dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/mot_MWT.json
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{
"mote":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house"
],
"synonyms":[
"atom",
"bit",
"crumb",
"dribble",
"fleck",
"flyspeck",
"grain",
"granule",
"molecule",
"morsel",
"nubbin",
"nugget",
"particle",
"patch",
"scrap",
"scruple",
"snip",
"snippet",
"speck",
"tittle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ace",
"dab",
"dash",
"driblet",
"drop",
"fraction",
"haet",
"halfpenny",
"ha'penny",
"iota",
"jot",
"kenning",
"lick",
"minim",
"mite",
"modicum",
"nutshell",
"ounce",
"pinch",
"shred",
"smatter",
"smidgen",
"smidgeon",
"smidgin",
"smidge",
"spot",
"strain",
"streak",
"suspicion",
"taste",
"touch",
"trace",
"whisper",
"whit",
"bite",
"mouthful",
"nibble",
"tidbit",
"titbit",
"fragment",
"part",
"portion",
"section",
"chip",
"flake",
"shard",
"shiver",
"sliver",
"splinter",
"clipping",
"paring",
"shaving",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunk",
"gob",
"hunk",
"lump",
"slab",
"abundance",
"barrel",
"bucket",
"bushel",
"deal",
"heaps",
"loads",
"mass",
"mountain",
"peck",
"pile",
"pot",
"profusion",
"quantity",
"raft",
"scads",
"stack",
"volume",
"wad",
"wealth"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motet":{
"as in madrigal , aria":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lay",
"lyric",
"solo",
"song",
"vocal",
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"moth-eaten":{
"having passed its time of use or usefulness":{
"examples":[
"moth-eaten scientific theories that no one's believed in ages"
],
"synonyms":[
"antiquated",
"archaic",
"dated",
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
"demoded",
"fossilized",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"medieval",
"mediaeval",
"moribund",
"mossy",
"neolithic",
"Noachian",
"obsolete",
"out-of-date",
"outdated",
"outmoded",
"outworn",
"pass\u00e9",
"prehistoric",
"prehistorical",
"rusty",
"Stone Age",
"superannuated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aging",
"ageing",
"obsolescent",
"discarded",
"disused",
"inoperable",
"unusable",
"unworkable",
"useless",
"dead",
"defunct",
"expired",
"extinct",
"vanished",
"dormant",
"fallow",
"free",
"idle",
"inactive",
"inert",
"inoperative",
"latent",
"ancient",
"antediluvian",
"antique",
"dateless",
"fusty",
"musty",
"old",
"oldfangled",
"old-fashioned",
"old-time",
"retro",
"vintage",
"aged",
"age-old",
"hoary",
"venerable",
"atavistic",
"bygone",
"erstwhile",
"former",
"historic",
"historical",
"late",
"old-world",
"past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"contemporary",
"current",
"mod",
"modern",
"new",
"newfangled",
"new-fashioned",
"present-day",
"recent",
"ultramodern",
"up-to-date",
"up-to-the-minute",
"fresh",
"modernized",
"refurbished",
"remodeled",
"renewed",
"functional",
"operable",
"operational",
"workable",
"active",
"alive",
"busy",
"employed",
"functioning",
"operating",
"operative"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"examples":[
"a man who's been wearing the same moth-eaten clothes for decades"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"threadbare",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"examples":[
"an uncle who tells the same moth-eaten stories every Thanksgiving"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"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"
]
},
"mother-naked":{
"lacking or shed of clothing":{
"examples":[
"shocked to find that many of the participants at the spring break bacchanal were mother-naked"
],
"synonyms":[
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"seminude",
"topless",
"denuded",
"peeled",
"unveiled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
"antonyms":[
"appareled",
"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mothered":{
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"I hope to mother at least one child"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthed",
"bore",
"delivered",
"dropped",
"had",
"produced"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labored",
"bred",
"multiplied",
"propagated",
"reproduced",
"spawned",
"begot",
"begat",
"fathered",
"generated",
"got",
"sired",
"calved",
"kidded",
"kindled",
"kittened",
"littered",
"pupped",
"whelped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborted",
"lost",
"miscarried"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"administered (to)",
"cared (for)",
"ministered (to)",
"nursed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cured",
"healed",
"remedied",
"doctored",
"treated",
"aided",
"conserved",
"preserved",
"provided (for)",
"supported",
"babied",
"coddled",
"mollycoddled",
"pampered",
"spoiled",
"spoilt",
"catered (to)",
"humored",
"indulged"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushed (aside or off)",
"forgot",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overlooked",
"slighted"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motherless":{
"as in fatherless":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fatherless",
"baseborn",
"bastard",
"illegitimate",
"misbegotten",
"natural",
"spurious",
"supposititious",
"unfathered",
"nameless",
"adopted",
"orphaned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"legitimate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"motifs":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"matters",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes",
"topics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matters",
"talking points",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
"examples":[
"the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif"
],
"synonyms":[
"designs",
"figures",
"motives",
"patterns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"schemes",
"devices",
"adornments",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motion":{
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
"examples":[
"we were instructed not to make any sudden motions or we might scare away the deer"
],
"synonyms":[
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"locomotion",
"mobility",
"motility",
"motivity",
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"waving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination"
],
"antonyms":[
"motionlessness"
]
},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckon",
"flag",
"gesture",
"signal",
"wave"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nod",
"gesticulate",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"sign",
"signalize",
"acquaint",
"advise",
"inform",
"relate",
"tell",
"flourish",
"shrug"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motion sickness":{
"as in morning sickness , altitude sickness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"airsickness",
"altitude sickness",
"car sickness",
"morning sickness",
"mountain sickness",
"seasickness",
"qualm",
"nausea",
"nauseousness",
"qualmishness",
"queasiness",
"queerness",
"sickness",
"squeamishness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motionlessness":{
"as in inaction , inertia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inaction",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"abeyance",
"cold storage",
"deep freeze",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"holding pattern",
"latency",
"moratorium",
"quiescence",
"suspended animation",
"suspense",
"suspension",
"impasse",
"standstill",
"coma",
"hibernation",
"hypnosis",
"repose",
"rest",
"sleep",
"slumber",
"torpor",
"recess",
"recession",
"remission",
"downtime",
"idleness",
"layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"continuance",
"continuation",
"recommencement",
"renewal",
"resumption",
"resuscitation"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motivates":{
"to rouse to action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"revs (up)",
"sparks",
"spurs",
"stimulates",
"stirs",
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motives",
"propels",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"forces",
"impels",
"allures",
"baits",
"beguiles",
"bribes",
"entices",
"leads on",
"lures",
"seduces",
"tempts",
"goads",
"persuades",
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motived":{
"as in inspired , motivated":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motivated",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"aroused",
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"impassioned",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"revved (up)",
"sparked",
"stimulated",
"stirred",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset",
"jeered",
"taunted",
"teased",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motivity":{
"as in mobility , locomotion":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"locomotion",
"mobility",
"motility",
"motion",
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring",
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"waving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination",
"motionlessness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motor":{
"a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{
"examples":[
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin"
],
"synonyms":[
"engine",
"machine"
],
"near synonyms":[
"converter",
"transformer",
"appliance",
"mechanism",
"equipment",
"tool",
"mill"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors"
],
"synonyms":[
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor vehicle",
"motorcar",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"belt",
"blast",
"blaze",
"blow",
"bolt",
"bomb",
"bowl",
"breeze",
"bundle",
"bustle",
"buzz",
"cannonball",
"careen",
"career",
"chase",
"course",
"crack (on)",
"dash",
"drive",
