5943 lines
120 KiB
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5943 lines
120 KiB
JSON
{
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"wild":{
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"living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans":{
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"examples":[
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"wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"feral",
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"savage",
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"unbroken",
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"undomesticated",
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"untamed",
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"wilding"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"uncontrolled",
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"undocile",
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"unsubdued",
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"untrained",
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"bestial",
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"brutal",
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"brute",
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"barbarous",
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"uncivilized"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"controlled",
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"docile",
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"familiar",
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"semidomesticated",
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"subdued",
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"submissive",
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"halterbroken",
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"housebroken",
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"trained",
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"civilized",
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"semicivilized",
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"socialized"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"broken",
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"busted",
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"domestic",
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"domesticated",
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"gentled",
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"tame",
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"tamed"
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]
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},
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"existing without human habitation or cultivation":{
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"examples":[
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"that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"natural",
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"uncultivated",
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"untamed",
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"virgin"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"native",
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"uninhabited",
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"unpeopled",
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"unsettled",
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"overgrown",
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"spontaneous",
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"untended",
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"waste",
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"undeveloped",
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"desolate",
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"forlorn",
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"howling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"inhabited",
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"developed",
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"seminatural"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cultivated",
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"tamed"
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]
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},
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"marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements":{
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"examples":[
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"a wild night, full of wind and rain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"rough",
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"rugged",
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"stormy",
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"tempestuous",
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"tumultuous",
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"turbulent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blustering",
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"blustery",
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"raging",
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"violent",
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"brutal",
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"harsh",
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"severe",
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"roily",
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"unquiet",
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"unsettled",
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"bleak",
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"inclement",
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"nasty",
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"raw",
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"squally"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"halcyon",
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"peaceful",
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"placid",
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"quiet",
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"serene",
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"tranquil",
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"bright",
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"clear",
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"clement",
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"cloudless",
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"fair",
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"sunny",
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"sunshiny",
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"unclouded"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
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"examples":[
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"some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"absurd",
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"bizarre",
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"crazy",
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"fanciful",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"foolish",
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"insane",
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"nonsensical",
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"preposterous",
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"unreal"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"implausible",
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"inconceivable",
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"incredible",
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"unbelievable",
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"unimaginable",
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"unthinkable",
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"extravagant",
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"grotesque",
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"bizarro",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"far-out",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"outlandish",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"screwy",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"farcical",
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"laughable",
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"ludicrous",
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"ridiculous",
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"Alice-in-Wonderland",
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"Kafkaesque",
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"nightmarish",
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"dreamlike",
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"surreal"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"realistic",
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"reasonable"
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]
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},
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"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
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"examples":[
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"public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"spaced-out",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"addlepated",
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"flaky",
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"extraordinary",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"freak",
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"freakish",
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"freaky",
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"phantasmagoric",
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"phantasmagorical",
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"phenomenal",
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"atypical",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted",
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"conspicuous",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"salient",
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"striking",
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"atrocious",
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"outrageous",
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"shocking",
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"crotchety",
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"idiosyncratic",
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"nonconformist",
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"nonmainstream",
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"out-there",
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"unconventional",
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"unorthodox",
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"baffling",
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"bewildering",
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"confounding",
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"mystifying",
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"perplexing",
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"puzzling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"average",
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"commonplace",
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"everyday",
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"garden",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"prosaic",
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"routine",
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"run-of-the-mill",
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"standard",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unremarkable",
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"usual",
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"workaday",
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"conformist",
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"conservative",
