47063 lines
914 KiB
JSON
47063 lines
914 KiB
JSON
{
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"spaced-out":{
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"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
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"examples":[
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"that was a seriously spaced-out movie about an alternate reality"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bizarre",
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"bizarro",
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"cranky",
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"crazy",
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"curious",
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"eccentric",
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"erratic",
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"far-out",
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"funky",
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"funny",
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"kinky",
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"kooky",
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"kookie",
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"odd",
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"off-kilter",
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"off-the-wall",
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"offbeat",
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"out-of-the-way",
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"outlandish",
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"outr\u00e9",
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"peculiar",
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"quaint",
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"queer",
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"queerish",
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"quirky",
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"remarkable",
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"rum",
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"screwy",
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"strange",
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"wacky",
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"whacky",
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"way-out",
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"weird",
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"weirdo",
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"wild"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"aberrant",
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"abnormal",
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"addlepated",
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"flaky",
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"extraordinary",
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"fantastic",
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"fantastical",
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"freak",
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"freakish",
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"freaky",
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"phantasmagoric",
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"phantasmagorical",
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"phenomenal",
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"atypical",
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"rare",
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"singular",
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"uncommon",
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"uncustomary",
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"unique",
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"unusual",
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"unwonted",
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"conspicuous",
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"notable",
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"noticeable",
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"outstanding",
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"prominent",
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"salient",
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"striking",
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"atrocious",
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"outrageous",
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"shocking",
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"crotchety",
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"idiosyncratic",
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"nonconformist",
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"nonmainstream",
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"out-there",
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"unconventional",
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"unorthodox",
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"baffling",
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"bewildering",
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"confounding",
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"mystifying",
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"perplexing",
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"puzzling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"average",
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"commonplace",
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"everyday",
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"garden",
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"normal",
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"ordinary",
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"prosaic",
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"routine",
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"run-of-the-mill",
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"standard",
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"typical",
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"unexceptional",
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"unremarkable",
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"usual",
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"workaday",
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"conformist",
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"conservative",
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"conventional",
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"expected",
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"familiar",
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"knee-jerk",
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"predictable",
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"common",
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"customary",
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"frequent",
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"habitual",
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"regular",
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"wonted"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"suffering from mental confusion":{
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"examples":[
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"a spaced-out representative from customer service who knew less than we did"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addle",
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"addled",
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"addlepated",
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"bedeviled",
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"befogged",
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"befuddled",
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"bemused",
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"bewildered",
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"bushed",
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"confounded",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"distracted",
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"dizzy",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"fogged",
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"mixed-up",
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"muddleheaded",
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"muzzy",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"punch-drunk",
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"punchy",
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"raddled",
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"shell-shocked",
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"silly",
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"slaphappy",
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"spacey",
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"spacy",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"zonked",
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"zonked-out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"senseless",
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"unconscious"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alert",
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"conscious"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clearheaded"
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]
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},
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"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
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"examples":[
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"the mindless ramblings of a spaced-out , over-the-hill hippie"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blasted",
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"blitzed",
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"bombed",
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"high",
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"hopped-up",
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"loaded",
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"ripped",
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"stoned",
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"strung out",
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"wasted",
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"wiped out",
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"zonked",
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"zonked-out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"addicted",
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"hooked"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abstemious",
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"abstinent",
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"clean",
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"temperate",
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"clearheaded",
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"cool",
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"level",
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"steady"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"sober",
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"straight"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"spacy":{
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"suffering from mental confusion":{
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"examples":[
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"feeling a little spacey in the moments following the freak accident"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"addle",
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"addled",
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"addlepated",
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"bedeviled",
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"befogged",
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"befuddled",
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"bemused",
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"bewildered",
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"bushed",
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"confounded",
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"confused",
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"dazed",
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"distracted",
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"dizzy",
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"dopey",
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"dopy",
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"fogged",
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"mixed-up",
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"muddleheaded",
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"muzzy",
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"pixilated",
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"pixillated",
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"punch-drunk",
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"punchy",
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"raddled",
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"shell-shocked",
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"silly",
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"slaphappy",
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"spaced-out",
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"spaced",
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"stunned",
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"stupefied",
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"zonked",
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"zonked-out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"senseless",
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"unconscious"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"alert",
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"conscious"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"clearheaded"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"spadework":{
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"as in drudgery , toil":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"spading":{
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"as in scooping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"scooping",
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"digging in",
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"delving",
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"burrowing",
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"clawing",
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"grubbing",
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"mining",
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"quarrying",
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"dredging",
