dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/th_mwt.json
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{
"thaumaturgist":{
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},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thaumaturgy":{
"the power to control natural forces through supernatural means":{
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"a macabre tale about a woman who uses thaumaturgy to bring her dead lover back to life"
],
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"science"
],
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"charm",
"fetish",
"fetich",
"mascot",
"periapt",
"phylactery",
"talisman",
"conjuration",
"glamour",
"glamor",
"incantation",
"spell",
"curse",
"hex",
"jinx",
"augury",
"crystal gazing",
"divination",
"divining",
"forecasting",
"foreknowing",
"foreseeing",
"foretelling",
"fortune-telling",
"predicting",
"presaging",
"prognosticating",
"prophesying",
"soothsaying",
"sortilege",
"hexerei",
"hoodoo",
"occultism",
"spiritualism",
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"omen",
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"alchemy"
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"diablerie",
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"ensorcellment",
"magic",
"mojo",
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]
},
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"noun"
]
},
"thawed":{
"freed from a frozen state by exposure to warmth":{
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"frozen"
],
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"recommends cooking thawed fish within 24 hours"
],
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"iced",
"refrigerated",
"quick-frozen",
"refrozen",
"supercooled",
"congealed",
"glaciated",
"semisolid",
"frostbitten",
"frosty",
"icy"
],
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"liquefied",
"melted",
"molten",
"deiced",
"heated",
"warmed"
],
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]
},
"to go from a solid to a liquid state":{
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"hardened",
"set",
"solidified"
],
"examples":[
"will have to let the apple juice concentrate thaw before you can mix it with water"
],
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"congealed",
"gelled",
"jelled",
"jellied",
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"melted",
"ran",
"run"
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"adjective",
"verb"
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"net"
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"unit"
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"odds and ends",
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"run",
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"suit"
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"collection",
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"grouping",
"huddle",
"knot",
"lot",
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"passel",
"set",
"suite"
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"set",
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"gild",
"order",
"school",
"sect",
"brigade",
"crew",
"outfit",
"phalanx",
"platoon",
"posse",
"task force",
"team",
"alliance",
"bloc",
"coalition",
"confederacy",
"confederation",
"federation",
"league",
"union",
"battalion",
"squadron",
"bevy",
"brood",
"covey"
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"batch",
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"lot",
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"the whole shebang":{
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"examples":[
"If you buy the whole shebang right now, you'll get a 20% discount."
],
"near antonyms":[
"net"
],
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"schmear"
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"nonabstract"
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"the theoretical musings in his new book are less engaging than the anecdote-driven arguments of his previous works"
],
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"physical",
"appreciable",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"sensible",
"substantial",
"tangible",
"visible",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"actual",
"factual",
"real"
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"speculative",
"cosmic",
"cosmical",
"intellectual",
"mental",
"spiritual",
"ethereal",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"impalpable",
"imperceptible",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"impractical",
"romantic",
"transcendent",
"transcendental",
"unreal",
"utopian",
"visionary"
],
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"abstract",
"conceptual",
"ideal",
"ideational",
"metaphysical",
"notional"
]
},
"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
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"actual",
"factual",
"real"
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"the merits of the new testing procedures are purely theoretical , since no one has ever used them before"
],
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"clinical",
"practical",
"concrete",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"tested",
"time-tested",
"validated",
"verified",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"nonspeculative",
"nontheoretical",
"observational"
],
"related":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"proposed",
"supposed",
"unproved",
"unproven",
"untested",
"debatable",
"moot",
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"intellectual",
"metaphysical",
"nonclinical",
"nonpractical",
"nonempirical"
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"academical",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"speculative",
"suppositional"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"theorizing":{
"to think of or suggest ideas about what is possibly true or real; to form or suggest a theory about something":{
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"Many scientists have theorized about the possibility of life on other planets."
],
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"type":[
"verb"
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"theory":{
"an idea that is the starting point for making a case or conducting an investigation":{
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"examples":[
"set out to prove her theory that people can't really taste any difference between colas, so they buy according to the product's image"
],
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"assurance",
"certainty",
"fact",
"knowledge"
],
"related":[
"assumption",
"concession",
"premise",
"premiss",
"presumption",
"presupposition",
"theorem",
"conjecture",
"generalization",
"guess",
"guesswork",
"inference",
"speculation",
"surmise",
"proffer",
"proposal",
"suggestion",
"feeling",
"hunch",
"impression",
"inkling",
"notion",
"suspicion",
"abstraction",
"concept",
"conception",
"construct"
],
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"hypothesis",
"proposition",
"supposition",
"thesis"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"there":{
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},
"as in no , well":{
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"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"interjection",
"noun"
]
},
"thereabout":{
"as in hereabouts , hereaway":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
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},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"thieved":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
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"examples":[
"someone's been thieving my cookies!"
],
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"bought",
"purchased",
"bestowed",
"contributed",
"donated",
"gave",
"handed over",
"presented"
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"burglarized",
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"plundered",
"sacked",
"carjacked",
"hijacked",
"highjacked",
"picked",
"rifled",
"poached",
"rustled",
"shoplifted",
"collared",
"grabbed",
"grasped",
"nailed",
"seized",
"snatched",
"took",
"mooched",
"sponged",
"abducted",
"kidnapped",
"kidnaped",
"shanghaied",
"spirited"
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"filched",
"heisted",
"hooked",
"lifted",
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"nicked",
"nipped",
"pilfered",
"pinched",
"pocketed",
"purloined",
"ripped off",
"snitched",
"stole",
"swiped"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thievery":{
"the unlawful taking and carrying away of property without the consent of its owner":{
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"examples":[
"a man who has a history of petty thievery and narcotics peddling"
],
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"related":[
"burglary",
"housebreaking",
"embezzlement",
"embezzling",
"graft",
"misapplication",
"misappropriation",
"peculation",
"petit larceny",
"petty larceny",
"filching",
"pilferage",
"pilfering",
"purloining",
"shoplifting",
"abduction",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"despoilment",
"despoliation",
"looting",
"pillage",
"plundering",
"rapine",
"spoliation",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"black marketeering",
"smuggling",
"banditry",
"piracy"
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"larceny",
"robbery",
"stealing",
"theft"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thieving":{
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
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"examples":[
"someone's been thieving my cookies!"
],
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"buying",
"purchasing",
"bestowing",
"contributing",
"donating",
"giving",
"handing over",
"presenting"
],
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"knocking over",
"robbing",
"looting",
"pillaging",
"plundering",
"sacking",
"carjacking",
"hijacking",
"highjacking",
"picking",
"rifling",
"poaching",
"rustling",
"shoplifting",
"collaring",
"grabbing",
"grasping",
"nailing",
"seizing",
"snatching",
"taking",
"mooching",
"sponging",
"abducting",
"kidnapping",
"kidnaping",
"shanghaiing",
"spiriting"
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"filching",
"heisting",
"hooking",
"lifting",
"misappropriating",
"nicking",
"nipping",
"pilfering",
"pinching",
"pocketing",
"purloining",
"ripping off",
"snitching",
"stealing",
"swiping"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thimblerigged":{
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
"had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"extorted",
"wrenched",
"wrested",
"wrung",
"clipped",
"gouged",
"nicked",
"overcharged",
"soaked",
"exploited",
"milked",
"deceived",
"duped",
"fooled",
"gulled",
"tricked",
"roped (in)",
"betrayed",
"bitched",
"double-crossed",
"bamboozled",
"fast-talked"
],
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"beat",
"bilked",
"bled",
"cheated",
"chiseled",
"chiselled",
"choused",
"conned",
"cozened",
"defrauded",
"did",
"diddled",
"did in",
"euchred",
"fiddled",
"fleeced",
"flimflammed",
"gaffed",
"hosed",
"hustled",
"mulcted",
"nobbled",
"plucked",
"reamed",
"ripped off",
"rooked",
"screwed",
"shook down",
"shortchanged",
"shorted",
"skinned",
"skunked",
"squeezed",
"stiffed",
"stuck",
"stung",
"suckered",
"swindled",
"victimized"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thimblerigs":{
"as in three-card montes":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
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},
"to rob by the use of trickery or threats":{
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"examples":[
"had the feeling that I had just been thimblerigged by the sweetest-looking old lady"
],
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"wrenches",
"wrests",
"wrings",
"clips",
"gouges",
"nicks",
"overcharges",
"soaks",
"exploits",
"milks",
"deceives",
"dupes",
"fools",
"gulls",
"tricks",
"ropes (in)",
"betrays",
"bitches",
"double-crosses",
"bamboozles",
"fast-talks"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"bilks",
"bleeds",
"cheats",
"chisels",
"chouses",
"cons",
"cozens",
"defrauds",
"diddles",
"does",
"does in",
"euchres",
"fiddles",
"fleeces",
"flimflams",
"gaffs",
"hoses",
"hustles",
"mulcts",
"nobbles",
"plucks",
"reams",
"rips off",
"rooks",
"screws",
"shakes down",
"shortchanges",
"shorts",
"skins",
"skunks",
"squeezes",
"sticks",
"stiffs",
"stings",
"suckers",
"swindles",
"victimizes"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"thin on the ground":{
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
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"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"examples":[
"Business has been thin on the ground since tourist season concluded."
