dict_dl/en_MWThesaurus/top_MWT.json
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{
"top drawer":{
"as in society , top":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"establishment",
"gentry",
"nobility",
"quality",
"society",
"top",
"upper class",
"A-list",
"aristocracy",
"best",
"choice",
"corps d'elite",
"cream",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elite",
"fat",
"flower",
"illuminati",
"pick",
"pink",
"pride",
"priesthood",
"prime",
"royalty",
"upper crust",
"caviar",
"caviare",
"who's who"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herd",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mob",
"multitude",
"rank and file",
"unwashed"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top secret":{
"kept completely hidden from the public by high government officials":{
"examples":[
"top secret documents",
"The mission is top secret ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"classified",
"restricted",
"behind-the-scenes",
"confidential",
"esoteric",
"hushed",
"hush-hush",
"inside",
"intimate",
"nonpublic",
"private",
"privy",
"secret",
"silent",
"unadvertised",
"unannounced",
"undisclosed",
"unmentioned",
"unsaid",
"untold",
"clandestine",
"closet",
"collusive",
"conspiratorial",
"covert",
"furtive",
"hugger-mugger",
"occult",
"sneak",
"sneaking",
"sneaky",
"stealthy",
"surreptitious",
"undercover",
"underground",
"underhand",
"underhanded",
"personal",
"closeted",
"concealed",
"repressed",
"silenced",
"stifled",
"suppressed",
"backstage",
"offscreen",
"offstage"
],
"near antonyms":[
"well-known",
"advertised",
"aired",
"announced",
"blazed",
"broadcast",
"declared",
"disclosed",
"divulged",
"enunciated",
"heralded",
"proclaimed",
"professed",
"promulgated",
"publicized",
"published",
"reported",
"spotlighted",
"general",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"vulgar",
"current",
"prevalent",
"rife",
"widespread",
"communal",
"shared",
"common",
"open",
"public"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"top-heavy":{
"as in overweight":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"overweight",
"bulky",
"elephantine",
"massy",
"outsize",
"outsized",
"voluminous",
"solid",
"substantial",
"burdensome",
"leaden",
"lumpish",
"ultraheavy",
"heavy",
"hefty",
"massive",
"ponderous",
"weighty"
],
"near antonyms":[
"light",
"weightless",
"airy",
"ethereal",
"feathery",
"fluffy",
"gossamer",
"gossamery",
"flimsy",
"insubstantial",
"slight",
"lightweight",
"undersized",
"undersize",
"underweight",
"ultralight",
"ultralightweight"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"top-notch":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"a top-notch violinist who had no trouble getting a position with the symphony"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"topflight":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"gave a topflight performance that earned a standing ovation"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"toplofty":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term \"popularizer\" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"topple":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"fall",
"slip",
"stumble",
"trip",
"tumble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapse",
"crumple",
"drop",
"flump",
"keel",
"plop",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"slump (over)",
"crash",
"free-fall",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"precipitate",
"wipe out",
"skid",
"slide"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"get up",
"rise",
"stand (up)",
"uprise"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"topsy-turvy":{
"lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness":{
"examples":[
"the office is still topsy-turvy even though we moved in months ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"chaotic",
"cluttered",
"confused",
"disarranged",
"disarrayed",
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"disordered",
"disorderly",
"higgledy-piggledy",
"hugger-mugger",
"jumbled",
"littered",
"messed",
"messy",
"muddled",
"mussed",
"mussy",
"pell-mell",
"rumpled",
"sloppy",
"tousled",
"tumbled",
"unkempt",
"untidy",
"upside-down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bedraggled",
"befouled",
"begrimed",
"bemired",
"besmirched",
"blackened",
"cruddy",
"dingy",
"dirty",
"draggled",
"filthy",
"foul",
"grimy",
"grotty",
"grubby",
"grungy",
"mucky",
"nasty",
"smudged",
"soiled",
"spotted",
"squalid",
"stained",
"sullied",
"unclean",
"uncleanly",
"dowdy",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"shaggy",
"slatternly",
"sloven",
"slovenly",
"uncombed",
"wrinkled",
"adulterated",
"contaminated",
"defiled",
"polluted",
"tainted",
"knotted",
"snarled",
"tangled",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"sordid",
"neglected",
"neglectful",
"negligent"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antiseptic",
"clean",
"cleaned",
"cleanly",
"hygienic",
"immaculate",
"sparkling",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"spotless",
"stainless",
"unsoiled",
"unsullied",
"methodical",
"methodic",
"regular",
"systematic",
"systematized",
"careful",
"fastidious",
"finicky",
"fussy",
"meticulous",
"combed",