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"digging",
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"excavating",
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"shoveling",
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"shovelling"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"filling (in)",
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"smoothing (out or over)"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"span-new":{
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"being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{
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"antonyms":[
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"stale"
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],
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"examples":[
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"I love the smell of a span-new book"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blemished",
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"broken",
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"bruised",
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"damaged",
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"defaced",
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"defiled",
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"disfigured",
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"harmed",
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"hurt",
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"impaired",
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"injured",
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"marred",
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"soiled",
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"sullied",
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"tainted",
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"faded",
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"shopworn",
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"used",
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"well-worn",
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"worn",
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"contaminated",
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"polluted",
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"spoiled",
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"hand-me-down",
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"secondhand"
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],
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"related":[
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"unaltered",
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"unblemished",
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"unbruised",
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"uncontaminated",
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"undamaged",
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"undefiled",
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"unharmed",
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"unhurt",
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"unimpaired",
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"uninjured",
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"unmarred",
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"unpolluted",
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"unsoiled",
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"unspoiled",
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"unsullied",
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"untainted",
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"untouched",
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"unworn",
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"new",
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"spick-and-span",
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"spic-and-span"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"brand-new",
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"fresh",
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"mint",
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"pristine",
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"virgin",
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"virginal"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adjective"
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]
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},
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"spangling":{
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"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[
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"in typical Las Vegas fashion, the showgirls' sequined costumes spangled gloriously"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[
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"beaming",
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"radiating",
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"shining",
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"bedazzling",
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"blinding",
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"dazing",
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"dazzling",
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"blazing",
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"burning",
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"flaring",
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"glaring",
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"glowing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"coruscating",
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"flaming",
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"flashing",
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"glancing",
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"gleaming",
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"glimmering",
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"glinting",
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"glistening",
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"glistering",
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"glittering",
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"lustering",
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"lustring",
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"scintillating",
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"shimmering",
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"sparkling",
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"twinkling",
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"winking",
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"winkling"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"spared":{
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"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
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"examples":[
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"I'll have a banana split\u2014and don't spare the whipped cream"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"nursed",
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"scanted",
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"skimped (on)",
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"stinted (on)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"doled out",
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"meted (out)",
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"portioned (out)",
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"rationed (out)",
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"pinched",
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"shortchanged",
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"conserved",
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"preserved"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"heaped",
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"lavished",
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"poured",
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"rained",
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"showered"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
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"examples":[
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"she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"economized",
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"pinched",
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"saved",
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"scrimped",
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"skimped"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conserved",
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"husbanded",
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"maintained",
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"managed",
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"preserved",
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"scraped",
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"cut back",
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"cut down",
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"retrenched",
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"hoarded",
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"laid up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"blew",
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"dissipated",
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"frittered (away)",
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"lavished",
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"misspent",
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"ran through",
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"spent",
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"squandered",
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"threw away",
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"splurged"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"wasted"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"spark":{
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"to give off sparks":{
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"examples":[
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"the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"scintillate",
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"sparkle"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flash",
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"shine",
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"twinkle",
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"blaze",
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"burn",
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"combust",
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"flame",
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"flare (up)",
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"glow",
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"light (up)",
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"radiate"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to cause to function":{
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"examples":[
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"interesting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"activate",
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"actuate",
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"crank (up)",
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"drive",
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"move",
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"run",
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"set off",
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"start",
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"touch off",
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"trigger",
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"turn on"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"kick over",
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"turn over",
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"charge",
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"electrify",
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"energize",
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"fire",
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"fuel",
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"generate",
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"power",
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"push",
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"discharge",
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"launch",
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"release",
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"switch",
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"trip",
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"reactivate",
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"recharge",
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"arouse",
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"excite",
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"jump-start",
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"kick-start",
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"stimulate",
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"vitalize",
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"ignite",
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"incite",
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"instigate",
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"provoke",
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"quicken",
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"stir up",
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"accelerate",
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"catalyze",
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"speed (up)",
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"step up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"arrest",
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"brake",
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"check",
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"cut off",
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"draw up",
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"halt",
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"jam",
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"stall",
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"stick",
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"stop",
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"decelerate",
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"repress",
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"slow",
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"stunt",
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"suppress"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cut",
