dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/ban_MWT.json
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{
"band together":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborate",
"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"league",
"team (up)",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connive",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"combine",
"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"ally",
"associate",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banded (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborated",
"concerted",
"concurred",
"conjoined",
"conspired",
"cooperated",
"joined",
"leagued",
"teamed (up)",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connived",
"affiliated",
"allied",
"associated",
"combined",
"confederated",
"hung together",
"interfaced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allied",
"associated",
"clubbed",
"coalesced",
"cohered",
"confederated",
"conjoined",
"cooperated",
"federated",
"leagued",
"united"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballed",
"collaborated",
"ganged up",
"hung together",
"teamed (up)",
"incorporated",
"organized",
"unionized",
"affiliated",
"amalgamated",
"combined",
"conglomerated",
"consolidated",
"converged",
"grouped",
"joined",
"merged",
"knotted",
"linked",
"tied",
"wedded",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detached",
"disengaged",
"dissolved",
"disunited",
"divorced",
"parted",
"segregated",
"separated",
"severed",
"split",
"sundered",
"alienated",
"estranged",
"fell out"
],
"antonyms":[
"broke up",
"disbanded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandied words":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"The two men bandied words in a heated debate about which team was better."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercated",
"argued",
"argufied",
"bickered",
"brabbled",
"brawled",
"controverted",
"disputed",
"fell out",
"fought",
"hassled",
"jarred",
"quarreled",
"quarrelled",
"quibbled",
"rowed",
"scrapped",
"spatted",
"squabbled",
"tiffed",
"wrangled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenged",
"dared",
"defied",
"clashed",
"contended",
"contested",
"tangled",
"caviled",
"cavilled",
"fussed",
"nitpicked",
"considered",
"debated",
"discussed",
"kicked",
"objected",
"protested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisted",
"got along",
"accepted",
"agreed",
"assented",
"concurred",
"consented"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bandwagons":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitzes",
"campaigns",
"causes",
"crusades",
"drives",
"juggernauts",
"movements",
"pushes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assaults",
"attacks",
"maneuvers",
"marches",
"offensives",
"actions",
"bids",
"enterprises",
"initiatives",
"missions",
"projects",
"undertakings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandy":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitate",
"argue",
"bat (around or back and forth)",
"canvass",
"canvas",
"debate",
"discuss",
"dispute",
"hash (over or out)",
"moot",
"talk over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"review",
"speak (about)",
"talk (about)",
"broach",
"introduce",
"propound",
"raise",
"stir up",
"forge",
"hammer out",
"talk out",
"thrash (out)",
"wrestle (with)",
"chew over",
"consider",
"deliberate",
"weigh"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banging":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"bumping",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smashing",
"striking",
"swiping",
"thudding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"clunking",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skimming",
"skipping",
"contacting",
"landing",
"touching",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"scraping",
"shaving",
"sweeping",
"bulldozing",
"jostling",
"muscling",
"pressing",
"pushing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missing",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"batting",
"belting",
"biffing",
"bludgeoning",
"bobbing",
"bonking",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clocking",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"hammering",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"nailing",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"punching",
"rapping",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"slogging",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"striking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"tagging",
"thumping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"whaling",
"zapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"beating",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"chopping",
"cuffing",
"drubbing",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"pelting",
"peppering",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"scuffing",
"bunting",
"flicking",
"stroking",
"tapping",
"bumping",
"butting",
"jabbing",
"jostling",
"kicking",
"kneeing",
"poking",
"prodding",
"pushing",
"shoving",
"stamping",
"bowling (down or over)",
"creaming",
"decking",
"dumping",
"felling",
"flooring",
"knocking down",
"leveling",
"levelling",
"rabbit-punching",
"sucker punching",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"lashing",
"sapping",
"slashing",
"sledgehammering",
"sledging",
"spearing",
"stabbing",
"switching",
"thrashing",
"whipping",
"beaning",
"braining",
"conking",
"skulling"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"slamming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closing",
"shutting",
"stopping",
"barring",
"battening (down)",
"bolting",
"chaining",
"fastening",
"latching",
"locking",
"sealing",
"securing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opening",
"unbarring",
"unbolting",
"unfastening",
"unlatching",
"unlocking",
"unsealing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banish":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"deport",
"displace",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"relegate",
"transport"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast out",
"dismiss",
"eject",
"eliminate",
"evict",
"exclude",
"expel",
"expulse",
"kick out",
"oust",
"run out",
"throw out",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"dispossess"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalize",
"repatriate",
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take in",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"synonyms":[
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"throw out",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforce",
"deport",
"displace",
"dispossess",
"evict",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"ostracize",
"read out",
"shut out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banishing":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"deporting",
"displacing",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"relegating",
"transporting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casting out",
"dismissing",
"ejecting",
"eliminating",
"evicting",
"excluding",
"expelling",
"expulsing",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"running out",
"throwing out",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"dispossessing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalizing",
"repatriating",
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"sheltering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"synonyms":[
"booting (out)",
"bouncing",
"casting out",
"chasing",
"dismissing",
"drumming (out)",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"extruding",
"kicking out",
"ousting",
"outing",
"routing",
"running off",
"throwing out",
"turfing (out)",
"turning out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforcing",
"deporting",
"displacing",
"dispossessing",
"evicting",
"exiling",
"expatriating",
"ostracizing",
"reading out",
"shutting out",
"axing",
"canning",
"cashiering",
"defenestrating",
"discharging",
"firing",
"mustering out",
"pink-slipping",
"releasing",
"removing",
"retiring",
"sacking",
"terminating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"admitting",
"receiving",
"taking",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"entertaining",
"harboring",
"housing",
"lodging",
"sheltering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bank":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a bank of telephones set up for the telethon"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"band",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of people or things arranged side by side":{
"examples":[
"a bank of elevators"
],
"synonyms":[
"rank",
"row"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chain",
"column",
"cue",
"file",
"line",
"procession",
"queue",
"range",
"string",
"train",
"echelon",
"tier",
"array",
"concatenation",
"sequence"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
"examples":[
"a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"drift",
"mound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbank",
"snowdrift",
"embankment",
"sandbar",
"heap",
"hill",
"mass",
"mountain",
"stack",
"tuft"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hill",
"mound"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heap",
"pile",
"pyramid",
"stack",
"embank",
"bunch",
"bundle",
"clump",
"lump",
"mass",
"wad",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"conglomerate",
"gather",
"group"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"reserve",
"salt away",
"save",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"store",
"stow",
"invest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"remove",
"take out",
"disburse",
"expend",
"give",
"lay out",
"pay",
"spend"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdraw"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banker":{
"as in trawler , hooker":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"coble",
"dragger",
"gillnetter",
"hooker",
"lugger",
"scalloper",
"seiner",
"shrimper",
"trawler",
"whaleboat",
"whaler",
"workboat",
"ferry",
"ferryboat",
"gondola",
"taxi",
"water taxi",
"cockleshell",
"tub",
"towboat",
"tug",
"tugboat",
"airboat",
"air-cushion vehicle",
"hovercraft",
"barge",
"hoy",
"keel",
"keelboat",
"lighter",
"narrow boat",
"hydrofoil",
"hydroplane",
"auxiliary",
"bumboat",
"cutter",
"jolly boat",
"launch",
"lifeboat",
"longboat",
"tender",
"yawl",
"assault boat",
"PT boat",
"torpedo boat",
"houseboat",
"riverboat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banks (on or upon)":{
"as in counts (on or upon) , relies (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counts (on or upon)",
"depends (on or upon)",
"relies (on or upon)",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"doubts",
"misdoubts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects",
"disbelieves",
"discounts",
"discredits",
"negates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banned":{
"that may not be permitted":{
"examples":[
"at one time books, movies, and plays could use \" banned in Boston\" as a selling point"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"forbidden",
"impermissible",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"verboten"
],
"near synonyms":[
"intolerable",
"unacceptable",
"unbearable",
"unendurable",
"illegal",
"illegitimate",
"illicit",
"improper",
"inappropriate",
"unauthorized",
"unlawful",
"unlicensed",
"ineffable",
"unmentionable",
"unseemly",
"unsuitable",
"objectionable",
"disallowed",
"disapproved",
"discouraged",
"refused",
"rejected",
"revoked",
"unsanctioned",
"vetoed",
"repressed",
"suppressed",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acceptable",
"bearable",
"endurable",
"tolerable",
"accepted",
"accredited",
"allowed",
"appropriate",
"approved",
"authorized",
"certified",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"lawful",
"legal",
"legitimate",
"licensed",
"OK",
"okay",
"permitted",
"warranted",
"accorded",
"granted",
"sanctioned",
"vouchsafed",
"brooked",
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"encouraged",
"promoted",
"supported",
"commanded",
"mandatory",
"ordered",
"required",
"proper",
"seemly",
"suitable",
"tolerated",
"unobjectionable"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowable",
"permissible",
"permissive",
"sufferable"
]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"enjoined",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"interdicted",
"outlawed",
"prohibited",
"proscribed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterred",
"discouraged",
"dissuaded",
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed",
"halted",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"stopped",
"embargoed",
"excluded",
"ruled out",
"shut out",
"debarred",
"deprived",
"disallowed",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"vetoed",
"bridled",
"checked",
"curbed",
"inhibited",
"reined (in)",
"restrained",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approved",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"sanctioned",
"authorized",
"licensed",
"licenced",
"warranted",
"abetted",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted",
"supported",
"bade",
"bid",
"commanded",
"ordered",
"abided",
"abode",
"bore",
"brooked",
"countenanced",
"endured",
"tolerated"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowed",
"let",
"permitted",
"suffered"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"closed out",
"counted (out)",
"debarred",
"eliminated",
"excepted",
"excluded",
"froze out",
"ruled out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballed",
"blacklisted",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"banished",
"deported",
"exiled",
"expelled",
"ousted",
"threw out",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"prohibited",
"blocked",
"hindered",
"impeded",
"obstructed",
"ceased",
"discontinued",
"halted",
"suspended",
"deterred",
"staved off",
"warded (off)",
"checked off",
"disregarded",
"combed (out)",
"weeded (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"embraced",
"entertained",
"received",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"unbanned"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitted",
"included"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bans":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"enjoins",
"forbids",
"interdicts",
"outlaws",
"prohibits",
"proscribes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deters",
"discourages",
"dissuades",
"clamps down (on)",
"cracks down (on)",
"crushes",
"puts down",
"quashes",
"quells",
"represses",
"silences",
"snuffs (out)",
"squashes",
"squelches",
"subdues",
"suppresses",
"halts",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"stops",
"embargoes",
"excludes",
"rules out",
"shuts out",
"debars",
"deprives",
"disallows",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"vetoes",
"bridles",
"checks",
"curbs",
"inhibits",
"reins (in)",
"restrains",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"authorizes",
"licenses",
"licences",
"warrants",
"abets",
"advances",
"cultivates",
"encourages",
"forwards",
"furthers",
"nourishes",
"nurtures",
"promotes",
"supports",
"bids",
"commands",
"orders",
"abides",
"bears",
"brooks",
"countenances",
"endures",
"tolerates"
],
"antonyms":[
"allows",
"lets",
"permits",
"suffers"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"closes out",
"counts (out)",
"debars",
"eliminates",
"excepts",
"excludes",
"freezes out",
"rules out",
"shuts out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballs",
"blacklists",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"banishes",
"deports",
"exiles",
"expels",
"ousts",
"throws out",
"obviates",
"precludes",
"prevents",
"prohibits",
"blocks",
"hinders",
"impedes",
"obstructs",
"ceases",
"discontinues",
"halts",
"suspends",
"deters",
"staves off",
"wards (off)",
"checks off",
"disregards",
"combs (out)",
"weeds (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"embraces",
"entertains",
"receives",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"unbans"
],
"antonyms":[
"admits",
"includes"
]
},
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"a father's ban upon his ungrateful son"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathemas",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions",
"malisons",
"winzes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censures",
"condemnations",
"damnations",
"denunciations",
"excommunications",
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"mojoes",
"mojos",
"spells",
"voodoos",
"whammies",
"pox",
"poxes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citations",
"commendations",
"endorsements",
"indorsements"
],
"antonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
]
},
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"embargoes",
"interdictions",
"interdicts",
"prohibitions",
"proscriptions",
"vetoes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no's",
"no-nos",
"taboos",
"tabus",
"constraints",
"inhibitions",
"limitations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"deterrents",
"discouragements",
"repressions",
"suppressions",
"preventions",
"denials",
"disallowances",
"negations",
"refusals",
"rejections",
"objections",
"protests",
"caveats",
"warnings",
"commandments",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"edicts",
"injunctions",
"mandates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferances",
"tolerances",
"tolerations",
"allowances",
"authorizations",
"clearances",
"consents",
"leaves",
"licenses",
"licences",
"permissions",
"sanctions",
"approbations",
"approvals",
"blessings",
"endorsements",
"indorsements",
"imprimaturs",
"OKs",
"okays",
"encouragements",
"facilitations",
"promotions",
"supports",
"compliances",
"obediences",
"submissions",
"accessions",
"acquiescences",
"agreements",
"assents"
],
"antonyms":[
"prescriptions"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandies words":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"The two men bandied words in a heated debate about which team was better."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercates",
"argues",
"argufies",
"bickers",
"brabbles",
"brawls",
"controverts",
"disputes",
"falls out",
"fights",
"hassles",
"jars",
"quarrels",
"quibbles",
"rows",
"scraps",
"spats",
"squabbles",
"tiffs",
"wrangles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenges",
"dares",
"defies",
"clashes",
"contends",
"contests",
"tangles",
"cavils",
"fusses",
"nitpicks",
"considers",
"debates",
"discusses",
"kicks",
"objects",
"protests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexists",
"gets along",
"accepts",
"agrees",
"assents",
"concurs",
"consents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bands":{
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"a band of cloth tied around his wrist"
],
"synonyms":[
"circles",
"eyes",
"hoops",
"loops",
"rings",
"rounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belts",
"cinctures",
"collars",
"girdles",
"wreaths",
"annulets",
"beckets",
"coils",
"curls",
"furls",
"hanks",
"spirals",
"spires",
"twirls",
"whorls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"numerous bands of plastic held the toy securely in the box"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"bonds",
"bracelets",
"chains",
"cuffs",
"fetters",
"handcuffs",
"irons",
"ligatures",
"manacles",
"shackles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivities",
"confinements",
"constraints",
"curbs",
"enchainments",
"enslavements",
"hindrances",
"immurements",
"imprisonments",
"incarcerations",
"restraints",
"restrictions",
"entanglements",
"nets",
"trammels",
"traps",
"collars",
"straitjackets",
"straightjackets",
"fasteners",
"hobbles",
"hold-downs",
"holdings",
"holds",
"ties"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
"examples":[
"skunks have a band of white down their backs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes",
"crossbars",
"pinstripes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually large group of musicians playing together":{
"examples":[
"that band is looking for a new singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"orchestras",
"philharmonics",
"symphonies",
"symphony orchestras"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brass bands",
"chamber orchestras",
"sinfoniettas",
"brasses",
"strings",
"woodwinds",
"combos",
"ensembles",
"groups",
"companies",
"troupes",
"duos",
"octets",
"quartets",
"quartettes",
"quintets",
"septets",
"sextets",
"trios"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a band of volunteer searchers found the lost child"
],
"synonyms":[
"armies",
"brigades",
"companies",
"crews",
"gangs",
"outfits",
"parties",
"platoons",
"squads",
"teams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battalions",
"corps",
"troops",
"forces",
"hosts",
"posses",
"stables",
"troupes",
"administrations",
"departments",
"help",
"personnels",
"staffs",
"staves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of explorers"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"batches",
"batteries",
"bodies",
"boodles",
"bunches",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"consorts",
"constellations",
"crops",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"parcels",
"parties",
"passels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assemblies",
"collectives",
"congregations",
"gatherings",
"musters",
"organizations",
"circles",
"clans",
"cliques",
"coteries",
"fellowships",
"gangs",
"rings",
"rounds",
"sets",
"factions",
"guilds",
"gilds",
"orders",
"schools",
"sects",
"brigades",
"crews",
"outfits",
"phalanxes",
"phalanges",
"platoons",
"posses",
"task forces",
"teams",
"alliances",
"blocs",
"coalitions",
"confederacies",
"confederations",
"federations",
"leagues",
"unions",
"battalions",
"squadrons",
"bevies",
"broods",
"coveys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individuals",
"singles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of songbirds"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"banks",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begirds",
"belts",
"engirdles",
"engirds",
"enwinds",
"girdles",
"girds",
"girths",
"girts",
"wraps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ties up",
"trusses",
"circles",
"enwreathes",
"loops",
"winds",
"wreathes",
"bandages",
"enswathes",
"swathes",
"chains",
"cords",
"enchains",
"lashes",
"ropes",
"shackles",
"tapes",
"wires"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbinds",
"unlashes",
"unshackles",
"unties",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungirds",
"unwraps"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"ties",
"trusses"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinches",
"cords",
"ropes",
"straps",
"threads",
"wires",
"girds",
"girts",
"lashes",
"leashes",
"tethers",
"interlaces",
"intertwines",
"interweaves",
"laces",
"entangles",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles",
"twists",
"coils",
"winds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undoes",
"unfastens",
"unlaces",
"unlashes",
"unloosens",
"unlooses",
"unstraps",
"unstrings",
"unthreads",
"unleashes",
"untethers",
"disentangles",
"unravels",
"unsnarls",
"untangles",
"untwines",
"untwists",
"uncoils",
"unspools",
"unwinds"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinds",
"unties"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bangs":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a sharp bang that rattled the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bats",
"beats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"blows",
"bops",
"boxes",
"buffets",
"busts",
"chops",
"claps",
"clips",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"dabs",
"douses",
"fillips",
"hacks",
"haymakers",
"hits",
"hooks",
"knocks",
"larrups",
"lashes",
"licks",
"pelts",
"picks",
"plumps",
"pokes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"stingers",
"stripes",
"strokes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"switches",
"thuds",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"welts",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whops",
"whaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counterblows",
"counter-blows",
"counterpunches",
"counters",
"counterstrokes",
"counter-strokes",
"body blows",
"hands",
"kicks",
"knees",
"lefts",
"one-twos",
"rabbit punches",
"right-handers",
"rights",
"roundhouses",
"shivers",
"sidewinders",
"sucker punches",
"swings",
"uppercuts",
"crunchers",
"kayos",
"knockdowns",
"knockouts",
"KOs",
"bastinadoes",
"bastinades",
"batterings",
"beatings",
"drubbings",
"lickings",
"pastings",
"thrashings",
"wallopings",
"whippings",
"whips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"a sudden bang made the cat jump"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasts",
"booms",
"claps",
"cracks",
"crashes",
"pops",
"reports",
"slams",
"smashes",
"snaps",
"thunderclaps",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whomps",
"whumps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunks",
"whams",
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"knocks",
"raps",
"taps",
"blares",
"clamors",
"howls",
"hubbubs",
"hue and cries",
"hullabaloos",
"outcries",
"roars",
"tumults",
"uproars"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the most bang for her money at the attractions at the county fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"boots",
"charges",
"exhilarations",
"frissons",
"jollies",
"kicks",
"rushes",
"thrills",
"titillations",
"wallops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousals",
"buzzes",
"electrifications",
"highs",
"intoxications",
"jolts",
"shocks",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"delectations",
"delights",
"enjoyments",
"joys",
"lifts",
"pleasures",
"amusements",
"diversions",
"entertainments",
"fun",
"treats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bumps",
"collides",
"crashes",
"hits",
"impacts",
"impinges",
"knocks",
"rams",
"slams",
"smashes",
"strikes",
"swipes",
"thuds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounces",
"caroms",
"clunks",
"glances",
"rebounds",
"ricochets",
"skims",
"skips",
"contacts",
"lands",
"touches",
"brushes",
"grazes",
"kisses",
"nudges",
"scrapes",
"shaves",
"sweeps",
"bulldozes",
"jostles",
"muscles",
"presses",
"pushes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"misses",
"skirts"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bats",
"belts",
"biffs",
"bludgeons",
"bobs",
"bonks",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clocks",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"hammers",
"hits",
"knocks",
"nails",
"pastes",
"pounds",
"punches",
"raps",
"slams",
"slaps",
"slogs",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"strikes",
"swats",
"swipes",
"tags",
"thumps",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"whales",
"zaps"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"beats",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"chops",
"cuffs",
"drubs",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"pelts",
"peppers",
"pommels",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"scuffs",
"bunts",
"flicks",
"strokes",
"taps",
"bumps",
"butts",
"jabs",
"jostles",
"kicks",
"knees",
"pokes",
"prods",
"pushes",
"shoves",
"stamps",
"bowls (down or over)",
"creams",
"decks",
"dumps",
"fells",
"floors",
"knocks down",
"levels",
"rabbit-punches",
"sucker punches",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"flails",
"flogs",
"lashes",
"saps",
"slashes",
"sledgehammers",
"sledges",
"spears",
"stabs",
"switches",
"thrashes",
"whips",
"beans",
"brains",
"conks",
"skulls"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"slams"
],
"near synonyms":[
"closes",
"shuts",
"stops",
"bars",
"battens (down)",
"bolts",
"chains",
"fastens",
"latches",
"locks",
"seals",
"secures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opens",
"unbars",
"unbolts",
"unfastens",
"unlatches",
"unlocks",
"unseals"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banked":{
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hilled",
"mounded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaped",
"piled",
"pyramided",
"stacked",
"embanked",
"bunched",
"bundled",
"clumped",
"lumped",
"massed",
"wadded",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"collected",
"conglomerated",
"gathered",
"grouped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposited"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cached",
"hoarded",
"laid away",
"reserved",
"salted away",
"saved",
"squirreled (away)",
"squirrelled (away)",
"stashed",
"stored",
"stowed",
"invested"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removed",
"took out",
"disbursed",
"expended",
"gave",
"laid out",
"paid",
"spent"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdrew"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankable":{
"as in lucrative , profitable":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"economic",
"fat",
"gainful",
"juicy",
"lucrative",
"moneymaking",
"money-spinning",
"paying",
"profitable",
"remunerative",
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"favorable",
"rewarding",
"useful",
"worthwhile"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unprofitable",
"disadvantageous",
"unfavorable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
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"adjective"
]
},
"banishments":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"when Romeo learns he has been sentenced to banishment , he claims it is worse than death because he will be separated from Juliet forever"
],
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"deportations",
"displacements",
"exiles",
"expatriations",
"expulsions",
"relegations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracisms",
"extraditions",
"diasporas",
"dispersions",
"scatterings",
"emigrations",
"migrations",
"evacuations",
"ethnic cleansings",
"transportations",
"dispossessions",
"ejections",
"ousters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriations",
"returns"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banged away (at)":{
"as in battered , buffeted":{
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"battered",
"buffeted",
"plastered",
"barraged",
"cannonaded",
"cannoned",
"beleaguered",
"besieged",
"pressed",
"blitzed",
"bombarded",
"bombed",
"nuked",
"harried",
"looted",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ravaged",
"sacked",
"ambuscaded",
"ambushed",
"surprised",
"surprized",
"waylaid",
"forayed",
"invaded",
"overran",
"mugged",
"robbed",
"enveloped",
"flanked",
"bum-rushed",
"ganged up (on)",
"mobbed",
"swarmed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"defended",
"guarded",
"protected",
"secured",
"shielded"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"you did a bang-up job on this sales report"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
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"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"shatter",
"spoil",
"graffiti",
"tag",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"raven",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"desecrate",
"violate",
"sabotage",
"deface",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"depredate",
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"sack",
"spoliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"salvage",
"build",
"rebuild"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bang up":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"you did a bang-up job on this sales report"
],
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"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"as in break , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"damage",
"harm",
"hurt",
"impair",
"mar",
"shatter",
"spoil",
"graffiti",
"tag",
"annihilate",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"ravage",
"raven",
"raze",
"ruin",
"scourge",
"smash",
"tear down",
"total",
"waste",
"wipe out",
"wrack",
"wreck",
"desecrate",
"violate",
"sabotage",
"deface",
"trash",
"vandalize",
"depredate",
"despoil",
"loot",
"maraud",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ransack",
"sack",
"spoliate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserve",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"salvage",
"build",
"rebuild"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"banning":{
"the act of ordering that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the banning of the use of foul language at town council meetings was long overdue"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"interdiction",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"prohibition",
"proscribing",
"proscription"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bidding",
"charging",
"decreeing",
"dictation",
"direction",
"instruction",
"deterrence",
"discouragement",
"dissuading",
"repression",
"suppression",
"coercion",
"compulsion",
"constraint",
"force"
],
"near antonyms":[
"allowance",
"permission",
"sufferance",
"toleration",
"approval",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"license",
"licence",
"sanction",
"encouragement",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"enjoining",
"forbidding",
"interdicting",
"outlawing",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deterring",
"discouraging",
"dissuading",
"clamping down (on)",
"cracking down (on)",
"crushing",