"groomed",
"manicured",
"well-groomed",
"taintless",
"undefiled",
"unpolluted",
"untainted",
"wholesome"
],
"antonyms":[
"bandbox",
"crisp",
"kempt",
"neat",
"neatened",
"ordered",
"orderly",
"organized",
"shipshape",
"snug",
"tidied",
"tidy",
"trim",
"uncluttered",
"well-ordered"
]
},
"as in haphazardly , aimlessly":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aimlessly",
"haphazard",
"haphazardly",
"hit or miss",
"chaotically",
"riotously",
"tumultuously",
"turbulently",
"heedlessly",
"hotheadedly",
"recklessly",
"wantonly",
"agitatedly",
"confusedly",
"crazily",
"desperately",
"feverishly",
"haywire",
"skittishly",
"uncontrollably",
"amok",
"amuck",
"berserk",
"berserkly",
"frantically",
"frenetically",
"frenziedly",
"harum-scarum",
"hectically",
"helter-skelter",
"madly",
"pell-mell",
"wild",
"wildly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calmly",
"collectedly",
"composedly",
"coolly",
"cooly",
"imperturbably",
"peacefully",
"placidly",
"self-composedly",
"self-possessedly",
"serenely",
"unconcernedly",
"meekly",
"mildly",
"passively",
"tamely",
"methodically",
"orderly",
"systematically"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb"
]
},
"toploftical":{
"having a feeling of superiority that shows itself in an overbearing attitude":{
"examples":[
"those toplofty history professors who sneeringly use the term \"popularizer\" to describe any historian whose works are read with pleasure"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrogant",
"assumptive",
"bumptious",
"cavalier",
"chesty",
"haughty",
"high-and-mighty",
"high-handed",
"high-hat",
"highfalutin",
"hifalutin",
"huffish",
"huffy",
"imperious",
"important",
"lofty",
"lordly",
"masterful",
"overweening",
"peremptory",
"pompous",
"presuming",
"presumptuous",
"pretentious",
"self-asserting",
"self-assertive",
"sniffy",
"stiff-necked",
"supercilious",
"superior",
"uppish",
"uppity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritarian",
"bossy",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"domineering",
"magisterial",
"pontifical",
"pontificating",
"condescending",
"disdainful",
"patronizing",
"impertinent",
"impudent",
"saucy",
"snobbish",
"snobby",
"snooty",
"blusterous",
"blustery",
"boastful",
"bombastic",
"braggart",
"bragging",
"braggy",
"cocky",
"swaggering",
"vain",
"vainglorious",
"complacent",
"conceited",
"egocentric",
"egoistic",
"egoistical",
"egotistic",
"egotistical",
"hubristic",
"narcissistic",
"orgulous",
"prideful",
"proud",
"self-affected",
"self-applauding",
"self-centered",
"self-complacent",
"self-conceited",
"self-pleased",
"self-satisfied",
"smug",
"stuck-up",
"self-flattering",
"self-loving",
"self-promoting",
"brash",
"forward",
"uninhibited",
"unreserved",
"extroverted",
"extraverted",
"immodest"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashful",
"cowering",
"cringing",
"demure",
"diffident",
"introverted",
"mousy",
"mousey",
"overmodest",
"self-critical",
"self-doubting",
"sheepish",
"shrinking",
"shy",
"subdued",
"timid",
"acquiescent",
"compliant",
"deferential",
"meek",
"passive",
"submissive",
"unaggressive",
"unassertive",
"unassuming",
"unobtrusive",
"yielding",
"quiet",
"reserved",
"retiring"
],
"antonyms":[
"humble",
"lowly",
"modest",
"unarrogant",
"unpretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"topmost":{
"being at a point or level higher than all others":{
"examples":[
"his kite got tangled in the topmost branches of the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"top",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"higher",
"loftier",
"upper",
"consummate",
"maximal",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"supreme",
"utmost",
"uttermost",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"leading",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"principal",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"towering",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"lower",
"nether",
"under",
"underneath",
"low",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottommost",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
]
},
"of the highest degree":{
"examples":[
"our topmost goal is to help students learn foreign languages in an easy and natural way"
],
"synonyms":[
"full",
"greatest",
"maximum",
"top",
"utmost",
"utter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heightened",
"high"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lessened",
"low"
],
"antonyms":[
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"topsoils":{
"as in loams , humuses":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"humuses",
"loams",
"clods",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"molds",
"blacklands",
"clays",
"gaults",
"gleys",
"gucks",
"gooks",
"gumbos",
"kaolins",
"muck",
"muds",
"dust",
"gravels",
"sands",
"alluviums",
"alluvia",
"colluvia",
"colluviums",
"detritus",
"loesses",
"marls",
"sediments",
"shingles",
"silts",
"duffs",
"mulls",
"subsoils",
"substrata"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top billings":{
"the center of public attention":{
"examples":[
"despite being of epic proportions, the famine overseas rarely received top billing in the American press"
],
"synonyms":[
"catbird seats",