"fly",
"hare",
"hasten",
"hie",
"highball",
"hotfoot (it)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"hurtle",
"hustle",
"jet",
"jump",
"nip",
"pelt",
"race",
"ram",
"rip",
"rocket",
"run",
"rush",
"rustle",
"scoot",
"scurry",
"scuttle",
"shoot",
"speed",
"step",
"tear",
"travel",
"trot",
"whirl",
"whisk",
"zip",
"zoom"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetle",
"dart",
"flit",
"scamper",
"scud",
"scuffle",
"stampede",
"streak",
"whiz",
"whizz",
"gallop",
"jog",
"sprint",
"accelerate",
"quicken",
"step out",
"catch up",
"fast-forward",
"outpace",
"outrun",
"outstrip",
"overtake",
"arrow",
"beeline"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobile",
"drive",
"tool"
],
"near synonyms":[
"roll",
"wheel",
"joyride",
"chauffeur",
"hack",
"taxi",
"ride",
"drag",
"race"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motor vehicles":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motored":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"barreled",
"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
"bustled",
"buzzed",
"cannonballed",
"careened",
"careered",
"chased",
"coursed",
"cracked (on)",
"dashed",
"drove",
"flew",
"hared",
"hastened",
"hied",
"highballed",
"hotfooted (it)",
"humped",
"hurled",
"hurried",
"hurtled",
"hustled",
"jetted",
"jumped",
"nipped",
"pelted",
"raced",
"rammed",
"ran",
"run",
"ripped",
"rocketed",
"rushed",
"rustled",
"scooted",
"scurried",
"scuttled",
"shot",
"sped",
"speeded",
"stepped",
"tore",
"traveled",
"travelled",
"trotted",
"whirled",
"whisked",
"zipped",
"zoomed"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetled",
"darted",
"flitted",
"scampered",
"scudded",
"scuffled",
"stampeded",
"streaked",
"whizzed",
"galloped",
"jogged",
"sprinted",
"accelerated",
"quickened",
"stepped out",
"caught up",
"fast-forwarded",
"outpaced",
"outran",
"outstripped",
"overtook",
"arrowed",
"beelined"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"lagged",
"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawled",
"crept",
"poked"
]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiled",
"drove",
"tooled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolled",
"wheeled",
"joyrode",
"chauffeured",
"hacked",
"taxied",
"rode",
"rid",
"dragged",
"raced"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motormouth":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute"
],
"synonyms":[
"babbler",
"blabber",
"blabbermouth",
"blowhard",
"cackler",
"chatterbox",
"chatterer",
"conversationalist",
"gabbler",
"gasbag",
"jabberer",
"jay",
"magpie",
"prattler",
"talker",
"windbag"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"blatherer",
"blatherskite",
"converser",
"discourser"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motors":{
"a device that changes energy into mechanical motion":{
"examples":[
"the device was equipped with a small electrical motor to make the gears spin"
],
"synonyms":[
"engines",
"machines"
],
"near synonyms":[
"converters",
"transformers",
"appliances",
"mechanisms",
"equipments",
"tools",
"mills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"went shopping for a new automobile at Valley Motors"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"belts",
"blasts",
"blazes",
"blows",
"bolts",
"bombs",
"bowls",
"breezes",
"bundles",
"bustles",
"buzzes",
"cannonballs",
"careens",
"careers",
"chases",
"courses",
"cracks (on)",
"dashes",
"drives",
"flies",
"hares",
"hastens",
"hies",
"highballs",
"hotfoots (it)",
"humps",
"hurls",
"hurries",
"hurtles",
"hustles",
"jets",
"jumps",
"nips",
"pelts",
"races",
"rams",
"rips",
"rockets",
"runs",
"rushes",
"rustles",
"scoots",
"scurries",
"scuttles",
"shoots",
"speeds",
"steps",
"tears",
"travels",
"trots",
"whirls",
"whisks",
"zips",
"zooms"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetles",
"darts",
"flits",
"scampers",
"scuds",
"scuffles",
"stampedes",
"streaks",
"whizzes",
"gallops",
"jogs",
"sprints",
"accelerates",
"quickens",
"steps out",
"catches up",
"fast-forwards",
"outpaces",
"outruns",
"outstrips",
"overtakes",
"arrows",
"beelines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"drags",
"hangs (around or out)",
"lags",
"lingers",
"loiters",
"pokes",
"tarries",
"ambles",
"lumbers",
"plods",
"saunters",
"shuffles",
"strolls",
"decelerates",
"slows (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawls",
"creeps",
"pokes"
]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"drives",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolls",
"wheels",
"joyrides",
"chauffeurs",
"hacks",
"taxis",
"taxies",
"rides",
"drags",
"races"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mottling":{
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotching",
"dappling",
"dotting",
"flecking",
"freckling",
"marbling",
"peppering",
"shooting",
"specking",
"speckling",
"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotting",
"dyeing",
"staining",
"banding",
"barring",
"streaking",
"striping",
"interspersing",
"setting",
"studding",
"bespattering",
"spattering"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motives":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the principal motive of the piece was introduced in the flute section"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes",
"topics"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matters",
"talking points",
"counts",
"ideas",
"points",
"purposes",
"considerations",
"issues",
"problems",
"bodies",
"bulks",
"burdens",
"centerpieces",
"cores",
"cruxes",
"cruces",
"essences",
"fundamentals",
"generalities",
"gists",
"grists",
"hearts",
"kernels",
"keynotes",
"mains",
"marrows",
"masses",
"nets",
"nubbins",
"nubs",
"nuclei",
"nucleuses",
"piths",
"pivots",
"purports",
"quicks",
"staples",
"substances",
"sums",
"bases",
"bottoms",
"essentialities",
"essentials",
"affairs",
"arguments",
"debates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"asides",
"digressions",
"excursions",
"interjections",
"parentheses",
"tangents"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
"examples":[
"decorated with a paisley motive"
],
"synonyms":[
"designs",
"figures",
"motifs",
"patterns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"schemes",
"devices",
"adornments",
"caparisons",
"decorations",
"embellishments",
"frills",
"garnishes",
"ornaments",
"trims"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"the detective felt that the first suspect didn't have any motive for committing the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"accounts",
"authorities",
"grounds",
"reasons",
"subjects",
"wherefores",
"whys"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"impetuses",
"incentives",
"inspirations",
"instigations",
"occasions",
"stimuli"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inspires , motivates":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"activates",
"animates",
"drives",
"energizes",
"galvanizes",
"induces",
"inspires",
"keys (up)",
"motivates",
"pumps up",
"quickens",
"sets off",
"vitalizes",
"fans",
"ignites",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"kindles",
"triggers",
"abets",
"ferments",
"foments",
"raises",
"whips (up)",
"arouses",
"encourages",
"excites",
"fires (up)",
"impassions",
"incites",
"instigates",
"moves",
"piques",
"provokes",
"revs (up)",
"sparks",
"stimulates",
"stirs",
"angers",
"enrages",
"maddens",
"upsets",
"jeers",
"taunts",
"teases",
"aggravates",
"annoys",
"bothers",
"exasperates",
"galls",
"gets",
"irritates",
"vexes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"soothes",
"subdues",
"tranquilizes",
"tranquillizes",
"appeases",
"mollifies",
"pacifies",
"placates"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mothballed":{
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
"examples":[
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismantled",
"phased out",
"put aside",
"deactivated",
"killed",
"shut off",
"turned off",
"flicked (off)",
"arrested",
"braked",
"chocked",
"cut off",
"drew up",
"halted",
"jammed",
"stalled",
"stuck"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charged",
"electrified",
"energized",
"fired",
"fueled",
"fuelled",
"generated",
"powered",
"pushed",
"discharged",
"launched",
"released",
"switched",
"tripped",
"reactivated",
"recharged",
"activated",
"actuated",
"cranked (up)",
"drove",
"moved",
"propelled",
"ran",
"run",
"set off",
"sparked",
"started",
"touched off",
"triggered",
"turned on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motley":{
"consisting of many things of different sorts":{
"examples":[
"a ship with a motley crew of old salts, young adventurers, and shifty characters of all ages"
],
"synonyms":[
"assorted",
"eclectic",
"heterogeneous",
"indiscriminate",
"kitchen-sink",
"magpie",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"patchwork",
"piebald",
"promiscuous",
"raggle-taggle",
"ragtag",
"varied"
],
"near synonyms":[
"manifold",
"multifarious",
"multiple",
"multiplex",
"myriad",
"disparate",
"divergent",
"diverse",
"sundry",
"various",
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"farraginous",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"amalgamated",
"blended",
"combined",
"commingled",
"commixed",
"conglomerated",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"intermingled",
"intermixed",
"merged",
"mingled",
"composite",
"conglomerate",
"hybrid",
"unclassified",
"unsorted"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monolithic",
"uniform",
"alike",
"identical",
"like",
"same",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate"
],
"antonyms":[
"homogeneous"
]
},
"marked by a variety of usually vivid colors":{
"examples":[
"a tropical bird with motley plumage"
],
"synonyms":[
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"kaleidoscopic",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"varied",
