upchuck",
"vomit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorge",
"regurgitate",
"eject",
"expel",
"nauseate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spin-offs":{
"something that naturally develops or is developed from something else":{
"examples":[
"a spin-off of the popular television series"
],
"synonyms":[
"by-products",
"byproducts",
"derivates",
"derivations",
"derivatives",
"offshoots",
"outgrowths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descendants",
"descendents",
"aftermaths",
"consequences",
"corollaries",
"developments",
"fruits",
"growths",
"issues",
"outcomes",
"products",
"results",
"sequels",
"sequences",
"upshots",
"denouements",
"d\u00e9nouements",
"repercussions",
"aftereffects",
"side effects",
"side reactions",
"copies",
"duplicates",
"facsimiles",
"replicas",
"reproductions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"archetypes",
"originals",
"prototypes",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"determinants",
"occasions",
"reasons"
],
"antonyms":[
"origins",
"roots",
"sources"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritedly":{
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
"examples":[
"the two spaniels ran spiritedly into the surf"
],
"synonyms":[
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"sprightly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously"
],
"near synonyms":[
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily",
"breezily",
"cockily",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"agilely",
"nimbly",
"spryly",
"allegro"
],
"near antonyms":[
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"antonyms":[
"dully",
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spiritualistic":{
"as in mystical , psychic":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mystic",
"mystical",
"occult",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"spiritistic",
"metaphysical",
"otherworldly",
"paranormal",
"preternatural",
"supernatural",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unearthly",
"extrasensory",
"supersensible",
"supersensory",
"celestial",
"divine",
"ethereal",
"heavenly",
"numinous",
"spiritual",
"unworldly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"natural",
"earthly",
"mundane"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spines":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"examples":[
"he hurt his spine in the accident, but the doctor says he'll be walking again in no time"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbones",
"chines",
"spinal columns",
"vertebral columns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backs",
"spinal cords",
"vertebrae",
"vertebras"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spielers":{
"as in speakers , orators":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lecturers",
"orators",
"speakers",
"rhetoricians",
"spellbinders",
"declaimers",
"spouters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spinners":{
"as in plugs , scents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plugs",
"scents",
"stool pigeons",
"hooks",
"snares",
"trolls",
"appeals",
"attractions",
"calls",
"draws",
"incentives",
"pulls",
"ambushes",
"nets",
"traps",
"enticements",
"seducements",
"seductions",
"temptations",
"baits",
"decoys",
"lures",
"entanglements",
"entrapments"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repellents",
"repellants"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spitting image":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"with the help of either movie magic or makeup, the actress appeared to be the spitting image of the queen"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter ego",
"carbon",
"carbon copy",
"clone",
"counterpart",
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
"doppelganger",
"double",
"duplicate",
"duplication",
"facsimile",
"fetch",
"image",
"likeness",
"look-alike",
"match",
"mirror image",
"picture",
"replica",
"ringer",
"spit",
"twin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copy",
"effigy",
"portrait",
"portrayal",
"companion",
"fellow",
"mate",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogue",
"analog",
"parallel"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antithesis",
"converse",
"opposite",
"reverse"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spitted":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
],
"synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindled",
"perforated",
"riddled",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiraled":{
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiled",
"corkscrewed",
"curled",
"entwined",
"twined",
"twisted",
"wound",
"winded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arced",
"arched",
"bent",
"crooked",
"curved",
"hooked",
"swept",
"swerved",
"turned",
"veered",
"wheeled",
"swirled",
"whirled",
"circled",
"encircled",
"looped",
"enlaced",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"laced",
"bowed",
"bulged",
"meandered",
"weaved",
"zigzagged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spittle":{
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"examples":[
"unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept"
],
"synonyms":[
"drool",
"saliva",
"slaver",
"slobber",
"spit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foam",
"froth",
"expectoration",
"salivation",
"sputum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spikey":{
"as in sour , brisk":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brisk",
"cross",
"sharp-tongued",
"sour",
"sourish",
"tartish",
"acerb",
"acerbic",
"acid",
"acidic",
"acidulous",
"acrid",
"barbed",
"biting",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"cutting",
"mordant",
"pungent",
"sarcastic",
"sardonic",
"satiric",
"satirical",
"scalding",
"scathing",
"sharp",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"smart-mouthed",
"snarky",
"tart",
"incisive",
"keen",
"poignant",
"trenchant",
"cynical",
"dry",
"ironic",
"ironical",
"wry",
"facetious",
"flippant",
"tongue-in-cheek",
"acrimonious",
"bitter",
"resentful",
"vitriolic",
"harsh",
"rough",
"severe",
"stringent",
"abrupt",
"blunt",
"brusque",
"brusk",
"concise",
"crisp",
"curt",
"gruff",
"pithy",
"snippety",
"snippy",
"succinct",
"terse",
"backhanded",
"insincere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amusing",
"droll",
"merry",
"playful",
"sportive",
"waggish",
"gentle",
"mild",
"bland",
"good-humored",
"good-natured",
"diplomatic",
"polite",
"smooth",
"suave",
"urbane",
"affable",
"cordial",
"genial",
"gracious",
"hospitable",
"sociable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spitefully":{
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
"examples":[
"spitefully told the orphans that they'd never amount to anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"bitchily",
"cattily",
"despitefully",
"hatefully",
"malevolently",
"maliciously",
"malignantly",
"meanly",
"nastily",
"viciously",
"villainously",
"virulently",
"wickedly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contemptuously",
"deprecatingly",
"disdainfully",
"scornfully",
"acrimoniously",
"antagonistically",
"caustically",
"envyingly",
"hostilely",
"invidiously",
"obnoxiously",
"rancorously",
"venomously",
"vindictively",
"vituperatively",
"bitterly",
"enviously",
"jealously",
"resentfully",
"balefully",
"caddishly",
"callously",
"cruelly",
"evil-mindedly",
"felly",
"hard-heartedly",
"heartlessly",
"inhumanely",
"kindlessly",
"mercilessly",
"pitilessly",
"ruthlessly",
"soullessly",
"unfeelingly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"ungraciously",
"unkindly",
"ill-naturedly",
"inconsiderately",
"insensitively",
"thoughtlessly",
"diabolically",
"fiendishly",
"misanthropically"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affably",
"agreeably",
"amiably",
"cordially",
"genially",
"good-humoredly",
"good-naturedly",
"graciously",
"nicely",
"pleasantly",
"altruistically",
"humanely",
"considerately",
"feelingly",
"lovingly",
"mercifully",
"sensitively",
"softheartedly",
"solicitously",
"soulfully",
"thoughtfully",
"compassionately",
"sympathetically",
"angelically",
"divinely",
"gently",
"sweetly",
"tenderly"
],
"antonyms":[
"benevolently",
"benignantly",
"good-heartedly",
"kindheartedly",
"kindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spilling the beans":{
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
],
"synonyms":[
"blabbing",
"dishing",
"gossiping",
"talking",
"tattling",
"wagging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandying (about)",
"circulating",
"noising (about or abroad)",
"rumoring",
"blabbering",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"revealing",
"telling",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"letting on",
"suggesting",
"informing",
"reporting",
"snitching",
"squealing",
"tipping (off)",
"babbling",
"spilling",
"confiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamming up",
"shutting up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"spinster":{
"as in maid , bachelorette":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bachelorette",
"maid",
"maiden",
"bachelor",
"single",
"ex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better half",
"consort",
"mate",
"partner",
"significant other",
"spouse",
"soul mate",
"domestic partner"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spindle-shanked":{
"as in spindle-legged":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spindle-legged",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spirituality":{
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"the archbishop was opposed to the marriage, and the king needed the support of the spirituality if his rule was to be considered legitimate"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"clergy",
"cloth",
"first estate",
"ministry",
"spiritualty"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spittles":{
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"examples":[
"unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept"
],
"synonyms":[
"drools",
"salivas",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"spits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"foams",
"froths",
"expectorations",
"salivations",
"sputa",
"sputums"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spile":{
"as in cork , stopper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bung",