],
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"adequate",
"enough",
"satisfactory",
"sufficient",
"tolerable",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"prolific",
"rich",
"lavish",
"luxuriant",
"blooming",
"bursting",
"flourishing",
"proliferative",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thriving",
"excess",
"extra",
"surplus"
],
"related":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
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"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"sparse",
"stingy"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"thingamajig":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
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"examples":[
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
],
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"dingus",
"doodad",
"doohickey",
"hickey",
"thingamabob",
"thingummy",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"whatsit",
"whatsis",
"what-is-it"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thingness":{
"the fact of being or of being real":{
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"inexistence",
"nonbeing",
"nonexistence",
"nothingness",
"unreality"
],
"examples":[
"conceptual artists have taken the thingness out of art, asserting that the artistic vision is embodied in the concept and not in any particular object"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absence",
"dearth",
"lack",
"want",
"potentiality",
"virtuality"
],
"related":[
"genuineness",
"realness",
"activity",
"animation",
"life",
"currency",
"presence",
"prevalence"
],
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"actuality",
"corporality",
"corporeality",
"existence",
"reality",
"subsistence"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thingumajigs":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
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"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
],
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"dinguses",
"doodads",
"doohickeys",
"doohickies",
"hickeys",
"thingamabobs",
"thingummies",
"whatchamacallits",
"whatnots",
"whatsits",
"whatses",
"what-is-its"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thingummies":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
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"an antiques store filled with thingummies from the horse-and-buggy days"
],
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"doodads",
"doohickeys",
"doohickies",
"hickeys",
"thingamabobs",
"thingamajigs",
"thingumajigs",
"whatchamacallits",
"whatnots",
"whatsits",
"whatses",
"what-is-its"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
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"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
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"an antiques store filled with thingummies from the horse-and-buggy days"
],
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"hickey",
"thingamabob",
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"thingumajig",
"whatchamacallit",
"whatnot",
"whatsit",
"whatsis",
"what-is-it"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"think (about or over)":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
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"examples":[
"I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"overlook",
"slight",
"dismiss",
"pooh-pooh",
"pooh",
"reject"
],
"related":[
"muse (upon)",
"reflect (on or upon)",
"reminisce",
"analyze",
"explore",
"review",
"conclude",
"reason",
"second-guess",
"speculate (about)",
"brood (about or over)",
"dwell (on or upon)",
"fixate (on or upon)",
"fret (about or over)",
"obsess (about or over)",
"believe",
"conceive",
"opine",
"absorb",
"assimilate",
"digest",
"drink (in)"
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"chew over",
"cogitate",
"consider",
"contemplate",
"debate",
"deliberate",
"entertain",
"eye",
"kick around",
"meditate",
"mull (over)",
"perpend",
"ponder",
"pore (over)",
"question",
"revolve",
"ruminate",
"study",
"turn",
"weigh",
"wrestle (with)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"think (up)":{
"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
"examples":[
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
],
"synonyms":[
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"construct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"drum up",
"excogitate",
"fabricate",
"invent",
"make up",
"manufacture",
"trump up",
"vamp (up)"
],
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"coin",
"design",
"hatch",
"produce",
"daydream",
"dream",
"fantasize",
"conceive",
"envisage",
"envision",
"imagine",
"picture",
"vision",
"visualize",
"ad-lib",
"extemporize",
"improvise"
],
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"clone",
"copy",
"copycat",
"duplicate",
"imitate",
"mimic",
"reduplicate",
"replicate",
"reproduce"
],
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
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"as in plausible , conceivable":{
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},
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"adjective"
]
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"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
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"examples":[
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
],
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"cloning",
"copycatting",
"copying",
"duplicating",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"reduplicating",
"replicating",
"reproducing"
],
"related":[
"coining",
"designing",
"hatching",
"producing",
"daydreaming",
"dreaming",
"fantasizing",
"conceiving",
"envisaging",
"envisioning",
"imagining",
"picturing",
"visioning",
"visualizing",
"ad-libbing",
"extemporizing",
"improvising"
],
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"constructing",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
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"excogitating",
"fabricating",
"inventing",
"making up",
"manufacturing",
"trumping up",
"vamping (up)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"to create or think of by clever use of the imagination":{
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"examples":[
"the marketing department is trying to think up better ways to pitch our product to younger consumers"
],
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"clones",
"copies",
"copycats",
"duplicates",
"imitates",
"mimics",
"reduplicates",
"replicates",
"reproduces"
],
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"coins",
"designs",
"hatches",
"produces",
"daydreams",
"dreams",
"fantasizes",
"conceives",
"envisages",
"envisions",
"imagines",
"pictures",
"visions",
"visualizes",
"ad-libs",
"extemporizes",
"improvises"
],
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"constructs",
"contrives",
"cooks (up)",
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"drums up",
"excogitates",
"fabricates",
"invents",
"makes up",
"manufactures",
"trumps up",
"vamps (up)"
]
},
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"verb"
]
},
"thirstiness":{
"a strong wish for something":{
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"examples":[
"the only way to satisfy that thirstiness for a new job is to start looking"
],
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"abhorrence",
"abomination",
"allergy",
"averseness",
"aversion",
"disfavor",
"disgust",
"disinclination",
"dislike",
"disliking",
"distaste",
"hatred",
"loathing",
"nausea",
"repugnance",
"repulsion",
"revulsion",
"apathy",
"indifference",
"insouciance",
"nonchalance",
"unconcern"
],
"related":[
"compulsion",
"impulse",
"impulsion",
"will",
"zeal",
"liking",
"love",
"taste",
"weakness",
"eagerness",
"impatience",
"want",
"wish",
"necessity",
"need",
"requirement",
"obsession",
"acquisitiveness",
"avarice",
"avariciousness",
"avidity",
"covetousness",
"cupidity",
"greed",
"greediness",
"rapaciousness",
"rapacity",
"caco\u00ebthes",
"mania"
],
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"appetency",
"appetite",
"craving",
"desire",
"drive",
"hankering",
"hunger",
"itch",
"jones",
"letch",
"longing",
"lust",
"passion",
"pining",
"thirst",
"urge",
"yearning",
"yen"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
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"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{
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"examples":[
"caught her sleeve on a thistly bush"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"burred",
"bristly",
"coarse",
"jagged",
"rough"
],
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"brambly",
"prickly",
"scratchy",
"thorny"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"having leaves or branches which are likely to cause a scratch":{
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"examples":[
"stay out of the thorny brambles unless you want a ton of scratches"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"burred",
"bristly",
"coarse",
"jagged",
"rough"
],
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"brambly",
"prickly",
"scratchy",
"thistly"
]
},
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
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"examples":[
"the candidate tried to avoid discussing his views on the thorny issue"
],
"near antonyms":[
"easy",
"effortless",
"manageable",
"painless",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"uncomplicated",
"undemanding",
"unproblematic"
],
"related":[
"abstract",
"abstruse",
"complex",
"complicated",
"hard",
"intricate",
"involved",
"recondite",
"serious",
"problem",
"scabrous",
"stubborn",
"troublesome",
"troublous",
"vexatious",
"vexing",
"worrisome",
"burdensome",
"demanding",
"discommoding",
"exacting",
"exhausting",
"importunate",
"inconvenient",
"onerous",
"oppressive",
"painful",
"stressful"
],
"synonyms":[
"catchy",
"delicate",
"difficult",
"dodgy",
"hairy",
"knotty",
"nasty",
"prickly",
"problematic",
"problematical",
"sensitive",
"spiny",
"sticky",
"ticklish",
"touchy",
"tough",
"tricksy",
"tricky"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"thoroughfare":{
"a passage cleared for public vehicular travel":{
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"examples":[
"one of the city's main thoroughfares"
],
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"related":[