"variegated",
"various"
],
"near synonyms":[
"iridescent",
"opalescent",
"brave",
"bright",
"brilliant",
"gay",
"vibrant",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"loud",
"showy",
"splashy",
"checkered",
"dotted",
"patterned",
"plaid",
"plaided",
"striped",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"parti-color",
"parti-colored",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"flecked",
"specked",
"speckled",
"spotted",
"banded",
"barred",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"streaked",
"striated",
"bichrome",
"bicolored",
"bicolor",
"dichromatic",
"trichromatic",
"tricolor",
"tricolored",
"two-tone",
"two-toned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatic",
"bleached",
"decolorized",
"faded",
"washed-out",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"unbrilliant"
],
"antonyms":[
"colorless",
"monochromatic",
"monochromic",
"monotone",
"self-colored",
"solid"
]
},
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
"examples":[
"the motleys with their colorful outfits"
],
"synonyms":[
"fool",
"jester"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoon",
"clown",
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"cutup",
"droll",
"harlequin",
"joker",
"jokester",
"madcap",
"merry-andrew",
"vice",
"wag",
"zany",
"mime",
"mummer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a motley of old junk stored in the attic"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerate",
"agglomeration",
"alphabet soup",
"assortment",
"botch",
"clutter",
"collage",
"crazy quilt",
"farrago",
"gallimaufry",
"grab bag",
"gumbo",
"hash",
"hodgepodge",
"hotchpotch",
"jambalaya",
"jumble",
"jungle",
"litter",
"mac\u00e9doine",
"medley",
"m\u00e9lange",
"menagerie",
"miscellanea",
"miscellany",
"mishmash",
"mixed bag",
"montage",
"muddle",
"olio",
"olla podrida",
"omnium-gatherum",
"pastiche",
"patchwork",
"patchwork quilt",
"potpourri",
"ragbag",
"ragout",
"rummage",
"salad",
"salmagundi",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"smorgasbord",
"stew",
"tumble",
"variety",
"welter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulation",
"aggregate",
"aggregation",
"conglomerate",
"conglomeration",
"catchall",
"admixture",
"alloy",
"amalgam",
"blend",
"combination",
"commixture",
"composite",
"compound",
"fusion",
"intermixture",
"mix-up",
"bollix",
"chaos",
"confusion",
"disarrangement",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"dog's breakfast",
"mess",
"morass",
"shambles",
"imbroglio",
"knot",
"snarl",
"tangle"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"motor homes":{
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[
"they lived out of their motor home until they found a suitable house"
],
"synonyms":[
"campers",
"caravans",
"recreational vehicles",
"RVs",
"trailers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailers",
"mobile homes",
"coaches",
"vans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motions":{
"the act or an instance of changing position":{
"examples":[
"we were instructed not to make any sudden motions or we might scare away the deer"
],
"synonyms":[
"movements",
"moves",
"shifts",
"stirrings",
"stirs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dislocations",
"migrations",
"relocations",
"locomotions",
"mobilities",
"motilities",
"motivities",
"fiddlings",
"squirms"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobilities",
"inertias",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"endings",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"pauses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
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},
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
],
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"beckons",
"flags",
"gestures",
"signals",
"waves"
],
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"nods",
"gesticulates",
"mimes",
"pantomimes",
"signs",
"signalizes",
"acquaints",
"advises",
"informs",
"relates",
"tells",
"flourishes",
"shrugs"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mother tongues":{
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
"examples":[
"although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue"
],
"synonyms":[
"languages",
"lingos",
"lingoes",
"speeches",
"tongues",
"vocabularies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acrolects",
"argots",
"cants",
"colloquials",
"dialects",
"idiolects",
"idioms",
"jargons",
"parlances",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgins",
"slangs",
"slanguages",
"vernaculars",
"colloquialisms",
"localisms",
"provincialisms",
"regionalisms",
"shibboleths",
"vernacularisms",
"terminologies",
"coinages",
"modernisms",
"neologisms"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motivities":{
"as in mobilities , locomotions":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"locomotions",
"mobilities",
"motilities",
"dislocations",
"migrations",
"relocations",
"fiddlings",
"squirms",
"motions",
"movements",
"moves",
"shifts",
"stirrings",
"stirs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobilities",
"inertias",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"endings",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"pauses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motif":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the motif of mute figures standing in lonely isolation is a recurrent one in the artist's works"
],
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"content",
"matter",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"theme",
"topic"
],
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"subject matter",
"talking point",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
"examples":[
"the fabric for the upholstery features a scallop shell motif"
],
"synonyms":[
"design",
"figure",
"motive",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scheme",
"device",
"adornment",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mother":{
"a female human parent":{
"examples":[
"he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken"
],
"synonyms":[
"ma",
"mama",
"mamma",
"momma",
"mammy",
"mater",
"mom",
"mommy",
"old lady"
],
"near synonyms":[
"materfamilias",
"matriarch",
"matron",
"stepmother",
"supermom",
"superwoman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
"examples":[
"she often offered to babysit for friends, hoping to satisfy her mother urges until she had children of her own"
],
"synonyms":[
"maternal",
"motherly"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parental",
"female",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"matriarchal",
"matronly",
"caring",
"giving",
"nurturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"I hope to mother at least one child"
],
"synonyms":[
"bear",
"birth",
"deliver",
"drop",
"have",
"produce"
],
"near synonyms":[
"labor",
"breed",
"multiply",
"propagate",
"reproduce",
"spawn",
"beget",
"father",
"generate",
"get",
"sire",
"calve",
"kid",
"kindle",
"kitten",
"litter",
"pup",
"whelp"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abort",
"lose",
"miscarry"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"administer (to)",
"care (for)",
"minister (to)",
"nurse"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cure",
"heal",
"remedy",
"doctor",
"treat",
"aid",
"conserve",
"preserve",
"provide (for)",
"support",
"baby",
"coddle",
"mollycoddle",
"pamper",
"spoil",
"cater (to)",
"humor",
"indulge"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brush (aside or off)",
"forget",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook",
"slight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motionless":{
"not moving":{
"examples":[
"The deer stood there absolutely motionless , listening attentively."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"frozen",
"static",
"stationary",
"still",
"wooden",
"blank",
"catatonic",
"deadpan",
"empty",
"expressionless",
"impassive",
"inexpressive",
"numb",
"stolid",
"vacant",
"immobile",
"immotile",
"irremovable",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"unbudging",
"unmovable",
"unresponsive"
],
"near antonyms":[
"active",
"alive",
"animated",
"bright",
"busy",
"dynamic",
"effervescent",
"energetic",
"expansive",
"exuberant",
"lively",
"vivacious",
"mobile",
"motile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"moving",
"gestic",
"gesticulant",
"gesticulative",
"gesticulatory",
"gestural",
"demonstrative",
"expressive"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"Mother Hubbard":{
"as in sweaterdress , granny dress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"chemise",
"coatdress",
"granny dress",
"housedress",
"jumper",
"kimono",
"kirtle",
"minidress",
"muumuu",
"overdress",
"sack",
"sheath",
"shift",
"shirtdress",
"shirtwaist",
"sundress",
"sweaterdress",
"tea gown",
"dress",
"frock",
"gown"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorcars":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"a convention for those who love antique motorcars"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"cream puffs",
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"tin lizzies",
"touring cars",
"hybrids"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motherly":{
"of, relating to, or characteristic of a mother":{
"examples":[
"she showed a sweet motherly tenderness toward the tiny kitten she was taking care of"
],
"synonyms":[
"maternal",
"mother"
],
"near synonyms":[
"parental",
"female",
"feminine",
"womanish",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"matriarchal",
"matronly",
"caring",
"giving",
"nurturing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"motile":{