"putting down",
"quashing",
"quelling",
"repressing",
"silencing",
"snuffing (out)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"subduing",
"suppressing",
"halting",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"stopping",
"embargoing",
"excluding",
"ruling out",
"shutting out",
"debarring",
"depriving",
"disallowing",
"rejecting",
"repudiating",
"vetoing",
"bridling",
"checking",
"curbing",
"inhibiting",
"reining (in)",
"restraining",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approving",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"sanctioning",
"authorizing",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"warranting",
"abetting",
"advancing",
"cultivating",
"encouraging",
"forwarding",
"furthering",
"nourishing",
"nurturing",
"promoting",
"supporting",
"bidding",
"commanding",
"ordering",
"abiding",
"bearing",
"brooking",
"countenancing",
"enduring",
"tolerating"
],
"antonyms":[
"allowing",
"letting",
"permitting",
"suffering"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"closing out",
"counting (out)",
"debarring",
"eliminating",
"excepting",
"excluding",
"freezing out",
"ruling out",
"shutting out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackballing",
"blacklisting",
"excommunicating",
"ostracizing",
"banishing",
"deporting",
"exiling",
"expelling",
"ousting",
"throwing out",
"obviating",
"precluding",
"preventing",
"prohibiting",
"blocking",
"hindering",
"impeding",
"obstructing",
"ceasing",
"discontinuing",
"halting",
"suspending",
"deterring",
"staving off",
"warding (off)",
"checking off",
"disregarding",
"combing (out)",
"weeding (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepting",
"embracing",
"entertaining",
"receiving",
"taking in",
"welcoming",
"unbanning"
],
"antonyms":[
"admitting",
"including"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandits":{
"a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals":{
"examples":[
"They were two of the most famous bandits of the 19th century."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"footpads",
"highwaymen",
"pirates",
"larcenists",
"pinchers",
"purloiners",
"robbers",
"stealers",
"thieves",
"burglars",
"cat burglars",
"cracksmen",
"housebreakers",
"picklocks",
"safecrackers",
"despoilers",
"looters",
"marauders",
"pillagers",
"plunderers",
"ransackers",
"ravishers",
"embezzlers",
"grafters",
"kleptomaniacs",
"kleptos",
"sneak thiefs",
"cutpurses",
"dips",
"pickpockets",
"pilferers",
"shoplifters",
"abductors",
"carjackers",
"hijackers",
"kidnappers",
"kidnapers",
"skyjackers",
"poachers",
"rustlers",
"smugglers",
"muggers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bangles":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"wore a bracelet with small silver bangles on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"charms",
"lavalieres",
"lavallieres",
"pendants",
"pendents"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lockets",
"teardrops"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandage":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"dress",
"swathe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attend",
"care (for)",
"doctor",
"medicate",
"minister (to)",
"nurse",
"treat",
"cure",
"heal",
"mend",
"rehabilitate",
"remedy"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tape , strap":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"band",
"belt",
"binding",
"girth",
"strap",
"swatch",
"swath",
"swathe",
"tape",
"list",
"ribbon",
"slip",
"strip",
"slat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bankrupt":{
"utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected":{
"examples":[
"the company's product development team was bankrupt of ideas"
],
"synonyms":[
"bare",
"barren",
"bereft",
"destitute",
"devoid",
"void"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blank",
"empty",
"innocent",
"stark",
"vacant",
"wanting",
"deficient",
"fragmental",
"fragmentary",
"incomplete",
"insufficient",
"partial",
"short",
"absent",
"missing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furnished",
"provided",
"supplied",
"brimming",
"bulging",
"bursting",
"chock-full",
"chockful",
"crammed",
"crowded",
"fat",
"jammed",
"jam-packed",
"loaded",
"packed",
"saturated",
"stuffed",
"abounding",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thick",
"thronging"
],
"antonyms":[
"filled",
"flush",
"fraught",
"full",
"replete",
"rife"
]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"bust",
"ruin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggar",
"impoverish",
"pauperize",
"reduce",
"straiten",
"clean (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enrich",
"richen"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in delinquent , derelict":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delinquent",
"derelict",
"incorrigible",
"backslider",
"debauchee",
"debaucher",
"decadent",
"degenerate",
"deviate",
"libertine",
"perv",
"pervert",
"profligate",
"rake",
"rakehell",
"rip",
"blackguard",
"cad",
"heel",
"knave",
"miscreant",
"rascal",
"reprobate",
"rogue",
"scoundrel",
"villain",
"lecher",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"satyr"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saint"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in insolvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insolvent",
"gamine",
"ragamuffin",
"urchin",
"waif",
"almsman",
"beggar",
"mendicant",
"panhandler",
"drifter",
"roamer",
"transient",
"hobo",
"tramp",
"vagabond",
"ne'er-do-well",
"down-and-out",
"down-and-outer",
"have-not",
"indigent",
"pauper"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep pocket",
"fat cat",
"have",
"moneybags",
"plutocrat",
"billionaire",
"billionairess",
"gazillionaire",
"millionaire",
"millionairess",
"magnate",
"moneymaker",
"nabob",
"success",
"tycoon"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banquet":{
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinner",
"feast",
"feed",
"regale",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"mess",
"repast",
"table",
"blowout",
"carnival",
"festival",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"gala",
"party",
"shindig",
"festivity",
"barbecue",
"barbeque",
"clambake",
"cookout",
"fry",
"luau",
"roast",
"buffet",
"luncheon",
"smorgasbord"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base"
],
"synonyms":[
"dine",
"feast",
"junket",
"regale"
],
"near synonyms":[
"board",
"cater",
"feed",
"provision",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"honor",
"recognize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banderol":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"band":{
"a circular strip":{
"examples":[
"a band of cloth tied around his wrist"
],
"synonyms":[
"circle",
"eye",
"hoop",
"loop",
"ring",
"round"
],
"near synonyms":[
"belt",
"cincture",
"collar",
"girdle",
"wreath",
"annulet",
"becket",
"coil",
"curl",
"furl",
"hank",
"spiral",
"spire",
"twirl",
"whorl"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something that physically prevents free movement":{
"examples":[
"numerous bands of plastic held the toy securely in the box"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"bond",
"bracelet",
"chain",
"cuff(s)",
"fetter",
"handcuff(s)",
"irons",
"ligature",
"manacle(s)",
"shackle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"captivity",
"confinement",
"constraint",
"curb",
"enchainment",
"enslavement",
"hindrance",
"immurement",
"imprisonment",
"incarceration",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"entanglement",
"net",
"trammel",
"trap",
"collar",
"straitjacket",
"straightjacket",
"fastener",
"hobble",
"hold",
"hold-down",
"holding",
"tie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a line or long narrow section differing in color from the background":{
"examples":[
"skunks have a band of white down their backs"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze",
"crossbar",
"pinstripe"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually large group of musicians playing together":{
"examples":[
"that band is looking for a new singer"
],
"synonyms":[
"orchestra",
"philharmonic",
"symphony",
"symphony orchestra"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brass band",
"chamber orchestra",
"sinfonietta",
"brasses",
"strings",
"woodwinds",
"combo",
"ensemble",
"group",
"company",
"troupe",
"duo",
"octet",
"quartet",
"quartette",
"quintet",
"septet",
"sextet",
"trio"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"a group of people working together on a task":{
"examples":[
"a band of volunteer searchers found the lost child"
],
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"army",
"brigade",
"company",
"crew",
"gang",
"outfit",
"party",
"platoon",
"squad",
"team"
],
"near synonyms":[
"battalion",
"corps",
"troop",
"force",
"host",
"posse",
"stable",
"troupe",
"administration",
"department",
"help",
"personnel",
"staff"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of explorers"
],
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"array",
"batch",
"battery",
"body",
"boodle",
"bunch",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"consort",
"constellation",
"crop",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"parcel",
"party",
"passel"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assembly",
"collective",
"congregation",
"gathering",
"muster",
"organization",
"circle",
"clan",
"clique",
"coterie",
"fellowship",
"gang",
"ring",
"round",
"set",
"faction",
"guild",
"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
],
"near antonyms":[
"individual",
"single"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a band of songbirds"
],
"synonyms":[
"array",
"assemblage",
"bank",
"batch",
"battery",
"block",
"bunch",
"clot",
"clump",
"cluster",
"clutch",
"collection",
"constellation",
"group",
"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
"muster",
"package",
"parcel",
"passel",
"set",
"suite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomeration",
"agglomeration",
"assortment",
"hodgepodge",
"jumble",
"miscellany",
"mixture",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"variety",
"cycle",
"run",
"series",
"suit"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entity",
"item",
"single",
"unit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begird",
"belt",
"engird",
"engirdle",
"enwind",
"gird",
"girdle",
"girt",
"girth",
"wrap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tie up",
"truss",
"circle",
"enwreathe",
"loop",
"wind",
"wreathe",
"bandage",
"enswathe",
"swathe",
"chain",
"cord",
"enchain",
"lash",
"rope",
"shackle",
"tape",
"wire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbind",
"unlash",
"unshackle",
"untie",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungird",
"unwrap"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bind",
"tie",
"truss"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinch",
"cord",
"rope",
"strap",
"thread",
"wire",
"gird",
"girt",
"lash",
"leash",
"tether",
"interlace",
"intertwine",
"interweave",
"lace",
"entangle",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle",
"twist",
"coil",
"wind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undo",
"unfasten",
"unlace",
"unlash",
"unloose",
"unloosen",
"unstrap",
"unstring",
"unthread",
"unleash",
"untether",
"disentangle",
"unravel",
"unsnarl",
"untangle",
"untwine",
"untwist",
"uncoil",
"unspool",
"unwind"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbind",
"untie"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaze"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bankrupted":{
"as in bankrupt , insolvent":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bankrupt",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint",
"threadbare",
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous",
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"broke",
"busted",
"bust",
"ruined"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggared",
"impoverished",
"pauperized",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cleaned (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriched",
"richened"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"banes":{
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane , the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"afflictions",
"curses",
"nemeses",
"scourges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hexes",
"hoodoos",
"jinxes",
"dangers",
"hazards",
"menaces",
"perils",
"risks",
"threats",
"troubles",
"booby traps",
"catches",
"pitfalls",
"snags"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantages",
"aids",
"assistances",
"gifts",
"help",
"reliefs",
"supports",
"comforts",
"consolations",
"solaces",
"delights",
"joys",
"pleasures",
"armors",
"defenses",
"guards",
"protections",
"safeguards",
"safeties",
"securities",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[
"benefits",
"blessings",
"boons",
"felicities",
"godsends",
"goods",
"mannas",
"windfalls"
]
},
"a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{
"examples":[
"a plant that is believed to be the bane of the wolf"
],
"synonyms":[
"poisons",
"toxics",
"toxins",
"venoms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cancers",
"contagions",
"diseases",
"viruses",
"fungicides",
"germicides",
"herbicides",
"insecticides",
"microbicides",
"pesticides",
"toxicants"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidotes",
"antivenins",
"antivenoms",
"mithridates",
"cures",
"cure-alls",
"elixirs",
"panaceas"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banqueting":{
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base"
],
"synonyms":[
"dining",
"feasting",
"junketing",
"regaling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boarding",
"catering",
"feeding",
"provisioning",
"feting",
"f\u00eating",
"honoring",
"recognizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankrupts":{
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaks",
"busts",
"ruins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggars",
"impoverishes",
"pauperizes",
"reduces",
"straitens",
"cleans (out)",
"wipes out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriches",
"richens"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in delinquents , derelicts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"delinquents",
"derelicts",
"incorrigibles",
"backsliders",
"debauchees",
"debauchers",
"decadents",
"degenerates",
"deviates",
"libertines",
"perverts",
"pervs",
"profligates",
"rakehells",
"rakes",
"rips",
"blackguards",
"cads",
"heels",
"knaves",
"miscreants",
"rascals",
"reprobates",
"rogues",
"scoundrels",
"villains",
"lechers",
"playboys",
"playgirls",
"satyrs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"saints"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in insolvents":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"insolvents",
"gamines",
"ragamuffins",
"urchins",
"waifs",
"almsmen",
"beggars",
"mendicants",
"panhandlers",
"drifters",
"roamers",
"transients",
"hoboes",
"hobos",
"tramps",
"vagabonds",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"down-and-outs",
"down-and-outers",
"have-nots",
"indigents",
"paupers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affluents",
"deep pockets",
"fat cats",
"haves",
"moneybags",
"plutocrats",
"billionaires",
"billionairesses",
"gazillionaires",
"millionaires",
"millionairesses",
"magnates",
"moneymakers",
"nabobs",
"successes",
"tycoons"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banderole":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banner",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankrolls":{
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalizes",
"endows",
"finances",
"funds",
"stakes",
"subsidizes",
"underwrites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstakes",
"cofinances",
"refinances",
"advocates",
"aids",
"backs",
"champions",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"patronizes",
"sponsors",
"supports",
"maintains",
"nourishes",
"provides (for)",
"clears",
"defrays",
"discharges",
"foots",
"liquidates",
"pays",
"pays off",
"pays up",
"quits",
"recompenses",
"settles",
"springs (for)",
"stands",
"refunds"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunds"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandit":{
"a criminal who attacks and steals from travelers and who is often a member of a group of criminals":{
"examples":[
"They were two of the most famous bandits of the 19th century."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer",
"thief",
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"marauder",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"mugger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banquettes":{
"as in benches , ottomans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"benches",