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"cut out",
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"deactivate",
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"kill",
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"shut off",
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"turn off"
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]
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},
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"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
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"examples":[
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"President Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arouse",
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"encourage",
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"excite",
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"fire (up)",
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"impassion",
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"incite",
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"instigate",
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"move",
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"pique",
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"provoke",
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"rev (up)",
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"stimulate",
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"stir"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"fan",
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"ignite",
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"inflame",
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"enflame",
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"kindle",
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"trigger",
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"activate",
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"animate",
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"drive",
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"energize",
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"galvanize",
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"induce",
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"inspire",
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"key (up)",
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"motivate",
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"motive",
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"pump up",
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"quicken",
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"set off",
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"vitalize",
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"abet",
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"ferment",
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"foment",
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"raise",
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"whip (up)",
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"anger",
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"enrage",
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"madden",
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"upset",
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"jeer",
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"taunt",
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"tease",
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"aggravate",
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|
"annoy",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"exasperate",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"irritate",
|
|
"vex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tranquilize",
|
|
"tranquillize",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a spark of interest in the actress's memoirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparkled":{
|
|
"to give off sparks":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while fireworks that sparkle may be entertaining to look at, they can be highly dangerous when used indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"combusted",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flared (up)",
|
|
"glowed",
|
|
"lit (up)",
|
|
"lighted (up)",
|
|
"radiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"sparked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crystal sparkled in the sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beamed",
|
|
"radiated",
|
|
"shone",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"blinded",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"dazzled",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"flared",
|
|
"glared",
|
|
"glowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscated",
|
|
"flamed",
|
|
"flashed",
|
|
"glanced",
|
|
"gleamed",
|
|
"glimmered",
|
|
"glinted",
|
|
"glistened",
|
|
"glistered",
|
|
"glittered",
|
|
"lustered",
|
|
"lustred",
|
|
"scintillated",
|
|
"shimmered",
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"twinkled",
|
|
"winked",
|
|
"winkled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparkles":{
|
|
"to give off sparks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while fireworks that sparkle may be entertaining to look at, they can be highly dangerous when used indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"combusts",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"lights (up)",
|
|
"radiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crystal sparkled in the sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscates",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glances",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glisters",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"spangles",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"winkles",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"bedazzles",
|
|
"blinds",
|
|
"dazes",
|
|
"dazzles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"glows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in glitters , shimmers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"glints",
|
|
"glitters",
|
|
"scintillations",
|
|
"shimmers",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"fluorescences",
|
|
"glares",
|
|
"gleams",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"illuminations",
|
|
"incandescences",
|
|
"lights",
|
|
"luminescences",
|
|
"radiances",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"daylights",
|
|
"moonlights",
|
|
"sunlights",
|
|
"sunshines",
|
|
"afterglows",
|
|
"aureoles",
|
|
"aureolae",
|
|
"auroras",
|
|
"aurorae",
|
|
"beams",
|
|
"halos",
|
|
"haloes",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"sunbeams",
|
|
"glistens",
|
|
"glosses",
|
|
"lusters",
|
|
"lustres",
|
|
"polishes",
|
|
"reflections",
|
|
"sheens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darks",
|
|
"dusks",
|
|
"glooms",
|
|
"nights",
|
|
"shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparse":{
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"open land is sparse around here"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spartan":{
|
|
"providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accommodations on the windjammer are spartan but clean and comfortable nevertheless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"stark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"unelaborate",
|
|
"unfancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"fancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"plush"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spasm":{
|
|
"a painful sudden tightening of a muscle":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he suffers terribly from back spasms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contraction",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"stitch",
|
|
"twinge",
|
|
"twitch"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charley horse",
|
|
"cramp",
|
|
"crick",
|
|
"kink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spasm of love that he had never experienced before"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"tantrum",
|
|
"ecstasy",
|
|
"rapture",
|
|
"transport",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"firestorm",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"furor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agony",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"ebullition",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gale",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"gust",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"storm"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spates":{
|
|
"a great flow of water or of something that overwhelms":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spate of words has been published on this controversial topic"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alluvions",
|
|
"baths",
|
|
"cataclysms",
|
|
"cataracts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"flood tides",
|
|
"inundations",
|
|
"Niagaras",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"torrents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"currents",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"tides",
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"outpourings",
|
|
"fluxes",
|
|
"inflows",
|
|
"influxes",
|
|
"engulfments",
|
|
"washouts",
|
|
"avalanches",
|
|
"blizzards",
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"waterfalls",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"gluts",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"droughts",
|
|
"drouths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a considerable amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an off-color remark that drew a spate of complaints from TV viewers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"basketfuls",
|
|
"basketsful",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"carloads",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"dozens",
|
|
"dozen",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"good deals",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"hundreds",
|
|
"hundred",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"multiplicities",
|
|
"myriads",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"packs",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"platefuls",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"plentitudes",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"sheaves",
|
|
"shiploads",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"stores",
|
|
"tons",
|
|
"truckloads",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"yards"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"rashes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"plethoras",
|
|
"redundancies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"crams",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"droves",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"herds",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"mobs",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"scores",
|
|
"seas",
|
|
"swarms",
|
|
"throngs",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"millions",
|
|
"million",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"trillions",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"absences",
|
|
"dearths",
|
|
"famines",
|
|
"lacks",
|
|
"paucities",
|
|
"poverties",
|
|
"scarcities",
|
|
"shortages",
|
|
"undersupplies",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"deficiencies",
|
|
"deficits",
|
|
"inadequacies",
|
|
"insufficiencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"mouthfuls",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pittances",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spavined":{
|
|
"as in decrepit , doddering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"tottery",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"unyoung",
|
|
"centenarian",
|
|
"nonagenarian",
|
|
"octogenarian",
|
|
"septuagenarian",
|
|
"sexagenarian",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"pensioned",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"superannuated",
|
|
"matriarchal",
|
|
"patriarchal",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overaged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"youngish",
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spawners":{
|
|
"as in conceivers , formulators":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conceivers",
|
|
"contrivers",
|
|
"designers",
|
|
"devisers",
|
|
"formulators",
|
|
"innovators",
|
|
"introducers",
|
|
"inventors",
|
|
"cocreators",
|
|
"co-creators",
|
|
"cofounders",
|
|
"co-founders",
|
|
"builders",
|
|
"makers",
|
|
"producers",
|
|
"authors",
|
|
"begetters",
|
|
"creators",
|
|
"establishers",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"founders",
|
|
"founding fathers",
|
|
"generators",
|
|
"inaugurators",
|
|
"initiators",
|
|
"instituters",
|
|
"institutors",
|
|
"originators",
|
|
"sires",
|
|
"developers",
|
|
"pioneers",
|
|
"researchers",
|
|
"researchists",
|
|
"organizers",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"galvanizers",
|
|
"inspirations",
|
|
"inspirers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"students",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spawning":{
|
|
"as in generation , breeding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"procreation",
|
|
"siring",
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"family way",
|
|
"gestation",
|
|
"gravidity",
|
|
"pregnancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"barrenness",
|
|
"infertility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begetting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"bringing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"bringing on",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"causing",
|
|
"creating",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"drawing on",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"effectuating",
|
|
"engendering",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"invoking",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"occasioning",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"prompting",
|
|
"resulting (in)",
|
|
"translating (into)",
|
|
"working",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conducing (to)",
|
|
"contributing (to)",
|
|
"deciding",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"fathering",
|
|
"founding",
|
|
"inaugurating",
|
|
"initiating",
|
|
"innovating",
|
|
"instituting",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pioneering",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"setting up",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"fostering",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeding",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting",
|
|
"clamping down (on)",
|
|
"cracking down (on)",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dampening",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"quashing",
|
|
"quelling",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"smothering",
