dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/tin_MWT.json
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{
"tin lizzies":{
"as in roadsters , touring cars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"phaetons",
"roadsters",
"touring cars",
"cream puffs",
"hybrids",
"beaters",
"clunkers",
"crates",
"flivvers",
"jalopies",
"junkers",
"muscle cars",
"stock cars",
"turbocars",
"gas-guzzlers",
"land yachts",
"compacts",
"coupes",
"coup\u00e9s",
"intermediates",
"limousines",
"minicars",
"minis",
"sedans",
"subcompacts",
"V-8s",
"convertibles",
"fastbacks",
"hardtops",
"hatchbacks",
"notchbacks",
"ragtops",
"sports cars",
"sport-utility vehicles",
"station wagons",
"SUVs",
"town cars",
"wagons",
"woodies",
"coaches",
"jitneys",
"microbuses",
"microbusses",
"minibuses",
"minibusses",
"minivans",
"omnibuses",
"vans",
"automobiles",
"autos",
"buses",
"busses",
"cars",
"horseless carriages",
"machines",
"motorcars",
"motors",
"motor vehicles",
"wheels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tincture":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"a ragged shirt that seemed to be stained with the tincture of blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"color",
"hue",
"shade",
"tinge",
"tint",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value",
"coloration",
"coloring",
"colorway",
"pigmentation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"clouds tinctured by the rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaint",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tinge",
"tint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tingles":{
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
"examples":[
"can't stand those funny tingles I get when my foot falls asleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"aches",
"pains",
"pangs",
"pricks",
"shoots",
"smarts",
"stings",
"stitches",
"throes",
"twinges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomforts",
"distresses",
"afflictions",
"agonies",
"anguishes",
"miseries",
"sufferances",
"sufferings",
"torments",
"tortures",
"inflammations",
"sores",
"swellings",
"damages",
"detriments",
"harms",
"hurts",
"injuries",
"backaches",
"bellyaches",
"charley horses",
"colics",
"complaints",
"earaches",
"gripes",
"headaches",
"stomachaches",
"toothaches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comforts",
"eases"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clinks",
"jingles",
"tinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinkering (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"the computer hasn't worked properly ever since our son tinkered with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"fiddling (with)",
"fooling (with)",
"messing (with)",
"monkeying (with)",
"playing (with)",
"tampering (with)",
"toying (with)",
"twiddling (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abusing",
"altering",
"doctoring",
"manhandling",
"manipulating",
"mistreating",
"misusing",
"butting in",
"interfering",
"intruding",
"meddling",
"mucking (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinselly":{
"as in vulgar , tacky":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"graceless",
"inelegant",
"lurid",
"tacky",
"tasteless",
"vulgar",
"brummagem",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"kitsch",
"kitschy",
"meretricious",
"ostentatious",
"showy",
"splashy",
"swank",
"swanky",
"tawdry",
"bad",
"bargain-basement",
"bum",
"cheap",
"cheapjack",
"cheesy",
"coarse",
"common",
"crappy",
"cut-rate",
"el cheapo",
"execrable",
"gimcrack",
"inferior",
"junky",
"lousy",
"low-grade",
"low-rent",
"mediocre",
"miserable",
"poor",
"rotten",
"rubbishy",
"schlock",
"schlocky",
"shlock",
"shlocky",
"second-rate",
"shoddy",
"sleazy",
"terrible",
"trashy",
"trumpery",
"wretched",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tacky",
"counterfeit",
"fake",
"phony",
"phoney",
"sham",
"supercheap",
"ultracheap",
"indifferent",
"lackluster",
"second-class"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elegant",
"handsome",
"tasteful",
"handcrafted",
"polished",
"refined",
"excellent",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"good",
"high-grade",
"superior",
"top-notch"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tinting":{
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tingeing",
"tinging"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tints":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"her eyes have a greenish tint"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"colors",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinctures",
"tinges",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtones",
"undertones",
"primary colors",
"secondary colors",
"tertiary colors",
"chromas",
"chromaticities",
"contrasts",
"saturations",
"values",
"colorations",
"colorings",
"colorways",
"pigmentations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tinges"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tiny":{