"ottomans",
"daybeds",
"sofa beds",
"studio couches",
"loungers",
"love seats",
"recamiers",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eates",
"chesterfields",
"couches",
"davenports",
"divans",
"lounges",
"settees",
"sofas",
"squabs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandied (about)":{
"as in circulated , rumored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulated",
"noised (about or abroad)",
"rumored",
"blabbed",
"dished",
"gossiped",
"talked",
"tattled",
"wagged",
"blabbered",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"revealed",
"told",
"hinted",
"implied",
"insinuated",
"intimated",
"let on",
"suggested",
"informed",
"reported",
"snitched",
"squealed",
"tipped (off)",
"babbled",
"spilled",
"spilt",
"confided"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clammed up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bangle":{
"an ornament worn on a chain around the neck or wrist":{
"examples":[
"wore a bracelet with small silver bangles on it"
],
"synonyms":[
"charm",
"lavaliere",
"lavalliere",
"pendant",
"pendent"
],
"near synonyms":[
"locket",
"teardrop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banged away":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"beavered (away)",
"drudged",
"dug (away)",
"endeavored",
"fagged",
"grubbed",
"humped",
"hustled",
"labored",
"moiled",
"pegged (away)",
"plodded",
"plowed",
"plugged",
"slaved",
"slogged",
"strained",
"strove",
"strived",
"struggled",
"sweat",
"sweated",
"toiled",
"travailed",
"tugged",
"worked",
"wrought"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applied (oneself)",
"buckled (down)",
"dug in",
"hammered (away)",
"knuckled down",
"pitched in",
"attacked",
"drove",
"essayed",
"tried",
"exercised",
"exerted",
"overexerted",
"overworked",
"eked out",
"ground (out)",
"put out",
"scrabbled",
"scratched",
"trudged",
"waded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"broke",
"eased (up)",
"let up",
"slackened",
"bummed",
"chilled",
"dallied",
"dillydallied",
"footled",
"goldbricked",
"goofed (off)",
"hacked (around)",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"lazed",
"loafed",
"lounged",
"shirked",
"slacked (off)",
"vegged out",
"basked",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"unwound",
"dabbled",
"doodled",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung",
"hanged",
"hung about",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banks on":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"He was banking on extra tips tonight to pay his bills."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculates",
"counts",
"depends",
"leans",
"reckons",
"relies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"confides",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"trusts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusts",
"mistrusts",
"questions",
"suspects"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bantam":{
"of a size that is less than average":{
"examples":[
"a bantam comedian who is known to fellow performers for his oversize ego"
],
"synonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"fine",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"puny",
"pygmy",
"shrimpy",
"slight",
"small",
"smallish",
"subnormal",
"toylike",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dwarf",
"toy",
"runtish",
"runty",
"scrubby",
"stunted",
"bitty",
"inappreciable",
"infinitesimal",
"little bitty",
"micro",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"mini",
"miniature",
"miniaturized",
"minikin",
"minim",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"pinpoint",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"tiny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparse",
"stingy",
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"bite-size",
"bite-sized",
"capsule"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bulky",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"massive",
"voluminous",
"boxcar",
"Brobdingnagian",
"Bunyanesque",
"cavernous",
"colossal",
"cyclopean",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"galactic",
"gargantuan",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"gross",
"Himalayan",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"humongous",
"humungous",
"immense",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monolithic",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"pharaonic",
"prodigious",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"titanic",
"tremendous",
"vast",
"abundant",
"ample",
"appreciable",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"healthy",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"fat",
"thick",
"broad",
"wide",
"boundless",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"immeasurable",
"incalculable",
"infinite",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient"
],
"antonyms":[
"big",
"biggish",
"considerable",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"handsome",
"husky",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"tidy",
"whacking",
"whopping"
]
},
"as in peewee , dwarf":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"midget",
"mite",
"peewee",
"pygmy",
"pigmy",
"runt",
"scrub",
"shrimp",
"Tom Thumb",
"mini",
"miniature",
"homunculus",
"hop-o'-my-thumb",
"manikin",
"mannikin",
"nubbin",
"half-pint"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behemoth",
"colossus",
"giant",
"jumbo",
"leviathan",
"mammoth",
"monster",
"titan",
"whale",
"whopper"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"bandying":{
"as in quipping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"quipping",
"bantering",
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"needling",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
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"agitating",
"arguing",
"batting (around or back and forth)",
"canvassing",
"canvasing",
"debating",
"discussing",
"disputing",
"hashing (over or out)",
"mooting",
"talking over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewing",
"speaking (about)",
"talking (about)",
"broaching",
"introducing",
"propounding",
"raising",
"stirring up",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"talking out",
"thrashing (out)",
"wrestling (with)",
"chewing over",
"considering",
"deliberating",
"weighing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bandying (about)":{
"as in circulating , rumoring":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulating",
"noising (about or abroad)",
"rumoring",
"blabbing",
"dishing",
"gossiping",
"talking",
"tattling",
"wagging",
"blabbering",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"revealing",
"telling",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"letting on",
"suggesting",
"informing",
"reporting",
"snitching",
"squealing",
"tipping (off)",
"babbling",
"spilling",
"confiding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clamming up",
"shutting up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandied":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitated",
"argued",
"batted (around or back and forth)",
"canvassed",
"canvased",
"debated",
"discussed",
"disputed",
"hashed (over or out)",
"mooted",
"talked over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviewed",
"spoke (about)",
"talked (about)",
"broached",
"introduced",
"propounded",
"raised",
"stirred up",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"talked out",
"thrashed (out)",
"wrestled (with)",
"chewed over",
"considered",
"deliberated",
"weighed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banishment":{
"the forced removal from a homeland":{
"examples":[
"when Romeo learns he has been sentenced to banishment , he claims it is worse than death because he will be separated from Juliet forever"
],
"synonyms":[
"deportation",
"displacement",
"exile",
"expatriation",
"expulsion",
"relegation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ostracism",
"extradition",
"diaspora",
"dispersion",
"scattering",
"emigration",
"migration",
"evacuation",
"ethnic cleansing",
"transportation",
"dispossession",
"ejection",
"ouster"
],
"near antonyms":[
"repatriation",
"return"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bang away":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"beaver (away)",
"dig (away)",
"drudge",
"endeavor",
"fag",
"grub",
"hump",
"hustle",
"labor",
"moil",
"peg (away)",
"plod",
"plow",
"plug",
"slave",
"slog",
"strain",
"strive",
"struggle",
"sweat",
"toil",
"travail",
"tug",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apply (oneself)",
"buckle (down)",
"dig in",
"hammer (away)",
"knuckle down",
"pitch in",
"attack",
"drive",
"essay",
"try",
"exercise",
"exert",
"overexert",
"overwork",
"eke out",
"grind (out)",
"put out",
"scrabble",
"scratch",
"trudge",
"wade"
],
"near antonyms":[
"break",
"ease (up)",
"let up",
"slacken",
"bum",
"chill",
"dally",
"dillydally",
"footle",
"goldbrick",
"goof (off)",
"hack (around)",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"laze",
"loaf",
"lounge",
"shirk",
"slack (off)",
"veg out",
"bask",
"loll",
"relax",
"repose",
"rest",
"unwind",
"dabble",
"doodle",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang",
"hang about",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banking (on or upon)":{
"as in counting (on or upon) , relying (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counting (on or upon)",
"depending (on or upon)",
"relying (on or upon)",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"doubting",
"misdoubting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting",
"disbelieving",
"discounting",
"discrediting",
"negating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[]
},
"banging up":{
"as in breaking , hurting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaking",
"damaging",
"harming",
"hurting",
"impairing",
"marring",
"shattering",
"spoiling",
"graffitiing",
"graffiting",
"tagging",
"annihilating",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"devastating",
"ravaging",
"ravening",
"razing",
"ruining",
"scourging",
"smashing",
"tearing down",
"totaling",
"totalling",
"wasting",
"wiping out",
"wracking",
"wrecking",
"desecrating",
"violating",
"sabotaging",
"defacing",
"trashing",
"vandalizing",
"depredating",
"despoiling",
"looting",
"marauding",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ransacking",
"sacking",
"spoliating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserving",
"preserving",
"protecting",
"saving",
"salvaging",
"building",
"rebuilding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"ban":{
"to order not to do or use or to be done or used":{
"examples":[
"the company absolutely bans smoking within its buildings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"enjoin",
"forbid",
"interdict",
"outlaw",
"prohibit",
"proscribe"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deter",
"discourage",
"dissuade",
"clamp down (on)",
"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"silence",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress",
"halt",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"stop",
"embargo",
"exclude",
"rule out",
"shut out",
"debar",
"deprive",
"disallow",
"reject",
"repudiate",
"veto",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"inhibit",
"rein (in)",
"restrain",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approve",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"sanction",
"authorize",
"license",
"licence",
"warrant",
"abet",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote",
"support",
"bid",
"command",
"order",
"abide",
"bear",
"brook",
"countenance",
"endure",
"tolerate"
],
"antonyms":[
"allow",
"let",
"permit",
"suffer"
]
},
"to prevent the participation, consideration, or inclusion of":{
"examples":[
"the university banned those caught in the cheating scandal from graduation ceremonies"
],
"synonyms":[
"bar",
"close out",
"count (out)",
"debar",
"eliminate",
"except",
"exclude",
"freeze out",
"rule out",
"shut out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blackball",
"blacklist",
"excommunicate",
"ostracize",
"banish",
"deport",
"exile",
"expel",
"oust",
"throw out",
"obviate",
"preclude",
"prevent",
"prohibit",
"block",
"hinder",
"impede",
"obstruct",
"cease",
"discontinue",
"halt",
"suspend",
"deter",
"stave off",
"ward (off)",
"check off",
"disregard",
"comb (out)",
"weed (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"embrace",
"entertain",
"receive",
"take in",
"welcome",
"unban"
],
"antonyms":[
"admit",
"include"
]
},
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
"examples":[
"a father's ban upon his ungrateful son"
],
"synonyms":[
"anathema",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction",
"malison",
"winze"
],
"near synonyms":[
"censure",
"condemnation",
"damnation",
"denunciation",
"excommunication",
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"mojo",
"spell",
"voodoo",
"whammy",
"pox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"citation",
"commendation",
"endorsement",
"indorsement"
],
"antonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
]
},
"an order that something not be done or used":{
"examples":[
"a quiet seaside resort with a ban on the drinking of alcohol in public places"
],
"synonyms":[
"embargo",
"interdict",
"interdiction",
"prohibition",
"proscription",
"veto"
],
"near synonyms":[
"no-no",
"taboo",
"tabu",
"constraint",
"inhibition",
"limitation",
"restraint",
"restriction",
"deterrent",
"discouragement",
"repression",
"suppression",
"prevention",
"denial",
"disallowance",
"negation",
"refusal",
"rejection",
"objection",
"protest",
"caveat",
"warning",
"commandment",
"decree",
"dictate",
"edict",
"injunction",
"mandate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sufferance",
"tolerance",
"toleration",
"allowance",
"allowing",
"authorization",
"clearance",
"consent",
"granting",
"leave",
"letting",
"license",
"licence",
"licensing",
"licencing",
"permission",
"permitting",
"sanction",
"sanctioning",
"approbation",
"approval",
"blessing",
"endorsement",
"indorsement",
"imprimatur",
"OK",
"okay",
"enabling",
"encouragement",
"facilitation",
"promotion",
"support",
"compliance",
"obedience",
"submission",
"accession",
"acquiescence",
"agreement",
"assent"
],
"antonyms":[
"prescription"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandy (about)":{
"as in circulate , rumor":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulate",
"noise (about or abroad)",
"rumor",
"blab",
"dish",
"gossip",
"talk",
"tattle",
"wag",
"blabber",
"disclose",
"divulge",
"reveal",
"tell",
"hint",
"imply",
"insinuate",
"intimate",
"let on",
"suggest",
"inform",
"report",
"snitch",
"squeal",
"tip (off)",
"babble",
"spill",
"confide"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clam up",
"shut up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banners":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"the boat flew a bright red banner for the seaport's harbor festival"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderoles",
"banderols",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"after the near accident, the nuclear power station is now operating under the banner of \"safety first\""
],
"synonyms":[
"catchphrases",
"cries",
"shibboleths",
"slogans",
"taglines",
"watchwords"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expressions",
"idioms",
"catchwords",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"maxims",
"mottoes",
"mottos",
"battle cries",
"war cries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bantamweight":{
"as in heavyweight , featherweight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cruiserweight",
"featherweight",
"flyweight",
"heavyweight",
"light heavyweight",
"lightweight",
"middleweight",
"superheavyweight",
"welterweight",
"palooka",
"slugger",
"stumblebum",
"boxer",
"fighter",
"gladiator",
"prizefighter",
"pug",
"pugilist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banished":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"deported",
"displaced",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"relegated",
"transported"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cast out",
"dismissed",
"ejected",
"eliminated",
"evicted",
"excluded",
"expelled",
"expulsed",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"ran out",
"threw out",
"excommunicated",
"ostracized",
"rejected",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"dispossessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalized",
"repatriated",
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took in",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"sheltered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"synonyms":[
"booted (out)",
"bounced",
"cast out",
"chased",