|
|
"squashing",
|
|
"squelching",
|
|
"stifling",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"curbing",
|
|
"inhibiting",
|
|
"reining (in)",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"snuffing (out)",
|
|
"stilling",
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"extinguishing",
|
|
"liquidating",
|
|
"quenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spayed":{
|
|
"as in neutered , desexed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"desexed",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"sterilized",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"fertilized",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"pregnant",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in neutered , sterilized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altered",
|
|
"desexed",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"neutered",
|
|
"castrated",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"gelded",
|
|
"sterilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spaying":{
|
|
"as in neutering , sterilizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altering",
|
|
"desexing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"neutering",
|
|
"castrating",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"gelding",
|
|
"sterilizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak":{
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally spoke her fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"blurt",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"drawl",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"splutter",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"formulize",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"pipe up (with)",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"rip (out)",
|
|
"snarl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"descant",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"expatiate",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recite",
|
|
"soliloquize",
|
|
"dissert",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"filibuster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak (about)":{
|
|
"as in talk (about) , review":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"review",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"agitate",
|
|
"argue",
|
|
"bandy",
|
|
"bat (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvass",
|
|
"canvas",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"dispute",
|
|
"hash (over or out)",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"talk over",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"propound",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stir up",
|
|
"forge",
|
|
"hammer out",
|
|
"talk out",
|
|
"thrash (out)",
|
|
"wrestle (with)",
|
|
"chew over",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"weigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak (for)":{
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ask (for)",
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"call (for)",
|
|
"desire",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quest",
|
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"request",
|
|
"seek",
|
|
"solicit",
|
|
"sue (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apply (for)",
|
|
"beg (for)",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"clamor (for)",
|
|
"importune",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"wish (for)",
|
|
"demand",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"insist (on)",
|
|
"petition (for)",
|
|
"press (for)",
|
|
"require",
|
|
"requisition",
|
|
"invite",
|
|
"invoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks":{
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally spoke her fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifles",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blurts",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"splutters",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"formulizes",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"pipes up (with)",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"rips (out)",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recites",
|
|
"soliloquizes",
|
|
"disserts",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"filibusters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"expatiates",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks up":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearing":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"gimleting",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"quilling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special":{
|
|
"being the one or ones of a class with no other members":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the President claimed that international terrorism was a special threat that required a special way of dealing with it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alone",
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"one",
|
|
"one-off",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"sui generis",
|
|
"unique"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"single",
|
|
"solo",
|
|
"unaccompanied",
|
|
"unattended",
|
|
"incomparable",
|
|
"inimitable",
|
|
"matchless",
|
|
"peerless",
|
|
"unequaled",
|
|
"unequalled",
|
|
"unmatched",
|
|
"unparalleled",
|
|
"unrivaled",
|
|
"unrivalled",
|
|
"unsurpassable",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"nonce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"divers",
|
|
"manifold",
|
|
"multifarious",
|
|
"myriad",
|
|
"assorted",
|
|
"heterogenous",
|
|
"miscellaneous",
|
|
"mixed",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"patchwork",
|
|
"promiscuous",
|
|
"varied",
|
|
"popular",
|
|
"prevailing",
|
|
"prevalent",
|
|
"rampant",
|
|
"perennial",
|
|
"recurrent",
|
|
"repeated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"granted special treatment or attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"one student who was treated as special by the teacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"fair-haired",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"fond",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"white-headed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"esteemed",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"revered",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"disfavored",
|
|
"disliked",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"unfavorite",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"alienated",
|
|
"estranged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unbeloved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of a particular or exact sort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need special permission from the fire department to do that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"specific"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lone",
|
|
"only",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"sole",
|
|
"solitary",
|
|
"distinctive",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"differentiated",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"given",
|
|
"specified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"generalized",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"nonexclusive",
|
|
"universal"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonspecific"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialized":{
|
|
"used by or intended for experts in a particular field of knowledge":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"highly specialized terms that have very specific meanings in legal documents"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"technical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialist",
|
|
"specialistic",
|
|
"technicalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"generalized",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"nonexclusive",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nontechnical",
|
|
"untechnical"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialties":{
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a doctor with a specialty in internal medicine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"baronies",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"turfs",
|
|
"turves",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"kens",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"subfields",
|
|
"subspecialties",
|
|
"sub-specialties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"singing operatic works is my specialty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"long suits",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"specialities",
|
|
"strong suits",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specified":{
|
|
"as in declared , stated":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"decreed",
|
|
"dictated",
|
|
"ordained",
|
|
"assigned",
|
|
"directed",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"chose",
|
|
"selected",
|
|
"adjured",
|
|
"bade",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"commanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"conducted",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"governed",
|
|
"led",
|
|
"managed",
|
|
"coerced",
|
|
"compelled",
|
|
"constrained",
|
|
"forced",
|
|
"obligated",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"required"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"laid down",
|
|
"prescribed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"forgot",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"slighted"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"hinted (at)",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"pointed (out)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"signified",
|
|
"denominated",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interpolated",
|
|
"interposed",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"infiltrated",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"wormed",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"spelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverted (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"quoted",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifying":{
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"laying down",
|
|
"prescribing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"adjuring",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverting (to)",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"instancing",
|
|
"mentioning",
|
|
"naming",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"quoting",
|
|
"referring (to)",
|
|
"touching (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alluding (to)",
|
|
"hinting (at)",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"pointing (out)",
|
|
"signaling",
|
|
"signalling",
|
|
"signifying",
|
|
"denominating",
|
|
"designating",
|
|
"indicating",
|
|
"bringing up",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"interjecting",
|
|
"interpolating",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"infiltrating",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"worming",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"clearing (up)",
|
|
"elucidating",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"explicating",
|
|
"spelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"forgetting",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speck":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lizard with specks of white against a green body"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a speck of explanation to accompany the book's pictures"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small piece":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speck of dust was preventing the laser from reading the disc"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"tittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fraction",
|
|
"haet",
|
|
"halfpenny",
|
|
"ha'penny",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"kenning",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"nutshell",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"mouthful",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"tidbit",
|
|
"titbit",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"smithereens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specking":{
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dirt that had specked the windows of the factory for ages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speckled":{
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speckled dog"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculate (about)":{
|
|
"as in second-guess":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculated (about)":{
|
|
"as in second-guessed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"second-guessed",
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"brooded (about or over)",
|
|
"dwelled (on or upon)",
|
|
"dwelt (on or upon)",
|
|
"fixated (on or upon)",
|
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"fretted (about or over)",
|
|
"obsessed (about or over)",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"explored",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"believed",
|
|
"conceived",
|
|
"opined",
|
|
"mused (upon)",
|
|
"reflected (on or upon)",
|
|
"reminisced",
|
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"absorbed",
|
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"assimilated",
|
|
"digested",
|
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"drank (in)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
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"cogitated",
|
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"considered",
|
|
"contemplated",
|
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"debated",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
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"entertained",
|
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"eyed",
|
|
"kicked around",
|
|
"meditated",
|
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"mulled (over)",
|
|
"perpended",
|
|
"pondered",
|
|
"pored (over)",
|
|
"questioned",
|
|
"revolved",
|
|
"ruminated",
|
|
"studied",
|
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"thought (about or over)",
|
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"turned",
|
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"weighed",
|
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"wrestled (with)"
|
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],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
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"dismissed",
|
|
"pooh-poohed",
|
|
"poohed",
|
|
"rejected"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
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},
|
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"type":[
|
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"verb"
|
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]
|
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},