"very small in size":{
"examples":[
"the forest ranger showed us how every square foot of forest is alive with tiny creatures"
],
"synonyms":[
"atomic",
"bitsy",
"bitty",
"infinitesimal",
"itty-bitty",
"itsy-bitsy",
"little bitty",
"microminiature",
"microscopic",
"microscopical",
"miniature",
"minuscule",
"minute",
"teensy",
"teensy-weensy",
"teeny",
"teeny-weeny",
"wee",
"weeny",
"weensy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"baby",
"diminutive",
"dwarf",
"elfin",
"half-pint",
"Lilliputian",
"little",
"micro",
"mini",
"minikin",
"model",
"petite",
"pocket",
"pocket-size",
"pocket-sized",
"pygmy",
"small",
"smallish",
"dinky",
"dwarfish",
"insignificant",
"pint-size",
"pint-sized",
"puny",
"scrubby",
"undersized",
"undersize"
],
"near antonyms":[
"big",
"bulky",
"bumper",
"considerable",
"extensive",
"good",
"goodly",
"grand",
"great",
"gross",
"handsome",
"hefty",
"hulking",
"jumbo",
"king-size",
"king-sized",
"large",
"largish",
"major",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"overgrown",
"overscale",
"overscaled",
"oversize",
"oversized",
"sizable",
"sizeable",
"substantial",
"super",
"whacking",
"whopping",
"formidable",
"grandiose",
"imposing",
"lofty",
"majestic",
"monolithic",
"staggering",
"stupendous",
"towering",
"boundless",
"cavernous",
"immeasurable",
"infinite",
"vast",
"vasty",
"voluminous"
],
"antonyms":[
"astronomical",
"astronomic",
"colossal",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"elephantine",
"enormous",
"giant",
"gigantic",
"herculean",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"huge",
"immense",
"mammoth",
"massive",
"monster",
"monstrous",
"monumental",
"mountainous",
"planetary",
"prodigious",
"titanic",
"tremendous"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tinsels":{
"something attractive but lacking in substance":{
"examples":[
"a book that examines popular fame and finds it to be very disposable tinsel"
],
"synonyms":[
"candyfloss",
"cotton candy",
"eye candy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"window dressing",
"fluff",
"froth",
"gossamer",
"glitter",
"gloss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tintless":{
"lacking an addition of color":{
"examples":[
"the tintless light of the midwinter sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy",
"dull",
"faint",
"gray",
"grey",
"neutral",
"pale",
"pallid",
"snow-white",
"snowy",
"whited"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"antonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tinkled":{
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"the bell around the cat's neck tinkled as he ran across the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinked",
"clinked",
"jingled",
"tingled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clanged",
"clangored",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled",
"chimed",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"rang"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tines":{
"as in prongs":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prongs",
"pinpoints",
"barbs",
"jags",
"prickles",
"snags",
"spikes",
"stickers",
"apexes",
"apices",
"cusps",
"ends",
"nibs",
"noses",
"pike",
"pikes",
"points",
"tips"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinny":{
"as in thin , peeping":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"peeping",
"thin",
"high-pitched",
"piping",
"screeching",
"shrieking",
"shrill",
"squeaking",
"squeaky",
"treble",
"whistling",
"earsplitting",
"nasal",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"sharp",
"strident",
"squealing",
"whining",
"whiny",
"whiney",
"yapping",
"yelping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bass",
"deep",
"grave",
"low",
"throaty",
"gruff",
"hoarse",
"husky",
"rough",
"smoky",
"smokey"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tingling":{
"as in prickly , needlelike":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"needlelike",
"prickly",
"brisk",
"invigorating",
"nippy",
"snappy",
"caustic",
"corrosive",
"biting",
"bitter",
"cutting",
"keen",
"penetrating",
"piercing",
"raw",
"sharp",
"shrewd",
"smarting",
"stinging"
],
"near antonyms":[
"balmy",
"gentle",
"mild",
"soothing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinking",
"clinking",
"jingling",
"tinkling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clanging",
"clangoring",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling",
"chiming",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"ringing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tinkerer":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"he's been tinkering with cars since he was a kid, and now he's a tinkerer who knows nearly as much as a mechanic"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"hobbyist",
"layman",
"nonexpert",
"nonprofessional",
"potterer",
"putterer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounder",
