9003 lines
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9003 lines
175 KiB
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{
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"winced":{
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"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
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"examples":[
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"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blenched",
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"cringed",
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"flinched",
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"quailed",
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"recoiled",
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"shrank",
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"shrunk",
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"squinched"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"blanched",
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"paled",
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"whitened",
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"quaked",
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"quivered",
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"shook",
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"shuddered",
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"trembled",
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"crouched",
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"jerked",
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"started",
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"twitched",
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"receded",
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"retired",
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"retreated",
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"withdrew",
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"faltered",
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"hesitated",
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"reeled",
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"wavered"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"advanced",
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"approached",
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"neared",
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"bearded",
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"challenged",
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"confronted",
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"defied",
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"faced"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"winds up":{
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"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
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"examples":[
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"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"closes",
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"closes out",
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"completes",
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"concludes",
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"ends",
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"finishes",
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"rounds (off or out)",
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"terminates",
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"wraps up"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"climaxes",
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"crowns",
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"consummates",
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"perfects",
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"halts",
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"stops",
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"suspends"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"begins",
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"commences",
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"inaugurates",
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"opens",
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"starts"
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]
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},
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"to come to an end":{
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"examples":[
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"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaks off",
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"breaks up",
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"ceases",
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"closes",
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"concludes",
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"dead-ends",
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"determines",
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"dies",
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"discontinues",
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"elapses",
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"ends",
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"expires",
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"finishes",
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"goes",
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"halts",
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"lapses",
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"leaves off",
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"lets up",
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"passes",
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"quits",
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"stops",
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"terminates",
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"winks (out)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"desists (from)",
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"lays off (of)",
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"refrains (from)",
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"gives over",
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"knocks off",
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"packs (up or in)",
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"breaks down",
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"conks (out)",
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"cuts out",
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"stalls",
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"pauses",
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"stays",
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"suspends",
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"abates",
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"peters (out)",
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"winds down"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"draws out",
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"extends",
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"prolongs",
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"protracts"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"continues",
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"hangs on",
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"persists"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"windward":{
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"as in upwind":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"upwind"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"downwind",
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"leeward"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"as in leeward , lee":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lee",
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"leeward",
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"flank",
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"hand",
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"side",
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"outside",
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"face",
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"top",
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"bottom",
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"foot",
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"underbelly",
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"underbody",
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"underpart",
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"underside",
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"undersurface",
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"left",
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"right"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"center",
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"inside",
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"interior",
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"middle",
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"midway"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective",
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"windwards":{
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"as in leewards , lees":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lees",
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"leewards",
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"flanks",
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"hands",
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"sides",
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"outsides",
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"faces",
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"tops",
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"bottoms",
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"feet",
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"foot",
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"underbellies",
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"underbodies",
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"underparts",
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"undersides",
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"undersurfaces",
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"lefts",
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"rights"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"centers",
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"insides",
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"interiors",
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"middles",
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"midways"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"wine":{
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"as in sake , mead":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"mead",
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"sake",
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"saki",
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"alcohol",
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"aqua vitae",
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"ardent spirits",
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"booze",
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"bottle",
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"drink",
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"firewater",
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"grog",
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"hooch",
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"inebriant",
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"intoxicant",
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"John Barleycorn",
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"juice",
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"liquor",
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"lush",
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"moonshine",
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"potable",
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"rum",
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"sauce",
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"spirits",
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"stimulant",
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"strong drink",
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"tipple",
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"aperitif",
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"bracer",
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"chaser",
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"digestif",
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"nightcap",
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"belt",
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"load",
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"nip",
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"peg",
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"pop",
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"shooter",
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"shot",
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"slug",
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"snifter",
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"snort",
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"tot",
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"whet",
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"cocktail",
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"mixed drink",
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"ale",
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"beer",
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"brew",
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"brewage",
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"brewski",
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"home brew",
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"malt liquor",
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"microbrew",
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"mum",
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"nappy",
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"barley-bree",
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"barley-broo",
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"brandy",
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"gin",
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"liqueur",
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"mao-tai",
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"mescal",
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"schnapps",
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"tequila",
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"vodka",
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"whiskey",
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"whisky",
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"Dutch courage"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
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"examples":[
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"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
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],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pledge",
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"toast",
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"belt (down)",
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"drink",
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"gulp",
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"guzzle",
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"hoist",
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"imbibe",
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"knock back",
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"pound (down)",
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"quaff",
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"sip",
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"slug (down)",
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"slurp",
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"sup",
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"swig",
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"swill",
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"toss (down or off)",
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"lap",
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"lick",