"causeway",
"autobahn",
"autoroute",
"autostrada",
"dual carriageway",
"interstate",
"motorway",
"superhighway",
"beltway",
"bypass",
"parkway",
"ring road",
"corniche",
"switchback",
"through street",
"high street",
"Main Street",
"backstreet",
"branch",
"bystreet",
"byway",
"crossroad",
"secondary road",
"shunpike",
"side road",
"side street",
"alley",
"alleyway",
"circle",
"lane",
"laneway",
"mews",
"place",
"close",
"cul-de-sac",
"dead end",
"corridor",
"track",
"trail"
],
"synonyms":[
"arterial",
"artery",
"avenue",
"boulevard",
"carriageway",
"drag",
"drive",
"expressway",
"freeway",
"high road",
"highway",
"pass",
"pike",
"road",
"roadway",
"route",
"row",
"street",
"thruway",
"trace",
"turnpike",
"way"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thought (about or over)":{
"to give serious and careful thought to":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'll have to think over everything you've said before deciding what to do"
],
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"disregarded",
"ignored",
"overlooked",
"slighted",
"dismissed",
"pooh-poohed",
"poohed",
"rejected"
],
"related":[
"mused (upon)",
"reflected (on or upon)",
"reminisced",
"analyzed",
"explored",
"reviewed",
"concluded",
"reasoned",
"second-guessed",
"speculated (about)",
"brooded (about or over)",
"dwelled (on or upon)",
"dwelt (on or upon)",
"fixated (on or upon)",
"fretted (about or over)",
"obsessed (about or over)",
"believed",
"conceived",
"opined",
"absorbed",
"assimilated",
"digested",
"drank (in)"
],
"synonyms":[
"chewed over",
"cogitated",
"considered",
"contemplated",
"debated",
"deliberated",
"entertained",
"eyed",
"kicked around",
"meditated",
"mulled (over)",
"perpended",
"pondered",
"pored (over)",
"questioned",
"revolved",
"ruminated",
"studied",
"turned",
"weighed",
"wrestled (with)"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"thoughtful":{
"decided on as a result of careful thought":{
"antonyms":[
"casual",
"unadvised",
"uncalculated",
"unconsidered",
"unstudied"
],
"examples":[
"a thoughtful argument for military action"
],
"near antonyms":[
"half-cocked",
"ill-advised",
"chance",
"haphazard",
"hit-or-miss",
"random",
"aimless",
"desultory",
"purposeless",
"hasty",
"hurried",
"rushed",
"abrupt",
"impetuous",
"sudden",
"automatic",
"extemporaneous",
"impromptu",
"instinctive",
"spontaneous"
],
"related":[
"aforethought",
"premeditated",
"prepense",
"educated",
"informed",
"intentional",
"purposeful",
"designed",
"intended",
"planned",
"projected",
"careful",
"meticulous",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident",
"prudent"
],
"synonyms":[
"advised",
"calculated",
"considered",
"deliberate",
"knowing",
"measured",
"reasoned",
"studied",
"thought-out",
"weighed"
]
},
"given to or made with heedful anticipation of the needs and happiness of others":{
"antonyms":[
"heedless",
"inconsiderate",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"examples":[
"a thoughtful offer to watch the neighbors' children on moving day",
"a thoughtful manager who understands that people's families should be more important than their jobs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"inattentive",
"uncaring",
"unheeding",
"inhospitable",
"unkind",
"unkindly",
"ill-bred",
"ill-mannered",
"impolite",
"rude",
"uncivil",
"unmannerly",
"unhelpful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"mean",
"spiteful"
],
"related":[
"brotherly",
"good",
"good-hearted",
"helpful",
"hospitable",
"kindhearted",
"kindly",
"neighborly",
"nice",
"caring",
"compassionate",
"sympathetic",
"tender",
"chivalrous",
"courteous",
"courtly",
"gallant",
"gracious",
"polite",
"diplomatic",
"tactful",
"deferential",
"dutiful",
"obliging",
"regardful",
"respectful",
"altruistic",
"beneficent",
"benevolent",
"benignant",
"humane",
"selfless",
"unselfish",
"charitable",
"generous",
"magnanimous"
],
"synonyms":[
"attentive",
"considerate",
"kind",
"solicitous"
]
},
"given to or marked by long, quiet thinking":{
"antonyms":[
"unreflective"
],
"examples":[
"was a quiet and thoughtful child who rarely spoke but when he did, he almost always had something worthwhile to say"
],
"near antonyms":[
"featherbrained",
"flighty",
"flippant",
"frivolous",
"goofy",
"harebrained",
"light-headed",
"scatterbrained",
"brainless",
"mindless",
"silly",
"thoughtless",
"unthinking"
],
"related":[
"introspective",
"retrospective",
"self-reflective",
"earnest",
"grave",
"sedate",
"serious",
"serious-minded",
"severe",
"sober",
"solemn",
"somber",
"sombre",
"weighty",
"philosophical",
"philosophic",
"analytic",
"analytical",
"logical",
"rational",
"deliberate",
"purposeful",
"absentminded",
"abstracted",
"preoccupied"
],
"synonyms":[
"broody",
"cogitative",
"contemplative",
"meditative",
"melancholy",
"musing",
"pensive",
"reflective",
"ruminant",
"ruminative"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"thoughtfulness":{
"as in concern , kindness":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thrash":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweep",
"upset",
"beat",
"best",
"conquer",
"dispatch",
"hurdle",
"lick",
"master",
"overbear",
"overcome",
"overmatch",
"prevail (over)",
"subdue",
"surmount",
"take",
"throw",
"triumph (over)",
"win (against)",
"worst",
"crush",
"knock off",
"knock over",
"overpower",
"overthrow",
"overwhelm",
"subjugate",
"upend",
"vanquish",
"ace (out)",
"better",
"eclipse",
"exceed",
"outdistance",
"outdo",
"outfight",
"outshine",
"outstrip",
"overtop",
"surpass",
"top",
"transcend",
"edge (out)",
"nose out",
"pip",
"cap",
"excel",
"flourish",
"score",
"succeed",
"break",
"destroy",
"do in",
"finish",
"sink",
"slaughter"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilate",
"blow away",
"bomb",
"bury",
"clobber",
"cream",
"drub",
"dust",
"flatten",
"paste",
"rout",
"shellac",
"skin",
"skunk",
"smoke",
"smother",
"snow under",
"trim",
"tromp",
"trounce",
"wallop",
"wax",
"whip",
"whomp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relax",
"rest",
"unwind",
"calm (down)",
"still"
],
"related":[
"flit",
"flutter",
"twitter",
"quake",
"quiver",
"shake",
"shiver",
"shudder",
"tremble",
"pace"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddle",
"fidget",
"jerk",
"jig",
"jiggle",
"squiggle",
"squirm",
"thresh",
"toss",
"twist",
"twitch",
"wiggle",
"wriggle",
"writhe"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knout",
"quirt",
"strap",
"cut",
"flick",
"touch up",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"fustigate",
"pistol-whip",
"bang",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"hit",
"knock",
"lam",
"paste",
"punch",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"spank",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung",
"drub",
"fib",
"hammer",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lather",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"rough",
"slate",
"slog",
"thresh",
"thump",
"tromp",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birch",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"flail",
"flog",
"hide",
"horsewhip",
"lash",
"leather",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"slash",
"switch",
"tan",
"whale",
"whip"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thrash (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dismantle",
"raze",
"tear down",
"ruin",
"undo",
"unmake",
"wreck"
],
"related":[
"churn out",
"crank out",
"turn out",
"cobble (together or up)",
"throw up",
"compose",
"construct",
"craft",
"create",
"engineer",
"fabricate",
"fashion",
"form",
"frame",
"generate",
"manufacture",
"mint",
"model",
"shape",
"tailor",
"conceive",
"concoct",
"contrive",
"cook (up)",
"devise",
"hatch",
"invent",
"originate",
"accomplish",
"achieve",
"bring off",
"carry out",
"effect"
],
"synonyms":[
"carve (out)",
"develop",
"forge",
"grind (out)",
"hammer out",
"work out",
"work up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thrashes":{
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeps",
"upsets",
"beats",
"bests",
"conquers",
"dispatches",
"hurdles",
"licks",
"masters",
"overbears",
"overcomes",
"overmatches",
"prevails (over)",
"subdues",
"surmounts",
"takes",
"throws",
"triumphs (over)",
"wins (against)",
"worsts",
"crushes",
"knocks off",
"knocks over",
"overpowers",
"overthrows",
"overwhelms",
"subjugates",
"upends",
"vanquishes",
"aces (out)",
"betters",
"eclipses",
"exceeds",
"outdistances",
"outdoes",
"outfights",
"outshines",
"outstrips",
"overtops",
"surpasses",
"tops",
"transcends",
"edges (out)",
"noses out",
"pips",
"caps",
"excels",
"flourishes",
"scores",
"succeeds",
"breaks",
"destroys",
"does in",
"finishes",
"sinks",
"slaughters"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilates",
"blows away",
"bombs",
"buries",
"clobbers",
"creams",
"drubs",
"dusts",
"flattens",
"pastes",
"routs",
"shellacs",
"skins",
"skunks",
"smokes",
"smothers",
"snows under",
"trims",
"tromps",
"trounces",
"wallops",
"waxes",
"whips",
"whomps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxes",
"rests",
"unwinds",
"calms (down)",
"stills"
],
"related":[
"flits",
"flutters",
"twitters",
"quakes",
"quivers",
"shakes",
"shivers",
"shudders",
"trembles",
"paces"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddles",
"fidgets",
"jerks",
"jiggles",
"jigs",
"squiggles",
"squirms",
"threshes",
"tosses",
"twists",
"twitches",
"wiggles",
"wriggles",
"writhes"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
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"examples":[
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"boxes",
"busts",
"chops",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cudgels",
"cuffs",
"descends (on or upon)",
"hits",
"jumps (on)",
"knocks",
"lams",
"lays on",
"pastes",
"pounces (on or upon)",
"punches",
"raids",
"rushes",
"slams",
"slaps",
"smacks",
"smashes",
"socks",
"spanks",
"storms",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"whacks",
"whams",
"whomps",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"fustigates",
"horsewhips",
"leathers",
"pistol-whips",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"straps",
"gores",
"lacerates",
"wounds",
"maims",
"mangles",
"mutilates"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"birches",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs up",
"clubs",
"curries",
"does",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"flogs",
"hammers",
"hides",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lashes",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mauls",