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"conventional",
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"expected",
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"familiar",
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"knee-jerk",
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"predictable",
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"common",
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"customary",
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"frequent",
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"habitual",
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"regular",
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"wonted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
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"examples":[
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"the holidays were especially wild around here this year"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"delirious",
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"ferocious",
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"feverish",
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"fierce",
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"frantic",
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"frenetic",
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"frenzied",
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"furious",
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"mad",
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"rabid",
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"violent"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"concentrated",
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"high-pressured",
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"intense",
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"intensive",
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"vehement",
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"excessive",
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"exorbitant",
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"extravagant",
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"extreme",
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"immoderate",
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"inordinate",
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"lavish",
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"overmuch",
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"overweening",
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"unconscionable",
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"undue",
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"crazed",
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"crazy",
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"demented",
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"deranged",
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"insane",
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"irrational",
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"lunatic",
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"maniacal",
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"maniac"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calm",
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"peaceful",
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"placid",
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"quiet",
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"serene",
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"subdued",
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"tranquil",
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"undisturbed",
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"unperturbed",
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"untroubled",
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"moderate",
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"reasonable",
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"temperate",
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"casual",
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"easygoing",
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"low-pressure",
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"balanced",
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"sane",
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"sound"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"relaxed"
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]
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},
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"not civilized":{
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"examples":[
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"ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"barbarian",
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"barbaric",
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"barbarous",
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"heathen",
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"heathenish",
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"natural",
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"Neanderthal",
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"Neandertal",
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"rude",
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"savage",
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"uncivil",
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"uncivilized",
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"uncultivated"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"coarse",
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"crude",
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"primitive",
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"rough",
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"uncouth",
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"uncultured"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cultured",
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"enlightened",
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"humane",
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"sophisticated",
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"genteel",
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"polished",
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"polite",
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"refined",
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"urbane",
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"well-bred",
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"semicivilized"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"civilized"
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]
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},
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"showing urgent desire or interest":{
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"examples":[
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"they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"agog",
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"antsy",
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"anxious",
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"ardent",
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"athirst",
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"avid",
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"crazy",
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"desirous",
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"eager",
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"enthused",
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"enthusiastic",
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"excited",
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"geeked",
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"great",
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"greedy",
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"gung ho",
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"hepped up",
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"hopped-up",
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"hot",
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"hungry",
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"impatient",
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"juiced",
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"keen",
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"nuts",
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"pumped",
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"raring",
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"solicitous",
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"stoked",
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"thirsty",
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"voracious"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"engaged",
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"interested",
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"happy",
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"hung up",
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"obsessed",
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"ambitious",
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"appetent",
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"covetous",
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"craving",
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"hankering",
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"longing",
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"pining",
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"breathless",
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"restive",
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"restless",
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"amenable",
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"disposed",
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"game",
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"glad",
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"inclined",
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"ready",
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"unreluctant",
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"willing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"casual",
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"incurious",
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"insouciant",
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"nonchalant",
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"unconcerned",
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"uninterested",
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"aloof",
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"detached",
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"disinterested",
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"impassive",
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"stolid",
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"halfhearted",
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"lackadaisical",
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"languid",
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"languorous",
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"lukewarm",
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"spiritless",
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"averse",
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"disinclined",
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"hesitant",
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"loath",
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"loth",
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"loathe",
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"reluctant",
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"unwilling"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"apathetic",
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"indifferent",
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"uneager",