|
|
"speculates":{
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assumes",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
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"daresays",
|
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"guesses",
|
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"imagines",
|
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"presumes",
|
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"supposes",
|
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"surmises",
|
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"suspects",
|
|
"suspicions"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"concludes",
|
|
"deduces",
|
|
"gathers",
|
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"infers",
|
|
"hypothecates",
|
|
"hypothesizes",
|
|
"theorizes",
|
|
"believes",
|
|
"conceives",
|
|
"expects",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"thinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"documents",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"proves",
|
|
"substantiates",
|
|
"validates",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"finds out",
|
|
"learns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculating":{
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrating",
|
|
"documenting",
|
|
"establishing",
|
|
"proving",
|
|
"substantiating",
|
|
"validating",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"finding out",
|
|
"learning"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"deducing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"inferring",
|
|
"hypothecating",
|
|
"hypothesizing",
|
|
"theorizing",
|
|
"believing",
|
|
"conceiving",
|
|
"expecting",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"thinking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assuming",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"daresaying",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"imagining",
|
|
"presuming",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"surmising",
|
|
"suspecting",
|
|
"suspicioning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculative":{
|
|
"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speculative explanation of why this ancient pottery was found hundreds of miles from where it was made"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"academical",
|
|
"conjectural",
|
|
"hypothetical",
|
|
"suppositional",
|
|
"theoretical",
|
|
"theoretic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"assumed",
|
|
"presumed",
|
|
"presupposed",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"supposed",
|
|
"unproved",
|
|
"unproven",
|
|
"untested",
|
|
"debatable",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"abstract",
|
|
"conceptual",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"nonclinical",
|
|
"nonpractical",
|
|
"nonempirical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clinical",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"concrete",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"distinct",
|
|
"attested",
|
|
"authenticated",
|
|
"confirmed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"proven",
|
|
"substantiated",
|
|
"tested",
|
|
"time-tested",
|
|
"validated",
|
|
"verified",
|
|
"empirical",
|
|
"empiric",
|
|
"nonspeculative",
|
|
"nontheoretical",
|
|
"observational"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"actual",
|
|
"factual",
|
|
"real"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sped":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed":{
|
|
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we dashed off the remaining paperwork with as much speed as possible so we could leave for the long weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speediness",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"anathema",
|
|
"b\u00eate noire",
|
|
"bugbear"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beloved",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"sweetheart",
|
|
"jewel",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"treasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"fave",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"preference"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"poke"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"hang (around or out)",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"slow (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"beetle",
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"flit",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"scud",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"stampede",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"whizz",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"sprint",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"fast-forward",
|
|
"outpace",
|
|
"outrun",
|
|
"outstrip",
|
|
"overtake",
|
|
"arrow",
|
|
"beeline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"career",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"crack (on)",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"highball",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
|
"hump",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"travel",
|
|
"trot",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fast-track",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"whisk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"urge",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"expedite",
|
|
"facilitate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delay",
|
|
"encumber",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"hamper",
|
|
"hinder",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"hold up",
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"interfere (with)",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"tie up",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"stall",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brake",
|
|
"decelerate",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"slow (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedboat":{
|
|
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"motor sailer",
|
|
"runabout",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"sportfisherman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"stinkpot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedy":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a speedy worker but not a very careful one, unfortunately"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"done, carried out, or given without delay":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I was surprised by and pleased with the company's speedy response to my complaints"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"punctual",
|
|
"timely"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"apt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"willing",
|
|
"opportune",
|
|
"seasonable",
|
|
"early"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delinquent",
|
|
"latish",
|
|
"overdue",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"behindhand",
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"slow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"belated",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spell":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witch cast a spell that turned the prince into a toad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cantrip",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"conjuration",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"incantation",
|
|
"invocation",
|
|
"whammy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dizzy spell that caused me to fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"remission"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"relapse",
|
|
"brainstorm",
|
|
"convulsion",
|
|
"eclampsia",
|
|
"pang",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"spasm",
|
|
"throe",
|
|
"agitation",
|
|
"frenzy",
|
|
"breakdown",
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"prostration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"access",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bout",
|
|
"case",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"seizure",
|
|
"siege",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come rest a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bless"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"possess",
|
|
"voodoo",
|
|
"attract",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"captivate",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"mesmerize",
|
|
"spellbind",
|
|
"entice",
|
|
"lure",
|
|
"seduce",
|
|
"tempt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"ensorcell",
|
|
"ensorcel",
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"strike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"connote",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"add up (to)",
|
|
"amount (to)",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"embody",
|
|
"epitomize",
|
|
"personify",
|
|
"represent",
|
|
"symbol",
|
|
"symbolize",
|
|
"advert",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"point (to)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denote",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"import",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"signify"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spelling":{
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"ensorcelling",
|
|
"ensorceling",
|
|
"hexing",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursing",
|
|
"jinxing",
|
|
"possessing",
|
|
"voodooing",
|
|
"attracting",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"spellbinding",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"seducing",
|
|
"tempting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoting",
|
|
"expressing",
|
|
"importing",
|
|
"intending",
|
|
"meaning",
|
|
"signifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spend":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"acquire",
|
|
"earn",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"garner",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"procure",
|
|
"realize",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"win"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburse",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"fork (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"outlay",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"shell out"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"replace"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"revive",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"save"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"eat",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"clean (out)",
|
|
"impoverish",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dry up",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"consume",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"draw down",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"expend",
|
|
"play out",
|
|
"use up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"trifle (away)",
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spewing":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"swooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"fountaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a volcano spewing out lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belching",
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eructing",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shutting (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spitting up",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sphered":{
|
|
"as in rolled , rounded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerated",
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"wadded",
|
|
"beaded",
|
|
"pearled",
|
|
"pelleted",
|
|
"pelletized",
|
|
"bunched",
|
|
"clumped",
|
|
"lumped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unrolled",
|
|
"flattened",
|
|
"opened",
|
|
"smoothed",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"unfolded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spice":{
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cologne for men that captures all of the spice of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aroma",
|
|
"attar",
|
|
"otto",
|
|
"balm",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"fragrance",
|
|
"fragrancy",
|
|
"incense",
|
|
"perfume",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"scent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"odor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetor",
|
|
"malodor",
|
|
"reek",
|
|
"stench",
|
|
"stink"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Europe in Columbus's time imported rare and valuable spices from the Indies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"flavoring",
|
|
"seasoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sauce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new hobby will add spice to your life"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"piquancy",
|
|
"pungency",
|
|
"tang",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"zing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"raciness",
|
|
"spiciness",
|
|
"fieriness",
|
|
"hotness",
|
|
"acuteness",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"sharpness",
|
|
"provocativeness",
|
|
"excitement",
|
|
"invigoration",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulation",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"mordancy",
|
|
"trenchancy",
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"redolence",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"savoriness",
|
|
"tastiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"flatness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"insipidity",
|
|
"monotonousness",
|
|
"monotony",
|
|
"platitude",
|
|
"predictability",
|
|
"sameness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"blandness",
|
|
"thinness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"insipidity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spice the stew with more pepper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavor",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"savor",
|
|
"savour",
|
|
"season"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"salt",
|
|
"aromatize",
|
|
"perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spick-and-span":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's make the house spick-and-span for our visitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"recently made and never used before":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"secondhand",
|
|
"used"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spick-and-span waffle iron that our host was obviously using for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"well-handled",
|
|
"worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unprocessed",
|
|
"untreated",
|
|
"unworked",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spied":{