"generalist",
"general practitioner",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinkering":{
"as in diddling (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diddling (with)",
"clowning (around)",
"horsing around",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"hanging (around or out)",
"idling",
"loafing",
"lolling",
"lounging",
"doodling",
"fiddling (around)",
"fooling around",
"fribbling",
"goofing (around)",
"hanging about",
"kicking around",
"messing around",
"monkeying (around)",
"playing",
"pottering (around)",
"puttering (around)",
"trifling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckling (down)",
"knuckling down",
"setting (to)",
"settling (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinkers":{
"as in diddles (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diddles (with)",
"clowns (around)",
"horses around",
"dallies",
"dawdles",
"dillydallies",
"hangs (around or out)",
"idles",
"loafs",
"lolls",
"lounges",
"doodles",
"fiddles (around)",
"fools around",
"fribbles",
"goofs (around)",
"hangs about",
"kicks around",
"messes around",
"monkeys (around)",
"plays",
"potters (around)",
"putters (around)",
"trifles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckles (down)",
"knuckles down",
"sets (to)",
"settles (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tingled":{
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinked",
"clinked",
"jingled",
"tinkled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clanged",
"clangored",
"clanked",
"clashed",
"crashed",
"clacked",
"clattered",
"rattled",
"chimed",
"ding-donged",
"dinged",
"gonged",
"jangled",
"pinged",
"plinked",
"rang"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinkered":{
"as in diddled (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diddled (with)",
"clowned (around)",
"horsed around",
"dallied",
"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
"idled",
"loafed",
"lolled",
"lounged",
"doodled",
"fiddled (around)",
"fooled around",
"fribbled",
"goofed (around)",
"hung about",
"kicked around",
"messed around",
"monkeyed (around)",
"played",
"pottered (around)",
"puttered (around)",
"trifled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckled (down)",
"knuckled down",
"set (to)",
"settled (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tintinnabulation":{
"a series of short high ringing sounds":{
"examples":[
"the merry tintinnabulation of church bells"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime(s)",
"jingle",
"tinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clatter",
"jangle",
"rattle",
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clink",
"ding-dong",
"ping",
"ring",
"chirr",
"ripple",
"trill",
"warble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tingle":{
"a sharp unpleasant sensation usually felt in some specific part of the body":{
"examples":[
"can't stand those funny tingles I get when my foot falls asleep"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache",
"pain",
"pang",
"prick",
"shoot",
"smart",
"sting",
"stitch",
"throe",
"twinge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"discomfort",
"distress",
"soreness",
"tenderness",
"affliction",
"agony",
"anguish",
"misery",
"sufferance",
"suffering",
"torment",
"torture",
"inflammation",
"sore",
"swelling",
"damage",
"detriment",
"harm",
"hurt",
"injury",
"backache",
"bellyache",
"charley horse",
"colic",
"complaint",
"earache",
"gripe",
"headache",
"stomachache",
"toothache"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfort",
"ease",
"easiness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"awoke to the steady pitter-patter of raindrops tingling on the rooftop"
],
"synonyms":[
"chink",
"clink",
"jingle",
"tinkle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"crash",
"clack",
"clatter",
"rattle",
"chime",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinged":{
"as in colored , painted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinctured",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white",
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tinctures":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"a ragged shirt that seemed to be stained with the tincture of blood"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"colors",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinges",
"tints",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtones",
"undertones",
"primary colors",
"secondary colors",
"tertiary colors",
"chromas",
"chromaticities",
"contrasts",
"saturations",
"values",
"colorations",
"colorings",
"colorways",
"pigmentations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"clouds tinctured by the rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinges",
"tints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinges":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"there's a bluish tinge to your lips\u2014you must be freezing!"