"as in moving":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"removable",
"removeable",
"transferable",
"transferrable",
"transportable",
"unbalanced",
"unstable",
"unsteady",
"adjustable",
"flexible",
"modular",
"manageable",
"mobile",
"movable",
"moveable",
"portable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"immobile",
"immovable",
"irremovable",
"nonmobile",
"unmovable",
"immotile",
"nonmotile",
"nonmoving",
"motionless",
"moveless",
"standing",
"static",
"stationary",
"still",
"stuck",
"wedged",
"fast",
"fixed",
"rooted",
"steadfast"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"motorist":{
"a person who travels by automobile":{
"examples":[
"environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobilist",
"driver",
"wheelman"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operator",
"codriver",
"chauffeur",
"carpooler"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motes":{
"a very small piece":{
"examples":[
"there's not a mote of dirt in that woman's house"
],
"synonyms":[
"atoms",
"bits",
"crumbs",
"dribbles",
"flecks",
"flyspecks",
"grains",
"granules",
"molecules",
"morsels",
"nubbins",
"nuggets",
"particles",
"patches",
"scraps",
"scruples",
"snippets",
"snips",
"specks",
"tittles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"aces",
"dabs",
"dashes",
"driblets",
"drops",
"fractions",
"haets",
"halfpence",
"halfpennies",
"ha'pennies",
"iotas",
"jots",
"kennings",
"licks",
"minims",
"mites",
"modicums",
"nutshells",
"ounces",
"pinches",
"shreds",
"smatters",
"smidgens",
"smidgeons",
"smidgins",
"smidges",
"spots",
"strains",
"streaks",
"suspicions",
"tastes",
"touches",
"traces",
"whispers",
"whits",
"bites",
"mouthfuls",
"nibbles",
"tidbits",
"titbits",
"fragments",
"parts",
"portions",
"sections",
"chips",
"flakes",
"shards",
"shivers",
"slivers",
"splinters",
"clippings",
"parings",
"shavings",
"smithereens"
],
"near antonyms":[
"chunks",
"gobs",
"hunks",
"lumps",
"slabs",
"abundances",
"barrels",
"buckets",
"bushels",
"deals",
"heaps",
"loads",
"masses",
"mountains",
"pecks",
"piles",
"pots",
"profusions",
"quantities",
"rafts",
"scads",
"stacks",
"volumes",
"wads",
"wealths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motor home":{
"a motor vehicle that is specially equipped for living while traveling":{
"examples":[
"they lived out of their motor home until they found a suitable house"
],
"synonyms":[
"camper",
"caravan",
"recreational vehicle",
"RV",
"trailer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"house trailer",
"mobile home",
"coach",
"van"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mother country":{
"a place of origin":{
"examples":[
"Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthplace",
"cradle",
"home",
"motherland"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hometown",
"Blighty",
"country",
"nativity",
"old country",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"examples":[
"even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country"
],
"synonyms":[
"country",
"fatherland",
"home",
"homeland",
"motherland",
"sod"
],
"near synonyms":[
"old country",
"community",
"neighborhood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motels":{
"as in resorts , courts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"courts",
"motor courts",
"motor inns",
"motor lodges",
"resorts",
"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"apartment hotels",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"B and Bs",
"bed-and-breakfasts",
"guesthouses",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"auberges",
"caravansaries",
"caravanserais",
"caravanserai",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mottled":{
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
"examples":[
"a mottled complexion"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"dappled",
"dapple",
"marbled",
"piebald",
"pied",
"pinto",
"splotched",
"spotted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"shaded",
"checkered",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated",
"blotted",
"brindled",
"brindle",
"calico",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"colored",
"colorful",
"pigmented",
"dotted",
"peppered",
"sprinkled",
"stippled",
"discolored",
"dyed",
"marked",
"stained",
"flecked",
"streaked",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"monochromatic",
"monochrome",
"monochromic",
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"marked with spots":{
"examples":[
"mottled leather upholstery that isn't supposed to look perfect"
],
"synonyms":[
"dappled",
"dapple",
"dotted",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotchy",
"spotted",
"spotty",
"stippled",
"variegated"
],
"near synonyms":[
"spangled",
"marbled",
"moir\u00e9",
"moire",
"veined",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
"varicolored",
"blotched",
"blotchy",
"piebald",
"pinto",
"roan"
],
"near antonyms":[
"solid"
],
"antonyms":[
"unspotted"
]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotched",
"dappled",
"dotted",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"marbled",
"peppered",
"shot",
"specked",
"speckled",
"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blotted",
"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
"striped",
"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"motherliness":{
"motherly character or qualities":{
"examples":[
"he cherished his foster parent for her motherliness"
],
"synonyms":[
"maternity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nurturance",
"fertileness",
"fertility",
"fruitfulness",
"productivity",
"richness"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mottles":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"canvases covered with streaks and mottles"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"eyespots",
"flecks",
"patches",
"pips",
"points",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"birthmarks",
"freckles",
"moles",
"blobs",
"blots",
"marks",
"smears",
"smudges",
"smutches",
"stains",
"spatters",
"splashes",
"polka dots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
"examples":[
"old papers that were mottled by mold"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotches",
"dapples",
"dots",
"flecks",
"freckles",
"marbles",
"peppers",
"shoots",
"speckles",
"specks",
"splotches",
"spots",
"sprinkles",
"stipples"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blots",
"dyes",
"stains",
"bands",
"bars",
"streaks",
"stripes",
"intersperses",
"sets",
"studs",
"bespatters",
"spatters"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motivating":{
"serving or likely to arouse action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The biggest motivating factor behind her decision to change jobs was the pay increase.",
"The positive feedback he received was very motivating ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivational",
"motivative",
"activating",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"quickening",
"vitalizing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"pesky",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subduing",
"noninflammatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"revving (up)",
"sparking",
"spurring",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motiving",
"propelling",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"forcing",
"impelling",
"alluring",
"baiting",
"beguiling",
"bribing",
"enticing",
"leading on",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting",
"goading",
"persuading",
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"motorists":{
"a person who travels by automobile":{
"examples":[
"environmental organizations suggest that motorists get together and carpool to avoid adding to pollution levels"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobilists",
"drivers",
"wheelmen"
],
"near synonyms":[
"operators",
"codrivers",
"co-drivers",
"chauffeurs",
"carpoolers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motherhood":{
"as in maternity , mothering":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maternity",
"mothering",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"caregiving",
"caretaking",
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"parenthood",
"parenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motioned":{
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"gestured",
"signaled",
"signalled",
"waved"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motor ships":{
"as in aircraft carriers , merchant ships":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carriers",
"argosies",
"barges",
"coasters",
"colliers",
"containerships",
"corvettes",
"cruisers",
"cutters",
"destroyers",
"ferryboats",
"flagships",
"freighters",
"icebreakers",
"ironclads",
"lightships",
"liners",
"men-of-war",
"men-o'-war",
"merchantmen",
"merchant ships",
"packets",
"steamers",
"steamships",
"superliners",
"supertankers",
"tankers",
"traders",
"tramps",
"transports",
"warships",
"watercrafts",
"boats",
"keels",
"ships",
"vessels",
"barks",
"barques",
"brigantines",
"brigs",
"caravels",
"clippers",
"junk",
"ketches",
"sailboats",
"schooners",
"square-riggers",
"tall ships",
"windjammers",
"xebecs",
"yachts"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mottos":{
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
"examples":[
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
],
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"axioms",
"precepts",
"truisms",
"truths",
"adages",
"aphorisms",
"apothegms",
"bywords",
"epigrams",
"maxims",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"sententiae",
"words",
"bromides",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"platitudes",
"wheezes",
"expressions",