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spies":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government spy risked his life every day in the fight against global terrorism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"undercovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"counterspies",
|
|
"double agents",
|
|
"sleepers",
|
|
"infiltrators",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"spymasters",
|
|
"superspies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiffed-up":{
|
|
"as in formal , elegant":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiffy":{
|
|
"neat, stylish, and attractive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spiffy new uniform",
|
|
"She looked very spiffy in her new dress."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"saucy",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"bandbox",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"kempt",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"shipshape",
|
|
"smug",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tidied",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"trig",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"uncluttered",
|
|
"well-groomed",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"sleek",
|
|
"streamlined",
|
|
"taut",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"systematic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"seedy",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"slipshod",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"squalid",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"unsystematic",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorderly",
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"mussy",
|
|
"sloven",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt",
|
|
"untidy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spikelike":{
|
|
"as in jagged , barbed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"bladelike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"spired",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spikes":{
|
|
"as in darts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"javelins",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"pikestaffs",
|
|
"shafts",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"halberds",
|
|
"halberts",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"leisters",
|
|
"tridents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in jumps , run-ups":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs",
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"fillips",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"gingers (up)",
|
|
"invigorates",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"juices up",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"livens (up)",
|
|
"peps (up)",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"vivifies",
|
|
"zips (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"awakens",
|
|
"awakes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rouses",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"wakes (up)",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"enkindles",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"buoys",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"infuses",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"rallies",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"reanimates",
|
|
"reawakens",
|
|
"reawakes",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"recreates",
|
|
"reenergizes",
|
|
"refreshens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"regenerates",
|
|
"reinvigorates",
|
|
"rejuvenates",
|
|
"rekindles",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restimulates",
|
|
"resurrects",
|
|
"resuscitates",
|
|
"revitalizes",
|
|
"revives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns out",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"fags",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"kayoes",
|
|
"knocks out",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"tuckers (out)",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"wearies",
|
|
"wears",
|
|
"wears out",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"curbs",
|
|
"inhibits",
|
|
"jades",
|
|
"quells",
|
|
"quenches",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"discourages",
|
|
"disheartens",
|
|
"dispirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dampens",
|
|
"damps",
|
|
"deadens",
|
|
"dulls",
|
|
"kills"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinal column":{
|
|
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a diagram of the spinal column"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"chine",
|
|
"spine",
|
|
"vertebral column"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"spinal cord",
|
|
"vertebra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinal cord":{
|
|
"as in back , vertebra":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spindling":{
|
|
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"spindly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"spindle-legged",
|
|
"spindle-shanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cutting , quilling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing",
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"gimleting",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"quilling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spindly":{
|
|
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spindly , underfed dogs roamed the poverty-stricken village"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"spindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"spindle-legged",
|
|
"spindle-shanked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiny":{
|
|
"requiring exceptional skill or caution in performance or handling":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this promises to be a spiny problem to negotiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"thorny",
|
|
"ticklish",
|
|
"touchy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"tricksy",
|
|
"tricky"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirit":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a hotel bar that's well stocked with spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"aperitif",
|
|
"bracer",
|
|
"chaser",
|
|
"digestif",
|
|
"nightcap",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"load",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"shooter",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"snifter",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"whet",
|
|
"cocktail",
|
|
"mixed drink",
|
|
"ale",
|
|
"beer",
|
|
"brew",
|
|
"brewage",
|
|
"brewski",
|
|
"home brew",
|
|
"malt liquor",
|
|
"microbrew",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"nappy",
|
|
"mead",
|
|
"sake",
|
|
"saki",
|
|
"wine",
|
|
"barley-bree",
|
|
"barley-broo",
|
|
"brandy",
|
|
"gin",
|
|
"liqueur",
|
|
"mao-tai",
|
|
"mescal",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequila",
|
|
"vodka",
|
|
"whiskey",
|
|
"whisky",
|
|
"Dutch courage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a state of mind dominated by a particular emotion":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had been in a combative spirit all week"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angle",
|
|
"attitude",
|
|
"mind-set",
|
|
"outlook",
|
|
"perspective",
|
|
"slant",
|
|
"standpoint",
|
|
"viewpoint",
|
|
"emotion",
|
|
"feeling",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"sentiment",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"belief",
|
|
"conviction",
|
|
"judgment",
|
|
"judgement",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"opinion",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"tone",
|
|
"vein",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"disposition",
|
|
"identity",
|
|
"individuality",
|
|
"makeup",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"selfhood",
|
|
"self-identity",
|
|
"temperament",
|
|
"responsiveness",
|
|
"sensibility",
|
|
"sensitiveness",
|
|
"sensitivity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"mode",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"temper"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an immaterial force within a human being thought to give the body life, energy, and power":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theological and philosophical belief that the spirit is superior to the body"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"body",
|
|
"flesh"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"life",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"essence",
|
|
"quintessence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"psyche",
|
|
"soul"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Hamlet's late father appears to him in the form of a spirit and with the revelation that he was in fact murdered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritless":{
|
|
"lacking bodily energy or motivation":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"enterprising",
|
|
"motivated"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he was spiritless and depressed for weeks after being fired"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"dynamic",
|
|
"industrious",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"sleepless",
|
|
"vigilant",
|
|
"watchful",
|
|
"wide-awake"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"slothful",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"indifferent",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"heedless",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unwary",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritlessly":{
|
|
"as in casually , lazily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lackadaisically",
|
|
"languidly",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"shiftlessly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amain",
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"doggedly",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intensively",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"slavishly",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"actively",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"busily",
|
|
"dynamically",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"feverishly",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"vehemently",
|
|
"vigorously",
|
|
"zealously",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"steadfastly",
|
|
"steadily",
|
|
"unabatedly",
|
|
"unrelentingly",
|
|
"unremittingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in cravenly , fearfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritlessness":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritual":{
|
|
"not composed of matter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a staunch skeptic and realist, he scoffs at the very notion of ghosts and other spiritual entities"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"unsubstantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spiritual songs that have been sung by generations of worshippers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"devotional",
|
|
"religious",
|
|
"sacred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest",
|
|
"consecrated",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"holy",
|
|
"sacrosanct",
|
|
"sanctified",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"liturgical",
|
|
"ritual",
|
|
"sacramental",
|
|
"semireligious",
|
|
"semisacred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane",
|
|
"terrene",
|
|
"terrestrial",
|
|
"worldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonreligious",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a religious song":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sang a spiritual at the funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anthem",
|
|
"canticle",
|
|
"carol",
|
|
"chorale",
|
|
"hymn",
|
|
"psalm"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirge",
|
|
"lament",
|
|
"requiem",
|
|
"threnody",
|
|
"Gloria Patri",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"paean",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"oratorio",
|
|
"processional",
|
|
"recessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiteful":{
|
|
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the gossip would utter the most vicious things with a spiteful smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"bitchy",
|
|
"catty",
|
|
"cruel",
|
|
"despiteful",
|
|
"hateful",
|
|
"malevolent",
|
|
"malicious",
|
|
"malign",
|
|
"malignant",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"virulent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"scoundrelly",
|
|
"scurvy",
|
|
"snakelike",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"jaundiced",
|
|
"jealous",
|
|
"rancorous",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vindictive",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"contemptuous",
|
|
"deprecating",
|
|
"derogatory",
|
|
"disdainful",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mean-spirited",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"opprobrious",
|
|
"scornful",
|
|
"snide",
|
|
"snotty",
|
|
"unkind",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"unloving",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"baneful",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"hostile",
|
|
"inimical",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"poisonous",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"venomous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"kindhearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"sympathetic",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"warmhearted",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"affectionate",
|
|
"amorous",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"tender",
|
|
"tenderhearted",
|
|
"humane",
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"high-minded",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"benign",
|
|
"benignant",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"unmalicious"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spits":{
|
|
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"capes",
|
|
"forelands",
|
|
"headlands",
|
|
"nesses",
|
|
"peninsulas",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"promontories"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwaters",
|
|
"jetties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spit and image of his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter egos",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"carbons",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"duplications",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"images",
|
|
"likenesses",
|
|
"look-alikes",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"mirror images",
|
|
"pictures",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"ringers",
|
|
"spitting images",
|
|
"twins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Chinese copies",
|
|
"effigies",
|
|
"portraits",
|
|
"portrayals",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"analogues",
|
|