"dismissed",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"extruded",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"threw out",
"turfed (out)",
"turned out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforced",
"deported",
"displaced",
"dispossessed",
"evicted",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"ostracized",
"read out",
"shut out",
"axed",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"defenestrated",
"discharged",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banditries":{
"as in piracies":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"piracies",
"black marketeerings",
"despoilments",
"despoliations",
"pillages",
"rapines",
"spoliations",
"abductions",
"carjackings",
"hijackings",
"highjackings",
"kidnappings",
"kidnapings",
"pilferages",
"petit larcenies",
"petty larcenies",
"embezzlements",
"grafts",
"misapplications",
"misappropriations",
"peculations",
"burglaries",
"housebreakings",
"larcenies",
"robberies",
"thefts",
"thieveries"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banishes":{
"to force to leave a country":{
"examples":[
"in the old days, criminals were sometimes banished to distant lands"
],
"synonyms":[
"deports",
"displaces",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"relegates",
"transports"
],
"near synonyms":[
"casts out",
"dismisses",
"ejects",
"eliminates",
"evicts",
"excludes",
"expels",
"expulses",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"runs out",
"throws out",
"excommunicates",
"ostracizes",
"rejects",
"repudiates",
"spurns",
"dispossesses"
],
"near antonyms":[
"naturalizes",
"repatriates",
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes in",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"houses",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to drive or force out":{
"examples":[
"permanently banished the troublemakers from the youth recreational center"
],
"synonyms":[
"boots (out)",
"bounces",
"casts out",
"chases",
"dismisses",
"drums (out)",
"ejects",
"expels",
"extrudes",
"kicks out",
"ousts",
"outs",
"routs",
"runs off",
"throws out",
"turfs (out)",
"turns out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"deforces",
"deports",
"displaces",
"dispossesses",
"evicts",
"exiles",
"expatriates",
"ostracizes",
"reads out",
"shuts out",
"axes",
"cans",
"cashiers",
"defenestrates",
"discharges",
"fires",
"musters out",
"pink-slips",
"releases",
"removes",
"retires",
"sacks",
"terminates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepts",
"admits",
"receives",
"takes",
"takes in",
"welcomes",
"entertains",
"harbors",
"houses",
"lodges",
"shelters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandbox":{
"being clean and in good order":{
"examples":[
"a small bandbox bed-and-breakfast decorated with taste and charm"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"crisp",
"groomed",
"kempt",
"neat",
"orderly",
"picked up",
"prim",
"shipshape",
"smug",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trig",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-groomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"saucy",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce",
"immaculate",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"rakish",
"sleek",
"streamlined",
"taut",
"organized",
"straight",
"systematic"
],
"near antonyms":[
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"slipshod",
"sloppy",
"dirty",
"filthy",
"foul",
"nasty",
"sordid",
"squalid",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"rumpled",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"disorganized",
"unsystematic"
],
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"messy",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"unkempt",
"untidy"
]
},
"as in hatbox , tinderbox":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatbox",
"jewel box",
"snuffbox",
"tinderbox",
"minaudi\u00e8re",
"caisson",
"hope chest",
"canteen",
"compartment",
"vault",
"coffin",
"coffer",
"lockbox",
"safe",
"safe-deposit box",
"strongbox",
"footlocker",
"sea chest",
"carton",
"crate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"banister":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"balustrade",
"guardrail",
"rail",
"railing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrail",
"taffrail",
"fender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banderoles":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandaging":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"dressing",
"swathing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attending",
"caring (for)",
"doctoring",
"medicating",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing",
"treating",
"curing",
"healing",
"mending",
"rehabilitating",
"remedying"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banshees":{
"a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon":{
"examples":[
"claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparitions",
"bogeys",
"bogies",
"bugbears",
"familiars",
"familiar spirits",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"phantasms",
"fantasms",
"phantoms",
"poltergeists",
"shades",
"shadows",
"specters",
"spectres",
"spirits",
"spooks",
"visions",
"wraiths",
"cacodemons",
"demons",
"daemons",
"devils",
"fiends",
"ghosts",
"ghoulies",
"ghouls",
"imps",
"shaitans",
"hags",
"lamiae",
"lamias",
"vampires",
"incubi",
"incubuses",
"nightmares",
"succubi",
"afreets",
"afrits",
"genies",
"genii",
"jinn",
"jinns",
"djinn",
"djinns",
"brownies",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"elves",
"faeries",
"fairies",
"fays",
"gnomes",
"goblins",
"gremlins",
"hobgoblins",
"kobolds",
"leprechauns",
"pixies",
"pucks",
"sprites",
"trolls",
"monsters",
"ogres"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angels"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banshee":{
"a female spirit in Irish and Scottish stories who cries loudly to warn people that someone is going to die soon":{
"examples":[
"claimed to have heard the terrifying wail of a banshee"
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"apparition",
"bogey",
"bogie",
"bogy",
"bugbear",
"familiar",
"familiar spirit",
"genius",
"phantasm",
"fantasm",
"phantom",
"poltergeist",
"shade",
"shadow",
"specter",
"spectre",
"spirit",
"spook",
"vision",
"wraith",
"cacodemon",
"demon",
"devil",
"fiend",
"ghost",
"ghoul",
"ghoulie",
"imp",
"shaitan",
"hag",
"lamia",
"vampire",
"incubus",
"nightmare",
"succubus",
"afreet",
"afrit",
"genie",
"jinni",
"jinn",
"djinni",
"djinn",
"brownie",
"dwarf",
"elf",
"faerie",
"faery",
"fairy",
"fay",
"gnome",
"goblin",
"gremlin",
"hobgoblin",
"kobold",
"leprechaun",
"pixie",
"pixy",
"puck",
"sprite",
"troll",
"monster",
"ogre"
],
"near antonyms":[
"angel"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandanna":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushka",
"do-rag",
"handkerchief",
"kerchief",
"madras",
"mantilla"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawl",
"hankie",
"hanky"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banal":{
"lacking in qualities that make for spirit and character":{
"examples":[
"unlike their early work, the band's latest offering is banal and uninspiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"flat",
"insipid",
"milk-and-water",
"namby-pamby",
"watery",
"wishy-washy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unexciting",
"uninspiring",
"unrewarding",
"bland",
"boring",
"drab",
"dreary",
"dry",
"dull",
"heavy",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"monotonous",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"inane",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"mild",
"soft",
"subdued",
"tame",
"weak",
"common",
"commonplace",
"ordinary",
"stale",
"unexceptional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"piquant",
"poignant",
"pungent",
"racy",
"spicy",
"meaty",
"substantial",
"entertaining",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"inspiring",
"invigorating",
"thrilling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"please find new ways of phrasing your thoughts instead of relying on banal expressions"
],
"synonyms":[
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
],
"near synonyms":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bankrolled":{
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalized",
"endowed",
"financed",
"funded",
"staked",
"subsidized",
"underwrote"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaked",
"cofinanced",
"co-financed",
"refinanced",
"advocated",
"aided",
"backed",
"championed",
"endorsed",
"indorsed",
"patronized",
"sponsored",
"supported",
"maintained",
"nourished",
"provided (for)",
"cleared",
"defrayed",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"sprang (for)",
"sprung (for)",
"stood",
"refunded"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bangers":{
"a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing":{
"examples":[
"bangers and mash is classic British pub cuisine"
],
"synonyms":[
"links",
"sausages",
"wursts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bolognas",
"frankfurters",
"franks",
"hot dogs",
"kielbasas",
"kielbasy",
"knockwursts",
"knackwursts",
"liver sausages",
"liver puddings",
"liverwursts",
"pepperonis",
"salamis",
"Vienna sausages",
"weenies",
"wieners",
"weiners",
"wienerwursts",
"blood sausages",
"blood puddings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bangs up":{
"as in breaks , hurts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"damages",
"harms",
"hurts",
"impairs",
"mars",
"shatters",
"spoils",
"graffitis",
"tags",
"annihilates",
"demolishes",
"destroys",
"devastates",
"ravages",
"ravens",
"razes",
"ruins",
"scourges",
"smashes",
"tears down",
"totals",
"wastes",
"wipes out",
"wracks",
"wrecks",
"desecrates",
"violates",
"sabotages",
"defaces",
"trashes",
"vandalizes",
"depredates",
"despoils",
"loots",
"marauds",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ransacks",
"sacks",
"spoliates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserves",
"preserves",
"protects",
"saves",
"salvages",
"builds",
"rebuilds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banking":{
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hilling",
"mounding"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaping",
"piling",
"pyramiding",
"stacking",
"embanking",
"bunching",
"bundling",
"clumping",
"lumping",
"massing",
"wadding",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"conglomerating",
"gathering",
"grouping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"depositing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"reserving",
"salting away",
"saving",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"storing",
"stowing",
"investing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removing",
"taking out",
"disbursing",
"expending",
"giving",
"laying out",
"paying",
"spending"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdrawing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandies":{
"to talk about (an issue) usually from various points of view and for the purpose of arriving at a decision or opinion":{
"examples":[
"bandied around the idea of going out to dinner for their anniversary"
],
"synonyms":[
"agitates",
"argues",
"bats (around or back and forth)",
"canvasses",
"canvases",
"debates",
"discusses",
"disputes",
"hashes (over or out)",
"moots",
"talks over"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reviews",
"speaks (about)",
"talks (about)",
"broaches",
"introduces",
"propounds",
"raises",
"stirs up",
"forges",
"hammers out",
"talks out",
"thrashes (out)",
"wrestles (with)",
"chews over",
"considers",
"deliberates",
"weighs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banknote":{
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"the new nation immediately printed up its own banknotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bill",
"greenback",
"note"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrip",
"buck",
"dollar",
"simoleon",
"smacker",
"C-note",
"fifty",
"fin",
"five",
"fiver",
"hundred",
"one",
"sawbuck",
"ten",
"tenner",
"twenty",
"two",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"pelf",
"check",
"draft",
"money order"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandaged":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"dressed",
"swathed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attended",
"cared (for)",
"doctored",
"medicated",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed",
"treated",
"cured",
"healed",
"mended",
"rehabilitated",
"remedied"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandoleer":{
"as in baldric , Sam Browne belt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baldric",
"Sam Browne belt",
"circle",
"loop",
"ribbon",
"ring",
"cestus",
"obi",
"band",
"waistband",
"belt",
"ceinture",
"cincture",
"cummerbund",
"cumberbund",
"girdle",
"sash",
"self-belt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banditry":{
"as in piracy":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"piracy",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"burglary",
"housebreaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bannister":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"balustrade",
"guardrail",
"rail",
"railing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrail",
"taffrail",
"fender"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banters":{
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffs",
"fools",
"funs",
"gags",
"japes",
"jests",
"jives",
"jokes",
"jollies",
"joshes",
"kids",
"quips",
"wisecracks",
"yuks",
"yucks"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibes",
"jibes",
"hazes",
"jeers",
"mocks",
"rags",
"rallies",
"razzes",
"ribs",
"ridicules",
"teases",
"caricatures",
"lampoons",
"parodies",
"satirizes",
"amuses",
"diverts",
"entertains"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bantlings":{
"as in babies , infants":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babes",
"babies",
"infants",
"neonates",
"nestlings",
"newborn",
"newborns",
"toddlers",
"tots",
"tykes",
"tikes",
"weanlings",
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"sprats",
"sprat",
"sprouts",
"squirts",
"whelps",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths",
"adolescents",
"minors",
"kindergartners",
"kindergarteners",
"preschoolers",
"rug rats",
"schoolboys",
"schoolchildren",
"schoolgirls",
"schoolkids",
"imps",
"jackanapeses",
"mischiefs",
"monkeys",
"rapscallions",
"rascals",
"rogues",
"urchins",
"whippersnappers",
"cherubs",
"cherubim",
"preteen-agers",
"preteens",
"subteens",
"teenagers",
"teeners",
"teens",
"teenyboppers",
"tweens",
"lads",
"nippers",
"shavers",
"striplings",
"tads",
"bobby-soxers",
"hoydens",
"tomboys"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors",
"adults",
"grown-ups"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bang":{
"without delay":{
"examples":[
"the reform movement was just beginning when it bang ran into opposition"
],
"synonyms":[
"directly",
"forthwith",
"headlong",
"immediately",
"incontinently",
"instantaneously",
"instanter",
"instantly",
"now",
"PDQ",
"plumb",
"presently",
"promptly",
"pronto",
"right",
"right away",
"right now",
"right off",
"straight off",
"straightaway",
"straightway"
],
"near synonyms":[
"away",
"freely",
"anon",
"momentarily",
"shortly",
"soon",
"apace",
"briskly",
"fast",
"fleetly",
"full tilt",
"posthaste",
"quick",
"quickly",
"rapidly",
"readily",
"snappily",
"speedily",
"swift",
"swiftly",
"abruptly",
"presto",
"suddenly",
"unexpectedly",
"hastily",
"impetuously",
"impulsively",
"rashly",
"recklessly",
"exactly",
"opportunely",
"punctually",
"seasonably"
],
"near antonyms":[
"slowly",
"late",
"tardily"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"examples":[
"delivered a sharp bang that rattled the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a loud explosive sound":{
"examples":[
"a sudden bang made the cat jump"
],
"synonyms":[
"blast",
"boom",
"clap",
"crack",
"crash",
"pop",
"report",
"slam",
"smash",
"snap",
"thunderclap",
"thwack",
"whack",
"whomp",
"whump"
],
"near synonyms":[
"thunk",
"wham",
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"knock",
"rap",
"tap",
"blare",
"clamor",
"howl",
"hubbub",
"hue and cry",
"hullabaloo",
"outcry",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
"examples":[
"tried to get the most bang for her money at the attractions at the county fair"
],
"synonyms":[
"boot",
"charge",
"exhilaration",
"frisson",
"jollies",
"kick",
"rush",
"thrill",
"titillation",
"wallop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"arousal",
"buzz",
"electrification",
"high",
"intoxication",
"jolt",
"shock",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"delectation",
"delight",
"enjoyment",
"joy",
"lift",
"pleasure",
"amusement",
"diversion",
"entertainment",
"fun",
"treat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bump",
"collide",
"crash",
"hit",
"impact",
"impinge",
"knock",
"ram",
"slam",
"smash",
"strike",
"swipe",
"thud"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounce",
"carom",
"clunk",
"glance",
"rebound",
"ricochet",
"skim",
"skip",
"contact",
"land",
"touch",
"brush",
"graze",
"kiss",
"nudge",
"scrape",
"shave",
"sweep",
"bulldoze",
"jostle",
"muscle",
"press",
"push"
],
"near antonyms":[
"miss",
"skirt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thump",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
"synonyms":[
"slam"
],
"near synonyms":[
"close",
"shut",
"stop",
"bar",
"batten (down)",
"bolt",
"chain",
"fasten",
"latch",
"lock",
"seal",
"secure"
],
"near antonyms":[
"open",
"unbar",
"unbolt",
"unfasten",
"unlatch",
"unlock",
"unseal"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bandages":{
"to cover with a bandage":{
"examples":[
"her mother always bandages her scraped knees very carefully"
],
"synonyms":[
"binds",
"dresses",
"swathes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"attends",
"cares (for)",
"doctors",
"medicates",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses",
"treats",
"cures",
"heals",
"mends",
"rehabilitates",
"remedies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in tapes , straps":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bands",
"belts",
"bindings",
"girths",
"straps",
"swatches",
"swaths",
"swathes",
"tapes",
"lists",
"ribbons",
"slips",
"strips",
"slats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bantered":{
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffed",
"fooled",
"funned",
"gagged",
"japed",
"jested",
"jived",
"joked",
"jollied",
"joshed",
"kidded",
"quipped",
"wisecracked",
"yukked",
"yucked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibed",
"jibed",
"hazed",
"jeered",
"mocked",
"ragged",
"rallied",
"razzed",
"ribbed",
"ridiculed",
"teased",
"caricatured",
"lampooned",
"parodied",
"satirized",
"amused",
"diverted",
"entertained"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bands (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborates",
"concerts",
"concurs",
"conjoins",
"conspires",
"cooperates",
"joins",
"leagues",
"teams (up)",
"unites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connives",
"affiliates",
"allies",
"associates",
"combines",
"confederates",
"hangs together",
"interfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
"synonyms":[
"allies",
"associates",
"clubs",
"coalesces",
"coheres",
"confederates",
"conjoins",
"cooperates",
"federates",
"leagues",
"unites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabals",
"collaborates",
"gangs up",
"hangs together",
"teams (up)",
"incorporates",
"organizes",
"unionizes",
"affiliates",
"amalgamates",
"combines",
"conglomerates",
"consolidates",
"converges",
"groups",
"joins",
"merges",
"knots",
"links",
"ties",
"weds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaches",
"disengages",
"dissolves",
"disunites",
"divorces",
"parts",
"segregates",
"separates",
"severs",
"splits",
"sunders",
"alienates",
"estranges",
"falls out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaks up",
"disbands"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banknotes":{
"a piece of printed paper used as money in the United States":{
"examples":[
"the new nation immediately printed up its own banknotes"
],
"synonyms":[
"bills",
"greenbacks",
"notes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dead presidents",
"paper money",
"scrips",
"bucks",
"dollars",
"simoleons",
"smackers",
"C-notes",
"fifties",
"fins",
"fivers",
"fives",
"hundreds",
"hundred",
"ones",
"sawbucks",
"tenners",
"tens",
"twenties",
"twos",
"cash",
"chips",
"currencies",
"dough",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"money",
"checks",
"drafts",
"money orders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banging away (at)":{
"as in battering , buffeting":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"battering",
"buffeting",
"plastering",
"barraging",
"cannonading",
"cannoning",
"beleaguering",
"besieging",
"pressing",
"blitzing",
"bombarding",
"bombing",
"nuking",
"harrying",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"ravaging",
"sacking",
"ambuscading",
"ambushing",
"surprising",
"surprizing",
"waylaying",
"foraying",
"invading",
"overrunning",
"mugging",
"robbing",
"enveloping",
"flanking",
"bum-rushing",
"ganging up (on)",
"mobbing",
"swarming"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covering",
"defending",
"guarding",
"protecting",
"securing",
"shielding"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bang-bang":{
"marked by bursts of destructive force or intense activity":{
"examples":[
"the film lacks compelling characters, but it has plenty of bang-bang action"
],
"synonyms":[
"blood-and-guts",
"convulsive",
"cyclonic",
"explosive",
"ferocious",
"fierce",
"furious",
"hammer-and-tongs",
"hot",
"knock-down, drag-out",
"knock-down-and-drag-out",
"paroxysmal",
"rabid",
"rough",
"stormy",
"tempestuous",
"tumultuous",
"turbulent",
"violent",
"volcanic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barbarous",
"brutal",
"savage",
"vicious",
"antagonistic",
"hostile",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"bellicose",
"belligerent",
"combative",
"contentious",
"gladiatorial",
"pugnacious",
"quarrelsome",
"truculent",
"combustible",
"volatile",
"agitated",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"mad",
"cataclysmal",
"cataclysmic",
"destructive",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"halcyon",
"pacific",
"serene",
"tranquil",
"nonbelligerent",
"unaggressive"
],
"antonyms":[
"nonviolent",
"peaceable",
"peaceful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"banter":{
"good-natured teasing or exchanging of clever remarks":{
"examples":[
"members of the Algonquin Round Table were known for their brilliant and witty banter"
],
"synonyms":[
"backchat",
"badinage",
"chaff",
"give-and-take",
"jesting",
"joshing",
"persiflage",
"raillery",
"repartee"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barb",
"crack",
"dig",
"gag",
"gambit",
"jest",
"joke",
"laugh",
"pleasantry",
"quip",
"sally",
"waggery",
"wisecrack",
"witticism",
"drollness",
"facetiousness",
"funniness",
"hilariousness",
"humorousness",
"richness",
"fooling",
"kidding",
"mocking",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"ridiculing",
"humor",
"wit",
"wordplay",
"nothings",
"chatter",
"chitchat",
"gossip",
"small talk"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaff",
"fool",
"fun",
"gag",
"jape",
"jest",
"jive",
"joke",
"jolly",
"josh",
"kid",
"quip",
"wisecrack",
"yuk",
"yuck"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibe",
"jibe",
"haze",
"jeer",
"mock",
"rag",
"rally",
"razz",
"rib",
"ridicule",
"tease",
"caricature",
"lampoon",
"parody",
"satirize",
"amuse",
"divert",
"entertain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"baneful":{
"causing or capable of causing harm":{
"examples":[
"the incredibly baneful effect that drug addiction has on so many communities"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverse",
"bad",
"baleful",
"damaging",
"dangerous",
"deleterious",
"detrimental",
"evil",
"harmful",
"hurtful",
"ill",
"injurious",
"mischievous",
"nocuous",
"noxious",
"pernicious",
"prejudicial",
"wicked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hostile",
"inimical",
"unfriendly",
"contagious",
"deadly",
"infectious",
"infective",
"pestiferous",
"pestilent",
"pestilential",
"poisonous",
"venomous",
"insidious",
"menacing",
"ominous",
"sinister",
"threatening",
"hazardous",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing",
"parlous",
"perilous",
"risky",
"unsafe",
"unsound",
"nasty",
"noisome",
"unhealthful",
"unhealthy",
"unwholesome",
"destructive",
"fatal",
"killer",
"lethal",
"malignant",
"ruinous"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantageous",
"beneficial",
"useful",
"favorable",
"good",
"propitious",
"curative",
"healthful",
"healthy",
"helpful",
"palliative",
"remedial",
"salubrious",
"salutary",
"wholesome",
"secure",
"sound",
"benignant",
"noncorrosive",
"nondestructive",
"nonfatal",
"noninfectious",
"nonlethal",
"nonpoisonous",
"nonpolluting",
"nontoxic",
"nonvenomous"
],
"antonyms":[
"anodyne",
"benign",
"harmless",
"hurtless",
"innocent",
"innocuous",
"inoffensive",
"safe"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"banding":{
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begirding",
"belting",
"engirding",
"engirdling",
"enwinding",
"girding",
"girdling",
"girthing",
"girting",
"wrapping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"trussing",
"tying up",
"tieing up",
"circling",
"enwreathing",
"looping",
"winding",
"wreathing",
"bandaging",
"enswathing",
"swathing",
"chaining",
"cording",
"enchaining",
"lashing",
"roping",
"shackling",
"taping",
"wiring"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"unlashing",
"unshackling",
"untying",
"untieing",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungirding",
"unwrapping"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"binding",
"trussing",
"tying",
"tieing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinching",
"cording",
"roping",
"strapping",
"threading",
"wiring",
"girding",
"girting",
"lashing",
"leashing",
"tethering",
"interlacing",
"intertwining",
"interweaving",
"lacing",
"entangling",
"knotting",
"snarling",
"tangling",
"twisting",
"coiling",
"winding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undoing",
"unfastening",
"unlacing",
"unlashing",
"unloosening",
"unloosing",
"unstrapping",
"unstringing",
"unthreading",
"unleashing",
"untethering",
"disentangling",
"unraveling",
"unsnarling",
"untangling",
"untwining",
"untwisting",
"uncoiling",
"unspooling",
"unwinding"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbinding",
"untying",
"untieing"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bankruptcies":{
"the inability to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"failures",
"insolvencies",
"ruins"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chapter 11s"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banks":{
"a number of things considered as a unit":{
"examples":[
"a bank of telephones set up for the telethon"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrays",
"assemblages",
"bands",
"batches",
"batteries",
"blocks",
"bunches",
"clots",
"clumps",
"clusters",
"clutches",
"collections",
"constellations",
"groupings",
"groups",
"huddles",
"knots",
"lots",
"musters",
"packages",
"parcels",
"passels",
"sets",
"suites"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerations",
"agglomerations",
"assortments",
"hodgepodges",
"jumbles",
"miscellanies",
"mixtures",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"varieties",
"cycles",
"runs",
"series",
"suits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"entities",
"items",
"singles",
"units"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a series of people or things arranged side by side":{
"examples":[
"a bank of elevators"
],
"synonyms":[
"ranks",
"rows"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chains",
"columns",
"cues",
"files",
"lines",
"processions",
"queues",
"ranges",
"strings",
"trains",
"echelons",
"tiers",
"arrays",
"concatenations",
"sequences"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)":{
"examples":[
"a bank of dirt that the construction workers left behind"
],
"synonyms":[
"bars",
"drifts",
"mounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"snowbanks",
"snowdrifts",
"embankments",
"sandbars",
"heaps",
"hills",
"masses",
"mountains",
"stacks",
"tufts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form into a pile or ridge of earth":{
"examples":[
"banked sand into little mounds on the beach"
],
"synonyms":[
"hills",
"mounds"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heaps",
"piles",
"pyramids",
"stacks",
"embanks",
"bunches",
"bundles",
"clumps",
"lumps",
"masses",
"wads",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"conglomerates",
"gathers",
"groups"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put in an account":{
"examples":[
"she always banks half of her paycheck"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays away",
"reserves",
"salts away",
"saves",
"squirrels (away)",
"stashes",
"stores",
"stows",
"invests"
],
"near antonyms":[
"removes",
"takes out",
"disburses",
"expends",
"gives",
"lays out",
"pays",
"spends"
],
"antonyms":[
"withdraws"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"bantering":{
"marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing":{
"examples":[
"the gently bantering tone of the couple's conversation"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"jesting",
"joking",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quizzical",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bandying",
"quipping",
"baiting",
"deriding",
"derisive",
"derisory",
"hassling",
"heckling",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"needling",
"ridiculing",
"taunting",
"contemptuous",
"disdainful",
"sarcastic",
"scornful"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make jokes":{
"examples":[
"the teacher bantered pleasantly, albeit a bit awkwardly, with the students at the school dance"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaffing",
"fooling",
"funning",
"gagging",
"japing",
"jesting",
"jiving",
"joking",
"jollying",
"joshing",
"kidding",
"quipping",
"wisecracking",
"yukking",
"yucking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gibing",
"jibing",
"hazing",
"jeering",
"mocking",
"ragging",
"rallying",
"razzing",
"ribbing",
"ridiculing",
"teasing",
"caricaturing",
"lampooning",
"parodying",
"satirizing",
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"banged":{
"to come into usually forceful contact with something":{
"examples":[
"the toy car banged into the wall and stopped"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"bumped",
"collided",
"crashed",
"hit",
"impacted",
"impinged",
"knocked",
"rammed",
"slammed",
"smashed",
"struck",
"swiped",
"thudded"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bounced",
"caromed",
"clunked",
"glanced",
"rebounded",
"ricocheted",
"ricochetted",
"skimmed",
"skipped",
"contacted",
"landed",
"touched",
"brushed",
"grazed",
"kissed",
"nudged",
"scraped",
"shaved",
"swept",
"bulldozed",
"jostled",
"muscled",
"pressed",
"pushed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"missed",
"skirted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"idly banged trees with a stick"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
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"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"thwacked",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
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"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to shove into a closed position with force and noise":{
"examples":[
"stomped off to his room and banged the door"
],
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"slammed"
],
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"closed",
"shut",
"stopped",
"barred",
"battened (down)",
"bolted",
"chained",
"fastened",
"latched",
"locked",
"sealed",
"secured"
],
"near antonyms":[
"opened",
"unbarred",
"unbolted",
"unfastened",
"unlatched",
"unlocked",
"unsealed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banged up":{
"as in broke , hurt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"broke",
"damaged",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"marred",
"shattered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"graffitied",
"tagged",
"annihilated",
"demolished",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"ravaged",
"ravened",
"razed",
"ruined",
"scourged",
"smashed",
"tore down",
"totaled",
"totalled",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"wracked",
"wrecked",
"desecrated",
"violated",
"sabotaged",
"defaced",
"trashed",
"vandalized",
"depredated",
"despoiled",
"looted",
"marauded",
"pillaged",
"plundered",
"ransacked",
"sacked",
"spoliated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conserved",
"preserved",
"protected",
"saved",
"salvaged",
"built",
"rebuilt"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banding (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
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"collaborating",
"concerting",
"concurring",
"conjoining",
"conspiring",
"cooperating",
"joining",
"leaguing",
"teaming (up)",
"uniting"
],
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"conniving",
"affiliating",
"allying",
"associating",
"combining",
"confederating",
"hanging together",
"interfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
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"allying",
"associating",
"clubbing",
"coalescing",
"cohering",
"confederating",
"conjoining",
"cooperating",
"federating",
"leaguing",
"uniting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"caballing",
"collaborating",
"ganging up",
"hanging together",
"teaming (up)",
"incorporating",
"organizing",
"unionizing",
"affiliating",
"amalgamating",
"combining",
"conglomerating",
"consolidating",
"converging",
"grouping",
"joining",
"merging",
"knotting",
"linking",
"tying",
"tieing",
"wedding"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detaching",
"disengaging",
"dissolving",
"disuniting",
"divorcing",
"parting",
"segregating",
"separating",
"severing",
"splitting",
"sundering",
"alienating",
"estranging",
"falling out"
],
"antonyms":[
"breaking up",
"disbanding"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandog":{
"as in hunter , sled dog":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
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"bird dog",
"coonhound",
"courser",
"gundog",
"hunter",
"sheepdog",
"sled dog",
"watchdog",
"wolf dog",
"wolfhound",
"lapdog",
"pup",
"puppy",
"puppy dog",
"whelp",
"guide dog",
"police dog",
"working dog",
"bitch",
"cur",
"mongrel",
"mutt",
"canine",
"dog",
"doggy",
"doggie",
"hound",
"pooch",
"tyke",
"tike"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankroll":{
"available money":{
"examples":[
"my total bankroll right now is $2,000"
],
"synonyms":[
"coffers",
"exchequer",
"finances",
"fund",
"pocket",
"resources",
"wherewithal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shirt",
"bread",
"cash",
"chips",
"currency",
"dough",
"gold",
"jack",
"legal tender",
"lucre",
"pelf",
"scratch",
"tender",
"wampum",
"assets",
"capital",
"deep pockets",
"fortune",
"means",
"opulence",
"riches",
"roll",
"substance",
"wealth",
"purse",
"treasury",
"cash flow",
"financing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debts",
"liabilities",
"indebtedness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalize",
"endow",
"finance",
"fund",
"stake",
"subsidize",
"underwrite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstake",
"cofinance",
"refinance",
"advocate",
"aid",
"back",
"champion",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"patronize",
"sponsor",
"support",
"maintain",
"nourish",
"provide (for)",
"clear",
"defray",
"discharge",
"foot",
"liquidate",
"pay",
"pay off",
"pay up",
"quit",
"recompense",
"settle",
"spring (for)",
"stand",
"refund"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defund"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"band (together)":{
"to participate or assist in a joint effort to accomplish an end":{
"examples":[
"we're banding together to oppose the construction of one of those big-box stores in our town"
],
"synonyms":[
"collaborate",
"concert",
"concur",
"conjoin",
"conspire",
"cooperate",
"join",
"league",
"team (up)",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"connive",
"affiliate",
"ally",
"associate",
"combine",
"confederate",
"hang together",
"interface"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or enter into an association that furthers the interests of its members":{
"examples":[
"small farmers banded together to oppose the interests of the agricultural giants"
],
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"ally",
"associate",
"club",
"coalesce",
"cohere",
"confederate",
"conjoin",
"cooperate",
"federate",
"league",
"unite"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabal",
"collaborate",
"gang up",
"hang together",
"team (up)",
"incorporate",
"organize",
"unionize",
"affiliate",
"amalgamate",
"combine",
"conglomerate",
"consolidate",
"converge",
"group",
"join",
"merge",
"knot",
"link",
"tie",
"wed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"detach",
"disengage",
"dissolve",
"disunite",
"divorce",
"part",
"segregate",
"separate",
"sever",
"split",
"sunder",
"alienate",
"estrange",
"fall out"
],
"antonyms":[
"break up",
"disband"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandwagon":{
"a series of activities undertaken to achieve a goal":{
"examples":[
"tried to get everyone on the bandwagon about forming a neighborhood cleanup"
],
"synonyms":[
"blitz",
"campaign",
"cause",
"crusade",
"drive",
"juggernaut",
"movement",
"push"
],
"near synonyms":[
"assault",
"attack",
"maneuver",
"march",
"offensive",
"action",
"bid",
"enterprise",
"initiative",
"mission",
"project",
"undertaking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandboxes":{
"as in hatboxes , tinderboxes":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"hatboxes",
"jewel boxes",
"snuffboxes",
"tinderboxes",
"minaudi\u00e8res",
"caissons",
"hope chests",
"canteens",
"compartments",
"vaults",
"coffins",
"coffers",
"lockboxes",
"safe-deposit boxes",
"safes",
"strongboxes",
"footlockers",
"sea chests",
"cartons",
"crates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankrolling":{
"as in funding , financing":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"endowment",
"financing",
"funding",
"subsidy",
"aegis",
"egis",
"auspice",
"backing",
"patronage",
"sponsorship",
"encouragement",
"fosterage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"help"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide money for":{
"examples":[
"several corporations bankrolled the Broadway musical"
],
"synonyms":[
"capitalizing",
"endowing",
"financing",
"funding",
"staking",
"subsidizing",
"underwriting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grubstaking",
"cofinancing",
"co-financing",
"refinancing",
"advocating",
"aiding",
"backing",
"championing",
"endorsing",
"indorsing",
"patronizing",
"sponsoring",
"supporting",
"maintaining",
"nourishing",
"providing (for)",
"clearing",
"defraying",
"discharging",
"footing",
"liquidating",
"paying",
"paying off",
"paying up",
"quitting",
"recompensing",
"settling",
"springing (for)",
"standing",
"refunding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"defunding"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banisters":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"balustrades",
"guardrails",
"railings",
"rails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrails",
"taffrails",
"fenders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bangs away (at)":{
"as in batters , buffets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"mugs",
"robs",
"envelops",
"flanks",
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banded":{
"having stripes":{
"examples":[
"the red, black, and yellow banded king snake is sometimes mistaken for the venomous coral snake"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"corded",
"tabby"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt":{
"examples":[
"banded the waist of the dress with a matching belt"
],
"synonyms":[
"begirt",
"begirded",
"belted",
"engirded",
"engirdled",
"enwound",
"girded",
"girt",
"girdled",
"girted",
"girthed",
"wrapped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"tied up",
"trussed",
"circled",
"enwreathed",
"looped",
"wound",
"winded",
"wreathed",
"bandaged",
"enswathed",
"swathed",
"chained",
"corded",
"enchained",
"lashed",
"roped",
"shackled",
"taped",
"wired"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unbound",
"unlashed",
"unshackled",
"untied",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[
"ungirded",
"unwrapped"
]
},
"to gather into a tight mass by means of a line or cord":{
"examples":[
"banded the newspapers together for delivery"
],
"synonyms":[
"bound",
"tied",
"trussed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cinched",
"corded",
"roped",
"strapped",
"threaded",
"wired",
"girded",
"girt",
"girted",
"lashed",
"leashed",
"tethered",
"interlaced",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"laced",
"entangled",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"twisted",
"coiled",
"wound",
"winded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undid",
"unfastened",
"unlaced",
"unlashed",
"unloosed",
"unloosened",
"unstrapped",
"unstrung",
"unthreaded",
"unleashed",
"untethered",
"disentangled",
"unraveled",
"unsnarled",
"untangled",
"untwined",
"untwisted",
"uncoiled",
"unspooled",
"unwound"
],
"antonyms":[
"unbound",
"untied"
]
},
"to make stripes on":{
"examples":[
"banded the sleeves of the robe with strips of contrasting material"
],
"synonyms":[
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blazed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"bandies (about)":{
"as in circulates , rumors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"circulates",
"noises (about or abroad)",
"rumors",
"blabs",
"dishes",
"gossips",
"talks",
"tattles",
"wags",
"blabbers",
"discloses",
"divulges",
"reveals",
"tells",
"hints",
"implies",
"insinuates",
"intimates",
"lets on",
"suggests",
"informs",
"reports",
"snitches",
"squeals",
"tips (off)",
"babbles",
"spills",
"confides"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clams up",
"shuts up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banner":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"the boat flew a bright red banner for the seaport's harbor festival"
],
"synonyms":[
"banderole",
"banderol",
"colors",
"ensign",
"flag",
"guidon",
"jack",
"pendant",
"pendent",
"pennant",
"pennon",
"standard",
"streamer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bunting",
"gonfalon",
"black flag",
"Jolly Roger",
"tricolor",
"union jack",
"white flag",
"burgee",
"semaphore",
"signaler",
"signaller",
"waft",
"badge",
"coat of arms",
"crest",
"insignia"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an attention-getting word or phrase used to publicize something (as a campaign or product)":{
"examples":[
"after the near accident, the nuclear power station is now operating under the banner of \"safety first\""
],
"synonyms":[
"catchphrase",
"cry",
"shibboleth",
"slogan",
"tagline",
"watchword"
],
"near synonyms":[
"expression",
"idiom",
"catchword",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"maxim",
"motto",
"battle cry",
"war cry"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"it's been a banner year for the green energy business"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"banquets":{
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
"examples":[
"prepared a celebratory banquet for the graduating class"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinners",
"feasts",
"feeds",
"regales",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chow",
"messes",
"repasts",
"tables",
"blowouts",
"carnivals",
"festivals",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"galas",
"parties",
"shindigs",
"festivities",
"barbecues",
"barbeques",
"clambakes",
"cookouts",
"fries",
"luaus",
"roasts",
"buffets",
"luncheons",
"smorgasbords"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base"
],
"synonyms":[
"dines",
"feasts",
"junkets",
"regales"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boards",
"caters",
"feeds",
"provisions",
"fetes",
"f\u00eates",
"honors",
"recognizes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"banqueted":{
"to entertain with a fancy meal":{
"examples":[
"banqueted the returning troops at the military base"
],
"synonyms":[
"dined",
"feasted",
"junketed",
"regaled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"boarded",
"catered",
"fed",
"provisioned",
"feted",
"f\u00eated",
"honored",
"recognized"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banality":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bromide",
"chestnut",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"groaner",
"homily",
"platitude",
"shibboleth",
"trope",
"truism"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdom",
"party line",
"routine",
"inanity",
"generality",
"generalization",
"simplification",
"adage",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"old wives' tale",
"stereotype"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundity"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandannas":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushkas",
"do-rags",
"handkerchiefs",
"handkerchieves",
"kerchiefs",
"kerchieves",
"madrases",
"mantillas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawls",
"hankies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banderols":{
"a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling":{
"examples":[
"during the festival this ancient Italian city is bestrewn with banderoles celebrating its illustrious medieval heritage"
],
"synonyms":[
"banners",
"colors",
"ensigns",
"flags",
"guidons",
"jacks",
"pendants",
"pendents",
"pennants",
"pennons",
"standards",
"streamers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buntings",
"gonfalons",
"black flags",
"Jolly Rogers",
"tricolors",
"union jacks",
"white flags",
"burgees",
"semaphores",
"signalers",
"signallers",
"wafts",
"badges",
"coats of arms",
"crests",
"insignia",
"insignias"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandy words":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"The two men bandied words in a heated debate about which team was better."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercate",
"argue",
"argufy",
"bicker",
"brabble",
"brawl",
"controvert",
"dispute",
"fall out",
"fight",
"hassle",
"jar",
"quarrel",
"quibble",
"row",
"scrap",
"spat",
"squabble",
"tiff",
"wrangle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenge",
"dare",
"defy",
"clash",
"contend",
"contest",
"tangle",
"cavil",
"fuss",
"nitpick",
"consider",
"debate",
"discuss",
"kick",
"object",
"protest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexist",
"get along",
"accept",
"agree",
"assent",
"concur",
"consent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bankers":{
"as in trawlers , hookers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cobles",
"draggers",
"gillnetters",
"hookers",
"luggers",
"scallopers",
"seiners",
"shrimpers",
"trawlers",
"whaleboats",
"whalers",
"workboats",
"ferries",
"ferryboats",
"gondolas",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"water taxis",
"cockleshells",
"tubs",
"towboats",
"tugboats",
"tugs",
"airboats",
"air-cushion vehicles",
"hovercrafts",
"barges",
"hoys",
"keelboats",
"keels",
"lighters",
"narrow boats",
"hydrofoils",
"hydroplanes",
"auxiliaries",
"bumboats",
"cutters",
"jolly boats",
"launches",
"lifeboats",
"longboats",
"tender",
"yawls",
"assault boats",
"PT boats",
"torpedo boats",
"houseboats",
"riverboats"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandolier":{
"as in baldric , Sam Browne belt":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baldric",
"Sam Browne belt",
"circle",
"loop",
"ribbon",
"ring",
"cestus",
"obi",
"band",
"waistband",
"belt",
"ceinture",
"cincture",
"cummerbund",
"cumberbund",
"girdle",
"sash",
"self-belt"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bannisters":{
"a protective barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and its supports":{
"examples":[
"a much-needed new banister for the rickety staircase"
],
"synonyms":[
"balustrades",
"guardrails",
"railings",
"rails"
],
"near synonyms":[
"handrails",
"taffrails",
"fenders"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bank (on or upon)":{
"as in count (on or upon) , rely (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"count (on or upon)",
"depend (on or upon)",
"rely (on or upon)",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"doubt",
"misdoubt",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect",
"disbelieve",
"discount",
"discredit",
"negate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bantamweights":{
"as in heavyweights , featherweights":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cruiserweights",
"featherweights",
"flyweights",
"heavyweights",
"light heavyweights",
"lightweights",
"middleweights",
"superheavyweights",
"welterweights",
"palookas",
"sluggers",
"stumblebums",
"boxers",
"fighters",
"gladiators",
"prizefighters",
"pugilists",
"pugs"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banger":{
"a rod-shaped portion of seasoned ground meat in a casing":{
"examples":[
"bangers and mash is classic British pub cuisine"
],
"synonyms":[
"link",
"sausage",
"wurst"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bologna",
"frank",
"frankfurter",
"hot dog",
"kielbasa",
"knockwurst",
"knackwurst",
"liver sausage",
"liver pudding",
"liverwurst",
"pepperoni",
"salami",
"Vienna sausage",
"weenie",
"wiener",
"weiner",
"wienerwurst",
"blood sausage",
"blood pudding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandying words":{
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
"examples":[
"The two men bandied words in a heated debate about which team was better."