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"suck",
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"consume",
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"down",
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"ingurgitate",
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"kill",
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"mouth (down)",
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"put away",
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"nip",
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"tipple"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"wink (at)":{
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"to dismiss as of little importance":{
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"examples":[
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"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blink (at)",
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"brush (aside or off)",
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"condone",
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"discount",
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"disregard",
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"excuse",
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"forgive",
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"gloss (over)",
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"gloze (over)",
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"ignore",
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"overlook",
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"overpass",
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"paper over",
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"pardon",
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"pass over",
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"remit",
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"shrug off",
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"whitewash"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"explain",
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"justify",
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"rationalize",
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"absolve",
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"acquit",
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"clear",
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"exculpate",
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"exonerate",
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"vindicate",
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"waive",
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"wave (aside or off)"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heed",
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"mark",
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"mind",
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"note",
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"object (to)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"winning":{
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"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
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"examples":[
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"a particularly pretty and winning child"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"adorable",
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"darling",
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"dear",
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"disarming",
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"endearing",
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"lovable",
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"loveable",
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"lovesome",
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"precious",
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"sweet",
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"winsome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"embraceable",
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"kissable",
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"beloved",
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"cherished",
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"favored",
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"favorite",
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"loved",
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"treasured",
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"attractive",
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"beautiful",
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"desirable",
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"lovely",
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"alluring",
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"appealing",
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"captivating",
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"charming",
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"enchanting",
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"engaging",
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"entrancing",
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"fascinating",
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"fetching",
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"admirable",
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"likable",
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"likeable",
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"reputable",
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"respectable",
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"affable",
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"agreeable",
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"cheerful",
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"cordial",
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"friendly",
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"genial",
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"good-natured",
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"good-tempered",
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"gracious",
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"kind",
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"nice",
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"pleasant",
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"delightful",
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"pleasing",
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"well-disposed"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"unloved",
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"contemptible",
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"disagreeable",
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"disgusting",
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"distasteful",
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"heinous",
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"horrible",
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"lousy",
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"nasty",
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"offensive",
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"unlikable",
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"unpleasant",
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"wretched",
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"frightful",
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"grotesque",
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"hideous",
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"ill-favored",
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"monstrous",
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"ogreish",
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"repellent",
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"repellant",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"ugly",
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"unattractive",
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"unsightly",
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"vile",
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"appalling",
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"awful",
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"dreadful",
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"foul",
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"horrendous",
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"horrid",
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"nauseating",
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"noisome",
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"obnoxious",
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"obscene",
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"revolting",
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"scandalous",
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"shocking",
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"sickening"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"abhorrent",
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"abominable",
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"detestable",
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"hateful",
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"loathsome",
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"odious",
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"unlovable"
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]
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},
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"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
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"examples":[
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"flashed a winning smile that soon had us at her beck and call"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disarming",
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"endearing",
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"ingratiating",
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"insinuating",
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"winsome"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adorable",
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"charming",
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"likable",
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"likeable",
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"lovable",
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"loveable",
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"affecting",
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"poignant",
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"touching",
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"adulatory",
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"deferential",
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"effusive",
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"flattering",
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"fulsome",
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"groveling",
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"grovelling",
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"kowtowing",
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"obsequious",
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"servile",
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"sycophantic",
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"drooling",
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"oleaginous",
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"slavering",
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"slobbering",
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"saccharine",
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"soapy",
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"sugary",
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"unctuous"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alienating",
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"disaffecting",
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"displeasing",
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"repugnant",
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"repulsive",
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"arrogant",
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"disdainful",
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"haughty",
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"insolent",
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"proud",
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"scornful"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"unendearing",
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"uningratiating"
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]
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},
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"as in win , victory":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"triumph",
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"victory",
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"win",
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"conquest",
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"dominating",
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"domination",
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"overpowering",
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"subduing",
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"subjecting",
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"subjection",
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"subjugating",
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"subjugation",
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"vanquishing",
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"beating",
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"defeat",
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"drubbing",
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"licking",
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"shellacking",
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"trimming",
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"trouncing",
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"whipping",
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"enslavement",
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"takeover"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"emancipation",
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"enfranchisement",
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"freeing",
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"liberation",
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"manumission",
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"release"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
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"examples":[
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"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"conquering",
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"prevailing",
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"triumphing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"overcoming",
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"sweeping",
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"squeaking",
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"squeezing",
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"contending",
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"vying",
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"succeeding",
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"breezing",
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"romping"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"collapsing",
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"failing",
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"flopping",
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"folding",
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"washing out",
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"floundering",
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"struggling",
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"declining",
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"slipping",
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"slumping",
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"waning"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"losing"
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]
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},