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"unenthusiastic"
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]
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},
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"in a confused and reckless manner":{
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"examples":[
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"as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"amok",
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"amuck",
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"berserk",
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"berserkly",
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"frantically",
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"frenetically",
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"frenziedly",
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"harum-scarum",
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"hectically",
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"helter-skelter",
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"madly",
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"pell-mell",
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"wildly"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"agitatedly",
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"confusedly",
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"crazily",
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"desperately",
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"feverishly",
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"haywire",
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"skittishly",
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"uncontrollably",
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"heedlessly",
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"hotheadedly",
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"recklessly",
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"wantonly",
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"chaotically",
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"riotously",
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"tumultuously",
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"turbulently",
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"aimlessly",
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"haphazard",
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"haphazardly",
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"hit or miss",
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"topsy-turvy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"calmly",
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"collectedly",
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"composedly",
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"coolly",
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"cooly",
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"imperturbably",
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"peacefully",
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"placidly",
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"self-composedly",
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"self-possessedly",
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"serenely",
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"unconcernedly",
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"meekly",
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"mildly",
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"passively",
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"tamely",
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"methodically",
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"orderly",
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"systematically"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
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"examples":[
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"some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"nature",
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"open",
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"open air",
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"out-of-doors",
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"outdoors",
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"wilderness"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"backwoods",
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"bush",
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"country",
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"frontier",
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"hinterland",
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"sticks",
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"up-country",
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"outside",
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"without",
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"badland",
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"barren",
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"desert",
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"waste",
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"wasteland"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"adverb",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wile":{
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"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
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"examples":[
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"had to use all of her wiles to convince her guests to stay for dinner"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"artifice",
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"device",
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"dodge",
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"fetch",
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"flimflam",
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"gambit",
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"gimmick",
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"jig",
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"juggle",
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"knack",
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"play",
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"ploy",
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"ruse",
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"scheme",
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"shenanigan",
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"sleight",
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"stratagem",
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"trick"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bluff",
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"end run",
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"feint",
|
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"cheating",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
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"cozenage",
|
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"craft",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"swindle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"smoke screen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it took both wile and cajolery to talk him into it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"gamesmanship",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jiggery-pokery",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"trickery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"treachery",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"wiliness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"humbuggery",
|
|
"imposture",
|
|
"quackery",
|
|
"dirty pool",
|
|
"dirty tricks",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"plotting",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"stealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity",
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her stories of the Old South could wile anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"magnetize",
|
|
"witch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarm",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"pull",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"appeal (to)",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"intrigue",
|
|
"beckon",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"woo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"offend",
|
|
"repel",
|
|
"revolt",
|
|
"annoy",
|
|
"displease",
|
|
"irk",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"tire",
|
|
"weary"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willful":{
|
|
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a particularly willful horse that took weeks to break to saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balky",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"incompliant",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noncooperative",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"negativistic",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyish",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"biddable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"ruly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally the parents sought professional counseling for the willful child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"incontrollable",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"unpunished",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"irrepressible",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"indocile",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"well-behaved",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a willful disregard for the rights of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"peremptory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a willful attempt to cheat her siblings out of their rightful inheritance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unpremeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondeliberate",
|
|
"nonpurposive",
|
|
"unintentional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of willful person who can never bring himself to admit that he made a mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willfully":{
|
|
"with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willfully chose to risk pneumonia by jumping into a freezing lake on a dare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advisedly",
|
|
"consciously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"knowingly",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely",
|
|
"purposively",
|
|
"wittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculatedly",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"voluntarily",
|
|
"willingly",
|
|
"premeditatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"incidentally",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"spontaneously"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unknowingly",
|
|
"unwittingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"williwaw":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surprise verdict of the jury created a wild williwaw as reporters rushed to file their stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a williwaw rose up seemingly out of nowhere and wreaked havoc with our campsite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"windblast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"zephyr",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"northerly",
|
|
"northwester",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"westerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"williwaws":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the surprise verdict of the jury created a wild williwaw as reporters rushed to file their stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ados",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"blathers",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobberies",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"clatters",