"center stages",
"limelights",
"spotlights"
],
"near synonyms":[
"front burners",
"attentions",
"heeds",
"notices"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"toppings":{
"as in garnishes , fixings":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixings",
"garnishes",
"condiments",
"relishes",
"seasonings",
"dips",
"marinades",
"dressings",
"gravies",
"sauces"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topless":{
"as in seminude":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"seminude",
"au naturel",
"bare",
"bottomless",
"disrobed",
"mother-naked",
"naked",
"nude",
"raw",
"starkers",
"stripped",
"unclad",
"unclothed",
"undressed",
"denuded",
"peeled",
"unveiled"
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"apparelled",
"attired",
"clad",
"clothed",
"dressed",
"garbed",
"invested",
"robed",
"suited",
"covered",
"veiled",
"arrayed",
"caparisoned",
"decked (out)",
"rigged (out)",
"tricked (out)",
"vested",
"decent"
],
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"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"as in big gun , top dog":{
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"big cheese",
"big gun",
"bigwig",
"top dog",
"baron",
"czar",
"tsar",
"tzar",
"king",
"magnate",
"mogul",
"president",
"prince",
"cohead",
"coleader",
"figurehead",
"employer",
"gaffer",
"ganger",
"dominator",
"lord",
"overlord",
"potentate",
"ruler",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"micromanager",
"leadman",
"manager",
"overseer",
"principal",
"skipper",
"standard-bearer",
"steward",
"straw boss",
"superintendent",
"superior",
"supervisor",
"subchief",
"subdirector",
"administrator",
"commander",
"director",
"executive",
"general",
"governor",
"hierarch",
"higher-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dependent",
"inferior",
"junior",
"secondary",
"subject",
"subordinate",
"underling"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"toploftiness":{
"an exaggerated sense of one's importance that shows itself in the making of excessive or unjustified claims":{
"examples":[
"a drama critic who delivers his judgments with the toploftiness of an infallible deity"
],
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"arrogance",
"assumption",
"bumptiousness",
"consequence",
"haughtiness",
"hauteur",
"high horse",
"huffiness",
"imperiousness",
"loftiness",
"lordliness",
"masterfulness",
"peremptoriness",
"pomposity",
"pompousness",
"presumptuousness",
"pretense",
"pretence",
"pretension",
"pretentiousness",
"self-consequence",
"self-importance",
"superciliousness",
"superiority"
],
"near synonyms":[
"authoritativeness",
"bossiness",
"bowwow",
"brag",
"dominance",
"high-handedness",
"condescension",
"disdain",
"scorn",
"chest-thumping",
"inflation",
"self-assertion",
"side",
"snobbery",
"snobbishness",
"snobbism",
"snootiness",
"attitude",
"cheek",
"cheekiness",
"impertinence",
"impudence",
"sauciness",
"boastfulness",
"bombast",
"braggadocio",
"bravado",
"strut",
"swagger",
"triumphalism",
"vaingloriousness",
"vainglory",
"cockiness",
"complacence",
"conceit",
"egoism",
"egotism",
"pride",
"pridefulness",
"self-assumption",
"self-centeredness",
"self-complacency",
"self-conceit",
"self-content",
"self-contentment",
"self-opinion",
"self-partiality",
"self-satisfaction",
"smugness",
"swelled head",
"vanity",
"superiority complex"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bashfulness",
"demureness",
"retiringness",
"shyness",
"diffidence",
"self-distrust",
"self-doubt",
"timidity",
"timidness",
"lowliness",
"meekness",
"mousiness",
"passiveness",
"passivity",
"submissiveness",
"quietness",
"reserve",
"reservedness"
],
"antonyms":[
"humility",
"modesty",
"unassumingness",
"unpretentiousness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top dogs":{
"as in rulers , subjugators":{
"examples":[],
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"dominators",
"overdogs",
"rulers",
"subjugators",
"champions",
"champs",
"finalists",
"placers",
"beaters",
"conquerors",
"masters",
"subduers",
"trimmers",
"vanquishers",
"victors",
"whippers",
"winners"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losers",
"punching bags",
"pushovers",
"quitters",
"failures",
"flops",
"washouts",
"underdogs"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topography":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"a map of the topography of the coastline shows a significant loss of wetlands"
],
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"chorography",
"geography",
"geomorphology",
"landscape",
"terrain"
],
"near synonyms":[
"scenery",
"ground",
"land",
"landform",
"terrane",
"terrene"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topsoil":{
"as in loam , humus":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"humus",
"loam",
"clod",
"dirt",
"earth",
"ground",
"mold",
"blackland",
"clay",
"gault",
"gley",
"guck",
"gook",
"gumbo",
"kaolin",
"muck",
"mud",
"dust",
"gravel",
"sand",
"alluvium",
"colluvium",
"detritus",
"loess",
"marl",
"sediment",
"shingle",
"silt",
"duff",
"mull",
"subsoil",
"substratum"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top hats":{
"as in cowboy hats , hard hats":{
"examples":[],
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"near synonyms":[