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"to receive as return for effort":{
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"examples":[
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"win a gold medal in swimming"
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],
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"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"bringing in",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"coming by",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"pulling down",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"securing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"grossing",
|
|
"netting",
|
|
"accomplishing",
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"annexing",
|
|
"occupying",
|
|
"taking over",
|
|
"reacquiring",
|
|
"reattaining",
|
|
"recapturing",
|
|
"regaining",
|
|
"remaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"according",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"granting",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achieving",
|
|
"attaining",
|
|
"bagging",
|
|
"chalking up",
|
|
"clocking (up)",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"logging",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"notching (up)",
|
|
"racking up",
|
|
"ringing up",
|
|
"scoring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"carrying",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"obtaining",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"amounting (to)",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"equaling",
|
|
"equalling",
|
|
"matching",
|
|
"measuring up (to)",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"rivaling",
|
|
"rivalling",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"tying",
|
|
"tieing",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falling short (of)",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"failing (at)",
|
|
"losing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winningly":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won the debate with incisive yet winningly witty responses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winnowed":{
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"jettisoned",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"turned down",
|
|
"disapproved",
|
|
"negatived",
|
|
"repudiated",
|
|
"spurned",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"clipped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"docked",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"pared",
|
|
"pruned",
|
|
"retrenched",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"trimmed",
|
|
"truncated",
|
|
"whittled (down)",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"downscaled",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"knocked down",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"deflated",
|
|
"shrank",
|
|
"shrunk",
|
|
"minimized",
|
|
"moderated",
|
|
"modified",
|
|
"modulated",
|
|
"qualified",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"sieved",
|
|
"sifted",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"distilled",
|
|
"filtered",
|
|
"fined",
|
|
"garbled",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"processed",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"elected",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"opted (for)",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"singled (out)",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"preselected",
|
|
"appointed",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"nominated",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tabbed",
|
|
"tapped",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"adopted",
|
|
"embraced",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"settled (on or upon)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winnowed (out)":{
|
|
"as in screened , weeded (out)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culled",
|
|
"picked over",
|
|
"screened",
|
|
"weeded (out)",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"cherry-picked",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"chosen",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"first-line",
|
|
"handpicked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"preferred",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"selected"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wino":{
|
|
"as in drinker , drunkard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot",
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wins (back)":{
|
|
"as in redeems , buys (back)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buys (back)",
|
|
"redeems"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hocks",
|
|
"pawns",
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"mortgages",
|
|
"bonds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wins (over)":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"brings",
|
|
"brings around",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"convinces",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"persuades",
|
|
"prevails (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"talks (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishes",
|
|
"blarneys",
|
|
"cajoles",
|
|
"coaxes",
|
|
"entreats",
|
|
"exhorts",
|
|
"fast-talks",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"wheedles",
|
|
"allures",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"leads on",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"tempts",
|
|
"brainwashes",
|
|
"overpersuades",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"influences",
|
|
"prompts",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"sways",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"chews over",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"hashes (over)",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"reasons (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deters",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"dissuades",
|
|
"unsells"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winsome":{
|
|
"having or showing a good mood or disposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was a bright, winsome gamine who could draw a smile out of anyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blithe",
|
|
"blithesome",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"canty",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"eupeptic",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"gladsome",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"upbeat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"optimistic",
|
|
"rosy",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"carefree",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"cavalier",
|
|
"devil-may-care",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"happy-go-lucky",
|
|
"insouciant",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"unconcerned",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"gleeful",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"blissful",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"glad",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"joyful",
|
|
"joyous",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"tickled",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"grinning",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"smiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"joyless",
|
|
"sad",
|
|
"unhappy",
|
|
"unsatisfied",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"brokenhearted",
|
|
"crestfallen",
|
|
"dejected",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"despondent",
|
|
"disconsolate",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"downcast",
|
|
"downhearted",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"forlorn",
|
|
"hangdog",
|
|
"heavyhearted",
|
|
"inconsolable",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"low-spirited",
|
|
"melancholy",
|
|
"mirthless",
|
|
"sorrowful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dour",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"glum",
|
|
"morose",
|
|
"saturnine",
|
|
"sulky",
|
|
"sullen"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"likely or intended to win one's affection":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in her new role, the actress again displays the winsome charm that has made her an audience favorite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"lovable",
|
|
"loveable",
|
|
"affecting",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"adulatory",
|
|
"deferential",
|
|
"effusive",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"obsequious",
|
|
"servile",
|
|
"sycophantic",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"oleaginous",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"unctuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alienating",
|
|
"disaffecting",
|
|
"displeasing",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"arrogant",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"haughty",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"scornful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unendearing",
|
|
"uningratiating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having qualities that tend to make one loved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an actress who specialized in playing winsome ingenues in romantic comedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adorable",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"lovable",
|
|
"loveable",
|
|
"lovesome",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"embraceable",
|
|
"kissable",
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"desirable",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"admirable",
|
|
"likable",
|
|
"likeable",
|
|
"reputable",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"good-tempered",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"well-disposed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unloved",
|
|
"contemptible",
|
|
"disagreeable",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"heinous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"unlikable",
|
|
"unpleasant",
|
|
"wretched",
|
|
"frightful",
|
|
"grotesque",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"ill-favored",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"ogreish",
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"ugly",
|
|
"unattractive",
|
|
"unsightly",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"scandalous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"detestable",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"unlovable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winters":{
|
|
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downtimes",
|
|
"layoffs",
|
|
"time-outs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breathers",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"abeyances",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"latencies",
|
|
"quiescences",
|
|
"suspenses",
|
|
"suspensions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wings":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conservative wing of the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sides"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"denominations",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"schisms",
|
|
"scissions",
|
|
"caucuses",
|
|
"movements"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviates",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"glides",
|
|
"planes",
|
|
"soars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"floats",
|
|
"hangs",
|
|
"hovers",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"coasts",
|
|
"cruises",
|
|
"sails",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"catapults",
|
|
"helicopters",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"stoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winkle":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"window":{
|
|
"as in space , pause":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caesura",
|
|
"comma",
|
|
"interspace",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"time lag",
|
|
"discontinuity",
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hiccup",
|
|
"hiccough",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interregnum",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"interstice",
|
|
"interval",
|
|
"parenthesis",
|
|
"entr'acte",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"adjournment",
|
|
"discontinuance",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"suspension",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"respite",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"subinterval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"continuity",
|
|
"continuum",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"procession",
|
|
"progression"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windup":{
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"suspend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finis",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wining":{
|
|
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"toasting",
|
|
"belting (down)",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"knocking back",
|
|
"pounding (down)",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slugging (down)",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"supping",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling",
|
|
"tossing (down or off)",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"sucking",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"downing",
|
|
"ingurgitating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"mouthing (down)",
|
|
"putting away",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wind":{
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"verbiage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jabberwocky",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"floweriness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"work in",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winged":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviated",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"glided",
|
|
"planed",
|
|
"soared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifted",
|
|
"floated",
|
|
"hovered",
|
|
"hung",
|
|
"hanged",
|
|
"wafted",
|
|
"coasted",
|
|
"cruised",
|
|
"sailed",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"catapulted",
|
|
"helicoptered",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"orbited",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"dived",
|
|
"dove",
|
|
"stooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winked":{
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batted",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"squinted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"twinkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"sparkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"winkled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"connived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"tolerated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproved (of)",
|
|
"frowned (on or upon)",
|
|
"denied",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"refused"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windjammer":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"dinghy",
|
|
"sailboat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bugeye",
|
|
"brigantine",
|
|
"ca\u00efque",
|
|
"caravel",
|
|
"catamaran",
|
|
"catboat",
|
|
"cat rig",
|
|
"clipper",
|
|
"corvette",
|
|
"cutter",
|
|
"frigate",
|
|
"galleon",
|
|
"galley",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboat",
|
|
"ketch",
|
|
"knockabout",
|
|
"lugger",
|
|
"outrigger",
|
|
"pinnace",
|
|
"piragua",
|
|
"sailer",
|
|
"schooner",
|
|
"shallop",
|
|
"sharpie",
|
|
"sharpy",
|
|
"ship",
|
|
"sloop",
|
|
"square-rigger",
|
|
"xebec",
|
|
"yacht",
|
|
"yawl",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"craft",
|
|
"vessel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windstorm":{
|
|
"as in tornado , gust":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windy":{
|
|
"marked by strong wind or more wind than usual":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one particularly windy day should shake the last of the autumn leaves from the trees"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"squally"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drafty",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"motionless",
|
|