"analogs",
|
|
"parallels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antitheses",
|
|
"converses",
|
|
"opposites",
|
|
"reverses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivas",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"spittles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"expectorations",
|
|
"salivations",
|
|
"sputa",
|
|
"sputums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindles",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splashy":{
|
|
"likely to attract attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splashy new restaurant that's currently the in place to go"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bodacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"eye-catching",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"grabby",
|
|
"kenspeckle",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"striking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"recognizable",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"eminent",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noteworthy",
|
|
"highlighted",
|
|
"spotlighted",
|
|
"flagrant",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"highfalutin",
|
|
"hifalutin",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"riveting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"hidden",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"faint",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"undistinguished",
|
|
"unimportant",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unaffected",
|
|
"unassuming",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"unemphatic",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unnoticeable",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"unshowy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"attractively eye-catching in style":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splashy ad for the new brand of blue jeans"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"snazzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"hip",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"chichi",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spruce",
|
|
"faddish",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"swish",
|
|
"trendy",
|
|
"custom",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"showy",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"raffish",
|
|
"rakish",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned-down",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unpretentious",
|
|
"styleless",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish",
|
|
"d\u00e9mod\u00e9",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"excessively showy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splashy outfit that was definitely out of place in church"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashy",
|
|
"garish",
|
|
"gaudy",
|
|
"glitzy",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"ostentatious",
|
|
"razzle-dazzle",
|
|
"swank",
|
|
"swanky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excessive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"fulsome",
|
|
"hammy",
|
|
"overdone",
|
|
"over-the-top",
|
|
"overwrought",
|
|
"pretentious",
|
|
"baroque",
|
|
"bedizened",
|
|
"ornate",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"snazzy",
|
|
"zooty",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"florid",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glittery",
|
|
"overbright",
|
|
"spectacular",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"lurid",
|
|
"tacky",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"tawdry",
|
|
"tinselly",
|
|
"vulgar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"fitting",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"inconspicuous",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"unobtrusive",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"tasteful",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unpretentious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"understated",
|
|
"unflamboyant",
|
|
"unflashy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splendidly":{
|
|
"in a pleasing way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the graduation party went splendidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"charmingly",
|
|
"delectably",
|
|
"deliciously",
|
|
"delightfully",
|
|
"dreamily",
|
|
"enchantingly",
|
|
"enjoyably",
|
|
"favorably",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fetchingly",
|
|
"gloriously",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"pleasingly",
|
|
"pleasurably",
|
|
"prettily",
|
|
"satisfyingly",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"swimmingly",
|
|
"welcomely",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"winningly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finely",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"magnificently",
|
|
"advantageously",
|
|
"helpfully",
|
|
"blessedly",
|
|
"fortunately",
|
|
"happily",
|
|
"luckily",
|
|
"excellently",
|
|
"superbly",
|
|
"marvelously",
|
|
"sensationally",
|
|
"wonderfully",
|
|
"attractively",
|
|
"beautifully",
|
|
"handsomely",
|
|
"appealingly",
|
|
"appetizingly",
|
|
"enticingly",
|
|
"invitingly",
|
|
"temptingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"appallingly",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"sickeningly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"annoyingly",
|
|
"disgustingly",
|
|
"distressingly",
|
|
"irritatingly",
|
|
"vexingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"unpleasantly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the windjammer's splendidly white sails billowed against a deep blue sky"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"dazzlingly",
|
|
"fulgently",
|
|
"glowingly",
|
|
"incandescently",
|
|
"lambently",
|
|
"luminously",
|
|
"lustrously",
|
|
"radiantly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blazingly",
|
|
"burningly",
|
|
"flamingly",
|
|
"blindingly",
|
|
"flaringly",
|
|
"flickeringly",
|
|
"glaringly",
|
|
"glitteringly",
|
|
"opalescently",
|
|
"pellucidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darkly",
|
|
"duskily",
|
|
"gloomily",
|
|
"murkily",
|
|
"obscurely",
|
|
"somberly",
|
|
"cloudily",
|
|
"shadily",
|
|
"shadowily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dimly",
|
|
"dully"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spliced":{
|
|
"as in hooked , compounded":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chained",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"hitched",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"allied",
|
|
"confederated",
|
|
"leagued",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"clustered",
|
|
"congregated",
|
|
"constellated",
|
|
"convened",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"mated",
|
|
"yoked",
|
|
"recombined",
|
|
"reconnected",
|
|
"rejoined",
|
|
"reunified",
|
|
"reunited",
|
|
"associated",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"combined",
|
|
"conjoined",
|
|
"conjugated",
|
|
"connected",
|
|
"coupled",
|
|
"fused",
|
|
"interfused",
|
|
"joined",
|
|
"linked (up)",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"unified",
|
|
"united"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broke up",
|
|
"dissevered",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"sectioned",
|
|
"separated",
|
|
"severed",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sundered",
|
|
"unlinked",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"disaffiliated",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"disjoined",
|
|
"disjointed",
|
|
"dissociated",
|
|
"disunited",
|
|
"divided",
|
|
"divorced",
|
|
"fractionated",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"uncoupled",
|
|
"unyoked",
|
|
"disbanded",
|
|
"dispersed",
|
|
"scattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split levels":{
|
|
"as in ranches , ranch houses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duplexes",
|
|
"ranches",
|
|
"ranch houses",
|
|
"saltboxes",
|
|
"semis",
|
|
"townhomes",
|
|
"town houses",
|
|
"tract houses",
|
|
"triplexes",
|
|
"bungalows",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"casitas",
|
|
"chalets",
|
|
"cottages",
|
|
"farmhouses",
|
|
"granges",
|
|
"haciendas",
|
|
"homesteads",
|
|
"castles",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaus",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teaux",
|
|
"countryseats",
|
|
"estates",
|
|
"halls",
|
|
"manor houses",
|
|
"manors",
|
|
"mansions",
|
|
"McMansions",
|
|
"palaces",
|
|
"villas",
|
|
"hermitages",
|
|
"manses",
|
|
"parsonages",
|
|
"rectories",
|
|
"vicarages",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"hootches",
|
|
"hovels",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"huts",
|
|
"shacks",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housings",
|
|
"nests",
|
|
"residencies",
|
|
"shelters",
|
|
"apartment houses",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"condominiums",
|
|
"condominia",
|
|
"condos",
|
|
"flats",
|
|
"tenement houses",
|
|
"tenements",
|
|
"walk-ups",
|
|
"penthouses",
|
|
"salons",
|
|
"suites",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"boardinghouses",
|
|
"dormitories",
|
|
"dorms",
|
|
"flophouses",
|
|
"lodging houses",
|
|
"lodgments",
|
|
"lodgements",
|
|
"rooming houses",
|
|
"rooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splore":{
|
|
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the splore that annually accompanies the Edinburgh Festival"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ado",
|
|
"alarums and excursions",
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"bobbery",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"clatter",
|
|
"clutter",
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"corroboree",
|
|
"disturbance",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"foofaraw",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"furore",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hoo-ha",
|
|
"hoo-hah",
|
|
"hoopla",
|
|
"hubble-bubble",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"hurly",
|
|
"hurly-burly",
|
|
"hurricane",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"hurry-scurry",
|
|
"hurry-skurry",
|
|
"kerfuffle",
|
|
"moil",
|
|
"pandemonium",
|
|
"pother",
|
|
"row",
|
|
"ruckus",
|
|
"ruction",
|
|
"rumpus",
|
|
"shindy",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"to-do",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"turmoil",
|
|
"uproar",
|
|
"welter",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"williwaw",
|
|
"zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cacophony",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"din",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"noise",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"unrest",
|
|
"upheaval",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"brawl",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"fray",
|
|
"hassle",
|
|
"melee",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9e",
|
|
"scuffle",
|
|
"dither",
|
|
"fever",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"tizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"peace",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"quietude",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"stillness",
|
|
"tranquillity",
|
|
"tranquility",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"orderliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splotches":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bleach left a small white splotch on my shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ink from a leaking pen had badly splotched his shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splotching":{
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ink from a leaking pen had badly splotched his shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splurges":{
|
|
"to spend more money than usual on something for yourself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You should let yourself splurge once in a while."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in luxuries , indulgences":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"luxuries",
|
|
"extravagances",
|
|
"prodigalities",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"wastages",
|
|
"dissipations",
|
|
"profligacies",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"overindulgences",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"immoderacies",
|
|
"overkills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"necessities",
|
|
"belt-tightenings",
|
|
"conservations",
|
|
"economies",
|
|
"frugalities",
|
|
"parsimonies",
|
|
"penny-pinchings",
|
|
"savings",
|
|
"thrifts",
|
|
"austerities",
|
|
"moderations",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"temperances"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splurging":{
|
|
"as in reckless , extravagant":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"incontinent",
|
|
"intemperate",
|
|
"reckless",
|
|
"uncontrolled",
|
|
"wanton",
|
|
"gluttonous",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"voracious",
|
|
"masturbatory",
|
|
"onanistic",
|
|
"self-absorbed",
|
|
"self-obsessed",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"sensual",
|
|
"sensuous",
|
|
"voluptuous",
|
|
"decadent",
|
|
"hedonistic",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"overindulgent",
|
|
"self-indulgent",
|
|
"sybaritic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"self-abnegating",
|
|
"self-denying",
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"continent",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"ascetic",
|
|
"ascetical",
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"spartan",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"self-controlled",
|
|
"self-disciplined",
|
|
"self-governed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to spend more money than usual on something for yourself":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"You should let yourself splurge once in a while."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"overspending",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"fiddling away",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"trifling (away)",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"laying out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spluttered":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoilsport":{
|
|
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't want to play, at least don't be a spoilsport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"grinch",
|
|
"killjoy",
|
|
"party pooper",
|
|
"wet blanket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"goody-goody",
|
|
"Goody Two-shoes",
|
|
"old maid",
|
|
"stick-in-the-mud",
|
|
"defeatist",
|
|
"Jeremiah",
|
|
"knocker",
|
|
"pessimist",
|
|
"complainer",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cynic",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"sorehead",
|
|
"sourpuss",
|
|
"whiner",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"downer",