"baseball caps",
"berets",
"billycocks",
"birettas",
"boaters",
"bonnets",
"bowlers",
"calottes",
"capuches",
"casques",
"castors",
"cloches",
"cocked hats",
"cowboy hats",
"cowls",
"derbies",
"fedoras",
"fezzes",
"fezes",
"garrison caps",
"hard hats",
"helmets",
"helms",
"high hats",
"homburgs",
"hoods",
"kepis",
"k\u00e9pis",
"kufis",
"leghorns",
"miters",
"mitres",
"nightcaps",
"opera hats",
"overseas caps",
"panamas",
"picture hats",
"pillboxes",
"plug hats",
"porkpie hats",
"service caps",
"shakos",
"shakoes",
"silk hats",
"skimmers",
"skullcaps",
"sombreros",
"sou'westers",
"Stetsons",
"stocking caps",
"stovepipes",
"sunbonnets",
"tam-o'-shanters",
"tams",
"ten-gallon hats",
"toppers",
"toques",
"tricornes",
"tricorns",
"turbans",
"zucchettos",
"caps",
"chapeaus",
"chapeaux",
"hats",
"headdresses",
"headgears",
"headpieces",
"lids",
"warbonnets"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topics":{
"a major object of interest or concern (as in a discussion or artistic composition)":{
"examples":[
"the topic of his poem is the love that is shown in quiet actions rather than expressed in words"
],
"synonyms":[
"contents",
"matters",
"motifs",
"motives",
"questions",
"subjects",
"themes"
],
"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":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top-of-the-line":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"gourmet chefs who insist on top-of-the-line cookware and are willing to pay for it"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"tops":{
"a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents":{
"examples":[
"make sure the top is on the blender before you turn it on or you'll make a mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"caps",
"covers",
"lids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"domes",
"hoods",
"roofs",
"capsules",
"cases",
"casings",
"coverings",
"housings",
"jackets",
"sheaths",
"shells"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"a hawk's nest at the very top of the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"acmes",
"apexes",
"apices",
"apogees",
"capstones",
"climaxes",
"crescendos",
"crescendoes",
"crescendi",
"crests",
"crowns",
"culminations",
"heads",
"heights",
"high noons",
"high-water marks",
"meridians",
"ne plus ultras",
"noons",
"noontimes",
"peaks",
"pinnacles",
"summits",
"sums",
"tip-tops",
"zeniths"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blooms",
"blossoms",
"flood tides",
"flowers",
"glories",
"heydays",
"primes",
"caps",
"ceilings",
"roofs",
"extremes",
"extremities",
"tips",
"vertices",
"vertexes",
"highlights",
"highs",
"highspots"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abysses",
"bases",
"feet",
"foot",
"minima",
"minimums"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottoms",
"nadirs",
"rock bottoms"
]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"the next contender's javelin throw topped the reigning champion's and set a new world record"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"excels",
"outclasses",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outguns",
"outmatches",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"towers (over)",
"transcends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-ups",
"outpaces",
"outraces",
"outruns",
"overpasses",
"bests",
"clobbers",
"conquers",
"crushes",
"defeats",
"drubs",
"licks",
"masters",
"outcompetes",
"outperforms",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"routs",
"shames",
"skunks",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"thrashes",
"trims",
"triumphs (over)",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"whips",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"outbalances",
"outweighs",
"overbears",
"overshadows",
"trumps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loses (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"toper":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"a group of topers who stop regularly at the pub"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholic",
"alkie",
"alky",
"boozehound",
"boozer",
"dipsomaniac",
"drinker",
"drunk",
"drunkard",
"inebriate",
"juicehead",
"juicer",
"lush",
"rummy",
"soak",
"soaker",
"sot",
"souse",
"tippler",
"tosspot"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swigger",
"swiller",
"wino"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainer",
"nondrinker",
"teetotaler",
"teetotaller",
"teetotalist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topping":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"I know a topping new pub in Southwark"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"as in garnish , fixing(s)":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"fixing(s)",
"garnish",
"condiment",
"relish",
"seasoning",
"dip",
"marinade",
"dressing",
"gravy",
"sauce"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"the next contender's javelin throw topped the reigning champion's and set a new world record"
],
"synonyms":[
"beating",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"excelling",
"outclassing",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outgunning",