"still"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by the use of impressive-sounding but mostly meaningless words and phrases":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gave his usual windy speech about working for the common people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"flatulent",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"oratorical",
|
|
"orotund",
|
|
"rhetorical",
|
|
"rhetoric"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloated",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"high-flown",
|
|
"high-sounding",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"lofty",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"pontifical",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"stilted",
|
|
"tumid",
|
|
"turgid",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"well-spoken",
|
|
"bald",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"matter-of-fact",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"stark",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unrhetorical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"using or containing more words than necessary to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a windy saleswoman who told us a lot more than we wanted to know about vacuum cleaners"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"circumlocutory",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"logorrheic",
|
|
"long-winded",
|
|
"pleonastic",
|
|
"prolix",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"verbose",
|
|
"wordy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"conversational",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"voluble",
|
|
"periphrastic",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"repetitious",
|
|
"tautological",
|
|
"tautologous",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"bombastic",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gassy",
|
|
"grandiloquent",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brief",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"aphoristic",
|
|
"epigrammatic",
|
|
"sententious",
|
|
"compendious",
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"laconic",
|
|
"snippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a windy little creek"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winter":{
|
|
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the long winter when the party was out of power, it had plenty of time to reconsider its political priorities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"downtime",
|
|
"layoff",
|
|
"time-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breather",
|
|
"interruption",
|
|
"lull",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"abeyance",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"dormancy",
|
|
"latency",
|
|
"quiescence",
|
|
"suspense",
|
|
"suspension"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wink (out)":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wind up",
|
|
"bite the dust"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winning (back)":{
|
|
"as in redeeming , buying (back)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buying (back)",
|
|
"redeeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hocking",
|
|
"pawning",
|
|
"pledging",
|
|
"depositing",
|
|
"mortgaging",
|
|
"bonding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winds":{
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"directions",
|
|
"drifts",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"tendencies",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"trends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"downsides",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"turnabouts",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"upsides",
|
|
"customs",
|
|
"habits",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tenors",
|
|
"ways",
|
|
"countercurrents",
|
|
"countertrends",
|
|
"counter-trends",
|
|
"undercurrents",
|
|
"undertows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"windings",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"corkscrews",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"sneaks",
|
|
"works in",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"wriggles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"edges",
|
|
"wiggles",
|
|
"inserts",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windings":{
|
|
"as in loops , twists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckles",
|
|
"convolutions",
|
|
"flexures",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curlicues",
|
|
"curlycues",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"incurvatures",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"slopes",
|
|
"kinks",
|
|
"warps",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"turnoffs",
|
|
"angles",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curvatures",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"inflections",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"doglegs",
|
|
"hairpins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wince":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blench",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"quail",
|
|
"recoil",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"squinch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanch",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"whiten",
|
|
"quake",
|
|
"quiver",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shudder",
|
|
"tremble",
|
|
"crouch",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"twitch",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw",
|
|
"falter",
|
|
"hesitate",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"waver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"beard",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"confront",
|
|
"defy",
|
|
"face"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flinch , squinch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinch",
|
|
"squinch",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"frown",
|
|
"grimace",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"lour",
|
|
"moue",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mow",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"scowl",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"snarl",
|
|
"rictus",
|
|
"simper",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glower",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"stare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winking":{
|
|
"as in twinkling , glinting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"splendid",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"batting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"squinting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"twinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
"sparking",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"lustering",
|
|
"lustring",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conniving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"tolerating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproving (of)",
|
|
"frowning (on or upon)",
|
|
"denying",
|
|
"disallowing",
|
|
"refusing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wins (against)":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"bests",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"does down",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"overbears",
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"overmatches",
|
|
"prevails (over)",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"surmounts",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"triumphs (over)",
|
|
"upends",
|
|
"worsts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"edges (out)",
|
|
"noses out",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"blows away",
|
|
"blows out",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"creams",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"drubs",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellacs",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"slaughters",
|
|
"smokes",
|
|
"snows under",
|
|
"thrashes",
|
|
"trounces",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"wallops",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"whips",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"flourishes",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"overpowers",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"subjugates",
|
|
"unseats",
|
|
"vanquishes",
|
|
"aces (out)",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"exceeds",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdistances",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"outfights",
|
|
"outshines",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtops",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"transcends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"goes down",
|
|
"goes under",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flunks",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winkling":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"lustering",
|
|
"lustring",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winks (out)":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"dead-ends",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"elapses",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"lets up",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"winds up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"lays off (of)",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"conks (out)",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"peters (out)",
|
|
"winds down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"hangs on",
|
|
"persists"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winking (at)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinking (at)",
|
|
"brushing (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoning",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"excusing",
|
|
"forgiving",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"glozing (over)",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"papering over",
|
|
"pardoning",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shrugging off",
|
|
"whitewashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"absolving",
|
|
"acquitting",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"exculpating",
|
|
"exonerating",
|
|
"vindicating",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"waving (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"objecting (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winnow":{
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"turn down",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"spurn",
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"dock",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"pare",
|
|
"prune",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"truncate",
|
|
"whittle (down)",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"downscale",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"deflate",
|
|
"shrink",
|
|
"minimize",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"modify",
|
|
"modulate",
|
|
"qualify",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"sieve",
|
|
"sift",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"distill",
|
|
"distil",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"filter",
|
|
"garble",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"process",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-pick",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"cull",
|
|
"elect",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"opt (for)",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"prefer",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"single (out)",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"preselect",
|
|
"appoint",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"nominate",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"settle (on or upon)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"window-shoppers":{
|
|
"as in prospects , shoppers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsers",
|
|
"prospects",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"buyers",
|
|
"correspondents",
|
|
"purchasers",
|
|
"vendees",
|
|
"bargainers",
|
|
"hagglers",
|
|
"consumers",
|
|
"end users",
|
|
"users",
|
|
"regulars",
|
|
"accounts",
|
|
"clients",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"guests",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"punters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brokers",
|
|
"merchants",
|
|
"sellers",
|
|
"vendors",
|
|
"venders",
|
|
"shopkeepers",
|
|
"tradesmen",
|
|
"black marketers",
|
|
"black marketeers",
|
|
"fences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"window dressing":{
|
|
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facade",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ade",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"veneer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cotton candy",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"tinsel",
|
|
"fig leaf",
|
|
"charade",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"guise",
|
|
"masquerade",
|
|
"pose",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"show"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winds down":{
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"chills out",
|
|
"decompresses",
|
|
"de-stresses",
|
|
"loosens up",
|
|
"mellows (out)",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"unwinds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbends",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drones",
|
|
"footles",
|
|
"goofs (off)",
|
|
"hacks (around)",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"idles",
|
|
"lazes",
|
|
"loafs",
|
|
"vegetates",
|
|
"vegges out",
|
|
"veges out",
|
|
"zones out",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"relieves",
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"cools",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tenses (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winging":{
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviating",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"gliding",
|
|
"planing",
|
|
"soaring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drifting",
|
|
"floating",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hovering",
|
|
"wafting",
|
|
"coasting",
|
|
"cruising",
|
|
"sailing",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"darting",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"catapulting",
|
|
"helicoptering",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"diving",
|
|
"stooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windups":{
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cappers",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"closings",
|
|
"conclusions",
|
|
"consummations",
|
|
"endgames",
|
|
"endings",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"finales",
|
|
"finises",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"grand finales",
|
|
"homestretches",
|
|
"mop-ups",
|
|
"wrap-ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"capstones",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"copestones",
|
|
"coups de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coups de grace",
|
|
"crescendos",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crescendi",
|
|
"crowns",
|
|
"culminations",
|
|
"high-water marks",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"tip-tops",
|
|
"tops",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"anticlimaxes",
|
|
"codas",
|
|
"epilogues",
|
|
"epilogs",
|
|
"postscripts",
|
|
"shanks",
|
|
"tag ends",
|
|
"tail ends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"forewords",
|
|
"introductions",
|
|
"overtures",
|
|
"preambles",
|
|
"prefaces",
|
|
"preludes",
|
|
"prologues",
|
|
"prologs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"openings",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windblown":{
|
|
"as in breezy , gusty":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windswept",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winnows":{
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"turns down",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"spurns",
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"clips",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"pares",
|
|
"prunes",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"trims",
|
|
"truncates",
|
|
"whittles (down)",
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"downscales",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"deflates",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"minimizes",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"modifies",
|
|
"modulates",
|
|
"qualifies",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"distills",
|
|
"distils",