],
"synonyms":[
"altercating",
"argufying",
"arguing",
"bickering",
"brabbling",
"brawling",
"controverting",
"disputing",
"falling out",
"fighting",
"hassling",
"jarring",
"quarreling",
"quarrelling",
"quibbling",
"rowing",
"scrapping",
"spatting",
"squabbling",
"tiffing",
"wrangling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"challenging",
"daring",
"defying",
"clashing",
"contending",
"contesting",
"tangling",
"caviling",
"cavilling",
"fussing",
"nitpicking",
"considering",
"debating",
"discussing",
"kicking",
"objecting",
"protesting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"coexisting",
"getting along",
"accepting",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"concurring",
"consenting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bandana":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushka",
"do-rag",
"handkerchief",
"kerchief",
"madras",
"mantilla"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawl",
"hankie",
"hanky"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandogs":{
"as in hunters , sled dogs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bird dogs",
"coonhounds",
"coursers",
"gundogs",
"hunters",
"sheepdogs",
"sled dogs",
"watchdogs",
"wolf dogs",
"wolfhounds",
"lapdogs",
"puppies",
"puppy dogs",
"pups",
"whelps",
"guide dogs",
"police dogs",
"working dogs",
"bitches",
"curs",
"mongrels",
"mutts",
"canines",
"doggies",
"dogs",
"hounds",
"pooches",
"tykes",
"tikes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankruptcy":{
"the inability to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"learned the hard way the costs of declaring bankruptcy"
],
"synonyms":[
"failure",
"insolvency",
"ruin"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Chapter 11"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bankrupting":{
"to cause to lose one's fortune and become unable to pay one's debts":{
"examples":[
"several bad investments bankrupted him"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"busting",
"ruining"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beggaring",
"impoverishing",
"pauperizing",
"reducing",
"straitening",
"cleaning (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"enriching",
"richening"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banalities":{
"an idea or expression that has been used by many people":{
"examples":[
"another sitcom based on the banality of roommates with opposite personalities"
],
"synonyms":[
"bromides",
"chestnuts",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"groaners",
"homilies",
"platitudes",
"shibboleths",
"tropes",
"truisms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conventional wisdoms",
"party lines",
"routines",
"inanities",
"generalities",
"generalizations",
"simplifications",
"adages",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"old wives' tales",
"stereotypes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"profundities"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bang on":{
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
"examples":[
"a London theatre critic who can generally be relied upon for his bang on assessments of new plays in the West End"
],
"synonyms":[
"accurate",
"correct",
"dead-on",
"exact",
"good",
"on-target",
"precise",
"proper",
"right",
"so",
"spot-on",
"true",
"veracious"
],
"near synonyms":[
"legitimate",
"logical",
"sound",
"valid",
"errorless",
"faultless",
"flawless",
"impeccable",
"inerrant",
"infallible",
"letter-perfect",
"perfect",
"rigorous",
"strict",
"stringent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"defective",
"faulty",
"flawed",
"imperfect"
],
"antonyms":[
"false",
"improper",
"inaccurate",
"incorrect",
"inexact",
"off",
"untrue",
"wrong"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"banked on":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"He was banking on extra tips tonight to pay his bills."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculated",
"counted",
"depended",
"leaned",
"reckoned",
"relied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committed",
"confided",
"entrusted",
"intrusted",
"trusted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"banterer":{
"as in practical joker , quipper":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cutup",
"kidder",
"knockabout",
"practical joker",
"prankster",
"quipper",
"quipster",
"teaser",
"wisecracker",
"comedienne",
"entertainer",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"fool",
"harlequin",
"zany",
"card",
"comedian",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"jester",
"joker",
"jokester",
"wag",
"wit",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banked (on or upon)":{
"as in counted (on or upon) , relied (on or upon)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"counted (on or upon)",
"depended (on or upon)",
"relied (on or upon)",
"trusted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusted",
"doubted",
"misdoubted",
"mistrusted",
"questioned",
"suspected",
"disbelieved",
"discounted",
"discredited",
"negated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"bandoliers":{
"as in baldrics , Sam Browne belts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baldrics",
"Sam Browne belts",
"circles",
"loops",
"ribbons",
"rings",
"cesti",
"obis",
"bands",
"waistbands",
"belts",
"ceintures",
"cinctures",
"cummerbunds",
"cumberbunds",
"girdles",
"sashes",
"self-belts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bangs away":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"beavers (away)",
"digs (away)",
"drudges",
"endeavors",
"fags",
"grubs",
"humps",
"hustles",
"labors",
"moils",
"pegs (away)",
"plods",
"plows",
"plugs",
"slaves",
"slogs",
"strains",
"strives",
"struggles",
"sweats",
"toils",
"travails",
"tugs",
"works"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applies (oneself)",
"buckles (down)",
"digs in",
"hammers (away)",
"knuckles down",
"pitches in",
"attacks",
"drives",
"essays",
"tries",
"exercises",
"exerts",
"overexerts",
"overworks",
"ekes out",
"grinds (out)",
"puts out",
"scrabbles",
"scratches",
"trudges",
"wades"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaks",
"eases (up)",
"lets up",
"slackens",
"bums",
"chills",
"dallies",
"dillydallies",
"footles",
"goldbricks",
"goofs (off)",
"hacks (around)",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"lazes",
"loafs",
"lounges",
"shirks",
"slacks (off)",
"vegges out",
"veges out",
"basks",
"lolls",
"relaxes",
"reposes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"dabbles",
"doodles",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs",
"hangs about",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banking on":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"He was banking on extra tips tonight to pay his bills."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculating",
"counting",
"depending",
"leaning",
"reckoning",
"relying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"committing",
"confiding",
"entrusting",
"intrusting",
"trusting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrusting",
"mistrusting",
"questioning",
"suspecting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"bane":{
"a source of harm or misfortune":{
"examples":[
"regarding the new laborsaving machinery as a bane , the 19th-century Luddites went about destroying it in protest"
],
"synonyms":[
"affliction",
"curse",
"nemesis",
"scourge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hex",
"hoodoo",
"jinx",
"danger",
"hazard",
"menace",
"peril",
"risk",
"threat",
"trouble",
"booby trap",
"catch",
"pitfall",
"snag"
],
"near antonyms":[
"advantage",
"aid",
"assistance",
"gift",
"help",
"relief",
"support",
"comfort",
"consolation",
"solace",
"delight",
"joy",
"pleasure",
"armor",
"defense",
"guard",
"protection",
"safeguard",
"safety",
"security",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[
"benefit",
"blessing",
"boon",
"felicity",
"godsend",
"good",
"manna",
"windfall"
]
},
"a substance that by chemical action can kill or injure a living thing":{
"examples":[
"a plant that is believed to be the bane of the wolf"
],
"synonyms":[
"poison",
"toxic",
"toxin",
"venom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cancer",
"contagion",
"disease",
"virus",
"fungicide",
"germicide",
"herbicide",
"insecticide",
"microbicide",
"pesticide",
"toxicant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antidote",
"antivenin",
"antivenom",
"mithridate",
"cure",
"cure-all",
"elixir",
"panacea"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bantling":{
"as in baby , infant":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"babe",
"baby",
"infant",
"neonate",
"nestling",
"newborn",
"toddler",
"tot",
"tyke",
"tike",
"weanling",
"bairn",
"bambino",
"bud",
"chap",
"chick",
"child",
"cub",
"juvenile",
"kid",
"kiddie",
"kiddy",
"kiddo",
"moppet",
"sprat",
"sprout",
"squirt",
"whelp",
"youngling",
"youngster",
"youth",
"adolescent",
"minor",
"kindergartner",
"kindergartener",
"preschooler",
"rug rat",
"schoolboy",
"schoolchild",
"schoolgirl",
"schoolkid",
"imp",
"jackanapes",
"mischief",
"monkey",
"rapscallion",
"rascal",
"rogue",
"urchin",
"whippersnapper",
"cherub",
"preteen",
"preteen-ager",
"subteen",
"teen",
"teenager",
"teener",
"teenybopper",
"tween",
"lad",
"nipper",
"shaver",
"stripling",
"tad",
"bobby-soxer",
"hoyden",
"tomboy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-ager",
"ancient",
"elder",
"golden-ager",
"oldster",
"old-timer",
"senior",
"senior citizen",
"adult",
"grown-up"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banquette":{
"as in bench , ottoman":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bench",
"ottoman",
"daybed",
"sofa bed",
"studio couch",
"lounger",
"love seat",
"recamier",
"t\u00eate-\u00e0-t\u00eate",
"chesterfield",
"couch",
"davenport",
"divan",
"lounge",
"settee",
"sofa",
"squab"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bantams":{
"as in peewees , dwarfs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diminutives",
"dwarfs",
"dwarves",
"midgets",
"mites",
"peewees",
"pygmies",
"pigmies",
"runts",
"scrubs",
"shrimp",
"shrimps",
"Tom Thumbs",
"miniatures",
"minis",
"homunculi",
"hop-o'-my-thumbs",
"manikins",
"mannikins",
"nubbins",
"half-pints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"behemoths",
"colossi",
"giants",
"jumbos",
"leviathans",
"mammoths",
"monsters",
"titans",
"whales",
"whoppers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bananas":{
"lacking sanity; a state or condition of mental unsoundness":{
"examples":[
"If you ask me, that guy is bananas .",
"All the noise drove me bananas ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"amok",
"amuck",
"ape",
"ballistic",
"berserk",
"nuclear",
"balmy",
"barmy",
"bats",
"batty",
"bedlam",
"bonkers",
"brainsick",
"bughouse",
"certifiable",
"crackbrained",
"cracked",
"crackers",
"crackpot",
"cranky",
"crazed",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"demented",
"deranged",
"fruity",
"gaga",
"haywire",
"insane",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loco",
"loony",
"looney",
"loony tunes",
"looney tunes",
"lunatic",
"mad",
"maniacal",
"maniac",
"mental",
"meshuga",
"meshugge",
"meshugah",
"meshuggah",
"moonstruck",
"non compos mentis",
"nuts",
"nutty",
"psycho",
"psychotic",
"scatty",
"screwy",
"unbalanced",
"unhinged",
"unsound",
"wacko",
"whacko",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"wud",
"dotty",
"fey",
"loopy",
"off",
"potty",
"teched",
"tetched",
"touched",
"aberrant",
"delirious",
"delusional",
"delusionary",
"disordered",
"disturbed",
"neurotic",
"obsessive-compulsive",
"paranoiac",
"paranoic",
"paranoid",
"paranoidal",
"schizoid",
"schizophrenic",
"sociopathic",
"eccentric",
"odd",
"oddball",
"pixilated",
"pixillated",
"queer",
"strange",
"foolish",
"senseless",
"witless",
"irrational",
"unreasonable",
"depressed",
"distracted",
"distraught",
"frantic",
"frenzied",
"haywire",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"raving",
"wigged-out",
"fixated",
"monomaniac",
"monomaniacal",
"obsessed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"lucid",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"judicious",
"sensible",
"wise",
"healthy",
"normal",
"well-adjusted",
"unneurotic",
"balanced",
"compos mentis",
"sane",
"sound",
"uncrazy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bang away (at)":{
"as in batter , buffet":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"batter",
"buffet",
"plaster",
"barrage",
"cannon",
"cannonade",
"beleaguer",
"besiege",
"press",
"blitz",
"bomb",
"bombard",
"nuke",
"harry",
"loot",
"pillage",
"plunder",
"ravage",
"sack",
"ambuscade",
"ambush",
"surprise",
"surprize",
"waylay",
"foray",
"invade",
"overrun",
"mug",
"rob",
"envelop",
"flank",
"bum-rush",
"gang up (on)",
"mob",
"swarm"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cover",
"defend",
"guard",
"protect",
"secure",
"shield"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banging away":{
"to devote serious and sustained effort":{
"examples":[
"the design team has been banging away at that project for months"
],
"synonyms":[
"beavering (away)",
"digging (away)",
"drudging",
"endeavoring",
"fagging",
"grubbing",
"humping",
"hustling",
"laboring",
"moiling",
"pegging (away)",
"plodding",
"plowing",
"plugging",
"slaving",
"slogging",
"straining",
"striving",
"struggling",
"sweating",
"toiling",
"travailing",
"tugging",
"working"
],
"near synonyms":[
"applying (oneself)",
"buckling (down)",
"digging in",
"hammering (away)",
"knuckling down",
"pitching in",
"attacking",
"driving",
"essaying",
"trying",
"exercising",
"exerting",
"overexerting",
"overworking",
"eking out",
"grinding (out)",
"putting out",
"scrabbling",
"scratching",
"trudging",
"wading"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breaking",
"easing (up)",
"letting up",
"slackening",
"bumming",
"chilling",
"dallying",
"dillydallying",
"footling",
"goldbricking",
"goofing (off)",
"hacking (around)",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"lazing",
"loafing",
"lounging",
"shirking",
"slacking (off)",
"vegging out",
"basking",
"lolling",
"relaxing",
"reposing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"dabbling",
"doodling",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging",
"hanging about",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"banterers":{
"as in practical jokers , quippers":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cutups",
"kidders",
"knockabouts",
"practical jokers",
"pranksters",
"quippers",
"quipsters",
"teasers",
"wisecrackers",
"comediennes",
"entertainers",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"fools",
"harlequins",
"zanies",
"cards",
"comedians",
"comics",
"drolls",
"farceurs",
"funnymen",
"gaggers",
"gagmen",
"gagsters",
"humorists",
"jesters",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"wags",
"wits",
"caricaturists",
"lampooners",
"parodists",
"satirists"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bandoleers":{
"as in baldrics , Sam Browne belts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baldrics",
"Sam Browne belts",
"circles",
"loops",
"ribbons",
"rings",
"cesti",
"obis",
"bands",
"waistbands",
"belts",
"ceintures",
"cinctures",
"cummerbunds",
"cumberbunds",
"girdles",
"sashes",
"self-belts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"banausic":{
"as in mundane":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"mundane",
"down-to-earth",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"utilitarian",
"accessible",
"available",
"obtainable",
"reachable",
"actionable",
"applicable",
"applicative",
"applied",
"functional",
"practicable",
"practical",
"serviceable",
"ultrapractical",
"usable",
"useable",
"useful",
"workable",
"working",
"all-around",
"all-round",
"handy",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"near antonyms":[
"impracticable",
"impractical",
"inapplicable",
"nonpractical",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"abstract",
"academic",
"academical",
"armchair",
"theoretical",
"theoretic",
"inaccessible",
"unattainable",
"unavailable",
"unobtainable",
"unreachable",
"unsuitable"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"bandanas":{
"a scarf worn on the head":{
"examples":[
"she uses her colorful print bandanna to keep the hair out of her eyes"
],
"synonyms":[
"babushkas",
"do-rags",
"handkerchiefs",
"handkerchieves",
"kerchiefs",
"kerchieves",
"madrases",
"mantillas"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shawls",
"hankies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"bank on":{
"to place reliance or trust":{
"examples":[
"He was banking on extra tips tonight to pay his bills."
],
"synonyms":[
"calculate",
"count",
"depend",
"lean",
"reckon",
"rely"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"confide",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"trust"
],
"near antonyms":[
"distrust",
"mistrust",
"question",
"suspect"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}