"messes (up)",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"punches out",
"roughs (up)",
"slates",
"slogs",
"switches",
"tans",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"wallops",
"whales",
"whips",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knouts",
"quirts",
"straps",
"cuts",
"flicks",
"touches up",
"blackjacks",
"canes",
"clubs",
"cudgels",
"fustigates",
"pistol-whips",
"bangs",
"bops",
"boxes",
"busts",
"claps",
"clips",
"clobbers",
"clouts",
"cracks",
"cuffs",
"hits",
"knocks",
"lams",
"pastes",
"punches",
"slaps",
"slugs",
"smacks",
"smites",
"socks",
"spanks",
"swats",
"swipes",
"thwacks",
"wallops",
"whacks",
"bashes",
"bastes",
"bats",
"batters",
"beats",
"belabors",
"belts",
"bludgeons",
"buffets",
"bungs",
"drubs",
"fibs",
"hammers",
"laces",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lathers",
"licks",
"mangles",
"mauls",
"paddles",
"pelts",
"pommels",
"pounds",
"pummels",
"roughs",
"slates",
"slogs",
"threshes",
"thumps",
"tromps",
"whops",
"whaps",
"whups",
"works over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birches",
"cowhides",
"flagellates",
"flails",
"flogs",
"hides",
"horsewhips",
"lashes",
"leathers",
"rawhides",
"scourges",
"slashes",
"switches",
"tans",
"whales",
"whips"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thrashing":{
"as in pounding , battering":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to defeat by a large margin":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the incumbent has been thrashing his opponents for so long that there's never any real contest for the Senate seat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sweeping",
"upsetting",
"beating",
"besting",
"conquering",
"dispatching",
"hurdling",
"licking",
"mastering",
"overbearing",
"overcoming",
"overmatching",
"prevailing (over)",
"subduing",
"surmounting",
"taking",
"throwing",
"triumphing (over)",
"winning (against)",
"worsting",
"crushing",
"knocking off",
"knocking over",
"overpowering",
"overthrowing",
"overwhelming",
"subjugating",
"upending",
"vanquishing",
"acing (out)",
"bettering",
"eclipsing",
"exceeding",
"outdistancing",
"outdoing",
"outfighting",
"outshining",
"outstripping",
"overtopping",
"surpassing",
"topping",
"transcending",
"edging (out)",
"nosing out",
"pipping",
"capping",
"excelling",
"flourishing",
"scoring",
"succeeding",
"breaking",
"destroying",
"doing in",
"finishing",
"sinking",
"slaughtering"
],
"synonyms":[
"annihilating",
"blowing away",
"bombing",
"burying",
"clobbering",
"creaming",
"drubbing",
"dusting",
"flattening",
"pasting",
"routing",
"shellacking",
"skinning",
"skunking",
"smoking",
"smothering",
"snowing under",
"trimming",
"tromping",
"trouncing",
"walloping",
"waxing",
"whipping",
"whomping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping"
]
},
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in obvious pain, the wounded soldier thrashed about his cot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"calming (down)",
"stilling"
],
"related":[
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"twittering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"pacing"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"jerking",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"squiggling",
"squirming",
"threshing",
"tossing",
"twisting",
"twitching",
"wiggling",
"wriggling",
"writhing"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the tree branches thrashed the sides of the house as the storm continued to rage"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly with something long and thin or flexible":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thrashed the poor horse with a riding crop"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"knouting",
"quirting",
"strapping",
"cutting",
"flicking",
"touching up",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"clubbing",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"fustigating",
"pistol-whipping",
"banging",
"bopping",
"boxing",
"busting",
"clapping",
"clipping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cuffing",
"hitting",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"pasting",
"punching",
"slapping",
"slugging",
"smacking",
"smiting",
"socking",
"spanking",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"walloping",
"whacking",
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"hammering",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mangling",
"mauling",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"roughing",
"slating",
"slogging",
"threshing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
],
"synonyms":[
"birching",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"flailing",
"flogging",
"hiding",
"horsewhipping",
"lashing",
"leathering",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"slashing",
"switching",
"tanning",
"whaling",
"whipping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"thrashing (out)":{
"to produce or bring about especially by long or repeated effort":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after hours of brainstorming, the writers finally thrashed out an extended story arc for the sitcom"
],
"near antonyms":[
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dismantling",
"razing",
"tearing down",
"ruining",
"undoing",
"unmaking",
"wrecking"
],
"related":[
"churning out",
"cranking out",
"turning out",
"cobbling (together or up)",
"throwing up",
"composing",
"constructing",
"crafting",
"creating",
"engineering",
"fabricating",
"fashioning",
"forming",
"framing",
"generating",
"manufacturing",
"minting",
"modeling",
"modelling",
"shaping",
"tailoring",
"conceiving",
"concocting",
"contriving",
"cooking (up)",
"devising",
"hatching",
"inventing",
"originating",
"accomplishing",
"achieving",
"bringing off",
"carrying out",
"effecting"
],
"synonyms":[
"carving (out)",
"developing",
"forging",
"grinding (out)",
"hammering out",
"working out",
"working up"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"threadbare":{
"lacking money or material possessions":{
"antonyms":[
"affluent",
"deep-pocketed",
"fat",
"fat-cat",
"flush",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"silk-stocking",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do"
],
"examples":[
"never knew that she had so many threadbare relatives until she won the lottery"
],
"near antonyms":[
"comfortable",
"prosperous"
],
"related":[
"deprived",
"disadvantaged",
"dispossessed",
"unaffluent",
"underprivileged",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"bust",
"busted",
"insolvent",
"possessionless",
"ruined",
"depressed",
"distressed",
"hand-to-mouth",
"hardscrabble",
"pinched",
"poorish",
"reduced",
"straitened",
"cash-strapped",
"low",
"short",
"tapped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"beggared",
"beggarly",
"broke",
"destitute",
"dirt-poor",
"down-and-out",
"famished",
"hard up",
"impecunious",
"impoverished",
"indigent",
"necessitous",
"needful",
"needy",
"pauperized",
"penniless",
"penurious",
"poor",
"poverty-stricken",
"skint"
]
},
"showing signs of advanced wear and tear and neglect":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"bought a threadbare couch at a garage sale"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"new",
"cared-for",
"kept-up",
"maintained",
"mended",
"patched",
"rebuilt",
"reconstructed",
"smart",
"spiffy",
"spruce"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"unkept",
"desolate",
"forlorn",
"godforsaken",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"tired",
"worn-out",
"bedraggled",
"dingy",
"ragged",
"tattered",
"decaying",
"deteriorated",
"deteriorating",
"rackety",
"ramshackle",
"rattletrap",
"rickety",
"broken",
"damaged",
"destroyed",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"synonyms":[
"beat-up",
"bombed-out",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"down-at-the-heels",
"down-at-heel",
"down-at-the-heel",
"down-at-heels",
"dumpy",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"mean",
"miserable",
"moth-eaten",
"neglected",
"ratty",
"run-down",
"scrubby",
"scruffy",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"sleazy",
"tacky",
"tatterdemalion",
"tatty",
"timeworn",
"tumbledown"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
],
"used or heard so often as to be dull":{
"antonyms":[
"fresh",
"new",
"novel",
"original",
"unclich\u00e9d",
"unhackneyed"
],
"examples":[
"a novel filled with nothing but threadbare clich\u00e9s"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animating",
"energizing",
"enlivening",
"exciting",
"galvanizing",
"invigorating",
"stimulating",
"absorbing",
"engaging",
"engrossing",
"gripping",
"interesting",
"intriguing",
"involving",
"riveting",
"atypical",
"extraordinary",
"strange",
"unaccustomed",
"uncommon",
"unfamiliar",
"unheard-of",
"unknown",
"unprecedented",
"unusual",
"pathbreaking",
"pioneering",
"trailblazing"
],
"related":[
"twice-told",
"bromidic",
"platitudinal",
"platitudinous",
"canned",
"cardboard",
"conventional",
"cookie-cutter",
"derivative",
"imitative",
"ready-made",
"tried-and-true",
"unimaginative",
"uninspired",
"unoriginal",
"normal",
"ordinary",
"rote",
"routine",
"standard",
"stock",
"typical",
"usual",
"arid",
"barren",
"boring",
"colorless",
"drab",
"dreary",
"drudging",
"dry",
"dull",
"dusty",
"flat",
"heavy",
"ho-hum",
"humdrum",
"jading",
"jejune",
"leaden",
"mind-numbing",
"monotonous",
"numbing",
"old",
"pedantic",
"pedestrian",
"ponderous",
"prosaic",
"stodgy",
"stuffy",
"tame",
"tedious",
"tiresome",
"tiring",
"undramatic",
"uninteresting",
"vapid",
"wearisome",
"weary",
"wearying",
"old-fashioned",
"old hat"
],
"synonyms":[
"banal",
"clich\u00e9",
"cliche",
"clich\u00e9d",
"cobwebby",
"commonplace",
"hack",
"hackney",
"hackneyed",
"moth-eaten",
"musty",
"obligatory",
"shopworn",
"stale",
"stereotyped",
"timeworn",
"tired",
"trite",
"well-worn"
]
},
"worn or torn into or as if into rags":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I loved that threadbare shirt, but after 10 years of wear, it was time to throw it away"
],
"near antonyms":[
"brand-new",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span",
"unused"
],
"related":[
"dowdy",
"scruffy",
"tatterdemalion",
"dingy",
"faded",
"lacerate",
"lacerated",
"shredded",
"holey",
"patchy",
"broken-down",
"decrepit",
"dilapidated",
"dog-eared",
"grungy",
"mangy",
"moth-eaten",
"run-down",
"scuzzy",
"tacky"
],
"synonyms":[
"frayed",
"ragged",
"raggedy",