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"garbles",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"processes",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picks",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"culls",
|
|
"elects",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"opts (for)",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"prefers",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"singles (out)",
|
|
"tags",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"preselects",
|
|
"appoints",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"nominates",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"settles (on or upon)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winze":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"imprecation",
|
|
"malediction",
|
|
"malison"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemnation",
|
|
"damnation",
|
|
"denunciation",
|
|
"excommunication",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"whammy",
|
|
"pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citation",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"endorsement",
|
|
"indorsement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benison",
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winces":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenches",
|
|
"cringes",
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"quails",
|
|
"recoils",
|
|
"shrinks",
|
|
"squinches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanches",
|
|
"pales",
|
|
"whitens",
|
|
"quakes",
|
|
"quivers",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shudders",
|
|
"trembles",
|
|
"crouches",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"twitches",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"falters",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"wavers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"beards",
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"confronts",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"faces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flinches , squinches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flinches",
|
|
"squinches",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"frowns",
|
|
"grimaces",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"lours",
|
|
"moues",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mows",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"pouts",
|
|
"scowls",
|
|
"snoots",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"snarls",
|
|
"rictuses",
|
|
"simpers",
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"scoffs",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glowers",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"stares"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winkled":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"sparkled",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"winked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wineshop":{
|
|
"as in nightclub , sports bar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wind up":{
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"close out",
|
|
"complete",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"round (off or out)",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wrap up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"consummate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"suspend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break off",
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"dead-end",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"elapse",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"leave off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"wink (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desist (from)",
|
|
"lay off (of)",
|
|
"refrain (from)",
|
|
"give over",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"pack (up or in)",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"conk (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"pause",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"suspend",
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"peter (out)",
|
|
"wind down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"hang on",
|
|
"persist"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the last part of a process or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wait until the windup of your sales pitch before giving up any information about the product's price point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capper",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"conclusion",
|
|
"consummation",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"endgame",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finale",
|
|
"finis",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"grand finale",
|
|
"homestretch",
|
|
"mop-up",
|
|
"wrap-up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"capstone",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"copestone",
|
|
"coup de gr\u00e2ce",
|
|
"coup de grace",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crown",
|
|
"culmination",
|
|
"high-water mark",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"anticlimax",
|
|
"coda",
|
|
"epilogue",
|
|
"epilog",
|
|
"postscript",
|
|
"shank",
|
|
"tag end",
|
|
"tail end"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"foreword",
|
|
"introduction",
|
|
"overture",
|
|
"preamble",
|
|
"preface",
|
|
"prelude",
|
|
"prologue",
|
|
"prolog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"start"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windfall":{
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"boon",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mitzvah",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winos":{
|
|
"as in drinkers , drunkards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soakers",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots",
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winding up":{
|
|
"as in ending , passing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"desisting",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"dying (down)",
|
|
"ebbing",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"leftover",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"residual",
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"biding",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"lasting",
|
|
"perduring",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"running on"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"closing out",
|
|
"completing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climaxing",
|
|
"crowning",
|
|
"consummating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"suspending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winking (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winzes":{
|
|
"a prayer that harm will come to someone":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"uttered a bitter winze upon the laird who had cast them off the land"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"execrations",
|
|
"imprecations",
|
|
"maledictions",
|
|
"malisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemnations",
|
|
"damnations",
|
|
"denunciations",
|
|
"excommunications",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"whammies",
|
|
"pox",
|
|
"poxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"citations",
|
|
"commendations",
|
|
"endorsements",
|
|
"indorsements"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benisons",
|
|
"blessings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"win (back)":{
|
|
"as in redeem , buy (back)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buy (back)",
|
|
"redeem"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hock",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"pledge",
|
|
"deposit",
|
|
"mortgage",
|
|
"bond"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winterly":{
|
|
"as in cold , icy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"wintry",
|
|
"wintery",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"benumbed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"numb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"hottish",
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"warmish",
|
|
"thawed",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windbreaks":{
|
|
"as in sheds , lean-tos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-tos",
|
|
"lees",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"fortresses",
|
|
"forts",
|
|
"palisades",
|
|
"redoubts",
|
|
"strongholds",
|
|
"cloisters",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"coverts",
|
|
"dens",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"hideaways",
|
|
"hideouts",
|
|
"lairs",
|
|
"abodes",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domiciles",
|
|
"dwellings",
|
|
"habitations",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residences",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"roofs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"anchorages",
|
|
"moorings",
|
|
"ports",
|
|
"oases",
|
|
"asylums",
|
|
"bolt-holes",
|
|
"harborages",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"havens",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"sanctuaries",
|
|
"sanctums",
|
|
"sancta",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"win (over)":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring around",
|
|
"convert",
|
|
"convince",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"persuade",
|
|
"prevail (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"talk (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"blarney",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"entreat",
|
|
"exhort",
|
|
"fast-talk",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wheedle",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"lead on",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"tempt",
|
|
"brainwash",
|
|
"overpersuade",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"influence",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"sway",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"reason (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deter",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dissuade",
|
|
"unsell"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windfalls":{
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hitting the lottery jackpot was an incredible windfall for the recently laid-off worker"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"boons",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"mannas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"mercies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"mitzvoth",
|
|
"mitzvahs",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"irritants",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windows":{
|
|
"as in spaces , pauses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caesuras",
|
|
"caesurae",
|
|
"commas",
|
|
"interspaces",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"time lags",
|
|
"discontinuities",
|
|
"gaps",
|
|
"hiatuses",
|
|
"hiccups",
|
|
"hiccoughs",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"interregnums",
|
|
"interregna",
|
|
"interruptions",
|
|
"interstices",
|
|
"intervals",
|
|
"parentheses",
|
|
"entr'actes",
|
|
"bumpers",
|
|
"adjournments",
|
|
"discontinuances",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"suspensions",
|
|
"lulls",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"respites",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"subintervals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"continuities",
|
|
"continua",
|
|
"continuums",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"processions",
|
|
"progressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wincing":{
|
|
"to draw back in fear, pain, or disgust":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"winced at the movie's graphic depiction of combat injuries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blenching",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"flinching",
|
|
"quailing",
|
|
"recoiling",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"squinching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanching",
|
|
"paling",
|
|
"whitening",
|
|
"quaking",
|
|
"quivering",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shuddering",
|
|
"trembling",
|
|
"crouching",
|
|
"jerking",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"twitching",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing",
|
|
"faltering",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"wavering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"bearding",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"confronting",
|
|
"defying",
|
|
"facing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winded up":{
|
|
"to bring (an event) to a natural or appropriate stopping point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"try to wind up the performance, as we're almost out of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"closed out",
|
|
"completed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"rounded (off or out)",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"wrapped up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"climaxed",
|
|
"crowned",
|
|
"consummated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"suspended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"began",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"started"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her speeches usually wind up with one last joke"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke off",
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"dead-ended",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"elapsed",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"lapsed",
|
|
"left off",
|
|
"let up",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"stopped",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"winked (out)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisted (from)",
|
|
"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
|
"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"suspended",
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"petered (out)",
|
|
"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windiness":{
|
|
"the use of too many words to express an idea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a brilliant thinker, but his windiness tends to overwhelm his ideas"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circumlocution",
|
|
"diffuseness",
|
|
"diffusion",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"logorrhea",
|
|
"long-windedness",
|
|
"periphrasis",
|
|
"prolixity",
|
|
"redundancy",
|
|
"verbalism",
|
|
"verbiage",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"wordage",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuitousness",
|
|
"circularity",
|
|
"digressiveness",
|
|
"pleonasm",
|
|
"tautology",
|
|
"reiteration",
|
|
"repetition",
|
|
"repetitiousness",
|
|
"repetitiveness",
|
|
"embellishment",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"hyperbole",
|
|
"overstatement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brevity",
|
|
"briefness",
|
|
"compactness",
|
|
"conciseness",
|
|
"concision",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"pithiness",
|
|
"succinctness",
|
|
"terseness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wineshops":{
|
|
"as in nightclubs , sports bars":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"speakeasies",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"window-shopper":{
|
|
"as in prospect , shopper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browser",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"shopper",
|
|
"buyer",
|
|
"correspondent",
|
|
"purchaser",
|
|
"vendee",
|
|
"bargainer",
|
|
"haggler",
|
|
"consumer",
|
|
"end user",
|
|
"user",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"account",
|
|
"client",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"guest",
|
|
"patron",
|
|
"punter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broker",
|
|
"merchant",
|
|
"seller",
|
|
"vendor",
|
|
"vender",
|
|
"shopkeeper",
|
|
"tradesman",
|
|
"black marketer",
|
|
"black marketeer",
|
|
"fence"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windblast":{
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"williwaw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"zephyr",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"whiff",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"northeaster",
|
|
"norther",
|
|
"northerly",
|
|
"northwester",
|
|
"southeaster",
|
|
"southwester",
|
|