"outmatching",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"towering (over)",
"transcending"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upping",
"outpacing",
"outracing",
"outrunning",
"overpassing",
"besting",
"clobbering",
"conquering",
"crushing",
"defeating",
"drubbing",
"licking",
"mastering",
"outcompeting",
"outperforming",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"routing",
"shaming",
"skunking",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"thrashing",
"trimming",
"triumphing (over)",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"whipping",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"outbalancing",
"outweighing",
"overbearing",
"overshadowing",
"trumping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"losing (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"toplessness":{
"as in nudity , nudism":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"altogether",
"bareness",
"birthday suit",
"bottomlessness",
"buff",
"nakedness",
"nude",
"nudity",
"raw",
"naturism",
"nudism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top hat":{
"as in cowboy hat , hard hat":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"baseball cap",
"beret",
"billycock",
"biretta",
"boater",
"bonnet",
"bowler",
"calotte",
"capuche",
"casque",
"castor",
"cloche",
"cocked hat",
"cowboy hat",
"cowl",
"derby",
"fedora",
"fez",
"garrison cap",
"hard hat",
"helm",
"helmet",
"high hat",
"homburg",
"hood",
"kepi",
"k\u00e9pi",
"kufi",
"leghorn",
"miter",
"mitre",
"nightcap",
"opera hat",
"overseas cap",
"panama",
"picture hat",
"pillbox",
"plug hat",
"porkpie hat",
"service cap",
"shako",
"silk hat",
"skimmer",
"skullcap",
"sombrero",
"sou'wester",
"Stetson",
"stocking cap",
"stovepipe",
"sunbonnet",
"tam",
"tam-o'-shanter",
"ten-gallon hat",
"topper",
"toque",
"tricorne",
"tricorn",
"turban",
"zucchetto",
"cap",
"chapeau",
"hat",
"headdress",
"headgear",
"headpiece",
"lid",
"warbonnet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topographies":{
"the physical features of a region as a whole":{
"examples":[
"a map of the topography of the coastline shows a significant loss of wetlands"
],
"synonyms":[
"chorographies",
"geographies",
"geomorphologies",
"landscapes",
"terrains"
],
"near synonyms":[
"sceneries",
"grounds",
"landforms",
"lands",
"terranes",
"terrenes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top-shelf":{
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"hoping to impress the new neighbors, she brought a top-shelf wine as a housewarming gift"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
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"four-star",
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"gilt-edge",
"gone",
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"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
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"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
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"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
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"righteous",
"sensational",
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"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top",
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"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
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"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
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"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
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"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
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"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
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"adjective"
]
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"big guns",
"bigwigs",
"top dogs",
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"czars",
"tsars",
"tzars",
"kings",
"magnates",
"moguls",
"presidents",
"princes",
"coheads",
"co-heads",
"coleaders",
"co-leaders",
"figureheads",
"employers",
"gaffers",
"gangers",
"dominators",
"lords",
"overlords",
"potentates",
"rulers",
"sovereigns",
"sovrans",
"micromanagers",
"leadmen",
"managers",
"overseers",
"principals",
"skippers",
"standard-bearers",
"stewards",
"straw bosses",
"superintendents",
"superiors",
"supervisors",
"subchiefs",
"sub-chiefs",
"subdirectors",
"sub-directors",
"administrators",
"commanders",
"directors",
"executives",
"generals",
"governors",
"hierarchs",
"higher-ups"
],
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"dependents",
"inferiors",
"juniors",
"secondaries",
"subjects",
"subordinates",
"underlings"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"Tophet":{
"the place of punishment for the wicked after death":{
"examples":[
"a vision in which the souls of the damned plunged into Tophet like rocks falling down a mountainside"
],
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"Gehenna",
"hell",
"Pandemonium",
"perdition"
],
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"blazes",
"inferno",
"purgatory",
"hades",
"netherworld",
"shades",
"Tartarus",
"underworld",