"ratty",
"seedy",
"shabby",
"tattered",
"worn-out"
]
}
},
"threaded":{
"to put together into a series by means of or as if by means of a thread":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the reporter threaded his newspaper articles about the basketball team into a book that was essentially a chronicle of their championship season"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chained",
"connected",
"joined",
"linked",
"united",
"interlaced",
"interspersed",
"intertwined",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"laced",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed"
],
"synonyms":[
"concatenated",
"strung"
]
},
"to scatter or set here and there among other things":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"this history book threads excerpts from the diaries of pioneer women into its account of the settlement of the West"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"inserted",
"intermingled",
"mingled",
"mixed",
"alternated",
"juxtaposed",
"amalgamated",
"assimilated",
"blended",
"blent",
"combined",
"commingled",
"embodied",
"fused",
"incorporated",
"integrated",
"merged"
],
"synonyms":[
"interlaced",
"interspersed",
"interwove",
"interweaved",
"laced",
"salted",
"wove",
"weaved",
"wreathed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"threaten":{
"to remain poised to inflict harm, danger, or distress on":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the powerful hurricane continues to threaten the southern coastline"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"endanger",
"hazard",
"imperil",
"jeopardize",
"peril"
],
"synonyms":[
"hang (over)",
"hover (over)",
"impend (over)",
"menace",
"overhang"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"threshing":{
"to make jerky or restless movements":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the poor dog threshed against his chain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relaxing",
"resting",
"unwinding",
"calming (down)",
"stilling"
],
"related":[
"flitting",
"fluttering",
"twittering",
"quaking",
"quivering",
"shaking",
"shivering",
"shuddering",
"trembling",
"pacing"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiddling",
"fidgeting",
"jerking",
"jigging",
"jiggling",
"squiggling",
"squirming",
"thrashing",
"tossing",
"twisting",
"twitching",
"wiggling",
"wriggling",
"writhing"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he threshed the whimpering dog with his cane"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assailing",
"assaulting",
"attacking",
"besetting",
"boxing",
"busting",
"chopping",
"clobbering",
"clouting",
"cracking",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"cuffing",
"descending (on or upon)",
"hitting",
"jumping (on)",
"knocking",
"lamming",
"laying on",
"pasting",
"pouncing (on or upon)",
"punching",
"raiding",
"rushing",
"slamming",
"slapping",
"smacking",
"smashing",
"socking",
"spanking",
"storming",
"swatting",
"swiping",
"thwacking",
"whacking",
"whamming",
"whomping",
"blackjacking",
"caning",
"cowhiding",
"flagellating",
"fustigating",
"horsewhipping",
"leathering",
"pistol-whipping",
"rawhiding",
"scourging",
"strapping",
"goring",
"lacerating",
"wounding",
"maiming",
"mangling",
"mutilating"
],
"synonyms":[
"bashing",
"basting",
"battering",
"batting",
"beating",
"belaboring",
"belting",
"birching",
"bludgeoning",
"buffeting",
"bunging up",
"clubbing",
"currying",
"doing",
"drubbing",
"fibbing",
"flogging",
"hammering",
"hiding",
"lacing",
"lambasting",
"lashing",
"lathering",
"licking",
"mauling",
"messing (up)",
"paddling",
"pelting",
"pommeling",
"pommelling",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"punching out",
"roughing (up)",
"slating",
"slogging",
"switching",
"tanning",
"thrashing",
"thumping",
"tromping",
"walloping",
"whaling",
"whipping",
"whopping",
"whapping",
"whupping",
"working over"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"threw":{
"to cause to fall intentionally or unintentionally":{
"antonyms":[
"lifted",
"picked up",
"raised"
],
"examples":[
"the attacker threw his victim to the ground"
],
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"related":[
"flattened",
"floored",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"knocked down",
"knocked over",
"struck down",
"toppled",
"plopped",
"plunked down",
"plonked down",
"bobbled",
"bungled",
"foozled",
"fumbled",
"immersed",
"sank",
"sunk",
"submerged"
],
"synonyms":[
"depressed",
"dropped",
"lowered",
"threw down"
]
},
"to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm":{
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"examples":[
"threw a life preserver to the drowning man"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"bowled",
"darted",
"flipped",
"gunned",
"hooked",
"passed",
"rolled",
"shot",
"bucked",
"ejected",
"impelled",
"precipitated",
"projected",
"propelled",
"rifled",
"thrust"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"catapulted",
"chucked",
"dashed",
"fired",
"flung",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"hurtled",
"launched",
"lobbed",
"lofted",
"pegged",
"pelted",
"pitched",
"slung",
"tossed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"threw out":{
"to drive or force out":{
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"examples":[
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accepted",
"admitted",
"received",
"took",
"took in",
"welcomed",
"entertained",
"harbored",
"housed",
"lodged",
"sheltered"
],
"related":[
"deforced",
"deported",
"displaced",
"dispossessed",
"evicted",
"exiled",
"expatriated",
"ostracized",
"read out",
"shut out",
"axed",
"canned",
"cashiered",
"defenestrated",
"discharged",
"fired",
"mustered out",
"pink-slipped",
"released",
"removed",
"retired",
"sacked",
"terminated"
],
"synonyms":[
"banished",
"booted (out)",
"bounced",
"cast out",
"chased",
"dismissed",
"drummed (out)",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"extruded",
"kicked out",
"ousted",
"outed",
"ran off",
"routed",
"turfed (out)",
"turned out"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopted",
"embraced",
"took on",
"employed",
"used",
"utilized",
"held",
"held back",
"kept",
"retained"
],
"related":[
"abandoned",
"abdicated",
"deserted",
"forsook",
"dismissed",
"kicked out",
"abolished",
"annihilated",
"eliminated",
"eradicated",
"expunged",
"exterminated",
"extinguished",
"extirpated",
"liquidated",
"removed",
"rooted (out)",
"stamped (out)",
"wiped out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiered",
"cast (off)",
"chucked",
"deep-sixed",
"discarded",
"ditched",
"dumped",
"eighty-sixed",
"86'd",
"exorcised",
"exorcized",
"flung (off or away)",
"jettisoned",
"junked",
"laid by",
"lost",
"pitched",
"rejected",
"scrapped",
"shed",
"shucked (off)",
"sloughed (off)",
"sluffed (off)",
"threw away",
"tossed",
"unloaded"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepted",
"agreed (to)",
"approved"
],
"examples":[
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoned",
"countenanced",
"swallowed",
"tolerated",
"adopted",
"embraced",
"received",
"took",
"welcomed",
"acceded",
"acquiesced",
"agreed",
"assented",
"consented",
"chose",
"handpicked",
"selected",
"espoused",
"supported"
],
"related":[
"blew off",
"disdained",
"rebuffed",
"scorned",
"scouted",
"shot down",
"overruled",
"vetoed",
"forbade",
"forbad",
"prohibited",
"proscribed",
"dismissed",
"ignored",
"abstained (from)",
"forbore",
"refrained (from)",
"denied",
"disavowed",
"disclaimed",
"disputed",
"gainsaid",
"stuck",
"abjured",
"forswore",
"foreswore",
"recanted",
"renounced",
"retracted",
"took back",
"unsaid",
"withdrew",
"avoided",
"bypassed",
"detoured",
"contradicted",
"denied",
"disowned",
"negated",
"controverted",
"disagreed (with)",
"disproved",
"disputed",
"rebutted",
"refuted",
"backed down",
"backed off",
"backtracked",
"disallowed",
"recalled",
"reneged",
"revoked"
],
"synonyms":[
"balked (at)",
"declined",
"deselected",
"disapproved",
"negatived",
"nixed",
"passed",
"passed up",
"refused",
"rejected",
"reprobated",
"repudiated",
"spurned",
"threw over",
"turned down"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorbed",
"inhaled",
"soaked (up)",
"sponged",
"sucked (up)",
"took up"
],
"related":[
"eliminated",
"evacuated",
"excreted",
"exuded",
"oozed",
"secreted",
"ejected",
"erupted",
"gushed",
"jetted",
"outpoured",
"poured",
"spewed",
"spouted",
"sprayed",
"spurted",
"squirted"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharged",
"emanated",
"emitted",
"evolved",
"exhaled",
"expelled",
"expired",
"gave out",
"irradiated",
"issued",
"radiated",
"released",
"sent (out)",
"shot",
"vented"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"threw up":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"disgorged",
"regurgitated",
"ejected",
"expelled",
"nauseated"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfed",
"gagged",
"heaved",
"hove",
"hurled",
"puked",
"retched",
"spewed",
"spit up",
"spat up",
"upchucked",
"vomited"
]
},
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crafted",
"handcrafted",
"fashioned",
"forged",
"hammered out",
"pounded (out)"
],
"related":[
"dashed (off)",
"jerry-built"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobbled (together or up)",
"jury-rigged",
"patched (together)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thrift":{
"careful management of material resources":{
"antonyms":[
"diseconomy",
"wastefulness"
],
"examples":[
"through hard work and thrift our father was able to raise the money to put all four of us through college"
],
"near antonyms":[
"extravagance",
"improvidence",
"lavishness",
"prodigality",
"squandering"
],
"related":[
"conservation",
"saving",
"miserliness",
"niggardliness",
"stinginess",
"belt-tightening",
"retrenchment",
"discretion",
"forehandedness",
"prudence",
"austerity",
"moderation",
"restraint",
"temperance"
],
"synonyms":[
"economy",
"frugality",
"husbandry",
"parsimony",
"penny-pinching",
"providence",
"scrimping",
"skimping"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thriftless":{
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
"antonyms":[
"conserving",
"economical",
"economizing",
"frugal",
"penny-pinching",
"scrimping",
"skimping",
"thrifty"
],
"examples":[
"a thriftless girl who didn't keep track of her finances and overspent constantly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cheap",
"close",
"closefisted",
"mean",
"miserly",
"niggardly",
"parsimonious",
"penurious",