"felicities",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"comments",
"notes",
"reflections",
"remarks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorcades":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines"
],
"synonyms":[
"armadas",
"caravans",
"cavalcades",
"fleets",
"lines",
"trains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosies",
"convoys",
"flotillas",
"navies",
"columns",
"corteges",
"cort\u00e8ges",
"parades",
"processions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motherland":{
"a place of origin":{
"examples":[
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthplace",
"cradle",
"home",
"mother country"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hometown",
"Blighty",
"country",
"nativity",
"old country",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"examples":[
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland"
],
"synonyms":[
"country",
"fatherland",
"home",
"homeland",
"mother country",
"sod"
],
"near synonyms":[
"old country",
"community",
"neighborhood"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motleys":{
"a person formerly kept in a royal or noble household to amuse with jests and pranks":{
"examples":[
"the motleys with their colorful outfits"
],
"synonyms":[
"fools",
"jesters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"comedians",
"comediennes",
"comics",
"cutups",
"drolls",
"harlequins",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"madcaps",
"merry-andrews",
"vices",
"wags",
"zanies",
"mimes",
"mummers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"an unorganized collection or mixture of various things":{
"examples":[
"a motley of old junk stored in the attic"
],
"synonyms":[
"agglomerates",
"agglomerations",
"alphabet soups",
"assortments",
"botches",
"clutters",
"collages",
"crazy quilts",
"farragoes",
"gallimaufries",
"grab bags",
"gumbos",
"hashes",
"hodgepodges",
"hotchpotches",
"jambalayas",
"jumbles",
"jungles",
"litters",
"mac\u00e9doines",
"medleys",
"m\u00e9langes",
"menageries",
"miscellanea",
"miscellanies",
"mishmashes",
"mixed bags",
"montages",
"muddles",
"olios",
"olla podridas",
"ollas podridas",
"omnium-gatherums",
"pastiches",
"patchwork quilts",
"patchworks",
"potpourris",
"ragbags",
"ragouts",
"rummages",
"salads",
"salmagundis",
"scrambles",
"shuffles",
"smorgasbords",
"stews",
"tumbles",
"varieties",
"welters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"detritus",
"notions",
"oddments",
"odds and ends",
"sundries",
"accumulations",
"aggregates",
"aggregations",
"conglomerates",
"conglomerations",
"catchalls",
"admixtures",
"alloys",
"amalgams",
"blends",
"combinations",
"commixtures",
"composites",
"compounds",
"fusions",
"intermixtures",
"mix-ups",
"bollixes",
"chaoses",
"confusions",
"disarrangements",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"dog's breakfasts",
"messes",
"morasses",
"shambles",
"imbroglios",
"knots",
"snarls",
"tangles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mothball":{
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
"examples":[
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismantle",
"phase out",
"put aside",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off",
"flick (off)",
"arrest",
"brake",
"chock",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"propel",
"run",
"set off",
"spark",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motivated":{
"having a strong desire for personal advancement":{
"examples":[
"He was lauded by faculty as an exceptionally hardworking, curious, and motivated student.",
"The company was looking for motivated self-starters to fill the sales position."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"determined",
"diligent",
"driving",
"dynamic",
"enterprising",
"gung ho",
"hungry",
"hustling",
"industrious",
"venturesome",
"venturous",
"animated",
"lively",
"spirited",
"ardent",
"avid",
"eager",
"energetic",
"impassioned",
"keen",
"raring",
"vigorous",
"aggressive",
"assertive",
"high-flying",
"opportunistic",
"overambitious",
"pretentious",
"pushy",
"self-assertive",
"competing",
"competitive",
"rival",
"rivalrous",
"ambitious",
"aspiring",
"go-getting",
"hard-driving",
"pushing",
"self-seeking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"indifferent",
"uneager",
"unenthusiastic",
"unexcited",
"uninterested",
"casual",
"easygoing",
"lackadaisical",
"lazyish",
"halfhearted",
"lukewarm",
"tepid",
"lazy",
"lethargic",
"listless",
"shiftless",
"sluggish",
"spiritless",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"ambitionless",
"unambitious"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to rouse to action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aroused",
"encouraged",
"excited",
"fired (up)",
"impassioned",
"incited",
"instigated",
"moved",
"piqued",
"provoked",
"revved (up)",
"sparked",
"spurred",
"stimulated",
"stirred",
"activated",
"animated",
"drove",
"energized",
"galvanized",
"induced",
"inspired",
"keyed (up)",
"motived",
"propelled",
"pumped up",
"quickened",
"set off",
"vitalized",
"forced",
"impelled",
"allured",
"baited",
"beguiled",
"bribed",
"enticed",
"led on",
"lured",
"seduced",
"tempted",
"goaded",
"persuaded",
"fanned",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"triggered",
"abetted",
"fermented",
"fomented",
"raised",
"whipped (up)",
"aggravated",
"annoyed",
"bothered",
"exasperated",
"galled",
"got",
"irritated",
"vexed",
"vext",
"angered",
"enraged",
"maddened",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmed",
"soothed",
"subdued",
"tranquilized",
"tranquillized",
"appeased",
"mollified",
"pacified",
"placated"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"motive":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the principal motive of the piece was introduced in the flute section"
],
"synonyms":[
"content",
"matter",
"motif",
"question",
"subject",
"theme",
"topic"
],
"near synonyms":[
"subject matter",
"talking point",
"count",
"idea",
"point",
"purpose",
"consideration",
"issue",
"problem",
"body",
"bulk",
"burden",
"centerpiece",
"core",
"crux",
"essence",
"fundamental",
"generality",
"gist",
"grist",
"heart",
"kernel",
"keynote",
"main",
"marrow",
"mass",
"net",
"nub",
"nubbin",
"nucleus",
"pith",
"pivot",
"purport",
"quick",
"staple",
"substance",
"sum",
"basis",
"bottom",
"essential",
"essentiality",
"affair",
"argument",
"debate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aside",
"digression",
"excursion",
"interjection",
"parenthesis",
"tangent"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a unit of decoration that is repeated all over something (as a fabric)":{
"examples":[
"decorated with a paisley motive"
],
"synonyms":[
"design",
"figure",
"motif",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scheme",
"device",
"adornment",
"caparison",
"decoration",
"embellishment",
"frill",
"garnish",
"ornament",
"trim"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"something (as a belief) that serves as the basis for another thing":{
"examples":[
"the detective felt that the first suspect didn't have any motive for committing the crime"
],
"synonyms":[
"account",
"authority",
"grounds",
"reason",
"subject",
"wherefore",
"why"
],
"near synonyms":[
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"impetus",
"incentive",
"inspiration",
"instigation",
"occasion",
"stimulus"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in inspire , motivate":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"stimulate",
"stir",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"mottoes":{
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
"examples":[
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"axioms",
"precepts",
"truisms",
"truths",
"adages",
"aphorisms",
"apothegms",
"bywords",
"epigrams",
"maxims",
"proverbs",
"saws",
"sayings",
"sententiae",
"words",
"bromides",
"clich\u00e9s",
"cliches",
"commonplaces",
"platitudes",
"wheezes",
"expressions",
"felicities",
"formulas",
"formulae",
"comments",
"notes",
"reflections",
"remarks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mothering":{
"as in motherhood , maternity":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"maternity",
"motherhood",
"fatherhood",
"fathering",
"paternity",
"caregiving",
"caretaking",
"raising",
"rearing",
"upbringing",
"parenthood",
"parenting"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"I hope to mother at least one child"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"birthing",
"delivering",
"dropping",
"having",
"producing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laboring",
"breeding",
"multiplying",
"propagating",
"reproducing",
"spawning",
"begetting",
"fathering",
"generating",
"getting",
"siring",
"calving",
"kidding",
"kindling",
"kittening",
"littering",
"pupping",
"whelping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborting",
"losing",
"miscarrying"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"administering (to)",
"caring (for)",
"ministering (to)",
"nursing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"curing",
"healing",
"remedying",
"doctoring",
"treating",
"aiding",
"conserving",
"preserving",
"providing (for)",
"supporting",
"babying",
"coddling",
"mollycoddling",
"pampering",
"spoiling",
"catering (to)",
"humoring",
"indulging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushing (aside or off)",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"slighting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motormouths":{
"a person who talks constantly":{
"examples":[
"I had to listen to the motormouth's cell phone conversations for the entire commute"
],
"synonyms":[
"babblers",
"blabbermouths",
"blabbers",
"blowhards",
"cacklers",
"chatterboxes",
"chatterers",
"conversationalists",
"gabblers",