"Sheol",
"abyss",
"pit",
"fire and brimstone",
"hellfire"
],
"near antonyms":[
"glory",
"happy hunting ground",
"nirvana",
"promised land",
"Valhalla"
],
"antonyms":[
"bliss",
"elysian fields",
"Elysium",
"empyrean",
"heaven",
"kingdom come",
"New Jerusalem",
"paradise",
"sky",
"Zion",
"Sion"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topic":{
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"the topic of his poem is the love that is shown in quiet actions rather than expressed in words"
],
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"matter",
"motif",
"motive",
"question",
"subject",
"theme"
],
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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"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top dog":{
"as in ruler , subjugator":{
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"dominator",
"overdog",
"ruler",
"subjugator",
"champ",
"champion",
"finalist",
"placer",
"beater",
"conqueror",
"master",
"subduer",
"trimmer",
"vanquisher",
"victor",
"whipper",
"winner"
],
"near antonyms":[
"loser",
"punching bag",
"pushover",
"quitter",
"failure",
"flop",
"washout",
"underdog"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topper":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"examples":[
"there are lots of good reasons we can't go to the concert, but the fact that the tickets are all sold out is the topper"
],
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"capper",
"clincher",
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
"coup de grace",
"crusher"
],
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"confutation",
"deathblow",
"knockout",
"determinant",
"factor"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top bananas":{
"as in comedians , second bananas":{
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"comedians",
"comediennes",
"comics",
"drolls",
"farceurs",
"funnymen",
"gaggers",
"gagmen",
"gagsters",
"humorists",
"jokers",
"jokesters",
"merry-andrews",
"second bananas",
"stand-ups",
"wags",
"wits",
"mimes",
"mimics",
"mummers",
"pantaloons",
"antics",
"fools",
"graciosos",
"jesters",
"motleys",
"scaramouches",
"cutups",
"madcaps",
"buffi",
"buffos",
"buffoons",
"clowns",
"harlequins",
"zanies"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top drawers":{
"as in societies , tops":{
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"establishments",
"gentries",
"nobilities",
"qualities",
"societies",
"tops",
"upper classes",
"A-lists",
"aristocracies",
"best",
"choices",
"corps d'elite",
"creams",
"cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me",
"elect",
"elites",
"fat",
"flowers",
"illuminati",
"picks",
"pinks",
"prides",
"priesthoods",
"primes",
"royalties",
"upper crusts",
"caviars",
"caviares",
"who's whos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"commoners",
"herds",
"hoi polloi",
"masses",
"millions",
"mobs",
"multitudes",
"rank and files",
"unwasheds"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topcoat":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"threw on a wool topcoat and headed out into the snow"
],
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"greatcoat",
"overcoat",
"surcoat"
],
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"chesterfield",
"frock coat",
"mackinaw",
"ulster",
"jacket",
"parka",
"surtout",
"oilskin",
"raincoat",
"sou'wester",
"wrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoat"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"toppers":{
"something (as a fact or argument) that is decisive or overwhelming":{
"examples":[
"there are lots of good reasons we can't go to the concert, but the fact that the tickets are all sold out is the topper"
],
"synonyms":[
"cappers",
"clinchers",
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
"coups de grace",
"crushers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"confutations",
"deathblows",
"knockouts",
"determinants",
"factors"
],
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topped":{
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
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"the next contender's javelin throw topped the reigning champion's and set a new world record"
],
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"beat",
"bettered",
"eclipsed",
"exceeded",
"excelled",
"outclassed",
"outdid",
"outdistanced",
"outgunned",
"outmatched",
"outshone",
"outshined",
"outstripped",
"overtopped",
"surpassed",
"towered (over)",
"transcended"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-upped",
"outpaced",
"outraced",
"outran",
"overpassed",
"bested",
"clobbered",
"conquered",
"crushed",
"defeated",
"drubbed",
"licked",
"mastered",
"outcompeted",
"outperformed",
"overcame",
"overmatched",
"prevailed (over)",
"routed",
"shamed",
"skunked",
"subdued",
"surmounted",
"thrashed",
"trimmed",
"triumphed (over)",
"trounced",
"walloped",
"whipped",
"won (against)",
"worsted",
"outbalanced",
"outweighed",
"overbore",
"overshadowed",
"trumped"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lost (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"topples":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"falls",
"slips",
"stumbles",