],
"synonyms":[
"casts",
"colors",
"hues",
"shades",
"tinctures",
"tints",
"tones"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtones",
"undertones",
"primary colors",
"secondary colors",
"tertiary colors",
"chromas",
"chromaticities",
"contrasts",
"saturations",
"values",
"colorations",
"colorings",
"colorways",
"pigmentations"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatisms"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaints",
"colors",
"dyes",
"paints",
"pigments",
"stains",
"tinctures",
"tints"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightens",
"lightens",
"darkens",
"embrowns",
"tones (down)",
"checkers",
"dapples",
"daubs",
"flecks",
"marbles",
"mottles",
"patterns",
"polychromes",
"speckles",
"specks",
"streaks",
"striates",
"stripes",
"variegates"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanches",
"bleaches",
"whitens"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinkles":{
"a series of short high ringing sounds":{
"examples":[
"the soothing tinkle of the wind chime on the back porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimes",
"jingles",
"tintinnabulations"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clatters",
"jangle",
"rattles",
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"pings",
"rings",
"chirrs",
"ripples",
"trills",
"warbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"the bell around the cat's neck tinkled as he ran across the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinks",
"clinks",
"jingles",
"tingles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clangors",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clashes",
"crashes",
"clacks",
"clatters",
"rattles",
"chimes",
"ding-dongs",
"dings",
"gongs",
"jangles",
"pings",
"plinks",
"rings"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinker (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"the computer hasn't worked properly ever since our son tinkered with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddle (with)",
"fiddle (with)",
"fool (with)",
"mess (with)",
"monkey (with)",
"play (with)",
"tamper (with)",
"toy (with)",
"twiddle (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuse",
"alter",
"doctor",
"manhandle",
"manipulate",
"mistreat",
"misuse",
"butt in",
"interfere",
"intrude",
"meddle",
"muck (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinkered (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"the computer hasn't worked properly ever since our son tinkered with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddled (with)",
"fiddled (with)",
"fooled (with)",
"messed (with)",
"monkeyed (with)",
"played (with)",
"tampered (with)",
"toyed (with)",
"twiddled (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abused",
"altered",
"doctored",
"manhandled",
"manipulated",
"mistreated",
"misused",
"butted in",
"interfered",
"intruded",
"meddled",
"mucked (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tin cans":{
"as in cans , buckets":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrels",
"canisters",
"cannisters",
"cans",
"drums",
"tins",
"buckets",
"pails",
"cannikins"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tintypes":{
"as in daguerreotypes , sepias":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daguerreotypes",
"ferrotypes",
"monochromes",
"sepias",
"photographs",
"photos",
"pics",
"pix",
"prints",
"shots",
"snaps",
"snapshots",
"blowups",
"close-ups",
"enlargements",
"stills",
"telephotos"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tingeing":{
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinderboxes":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"examples":[
"officials sought to calm the situation, which had grown into a tinderbox"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash points",
"powder kegs",
"time bombs",
"volcanoes",
"volcanos"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot buttons",
"third rails"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"while the country's prime minister was meeting with the U.S. president, a political tinderbox was igniting at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling points",
"breaking points",
"clutches",
"conjunctures",
"crises",
"crossroads",
"crunches",
"crunch times",
"Dunkirks",
"emergencies",
"exigencies",
"extremities",
"flash points",
"heads",
"junctures",
"zero hours"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingencies",
"possibilities",
"climaxes",
"turning points",
"happenings",
"landmarks",
"milestones",
"conditions",
"passes",
"situations",
"straits",
"deadlocks",