|
|
"clutters",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"corroborees",
|
|
"disturbances",
|
|
"dos",
|
|
"do's",
|
|
"foofaraws",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furores",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"helter-skelters",
|
|
"hoo-has",
|
|
"hoo-hahs",
|
|
"hooplas",
|
|
"hubble-bubbles",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"hurlies",
|
|
"hurly-burlies",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"hurry-scurries",
|
|
"hurry-skurries",
|
|
"kerfuffles",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"pandemoniums",
|
|
"pothers",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"ruckuses",
|
|
"ructions",
|
|
"rumpuses",
|
|
"shindys",
|
|
"shindies",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"to-dos",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"turmoils",
|
|
"uproars",
|
|
"welters",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"zoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophonies",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"dins",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"noises",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"upheavals",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"dithers",
|
|
"fevers",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"tizzies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"peaces",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"quietudes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"tranquillities",
|
|
"tranquilities",
|
|
"orders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a williwaw rose up seemingly out of nowhere and wreaked havoc with our campsite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"windblasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northerlies",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilt":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plants wilted after I forgot to water them for three whole days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"swag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"cave (in)",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"crumple",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"stiffen",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"straighten",
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"uncurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had wilted a bit after walking around the hot and humid city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"droop",
|
|
"emaciate",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flag",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"languish",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"waste (away)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"rot",
|
|
"run down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesce",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"rebound",
|
|
"recover",
|
|
"recuperate",
|
|
"gain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after six solid hours of painting, his energy was starting to wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummify",
|
|
"shrivel",
|
|
"wizen",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"fade",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshen",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"surge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"will-less":{
|
|
"not made or done willingly or by choice":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her involvement in the after-school program was will-less \u2014her parents made her go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unknowing",
|
|
"unwitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"volitional",
|
|
"self-imposed",
|
|
"self-inflicted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"uncoerced",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willpower":{
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trying to summon the willpower to resist buying any more books before finishing the unread ones I already have"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"will"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"will":{
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willed their house to their adult children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeath",
|
|
"leave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deed",
|
|
"hand down",
|
|
"hand on",
|
|
"pass (down)",
|
|
"devise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to see fit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do as you will \u2014I wash my hands of the whole affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"want",
|
|
"wish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ache (for)",
|
|
"covet",
|
|
"crave",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"die (for)",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"hanker (for)",
|
|
"hunger (for)",
|
|
"itch (for)",
|
|
"long (for)",
|
|
"lust (for or after)",
|
|
"pant (after)",
|
|
"pine (for)",
|
|
"repine (for)",
|
|
"sigh (for)",
|
|
"thirst (for)",
|
|
"yearn (for)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"resolve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the power to control one's actions, impulses, or emotions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she kept her face still by sheer force of will"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"continence",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-containment",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-government",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegation",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"moderateness",
|
|
"moderation",
|
|
"temperance",
|
|
"temperateness",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"abnegation",
|
|
"abstention",
|
|
"avoidance",
|
|
"eschewal",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"abstinence",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"assurance",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"confidence",
|
|
"coolness",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"poise",
|
|
"self-confidence",
|
|
"discretion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"gratification",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"intemperateness",
|
|
"overindulgence",
|
|
"demerit",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"vice",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"indiscipline",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"unreserve",
|
|
"unreservedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you cannot force me to do anything against my own will"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"autonomy",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"free will",
|
|
"self-determination",
|
|
"volition"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"election",
|
|
"preference",
|
|
"selection",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"alternative",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"option",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercion",
|
|
"compulsion",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"duress",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"pressure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willed":{
|
|
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hard-nosed industrialist with a willed indifference to public opinion"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unpremeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondeliberate",
|
|
"nonpurposive",
|
|
"unintentional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willed their house to their adult children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathed",
|
|
"left"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deeded",
|
|
"handed down",
|
|
"handed on",
|
|
"passed (down)",
|
|
"devised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to see fit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do as you will \u2014I wash my hands of the whole affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ached (for)",
|
|
"coveted",
|
|
"craved",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"died (for)",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"hankered (for)",
|
|
"hungered (for)",
|
|
"itched (for)",
|
|
"longed (for)",
|
|
"lusted (for or after)",
|
|
"panted (after)",
|
|
"pined (for)",
|
|
"repined (for)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wiliness":{
|
|
"skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"admired the politician's wiliness , but questioned his ethics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"canniness",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"subtleness",
|
|
"subtlety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calculation",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"savvy",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"cleverness",
|
|
"ingeniousness",
|
|
"ingenuity",
|
|
"inventiveness",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"finesse",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"underhandedness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her reputation for Machiavellian wiliness made people disinclined to trust her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifice",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"cozenage",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"craftiness",
|
|
"crookedness",
|
|
"crookery",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cunningness",
|
|
"deceit",
|
|
"deceitfulness",
|
|
"deception",
|
|
"deceptiveness",
|
|
"dishonesty",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"dissimulation",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"dupery",
|
|
"duplicity",
|
|
"fakery",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"fraud",
|
|
"guile",
|
|
"guilefulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacity",
|
|
"prevarication",
|
|
"chicane",
|
|
"chicanery",
|
|
"fraudulence",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"jugglery",
|
|
"legerdemain",
|
|
"mountebankery",
|
|
"obliquity",
|
|
"skulduggery",
|
|
"skullduggery",
|
|
"subterfuge",
|
|
"swindling",
|
|
"trickery",
|
|
"wile",
|
|
"falsehood",
|
|
"falsity",
|
|
"fib",
|
|
"untruth",
|
|
"hypocrisy",
|
|
"insincerity",
|
|
"sanctimoniousness",
|
|
"two-facedness",
|
|
"artfulness",
|
|
"caginess",
|
|
"cageyness",
|
|
"deviousness",
|
|
"shrewdness",
|
|
"treacherousness",
|
|
"underhandedness",
|
|
"unscrupulousness",
|
|
"covertness",
|
|
"furtiveness",
|
|
"secrecy",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"sneakiness",
|
|
"stealthiness",
|
|
"oiliness",
|
|
"shiftiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"slipperiness",
|
|
"slyness",
|
|
"smoothness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candidness",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"directness",
|
|
"frankness",
|
|
"openness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"plainspokenness",
|
|
"honesty",
|
|
"probity",
|
|
"dependability",
|
|
"reliability",
|
|
"reliableness",
|
|
"solidity",
|
|
"trustability",
|
|
"trustiness",
|
|
"trustworthiness",
|
|
"decency",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"incorruptibility",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"truthfulness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"forthrightness",
|
|
"good faith",
|
|
"guilelessness",
|
|
"ingenuousness",
|
|
"sincerity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisps":{
|
|
"as in mirages , ignes fatui":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignes fatui",
|
|
"mirages",
|
|
"chimeras",
|
|
"conceits",
|
|
"daydreams",
|
|
"delusions",
|
|
"dreams",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"fantasies",
|
|
"phantasies",
|
|
"figments",
|
|
"hallucinations",
|
|
"illusions",
|
|
"nonentities",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"pipe dreams",
|
|
"unrealities",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"brainchildren",
|
|
"ideas",
|
|
"concoctions",
|
|
"fables",
|
|
"fabrications",
|
|
"fictions",
|
|
"inventions",
|
|
"visualizations",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-lands",
|
|