"trips",
"tumbles"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapses",
"crumples",
"drops",
"flumps",
"keels",
"plops",
"plunks",
"plonks",
"slumps (over)",
"crashes",
"free-falls",
"nose-dives",
"plummets",
"plunges",
"precipitates",
"wipes out",
"skids",
"slides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"gets up",
"rises",
"stands (up)",
"uprises"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"top":{
"being at a point or level higher than all others":{
"examples":[
"an office in the top story of the building",
"the top student in our graduating class"
],
"synonyms":[
"highest",
"loftiest",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"higher",
"loftier",
"upper",
"consummate",
"maximal",
"maximized",
"maximum",
"peaked",
"supreme",
"utmost",
"uttermost",
"chief",
"dominant",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"leading",
"predominant",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"principal",
"dominant",
"dominating",
"eminent",
"prominent",
"towering",
"elevated",
"escalated",
"heightened",
"jacked (up)",
"lifted",
"raised",
"uplifted",
"upraised"
],
"near antonyms":[
"below",
"lower",
"nether",
"under",
"underneath",
"low",
"lowered",
"low-lying",
"sunken"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottommost",
"lowermost",
"lowest",
"nethermost",
"rock-bottom",
"undermost"
]
},
"of the greatest or highest degree or quantity":{
"examples":[
"your safety is our top priority"
],
"synonyms":[
"consummate",
"last",
"max",
"maximum",
"most",
"nth",
"outside",
"paramount",
"supreme",
"ultimate",
"utmost",
"uttermost"
],
"near synonyms":[
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassed",
"biggest",
"hugest",
"largest",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"littlest",
"minutest",
"smallest",
"tiniest",
"lowest",
"fewest"
],
"antonyms":[
"least",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest"
]
},
"of the highest degree":{
"examples":[
"going at top speed"
],
"synonyms":[
"full",
"greatest",
"maximum",
"topmost",
"utmost",
"utter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"heightened",
"high"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lessened",
"low"
],
"antonyms":[
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"minimal",
"minimum",
"slightest"
]
},
"of the very best kind":{
"examples":[
"he's one of the tennis club's top players"
],
"synonyms":[
"A-OK",
"A1",
"awesome",
"bang-up",
"banner",
"beautiful",
"blue-chip",
"blue-ribbon",
"boffo",
"bonny",
"bonnie",
"boss",
"brag",
"brave",
"bully",
"bumper",
"capital",
"choice",
"classic",
"cool",
"corking",
"crackerjack",
"cracking",
"dandy",
"divine",
"dope",
"down",
"dynamite",
"excellent",
"fab",
"fabulous",
"famous",
"fantabulous",
"fantastic",
"fine",
"first-class",
"first-rate",
"first-string",
"five-star",
"four-star",
"frontline",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"gilt-edged",
"gilt-edge",
"gone",
"grand",
"great",
"groovy",
"heavenly",
"high-class",
"hot",
"hype",
"immense",
"jim-dandy",
"keen",
"lovely",
"marvelous",
"marvellous",
"mean",
"neat",
"nifty",
"noble",
"number one",
"No. 1",
"numero uno",
"out-of-sight",
"par excellence",
"peachy",
"peachy keen",
"phat",
"prime",
"primo",
"prize",
"prizewinning",
"quality",
"radical",
"righteous",
"sensational",
"slick",
"splendid",
"stellar",
"sterling",
"superb",
"superior",
"superlative",
"supernal",
"swell",
"terrific",
"tip-top",
"top-notch",
"top-of-the-line",
"top-shelf",
"topflight",
"topping",
"unsurpassed",
"wizard",
"wonderful"
],
"near synonyms":[
"acceptable",
"adequate",
"all right",
"decent",
"good",
"OK",
"okay",
"passable",
"satisfactory",
"tolerable",
"better",
"exceptional",
"fancy",
"high-grade",
"high-test",
"premium",
"select",
"special",
"superfine",
"classical",
"standard",
"traditional"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bad",
"inferior",
"low-grade",
"substandard",
"unsatisfactory",
"mediocre",
"middling",
"second-class",
"second-rate"
],
"antonyms":[
"atrocious",
"awful",
"execrable",
"lousy",
"pathetic",
"poor",
"rotten",
"terrible",
"vile",
"wretched"
]
},
"highest in rank or authority":{
"examples":[
"nearly all of the top officials in the state's department of corrections resigned after the scandal"
],
"synonyms":[
"chief",
"commanding",
"first",
"foremost",
"head",
"high",
"lead",
"leading",
"preeminent",
"premier",
"presiding",
"primary",
"prime",
"principal",
"supereminent",
"supreme"
],
"near synonyms":[
"high-level",
"senior",
"controlling",
"directing",
"managing",
"officiating",
"overseeing",
"regnant",
"reigning",
"ruling",
"supervisory",
"main",
"major",
"paramount",
"predominant",
"predominate",
"sovereign",
"sovran",
"ascendant",
"ascendent",
"dominant",
"grand",
"superior",
"topmost",
"upmost",
"upper",
"uppermost"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ancillary",
"inferior",
"last",
"less",
"lesser",
"lower",
"lowly",
"second",
"secondary",
"subordinate",
"subsidiary",
"assistant",
"assisting",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"junior",
"under"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a piece placed over an open container to hold in, protect, or conceal its contents":{
"examples":[