"westerly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"win (against)":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"best",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"do down",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get around",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"overbear",
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"overmatch",
|
|
"prevail (over)",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"stop",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"surmount",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"triumph (over)",
|
|
"upend",
|
|
"worst",
|
|
"get the better of",
|
|
"knock for a loop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"edge (out)",
|
|
"nose out",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"blow away",
|
|
"blow out",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"bury",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"cream",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"drub",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"flatten",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellac",
|
|
"skin",
|
|
"slaughter",
|
|
"smoke",
|
|
"snow under",
|
|
"thrash",
|
|
"trounce",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"wallop",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"whip",
|
|
"cap",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"knock off",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"overpower",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"subjugate",
|
|
"unseat",
|
|
"vanquish",
|
|
"ace (out)",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"exceed",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdistance",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"outfight",
|
|
"outshine",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtop",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"transcend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"go down",
|
|
"go under",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winks (at)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks (at)",
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"papers over",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"whitewashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"justifies",
|
|
"rationalizes",
|
|
"absolves",
|
|
"acquits",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"exculpates",
|
|
"exonerates",
|
|
"vindicates",
|
|
"waives",
|
|
"waves (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"objects (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winking (out)":{
|
|
"to come to an end":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"dead-ending",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"elapsing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"lapsing",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"letting up",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"desisting (from)",
|
|
"laying off (of)",
|
|
"refraining (from)",
|
|
"giving over",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"conking (out)",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"petering (out)",
|
|
"winding down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"persisting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winnowing":{
|
|
"to remove less desirable choices from a group or list":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They winnowed the pool of applicants down to a few of the strongest candidates.",
|
|
"I tried to winnow out the options that weren't a good value for the price."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"jettisoning",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"turning down",
|
|
"disapproving",
|
|
"negativing",
|
|
"repudiating",
|
|
"spurning",
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"docking",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"pruning",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"truncating",
|
|
"whittling (down)",
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"downscaling",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"knocking down",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"deflating",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"moderating",
|
|
"modifying",
|
|
"modulating",
|
|
"qualifying",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"screening",
|
|
"sieving",
|
|
"sifting",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"distilling",
|
|
"filtering",
|
|
"fining",
|
|
"garbling",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"processing",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cherry-picking",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"culling",
|
|
"electing",
|
|
"handpicking",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"opting (for)",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"preferring",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"singling (out)",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"preselecting",
|
|
"appointing",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"nominating",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"tabbing",
|
|
"tapping",
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"adopting",
|
|
"embracing",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"settling (on or upon)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"raising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wind down":{
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chill out",
|
|
"de-stress",
|
|
"decompress",
|
|
"loosen up",
|
|
"mellow (out)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"unwind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbend",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drone",
|
|
"footle",
|
|
"goof (off)",
|
|
"hack (around)",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"laze",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"vegetate",
|
|
"veg out",
|
|
"zone out",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"relieve",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"settle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tense (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windbag":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babbler",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blabbermouth",
|
|
"blowhard",
|
|
"cackler",
|
|
"chatterbox",
|
|
"chatterer",
|
|
"conversationalist",
|
|
"gabbler",
|
|
"gasbag",
|
|
"jabberer",
|
|
"jay",
|
|
"magpie",
|
|
"motormouth",
|
|
"prattler",
|
|
"talker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"gossiper",
|
|
"talebearer",
|
|
"tattler",
|
|
"tattletale",
|
|
"blatherer",
|
|
"blatherskite",
|
|
"converser",
|
|
"discourser"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winks":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnaps",
|
|
"dozes",
|
|
"drowses",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kips",
|
|
"naps",
|
|
"siestas",
|
|
"snoozes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"slumbers",
|
|
"beds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bats",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"squints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"twinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"winkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"connives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brushes (aside or off)",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"pardons",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"shrugs off",
|
|
"tolerates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapproves (of)",
|
|
"frowns (on or upon)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"refuses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winning (against)":{
|
|
"to achieve a victory over":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a child prodigy who has already won against a number of more experienced chess players"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"besting",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"defeating",
|
|
"dispatching",
|
|
"doing down",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"mastering",
|
|
"overbearing",
|
|
"overcoming",
|
|
"overmatching",
|
|
"prevailing (over)",
|
|
"skunking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"surmounting",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"triumphing (over)",
|
|
"upending",
|
|
"worsting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"edging (out)",
|
|
"nosing out",
|
|
"pipping",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"blowing away",
|
|
"blowing out",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"burying",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"creaming",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"slaughtering",
|
|
"smoking",
|
|
"snowing under",
|
|
"thrashing",
|
|
"trouncing",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"walloping",
|
|
"waxing",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"capping",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"succeeding",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overthrowing",
|
|
"subjugating",
|
|
"unseating",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"acing (out)",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"excelling",
|
|
"outdistancing",
|
|
"outdoing",
|
|
"outfighting",
|
|
"outshining",
|
|
"outstripping",
|
|
"overtopping",
|
|
"surpassing",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"transcending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"going down",
|
|
"going under",
|
|
"collapsing",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"flunking",
|
|
"folding",
|
|
"washing out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losing (to)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winded":{
|
|
"noticeable movement of air in a particular direction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's a wind coming from underneath the front door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"draft"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"headwind",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"tailwind",
|
|
"tempest",
|
|
"tornado",
|
|
"windstorm",
|
|
"breath",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"puff",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"zephyr"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a prevailing or general movement or inclination":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winds of public opinion are changing on this issue"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"current",
|
|
"direction",
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"tendency",
|
|
"tide",
|
|
"trend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"downside",
|
|
"shift",
|
|
"swing",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turnabout",
|
|
"upside",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"habit",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tenor",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"countercurrent",
|
|
"countertrend",
|
|
"undercurrent",
|
|
"undertow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"language that is impressive-sounding but not meaningful or sincere":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speech contained nothing of substance and was just a lot of wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bombast",
|
|
"fustian",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"grandiloquence",
|
|
"hot air",
|
|
"oratory",
|
|
"rhetoric",
|
|
"verbiage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claptrap",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"gibberish",
|
|
"hogwash",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"jabberwocky",
|
|
"jazz",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"nonsense",
|
|
"affectedness",
|
|
"floweriness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"loftiness",
|
|
"pomposity",
|
|
"pretension",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"garrulity",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that curves or is curved":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's one last easterly wind to the river before it empties into the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"sneak",
|
|
"work in",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"wriggle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"edge",
|
|
"wiggle",
|
|
"insert",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wined":{
|
|
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"toasted",
|
|
"belted (down)",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"gulped",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"knocked back",
|
|
"pounded (down)",
|
|
"quaffed",
|
|
"sipped",
|
|
"slugged (down)",
|
|
"slurped",
|
|
"supped",
|
|
"swigged",
|
|
"swilled",
|
|
"tossed (down or off)",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"licked",
|
|
"sucked",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"downed",
|
|
"ingurgitated",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"mouthed (down)",
|
|
"put away",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winked (at)":{
|
|
"to dismiss as of little importance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for too long the school just winked at the young athletes' hooliganism, dismissing it as a case of \"boys being boys\""
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blinked (at)",
|
|
"brushed (aside or off)",
|
|
"condoned",
|
|
"discounted",
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"excused",
|
|
"forgave",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"glozed (over)",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"papered over",
|
|
"pardoned",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"remitted",
|
|
"shrugged off",
|
|
"whitewashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"justified",
|
|
"rationalized",
|
|
"absolved",
|
|
"acquitted",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"exculpated",
|
|
"exonerated",
|
|
"vindicated",
|
|
"waived",
|
|
"waved (aside or off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"objected (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winkles":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"under a canopy of winkling stars, the campers bedded down for the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
"sparkles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wines":{
|
|
"as in sakes , meads":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples",
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to drink wine or give wine to (another person) to drink":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wined and dined her clients in hopes of closing the deal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pledges",
|
|
"toasts",
|
|
"belts (down)",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"knocks back",
|
|
"pounds (down)",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slugs (down)",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"sups",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills",
|
|
"tosses (down or off)",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"sucks",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"downs",
|
|
"ingurgitates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"mouths (down)",
|
|
"puts away",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wintry":{
|
|
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wintry and snowy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"snappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cryogenic",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"equatorial",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doorman gave the uninvited visitors a wintry smile and escorted them out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"hard-eyed",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"uncordial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"coldhearted",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"kindless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"window dressings":{
|
|
"a deceptively attractive external appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crime-does-not-pay moralizing is just window dressing for nasty hard-boiled stories"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"facades",
|
|
"fa\u00e7ades",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"veneers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cotton candies",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"tinsels",
|
|
"fig leafs",
|
|
"fig leaves",
|
|
"charades",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"guises",
|
|
"masquerades",
|
|
"poses",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"window shade":{
|
|
"as in shade , tapestry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hanging(s)",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"tapestry",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"drapery",