"pinching",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy",
"stinting",
"tight",
"tightfisted",
"careful",
"judicious",
"prudent",
"sensible",
"wise",
"farsighted",
"forehanded",
"foreseeing",
"foresighted",
"forethoughtful",
"provident"
],
"related":[
"improvident",
"myopic",
"shortsighted",
"bighearted",
"bountiful",
"charitable",
"freehanded",
"freehearted",
"generous",
"lavish",
"liberal",
"munificent",
"openhanded",
"openhearted",
"philanthropic",
"philanthropical",
"unselfish",
"unsparing",
"unstinting",
"careless",
"heedless",
"imprudent",
"incautious",
"injudicious",
"unwise",
"indulgent",
"reckless",
"self-indulgent",
"splurging",
"wanton"
],
"synonyms":[
"extravagant",
"high-rolling",
"prodigal",
"profligate",
"spendthrift",
"squandering",
"unthrifty",
"wasteful"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"thrived":{
"to grow vigorously":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"luxuriated",
"overgrew",
"proliferated",
"shot up",
"germinated",
"rooted",
"sprouted",
"bloomed",
"flowered",
"fruited",
"produced",
"propagated",
"regenerated",
"seeded"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgeoned",
"bourgeoned",
"flourished",
"prospered"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"antonyms":[
"failed"
],
"examples":[
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundered",
"struggled"
],
"related":[
"prevailed",
"triumphed",
"won",
"excelled"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrived",
"flourished",
"prospered",
"succeeded"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thriving":{
"having attained a desired end or state of good fortune":{
"antonyms":[
"failed",
"unsuccessful"
],
"examples":[
"our new landscaping business is thriving"
],
"near antonyms":[
"futureless",
"hopeless",
"inauspicious",
"no-good",
"unpromising",
"collapsing",
"failing",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"washing-out",
"declining",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"bankrupt",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"kerflooey",
"destroyed",
"ruined",
"wrecked"
],
"related":[
"coming",
"promising",
"booming",
"growing",
"roaring",
"robust",
"boffo",
"gangbusters",
"gangbuster",
"runaway",
"socko"
],
"synonyms":[
"flourishing",
"going",
"palmy",
"prosperous",
"successful",
"triumphant"
]
},
"marked by much life, movement, or activity":{
"antonyms":[
"asleep",
"dead",
"inactive",
"lifeless",
"sleepy"
],
"examples":[
"the once thriving downtown has fallen into steep decline since the new mall was built"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"abounding",
"crowded",
"overflowing",
"populous",
"swarming",
"teeming",
"thronging"
],
"synonyms":[
"aboil",
"abubble",
"abuzz",
"alive",
"animated",
"astir",
"brisk",
"bustling",
"busy",
"buzzing",
"flourishing",
"happening",
"hopping",
"humming",
"kinetic",
"lively",
"rousing",
"stirring",
"vibrant"
]
},
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
"antonyms":[
"depressed",
"unprosperous",
"unsuccessful"
],
"examples":[
"a thriving manufacturing community that is experiencing a tremendous growth in new jobs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"declining",
"dying",
"failing",
"floundering",
"languishing",
"struggling",
"bankrupt",
"bankrupted",
"insolvent"
],
"related":[
"affluent",
"moneyed",
"monied",
"opulent",
"rich",
"substantial",
"wealthy",
"well-heeled",
"well-off",
"well-to-do",
"comfortable"
],
"synonyms":[
"booming",
"boomy",
"flourishing",
"golden",
"halcyon",
"healthy",
"lush",
"palmy",
"prospering",
"prosperous",
"roaring",
"successful"
]
},
"to grow vigorously":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"these plants thrive with relatively little sunlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"luxuriating",
"overgrowing",
"proliferating",
"shooting up",
"germinating",
"rooting",
"sprouting",
"blooming",
"flowering",
"fruiting",
"producing",
"propagating",
"regenerating",
"seeding"
],
"synonyms":[
"burgeoning",
"bourgeoning",
"flourishing",
"prospering"
]
},
"to reach a desired level of accomplishment":{
"antonyms":[
"failing"
],
"examples":[
"going to a school for gifted students will help him thrive as a musical prodigy"
],
"near antonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling"
],
"related":[
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning",
"excelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"arriving",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"succeeding"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"throbs":{
"a rhythmic expanding and contracting":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I seemed to feel anew the pain of her death with each throb of my heart"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuations",
"oscillations",
"vibrations",
"quivers",
"trembles",
"tremors"
],
"synonyms":[
"beatings",
"beats",
"palpitations",
"pulsations",
"pulses"
]
},
"to expand and contract in a rhythmic manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the car's stereo speakers throbbing with the song's bass line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"fluctuates",
"oscillates",
"vibrates",
"quivers",
"trembles"
],
"synonyms":[
"beats",
"palpitates",
"pit-a-pats",
"pitter-patters",
"pulsates",
"pulses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"throng":{
"a great number of persons or creatures massed together":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"grabbed a megaphone and addressed the vast throng"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"masses",
"millions",
"rabble",
"rabblement",
"riffraff",
"gaggle",
"heap",
"mountain",
"pile",
"jam",
"logjam"
],
"synonyms":[
"army",
"bike",
"cram",
"crowd",
"crush",
"drove",
"flock",
"herd",
"horde",
"host",
"legion",
"mass",
"mob",
"multitude",
"press",
"rout",
"scrum",
"swarm"
]
},
"to move upon or fill (something) in great numbers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"fans thronged the field to celebrate the win"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beset",
"infest",
"invade",
"overrun",
"clog",
"dam",
"jam",
"obstruct",
"plug (up)"
],
"synonyms":[
"crowd",
"flock",
"mob",
"swarm"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"through":{
"along the way of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the quickest way out of the building is through that hall there"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"across",
"along",
"alongside",
"beyond",
"near",
"nearby",
"over",
"below",
"beneath",
"under",
"underneath",
"outside",
"past",
"throughout"
],
"synonyms":[
"by",
"via"
]
},
"as the result of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"won the tournament through practice and hard work"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"because of",
"due to",
"owing to",
"with"
]
},
"brought or having come to an end":{
"antonyms":[
"continuing",
"incomplete",
"ongoing",
"uncompleted",
"undone",
"unfinished"
],
"examples":[
"a standing ovation for the cast when the play was through"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"accomplished",
"achieved",
"attained",
"compassed",
"realized",
"dead",
"defunct",
"extinct",
"kaput",
"kaputt",
"obsolete",
"expired"
],
"synonyms":[
"complete",
"completed",
"concluded",
"done",
"down",
"ended",
"finished",
"over",
"over with",
"terminated",
"up"
]
},
"from beginning to end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"read the letter through twice",
"never once missed class the whole year through"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"around",
"over",
"round",
"throughout"
]
},
"from one side to the other of an intervening space":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the bullet struck the door and went right through"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"clear"
],
"synonyms":[
"across",
"athwart",
"over"
]
},
"in or into the middle of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"lost control of the car and drove through the crowd"
],
"near antonyms":[
"from",
"out of"
],
"related":[
"between",
"betwixt"
],
"synonyms":[
"amid",
"amidst",
"among",
"amongst",
"mid",
"midst"
]
},
"in random positions within the boundaries of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the numerous small towns scattered through these hills"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"on"
],
"synonyms":[
"about",
"across",
"around",
"over",
"round",
"throughout"
]
},
"in the course of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thoughtless people talking through the whole movie"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"amid",
"amidst",
"by",
"during",
"over",
"pending",
"throughout"
]
},
"to the opposite side of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"walked through the room"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"around",
"round",
"beyond",
"past"
],
"synonyms":[
"across",
"athwart",
"over"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"adverb",
"preposition"
],
"using the means or agency of":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"apparently got his money through theft and deception"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"by",
"in",
"per",
"via",
"with"
]
}
},
"through street":{
"as in Main Street , high street":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"throw cold water on":{
"to lessen the courage or confidence of":{
"antonyms":[
"embolden",
"encourage",
"hearten",
"nerve",
"steel"
],
"examples":[
"Her parents threw cold water on her dream of becoming a poet."
],
"near antonyms":[
"buoy (up)",
"cheer",
"gladden",
"animate",
"enliven",
"invigorate",
"enforce",
"fortify",
"reinforce",
"reenforce",
"strengthen",
"assure",
"reassure",
"boost",
"energize",
"excite",
"galvanize",
"inspire",
"lift",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"rally",
"stimulate",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"browbeat",
"bully",
"cow",
"intimidate",
"depress",
"sadden",
"weigh",
"afflict",
"try",
"damp",
"dampen",
"deaden",
"distress",
"trouble",
"bother",
"irk",
"vex",
"worry",
"debilitate",
"enfeeble",
"undermine",
"weaken",
"frighten",
"horrify",
"scare"
],
"synonyms":[
"chill",
"daunt",
"demoralize",
"discourage",
"dishearten",
"dismay",
"dispirit",
"frustrate",
"unman",
"unnerve"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"throw in the sponge":{
"to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)":{
"antonyms":[
"resist"
],
"examples":[
"The badly beaten wrestler finally had to throw in the towel ."