"make sure the top is on the blender before you turn it on or you'll make a mess"
],
"synonyms":[
"cap",
"cover",
"lid"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dome",
"hood",
"roof",
"capsule",
"case",
"casing",
"covering",
"housing",
"jacket",
"sheath",
"shell"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the highest part or point":{
"examples":[
"a hawk's nest at the very top of the tree"
],
"synonyms":[
"acme",
"apex",
"apogee",
"capstone",
"climax",
"crescendo",
"crest",
"crown",
"culmination",
"head",
"height",
"high noon",
"high-water mark",
"meridian",
"ne plus ultra",
"noon",
"noontime",
"peak",
"pinnacle",
"sum",
"summit",
"tip-top",
"zenith"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bloom",
"blossom",
"flood tide",
"flower",
"glory",
"heyday",
"prime",
"cap",
"ceiling",
"roof",
"extreme",
"extremity",
"tip",
"vertex",
"high",
"highlight",
"highspot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abyss",
"base",
"foot",
"minimum"
],
"antonyms":[
"bottom",
"nadir",
"rock bottom"
]
},
"to be greater, better, or stronger than":{
"examples":[
"the next contender's javelin throw topped the reigning champion's and set a new world record"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"excel",
"outclass",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outgun",
"outmatch",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"tower (over)",
"transcend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"one-up",
"outpace",
"outrace",
"outrun",
"overpass",
"best",
"clobber",
"conquer",
"crush",
"defeat",
"drub",
"lick",
"master",
"outcompete",
"outperform",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"rout",
"shame",
"skunk",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"thrash",
"trim",
"triumph (over)",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"whip",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"outbalance",
"outweigh",
"overbear",
"overshadow",
"trump"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lose (to)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"toppled":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"fell",
"slipped",
"stumbled",
"tripped",
"tumbled"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsed",
"crumpled",
"dropped",
"flumped",
"keeled",
"plopped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"slumped (over)",
"crashed",
"free-fell",
"nose-dived",
"plummeted",
"plunged",
"precipitated",
"wiped out",
"skidded",
"slid"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"got up",
"rose",
"stood (up)",
"uprose"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"toppling":{
"to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
"examples":[
"the tower of blocks toppled even though I bumped into it ever so slightly"
],
"synonyms":[
"falling",
"slipping",
"stumbling",
"tripping",
"tumbling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"collapsing",
"crumpling",
"dropping",
"flumping",
"keeling",
"plopping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"slumping (over)",
"crashing",
"free-falling",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"plunging",
"precipitating",
"wiping out",
"skidding",
"sliding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"getting up",
"rising",
"standing (up)",
"uprising"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"top billing":{
"the center of public attention":{
"examples":[
"despite being of epic proportions, the famine overseas rarely received top billing in the American press"
],
"synonyms":[
"catbird seat",
"center stage",
"limelight",
"spotlight"
],
"near synonyms":[
"front burner",
"attention",
"heed",
"notice"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topcoats":{
"a warm outdoor coat":{
"examples":[
"threw on a wool topcoat and headed out into the snow"
],
"synonyms":[
"greatcoats",
"overcoats",
"surcoats"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chesterfields",
"frock coats",
"mackinaws",
"ulsters",
"jackets",
"parkas",
"surtouts",
"oilskins",
"raincoats",
"sou'westers",
"wraps"
],
"near antonyms":[
"undercoats"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"topers":{
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
"examples":[
"a group of topers who stop regularly at the pub"
],
"synonyms":[
"alcoholics",
"alkies",
"boozehounds",
"boozers",
"dipsomaniacs",
"drinkers",
"drunkards",
"drunks",
"inebriates",
"juiceheads",
"juicers",
"lushes",
"rummies",
"soakers",
"soaks",
"sots",
"souses",
"tipplers",
"tosspots"
],
"near synonyms":[
"swiggers",
"swillers",
"winos"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstainers",
"nondrinkers",
"teetotalers",
"teetotallers",
"teetotalists"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"top banana":{
"as in comedian , second banana":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"comedian",
"comedienne",
"comic",
"droll",
"farceur",
"funnyman",
"gagger",
"gagman",
"gagster",
"humorist",
"joker",
"jokester",
"merry-andrew",
"second banana",
"stand-up",
"wag",
"wit",
"mime",
"mimic",
"mummer",
"pantaloon",
"antic",
"fool",
"gracioso",
"jester",
"motley",
"scaramouch",
"scaramouche",
"cutup",
"madcap",
"buffo",
"buffoon",
"clown",
"harlequin",
"zany"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}