"impasses",
"stalemates",
"corners",
"fixes",
"holes",
"hot waters",
"jams",
"last ditches",
"pinches",
"predicaments",
"scrapes",
"spots",
"eleventh hours",
"last minutes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tintinnabulations":{
"a series of short high ringing sounds":{
"examples":[
"the merry tintinnabulation of church bells"
],
"synonyms":[
"chimes",
"jingles",
"tinkles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clatters",
"jangle",
"rattles",
"chinks",
"clangs",
"clanks",
"clinks",
"ding-dongs",
"pings",
"rings",
"chirrs",
"ripples",
"trills",
"warbles"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinker":{
"as in diddle (with)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"diddle (with)",
"clown (around)",
"horse around",
"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"hang (around or out)",
"idle",
"loaf",
"loll",
"lounge",
"doodle",
"fiddle (around)",
"fool around",
"fribble",
"goof (around)",
"hang about",
"kick around",
"mess around",
"monkey (around)",
"play",
"potter (around)",
"putter (around)",
"trifle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"buckle (down)",
"knuckle down",
"set (to)",
"settle (down)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tint":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"her eyes have a greenish tint"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"color",
"hue",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tinge",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value",
"coloration",
"coloring",
"colorway",
"pigmentation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaint",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tinge"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tins":{
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
"examples":[
"row upon row of tins containing food for an emergency that never happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrels",
"canisters",
"cannisters",
"cans",
"drums"
],
"near synonyms":[
"buckets",
"pails",
"cannikins",
"tin cans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinkers (with)":{
"to handle thoughtlessly, ignorantly, or mischievously":{
"examples":[
"the computer hasn't worked properly ever since our son tinkered with it"
],
"synonyms":[
"diddles (with)",
"fiddles (with)",
"fools (with)",
"messes (with)",
"monkeys (with)",
"plays (with)",
"tampers (with)",
"toys (with)",
"twiddles (with)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abuses",
"alters",
"doctors",
"manhandles",
"manipulates",
"mistreats",
"misuses",
"butts in",
"interferes",
"intrudes",
"meddles",
"mucks (about or around)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinging":{
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tincturing",
"tinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tiniest":{
"being the least in amount, number, or size possible":{
"examples":[
"at one time atoms were thought to be the tiniest particles of matter"
],
"synonyms":[
"fewest",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"minutest",
"slightest",
"smallest"
],
"near synonyms":[
"fewer",
"lesser",
"low",
"minor",
"modest",
"slight",
"small",
"smaller",
"infinitesimal",
"micro",
"subminimal",
"ultramicro",
"irreducible"
],
"near antonyms":[
"highest"
],
"antonyms":[
"biggest",
"full",
"greatest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"maximum",
"most",
"top",
"topmost",
"utmost"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tinctured":{
"as in colored , painted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinct",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white",
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"clouds tinctured by the rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinged",
"tinted"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tin lizzie":{
"as in roadster , touring car":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"phaeton",
"roadster",
"touring car",
"cream puff",
"hybrid",
"beater",
"clunker",
"crate",
"flivver",
"jalopy",
"junker",
"muscle car",
"stock car",
"turbocar",
"gas-guzzler",
"land yacht",
"compact",
"coupe",
"coup\u00e9",
"intermediate",
"limousine",
"mini",
"minicar",
"sedan",
"subcompact",
"V-8",
"convertible",
"fastback",
"hardtop",
"hatchback",
"notchback",
"ragtop",
"sports car",
"sport-utility vehicle",
"station wagon",
"SUV",
"town car",
"wagon",
"woody",
"woodie",
"coach",
"jitney",
"microbus",
"minibus",
"minivan",
"omnibus",
"van",
"auto",
"automobile",
"bus",
"car",
"horseless carriage",
"machine",
"motor",
"motorcar",
"motor vehicle",