|
|
"drapes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windswept":{
|
|
"as in breezy , blustery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowy",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"breezy",
|
|
"gusty",
|
|
"windblown",
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"foggy",
|
|
"hazy",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"soupy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"unclouded",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"serene"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wintriness":{
|
|
"as in coldness , frigidness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coldness",
|
|
"frigidity",
|
|
"frigidness",
|
|
"frostiness",
|
|
"gelidity",
|
|
"iciness",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"crispness",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"freeze",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"bleakness",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilliness",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"nippiness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"sharpness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"balminess",
|
|
"warmness",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"sultriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winner":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is successful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blockbuster",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"megahit",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"supernova"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chip",
|
|
"blue chipper",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"gem",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder",
|
|
"coup",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappointment",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"lemon",
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bummer",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"catastrophe",
|
|
"clinker",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"dud",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fiasco",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"misfire",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"washout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winner of any given war is usually the one who gets to write the history of that war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"conqueror",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"subduer",
|
|
"trimmer",
|
|
"vanquisher",
|
|
"victor",
|
|
"whipper"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"champ",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"finalist",
|
|
"placer",
|
|
"dominator",
|
|
"overdog",
|
|
"ruler",
|
|
"subjugator",
|
|
"top dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"punching bag",
|
|
"pushover",
|
|
"quitter",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"underdog"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loser"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who comes in first in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the other finalists graciously congratulated the winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champ",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"titleholder",
|
|
"titlist",
|
|
"victor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cochampion",
|
|
"cowinner",
|
|
"placer",
|
|
"finalist",
|
|
"quarterfinalist",
|
|
"semifinalist",
|
|
"medalist",
|
|
"medallist",
|
|
"prizewinner",
|
|
"megastar",
|
|
"star",
|
|
"superstar",
|
|
"world-beater"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"loser"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wing":{
|
|
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the conservative wing of the party"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloc",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"coalition",
|
|
"faction",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"sect",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"side"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"crew",
|
|
"gang",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"denomination",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"schism",
|
|
"scission",
|
|
"caucus",
|
|
"movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aviate",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"glide",
|
|
"plane",
|
|
"soar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drift",
|
|
"float",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hover",
|
|
"waft",
|
|
"coast",
|
|
"cruise",
|
|
"sail",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"catapult",
|
|
"helicopter",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"stoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windblasts":{
|
|
"a sudden brief rush of wind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a windblast from the hovering helicopter made it difficult to even stand up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"williwaws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"zephyrs",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"whiffs",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"hurricanes",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"windstorms",
|
|
"northeasters",
|
|
"northerlies",
|
|
"northers",
|
|
"northwesters",
|
|
"southeasters",
|
|
"southwesters",
|
|
"westerlies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winded down":{
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"chilled out",
|
|
"decompressed",
|
|
"de-stressed",
|
|
"loosened up",
|
|
"mellowed (out)",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"unwound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbent",
|
|
"basked",
|
|
"kicked back",
|
|
"lolled",
|
|
"lounged",
|
|
"reposed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"bummed",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"droned",
|
|
"footled",
|
|
"goofed (off)",
|
|
"hacked (around)",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"idled",
|
|
"lazed",
|
|
"loafed",
|
|
"vegetated",
|
|
"vegged out",
|
|
"zoned out",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"relieved",
|
|
"calmed",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tensed (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windbags":{
|
|
"a person who talks constantly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with a windbag like that, who needs a wind farm to meet our energy needs?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babblers",
|
|
"blabbermouths",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blowhards",
|
|
"cacklers",
|
|
"chatterboxes",
|
|
"chatterers",
|
|
"conversationalists",
|
|
"gabblers",
|
|
"gasbags",
|
|
"jabberers",
|
|
"jays",
|
|
"magpies",
|
|
"motormouths",
|
|
"prattlers",
|
|
"talkers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gossipers",
|
|
"gossips",
|
|
"talebearers",
|
|
"tattlers",
|
|
"tattletales",
|
|
"blatherers",
|
|
"blatherskites",
|
|
"conversers",
|
|
"discoursers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winding":{
|
|
"marked by a long series of irregular curves":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a long and winding path through the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"windy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a winding staircase leads to the top of the lighthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"helical",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"screwlike",
|
|
"spiral"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"swirly",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lineal",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in loop , twist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buckle",
|
|
"convolution",
|
|
"flexure",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curlicue",
|
|
"curlycue",
|
|
"incurvature",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"incline",
|
|
"slope",
|
|
"kink",
|
|
"warp",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"turnoff",
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curvature",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"inflection",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"wind",
|
|
"dogleg",
|
|
"hairpin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"flowering vines wind around the porch's graceful columns"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to introduce in a gradual, secret, or clever way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"self-interest winds itself into everything that he does\u2014even his alleged favors for other people"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"working in",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"wriggling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"edging",
|
|
"wiggling",
|
|
"inserting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windbreak":{
|
|
"as in shed , lean-to":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lean-to",
|
|
"lee",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fort",
|
|
"fortress",
|
|
"palisade",
|
|
"redoubt",
|
|
"stronghold",
|
|
"cloister",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"covert",
|
|
"den",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"hideaway",
|
|
"hideout",
|
|
"lair",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"diggings",
|
|
"domicile",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"habitation",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"quarters",
|
|
"residence",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"roof",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"screen",
|
|
"anchorage",
|
|
"mooring",
|
|
"port",
|
|
"oasis",
|
|
"asylum",
|
|
"bolt-hole",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"harborage",
|
|
"haven",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"sanctuary",
|
|
"sanctum",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wintery":{
|
|
"having a low or subnormal temperature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a wintry and snowy day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"algid",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"bone-chilling",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"coolish",
|
|
"freezing",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"ice-cold",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"numbing",
|
|
"polar",
|
|
"shivery",
|
|
"snappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cryogenic",
|
|
"subfreezing",
|
|
"subzero",
|
|
"ultracold",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"penetrating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"bracing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"invigorating",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"cooled",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"iced",
|
|
"refrigerated",
|
|
"unheated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lukewarm",
|
|
"tepid",
|
|
"heated",
|
|
"overheated",
|
|
"reheated",
|
|
"warmed",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"toasty",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"feverish",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"canicular",
|
|
"equatorial",
|
|
"muggy",
|
|
"steamy",
|
|
"summery",
|
|
"tropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"boiling",
|
|
"broiling",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"fervid",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"igneous",
|
|
"molten",
|
|
"piping hot",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"roasting",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scorching",
|
|
"searing",
|
|
"seething",
|
|
"sizzling",
|
|
"sultry",
|
|
"sweltering",
|
|
"torrid",
|
|
"ultrahot",
|
|
"warming",
|
|
"white-hot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lacking in friendliness or warmth of feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the doorman gave the uninvited visitors a wintry smile and escorted them out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"arctic",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"chilly",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cold-blooded",
|
|
"cold-eyed",
|
|
"coldish",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"frigid",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"frozen",
|
|
"gelid",
|
|
"glacial",
|
|
"hard-eyed",
|
|
"icy",
|
|
"uncordial",
|
|
"unfriendly",
|
|
"unsympathetic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"coldhearted",
|
|
"hard-hearted",
|
|
"heartless",
|
|
"kindless",
|
|
"pitiless",
|
|
"uncaring",
|
|
"unfeeling",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"soulless",
|
|
"undemonstrative",
|
|
"unemotional",
|
|
"unresponsive",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"unenthusiastic",
|
|
"uninterested",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"dispassionate",
|
|
"impersonal",
|
|
"offish",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"demonstrative",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"expressive",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"passionate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warm-blooded",
|
|
"warmhearted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windjammers":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with one or more sails":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with no set course to follow, a windjammer sails wherever the wind and the captain's whim takes it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"dinghies",
|
|
"sailboats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brigantines",
|
|
"bugeyes",
|
|
"ca\u00efques",
|
|
"caravels",
|
|
"catamarans",
|
|
"catboats",
|
|
"cat rigs",
|
|
"clippers",
|
|
"corvettes",
|
|
"cutters",
|
|
"frigates",
|
|
"galleons",
|
|
"galleys",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"keelboats",
|
|
"ketches",
|
|
"knockabouts",
|
|
"luggers",
|
|
"outriggers",
|
|
"pinnaces",
|
|
"piraguas",
|
|
"sailers",
|
|
"schooners",
|
|
"shallops",
|
|
"sharpies",
|
|
"ships",
|
|
"sloops",
|
|
"square-riggers",
|
|
"xebecs",
|
|
"yachts",
|
|
"yawls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"vessels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"winked (out)":{
|
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"to come to an end":{
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"examples":[
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"she mused that it was as if her affection for him had just winked out one day"
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],
|
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"synonyms":[
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"broke off",
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"broke up",
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"ceased",
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"closed",
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"concluded",
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"dead-ended",
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"determined",
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"died",
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"discontinued",
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"elapsed",
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"ended",
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"expired",
|
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"finished",
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"halted",
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"lapsed",
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"left off",
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"let up",
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"passed",
|
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"quit",
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"quitted",
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"stopped",
|
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"terminated",
|
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"went",
|
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"wound up",
|
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"winded up"
|
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],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"desisted (from)",
|
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"laid off (of)",
|
|
"refrained (from)",
|
|
"gave over",
|
|
"knocked off",
|
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"packed (up or in)",
|
|
"broke down",
|
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"conked (out)",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"paused",
