dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/wil_MWT.json
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{
"wild":{
"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"
]
},
"wile":{
"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":[
"artifice",
"device",
"dodge",
"fetch",
"flimflam",
"gambit",
"gimmick",
"jig",
"juggle",
"knack",
"play",
"ploy",
"ruse",
"scheme",
"shenanigan",
"sleight",
"stratagem",
"trick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bluff",
"end run",
"feint",
"cheating",
"chicanery",
"cozenage",
"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"
],
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"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",
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"screwy",
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"wacky",
"whacky",
"way-out",
"weird",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"Alice-in-Wonderland",
"Kafkaesque",
"nightmarish",
"dreamlike",
"surreal"
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"reasonable"
]
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"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"examples":[
"public speakers in the park typically spout some wild ideas"
],
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"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"
],
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"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"
],
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},
"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",
"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",
"willful",
"wilful",
"bubbly",
"buoyant",
"effervescent",
"exuberant",
"high-spirited",
"impassioned",
"lively",
"sprightly",
"vivacious",
"clamorous",
"loudmouthed",
"noisy",
"openmouthed",
"rackety",
"strident",
"vociferous",
"howling",
"screaming",
"yelling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sedate",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}