"wheels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tin":{
"a metal container in the shape of a cylinder":{
"examples":[
"row upon row of tins containing food for an emergency that never happened"
],
"synonyms":[
"barrel",
"can",
"canister",
"cannister",
"drum"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bucket",
"pail",
"cannikin",
"tin can"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinkling":{
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"the bell around the cat's neck tinkled as he ran across the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"chinking",
"clinking",
"jingling",
"tingling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clanging",
"clangoring",
"clanking",
"clashing",
"crashing",
"clacking",
"clattering",
"rattling",
"chiming",
"ding-donging",
"dinging",
"gonging",
"jangling",
"pinging",
"plinking",
"ringing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tininess":{
"as in minuteness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"minuteness",
"petiteness",
"meagerness",
"poorness",
"scantiness",
"scantness",
"scarceness",
"scarcity",
"skimpiness",
"slenderness",
"slimness",
"spareness",
"sparseness",
"sparsity",
"stinginess",
"diminutiveness",
"fineness",
"littleness",
"puniness",
"slightness",
"smallness",
"deficiency",
"inadequacy",
"inadequateness"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bigness",
"grandness",
"greatness",
"largeness",
"magnitude",
"enormity",
"enormousness",
"grossness",
"hugeness",
"immenseness",
"immensity",
"magnitude",
"mountainousness",
"prodigiousness",
"stupendousness",
"extensiveness",
"vastness",
"excessiveness",
"extravagance",
"extremeness",
"immoderacy",
"abundance",
"ampleness",
"bountifulness",
"copiousness",
"generosity",
"healthiness",
"liberality",
"adequacy",
"sufficiency",
"heaviness",
"heftiness",
"weightiness",
"bulkiness",
"massiveness",
"voluminousness"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tine":{
"as in prong":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"prong",
"pinpoint",
"barb",
"jag",
"prickle",
"snag",
"spike",
"sticker",
"apex",
"cusp",
"end",
"nib",
"nose",
"pike",
"point",
"tip"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinkle":{
"a series of short high ringing sounds":{
"examples":[
"the soothing tinkle of the wind chime on the back porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"chime(s)",
"jingle",
"tintinnabulation"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clatter",
"jangle",
"rattle",
"chink",
"clang",
"clank",
"clink",
"ding-dong",
"ping",
"ring",
"chirr",
"ripple",
"trill",
"warble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to make a repeated sharp light ringing sound":{
"examples":[
"the bell around the cat's neck tinkled as he ran across the yard"
],
"synonyms":[
"chink",
"clink",
"jingle",
"tingle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clang",
"clangor",
"clank",
"clash",
"crash",
"clack",
"clatter",
"rattle",
"chime",
"ding",
"ding-dong",
"gong",
"jangle",
"ping",
"plink",
"ring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinsel":{
"something attractive but lacking in substance":{
"examples":[
"a book that examines popular fame and finds it to be very disposable tinsel"
],
"synonyms":[
"candyfloss",
"cotton candy",
"eye candy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"window dressing",
"fluff",
"froth",
"gossamer",
"glitter",
"gloss"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinderbox":{
"a potentially explosive place or situation":{
"examples":[
"officials sought to calm the situation, which had grown into a tinderbox"
],
"synonyms":[
"flash point",
"powder keg",
"time bomb",
"volcano"
],
"near synonyms":[
"hot button",
"third rail"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action":{
"examples":[
"while the country's prime minister was meeting with the U.S. president, a political tinderbox was igniting at home"
],
"synonyms":[
"boiling point",
"breaking point",
"clutch",
"conjuncture",
"crisis",
"crossroad(s)",
"crunch",
"crunch time",
"Dunkirk",
"emergency",
"exigency",
"extremity",
"flash point",
"head",
"juncture",
"zero hour"
],
"near synonyms":[
"contingency",
"possibility",
"climax",
"turning point",
"happening",
"landmark",
"milestone",
"condition",
"pass",
"situation",
"strait",
"deadlock",
"impasse",
"stalemate",
"corner",
"fix",
"hole",
"hot water",
"jam",
"last ditch",
"pinch",
"predicament",
"scrape",
"spot",
"eleventh hour",