"cork",
"stopper",
"stopple",
"block",
"choke",
"clog",
"clot",
"congest",
"dam",
"gum (up)",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"occlude",
"plug (up)",
"stop (up)",
"stuff",
"fill",
"gridlock",
"pack",
"fur",
"silt",
"flood",
"glut",
"inundate",
"overwhelm",
"swamp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"free",
"open (up)",
"unblock",
"unclog",
"unplug",
"unstop",
"excavate",
"hollow (out)",
"scoop (out)",
"empty",
"lighten"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiling":{
"as in corking , stoppering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bunging",
"corking",
"stoppering",
"stoppling",
"blocking",
"choking",
"clogging",
"clotting",
"congesting",
"damming",
"gumming (up)",
"jamming",
"obstructing",
"occluding",
"plugging (up)",
"stopping (up)",
"stuffing",
"filling",
"gridlocking",
"packing",
"furring",
"silting",
"flooding",
"glutting",
"inundating",
"overwhelming",
"swamping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clearing",
"freeing",
"opening (up)",
"unblocking",
"unclogging",
"unplugging",
"unstopping",
"excavating",
"hollowing (out)",
"scooping (out)",
"emptying",
"lightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiritualities":{
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"the archbishop was opposed to the marriage, and the king needed the support of the spirituality if his rule was to be considered legitimate"
],
"synonyms":[
"churches",
"clergies",
"cloths",
"first estates",
"ministries",
"spiritualties"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconates",
"episcopates",
"hierarchies",
"presbyteries",
"clerkships",
"monkhoods",
"priesthoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spinsters":{
"as in maids , bachelorettes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bachelorettes",
"maidens",
"maids",
"bachelors",
"singles",
"exes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better halves",
"consorts",
"mates",
"partners",
"significant others",
"spouses",
"soul mates",
"domestic partners"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritualties":{
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"a long history of conflict between that nation's spiritualty and its temporal leaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"churches",
"clergies",
"cloths",
"first estates",
"ministries",
"spiritualities"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconates",
"episcopates",
"hierarchies",
"presbyteries",
"clerkships",
"monkhoods",
"priesthoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laities"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spidery":{
"as in wiry , stringy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"racy",
"reedy",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"spindle-legged",
"spindle-shanked",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiritists":{
"a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{
"examples":[
"a 19th-century spiritist whose claims of communicating with spirits through rapping sounds were eventually debunked"
],
"synonyms":[
"channelers",
"channels",
"mediums",
"media",
"psychics",
"spiritualists"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clairvoyants",
"mentalists",
"mind readers",
"telepaths",
"sensitives"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiking":{
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"examples":[
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
],
"synonyms":[
"goring",
"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spearing",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
"transpiercing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spindling",
"perforating",
"riddling",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"examples":[
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"amping (up)",
"animating",
"bracing",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"filliping",
"firing",
"gingering (up)",
"invigorating",
"jazzing (up)",
"juicing up",
"jump-starting",
"livening (up)",
"pepping (up)",
"quickening",
"stimulating",
"vitalizing",
"vivifying",
"zipping (up)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousing",
"awakening",
"awaking",
"raising",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"waking (up)",
"activating",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"motivating",
"motiving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"charging",
"electrifying",
"galvanizing",
"enkindling",
"exciting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"inciting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"instigating",
"kindling",
"provoking",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"triggering",
"turning on",
"whipping (up)",
"abetting",
"boosting",
"buoying",
"cheering",
"emboldening",
"fortifying",
"heartening",
"infusing",
"inspiring",
"lifting",
"rallying",
"steeling",
"strengthening",
"reactivating",
"reanimating",
"reawakening",
"reawaking",
"recharging",
"recreating",
"reenergizing",
"re-energizing",
"refreshening",
"refreshing",
"regenerating",
"reinvigorating",
"rejuvenating",
"rekindling",
"renewing",
"restimulating",
"resurrecting",
"resuscitating",