"cloudlands",
|
|
"Shangri-las",
|
|
"utopias",
|
|
"daymares",
|
|
"nightmares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actualities",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"realities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildish":{
|
|
"as in wild , savage":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"untrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tamed",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"semidomesticated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilding":{
|
|
"living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a herd of wilding mustangs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undocile",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"uncivilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"semicivilized",
|
|
"socialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willing":{
|
|
"having a desire or inclination (as for a specified course of action)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm a little confused, but perfectly willing to do as you ask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"ready"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"prone",
|
|
"accommodating",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"favorable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"reticent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"unamenable",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing the ability to respond without delay or hesitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's always lent a willing hand whenever a neighbor needed help or a friend a favor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alacritous",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"ready"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"quick-witted",
|
|
"ready-witted",
|
|
"sharp-witted",
|
|
"smart"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"lazyish",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"dormant",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"done, made, or given with one's own free will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a willing sacrifice of her limited free time for a good cause"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freewill",
|
|
"self-imposed",
|
|
"uncoerced",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"volitional",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"nonvoluntary",
|
|
"unwilled",
|
|
"will-less"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willed their house to their adult children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeathing",
|
|
"leaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deeding",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"passing (down)",
|
|
"devising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to see fit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do as you will \u2014I wash my hands of the whole affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"hankering (for)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"resolving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"will-o'-the-wisp":{
|
|
"as in mirage , ignis fatuus":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ignis fatuus",
|
|
"mirage",
|
|
"chimera",
|
|
"conceit",
|
|
"daydream",
|
|
"delusion",
|
|
"dream",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"fantasy",
|
|
"phantasy",
|
|
"figment",
|
|
"hallucination",
|
|
"illusion",
|
|
"nonentity",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"pipe dream",
|
|
"unreality",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"brainchild",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"concoction",
|
|
"fable",
|
|
"fabrication",
|
|
"fiction",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"envisaging",
|
|
"imaging",
|
|
"visualization",
|
|
"cloud-cuckoo-land",
|
|
"cloudland",
|
|
"Shangri-la",
|
|
"utopia",
|
|
"daymare",
|
|
"nightmare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"actuality",
|
|
"fact",
|
|
"reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildfires":{
|
|
"a fire in a wild area (such as a forest) that is not controlled and that can burn a large area very quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The recent wildfires were made worse by the strong winds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backfires",
|
|
"bonfires",
|
|
"brush fires",
|
|
"campfires",
|
|
"forest fires",
|
|
"conflagrations",
|
|
"holocausts",
|
|
"infernos",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"arsons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildness":{
|
|
"as in recklessness , rashness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foolhardiness",
|
|
"rashness",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"dereliction",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"incaution",
|
|
"incautiousness",
|
|
"laxness",
|
|
"neglectfulness",
|
|
"negligence",
|
|
"remissness",
|
|
"slackness",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"omission",
|
|
"delinquency",
|
|
"irresponsibility",
|
|
"irresponsibleness",
|
|
"malfeasance",
|
|
"malpractice",
|
|
"misconduct",
|
|
"misdirection",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanagement",
|
|
"forgetfulness",
|
|
"inadvertence",
|
|
"inadvertency",
|
|
"inattention",
|
|
"inattentiveness",
|
|
"obliviousness",
|
|
"shortsightedness",
|
|
"unwariness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"care",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"alertness",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"attentiveness",
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"circumspection",
|
|
"observance",
|
|
"vigilance",
|
|
"watchfulness",
|
|
"responsibility",
|
|
"responsibleness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilts":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plants wilted after I forgot to water them for three whole days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"swags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"caves (in)",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"crumples",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"stiffens",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"straightens",
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"uncurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had wilted a bit after walking around the hot and humid city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"droops",
|
|
"emaciates",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flags",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"languishes",
|
|
"sags",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"wastes (away)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"yields",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"rots",
|
|
"runs down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesces",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"rebounds",
|
|
"recovers",
|
|
"recuperates",
|
|
"gains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after six solid hours of painting, his energy was starting to wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dries",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummifies",
|
|
"shrivels",
|
|
"wizens",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"fades",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshens",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"prospers",
|
|
"thrives",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"surges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willingly":{
|
|
"by choice or preference":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I would not willingly eat liver, but sometimes I have no choice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fain",
|
|
"first",
|
|
"preferably",
|
|
"rather",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"soon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alternately",
|
|
"alternatively",
|
|
"either",
|
|
"instead",
|
|
"electively",
|
|
"optionally",
|
|
"desirably",
|
|
"gladly",
|
|
"wishfully",
|
|
"obligingly",
|
|
"voluntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"reluctantly",
|
|
"forcibly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of one's own free will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I willingly made the campaign contribution; no one pressured me into doing so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"voluntarily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consciously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"knowingly",
|
|
"wittingly",
|
|
"acquiescently",
|
|
"consentingly",
|
|
"electively",
|
|
"optionally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unknowingly",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"reluctantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"involuntarily",
|
|
"unwillingly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildly":{
|
|
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"upon being dismissed, the students dashed wildly off in all directions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"riotously",
|
|
"tumultuously",
|
|
"turbulently",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"trespassers make the recluse wildly angry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildfire":{
|
|
"a fire in a wild area (such as a forest) that is not controlled and that can burn a large area very quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The recent wildfires were made worse by the strong winds."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backfire",
|
|
"bonfire",
|
|
"brush fire",
|
|
"campfire",
|
|
"forest fire",
|
|
"conflagration",
|
|
"holocaust",
|
|
"inferno",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"arson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wiles":{
|
|
"a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to use all of her wiles to convince her guests to stay for dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artifices",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dodges",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"gambits",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"ruses",
|
|
"schemes",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"sleights",
|
|
"stratagems",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"end runs",
|
|
"feints",
|
|
"chicaneries",
|
|
"cozenages",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"crookeries",
|
|
"cunnings",
|
|
"deceptions",
|
|
"duperies",
|
|
"duplicities",
|
|
"fakeries",
|
|
"juggleries",
|
|
"legerdemains",
|
|
"skulduggeries",
|
|
"skullduggeries",
|
|
"subterfuges",
|
|
"trickeries",
|
|
"frauds",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"swindles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"smoke screens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her stories of the Old South could wile anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"magnetizes",
|
|
"witches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarms",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"enraptures",
|
|
"enthralls",
|
|
"enthrals",
|
|
"entrances",
|
|
"appeals (to)",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"intrigues",
|
|
"beckons",
|
|
"courts",
|
|
"invites",
|
|
"solicits",
|
|
"woos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusts",
|
|
"offends",
|
|
"repels",
|
|
"revolts",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"displeases",
|
|
"irks",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"tires",
|
|
"wearies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildwood":{
|
|
"as in greenwood":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greenwood",
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"brushwood",
|
|
"chaparral",
|
|
"coppice",
|
|
"copse",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"grove",
|
|
"scrubland",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"thicket",
|
|
"woodlot",
|
|
"forest",
|
|
"forestland",
|
|
"timber",
|
|
"timberland",
|
|
"wood(s)",
|
|
"woodland",
|
|
"arboretum",
|
|
"plantation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wills":{
|
|
"to give by means of a will":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"willed their house to their adult children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bequeaths",
|
|
"leaves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deeds",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"passes (down)",
|
|
"devises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to see fit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"do as you will \u2014I wash my hands of the whole affair"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"hankers (for)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"decides",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"resolves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act or power of making one's own choices or decisions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you cannot force me to do anything against my own will"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"choices",
|
|
"free wills",
|
|
"volitions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elections",
|
|
"preferences",
|
|
"selections",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"devices",
|
|
"dispositions",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"alternatives",
|
|
"discretions",
|
|
"options",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coercions",
|
|
"compulsions",
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"duresses",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"pressures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilds":{
|
|
"living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wild animals can be shy or aggressive when confronted by humans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"feral",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"undomesticated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"wilding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undocile",
|
|
"unsubdued",
|
|
"untrained",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"uncivilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"semidomesticated",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"halterbroken",
|
|
"housebroken",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"civilized",
|
|
"semicivilized",
|
|
"socialized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"domestic",
|
|
"domesticated",
|
|
"gentled",
|
|
"tame",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"existing without human habitation or cultivation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that land has been completely wild since the owners abandoned it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"untamed",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"native",
|
|
"uninhabited",
|
|
"unpeopled",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"overgrown",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"untended",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"howling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inhabited",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"seminatural"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"tamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by turmoil or disturbance especially of natural elements":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wild night, full of wind and rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"rugged",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"tumultuous",
|
|
"turbulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"raging",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"brutal",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"roily",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"squally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"conceived or made without regard for reason or reality":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some wild claim that he was abducted by aliens"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"fanciful",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"unreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"implausible",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
|
|
"Kafkaesque",
|
|
"nightmarish",
|
|
"dreamlike",
|
|
"surreal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"realistic",
|
|
"reasonable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by great and often stressful excitement or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the holidays were especially wild around here this year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"delirious",
|
|
"ferocious",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"fierce",
|
|
"frantic",
|
|
"frenetic",
|
|
"frenzied",
|
|
"furious",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"rabid",
|
|
"violent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concentrated",
|
|
"high-pressured",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"intensive",
|
|
"vehement",
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"immoderate",
|
|
"inordinate",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"overweening",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"undue",
|
|
"crazed",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"demented",
|
|
"deranged",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"maniacal",
|
|
"maniac"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"undisturbed",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"untroubled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sound"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not civilized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ancient traces of a wild people who lived in mountain caves"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"barbaric",
|
|
"barbarous",
|
|
"heathen",
|
|
"heathenish",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"Neandertal",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"uncivilized",
|
|
"uncultivated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"primitive",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"uncultured"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"enlightened",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"semicivilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"civilized"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"showing urgent desire or interest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they're just wild to go on the ecotour through the Amazon rain forest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"antsy",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"athirst",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthused",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"geeked",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"gung ho",
|
|
"hepped up",
|
|
"hopped-up",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hungry",
|
|
"impatient",
|
|
"juiced",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"raring",
|
|
"solicitous",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"voracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hung up",
|
|
"obsessed",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"appetent",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"hankering",
|
|
"longing",
|
|
"pining",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"unreluctant",
|
|
"willing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"incurious",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"nonchalant",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"averse",
|
|
"disinclined",
|
|
"hesitant",
|
|
"loath",
|
|
"loth",
|
|
"loathe",
|
|
"reluctant",
|
|
"unwilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"uneager",
|
|
"unenthusiastic"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a confused and reckless manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"as soon as the doors opened, early-morning bargain hunters ran wild through the store"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amok",
|
|
"amuck",
|
|
"berserk",
|
|
"berserkly",
|
|
"frantically",
|
|
"frenetically",
|
|
"frenziedly",
|
|
"harum-scarum",
|
|
"hectically",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"madly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agitatedly",
|
|
"confusedly",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"haywire",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"uncontrollably",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"wantonly",
|
|
"chaotically",
|
|
"riotously",
|
|
"tumultuously",
|
|
"turbulently",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmly",
|
|
"collectedly",
|
|
"composedly",
|
|
"coolly",
|
|
"cooly",
|
|
"imperturbably",
|
|
"peacefully",
|
|
"placidly",
|
|
"self-composedly",
|
|
"self-possessedly",
|
|
"serenely",
|
|
"unconcernedly",
|
|
"meekly",
|
|
"mildly",
|
|
"passively",
|
|
"tamely",
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some animals aren't meant to live outside of the wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wiling":{
|
|
"as in charming , enchanting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astonishing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"portentous",
|
|
"stunning",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magical",
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"divining",
|
|
"forecasting",
|
|
"foreknowing",
|
|
"foreseeing",
|
|
"foretelling",
|
|
"fortune-telling",
|
|
"predicting",
|
|
"presaging",
|
|
"prognosticating",
|
|
"prophesying",
|
|
"soothsaying",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"supernormal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her stories of the Old South could wile anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"magnetizing",
|
|
"witching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"appealing (to)",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"wooing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"tiring",
|
|
"wearying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willingness":{
|
|
"cheerful readiness to do something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"his unhesitating willingness to take on the tough assignments has earned him the status of the president's right-hand man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"gameness",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"obligingness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"avidity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"relish",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"agreeableness",
|
|
"geniality",
|
|
"good-naturedness",
|
|
"heartiness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"responsiveness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"disinterestedness",
|
|
"halfheartedness",
|
|
"indifference",
|
|
"lukewarmness",
|
|
"perfunctoriness",
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"doubt",
|
|
"equivocation",
|
|
"hesitance",
|
|
"hesitancy",
|
|
"hesitation",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"reservation",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"uncertainty",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"disinclination",
|
|
"indisposition",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"resistance",
|
|
"unwillingness",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"averseness",
|
|
"aversion"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wily":{
|
|
"clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wily judge of character, she takes advantage of car buyers' insecurities to sell them a bigger machine than they really need"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"cagey",
|
|
"cagy",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"cute",
|
|
"designing",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"dodgy",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"scheming",
|
|
"shrewd",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"astute",
|
|
"facile",
|
|
"glib",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"Machiavellian",
|
|
"oblique",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slippery",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"mealy",
|
|
"mealymouthed",
|
|
"smooth-tongued",
|
|
"two-faced",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"clandestine",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"furtive",
|
|
"hugger-mugger",
|
|
"secret",
|
|
"stealthy",
|
|
"surreptitious",
|
|
"undercover",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"plotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"obvious",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"unconcealed",
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"sincere",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretending",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"impressionable",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"unworldly",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"trustful",
|
|
"trusting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"artless",
|
|
"guileless",
|
|
"ingenuous",
|
|
"innocent",
|
|
"undesigning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willy-nilly":{
|
|
"without definite aim, direction, rule, or method":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they were in a hurry, so they just tossed everything into the room willy-nilly , leaving it to be all sorted out later"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"spottily",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
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"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willfulness":{
|
|
"a steadfast adherence to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her unceasing willfulness eventually wore down her critics and opponents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheadedness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"intransigence",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"opinionatedness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-opinionatedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentiveness",
|
|
"perverseness",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"waywardness",
|
|
"wrongheadedness",
|
|
"adamancy",
|
|
"adamance",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"implacability",
|
|
"inexorability",
|
|
"inflexibility",
|
|
"inveteracy",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"persistence",
|
|
"persistency",
|
|
"relentlessness",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"single-mindedness",
|
|
"steadfastness",
|
|
"stick-to-itiveness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"hardness",
|
|
"rigor",
|
|
"rigorousness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"strictness",
|
|
"narrow-mindedness",
|
|
"rigidity",
|
|
"rigidness",
|
|
"bloody-mindedness",
|
|
"cantankerousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"cussedness",
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"immovability",
|
|
"immovableness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"recalcitrancy",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broad-mindedness",
|
|
"open-mindedness",
|
|
"reasonability",
|
|
"reasonableness",
|
|
"receptiveness",
|
|
"receptivity",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"flexibility",
|
|
"pliability",
|
|
"pliableness",
|
|
"pliancy",
|
|
"pliantness",
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"willingness",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"refusal to obey":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the trainer was able to correct our dog's willfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balkiness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"contumacy",
|
|
"defiance",
|
|
"disobedience",
|
|
"frowardness",
|
|
"insubordination",
|
|
"intractability",
|
|
"obstreperousness",
|
|
"rebellion",
|
|
"rebelliousness",
|
|
"recalcitrance",
|
|
"refractoriness",
|
|
"unruliness",
|
|
"waywardness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"civil disobedience",
|
|
"noncooperation",
|
|
"discourteousness",
|
|
"disrespect",
|
|
"impertinence",
|
|
"impoliteness",
|
|
"impudence",
|
|
"inconsiderateness",
|
|
"inconsideration",
|
|
"insolence",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"ungraciousness",
|
|
"doggedness",
|
|
"hardheadedness",
|
|
"mulishness",
|
|
"obduracy",
|
|
"obdurateness",
|
|
"obstinacy",
|
|
"obstinateness",
|
|
"peevishness",
|
|
"pertinaciousness",
|
|
"pertinacity",
|
|
"perversity",
|
|
"pigheadedness",
|
|
"self-will",
|
|
"stubbornness",
|
|
"tenaciousness",
|
|
"tenacity",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"naughtiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agreeability",
|
|
"amenability",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"slavishness",
|
|
"submissiveness",
|
|
"subservience",
|
|
"subserviency",
|
|
"trainability",
|
|
"deference",
|
|
"docility",
|
|
"dutifulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compliance",
|
|
"obedience",
|
|
"submission",
|
|
"subordinateness",
|
|
"subordination",
|
|
"tractability",
|
|
"tractableness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willies":{
|
|
"a sense of panic or extreme nervousness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spiders give me the willies for some reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butterflies",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"heebie-jeebies",
|
|
"jimjams",
|
|
"jitters",
|
|
"nerves",
|
|
"screaming meemies",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"whim-whams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cold sweat",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"fidgets",
|
|
"goose bumps",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"anxiety",
|
|
"fear",
|
|
"hysteria",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"frazzle",
|
|
"nervous breakdown",
|
|
"edginess",
|
|
"jumpiness",
|
|
"skittishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aplomb",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"composure",
|
|
"equanimity",
|
|
"imperturbability",
|
|
"self-possession",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilted":{
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plants wilted after I forgot to water them for three whole days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"swagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouched",
|
|
"slumped",
|
|
"caved (in)",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"crumpled",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"straightened",
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"uncurled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had wilted a bit after walking around the hot and humid city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"drooped",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"failed",
|
|
"flagged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"languished",
|
|
"sagged",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"wasted (away)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"yielded",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"ran down",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalesced",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"rebounded",
|
|
"recovered",
|
|
"recuperated",
|
|
"gained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after six solid hours of painting, his energy was starting to wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dried",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummified",
|
|
"shriveled",
|
|
"shrivelled",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"faded",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshened",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"bloomed",
|
|
"flourished",
|
|
"prospered",
|
|
"thrived",
|
|
"throve",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"waxed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"surged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilful":{
|
|
"given to resisting authority or another's control":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a particularly willful horse that took weeks to break to saddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balky",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"incompliant",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"recusant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"restive",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"noncooperative",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"negativistic",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"peevish",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"fractious",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"errant",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"monkeyish",
|
|
"naughty",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"dissident",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"disrespectful",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"ill-mannered",
|
|
"ill-natured",
|
|
"impertinent",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"impudent",
|
|
"inconsiderate",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"ornery",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"uncouth",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cooperative",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"behaved",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"respectful",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"mannerly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"biddable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"conformable",
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"ruly",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"given to resisting control or discipline by others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally the parents sought professional counseling for the willful child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"incontrollable",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"untoward",
|
|
"wayward"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"difficult",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"incorrigible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"unpunished",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"irrepressible",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"indocile",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"rebellious",
|
|
"misbehaving",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"well-behaved",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"trainable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"controllable",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"tractable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a tendency to force one's will on others without any regard to fairness or necessity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a willful disregard for the rights of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"dictatorial",
|
|
"high-handed",
|
|
"imperious",
|
|
"peremptory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"dominant",
|
|
"domineering",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"imperative",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"masterful",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"presumptuous",
|
|
"authoritarian",
|
|
"autocratic",
|
|
"autocratical",
|
|
"despotic",
|
|
"totalitarian",
|
|
"tyrannical",
|
|
"tyrannic",
|
|
"tyrannous",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"inconsistent",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"biased",
|
|
"inequitable",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"prejudiced",
|
|
"unequal",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unjust",
|
|
"unrealistic",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unconscionable",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"disinterested",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equitable",
|
|
"evenhanded",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"impartial",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"nonpartisan",
|
|
"objective",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"understanding",
|
|
"unbiased",
|
|
"unprejudiced",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"made, given, or done with full awareness of what one is doing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a willful attempt to cheat her siblings out of their rightful inheritance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"knowing",
|
|
"purposeful",
|
|