"last minute"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tinkerers":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"he's been tinkering with cars since he was a kid, and now he's a tinkerer who knows nearly as much as a mechanic"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"laymen",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tintype":{
"as in daguerreotype , sepia":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"daguerreotype",
"ferrotype",
"monochrome",
"sepia",
"photo",
"photograph",
"pic",
"print",
"shot",
"snap",
"snapshot",
"blowup",
"close-up",
"enlargement",
"still",
"telephoto"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tin can":{
"as in can , bucket":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"barrel",
"can",
"canister",
"cannister",
"drum",
"tin",
"bucket",
"pail",
"cannikin"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"tincturing":{
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"clouds tinctured by the rays of the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainting",
"coloring",
"dyeing",
"painting",
"pigmenting",
"staining",
"tingeing",
"tinging",
"tinting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightening",
"lightening",
"darkening",
"embrowning",
"toning (down)",
"checkering",
"dappling",
"daubing",
"flecking",
"marbling",
"mottling",
"patterning",
"polychroming",
"specking",
"speckling",
"streaking",
"striating",
"striping",
"variegating"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanching",
"bleaching",
"whitening"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"tinge":{
"a property that becomes apparent when light falls on an object and by which things that are identical in form can be distinguished":{
"examples":[
"there's a bluish tinge to your lips\u2014you must be freezing!"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"color",
"hue",
"shade",
"tincture",
"tint",
"tone"
],
"near synonyms":[
"overtone",
"undertone",
"primary color",
"secondary color",
"tertiary color",
"brightness",
"chroma",
"chromaticity",
"contrast",
"lightness",
"saturation",
"value",
"coloration",
"coloring",
"colorway",
"pigmentation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achromatism"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"just slightly tinge the frosting with yellow food coloring to give it a lemony look"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepaint",
"color",
"dye",
"paint",
"pigment",
"stain",
"tincture",
"tint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brighten",
"lighten",
"darken",
"embrown",
"tone (down)",
"checker",
"dapple",
"daub",
"fleck",
"marble",
"mottle",
"pattern",
"polychrome",
"speck",
"speckle",
"streak",
"striate",
"stripe",
"variegate"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanch",
"bleach",
"whiten"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorize"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"tinted":{
"as in dark , colored":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colored",
"dark",
"glazed",
"cloudy",
"opaque",
"filmy",
"foggy",
"hazy",
"misty",
"nebulous",
"smoky",
"smokey",
"dense",
"muddy",
"murky",
"turbid"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clear",
"crystal",
"crystal clear",
"crystalline",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"see-through",
"transparent",
"colorless",
"uncolored",
"diaphanous",
"lucid",
"semitranslucent",
"semitransparent",
"sheer",
"translucent",
"transparentized"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give color or a different color to":{
"examples":[
"if you tint that blue paint with this yellow paint, you should get a nice shade of green"
],
"synonyms":[
"bepainted",
"colored",
"dyed",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brightened",
"lightened",
"darkened",
"embrowned",
"toned (down)",
"checkered",
"dappled",
"daubed",
"flecked",
"marbled",
"mottled",
"patterned",
"polychromed",
"specked",
"speckled",
"streaked",
"striated",
"striped",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blanched",
"bleached",
"whitened"
],
"antonyms":[
"decolorized"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"tinct":{
"as in colored , hued":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"colored",
"colorized",
"dyed",
"hued",
"painted",
"pigmented",
"stained",
"tinctured",
"tinged",
"tinted",
"colorful",
"multicolored",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"varicolored",
"variegated"
],
"near antonyms":[
"colorless",
"tintless",
"uncolored",
"undyed",
"unpainted",
"unstained",
"white",
"clear",
"limpid",
"liquid",
"lucent",
"pellucid",
"transparent",
"bleached",
"faded",
"palish",
"washed-out",
"washy"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
}
}