|
|
"stayed",
|
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"suspended",
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"abated",
|
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"petered (out)",
|
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"wound down",
|
|
"winded down"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
|
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"drew out",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted"
|
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],
|
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"antonyms":[
|
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"continued",
|
|
"hung on",
|
|
"persisted"
|
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]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"winnings":{
|
|
"as in revenue , income":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earnings",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"income",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"payoff",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"profit",
|
|
"receipts",
|
|
"return",
|
|
"revenue",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"swag",
|
|
"bounty",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"yield",
|
|
"appropriation",
|
|
"collection"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"win":{
|
|
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"prevail",
|
|
"triumph"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overcome",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeeze",
|
|
"contend",
|
|
"vie",
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"romp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"fail",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"win a gold medal in swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"bring in",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"come by",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"knock down",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"pull down",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"secure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"accomplish",
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"notch (up)",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"annex",
|
|
"occupy",
|
|
"take over",
|
|
"reacquire",
|
|
"reattain",
|
|
"recapture",
|
|
"regain",
|
|
"remake"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accord",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"give up",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"part (with)",
|
|
"relinquish",
|
|
"surrender",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeit",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achieve",
|
|
"attain",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"chalk up",
|
|
"clock (up)",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"log",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"notch (up)",
|
|
"rack up",
|
|
"ring up",
|
|
"score"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"carry",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"obtain",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"measure up (to)",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"tie",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"excel",
|
|
"outdo",
|
|
"surpass",
|
|
"top"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fall short (of)",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"fail (at)",
|
|
"lose"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a team with 12 wins and two losses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"palm",
|
|
"triumph",
|
|
"victory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"conquest",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"subjugation",
|
|
"vanquishing",
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"landslide",
|
|
"laugher",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"runaway",
|
|
"shutout",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"walkaway",
|
|
"walkover",
|
|
"squeaker",
|
|
"success",
|
|
"takeover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"debacle",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cle",
|
|
"disaster",
|
|
"failure",
|
|
"fizzle",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"nonsuccess",
|
|
"washout",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"lurch",
|
|
"setback"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"defeat",
|
|
"drubbing",
|
|
"licking",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"overthrow",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"shellacking",
|
|
"trimming",
|
|
"whipping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windless":{
|
|
"as in cloudless , rainless":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"cloudless",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"rainless",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"sunshiny",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"clement",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"lown",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"placid",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"untroubled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"angry",
|
|
"inclement",
|
|
"restless",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"tempestuous",
|
|
"turbulent",
|
|
"unquiet",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"blizzardy",
|
|
"blizzardly",
|
|
"blustery",
|
|
"squally",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"extreme",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"severe"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winners":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is successful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the movie was panned by the critics but has been a winner at the box office"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blockbusters",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"megahits",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blue chippers",
|
|
"blue chips",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"gems",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders",
|
|
"coups",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappointments",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"lemons",
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bummers",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"catastrophes",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"duds",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fiascoes",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"misfires",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"washouts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"one that defeats an enemy or opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the winner of any given war is usually the one who gets to write the history of that war"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaters",
|
|
"conquerors",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"subduers",
|
|
"trimmers",
|
|
"vanquishers",
|
|
"victors",
|
|
"whippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"champs",
|
|
"finalists",
|
|
"placers",
|
|
"dominators",
|
|
"overdogs",
|
|
"rulers",
|
|
"subjugators",
|
|
"top dogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"punching bags",
|
|
"pushovers",
|
|
"quitters",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"underdogs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"losers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the person who comes in first in a competition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the other finalists graciously congratulated the winner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"champs",
|
|
"titleholders",
|
|
"titlists",
|
|
"victors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cochampions",
|
|
"co-champions",
|
|
"cowinners",
|
|
"co-winners",
|
|
"placers",
|
|
"finalists",
|
|
"quarterfinalists",
|
|
"semifinalists",
|
|
"medalists",
|
|
"medallists",
|
|
"prizewinners",
|
|
"megastars",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"superstars",
|
|
"world-beaters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"losers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wins":{
|
|
"to achieve victory (as in a contest)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of person who always has to win \u2014even if the game is just for fun"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"prevails",
|
|
"triumphs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overcomes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"vies",
|
|
"succeeds",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"romps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"fails",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"folds",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"flounders",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to receive as return for effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"win a gold medal in swimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"brings in",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"comes by",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"knocks down",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"pulls down",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"secures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"grosses",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"accomplishes",
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"notches (up)",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"racks up",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"annexes",
|
|
"occupies",
|
|
"takes over",
|
|
"reacquires",
|
|
"reattains",
|
|
"recaptures",
|
|
"regains",
|
|
"remakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accords",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"gives up",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"parts (with)",
|
|
"relinquishes",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"yields"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"forfeits",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to obtain (as a goal) through effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"won a substantial victory in the struggle for civil rights for all"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achieves",
|
|
"attains",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"chalks up",
|
|
"clocks (up)",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"logs",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"notches (up)",
|
|
"racks up",
|
|
"rings up",
|
|
"scores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"obtains",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"measures up (to)",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"ties",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"excels",
|
|
"outdoes",
|
|
"surpasses",
|
|
"tops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"falls short (of)",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"fails (at)",
|
|
"loses"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an instance of defeating an enemy or opponent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a team with 12 wins and two losses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"palms",
|
|
"triumphs",
|
|
"victories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"conquests",
|
|
"masteries",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"landslides",
|
|
"laughers",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"runaways",
|
|
"shutouts",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"walkaways",
|
|
"walkovers",
|
|
"squeakers",
|
|
"successes",
|
|
"takeovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"debacles",
|
|
"d\u00e9b\u00e2cles",
|
|
"disasters",
|
|
"failures",
|
|
"fizzles",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"nonsuccesses",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slumps",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"lurches",
|
|
"setbacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"beatings",
|
|
"defeats",
|
|
"drubbings",
|
|
"lickings",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"overthrows",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"shellackings",
|
|
"trimmings",
|
|
"whippings"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"wink":{
|
|
"a short sleep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I wasn't able to catch a wink during the entire flight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catnap",
|
|
"doze",
|
|
"drowse",
|
|
"forty winks",
|
|
"kip",
|
|
"nap",
|
|
"siesta",
|
|
"snooze"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"slumber",
|
|
"bed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rapidly open and close one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she winked several times to get the dust and grit out of her eyes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bat",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"squint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shine with light at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lighthouse was winking in the distance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"sparkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"winkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"connive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brush (aside or off)",
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"excuse",
|
|
"forgive",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"gloze (over)",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"pardon",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"shrug off",
|
|
"tolerate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disapprove (of)",
|
|
"frown (on or upon)",
|
|
"deny",
|
|
"disallow",
|
|
"refuse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winding down":{
|
|
"to get rid of nervous tension or anxiety":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not being one for alcoholic beverages, I prefer to wind down with a cup of tea every night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"chilling out",
|
|
"decompressing",
|
|
"de-stressing",
|
|
"loosening up",
|
|
"mellowing (out)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"unwinding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"basking",
|
|
"kicking back",
|
|
"lolling",
|
|
"lounging",
|
|
"reposing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"bumming",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"droning",
|
|
"footling",
|
|
"goofing (off)",
|
|
"hacking (around)",
|
|
"hanging (around or out)",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"lazing",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"vegetating",
|
|
"vegging out",
|
|
"zoning out",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"relieving",
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"cooling",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"settling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"tensing (up)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"windstorms":{
|
|
"as in tornadoes , gusts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"headwinds",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"tailwinds",
|
|
"tempests",
|
|
"tornadoes",
|
|
"tornados",
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"breaths",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"wafts",
|
|
"zephyrs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"winning (over)":{
|
|
"to cause (someone) to agree with a belief or course of action by using arguments or earnest requests":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a combination of solid reasoning and outright begging won my parents over , and I became an exchange student for a year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing around",
|
|
"converting",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"prevailing (on or upon)",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"talking (into)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"blarneying",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"entreating",
|
|
"exhorting",
|
|
"fast-talking",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wheedling",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"leading on",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"brainwashing",
|
|
"overpersuading",
|
|
"inclining",
|
|
"influencing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"conversing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"reasoning (with)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deterring",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"dissuading",
|
|
"unselling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |