dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/si_mwt.json
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{
"sics":{
"to take sudden, violent action against":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"commanded the attack dogs to \" sic 'em\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"covers",
"defends",
"guards",
"protects",
"secures",
"shields"
],
"related":[
"bum-rushes",
"gangs up (on)",
"mobs",
"swarms",
"mugs",
"robs",
"ambuscades",
"ambushes",
"surprises",
"surprizes",
"waylays",
"blitzes",
"bombards",
"bombs",
"nukes",
"barrages",
"cannonades",
"cannons",
"bangs away (at)",
"batters",
"buffets",
"plasters",
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"presses",
"harries",
"loots",
"pillages",
"plunders",
"ravages",
"sacks",
"forays",
"invades",
"overruns",
"envelops",
"flanks"
],
"synonyms":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"bushwhacks",
"charges",
"descends (on or upon)",
"goes in (on)",
"jumps (on)",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"raids",
"rushes",
"sets on",
"storms",
"strikes",
"trashes",
"turns (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sidekick":{
"a person who helps a more skilled person":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"movie heroes invariably have a trusty sidekick , who often provides comic relief"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"attendant",
"handmaiden",
"handmaid",
"maid",
"maidservant",
"scullion",
"servant",
"auxiliary",
"legman",
"subordinate",
"underling",
"employee",
"employe",
"hand",
"help",
"hireling",
"laborer",
"swamper",
"worker",
"gal Friday",
"girl Friday",
"man Friday",
"right hand",
"aide-de-camp"
],
"synonyms":[
"adjunct",
"adjutant",
"aid",
"aide",
"apprentice",
"assistant",
"coadjutor",
"deputy",
"helper",
"helpmate",
"helpmeet",
"lieutenant",
"mate"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sides":{
"a certain way in which something appears or may be regarded":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"examined the problem from all sides"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"airs",
"appearances",
"characters",
"colors",
"complexions",
"conditions",
"faces",
"looks",
"semblances",
"shapes",
"states",
"visages",
"periods",
"stages",
"steps",
"outlooks",
"perspectives",
"positions",
"postures",
"shoes",
"slants",
"stances",
"standpoints",
"viewpoints",
"views",
"interpretations",
"readings",
"renderings",
"translations",
"versions",
"articles",
"cases",
"components",
"counts",
"details",
"dimensions",
"elements",
"factors",
"instances",
"items",
"matters",
"particulars",
"parts",
"points",
"regards",
"respects"
],
"synonyms":[
"angles",
"aspects",
"facets",
"hands",
"phases"
]
},
"a group of people acting together within a larger group":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"our side won, and the club will have a holiday party after all"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"splinters",
"splits",
"crews",
"gangs",
"packs",
"teams",
"denominations",
"persuasions",
"schisms",
"scissions",
"caucuses",
"movements"
],
"synonyms":[
"blocks",
"blocs",
"bodies",
"coalitions",
"factions",
"parties",
"sects",
"sets",
"wings"
]
},
"a place, space, or direction away from or beyond a central point or line":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"will everyone who wants to sign up for volleyball please stand off to this side of the gym?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"centers",
"insides",
"interiors",
"middles",
"midways"
],
"related":[
"outsides",
"faces",
"tops",
"bottoms",
"feet",
"foot",
"underbellies",
"underbodies",
"underparts",
"undersides",
"undersurfaces",
"lees",
"leewards",
"windwards",
"lefts",
"rights"
],
"synonyms":[
"flanks",
"hands"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sidesplitting":{
"causing or intended to cause laughter":{
"antonyms":[
"humorless",
"lame",
"unamusing",
"uncomic",
"unfunny",
"unhumorous",
"unhysterical"
],
"examples":[
"his sidesplitting jokes usually have audiences helpless with laughter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earnest",
"grave",
"no-nonsense",
"sedate",
"serious",
"severe",
"sober",
"sobersided",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"staid",
"unsmiling",
"weighty",
"affecting",
"moving",
"poignant",
"touching",
"tragic",
"tragical",
"lachrymose",
"mournful",
"sad",
"sorrowful",
"tearful",
"woeful"
],
"related":[
"amusing",
"diverting",
"entertaining",
"clownish",
"knockabout",
"slapstick",
"slapsticky",
"zany",
"facetious",
"flip",
"flippant",
"pert",
"smart",
"smart-aleck",
"smart-alecky",
"snickery",
"jocular",
"playful",
"waggish",
"campy",
"jokey",
"joky",
"priceless",
"rich",
"whimsical",
"witty",
"wry",
"blithesome",
"gleeful",
"jocose",
"jocund",
"jolly",
"jovial",
"laughing",
"mad",
"merry",
"mirthful"
],
"synonyms":[
"antic",
"chucklesome",
"comedic",
"comic",
"comical",
"droll",
"farcical",
"funny",
"hilarious",
"humoristic",
"humorous",
"hysterical",
"hysteric",
"killing",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"riotous",
"risible",
"screaming",
"uproarious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sidesteps":{
"to avoid having to comply with (something) especially through cleverness":{
"antonyms":[
"complies (with)",
"follows",
"keeps",
"obeys",
"observes"
],
"examples":[
"the eager enlistee sidestepped the regulations by lying about his age"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accedes (to)",
"acquiesces (to)",
"assents (to)",
"accepts",
"courts",
"embraces",
"pursues",
"seeks",
"welcomes",
"catches",
"contracts",
"incurs"
],
"related":[
"avoids",
"ducks",
"eludes",
"end-runs",
"escapes",
"eschews",
"evades",
"outflanks",
"shakes",
"shirks",
"shuns",
"disobeys",
"disregards",
"flouts",
"ignores",
"averts",
"deflects",
"diverts",
"obviates",
"parries",
"prevents",
"wards (off)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bypasses",
"circumvents",
"dodges",
"gets around",
"shortcuts",
"skirts"
]
},
"to move suddenly aside or to and fro":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the startled spectator sidestepped away from the oncoming ball"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"avoids",
"eludes",
"escapes",
"evades",
"parries",
"shirks",
"skirts",
"deflects",
"turns",
"slides",
"slips"
],
"synonyms":[
"dodges",
"ducks",
"jinks",
"slaloms",
"weaves",
"zigzags"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sideward":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"siding (with)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sift":{
"as in filter , sieve":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in study , inspect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sifts":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sigh (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhor",
"abominate",
"despise",
"detest",
"execrate",
"hate",
"loathe",
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"spurn"
],
"related":[
"spoil (for)",
"adore",
"delight (in)",
"dig",
"enjoy",
"fancy",
"groove (on)",
"like",
"love",
"relish",
"revel (in)",
"favor",
"prefer",
"admire",
"appreciate",
"cherish",
"prize",
"treasure",
"value"
],
"synonyms":[
"ache (for)",
"covet",
"crave",
"desiderate",
"desire",
"die (for)",
"hanker (for or after)",
"hunger (for)",
"itch (for)",
"jones (for)",
"long (for)",
"lust (for or after)",
"pant (after)",
"pine (for)",
"repine (for)",
"salivate (for)",
"thirst (for)",
"want",
"wish (for)",
"yearn (for)",
"yen (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sighed (for)":{
"to have an earnest wish to own or enjoy":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"people have always been sighing for the \"good old days\""
],
"near antonyms":[
"abhorred",
"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"declined",
"refused",
"rejected",
"spurned"
],
"related":[
"spoiled (for)",
"spoilt (for)",
"adored",
"delighted (in)",
"dug",
"enjoyed",
"fancied",
"grooved (on)",
"liked",
"loved",
"relished",
"reveled (in)",
"revelled (in)",
"favored",
"preferred",
"admired",
"appreciated",
"cherished",
"prized",
"treasured",
"valued"
],
"synonyms":[
"ached (for)",
"coveted",
"craved",
"desiderated",
"desired",
"died (for)",
"hankered (for or after)",
"hungered (for)",
"itched (for)",
"jonesed (for)",
"longed (for)",
"lusted (for or after)",
"panted (after)",
"pined (for)",
"repined (for)",
"salivated (for)",
"thirsted (for)",
"wanted",
"wished (for)",
"yearned (for)",
"yenned (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sighing":{
"to take in and let out a deep audible breath or to make a similar sound":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Mom always used to sigh loudly whenever she found a mess on the floor\u2014which was often",
"a breeze sighed through the leaves"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gasping",
"huffing",
"panting",
"puffing",
"wheezing",
"breathing",
"respiring",
"exhaling",
"expiring",
"inhaling",
"inspiring",
"sniffing",
"snorting",
"snuffling",
"yawning"
],
"synonyms":[
"soughing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sign":{
"a movement of the body or limbs that expresses or emphasizes an idea or feeling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"made a sign for the audience to be quiet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beck",
"beckon",
"flourish",
"shrug",
"wave",
"body language",
"posture",
"indication",
"motion",
"sign language"
],
"synonyms":[
"gesticulation",
"gesture",
"mime",
"pantomime",
"signal"
]
},
"a written or printed mark that is meant to convey information to the reader":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an \"and\" sign"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"cipher",
"letter",
"numeral",
"hieroglyph",
"ideogram",
"pictogram",
"pictograph",
"rune"
],
"synonyms":[
"character",
"glyph",
"icon",
"ikon",
"symbol"
]
},
"to write one's name on (as a document)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you'll have to sign the contract for it to be legal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sign up",
"cosign",
"countersign",
"endorse",
"indorse",
"register",
"sign on",
"inscribe",
"author",
"pen",
"pencil (in)",
"scratch (out)",
"scrawl",
"scribble",
"notarize"
],
"synonyms":[
"autograph",
"ink",
"subscribe"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sign off (on)":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"signaled":{
"to direct or notify by a movement or gesture":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"signaled the oncoming traffic to stop while the wrecked car was being towed away"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nodded",
"gesticulated",
"mimed",
"pantomimed",
"signed",
"signalized",
"acquainted",
"advised",
"informed",
"related",
"told",
"flourished",
"shrugged"
],
"synonyms":[
"beckoned",
"flagged",
"gestured",
"motioned",
"waved"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"signalizing":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"significantly":{
"to a large extent or degree":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"The recipe made significantly more cookies than I was expecting.",
"The vet informed us that Fluffy was significantly overweight and would need to be put on a diet."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"signifying":{
"indicating something":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his tendency to use weasel words is seen as a signifying character trait"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"alluding",
"allusive",
"referring",
"characteristic",
"symptomatic",
"demonstrative",
"exhibiting",
"expressive",
"symbolic",
"symbolical",
"connoting",
"hinting",
"implying",
"insinuating",
"suggestive"
],
"synonyms":[
"denotative",
"denoting",
"indicative",
"reflective",
"significant",
"telltale"
]
},
"to be of importance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"never mind, as the color of the room doesn't signify in the least"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"affecting",
"concerning",
"influencing",
"swaying",
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)"
],
"synonyms":[
"counting",
"importing",
"mattering",
"meaning",
"weighing"
]
},
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the symbol failed to signify anything to me\u2014until I realized that it was upside down"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"connoting",
"implying",
"suggesting",
"adding up (to)",
"amounting (to)",
"hinting",
"inferring",
"insinuating",
"intimating",
"embodying",
"epitomizing",
"personifying",
"representing",
"symboling",
"symbolling",
"symbolizing",
"adverting",
"alluding (to)",
"citing",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"referring (to)",
"specifying",
"touching (on or upon)",
"designating",
"indicating",
"pointing (to)",
"signaling",
"signalling",
"announcing",
"declaring",
"proclaiming",
"elucidating",
"explaining"
],
"synonyms":[
"denoting",
"expressing",
"importing",
"intending",
"meaning",
"spelling"
]
},
"to serve as a sign or symptom of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the opening of the new mall signifies the city's overdue emergence from economic depression"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"boding",
"foreshowing",
"foretelling",
"presaging"
],
"synonyms":[
"bespeaking",
"betokening",
"denoting",
"indicating",
"meaning",
"pointing (to)",
"telling (of)"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"signing (up or on)":{
"to provide with a paying job":{
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
],
"examples":[
"the sports shoe company recently signed up the nation's top female college basketball player to plug its products"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"related":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"laying on",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"taking on"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"signs on":{
"as in signs up , enrolls":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"signs on (for)":{
"to become a member of":{
"antonyms":[
"demits"
],
"examples":[
"I signed on for the crew team simply as a lark"
],
"near antonyms":[
"drops out",
"quits",
"withdraws"
],
"related":[
"reenlists",
"reenrolls",
"reenters",
"rejoins",
"re-ups",
"gets in"
],
"synonyms":[
"enlists (in)",
"enrolls (in)",
"enters",
"joins",
"signs up (for)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silence":{
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the violinist expects complete silence from the audience during his concerts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"communication",
"speaking",
"talking",
"eloquence",
"fluency",
"volubility",
"chattiness",
"garrulousness",
"loquaciousness",
"loquacity",
"talkativeness",
"talkiness",
"verboseness",
"verbosity",
"windiness",
"wordiness"
],
"related":[
"inarticulacy",
"inarticulateness",
"voicelessness",
"reserve",
"reticence",
"reticency",
"taciturnity"
],
"synonyms":[
"dumbness",
"muteness",
"speechlessness",
"stillness"
]
},
"the near or complete absence of sound":{
"antonyms":[
"noise",
"sound",
"unquietness"
],
"examples":[
"the silence of the garden was refreshing after the din of the party inside"
],
"near antonyms":[
"babel",
"blare",
"bluster",
"cacophony",
"chatter",
"clamor",
"clangor",
"din",
"hubbub",
"racket",
"rattle",
"roar",
"tumult",
"uproar"
],
"related":[
"calm",
"lull",
"peace",
"peacefulness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility"
],
"synonyms":[
"hush",
"quiet",
"quietness",
"quietude",
"still",
"stillness"
]
},
"the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown":{
"antonyms":[
"celebrity",
"fame",
"notoriety",
"renown"
],
"examples":[
"the book eventually vanished into the silence that awaits best sellers whose time has past"
],
"near antonyms":[
"character",
"mark",
"name",
"note",
"rep",
"report",
"reputation",
"repute",
"favor",
"popularity",
"importance",
"significance",
"distinction",
"eminence",
"glory",
"greatness",
"honor",
"illustriousness",
"note",
"preeminence",
"prominence",
"megastardom",
"superstardom",
"cachet",
"kudos",
"position",
"prestige",
"rank",
"standing",
"stature",
"acclaim",
"acknowledgment",
"acknowledgement",
"praise",
"recognition",
"adoration",
"idolization"
],
"related":[
"oblivion",
"inconspicuousness",
"invisibility",
"invisibleness",
"insignificance",
"unpopularity"
],
"synonyms":[
"anonymity",
"facelessness",
"namelessness",
"nowhere",
"nowheresville",
"obscurity"
]
},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abet",
"aid",
"assist",
"back",
"help",
"prop up",
"support",
"foment",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"stir",
"whip (up)",
"advance",
"cultivate",
"encourage",
"forward",
"foster",
"further",
"nourish",
"nurture",
"promote"
],
"related":[
"douse",
"dowse",
"extinguish",
"put out",
"quench",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"throttle",
"annihilate",
"decimate",
"demolish",
"desolate",
"destroy",
"devastate",
"nuke",
"rub out",
"ruin",
"smash",
"waste",
"wreck",
"exterminate",
"obliterate",
"wipe out",
"conquer",
"dominate",
"overcome",
"overpower",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"vanquish"
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"crack down (on)",
"crush",
"put down",
"quash",
"quell",
"repress",
"slap down",
"snuff (out)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"subdue",
"suppress"
]
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"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
],
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"agitate",
"stir"
],
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"dumb",
"extinguish",
"hush",
"mute",
"quell",
"quiet",
"quieten",
"settle",
"shush",
"shut up",
"squelch",
"still"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silenced":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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},
"to put a stop to (something) by the use of force":{
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"examples":[
"brutally silenced all political dissent in the country"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"backed",
"helped",
"propped up",
"supported",
"fomented",
"incited",
"instigated",
"provoked",
"stirred",
"whipped (up)",
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nourished",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"related":[
"doused",
"dowsed",
"extinguished",
"put out",
"quenched",
"smothered",
"stifled",
"strangled",
"throttled",
"annihilated",
"decimated",
"demolished",
"desolated",
"destroyed",
"devastated",
"nuked",
"rubbed out",
"ruined",
"smashed",
"wasted",
"wrecked",
"exterminated",
"obliterated",
"wiped out",
"conquered",
"dominated",
"overcame",
"overpowered",
"overwhelmed",
"subjugated",
"vanquished"
],
"synonyms":[
"clamped down (on)",
"cracked down (on)",
"crushed",
"put down",
"quashed",
"quelled",
"repressed",
"slapped down",
"snuffed (out)",
"squashed",
"squelched",
"subdued",
"suppressed"
]
},
"to stop the noise or speech of":{
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"examples":[
"the instructor quickly silenced anyone who tried to interrupt",
"we need to have a repairman come and silence that door alarm"
],
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"agitated",
"stirred"
],
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"synonyms":[
"dumbed",
"extinguished",
"hushed",
"muted",
"quelled",
"quieted",
"quietened",
"settled",
"shushed",
"shut up",
"squelched",
"stilled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"silent auctions":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silky":{
"covered with or as if with hair":{
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"bald",
"furless",
"glabrous",
"hairless",
"shorn",
"smooth"
],
"examples":[
"the tops of the leaves are a dark glossy green, but the undersides are light and silky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"beardless",
"shaved",
"shaven"
],
"related":[
"bearded",
"bewhiskered",
"mustachioed",
"moustachioed",
"whiskered",
"stubbled",
"stubbly",
"downy",
"fluffy",
"fuzzy",
"linty",
"nappy"
],
"synonyms":[
"bristly",
"brushy",
"cottony",
"fleecy",
"furred",
"furry",
"hairy",
"hirsute",
"rough",
"shaggy",
"unshorn",
"woolly",
"wooly"
]
},
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy"
],
"examples":[
"the plant's fibers feel silky to the touch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"related":[
"creamy",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silken",
"silklike",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silliness":{
"a lack of seriousness often at an improper time":{
"antonyms":[
"earnestness",
"gravity",
"seriousness",
"soberness",
"solemnity",
"solemnness"
],
"examples":[
"this inability to refrain from silliness is a distressing sign of professional immaturity"
],
"near antonyms":[
"dejection",
"depression",
"despondency",
"dispiritedness",
"downheartedness",
"gloom",
"gloominess",
"heartsickness",
"joylessness",
"melancholy",
"mopes",
"moroseness",
"sadness",
"sullenness",
"unhappiness"
],
"related":[
"cheer",
"cheerfulness",
"festivity",
"gaiety",
"gayety",
"glee",
"gleefulness",
"high-spiritedness",
"hilarity",
"joviality",
"lightheartedness",
"merriment",
"mirth",
"mirthfulness",
"childishness",
"goofiness",
"puerility"
],
"synonyms":[
"facetiousness",
"flightiness",
"flippancy",
"frivolity",
"frivolousness",
"frothiness",
"levity",
"light-headedness",
"light-mindedness",
"lightness"
]
},
"lack of good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"prudence",
"sagaciousness",
"sagacity",
"sageness",
"sanity",
"sapience",
"sensibleness",
"soundness",
"wisdom"
],
"examples":[
"she was both amused and irritated by the silliness of his comments regarding the movie they has just seen"
],
"near antonyms":[
"logicality",
"logicalness",
"rationality",
"rationalness",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"validity",
"discernment",
"insight",
"perception",
"percipience"
],
"related":[
"denseness",
"dim-wittedness",
"doltishness",
"dopiness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"dumbness",
"feeblemindedness",
"gormlessness",
"idiocy",
"mindlessness",
"oafishness",
"obtuseness",
"simplemindedness",
"simpleness",
"slowness",
"stupidity",
"stupidness",
"vacuity",
"fallacy",
"irrationality",
"unreasonableness",
"kookiness",
"weirdness",
"laughableness",
"ludicrousness",
"ridiculousness"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"balminess",
"brainlessness",
"craziness",
"daftness",
"dippiness",
"dottiness",
"fatuity",
"fatuousness",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"imbecility",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"lunacy",
"madness",
"nonsensicalness",
"nuttiness",
"preposterousness",
"senselessness",
"simplicity",
"unwisdom",
"wackiness",
"witlessness",
"zaniness"
]
},
"language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"stop this silliness at once!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"levelheadedness",
"rationality",
"reasonability",
"reasonableness",
"sensibleness",
"common sense",
"horse sense",
"sense",
"discernment",
"judgment",
"judgement",
"wisdom"
],
"related":[
"absurdity",
"asininity",
"fatuity",
"foolery",
"idiocy",
"imbecility",
"inaneness",
"inanity",
"insanity",
"kookiness",
"lunacy",
"absurdness",
"craziness",
"madness",
"witlessness",
"hoity-toity",
"monkey business",
"monkeyshine(s)",
"shenanigan(s)",
"tomfoolery",
"gas",
"hot air",
"rigmarole",
"rigamarole",
"double-talk",
"greek",
"hocus-pocus"
],
"synonyms":[
"applesauce",
"balderdash",
"baloney",
"boloney",
"beans",
"bilge",
"blah",
"blah-blah",
"blarney",
"blather",
"blatherskite",
"blither",
"bosh",
"bull",
"bunk",
"bunkum",
"buncombe",
"claptrap",
"codswallop",
"crapola",
"crock",
"drivel",
"drool",
"fiddle",
"fiddle-faddle",
"fiddlesticks",
"flannel",
"flapdoodle",
"folderol",
"falderal",
"folly",
"foolishness",
"fudge",
"garbage",
"guff",
"hogwash",
"hokeypokey",
"hokum",
"hoodoo",
"hooey",
"horsefeathers",
"humbug",
"humbuggery",
"jazz",
"malarkey",
"malarky",
"moonshine",
"muck",
"nerts",
"nonsense",
"nuts",
"piffle",
"poppycock",
"punk",
"rot",
"rubbish",
"senselessness",
"slush",
"stupidity",
"taradiddle",
"tarradiddle",
"tommyrot",
"tosh",
"trash",
"trumpery",
"twaddle"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"silt":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"soil made chiefly of loose sedimentary material that is carried by flowing water and that sinks to the bottom of a river, pond, etc.":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"silvering":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"similitude":{
"a point which two or more things share in common":{
"antonyms":[
"dissimilarity"
],
"examples":[
"the two siblings, raised on opposite ends of the country, show some curious similitudes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"difference",
"discrepancy",
"deviance",
"divergence",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"change",
"modification",
"variation"
],
"related":[
"counterpart",
"equal",
"equivalent",
"analogy",
"homology"
],
"synonyms":[
"common denominator",
"commonality",
"congruity",
"correspondence",
"parallel",
"resemblance",
"similarity"
]
},
"the quality or state of having many qualities in common":{
"antonyms":[
"difference",
"disagreement",
"discrepancy",
"disparateness",
"disparity",
"dissimilarity",
"dissimilitude",
"distinctiveness",
"distinctness",
"unlikeness"
],
"examples":[
"the striking similitude between that modern city and the Rome of ancient times"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inequality",
"conflict",
"polarity",
"incompatibility",
"incongruence",
"incongruity",
"incongruousness",
"nonconformity",
"differentiability",
"discriminability",
"distinguishability",
"anomalousness",
"dichotomy",
"disproportion",
"imbalance",
"inequality",
"nonequivalence"
],
"related":[
"semblance",
"affinity",
"analogousness",
"equation",
"equivalence",
"equivalency",
"par",
"parity",
"identicalness",
"identity",
"sameness",
"correlation",
"relationship",
"exchangeability",
"interchangeability",
"accordance",
"agreement",
"compatibility",
"conformity",
"congruity"
],
"synonyms":[
"alikeness",
"community",
"comparability",
"correspondence",
"likeness",
"parallelism",
"resemblance",
"similarity"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simp":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"don't assume that all teenagers are simps when it comes to making financial decisions"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"related":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simpleton",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simpering":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"simpleminded":{
"lacking in worldly wisdom or informed judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"cosmopolitan",
"experienced",
"knowing",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise"
],
"examples":[
"a simpleminded view of a complex problem"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"doubting",
"incredulous",
"skeptical",
"suspecting",
"suspicious",
"unconvinced",
"careful",
"cautious",
"guarded",
"leery",
"leary",
"wary",
"watchful",
"down-to-earth",
"hardheaded",
"pragmatic",
"pragmatical",
"realistic",
"sober",
"street-smart",
"streetwise"
],
"related":[
"callow",
"childish",
"immature",
"inexperienced",
"raw",
"childlike",
"idealistic",
"impractical",
"unrealistic",
"believing",
"credulous",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"unguarded",
"beguiled",
"duped",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"careless",
"heedless",
"thoughtless"
],
"synonyms":[
"aw-shucks",
"dewy",
"dewy-eyed",
"green",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"na\u00eff",
"naif",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"primitive",
"simple",
"uncritical",
"unknowing",
"unsophisticated",
"unsuspecting",
"unsuspicious",
"unwary",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed"
]
},
"showing or marked by a lack of good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sagacious",
"sage",
"sane",
"sapient",
"sensible",
"sound",
"wise"
],
"examples":[
"scornful of their simpleminded belief that their parents would always be there to take care of them"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brainy",
"bright",
"clever",
"intelligent",
"smart",
"logical",
"rational",
"reasonable",
"valid",
"well-advised"
],
"related":[
"airheaded",
"birdbrained",
"boobish",
"brain-dead",
"chowderheaded",
"chuckleheaded",
"clueless",
"dense",
"dim",
"dim-witted",
"doltish",
"dopey",
"dopy",
"dorky",
"dull",
"dumb",
"dunderheaded",
"empty-headed",
"feebleminded",
"gormless",
"idiotic",
"idiotical",
"imbecile",
"imbecilic",
"knuckleheaded",
"lamebrain",
"lamebrained",
"mindless",
"moronic",
"oafish",
"obtuse",
"opaque",
"pinheaded",
"simple",
"slow",
"slow-witted",
"soft",
"softheaded",
"thoughtless",
"thick",
"thickheaded",
"unintelligent",
"vacuous",
"fallacious",
"illogical",
"invalid",
"irrational",
"nonrational",
"surd",
"unreasonable",
"unreasoning",
"unsound",
"weak",
"farcical",
"laughable",
"ludicrous",
"ridiculous",
"notional",
"buffoonish",
"clownish",
"ill-advised",
"unconsidered",
"unreasoned"
],
"synonyms":[
"absurd",
"asinine",
"balmy",
"brainless",
"bubbleheaded",
"cockeyed",
"crackpot",
"crazy",
"cuckoo",
"daffy",
"daft",
"dippy",
"dotty",
"fatuous",
"featherheaded",
"fool",
"foolish",
"half-baked",
"half-witted",
"harebrained",
"inept",
"insane",
"jerky",
"kooky",
"kookie",
"loony",
"looney",
"lunatic",
"lunkheaded",
"mad",
"nonsensical",
"nutty",
"preposterous",
"sappy",
"screwball",
"senseless",
"silly",
"stupid",
"tomfool",
"unwise",
"wacky",
"whacky",
"weak-minded",
"witless",
"zany"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"simpleton":{
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his silly antics at office parties have earned him a reputation as a simpleton"
],
"near antonyms":[
"sage",
"thinker",
"brain",
"genius"
],
"related":[
"daredevil",
"madman",
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"dope",
"dork",
"dumbbell",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"fathead",
"gander",
"goon",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"moron",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"pinhead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schlump",
"schnook",
"stock",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"butt",
"dupe",
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"monkey",
"chump",
"loser",
"schlemiel",
"shlemiel",
"character",
"codger",
"crackbrain",
"crackpot",
"crank",
"kook",
"oddball",
"screwball",
"weirdo"
],
"synonyms":[
"berk",
"booby",
"charlie",
"charley",
"cuckoo",
"ding-a-ling",
"ding-dong",
"dingbat",
"dipstick",
"doofus",
"featherhead",
"fool",
"git",
"goose",
"half-wit",
"jackass",
"lunatic",
"mooncalf",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"nut",
"nutcase",
"simp",
"turkey",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"a stupid person":{
"antonyms":[
"brain",
"genius"
],
"examples":[
"she felt like such a simpleton for needing help to install her home theater"
],
"near antonyms":[
"intellect",
"intellectual",
"sage",
"thinker",
"whiz",
"wizard",
"polymath",
"Renaissance man",
"sharpie",
"sharpy"
],
"related":[
"booby",
"buffoon",
"fool",
"goose",
"loony",
"lunatic",
"madman",
"nut",
"zany",
"loser",
"gawk",
"featherbrain",
"scatterbrain",
"beast",
"boor",
"cad",
"churl",
"clown",
"creep",
"cur",
"heel",
"jerk",
"skunk",
"snake",
"stinker",
"villain"
],
"synonyms":[
"airhead",
"birdbrain",
"blockhead",
"bonehead",
"bubblehead",
"chowderhead",
"chucklehead",
"clodpoll",
"clodpole",
"clot",
"cluck",
"clunk",
"cretin",
"cuddy",
"cuddie",
"deadhead",
"dim bulb",
"dimwit",
"dip",
"dodo",
"dolt",
"donkey",
"doofus",
"dope",
"dork",
"dullard",
"dum-dum",
"dumbbell",
"dumbhead",
"dummkopf",
"dummy",
"dunce",
"dunderhead",
"fathead",
"gander",
"golem",
"goof",
"goon",
"half-wit",
"hammerhead",
"hardhead",
"idiot",
"ignoramus",
"imbecile",
"jackass",
"know-nothing",
"knucklehead",
"lamebrain",
"loggerhead",
"loon",
"lump",
"lunkhead",
"meathead",
"mome",
"moron",
"mug",
"mutt",
"natural",
"nimrod",
"nincompoop",
"ninny",
"ninnyhammer",
"nit",
"nitwit",
"noddy",
"noodle",
"numskull",
"numbskull",
"oaf",
"pinhead",
"prat",
"ratbag",
"saphead",
"schlub",
"shlub",
"schnook",
"stock",
"stupe",
"stupid",
"thickhead",
"turkey",
"woodenhead",
"yahoo",
"yo-yo"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"simplified":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to make less complex":{
"antonyms":[
"complexed",
"complexified",
"complicated",
"perplexed",
"sophisticated"
],
"examples":[
"you need to simplify this process somewhat or you'll never finish it today"
],
"near antonyms":[
"elaborated"
],
"related":[
"dumbed down",
"oversimplified",
"pruned",
"stripped (down)",
"stript (down)",
"trimmed",
"purified",
"refined"
],
"synonyms":[
"streamlined"
]
},
"to make plain or understandable":{
"antonyms":[
"obscured"
],
"examples":[
"the book simplifies for the layman some concepts of economics"
],
"near antonyms":[
"befogged",
"clouded",
"confounded",
"confused",
"obfuscated"
],
"related":[
"deciphered",
"decoded",
"analyzed",
"broke down",
"disentangled",
"undid",
"unraveled",
"unscrambled",
"untangled",
"resolved",
"solved",
"defined",
"specified",
"annotated",
"commentated",
"glossed"
],
"synonyms":[
"clarified",
"cleared (up)",
"construed",
"demonstrated",
"demystified",
"elucidated",
"explained",
"explicated",
"expounded",
"got across",
"illuminated",
"illustrated",
"interpreted",
"spelled out",
"unriddled"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"simplistic":{
"lacking in sophistication":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a simplistic belief in claims of the product's effectiveness",
"simplistic thinking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"simulating":{
"to present a false appearance of":{
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"examples":[
"cosmetics that simulate a suntan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dissimulating",
"impersonating",
"letting on",
"masquerading",
"playacting",
"playing",
"posing",
"forging",
"imitating",
"camouflaging",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"masking",
"feinting",
"malingering"
],
"synonyms":[
"acting",
"affecting",
"assuming",
"bluffing",
"counterfeiting",
"dissembling",
"faking",
"feigning",
"passing (for)",
"pretending",
"professing",
"putting on",
"shamming"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sine qua non":{
"something necessary, indispensable, or unavoidable":{
"antonyms":[
"nonessential",
"nonnecessity"
],
"examples":[
"an extensive grounding in mathematics is a sine qua non for a career in architecture"
],
"near antonyms":[
"amenity",
"comfort",
"extra",
"extravagance",
"frill",
"indulgence",
"luxury",
"superfluity",
"surplus",
"surplusage"
],
"related":[
"precondition",
"prerequisite",
"advantage",
"edge",
"plus",
"desideration",
"desideratum",
"wish"
],
"synonyms":[
"condition",
"demand",
"essential",
"must",
"must-have",
"necessary",
"necessity",
"need",
"needful",
"requirement",
"requisite"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singing (out)":{
"as in calling , crying":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"single (out)":{
"to decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities":{
"examples":[
"she quickly singled out the most qualified candidate from the pool of the applicants"
],
"synonyms":[
"cherry-pick",
"choose",
"cull",
"elect",
"handpick",
"name",
"opt (for)",
"pick",
"prefer",
"select",
"tag",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"preselect",
"appoint",
"designate",
"fix",
"mark",
"nominate",
"set",
"tab",
"tap",
"accept",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"espouse",
"settle (on or upon)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disapprove",
"negative",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"discard",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out"
],
"antonyms":[
"decline",
"refuse",
"reject",
"turn down"
]
},
"to find out or establish the identity of":{
"examples":[
"through careful reasoning and the process of elimination, neighbors singled her out as the writer of the anonymous letter"
],
"synonyms":[
"distinguish",
"finger",
"ID",
"identify",
"pinpoint"
],
"near synonyms":[
"diagnose",
"determine",
"find",
"locate",
"pick out",
"place",
"recognize",
"spot",
"check",
"examine",
"inspect",
"investigate",
"notice",
"observe",
"scrutinize",
"betray",
"disclose",
"discover",
"reveal"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"conceal",
"disguise",
"hide",
"counterfeit",
"feign",
"sham",
"simulate"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"singleness":{
"as in uniqueness , oneness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"singly":{
"type":[
"adverb"
],
"without aid or support":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"either singly or with the cooperation of other nations, we must do something about this pressing environmental issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"collectively",
"conjointly",
"cooperatively",
"hand in glove",
"hand and glove",
"hand in hand",
"jointly",
"mutually",
"together",
"en masse"
],
"related":[
"individually",
"separately",
"solo"
],
"synonyms":[
"alone",
"independently",
"single-handed",
"single-handedly",
"solely",
"unaided",
"unassisted"
]
}
},
"singularities":{
"an odd or peculiar habit":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a college professor with singularities of dress and speech that have long endeared him to his students"
],
"near antonyms":[
"conformities"
],
"related":[
"affectations",
"airs",
"attributes",
"characteristics",
"marks",
"properties",
"traits",
"customs",
"habits",
"patterns",
"practices",
"practises",
"ways",
"wonts",
"addictions",
"abnormalities",
"neuroticisms",
"perversions",
"dispositions",
"geniuses",
"genii",
"leanings",
"partialities",
"bents",
"inclinations",
"penchants",
"predilections",
"predispositions",
"proclivities",
"propensities",
"tendencies",
"turns",
"attitudes",
"characters",
"humors",
"identities",
"individualities",
"natures",
"personalities",
"temperaments"
],
"synonyms":[
"crotchets",
"curiosities",
"eccentricities",
"erraticisms",
"idiosyncrasies",
"individualisms",
"kinks",
"mannerisms",
"oddities",
"peculiarities",
"quiddities",
"quips",
"quirks",
"tics",
"tricks",
"twists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sinister":{
"being or showing a sign of evil or calamity to come":{
"antonyms":[
"unthreatening"
],
"examples":[
"the movie relies too much on sinister background music to create the suspense that the plot sorely lacks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"auspicious",
"benign",
"bright",
"encouraging",
"favorable",
"golden",
"heartening",
"hopeful",
"promising",
"propitious",
"prosperous"
],
"related":[
"black",
"bleak",
"cheerless",
"chill",
"Cimmerian",
"cloudy",
"cold",
"comfortless",
"dark",
"darkening",
"depressing",
"depressive",
"desolate",
"dim",
"disconsolate",
"dismal",
"drear",
"dreary",
"dreich",
"elegiac",
"elegiacal",
"forlorn",
"funereal",
"gloomy",
"glum",
"godforsaken",
"gray",
"grey",
"lonely",
"lonesome",
"lugubrious",
"miserable",
"morbid",
"morose",
"murky",
"plutonian",
"saturnine",
"sepulchral",
"somber",
"sombre",
"sullen",
"sunless",
"tenebrific",
"tenebrous",
"wretched",
"discouraging",
"disheartening",
"hopeless",
"unfavorable",
"unpromising",
"unpropitious",
"ill-fated",
"ill-starred",
"star-crossed",
"troubled",
"unfortunate",
"unlucky",
"evil",
"malign",
"malignant"
],
"synonyms":[
"baleful",
"dire",
"direful",
"doomy",
"foreboding",
"ill",
"ill-boding",
"inauspicious",
"menacing",
"minatory",
"ominous",
"portentous",
"threatening"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sink":{
"a place of great vice and corruption":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"was able to rise above the sink that was his birthplace"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"tenderloin",
"den",
"dump",
"pigpen",
"pigsty",
"hellhole",
"hole"
],
"synonyms":[
"Augean stable",
"cesspool",
"Gomorrah"
]
},
"to become worse or of less value":{
"antonyms":[
"ameliorate",
"improve",
"meliorate"
],
"examples":[
"his fortunes have steadily sunk since the breakup of his business"
],
"near antonyms":[
"better",
"upgrade",
"enhance",
"enrich",
"fortify",
"heighten",
"intensify",
"strengthen",
"advance",
"develop",
"march",
"proceed",
"progress"
],
"related":[
"abate",
"de-escalate",
"diminish",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"recede",
"wane",
"break down",
"corrupt",
"decompose",
"degrade",
"dilapidate",
"disintegrate",
"molder",
"putrefy",
"sour",
"spoil",
"lessen",
"lower",
"reduce",
"debilitate",
"undermine",
"droop",
"fail",
"fall",
"flag",
"lag",
"languish",
"run down",
"sag",
"slip",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt"
],
"synonyms":[
"atrophy",
"crumble",
"decay",
"decline",
"degenerate",
"descend",
"deteriorate",
"devolve",
"ebb",
"regress",
"retrograde",
"rot",
"worsen"
]
},
"to cease to be visible":{
"antonyms":[
"appear",
"materialize"
],
"examples":[
"that evening we sat on the beach, dreamily watching the sun sink beneath the horizon"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrive",
"break out",
"come out",
"emerge",
"issue",
"loom",
"show up"
],
"related":[
"blank (out)",
"clear",
"die (away or down or out)",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"dry up",
"blur",
"dim"
],
"synonyms":[
"dematerialize",
"disappear",
"dissolve",
"evanesce",
"evaporate",
"fade",
"flee",
"fly",
"melt",
"vanish"
]
},
"to diminish the price or value of":{
"antonyms":[
"appreciate",
"enhance",
"mark up",
"upgrade"
],
"examples":[
"the slightest nick will sink the price of a piece of Tiffany glass"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bloat",
"blow up",
"inflate",
"overestimate",
"overprice",
"overrate",
"overvalue",
"add",
"aggrandize",
"amplify",
"augment",
"balloon",
"boost",
"compound",
"dilate",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"extend",
"heighten",
"increase",
"maximize",
"multiply",
"raise",
"swell",
"up"
],
"related":[
"debase",
"demonetize",
"underestimate",
"underprice",
"underrate",
"undervalue",
"abridge",
"compress",
"contract",
"de-escalate",
"deflate",
"downsize",
"dwindle",
"lessen",
"moderate",
"shrink"
],
"synonyms":[
"attenuate",
"break",
"cheapen",
"depreciate",
"depress",
"devaluate",
"devalue",
"downgrade",
"lower",
"mark down",
"reduce",
"write down",
"write off"
]
},
"to go to a lower level especially abruptly":{
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"lift",
"mount",
"rise",
"soar",
"spike",
"up"
],
"examples":[
"I had just bought a bundle of shares of the stock when its price sank like a rock"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accumulate",
"balloon",
"build",
"burgeon",
"bourgeon",
"enlarge",
"escalate",
"expand",
"grow",
"increase",
"intensify",
"mushroom",
"pick up",
"snowball",
"swell",
"wax"
],
"related":[
"abate",
"decrease",
"de-escalate",
"die (down)",
"diminish",
"droop",
"dwindle",
"ebb",
"lessen",
"let up",
"moderate",
"subside",
"taper off",
"wane",
"recede",
"retreat"
],
"synonyms":[
"crash",
"crater",
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"dive",
"drop",
"fall",
"lower",
"nose-dive",
"plummet",
"plunge",
"skid",
"tumble"
]
},
"to lead or extend downward":{
"antonyms":[
"arise",
"ascend",
"climb",
"mount",
"rise",
"uprise",
"upsweep",
"upturn"
],
"examples":[
"the road sinks abruptly after that curve"
],
"near antonyms":[
"even",
"flatten",
"level",
"plane",
"smooth",
"straighten"
],
"related":[
"angle",
"cant",
"cock",
"heel",
"incline",
"lean",
"list",
"recline",
"slant",
"slope",
"tilt",
"tip"
],
"synonyms":[
"decline",
"descend",
"dip",
"drop",
"fall",
"plunge"
]
},
"to lose bodily strength or vigor":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the old woman only sunk further after she was moved to the nursing home"
],
"near antonyms":[
"convalesce",
"rally",
"rebound",
"recover",
"recuperate",
"gain"
],
"related":[
"break down",
"wear out",
"yield",
"degenerate",
"deteriorate",
"rot",
"run down"
],
"synonyms":[
"decay",
"droop",
"emaciate",
"fade",
"fail",
"flag",
"go",
"lag",
"languish",
"sag",
"waste (away)",
"weaken",
"wilt",
"wither"
]
},
"to reduce to a lower standing in one's own eyes or in others' eyes":{
"antonyms":[
"aggrandize",
"canonize",
"deify",
"elevate",
"exalt"
],
"examples":[
"the revelation that he has been embezzling for years definitely sinks him in my opinion"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acclaim",
"applaud",
"boast",
"celebrate",
"cheer",
"cite",
"commend",
"compliment",
"congratulate",
"decorate",
"eulogize",
"extol",
"extoll",
"fete",
"f\u00eate",
"hail",
"honor",
"laud",
"praise",
"salute",
"tout",
"acknowledge",
"recognize",
"highlight",
"play up",
"spotlight",
"dignify",
"ennoble",
"enshrine",
"ensky",
"enthrone",
"glorify",
"magnify",
"advance",
"boost",
"lift",
"promote",
"raise",
"upgrade",
"uplift",
"idealize",
"romanticize"
],
"related":[
"abash",
"confound",
"confuse",
"discomfit",
"disconcert",
"discountenance",
"embarrass",
"faze",
"fluster",
"mortify",
"nonplus",
"rattle",
"belittle",
"castigate",
"criticize",
"cry down",
"decry",
"depreciate",
"detract",
"diminish",
"discount",
"disparage",
"minimize",
"put down",
"ridicule",
"write off",
"bad-mouth",
"defame",
"defile",
"libel",
"malign",
"slander",
"affront",
"insult",
"censure",
"condemn",
"damn",
"denounce",
"execrate",
"reprehend",
"reprobate"
],
"synonyms":[
"abase",
"chasten",
"cheapen",
"debase",
"degrade",
"demean",
"discredit",
"disgrace",
"dishonor",
"foul",
"humble",
"humiliate",
"lower",
"shame",
"smirch",
"take down"
]
},
"to refrain from openly showing or uttering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"sinks his pride and makes the first step towards a reconciliation"
],
"near antonyms":[
"express",
"loose",
"release",
"take out",
"unleash",
"vent"
],
"related":[
"control",
"govern",
"manage",
"bridle",
"check",
"curb",
"quash",
"quell",
"bottle up",
"contain",
"muffle",
"squelch"
],
"synonyms":[
"choke (back)",
"hold back",
"pocket",
"repress",
"smother",
"stifle",
"strangle",
"submerge",
"suppress",
"swallow"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sinless":{
"free from sin":{
"antonyms":[
"impure",
"peccant",
"sinful",
"sinning"
],
"examples":[
"the belief that limbo is the place where sinless but unbaptized souls abide until Judgment Day"
],
"near antonyms":[
"lascivious",
"lecherous",
"lewd",
"libidinous",
"lickerish",
"lustful",
"oversexed",
"unchaste",
"evil",
"immoral",
"iniquitous",
"reprobate",
"unrighteous",
"virtueless",
"wicked",
"corrupt",
"debased",
"debauched",
"degenerate",
"depraved",
"dissolute",
"erring",
"fallen",
"lost",
"perverted",
"condemned",
"damned"
],
"related":[
"chaste",
"moral",
"virgin",
"virtuous",
"immaculate",
"spotless",
"unblemished",
"unstained",
"unsullied",
"decent",
"ethical",
"good",
"honest",
"honorable",
"righteous",
"upright",
"virtuous",
"blameless",
"guiltless"
],
"synonyms":[
"impeccable",
"innocent",
"pure",
"white"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sinning":{
"as in sinful , impure":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to commit an offense":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bless me, Father, for I have sinned"
],
"near antonyms":[
"forgiving",
"justifying",
"pardoning",
"regretting",
"repenting",
"ruing"
],
"related":[
"breaching",
"breaking",
"infringing",
"violating",
"backsliding",
"lapsing",
"messing up"
],
"synonyms":[
"erring",
"falling",
"offending",
"straying",
"transgressing",
"trespassing",
"wandering"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sip":{
"the portion of a serving of a beverage that is swallowed at one time":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"there are a few sips left in the glass"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dram",
"drop"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt",
"draft",
"drag",
"drink",
"gulp",
"nip",
"quaff",
"shot",
"slug",
"snort",
"sup",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
]
},
"to swallow in liquid form":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"slowly sipping the hot soup"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"lap",
"lick",
"suck",
"consume",
"down",
"ingurgitate",
"kill",
"mouth (down)",
"put away",
"nip",
"tipple",
"pledge",
"toast",
"wine"
],
"synonyms":[
"belt (down)",
"drink",
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"hoist",
"imbibe",
"knock back",
"pound (down)",
"quaff",
"slug (down)",
"slurp",
"sup",
"swig",
"swill",
"toss (down or off)"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"siren":{
"a woman whom men find irresistibly attractive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a siren who could captivate any audience"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beguiler",
"charmer",
"seducer",
"vamp",
"sexpot",
"sex symbol"
],
"synonyms":[
"enchantress",
"femme fatale",
"seductress",
"temptress"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sires":{
"a male human parent":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"his sire had been a renowned Wall Street lawyer"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"patresfamilias",
"patriarchs",
"father figures",
"father images",
"stepfathers"
],
"synonyms":[
"daddies",
"dads",
"fathers",
"old men",
"papas",
"poppas",
"pas",
"paters",
"pops"
]
},
"a person who establishes a whole new field of endeavor":{
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"the revered sire of the impressionist movement in art"
],
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"disciples",
"followers",
"pupils",
"students",
"supporters"
],
"related":[
"cocreators",
"co-creators",
"cofounders",
"co-founders",
"conceivers",
"contrivers",
"designers",
"devisers",
"formulators",
"innovators",
"introducers",
"inventors",
"spawners",
"builders",
"makers",
"producers",
"developers",
"pioneers",
"researchers",
"researchists",
"organizers",
"promoters",
"encouragers",
"galvanizers",
"inspirations",
"inspirers"
],
"synonyms":[
"authors",
"begetters",
"creators",
"establishers",
"fathers",
"founders",
"founding fathers",
"generators",
"inaugurators",
"initiators",
"instituters",
"institutors",
"originators"
]
},
"to become the father of":{
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"examples":[
"the champion racehorse went on to sire a long line of winners"
],
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"related":[
"multiplies",
"procreates",
"propagates",
"reproduces",
"spawns",
"bears",
"engenders",
"genders",
"generates",
"produces"
],
"synonyms":[
"begets",
"fathers",
"gets"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sissified":{
"of or relating to a man who has or displays qualities traditionally considered more suitable for women":{
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"manlike",
"manly",
"mannish",
"masculine",
"virile"
],
"examples":[
"learned the hard way that using the recommended safety gear was sensible, not sissified"
],
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"related":[
"feminine",
"girlish",
"girlie",
"girly",
"womanlike",
"womanly",
"old-maidish",
"overnice",
"prissy",
"spinsterish",
"dandyish",
"dudish",
"foppish",
"sappy",
"camp",
"campy",
"antimacho"
],
"synonyms":[
"effeminate",
"effete",
"epicene",
"sissy",
"unmanly",
"womanish"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sit-downs":{
"as in sit-ins , slowdowns":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sited":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
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"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
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"six-shooter":{
"as in handgun , pistol":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sizableness":{
"as in greatness , voluminousness":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sized up":{
"as in":{
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"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sizzles":{
"a sound similar to the speech sound \\s\\ stretched out":{
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"examples":[
"there was a brief sizzle as the moth flew into the flame"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"swooshes",
"wheezes",
"whistles",
"whooshes",
"zips",
"sibilances",
"sibilants"
],
"synonyms":[
"fizzes",
"hisses",
"swishes",
"whishes",
"whizzes"
]
},
"to be excited or emotionally stirred up with anger":{
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"examples":[
"she was really sizzling about being passed over for the promotion, and nearly quit"
],
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"related":[
"fulminates",
"rants",
"raves",
"smolders",
"smoulders",
"bristles",
"flares (up)",
"inflames",
"enflames",
"chafes",
"frets",
"stews",
"agitates",
"convulses",
"roils",
"shakes"
],
"synonyms":[
"boils",
"burns",
"foams",
"fumes",
"rages",
"rankles",
"seethes",
"steams",
"storms"
]
},
"to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \\s\\":{
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"examples":[
"from my bed I could hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan"
],
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"related":[
"swooshes",
"wheezes",
"whistles",
"whooshes",
"zips",
"bubbles",
"effervesces",
"buzzes",
"drones",
"hums"
],
"synonyms":[
"fizzes",
"fizzles",
"hisses",
"swishes",
"whishes",
"whizzes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sightless":{
"lacking the power of sight":{
"examples":[
"bats are often thought to be completely sightless , but this is not really true"
],
"synonyms":[
"blind",
"eyeless",
"stone-blind",
"visionless"
],
"related":[
"blinded",
"blindfold",
"blindfolded",
"unsighted",
"gravel-blind",
"purblind"
],
"near antonyms":[
"observant",
"observing",
"seeing",
"clear-eyed",
"clear-sighted",
"gimlet-eyed",
"lynx-eyed",
"sharp-eyed",
"sharp-sighted"
],
"antonyms":[
"sighted"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"silken":{
"smooth or delicate in appearance or feel":{
"examples":[
"the silken texture of the synthetic fabric"
],
"synonyms":[
"cottony",
"downy",
"satin",
"satiny",
"silklike",
"silky",
"soft",
"velvetlike",
"velvety"
],
"related":[
"creamy",
"chiffon",
"delicate",
"fine",
"slick",
"ultrasoft"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bumpy",
"irregular",
"jagged",
"lumpy",
"pebbly",
"broken",
"jagged",
"ragged",
"roughened",
"rugged",
"scraggy",
"grainy",
"granular",
"gritty"
],
"antonyms":[
"coarse",
"harsh",
"rough",
"scratchy"
]
},
"showing obvious signs of wealth and comfort":{
"examples":[
"she was unaccustomed to living in such silken surroundings"
],
"synonyms":[
"Babylonian",
"deluxe",
"lavish",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxuriant",
"luxurious",
"luxury",
"opulent",
"palace",
"palatial",
"plush",
"plushy",
"sumptuous"
],
"related":[
"costly",
"dear",
"expensive",
"precious",
"premium",
"rich",
"extravagant",
"grandiose",
"ostentatious",
"pretentious",
"showy",
"august",
"awesome",
"awful",
"baronial",
"beautiful",
"gorgeous",
"grand",
"heroic",
"heroical",
"imposing",
"impressive",
"kingly",
"magnificent",
"majestic",
"monumental",
"noble",
"proud",
"regal",
"royal",
"splendid",
"stately",
"comfortable",
"cozy",
"homelike",
"homey",
"homy",
"snug"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economical",
"frugal",
"meager",
"meagre",
"spare",
"stingy",
"thrifty"
],
"antonyms":[
"ascetic",
"ascetical",
"austere",
"humble",
"no-frills",
"spartan"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"singed":{
"as in burned , charred":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to burn on the surface":{
"examples":[
"the marshmallows got a bit singed over the campfire, but we like them that way"
],
"synonyms":[
"charred",
"scorched",
"seared"
],
"related":[
"fired",
"ignited",
"inflamed",
"enflamed",
"kindled",
"lit",
"lighted",
"baked",
"cremated",
"incinerated",
"scalded",
"scathed"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"siren song":{
"something that persuades one to perform an action for pleasure or gain":{
"examples":[
"the opportunity for fame and fortune is the siren song that has long lured the ambitious to the big city"
],
"synonyms":[
"allurement",
"bait",
"come-on",
"enticement",
"lure",
"temptation",
"turn-on"
],
"related":[
"appeal",
"call",
"attraction",
"boost",
"encouragement",
"goad",
"impetus",
"impulse",
"incentive",
"inducement",
"motivation",
"persuasion",
"seducement",
"seduction",
"spur",
"stimulus",
"decoy",
"snare",
"trap",
"entrapment",
"mousetrap"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alarm",
"alarum",
"alert",
"caution",
"forewarning",
"notice",
"warning"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sit-ins":{
"as in sit-downs , go-slows":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sidewinder":{
"as in copperhead , rattlesnake":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in uppercut , roundhouse":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"signaller":{
"as in waft , semaphore":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sincere":{
"genuine in feeling":{
"examples":[
"she offered a sincere apology for her angry outburst"
],
"synonyms":[
"heartfelt",
"unfeigned"
],
"related":[
"unaffected",
"unforced",
"artless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"translucent",
"transparent",
"true",
"authentic",
"genuine",
"hearty",
"wholehearted",
"whole-souled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"backhanded",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"left-handed",
"mealy",
"mealymouthed",
"two-faced",
"unctuous"
],
"antonyms":[
"affected",
"artificial",
"false",
"feigned",
"insincere"
]
},
"free from any intent to deceive or impress others":{
"examples":[
"done out of a sincere desire to help others"
],
"synonyms":[
"artless",
"genuine",
"guileless",
"honest",
"ingenuous",
"innocent",
"naive",
"na\u00efve",
"natural",
"real",
"simple",
"true",
"unaffected",
"unpretending",
"unpretentious"
],
"related":[
"childlike",
"dewy-eyed",
"gee-whiz",
"impressionable",
"inexperienced",
"malleable",
"persuadable",
"persuasible",
"simpleminded",
"unsophisticated",
"unworldly",
"wide-eyed",
"spontaneous",
"unforced",
"unstudied",
"candid",
"direct",
"frank",
"free",
"free-spoken",
"open",
"openhearted",
"plain",
"plainspoken",
"single-minded",
"straight",
"straightforward",
"unguarded",
"trustful",
"trusting",
"exploitable",
"gullible",
"gullable",
"susceptible",
"unwary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"critical",
"cynical",
"mistrustful",
"skeptical",
"suspicious",
"wary",
"cosmopolitan",
"sophisticated",
"worldly",
"worldly-wise",
"civilized",
"cultivated",
"cultured",
"polished",
"refined",
"crooked",
"deceitful",
"deceptive",
"devious",
"double-dealing",
"hypocritical",
"manipulative",
"two-faced",
"arch",
"calculating",
"canny",
"crafty",
"cunning",
"designing",
"foxy",
"knavish",
"scheming",
"sharp",
"shifty",
"shrewd",
"slick",
"slippery",
"sly",
"subtle",
"tricky",
"underhanded",
"wily",
"flattering",
"mealymouthed",
"smooth",
"sycophantic",
"unctuous",
"feigned",
"forced",
"strained"
],
"antonyms":[
"affected",
"artful",
"artificial",
"assuming",
"dishonest",
"dissembling",
"dissimulating",
"fake",
"false",
"guileful",
"insincere",
"phony",
"phoney",
"pretentious"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sister":{
"a female connected with another person by a common parent":{
"examples":[
"She plans to spend her birthday with her twin sister ."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a member of a religious community of women":{
"examples":[
"Many of the sisters in the convent participate in community outreach programs."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a woman with whom one feels a sense of solidarity":{
"examples":[
"We started a web site for women entrepreneurs to connect with our sisters around the globe."
],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sitting duck":{
"a person or thing that is the object of abuse, criticism, or ridicule":{
"examples":[
"those stupid comments just made him a sitting duck for comedians"
],
"synonyms":[
"butt",
"mark",
"prey",
"target",
"victim"
],
"related":[
"laughingstock",
"mockery",
"pilgarlic",
"lightning rod",
"fall guy",
"goat",
"scapegoat",
"whipping boy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"gossip",
"gossiper",
"talebearer",
"tattler",
"tattletale",
"troublemaker",
"defamer",
"libeler",
"libelist",
"traducer",
"baiter",
"heckler",
"needler",
"ribber",
"taunter",
"tease",
"teaser",
"tormentor",
"tormenter",
"torturer",
"derider",
"insulter",
"mocker",
"ridiculer",
"scoffer",
"scorner",
"caricaturist",
"lampooner",
"parodist",
"satirist"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"side reaction":{
"as in ramification , aftereffect":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"aftereffect",
"ramification",
"complexity",
"complicacy",
"complication",
"convolution",
"difficulty",
"intricacy",
"subtlety",
"technicality",
"annoyance",
"bitch",
"bother",
"headache",
"inconvenience",
"matter",
"trouble"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sitting":{
"to rest on the buttocks or haunches":{
"examples":[
"everybody needs to sit down because it's time for class"
],
"synonyms":[
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"perching",
"lounging",
"slouching",
"sprawling",
"squatting",
"straddling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arising",
"getting up",
"rising",
"standing"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to sit down":{
"examples":[
"the host had to sit some of the guests on the porch"
],
"synonyms":[
"seating",
"setting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"ensconcing",
"settling",
"laying",
"lying",
"resting",
"placing",
"putting",
"reclining",
"reposing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cover and warm eggs as the young inside develop":{
"examples":[
"we didn't want to disturb the hens, as they were sitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"brooding",
"hatching",
"incubating",
"setting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"laying",
"spawning"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to occupy a place or location":{
"examples":[
"the monument that sits at the entrance to the battlefield"
],
"synonyms":[
"bearing",
"being",
"lying",
"standing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commanding",
"overlooking",
"hanging around",
"remaining",
"resting",
"staying",
"sticking around",
"tarrying",
"awaiting",
"waiting",
"posting",
"stationing",
"dwelling",
"residing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sieved":{
"as in filtered , sifted":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"filtered",
"screened",
"sifted",
"strained",
"laid",
"sedimented",
"settled",
"clarified",
"cleared",
"resettled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"raised",
"agitated",
"disturbed",
"mixed",
"stirred"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"simplemindedness":{
"the quality or state of being simple and sincere":{
"examples":[
"the simplemindedness of the villagers was at times winning and at others worrisome"
],
"synonyms":[
"artlessness",
"greenness",
"guilelessness",
"ingenuousness",
"innocence",
"naiveness",
"na\u00efvet\u00e9",
"naivete",
"naivet\u00e9",
"naivety",
"na\u00efvety",
"naturalness",
"simpleness",
"simplicity",
"unsophistication",
"unworldliness",
"viridity"
],
"near synonyms":[
"candor",
"frankness",
"genuineness",
"honesty",
"openness",
"sincerity",
"straightforwardness",
"unaffectedness",
"unpretentiousness",
"callowness",
"childishness",
"coltishness",
"inexperience",
"rawness",
"insularity",
"parochialism",
"provincialism",
"carelessness",
"heedlessness",
"thoughtlessness",
"ignorance",
"obliviousness",
"unawareness",
"credulity",
"credulousness",
"gullibility",
"impressionability",
"idealism",
"impracticality",
"optimism"
],
"near antonyms":[
"affectedness",
"artificiality",
"pretentiousness",
"deviousness",
"dishonesty",
"insincerity",
"disbelief",
"doubtfulness",
"incredulity",
"suspiciousness",
"carefulness",
"caution",
"street smarts",
"wariness",
"pessimism",
"skepticism",
"maturity"
],
"antonyms":[
"artfulness",
"cynicism",
"knowingness",
"sophistication",
"worldliness"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sick and tired":{
"having one's patience, interest, or pleasure exhausted":{
"examples":[
"was sick and tired of wasting her time at long, pointless meetings"
],
"synonyms":[
"bored",
"fed up",
"jaded",
"sick",
"tired",
"wearied",
"weary"
],
"near synonyms":[
"apathetic",
"disinterested",
"uninterested",
"glutted",
"sated",
"satiated",
"surfeited",
"dejected",
"demoralized",
"discouraged",
"disheartened",
"dispirited",
"beat",
"burned-out",
"burnt-out",
"bushed",
"done in",
"drained",
"enervated",
"exhausted",
"fatigued",
"limp",
"played out",
"tuckered (out)",
"worn-out",
"annoyed",
"exasperated",
"frustrated",
"irritated",
"disgusted",
"nauseated",
"repulsed",
"blas\u00e9",
"blase",
"world-weary"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animated",
"energized",
"enlivened",
"excited",
"galvanized",
"invigorated",
"stimulated",
"vitalized",
"amused",
"entertained",
"beguiled",
"bewitched",
"captivated",
"charmed",
"enchanted",
"enthralled",
"fascinated",
"hypnotized",
"mesmerized",
"delighted",
"pleased",
"thrilled"
],
"antonyms":[
"absorbed",
"engaged",
"engrossed",
"interested",
"intrigued",
"rapt"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sizing up":{
"as in finding (for or against) , trying":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"adjudging",
"adjudicating",
"arbitrating",
"deciding",
"determining",
"judging",
"refereeing",
"ruling (on)",
"settling",
"umpiring",
"considering",
"deeming",
"deliberating",
"hearing",
"pondering",
"weighing",
"redetermining",
"rejudging",
"prosecuting",
"trying",
"mediating",
"moderating",
"negotiating",
"concluding",
"resolving",
"finding (for or against)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"equivocating",
"hedging",
"pussyfooting",
"skirting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"sideswiping":{
"to cause the side of a vehicle to come into forceful contact with the side of another vehicle":{
"examples":[
"The taxi sideswiped a parked car."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bumping",
"contacting",
"scraping",
"striking",
"sweeping",
"swiping",
"touching",
"bashing",
"bumping",
"clashing",
"colliding",
"crashing",
"hitting",
"impacting",
"impinging",
"knocking",
"ramming",
"slamming",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"swiping",
"thudding",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"bouncing",
"caroming",
"glancing",
"rebounding",
"ricocheting",
"ricochetting",
"skipping",
"skirting",
"brushing",
"grazing",
"kissing",
"nudging",
"shaving",
"skimming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"silhouette":{
"a line that traces the outer limits of an object or surface":{
"examples":[
"cartoonists often try to give their characters recognizable silhouettes"
],
"synonyms":[
"contour",
"figure",
"outline"
],
"near synonyms":[
"delineation",
"sketch",
"profile",
"skyline",
"cast",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"form",
"geometry",
"shape",
"framework",
"skeleton"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to draw or make apparent the outline of":{
"examples":[
"in the photograph the majestic mountain is strikingly silhouetted against the setting sun"
],
"synonyms":[
"define",
"delineate",
"outline",
"sketch",
"trace"
],
"near synonyms":[
"line",
"bound",
"fringe",
"margin",
"skirt",
"edge",
"hem",
"rim",
"trim",
"frame",
"circle",
"compass",
"encircle",
"girdle",
"girth",
"loop",
"ring",
"round",
"surround",
"chart",
"diagram",
"draw",
"map (out)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
}
}