],
"near antonyms":[
"contend",
"fight",
"hold off",
"battle",
"breast",
"combat",
"confront",
"counter",
"defy",
"face",
"meet",
"object",
"oppose",
"repel",
"thwart",
"withstand"
],
"related":[
"acquiesce",
"defer"
],
"synonyms":[
"blink",
"bow",
"budge",
"capitulate",
"concede",
"give in",
"knuckle under",
"quit",
"relent",
"submit",
"succumb",
"surrender",
"yield"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"throw off":{
"to draw the attention or mind to something else":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the sudden noise just threw me off completely, and I missed my shot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"concentrate",
"focus"
],
"related":[
"amuse",
"beguile",
"entertain",
"stray",
"wander"
],
"synonyms":[
"abstract",
"call off",
"detract",
"distract",
"divert"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"throw out":{
"to drive or force out":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the player was thrown out of the game after assaulting the ref"
],
"near antonyms":[
"accept",
"admit",
"receive",
"take",
"take in",
"welcome",
"entertain",
"harbor",
"house",
"lodge",
"shelter"
],
"related":[
"deforce",
"deport",
"displace",
"dispossess",
"evict",
"exile",
"expatriate",
"ostracize",
"read out",
"shut out",
"ax",
"axe",
"can",
"cashier",
"defenestrate",
"discharge",
"fire",
"muster out",
"pink-slip",
"release",
"remove",
"retire",
"sack",
"terminate"
],
"synonyms":[
"banish",
"boot (out)",
"bounce",
"cast out",
"chase",
"dismiss",
"drum (out)",
"eject",
"expel",
"extrude",
"kick out",
"oust",
"out",
"rout",
"run off",
"turf (out)",
"turn out"
]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"would you mind if I threw out that leftover pizza that's been in the fridge for two weeks?"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"related":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw away",
"toss",
"unload"
]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
],
"examples":[
"he'll throw out any acting offers that don't meet his standards"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"related":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"spurn",
"throw over",
"turn down"
]
},
"to throw or give off":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the charcoal grill is throwing out big billows of black smoke"
],
"near antonyms":[
"absorb",
"inhale",
"soak (up)",
"sponge",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
],
"related":[
"eliminate",
"evacuate",
"excrete",
"exude",
"ooze",
"secrete",
"eject",
"erupt",
"gush",
"jet",
"outpour",
"pour",
"spew",
"spout",
"spray",
"spurt",
"squirt"
],
"synonyms":[
"cast",
"discharge",
"emanate",
"emit",
"evolve",
"exhale",
"expel",
"expire",
"give out",
"irradiate",
"issue",
"radiate",
"release",
"send (out)",
"shoot",
"vent"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"throwaway":{
"as in castaway":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in handout , handbill":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I should throw away that torn shirt"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopt",
"embrace",
"take on",
"employ",
"use",
"utilize",
"hold",
"hold back",
"keep",
"retain"
],
"related":[
"abandon",
"abdicate",
"desert",
"forsake",
"dismiss",
"kick out",
"abolish",
"annihilate",
"eliminate",
"eradicate",
"expunge",
"exterminate",
"extinguish",
"extirpate",
"liquidate",
"remove",
"root (out)",
"stamp (out)",
"wipe out"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashier",
"cast (off)",
"chuck",
"deep-six",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"eighty-six",
"86",
"exorcise",
"exorcize",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"junk",
"lay by",
"lose",
"pitch",
"reject",
"scrap",
"shed",
"shuck (off)",
"slough (off)",
"sluff (off)",
"throw out",
"toss",
"unload"
]
},
"to use up carelessly":{
"antonyms":[
"conserve"
],
"examples":[
"if you buy a high-end computer, you'll just be throwing away money on a bunch of features you'll never use"
],
"near antonyms":[
"economize",
"scrimp",
"skimp",
"preserve",
"protect",
"save",
"hoard",
"lay up"
],
"related":[
"splurge",
"consume",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"impoverish",
"overspend",
"shoot",
"indulge",
"overindulge",
"disburse",
"expend",
"lay out"
],
"synonyms":[
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fiddle away",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"lose",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"squander",
"trifle (away)",
"waste"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"throwing over":{
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accepting",
"agreeing (to)",
"approving"
],
"examples":[
"if the U.S. Senate throws over the treaty, the President's prestige will be in shambles"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condoning",
"countenancing",
"swallowing",
"tolerating",
"adopting",
"embracing",
"receiving",
"taking",
"welcoming",
"acceding",
"acquiescing",
"agreeing",
"assenting",
"consenting",
"choosing",
"handpicking",
"selecting",
"espousing",
"supporting"
],
"related":[
"blowing off",
"disdaining",
"rebuffing",
"scorning",
"scouting",
"shooting down",
"overruling",
"vetoing",
"forbidding",
"prohibiting",
"proscribing",
"dismissing",
"ignoring",
"abstaining (from)",
"forbearing",
"refraining (from)",
"denying",
"disavowing",
"disclaiming",
"disputing",
"gainsaying",
"sticking",
"abjuring",
"forswearing",
"foreswearing",
"recanting",
"renouncing",
"retracting",
"taking back",
"unsaying",
"withdrawing",
"avoiding",
"bypassing",
"detouring",
"contradicting",
"denying",
"disowning",
"negating",
"controverting",
"disagreeing (with)",
"disproving",
"disputing",
"rebutting",
"refuting",
"backing down",
"backing off",
"backtracking",
"disallowing",
"recalling",
"reneging",
"revoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"balking (at)",
"declining",
"deselecting",
"disapproving",
"negativing",
"nixing",
"passing",
"passing up",
"refusing",
"rejecting",
"reprobating",
"repudiating",
"spurning",
"throwing out",
"turning down"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"throwing up":{
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she must have eaten something that didn't agree with her because she threw up right after dinner"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"disgorging",
"regurgitating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"nauseating"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfing",
"gagging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"puking",
"retching",
"spewing",
"spitting up",
"upchucking",
"vomiting"
]
},
"to make or assemble roughly or hastily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"when the townspeople realized that the President's motorcade would be coming through on its way to the conference, they threw up a hasty \"Welcome\" sign"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crafting",
"handcrafting",
"fashioning",
"forging",
"hammering out",
"pounding (out)"
],
"related":[
"dashing (off)",
"jerry-building"
],
"synonyms":[
"cobbling (together or up)",
"jury-rigging",
"patching (together)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thumb (through)":{
"as in turn over , dip (into)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thumbs one's nose (at)":{
"to show contempt for":{
"antonyms":[
"honors",
"respects"
],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[
"cherishes",
"prizes",
"treasures",
"values",
"admires",
"esteems",
"lionizes",
"hallows",
"reveres",
"venerates",
"worships",
"accepts",
"appreciates",
"approves (of)",
"cares (for)",
"countenances",
"favors",
"OKs",
"okays",
"subscribes (to)"
],
"related":[
"scouts",
"abhors",
"abominates",
"despises",
"detests",
"execrates",
"hates",
"loathes",
"belittles",
"deplores",
"deprecates",
"disparages",
"disapproves (of)",
"discountenances",
"disfavors",
"frowns (on or upon)"
],
"synonyms":[
"contemns",
"disdains",
"disrespects",
"disses",
"high-hats",
"looks down (on or upon)",
"scorns",
"slights",
"sniffs (at)",
"snoots",
"snubs"
]
},
"type":[]
},
"thump":{
"a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"In frustration, she gave the jammed copier a thump with her fist."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"counter",
"counterblow",
"counterpunch",
"counterstroke",
"body blow",
"hand",
"kick",
"knee",
"left",
"one-two",
"rabbit punch",
"right",
"right-hander",
"roundhouse",
"shiver",
"sidewinder",
"sucker punch",
"swing",
"uppercut",
"cruncher",
"kayo",
"knockdown",
"knockout",
"KO",
"bastinado",
"bastinade",
"battering",
"beating",
"bludgeoning",
"clobbering",
"cudgeling",
"cudgelling",
"drubbing",
"hammering",
"lambasting",
"licking",
"pasting",
"pounding",
"pummeling",
"pummelling",
"thrashing",
"flogging",
"walloping",
"whip",
"whipping"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"beat",
"belt",
"biff",
"blow",
"bop",
"box",
"buffet",
"bust",
"chop",
"clap",
"clip",
"clout",
"crack",
"cuff",
"dab",
"douse",
"fillip",
"hack",
"haymaker",
"hit",
"hook",
"knock",
"larrup",
"lash",
"lick",
"pelt",
"pick",
"plump",
"poke",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slug",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"stinger",
"stripe",
"stroke",
"swat",
"swipe",
"switch",
"thud",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"welt",
"whack",
"wham",
"whop",
"whap"
]
},
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"thumped the desk with his hand as he delivered his speech"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"batter",
"beat",
"buffet",
"bung",
"chop",
"cuff",
"drub",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lick",
"mangle",
"maul",
"pelt",
"pepper",
"pommel",
"pummel",
"rough",
"scuff",
"bunt",
"flick",
"stroke",
"tap",
"bump",
"butt",
"jab",
"jostle",
"kick",
"knee",
"poke",
"prod",
"push",
"shove",
"stamp",
"bowl (down or over)",
"cream",
"deck",
"dump",
"fell",
"floor",
"knock down",
"level",
"rabbit-punch",
"sucker punch",
"cane",
"club",
"cudgel",
"flail",
"flog",
"lash",
"sap",
"slash",
"sledge",
"sledgehammer",
"spear",
"stab",
"switch",
"thrash",
"whip",
"bean",
"brain",
"conk",
"skull"
],
"synonyms":[
"bang",
"bash",
"bat",
"belt",
"biff",
"bludgeon",
"bob",
"bonk",
"bop",
"box",
"bust",
"clap",
"clip",
"clobber",
"clock",
"clout",
"crack",