"revitalizing",
"reviving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning out",
"debilitating",
"doing in",
"draining",
"enervating",
"enfeebling",
"exhausting",
"fagging",
"fatiguing",
"harassing",
"kayoing",
"knocking out",
"sapping",
"tuckering (out)",
"undermining",
"washing out",
"weakening",
"wearing",
"wearing out",
"wearying",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"jading",
"quelling",
"quenching",
"repressing",
"restraining",
"slowing",
"stilling",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"dispiriting"
],
"antonyms":[
"dampening",
"damping",
"deadening",
"dulling",
"killing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spills the beans":{
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
"examples":[
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
],
"synonyms":[
"blabs",
"dishes",
"gossips",
"talks",
"tattles",
"wags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandies (about)",
"circulates",
"noises (about or abroad)",
"rumors",
"blabbers",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"reveals",
"tells",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"lets on",
"suggests",
"informs",
"reports",
"snitches",
"squeals",
"tips (off)",
"babbles",
"spills",
"confides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clams up",
"shuts up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"spigot":{
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
"examples":[
"the plumber has installed a new spigot over the kitchen sink"
],
"synonyms":[
"cock",
"faucet",
"gate",
"stopcock",
"tap",
"valve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hydrant",
"spout",
"petcock"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spieler":{
"as in speaker , orator":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lecturer",
"orator",
"speaker",
"rhetorician",
"spellbinder",
"declaimer",
"spouter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spindled":{
"as in cut , quilled":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gored",
"harpooned",
"impaled",
"jabbed",
"lanced",
"pecked",
"picked",
"pierced",
"pinked",
"punctured",
"ran through",
"skewered",
"speared",
"spiked",
"spitted",
"stabbed",
"stuck",
"transfixed",
"transpierced",
"bayoneted",
"bayonetted",
"dirked",
"gimleted",
"piked",
"poniarded",
"pronged",
"quilled",
"pinpricked",
"poked",
"pricked",
"punched",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knifed",
"sliced",
"perforated",
"riddled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spitting images":{
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"examples":[
"with the help of either movie magic or makeup, the actress appeared to be the spitting image of the queen"
],
"synonyms":[
"alter egos",
"carbon copies",
"carbons",
"clones",
"counterparts",
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
"doppelgangers",
"doubles",
"duplicates",
"duplications",
"facsimiles",
"fetches",
"images",
"likenesses",
"look-alikes",
"matches",
"mirror images",
"pictures",
"replicas",
"ringers",
"spits",
"twins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritualizing":{
"as in baptizing , canonizing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baptizing",
"baptising",
"canonizing",
"blessing",
"consecrating",
"hallowing",
"sacralizing",
"sanctifying",
"chastening",
"cleansing",
"lustrating",
"purifying",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"expurgating",
"committing",
"dedicating",
"devoting",
"reconsecrating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrating",
"desacralizing",
"desanctifying",
"defiling",
"desecrating",
"profaning",
"dirtying",
"fouling",
"polluting",
"soiling",
"tainting",
"violating",
"blaspheming",
"cursing",
"cussing",
"damning",
"execrating",
"casting out",
"condemning",
"damning",
"punishing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiralling":{
"as in spiral , swirling":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circling",
"coiled",
"coiling",
"corkscrew",
"looping",
"spiral",
"swirling",
"zigzag",
"zigzagging",
"circuitous",
"indirect",
"roundabout",
"bending",
"crazy",
"crooked",
"curled",
"curling",
"curved",
"curving",
"curvy",
"devious",
"serpentine",
"sinuous",
"tortuous",
"twisted",
"twisting",
"winding",
"windy",
"meandering",
"rambling",
"wandering",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"uneven"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straight",
"straightaway",
"direct",
"linear"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
"examples":[
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
],
"synonyms":[
"coiling",
"corkscrewing",
"curling",
"entwining",
"twining",
"twisting",
"winding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arching",
"arcing",
"bending",
"crooking",
"curving",
"hooking",
"sweeping",
"swerving",
"turning",
"veering",
"wheeling",
"swirling",
"whirling",
"circling",
"encircling",
"looping",
"enlacing",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"lacing",
"bowing",
"bulging",
"meandering",
"weaving",
"zigzagging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"straightening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spirits":{
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
"examples":[
"a hotel bar that's well stocked with spirits"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcohol",
"aqua vitae",
"ardent spirits",
"booze",
"bottle",
"drink",
"firewater",
"grog",
"hooch",
"inebriant",
"intoxicant",
"John Barleycorn",
"juice",
"liquor",
"lush",
"moonshine",
"potable",
"rum",
"sauce",
"stimulant",
"strong drink",
"tipple"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aperitif",
"bracer",
"chaser",
"digestif",
"nightcap",
"belt",
"load",
"nip",
"peg",
"pop",
"shooter",
"shot",
"slug",
"snifter",
"snort",
"tot",
"whet",
"cocktail",
"mixed drink",
"ale",
"beer",
"brew",
"brewage",
"brewski",
"home brew",
"malt liquor",
"microbrew",
"mum",
"nappy",
"mead",
"sake",
"saki",
"wine",
"barley-bree",
"barley-broo",
"brandy",
"gin",
"liqueur",
"mao-tai",
"mescal",
"schnapps",
"tequila",
"vodka",
"whiskey",
"whisky",
"Dutch courage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in snatches , absconds (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"absconds (with)",
"snatches",
"captures",
"crimps",
"impresses",
"seizes",
"shanghais",
"waylays",
"hijacks",
"highjacks",
"abducts",
"kidnaps",
"catches",
"cops",
"steals",
"takes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delivers",
"ransoms",
"redeems",
"rescues",
"restores",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spites":{
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"bugs",
"burns (up)",
"chafes",
"eats",
"exasperates",
"frosts",
"galls",
"gets",
"grates",
"gripes",
"hacks (off)",
"irks",
"irritates",
"itches",
"narks",
"nettles",
"peeves",
"persecutes",
"piques",
"puts out",
"rasps",
"riles",
"ruffles",
"vexes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassles",
"heckles",
"nags",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"provokes",
"rouses",
"badgers",
"baits",
"bullyrags",
"ballyrags",
"devils",
"hagrides",
"harasses",
"harries",
"pesters",
"plagues",
"teases",
"angers",
"antagonizes",
"enrages",
"incenses",
"infuriates",
"maddens",
"rankles",
"roils",
"agitates",
"discomforts",
"discomposes",
"disquiets",
"distresses",
"exercises",
"freaks (out)",
"frets",
"perturbs",
"undoes",
"unhinges",
"unsettles",
"upsets",
"worries",
"affronts",
"insults",
"miffs",
"offends",
"outrages"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appeases",
"conciliates",
"mollifies",
"obliges",
"pacifies",
"placates",
"propitiates",
"delights",
"gladdens",
"gratifies",
"pleases",
"satisfies",
"assures",
"cheers",
"comforts",
"consoles",
"contents",
"quiets",
"reassures",
"solaces",
"soothes"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiritualty":{
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
"examples":[
"a long history of conflict between that nation's spiritualty and its temporal leaders"
],
"synonyms":[
"church",
"clergy",
"cloth",
"first estate",
"ministry",
"spirituality"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diaconate",
"episcopate",
"hierarchy",
"presbytery",
"clerkship",
"monkhood",
"priesthood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"laity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiel":{
"a fast utterance that someone has often said before and that is usually intended to persuade people to buy something, agree to something, etc.":{
"examples":[
"I listened to the salesman's spiel but still refused to buy anything.",
"He gave me a long spiel about the benefits of joining the club."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pitch",
"presentation",
"address",
"declamation",
"harangue",
"oration",
"peroration",
"speech",
"talk",
"diatribe",
"rant",
"tirade",
"eulogy",
"panegyric",
"tribute",
"keynote address",
"keynote speech",
"lecture",
"salutatory",
"homily",
"sermon",
"monologue",
"monolog",
"soliloquy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritist":{
"a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{
"examples":[
"a 19th-century spiritist whose claims of communicating with spirits through rapping sounds were eventually debunked"
],
"synonyms":[
"channel",
"channeler",
"medium",
"psychic",
"spiritualist"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clairvoyant",
"mentalist",
"mind reader",
"telepath",
"sensitive"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spinsterish":{
"as in prissy , old-maidish":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"feminine",
"girlie",
"girly",
"girlish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissified",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish",
"camp",
"campy",
"antimacho"
],
"near antonyms":[
"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiles":{
"as in corks , stoppers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bungs",
"corks",
"stoppers",
"stopples",
"blocks",
"chokes",
"clogs",
"clots",
"congests",
"dams",
"gums (up)",
"jams",
"obstructs",
"occludes",
"plugs (up)",
"stops (up)",
"stuffs",
"fills",
"gridlocks",
"packs",
"furs",
"silts",
"floods",
"gluts",
"inundates",
"overwhelms",
"swamps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clears",
"frees",
"opens (up)",
"unblocks",
"unclogs",
"unplugs",
"unstops",
"excavates",
"hollows (out)",
"scoops (out)",
"empties",
"lightens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spinal cords":{
"as in backs , vertebrae":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"backs",
"vertebrae",
"vertebras",
"backbones",
"chines",
"spinal columns",
"spines",
"vertebral columns"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spindrift":{
"as in spray , mist":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mist",
"spray",
"mousse",
"scum",
"foam",
"froth",
"head",
"lather",
"spume",
"suds",
"surf"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spilth":{
"discarded or useless material":{
"examples":[
"factories heedlessly spewing spilth into our waterways"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"deadwood",
"debris",
"dreck",
"drek",
"dross",
"dust",
"effluvium",
"effluvia",
"garbage",
"junk",
"litter",
"offal",
"offscouring",
"raffle",
"refuse",
"riffraff",
"rubbish",
"scrap",
"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"
]
},
"spire":{
"as in spiral , whorl":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"annulet",
"becket",
"coil",
"curl",
"furl",
"hank",
"spiral",
"twirl",
"whorl",
"wreath",
"belt",
"cincture",
"collar",
"girdle",
"band",
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"loop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spinal columns":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"examples":[
"a diagram of the spinal column"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbones",
"chines",
"spines",
"vertebral columns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"backs",
"spinal cords",
"vertebrae",
"vertebras"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiderweb":{
"as in cobweb":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobweb",
"cat's cradle",
"labyrinth",
"maze",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"entanglement",
"mesh(es)",
"morass",
"net",
"noose",
"quagmire",
"quicksand",
"snare",
"tanglement",
"toil(s)",
"trap",
"web"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritualized":{
"as in baptized , canonized":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baptized",
"baptised",
"canonized",
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"sacralized",
"sanctified",
"chastened",
"cleansed",
"lustrated",
"purified",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"expurgated",
"committed",
"dedicated",
"devoted",
"reconsecrated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deconsecrated",
"desacralized",
"desanctified",
"defiled",
"desecrated",
"profaned",
"dirtied",
"fouled",
"polluted",
"soiled",
"tainted",
"violated",
"blasphemed",
"cursed",
"cussed",
"damned",
"execrated",
"cast out",
"condemned",
"damned",
"punished"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spite":{
"the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{
"examples":[
"spread cruel lies out of pure spite"
],
"synonyms":[
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignance",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spitefulness",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusiveness",
"cruelty",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"jaundice",
"mean-spiritedness",
"rancor",
"resentment",
"despicableness",
"invidiousness",
"vengefulness",
"vindictiveness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"bitchery",
"bitchiness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"rancor",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"love",
"passion",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"amity",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"adoration",
"ardor",
"infatuation",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
"examples":[
"sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me"
],
"synonyms":[
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"bug",
"burn (up)",
"chafe",
"eat",
"exasperate",
"frost",
"gall",
"get",
"grate",
"gripe",
"hack (off)",
"irk",
"irritate",
"itch",
"nark",
"nettle",
"peeve",
"persecute",
"pique",
"put out",
"rasp",
"rile",
"ruffle",
"vex"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hassle",
"heckle",
"nag",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"provoke",
"rouse",
"badger",
"bait",
"bullyrag",
"ballyrag",
"devil",
"hagride",
"harass",
"harry",
"pester",
"plague",
"tease",
"anger",
"antagonize",
"enrage",
"incense",
"infuriate",
"madden",
"rankle",
"roil",
"agitate",
"discomfort",
"discompose",
"disquiet",
"distress",
"exercise",
"freak (out)",
"fret",
"perturb",
"undo",
"unhinge",
"unsettle",
"upset",
"worry",
"affront",
"insult",
"miff",
"offend",
"outrage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appease",
"conciliate",
"mollify",
"oblige",
"pacify",
"placate",
"propitiate",
"delight",
"gladden",
"gratify",
"please",
"satisfy",
"assure",
"cheer",
"comfort",
"console",
"content",
"quiet",
"reassure",
"solace",
"soothe"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spine-chilling":{
"causing fear":{
"examples":[
"the soldiers let out a spine-chilling yell just before charging the enemy"
],
"synonyms":[
"alarming",
"dire",
"direful",
"dread",
"dreadful",
"fearful",
"fearsome",
"forbidding",
"formidable",
"frightening",
"frightful",
"ghastly",
"hair-raising",
"horrendous",
"horrible",
"horrifying",
"intimidating",
"redoubtable",
"scary",
"shocking",
"terrible",
"terrifying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"daunting",
"demoralizing",
"disconcerting",
"discouraging",
"dismaying",
"disquieting",
"distressing",
"disturbing",
"perturbing",
"startling",
"threatening",
"troubling",
"trying",
"unnerving",
"bone-chilling",
"creepy",
"eerie",
"eery",
"weird",
"appalling",
"atrocious",
"awful",
"grisly",
"gruesome",
"grewsome",
"hideous",
"horrid",
"macabre",
"monstrous",
"nightmarish"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"inviting",
"lulling",
"pacifying",
"quieting",
"reassuring",
"relaxing",
"soothing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"nonintimidating",
"nonthreatening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spindle":{
"as in cut , quill":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"gore",
"harpoon",
"impale",
"jab",
"lance",
"peck",
"pick",
"pierce",
"pink",
"puncture",
"run through",
"skewer",
"spear",
"spike",
"spit",
"stab",
"stick",
"transfix",
"transpierce",
"bayonet",
"dirk",
"gimlet",
"pike",
"poniard",
"prong",
"quill",
"pinprick",
"poke",
"prick",
"punch",
"thrust",
"cut",
"knife",
"slice",
"perforate",
"riddle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spinner":{
"as in plug , scent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"plug",
"scent",
"stool pigeon",
"hook",
"snare",
"troll",
"appeal",
"attraction",
"call",
"draw",
"incentive",
"pull",
"ambush",
"net",
"trap",
"enticement",
"seducement",
"seduction",
"temptation",
"bait",
"decoy",
"lure",
"entanglement",
"entrapment"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repellent",
"repellant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spill":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"divulge",
"expose",
"let on (about)",
"reveal",
"tell",
"unbosom",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confide",
"share",
"debunk",
"show up",
"unclothe",
"undrape",
"advertise",
"announce",
"blaze",
"bring out",
"broadcast",
"declare",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"promulgate",
"publicize",
"publish",
"sound",
"betray",
"blab",
"give away",
"leak",
"inform",
"squeal",
"talk",
"communicate",
"impart",
"relate",
"acknowledge",
"admit",
"avow",
"concede",
"confess",
"own",
"disinter",
"rake up",
"smoke out",
"unearth"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"gild",
"gloss (over)",
"varnish",
"whitewash",
"becloud",
"bedim",
"befog",
"cloud",
"darken",
"eclipse",
"obscure",
"overcast",
"overshadow",
"shade"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloak",
"conceal",
"cover (up)",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"mask",
"shroud",
"veil"
]
},
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"she tripped over the toy and had a nasty spill on the stairs"
],
"synonyms":[
"fall",
"slip",
"stumble",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"header",
"pratfall",
"misstep",
"trip",
"descent",
"dive",
"plunge",
"skid",
"slide",
"free-fall"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiciness":{
"as in raciness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"raciness",
"nip",
"piquancy",
"pungency",
"spice",
"tang",
"zest",
"zing",
"fieriness",
"hotness",
"acuteness",
"keenness",
"sharpness",
"provocativeness",
"excitement",
"invigoration",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"thrill",
"bitterness",
"mordancy",
"trenchancy",
"flavor",
"redolence",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"insipidity",
"flatness",
"tastelessness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"insipidity",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"platitude",
"predictability",
"sameness",
"tediousness",
"blandness",
"thinness",
"weakness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spin":{
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
"examples":[
"spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyrate",
"pinwheel",
"pirouette",
"revolve",
"roll",
"rotate",
"turn",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"round",
"spiral",
"swirl",
"twine",
"twist",
"wind",
"circle",
"circulate",
"encircle",
"orbit",
"ring",
"pivot",
"swivel"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
"examples":[
"my head spun as I contemplated all the possible problems this restructuring could cause"
],
"synonyms":[
"reel",
"swim",
"turn",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"collect",
"settle",
"steady"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
"examples":[
"spun the child around until he was hopelessly dizzy"
],
"synonyms":[
"pivot",
"revolve",
"roll",
"rotate",
"swing",
"swirl",
"swivel",
"turn",
"twirl",
"twist",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"screw",
"unscrew",
"twiddle",
"coil",
"crank",
"reel",
"wind",
"circulate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
"examples":[
"the ice skater moved into a tight spin at the end of her routine"
],
"synonyms":[
"gyration",
"pirouette",
"reel",
"revolution",
"roll",
"rotation",
"twirl",
"wheel",
"whirl"
],
"near synonyms":[
"circuit",
"circulation",
"ring",
"round",
"coil",
"curl",
"curve",
"spiral",
"twist",
"whorl",