"gasbags",
"jabberers",
"jays",
"magpies",
"prattlers",
"talkers",
"windbags"
],
"near synonyms":[
"gossipers",
"gossips",
"talebearers",
"tattlers",
"tattletales",
"blatherers",
"blatherskites",
"conversers",
"discoursers"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motivation":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"fear of failing should be plenty of motivation to study for the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"incitation",
"incitement",
"instigation",
"momentum",
"provocation",
"spur",
"stimulant",
"stimulus",
"yeast"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducement",
"invitation",
"antecedent",
"cause",
"consideration",
"grounds",
"motive",
"occasion",
"reason",
"catalyst",
"catalyzer",
"fuel",
"spark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentive",
"disincentive"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mothballing":{
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
"examples":[
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"dismantling",
"phasing out",
"putting aside",
"deactivating",
"killing",
"shutting off",
"turning off",
"flicking (off)",
"arresting",
"braking",
"chocking",
"cutting off",
"drawing up",
"halting",
"jamming",
"stalling",
"sticking"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charging",
"electrifying",
"energizing",
"firing",
"fueling",
"fuelling",
"generating",
"powering",
"pushing",
"discharging",
"launching",
"releasing",
"switching",
"tripping",
"reactivating",
"recharging",
"activating",
"actuating",
"cranking (up)",
"driving",
"moving",
"propelling",
"running",
"setting off",
"sparking",
"starting",
"touching off",
"triggering",
"turning on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motorboats":{
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
"examples":[
"motorboats are banned on the lake because they are a hazard to swimmers"
],
"synonyms":[
"powerboats",
"speedboats",
"stinkpots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabin cruisers",
"cruisers",
"hydrofoils",
"motor sailers",
"runabouts",
"sedans",
"sportfishermen"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorizations":{
"as in electrifications":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"electrifications",
"computerizations",
"cybernations",
"automations",
"mechanizations",
"robotizations"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motherlands":{
"a place of origin":{
"examples":[
"for many oenophiles, France remains the motherland of fine wines"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthplaces",
"cradles",
"homes",
"mother countries"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hometowns",
"Blighties",
"countries",
"nativities",
"old countries",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"examples":[
"all his life he longed to return to his motherland"
],
"synonyms":[
"countries",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"homes",
"mother countries",
"sods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"old countries",
"communities",
"neighborhoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorcade":{
"a group of vehicles traveling together or under one management":{
"examples":[
"the next part of the parade was a motorcade of fire engines"
],
"synonyms":[
"armada",
"caravan",
"cavalcade",
"fleet",
"line",
"train"
],
"near synonyms":[
"argosy",
"convoy",
"flotilla",
"navy",
"column",
"cortege",
"cort\u00e8ge",
"parade",
"procession"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"motor inns",
"motor lodges",
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"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"apartment hotels",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"B and Bs",
"bed-and-breakfasts",
"guesthouses",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"auberges",
"caravansaries",
"caravanserais",
"caravanserai",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Mother Hubbards":{
"as in sweaterdresses , granny dresses":{
"examples":[],
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"chemises",
"coatdresses",
"granny dresses",
"housedresses",
"jumpers",
"kimonos",
"kirtles",
"minidresses",
"muumuus",
"overdresses",
"sacks",
"sheaths",
"shifts",
"shirtdresses",
"shirtwaists",
"sundresses",
"sweaterdresses",
"tea gowns",
"dresses",
"frocks",
"gowns"
],
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"type":[
"noun"
]
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"motility":{
"as in mobility , locomotion":{
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"locomotion",
"mobility",
"motivity",
"motion",
"move",
"movement",
"shift",
"shifting",
"stir",
"stirring",
"dislocation",
"migration",
"relocation",
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"squirm",
"squirming",
"twitching",
"wriggling",
"writhing",
"flailing",
"flapping",
"waving"
],
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"immobility",
"inertia",
"inertness",
"stillness",
"cessation",
"discontinuance",
"ending",
"expiration",
"finish",
"halt",
"lapse",
"pause",
"shutdown",
"shutoff",
"stop",
"stoppage",
"surcease",
"termination",
"motionlessness"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"motorways":{
"as in interstates , autobahns":{
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"autobahns",
"autoroutes",
"autostradas",
"autostrade",
"dual carriageways",
"interstates",
"superhighways",
"causeways",
"beltways",
"bypasses",
"parkways",
"ring roads",
"arterials",
"arteries",
"avenues",
"boulevards",
"carriageways",
"drags",
"drives",
"expressways",
"freeways",
"high roads",
"highways",
"passes",
"pike",
"pikes",
"roads",
"roadways",
"routes",
"rows",
"streets",
"thoroughfares",
"thruways",
"traces",
"turnpikes",
"ways",
"corniches",
"switchbacks",
"through streets",
"high streets",
"Main Streets",
"backstreets",
"branches",
"bystreets",
"byways",
"crossroads",
"secondary roads",
"shunpikes",
"side roads",
"side streets",
"alleys",
"alleyways",
"circles",
"lanes",
"laneways",
"mews",
"places"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
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"motor lodge":{
"as in motor inn , motor court":{
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"court",
"motel",
"motor court",
"motor inn",
"resort",
"spa",
"tourist court",
"youth hostel",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rest",
"camp",
"campground",
"apartment hotel",
"bunkhouse",
"dorm",
"dormitory",
"B and B",
"bed-and-breakfast",
"guesthouse",
"boardinghouse",
"lodging house",
"rooming house",
"auberge",
"caravansary",
"caravanserai",
"hospice",
"hostel",
"hostelry",
"hotel",
"inn",
"lodge",
"public house",
"tavern",
"doss-house",
"fleabag",
"flophouse"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motilities":{
"as in mobilities , locomotions":{
"examples":[],
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"locomotions",
"mobilities",
"motivities",
"dislocations",
"migrations",
"relocations",
"fiddlings",
"squirms",
"motions",
"movements",
"moves",
"shifts",
"stirrings",
"stirs"
],
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"immobilities",
"inertias",
"cessations",
"discontinuances",
"endings",
"expirations",
"finishes",
"halts",
"lapses",
"pauses",
"shutdowns",
"shutoffs",
"stoppages",
"stops",
"surceases",
"terminations"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motherhoods":{
"as in parenthoods , maternities":{
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"fatherhoods",
"maternities",
"parenthoods",
"paternities",
"breedings",
"generations",
"parentings",
"reproductions",
"accouchements",
"bearings",
"childbearings",
"labors",
"parturitions",
"creations",
"geneses",
"nascencies",
"originations",
"rises",
"births",
"genitures",
"nativities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abortions",
"miscarriages",
"stillbirths"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mothers":{
"a female human parent":{
"examples":[
"he dreaded telling his mother that her favorite figurine had gotten broken"
],
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"mamas",
"mammas",
"mommas",
"mammies",
"mas",
"maters",
"mommies",
"moms",
"old ladies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"materfamiliases",
"matriarchs",
"matrons",
"stepmothers",
"supermoms",
"superwomen"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring forth from the womb":{
"examples":[
"I hope to mother at least one child"
],
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"bears",
"births",
"delivers",
"drops",
"has",
"produces"
],
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"labors",
"breeds",
"multiplies",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"begets",
"fathers",
"generates",
"gets",
"sires",
"calves",
"kids",
"kindles",
"kittens",
"litters",
"pups",
"whelps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"aborts",
"loses",
"miscarries"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to attend to the needs and comforts of":{
"examples":[
"mothered the patients with chicken soup"
],
"synonyms":[
"administers (to)",
"cares (for)",
"ministers (to)",
"nurses"
],
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"cures",
"heals",
"remedies",
"doctors",
"treats",
"aids",
"conserves",
"preserves",
"provides (for)",
"supports",
"babies",
"coddles",
"mollycoddles",
"pampers",
"spoils",
"caters (to)",
"humors",
"indulges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brushes (aside or off)",
"forgets",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks",
"slights"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motivative":{
"serving or likely to arouse action or activity":{
"examples":[
"Her sister's illness proved to be a motivative force in her decision to study medicine."