"hammer",
"hit",
"knock",
"nail",
"paste",
"pound",
"punch",
"rap",
"slam",
"slap",
"slog",
"slug",
"smack",
"smite",
"sock",
"strike",
"swat",
"swipe",
"tag",
"thwack",
"wallop",
"whack",
"whale",
"zap"
]
},
"to strike repeatedly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"playfully knocked his younger brother down and began to thump him with a foam bat"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"assail",
"assault",
"attack",
"beset",
"box",
"bust",
"chop",
"clobber",
"clout",
"crack",
"cudgel",
"cuff",
"descend (on or upon)",
"hit",
"jump (on)",
"knock",
"lam",
"lay on",
"paste",
"pounce (on or upon)",
"punch",
"raid",
"rush",
"slam",
"slap",
"smack",
"smash",
"sock",
"spank",
"storm",
"swat",
"swipe",
"thwack",
"whack",
"wham",
"whomp",
"blackjack",
"cane",
"cowhide",
"flagellate",
"fustigate",
"horsewhip",
"leather",
"pistol-whip",
"rawhide",
"scourge",
"strap",
"gore",
"lacerate",
"wound",
"maim",
"mangle",
"mutilate"
],
"synonyms":[
"bash",
"baste",
"bat",
"batter",
"beat",
"belabor",
"belt",
"birch",
"bludgeon",
"buffet",
"bung up",
"club",
"curry",
"do",
"drub",
"fib",
"flog",
"hammer",
"hide",
"lace",
"lambaste",
"lambast",
"lash",
"lather",
"lick",
"maul",
"mess (up)",
"paddle",
"pelt",
"pommel",
"pound",
"pummel",
"punch out",
"rough (up)",
"slate",
"slog",
"switch",
"tan",
"thrash",
"thresh",
"tromp",
"wallop",
"whale",
"whip",
"whop",
"whap",
"whup",
"work over"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"thunderously":{
"as in loudly , boisterously":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"thunders":{
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"as we got closer, the waterfall thundered louder and louder"
],
"near antonyms":[
"grunts",
"mouths",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers",
"mewls",
"pules",
"squeaks",
"whimpers"
],
"related":[
"grumbles",
"rolls",
"rumbles",
"bangs",
"blares",
"blasts",
"peals",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"squalls",
"bawls",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hoots",
"shouts",
"whoops",
"yells",
"bells",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"wails",
"yowls"
],
"synonyms":[
"bellows",
"booms",
"growls",
"roars"
]
},
"to speak so as to be heard at a distance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a hotheaded man who was always thundering about the crooks and idiots running the government"
],
"near antonyms":[
"breathes",
"mumbles",
"murmurs",
"mutters",
"whispers"
],
"related":[
"crows",
"whoops",
"screams",
"screeches",
"shrieks",
"shrills",
"squeaks",
"squeals",
"caterwauls",
"howls",
"ululates",
"wails",
"yawps",
"yaups",
"yowls",
"hails",
"speaks out",
"speaks up"
],
"synonyms":[
"bawls",
"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"hollos",
"halloos",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sounds off",
"vociferates",
"yells"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thwarted":{
"to prevent from achieving a goal":{
"antonyms":[
"advanced",
"cultivated",
"encouraged",
"forwarded",
"fostered",
"furthered",
"nurtured",
"promoted"
],
"examples":[
"a coalition of grassroots organizations thwarted the company's efforts to get approval for a new power plant"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abetted",
"aided",
"assisted",
"eased",
"facilitated",
"smoothed"
],
"related":[
"barred",
"blocked",
"clogged",
"encumbered",
"fettered",
"hampered",
"handicapped",
"held back",
"hindered",
"hobbled",
"impeded",
"inhibited",
"interfered (with)",
"manacled",
"obstructed",
"shackled",
"tied up",
"trammeled",
"trammelled",
"arrested",
"checked",
"halted",
"set back",
"short-circuited",
"stalled",
"stopped",
"averted",
"forestalled",
"obviated",
"precluded",
"prevented",
"negated",
"neutralized",
"nullified",
"counteracted",
"offset",
"conquered",
"defeated",
"overcame"
],
"synonyms":[
"baffled",
"balked",
"beat",
"checkmated",
"discomfited",
"foiled",
"frustrated"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thief":{
"one who steals":{
"examples":[
"a thief has been stealing wallets and valuables from the lockers at the gym"
],
"synonyms":[
"larcenist",
"pincher",
"purloiner",
"robber",
"stealer"
],
"related":[
"burglar",
"cat burglar",
"cracksman",
"housebreaker",
"picklock",
"safecracker",
"embezzler",
"grafter",
"klepto",
"kleptomaniac",
"sneak thief",
"cutpurse",
"dip",
"pickpocket",
"pilferer",
"shoplifter",
"abductor",
"carjacker",
"hijacker",
"kidnapper",
"kidnaper",
"skyjacker",
"despoiler",
"looter",
"pillager",
"plunderer",
"ransacker",
"ravisher",
"poacher",
"rustler",
"smuggler",
"bandit",
"footpad",
"highwayman",
"pirate",
"mugger"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thick on the ground":{
"being more than enough without being excessive":{
"examples":[
"Tourism has been thick on the ground since the new ampitheater opened last fall."
],
"synonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"aplenty",
"bounteous",
"bountiful",
"comfortable",
"cornucopian",
"galore",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful",
"plenty"
],
"related":[
"extra",
"supernumerary",
"surplus",
"abounding",
"blooming",
"overflowing",
"plump",
"replete",
"rich",
"rife",
"teeming",
"wealthy",
"adequate",
"enough",
"sufficient",
"fat",
"fecund",
"fertile",
"fruitful",
"luxuriant",
"prodigal",
"prolific",
"copious",
"fulsome",
"lavish",
"profuse"
],
"near antonyms":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"wanting",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"stingy",
"skimpy",
"least",
"minimum",
"light",
"slight",
"small",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"antonyms":[
"bare",
"minimal",
"scant",
"spare"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"thingamajigs":{
"a small article the actual name of which one either does not know or cannot remember":{
"examples":[
"reattach that thingamajig and the machine should work"
],
"synonyms":[
"dinguses",
"doodads",
"doohickeys",
"doohickies",
"hickeys",
"thingamabobs",
"thingummies",
"whatchamacallits",
"whatnots",
"whatsits",
"whatses",
"what-is-its"
],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"thrusting":{
"to apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one":{
"examples":[
"the cat thrust her paw under the couch, trying to reach her toy mouse"
],
"synonyms":[
"driving",
"propelling",
"pushing",
"shoving"
],
"related":[
"impelling",
"moving",
"bearing (down)",
"compressing",
"depressing",
"jamming",
"pressuring",
"squashing",
"squeezing",
"weighing (upon)",
"bulldozing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"leaning (on or against)",
"muscling",
"ramming"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to move or extend upward":{
"examples":[
"the butte thrusts up 300 feet from the floor of the valley"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"ascending",
"aspiring",
"climbing",
"lifting",
"mounting",
"rising",
"soaring",
"upping",
"uprearing",
"uprising",
"upthrusting",
"upturning"
],
"related":[
"surging",
"towering",
"boosting",
"elevating",
"raising",
"upheaving",
"uplifting",
"upraising",
"ballooning",
"blasting off",
"taking off",
"zooming",
"cresting",
"scaling",
"surmounting",
"topping",
"canting",
"inclining",
"leaning",
"listing",
"reclining",
"slanting",
"sloping",
"tilting",
"tipping"
],
"near antonyms":[
"diving",
"nose-diving",
"plummeting",
"sinking",
"sliding"
],
"antonyms":[
"declining",
"descending",
"dipping",
"dropping",
"falling (off)",
"plunging"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thwacked":{
"to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner":{
"examples":[
"thwacked the growling dog on the nose with a rolled-up newspaper"
],
"synonyms":[
"banged",
"bashed",
"batted",
"belted",
"biffed",
"bludgeoned",
"bobbed",
"bonked",
"bopped",
"boxed",
"busted",
"bust",
"clapped",
"clapt",
"clipped",
"clobbered",
"clocked",
"clouted",
"cracked",
"hammered",
"hit",
"knocked",
"nailed",
"pasted",
"pounded",
"punched",
"rapped",
"slammed",
"slapped",
"slogged",
"slugged",
"smacked",
"smote",
"socked",
"struck",
"swatted",
"swiped",
"tagged",
"thumped",
"walloped",
"whacked",
"whaled",
"zapped"
],
"related":[
"battered",
"beat",
"buffeted",
"bunged",
"chopped",
"cuffed",
"drubbed",
"laced",
"lambasted",
"licked",
"mangled",
"mauled",
"pelted",
"peppered",
"pommeled",
"pommelled",
"pummeled",
"pummelled",
"roughed",
"scuffed",
"bunted",
"flicked",
"stroked",
"tapped",
"bumped",
"butted",
"jabbed",
"jostled",
"kicked",
"kneed",
"poked",
"prodded",
"pushed",
"shoved",
"stamped",
"bowled (down or over)",
"creamed",
"decked",
"dumped",
"felled",
"floored",
"knocked down",
"leveled",
"levelled",
"rabbit-punched",
"sucker punched",
"caned",
"clubbed",
"cudgeled",
"cudgelled",
"flailed",
"flogged",
"lashed",
"sapped",
"slashed",
"sledged",
"sledgehammered",
"speared",
"stabbed",
"switched",
"thrashed",
"whipped",
"beaned",
"brained",
"conked",
"skulled"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"thresholds":{
"an interval of time just before the onset of something":{
"examples":[
"on the threshold of a new age of green technology"
],
"synonyms":[
"brinks",
"cusps",
"edges",
"points",
"verges"
],
"related":[
"nicks"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the point at which something begins":{
"examples":[
"at the threshold of the new year, it's time to look back and make resolutions for the future"
],
"synonyms":[
"alphas",
"baselines",
"beginnings",
"births",
"commencements",
"dawns",
"day ones",
"geneses",
"get-goes",
"git-goes",
"inceptions",
"incipiences",
"incipiencies",
"kickoffs",
"launches",
"mornings",
"nascences",
"nascencies",
"onsets",
"outsets",
"starts"
],
"related":[
"drawing boards",
"first bases",
"ground zeros",
"square ones",
"creations",
"inaugurations",
"initiations",
"institutions",
"originations",
"cradles",
"fountainheads",
"fountains",
"germs",
"origins",
"roots",
"seedbeds",
"sources",
"springs",
"wells",
"wellsprings",
"openings",
"advents",
"appearances",
"arrivals",
"debuts",
"d\u00e9buts",
"emergences",
"childhoods",
"infancies",
"youths"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cessations",
"closings",
"closures",
"completions",
"finales",
"finishes",
"periods",
"stops",
"terminations",
"windups"
],
"antonyms":[
"closes",
"conclusions",
"endings",
"ends",
"omegas"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
}
}