"purposive",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"witting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful",
|
|
"weighed",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepense",
|
|
"discretionary",
|
|
"elective",
|
|
"optional",
|
|
"volunteer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"accidental",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"incidental",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"purposeless",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"compulsory",
|
|
"mandatory",
|
|
"necessary",
|
|
"nonelective",
|
|
"obligatory",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"unpremeditated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nondeliberate",
|
|
"nonpurposive",
|
|
"unintentional"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sticking to an opinion, purpose, or course of action in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of willful person who can never bring himself to admit that he made a mistake"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adamant",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"bullheaded",
|
|
"dogged",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hard-nosed",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"hardheaded",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"immovable",
|
|
"implacable",
|
|
"inconvincible",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"intransigent",
|
|
"mulish",
|
|
"obdurate",
|
|
"obstinate",
|
|
"opinionated",
|
|
"ossified",
|
|
"pat",
|
|
"pertinacious",
|
|
"perverse",
|
|
"pigheaded",
|
|
"self-opinionated",
|
|
"self-willed",
|
|
"stiff-necked",
|
|
"stubborn",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncompromising",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unyielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anal-retentive",
|
|
"obsessive",
|
|
"wayward",
|
|
"wrongheaded",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"hell-bent",
|
|
"inexorable",
|
|
"persistent",
|
|
"relentless",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"single-minded",
|
|
"steadfast",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"tenacious",
|
|
"unflinching",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard-line",
|
|
"hard-shell",
|
|
"hard-shelled",
|
|
"iron",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"hidebound",
|
|
"narrow-minded",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"bloody-minded",
|
|
"cantankerous",
|
|
"contrary",
|
|
"cussed",
|
|
"contumacious",
|
|
"disobedient",
|
|
"froward",
|
|
"insubordinate",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"refractory",
|
|
"uncooperative",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"defiant",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"mutinous",
|
|
"indomitable",
|
|
"invincible",
|
|
"unconquerable",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"inveterate",
|
|
"unregenerate",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"exacting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"docile",
|
|
"obedient",
|
|
"placable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"tractable",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"persuadable",
|
|
"receptive",
|
|
"responsive",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"governable",
|
|
"manageable",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"slavish",
|
|
"subservient"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"acquiescent",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amenable",
|
|
"compliant",
|
|
"complying",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"relenting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wiled":{
|
|
"to attract or delight as if by magic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her stories of the Old South could wile anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"allured",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"magnetized",
|
|
"witched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disarmed",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"pulled",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"appealed (to)",
|
|
"interested",
|
|
"intrigued",
|
|
"beckoned",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"wooed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disgusted",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"repelled",
|
|
"revolted",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"displeased",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"wearied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilting":{
|
|
"as in sagging , drooping":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"dangling",
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"pendent",
|
|
"pendant",
|
|
"pendulous",
|
|
"suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decline , deterioration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"withering",
|
|
"worsening",
|
|
"regression",
|
|
"relapse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"convalescence",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"recuperation",
|
|
"rehab",
|
|
"rehabilitation",
|
|
"snapback",
|
|
"resuscitation",
|
|
"revival",
|
|
"survival"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be limp from lack of water or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plants wilted after I forgot to water them for three whole days"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"swagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"slouching",
|
|
"slumping",
|
|
"caving (in)",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"crumpling",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"stiffening",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"straightening",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"uncurling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had wilted a bit after walking around the hot and humid city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"drooping",
|
|
"emaciating",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flagging",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"sagging",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"wasting (away)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"wearing out",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"running down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"convalescing",
|
|
"rallying",
|
|
"rebounding",
|
|
"recovering",
|
|
"recuperating",
|
|
"gaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lose liveliness, force, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after six solid hours of painting, his energy was starting to wilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drying",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mummifying",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wizening",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"fading",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"freshening",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking",
|
|
"surging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wilderness":{
|
|
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"released the wolf back into the wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"willowy":{
|
|
"able to bend easily without breaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the rattan's stems are split into willowy staves that are woven together to produce exquisite baskets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bendy",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"modifiable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"semiflexible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"nonmalleable",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"fragile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"stiffened"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildernesses":{
|
|
"that part of the physical world that is removed from human habitation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"released the wolf back into the wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"open air",
|
|
"out-of-doors",
|
|
"outdoors",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"outside",
|
|
"without",
|
|
"badland",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wasteland"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wildwoods":{
|
|
"as in greenwoods":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"greenwoods",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"brushwoods",
|
|
"chaparrals",
|
|
"coppices",
|
|
"copses",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"groves",
|
|
"scrublands",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"thickets",
|
|
"woodlots",
|
|
"forestlands",
|
|
"forests",
|
|
"timberlands",
|
|
"timbers",
|
|
"woodlands",
|
|
"woods",
|
|
"arboretums",
|
|
"arboreta",
|
|
"plantations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wild and woolly":{
|
|
"being rough or noisy in a high-spirited way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The grandparents watched the wild and woolly twins run around in the back yard."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"hell-raising",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"rambunctious",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"roisterous",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"rumbustious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"callithumpian",
|
|
"carnival",
|
|
"carnivalesque",
|
|
"larrikin",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rampageous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"rowdyish",
|
|
"ruffianly",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"headstrong",
|
|
"intractable",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"recalcitrant",
|
|
"uncontrollable",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"undisciplined",
|
|
"ungovernable",
|
|
"uninhibited",
|
|
"unmanageable",
|
|
"unreserved",
|
|
"unrestrained",
|
|
"unruly",
|
|
"wild",
|
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"willful",
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"wilful",
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"bubbly",
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"buoyant",
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"effervescent",
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"exuberant",
|
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"high-spirited",
|
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"impassioned",
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"lively",
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"sprightly",
|
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"vivacious",
|
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"clamorous",
|
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"loudmouthed",
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"noisy",
|
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"openmouthed",
|
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"rackety",
|
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"strident",
|
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"vociferous",
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"howling",
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"screaming",
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"yelling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sedate",
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"sober",
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"solemn",
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"somber",
|
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"sombre",
|
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"staid",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unruffled",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stoic",
|
|
"stoical",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"indifferent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"orderly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
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"phrase"
|
|
]
|
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}
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} |