"circle",
"orbit",
"eddy",
"swirl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a state of mental confusion":{
"examples":[
"the news left me all in a spin"
],
"synonyms":[
"daze",
"dazedness",
"fog",
"haze",
"muddle",
"swoon"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reverie",
"stupor",
"trance",
"befuddlement",
"bewilderment",
"perplexity",
"puzzlement",
"delirium",
"malaise",
"paralysis",
"cloudiness",
"fogginess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alertness",
"levelheadedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short trip for pleasure":{
"examples":[
"a family out for a spin on a beautiful Sunday afternoon"
],
"synonyms":[
"excursion",
"jaunt",
"junket",
"outing",
"ramble",
"sally",
"sashay",
"sortie"
],
"near synonyms":[
"journey",
"travel(s)",
"voyage",
"circuit",
"tour",
"expedition",
"odyssey",
"safari",
"detour",
"hike",
"peregrination",
"trek",
"walk",
"pilgrimage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spilt":{
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
"examples":[
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"bared",
"disclosed",
"discovered",
"divulged",
"exposed",
"let on (about)",
"revealed",
"told",
"unbosomed",
"uncloaked",
"uncovered",
"unmasked",
"unveiled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confided",
"shared",
"debunked",
"showed up",
"unclothed",
"undraped",
"advertised",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"broadcasted",
"brought out",
"declared",
"placarded",
"posted",
"proclaimed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"sounded",
"betrayed",
"blabbed",
"gave away",
"leaked",
"informed",
"squealed",
"talked",
"communicated",
"imparted",
"related",
"acknowledged",
"admitted",
"avowed",
"conceded",
"confessed",
"owned",
"disinterred",
"raked up",
"smoked out",
"unearthed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaged",
"disguised",
"gilded",
"gilt",
"glossed (over)",
"varnished",
"whitewashed",
"beclouded",
"bedimmed",
"befogged",
"clouded",
"darkened",
"eclipsed",
"obscured",
"overcast",
"overshadowed",
"shaded"
],
"antonyms":[
"cloaked",
"concealed",
"covered (up)",
"enshrouded",
"hid",
"masked",
"shrouded",
"veiled"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spindle-legged":{
"as in spindle-shanked":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"spindle-shanked",
"racy",
"reedy",
"spidery",
"stringy",
"twiggy",
"waspish",
"weedy",
"willowy",
"wiry",
"lean",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"thin",
"angular",
"bony",
"boney",
"gaunt",
"lank",
"rawboned",
"scraggy",
"scrawny",
"skinny",
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling",
"spindly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beefy",
"bulky",
"chubby",
"chunky",
"heavyset",
"pudgy",
"squat",
"stocky",
"stout",
"stubby",
"stumpy",
"sturdy",
"thickset",
"weighty",
"muscle-bound",
"corpulent",
"fat",
"fleshy",
"full",
"gross",
"obese",
"overweight",
"plump",
"portly",
"roly-poly",
"rotund",
"round",
"tubby"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spitefulness":{
"the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{
"examples":[
"cut down their neighbors' tree out of sheer spitefulness"
],
"synonyms":[
"cattiness",
"despite",
"hatefulness",
"malevolence",
"malice",
"maliciousness",
"malignance",
"malignancy",
"malignity",
"meanness",
"nastiness",
"spite",
"spleen",
"venom",
"viciousness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusiveness",
"cruelty",
"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"execration",
"hate",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"animosity",
"antagonism",
"antipathy",
"bitterness",
"enmity",
"grudge",
"hostility",
"ill will",
"jaundice",
"mean-spiritedness",
"rancor",
"resentment",
"despicableness",
"invidiousness",
"vengefulness",
"vindictiveness",
"aversion",
"disgust",
"distaste",
"horror",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"bitchery",
"bitchiness",
"contempt",
"disdain",
"jealousy",
"pique",
"resentment",
"scorn",
"bile",
"rancor",
"virulence",
"vitriol"
],
"near antonyms":[
"devotion",
"love",
"passion",
"amiability",
"amicability",
"amity",
"civility",
"cordiality",
"friendliness",
"hospitality",
"adoration",
"ardor",
"infatuation",
"veneration",
"worship",
"affection",
"charity",
"kindliness",
"kindness",
"comity",
"empathy",
"friendship",
"goodwill",
"sympathy",
"understanding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spits up":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"examples":[
"the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfs",
"gags",
"heaves",
"hurls",
"pukes",
"retches",
"spews",
"throws up",
"upchucks",
"vomits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"disgorges",
"regurgitates",
"ejects",
"expels",
"nauseates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spiderwebs":{
"as in cobwebs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobwebs",
"cat's cradles",
"labyrinths",
"mazes",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"entanglements",
"meshes",
"morasses",
"nets",
"nooses",
"quagmires",
"quicksands",
"snares",
"tanglements",
"toils",
"traps",
"webs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}