],
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"inducing",
"inspirational",
"inspiring",
"motivating",
"motivational",
"activating",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"quickening",
"vitalizing",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothersome",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"irksome",
"irritating",
"pesky",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"explosive",
"fiery",
"incendiary",
"inflammatory",
"triggering",
"charged",
"edgy",
"exciting",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"instigative",
"piquing",
"provocative",
"provoking",
"stimulating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"subduing",
"noninflammatory"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mothballs":{
"to stop using (something) while keeping it to be possibly used in the future":{
"examples":[
"Many navy ships were mothballed after the war."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"dismantles",
"phases out",
"puts aside",
"deactivates",
"kills",
"shuts off",
"turns off",
"flicks (off)",
"arrests",
"brakes",
"chocks",
"cuts off",
"draws up",
"halts",
"jams",
"stalls",
"sticks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"charges",
"electrifies",
"energizes",
"fires",
"fuels",
"generates",
"powers",
"pushes",
"discharges",
"launches",
"releases",
"switches",
"trips",
"reactivates",
"recharges",
"activates",
"actuates",
"cranks (up)",
"drives",
"moves",
"propels",
"runs",
"sets off",
"sparks",
"starts",
"touches off",
"triggers",
"turns on"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motioning":{
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"examples":[
"the referee motioned the team captains to confer with him on the sideline"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoning",
"flagging",
"gesturing",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"waving"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodding",
"gesticulating",
"miming",
"pantomiming",
"signing",
"signalizing",
"acquainting",
"advising",
"informing",
"relating",
"telling",
"flourishing",
"shrugging"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motivate":{
"to rouse to action or activity":{
"examples":[
"The presence of treats motivated the dogs to obey their owner's commands.",
"They drove a campaign to motivate voters to show up to the polls."
],
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"near synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"spark",
"spur",
"stimulate",
"stir",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motive",
"propel",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"impel",
"force",
"allure",
"bait",
"beguile",
"bribe",
"entice",
"lead on",
"lure",
"seduce",
"tempt",
"goad",
"persuade",
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"mother countries":{
"a place of origin":{
"examples":[
"Greece can boast to being the mother country of democracy"
],
"synonyms":[
"birthplaces",
"cradles",
"homes",
"motherlands"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hometowns",
"Blighties",
"countries",
"nativities",
"old countries",
"roots"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the land of one's birth, residence, or citizenship":{
"examples":[
"even after decades of living in their adopted nation, they maintained a strong attachment to the mother country"
],
"synonyms":[
"countries",
"fatherlands",
"homelands",
"homes",
"motherlands",
"sods"
],
"near synonyms":[
"old countries",
"communities",
"neighborhoods"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motto":{
"a short sentence or phrase that expresses a rule guiding the behavior of a particular person or group":{
"examples":[
"\"Hope for the best and prepare for the worst\" is my motto .",
"The Scout motto is \"Be prepared.\""
],
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"near synonyms":[
"axiom",
"precept",
"truism",
"truth",
"adage",
"aphorism",
"apothegm",
"byword",
"epigram",
"maxim",
"proverb",
"saw",
"saying",
"sententia",
"word",
"bromide",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"commonplace",
"platitude",
"wheeze",
"expression",
"felicity",
"formula",
"comment",
"note",
"reflection",
"remark"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motor ship":{
"as in aircraft carrier , merchant ship":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aircraft carrier",
"argosy",
"barge",
"coaster",
"collier",
"containership",
"corvette",
"cruiser",
"cutter",
"destroyer",
"ferryboat",
"flagship",
"freighter",
"icebreaker",
"ironclad",
"lightship",
"liner",
"man-of-war",
"man-o'-war",
"merchantman",
"merchant ship",
"packet",
"steamer",
"steamship",
"superliner",
"supertanker",
"tanker",
"trader",
"tramp",
"transport",
"warship",
"watercraft",
"boat",
"keel",
"ship",
"vessel",
"bark",
"barque",
"brig",
"brigantine",
"caravel",
"clipper",
"junk",
"ketch",
"sailboat",
"schooner",
"square-rigger",
"tall ship",
"windjammer",
"xebec",
"yacht"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorization":{
"as in electrification":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"electrification",
"computerization",
"cybernation",
"automation",
"mechanization",
"robotization"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motivations":{
"something that arouses action or activity":{
"examples":[
"fear of failing should be plenty of motivation to study for the test"
],
"synonyms":[
"boosts",
"encouragements",
"goads",
"impetuses",
"impulses",
"incentives",
"incitations",
"incitements",
"instigations",
"momenta",
"momentums",
"provocations",
"spurs",
"stimulants",
"stimuli",
"yeasts"
],
"near synonyms":[
"inducements",
"invitations",
"antecedents",
"causes",
"considerations",
"grounds",
"motives",
"occasions",
"reasons",
"catalysts",
"catalyzers",
"fuels",
"sparks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"counterincentives",
"counter-incentives",
"disincentives"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorcar":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"a convention for those who love antique motorcars"
],
"synonyms":[
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motiving":{
"as in inspiring , motivating":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"activating",
"animating",
"driving",
"energizing",
"galvanizing",
"inducing",
"inspiring",
"keying (up)",
"motivating",
"pumping up",
"quickening",
"setting off",
"vitalizing",
"fanning",
"igniting",
"inflaming",
"enflaming",
"kindling",
"triggering",
"abetting",
"fermenting",
"fomenting",
"raising",
"whipping (up)",
"arousing",
"encouraging",
"exciting",
"firing (up)",
"impassioning",
"inciting",
"instigating",
"moving",
"piquing",
"provoking",
"revving (up)",
"sparking",
"stimulating",
"stirring",
"angering",
"enraging",
"maddening",
"upsetting",
"jeering",
"taunting",
"teasing",
"aggravating",
"annoying",
"bothering",
"exasperating",
"galling",
"getting",
"irritating",
"vexing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calming",
"soothing",
"subduing",
"tranquilizing",
"tranquillizing",
"appeasing",
"mollifying",
"pacifying",
"placating"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motorway":{
"as in interstate , autobahn":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"superhighway",
"causeway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thoroughfare",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motor sailer":{
"as in sedan , cruiser":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"cabin cruiser",
"cruiser",
"hydrofoil",
"runabout",
"sedan",
"sportfisherman",
"motorboat",
"powerboat",
"speedboat",
"stinkpot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motormouthed":{
"fond of talking or conversation":{
"examples":[
"that motormouthed moron can go on endlessly about absolutely nothing"
],
"synonyms":[
"blabby",
"chatty",
"conversational",
"gabby",
"garrulous",
"loquacious",
"mouthy",
"talkative",
"talky"
],
"near synonyms":[
"communicative",
"expansive",
"demonstrative",
"effusive",
"gushing",
"free-spoken",
"outspoken",
"unreserved",
"vocal",
"articulate",
"fluent",
"glib",
"voluble",
"well-spoken",
"gossipy",
"talebearing",
"tale-telling",
"long-winded",
"prolix",
"rambling",
"verbose",
"windy",
"wordy",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"gregarious",
"outgoing",
"sociable"
],
"near antonyms":[
"quiet",
"shy",
"mum",
"mute",
"silent",
"speechless",
"tongue-tied",
"wordless",
"evasive",
"nonvocal",
"secretive",
"self-contained",
"aloof",
"indrawn",
"inhibited",
"introverted",
"retiring",
"unsociable",
"withdrawn"
],
"antonyms":[
"closemouthed",
"laconic",
"reserved",
"reticent",
"taciturn",
"tight-lipped",
"uncommunicative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mother wit":{
"as in common sense , horse sense":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"acumen",
"alertness",
"apprehension",
"astuteness",
"discernment",
"discriminability",
"insight",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"perception",
"percipience",
"perspicacity",
"aptitude",
"talent",
"braininess",
"brilliance",
"sagacity",
"sapience",
"wisdom",
"wit",
"eggheadedness",
"highbrowism",
"intellectualism",
"head",
"mind",
"skull",
"brain",
"brainpower",
"gray matter",
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"dumbness",
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"subduing",
"noninflammatory"
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"adjective"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"cruisers",
"hydrofoils",
"runabouts",
"sedans",
"sportfishermen",
"motorboats",
"powerboats",
"speedboats",
"stinkpots"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"type":[
"noun"
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"without motion":{
"examples":[
"could sit motionlessly for hours"
],
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"quiet",
"quietly",
"still"
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"immovably",
"inactively"
],
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"movably"
],
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"type":[
"adverb"
]
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"as in motor court , court":{
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"court",
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"fleabag",
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"type":[
"noun"
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"an abundant source":{
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"the university has long been a mother lode of athletic talent, with many alumni joining the rarefied ranks of the professionals"
],
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"argosies",
"cornucopias",
"gold mines",
"mines",
"treasure troves",
"wellsprings"
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"armories",
"repositories",
"stockpots",
"storehouses",
"stores",
"treasure-houses",
"caches",
"hoards",
"stashes",
"bonanzas",
"Golcondas",
"gravy trains",
"honeypots"
],
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"black holes",
"sinkholes"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"as in court , motor inn":{
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"court",
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"motor lodge",
"resort",
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"lodgings",
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"hostelry",
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"lodge",
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"tavern",
"doss-house",
"fleabag",
"flophouse"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"examples":[
"canvases covered with streaks and mottles"
],
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"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
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"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
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"antonyms":[]
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"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
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],
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"dapple",
"dot",
"fleck",
"freckle",
"marble",
"pepper",
"shoot",
"speck",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot",
"sprinkle",
"stipple"
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"blot",
"dye",
"stain",
"band",
"bar",
"streak",
"stripe",
"intersperse",
"set",
"stud",
"bespatter",
"spatter"
],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"motorized":{
"as in mechanical , nonmanual":{
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"mechanical",
"nonmanual",
"automated",
"automatic",
"laborsaving",
"robotic",
"self-acting",
"self-operating",
"self-regulating",
"computerized",
"aiding",
"helping",
"easing",
"relieving",
"time-saving",
"semiautomatic"
],
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"nonautomated",
"nonautomatic"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"mother tongue":{
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
"examples":[
"although the anthropologist could speak the local language fairly well, she was always glad to find someone who shared her mother tongue"
],
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"language",
"lingo",
"speech",
"tongue",
"vocabulary"
],
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"acrolect",
"argot",
"cant",
"colloquial",
"dialect",
"idiolect",
"idiom",
"jargon",
"parlance",
"patois",
"patter",
"pidgin",
"slang",
"slanguage",
"vernacular",
"colloquialism",
"localism",
"provincialism",
"regionalism",
"shibboleth",
"vernacularism",
"terminology",
"coinage",
"modernism",
"neologism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motor vehicle":{
"a self-propelled passenger vehicle on four wheels":{
"examples":[
"got a license to drive a motor vehicle the minute she turned 16"
],
"synonyms":[
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"wheels"
],
"near synonyms":[
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"cream puff",
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"tin lizzie",
"touring car",
"hybrid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mother superior":{
"as in Reverend Mother , anchoress":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"abbess",
"anchoress",
"ancress",
"cloistress",
"conventual",
"novice",
"prioress",
"religious",
"Reverend Mother",
"votary",
"nun",
"sister",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"high priestess",
"priestess",
"friar",
"mendicant",
"monastic",
"monk",
"oblate",
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"high priest",
"minister",
"preacher",
"reverend",
"abbot",
"archbishop",
"archpriest",
"bishop",
"dean",
"diocesan",
"monsignor",
"pope",
"prelate",
"presbyter",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"abb\u00e9",
"curate",
"cur\u00e9",
"parson",
"pastor",
"rector",
"shepherd",
"vicar",
"chaplain",
"confessor",
"sky pilot",
"evangelist",
"missionary",
"missioner",
"missionizer",
"revivalist"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lay reader",
"lector",
"layman",
"layperson",
"secular"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motoring":{
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"examples":[
"effortlessly motored past the other runners for a first-place finish"
],
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"barreling",
"barrelling",
"belting",
"blasting",
"blazing",
"blowing",
"bolting",
"bombing",
"bowling",
"breezing",
"bundling",
"bustling",
"buzzing",
"cannonballing",
"careening",
"careering",
"chasing",
"coursing",
"cracking (on)",
"dashing",
"driving",
"flying",
"haring",
"hastening",
"highballing",
"hotfooting (it)",
"humping",
"hurling",
"hurrying",
"hurtling",
"hustling",
"hying",
"hieing",
"jetting",
"jumping",
"nipping",
"pelting",
"racing",
"ramming",
"ripping",
"rocketing",
"running",
"rushing",
"rustling",
"scooting",
"scurrying",
"scuttling",
"shooting",
"speeding",
"stepping",
"tearing",
"traveling",
"travelling",
"trotting",
"whirling",
"whisking",
"zipping",
"zooming"
],
"near synonyms":[
"beetling",
"darting",
"flitting",
"scampering",
"scudding",
"scuffling",
"stampeding",
"streaking",
"whizzing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"sprinting",
"accelerating",
"quickening",
"stepping out",
"catching up",
"fast-forwarding",
"outpacing",
"outrunning",
"outstripping",
"overtaking",
"arrowing",
"beelining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"hanging (around or out)",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"ambling",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"sauntering",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"decelerating",
"slowing (down or up)"
],
"antonyms":[
"crawling",
"creeping",
"poking"
]
},
"to travel by a motorized vehicle":{
"examples":[
"motoring along the highway at the speed limit"
],
"synonyms":[
"automobiling",
"driving",
"tooling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"rolling",
"wheeling",
"joyriding",
"chauffeuring",
"hacking",
"taxiing",
"riding",
"dragging",
"racing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"motets":{
"as in madrigals , arias":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"arias",
"arie",
"art songs",
"barcaroles",
"barcarolles",
"blues",
"chansons",
"chanteys",
"chanties",
"shanties",
"chants",
"choruses",
"croons",
"descants",
"discants",
"folk songs",
"glees",
"lullabies",
"madrigals",
"part-songs",
"pops",
"rockers",
"roundelays",
"rounds",
"serenades",
"standards",
"ballads",
"ditties",
"jingles",
"lays",
"lyrics",
"solos",
"songs",
"vocals",
"anthems",
"cantatas",
"canticles",
"carols",
"chorales",
"hymns",
"noels",
"psalms",
"spirituals",
"dirges",
"laments",
"requiems",
"threnodies",
"hallelujahs",
"paeans",
"drinking songs",
"fight songs",
"torch songs",
"covers",
"medleys",
"remixes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motion picture":{
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
"examples":[
"a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture"
],
"synonyms":[
"film",
"flick",
"flicker",
"movie",
"moving picture",
"picture"
],
"near synonyms":[
"animated cartoon",
"cartoon",
"docudrama",
"documentary",
"feature",
"featurette",
"short",
"short subject",
"silent",
"talkie",
"B movie",
"B picture",
"cofeature"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motor inns":{
"as in motor courts , courts":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"courts",
"motels",
"motor courts",
"motor lodges",
"resorts",
"spas",
"tourist courts",
"youth hostels",
"accommodations",
"lodgings",
"rests",
"campgrounds",
"camps",
"apartment hotels",
"bunkhouses",
"dormitories",
"dorms",
"B and Bs",
"bed-and-breakfasts",
"guesthouses",
"boardinghouses",
"lodging houses",
"rooming houses",
"auberges",
"caravansaries",
"caravanserais",
"caravanserai",
"hospices",
"hostelries",
"hostels",
"hotels",
"inns",
"lodges",
"public houses",
"taverns",
"doss-houses",
"fleabags",
"flophouses"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motion pictures":{
"a story told by means of a series of continuously projected pictures and a sound track":{
"examples":[
"a popular novel that was made into a major motion picture"
],
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"films",
"flickers",
"flicks",
"movies",
"moving pictures",
"pictures"
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"near synonyms":[
"animated cartoons",
"cartoons",
"docudramas",
"documentaries",
"features",
"featurettes",
"shorts",
"short subjects",
"silents",
"talkies",
"B movies",
"B pictures",
"cofeatures",
"co-features"
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"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"mother lode":{
"an abundant source":{
"examples":[
"the university has long been a mother lode of athletic talent, with many alumni joining the rarefied ranks of the professionals"
],
"synonyms":[
"argosy",
"cornucopia",
"gold mine",
"mine",
"treasure trove",
"wellspring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"armory",
"repository",
"stockpot",
"store",
"storehouse",
"treasure-house",
"cache",
"hoard",
"stash",
"bonanza",
"Golconda",
"gravy train",
"honeypot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"black hole",
"sinkhole"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"motorboat":{
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
"examples":[
"motorboats are banned on the lake because they are a hazard to swimmers"
],
"synonyms":[
"powerboat",
"speedboat",
"stinkpot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"cabin cruiser",
"cruiser",
"hydrofoil",
"motor sailer",
"runabout",
"sedan",
"sportfisherman"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}