|
|
"drip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cutup",
|
|
"jester",
|
|
"live wire",
|
|
"carouser",
|
|
"celebrant",
|
|
"celebrator",
|
|
"merrymaker",
|
|
"rejoicer",
|
|
"reveler",
|
|
"reveller",
|
|
"roisterer",
|
|
"libertine",
|
|
"playboy",
|
|
"playgirl",
|
|
"rake"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliation":{
|
|
"as in looting , plunder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredation",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"despoilment",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"predation",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"desecration",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"defacement",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalism",
|
|
"vandalization"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conservation",
|
|
"preservation",
|
|
"protection",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponge":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally told the sponge to move out of their house and to get a job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodsucker",
|
|
"free rider",
|
|
"freeloader",
|
|
"hanger-on",
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"moocher",
|
|
"parasite",
|
|
"sponger"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependent",
|
|
"deadbeat",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"flunky",
|
|
"flunkey",
|
|
"flunkie",
|
|
"henchman",
|
|
"lackey",
|
|
"satellite",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"sycophant",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"yes-man",
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactor",
|
|
"philanthropist",
|
|
"supporter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"soak (up)",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"take up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulp",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"quaff",
|
|
"sip",
|
|
"slurp",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"swig",
|
|
"swill"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeload",
|
|
"mooch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leech",
|
|
"beg",
|
|
"exploit",
|
|
"use"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsoring":{
|
|
"as in funding , financing":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoof":{
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"satire",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"farce",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"sketch",
|
|
"slapstick",
|
|
"squib",
|
|
"distortion",
|
|
"exaggeration",
|
|
"imitation",
|
|
"impersonation",
|
|
"mimicking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"send-up",
|
|
"takeoff",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceive"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unveil",
|
|
"disabuse",
|
|
"disenchant",
|
|
"disillusion"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"cheat",
|
|
"chisel",
|
|
"defraud",
|
|
"diddle",
|
|
"euchre",
|
|
"fleece",
|
|
"flimflam",
|
|
"hustle",
|
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"mulct",
|
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"rook",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
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"skin",
|
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"squeeze",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"sting",
|
|
"swindle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozle",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bluff",
|
|
"buffalo",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"con",
|
|
"cozen",
|
|
"deceive",
|
|
"delude",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fake out",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"gammon",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"have",
|
|
"have on",
|
|
"hoax",
|
|
"hoodwink",
|
|
"hornswoggle",
|
|
"humbug",
|
|
"juggle",
|
|
"misguide",
|
|
"misinform",
|
|
"mislead",
|
|
"snooker",
|
|
"snow",
|
|
"string along",
|
|
"suck in",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"trick"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"pasquinade",
|
|
"satirize",
|
|
"deride",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"ape",
|
|
"copycat",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"parrot",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"emulate",
|
|
"replicate",
|
|
"reproduce",
|
|
"act",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"dissemble",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feign",
|
|
"pretend",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"simulate",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"embroider",
|
|
"exaggerate",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"pad",
|
|
"play up",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enlarge (on or upon)",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"overdraw",
|
|
"overstate",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"mime",
|
|
"pantomime",
|
|
"impersonate",
|
|
"perform",
|
|
"personate",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"imitate",
|
|
"mimic",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"send up",
|
|
"travesty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoofing":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesquing",
|
|
"caricaturing",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"imitating",
|
|
"mimicking",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"parodying",
|
|
"sending up",
|
|
"travestying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooning",
|
|
"pasquinading",
|
|
"satirizing",
|
|
"deriding",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"aping",
|
|
"copycatting",
|
|
"monkeying",
|
|
"parroting",
|
|
"duplicating",
|
|
"emulating",
|
|
"replicating",
|
|
"reproducing",
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"counterfeiting",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"faking",
|
|
"feigning",
|
|
"pretending",
|
|
"shamming",
|
|
"simulating",
|
|
"elaborating",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"embroidering",
|
|
"exaggerating",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"padding",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enlarging (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"overdrawing",
|
|
"overstating",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"miming",
|
|
"pantomiming",
|
|
"impersonating",
|
|
"performing",
|
|
"personating",
|
|
"playing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bluffing",
|
|
"buffaloing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"conning",
|
|
"cozening",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"duping",
|
|
"faking out",
|
|
"fooling",
|
|
"gaffing",
|
|
"gammoning",
|
|
"gulling",
|
|
"having",
|
|
"having on",
|
|
"hoaxing",
|
|
"hoodwinking",
|
|
"hornswoggling",
|
|
"humbugging",
|
|
"juggling",
|
|
"misguiding",
|
|
"misinforming",
|
|
"misleading",
|
|
"snookering",
|
|
"snowing",
|
|
"stringing along",
|
|
"suckering",
|
|
"sucking in",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"tricking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"putting on",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"cheating",
|
|
"chiseling",
|
|
"chiselling",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"diddling",
|
|
"euchring",
|
|
"fleecing",
|
|
"flimflamming",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"mulcting",
|
|
"rooking",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"skinning",
|
|
"squeezing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stinging",
|
|
"swindling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"disabusing",
|
|
"disenchanting",
|
|
"disillusioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceiving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooking":{
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighting",
|
|
"alarming",
|
|
"alaruming",
|
|
"frightening",
|
|
"frighting",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"panicking",
|
|
"scarifying",
|
|
"scaring",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"startling",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"terrorizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"bowling over",
|
|
"dismaying",
|
|
"flooring",
|
|
"jolting",
|
|
"shaking",
|
|
"shaking up",
|
|
"amazing",
|
|
"astounding",
|
|
"awing",
|
|
"chilling",
|
|
"daunting",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"dispiriting",
|
|
"emasculating",
|
|
"psyching (out)",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unmanning",
|
|
"unnerving",
|
|
"unstringing",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disconcerting",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"emboldening",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"steeling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassuring"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooney":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home",
|
|
"the spoony plot of the new rom-com"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporadically":{
|
|
"as in sometimes , occasionally":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"episodically",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"now and then",
|
|
"occasionally",
|
|
"sometimes",
|
|
"ne'er",
|
|
"never",
|
|
"infrequently",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"rarely",
|
|
"seldom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"frequently",
|
|
"oft",
|
|
"often",
|
|
"oftentimes",
|
|
"ofttimes",
|
|
"customarily",
|
|
"generally",
|
|
"habitually",
|
|
"ordinarily",
|
|
"routinely",
|
|
"usually",
|
|
"always",
|
|
"constantly",
|
|
"continually",
|
|
"continuously",
|
|
"endlessly",
|
|
"eternally",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"everlastingly",
|
|
"evermore",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"invariably",
|
|
"perennially",
|
|
"perpetually",
|
|
"unceasingly",
|
|
"chronically",
|
|
"recurrently",
|
|
"repeatedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sport":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is made fun of":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had become the long-suffering sport of the village"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"pet"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"fall guy",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"pigeon",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"victim"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"target"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"activity engaged in to amuse oneself":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I don't care terribly whether I actually catch any fish, as I'm just doing this for sport"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudgery",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"hobby",
|
|
"hobbyhorse",
|
|
"pastime",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"pleasance",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hanky-panky",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"jinks",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"hilarity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"whoopee",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"high jinks",
|
|
"hijinks",
|
|
"horseplay",
|
|
"tomfoolery"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dalliance",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"fun and games",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"recreation",
|
|
"relaxation",
|
|
"rollicking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an attitude or manner not to be taken seriously":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"teasing that began in sport ended with some hateful words being exchanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"gravity",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobriety",
|
|
"solemnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"flightiness",
|
|
"flippancy",
|
|
"frivolity",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"frothiness",
|
|
"levity",
|
|
"light-mindedness",
|
|
"silliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"play"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the making of unkind jokes as a way of showing one's scorn for someone or something":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"taught their children that it was not polite to make sport of others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"commendation",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"belittlement",
|
|
"deprecation",
|
|
"disparagement",
|
|
"catcall",
|
|
"insult",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"laughter",
|
|
"snickering",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"mimicry",
|
|
"pasquinade",
|
|
"satire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"derision",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"ridicule"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudge",
|
|
"labor",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"plug (away)",
|
|
"slave",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"strive",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"sweat",
|
|
"toil",
|
|
"work"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"trifle",
|
|
"amuse",
|
|
"divert",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"fiddle (around)",
|
|
"mess around",
|
|
"putter (around)",
|
|
"bum (around)",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"hang",
|
|
"hang about",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"loaf",
|
|
"lounge (around or about)",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"screw around",
|
|
"slack (off)",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"tease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"play",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"toy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mope",
|
|
"pout",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"sulk"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"curvet",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"roister",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"fool around",
|
|
"horse around",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"cut up",
|
|
"joyride",
|
|
"roughhouse",
|
|
"skylark",
|
|
"kite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover",
|
|
"curtain",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandish",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"wave",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"trumpet",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"tell (of)",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"display",
|
|
"disport",
|
|
"exhibit",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flaunt",
|
|
"lay out",
|
|
"parade",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"show",
|
|
"show off",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sport-utility vehicle":{
|
|
"as in sports car , wagon":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convertible",
|
|
"fastback",
|
|
"hardtop",
|
|
"hatchback",
|
|
"notchback",
|
|
"ragtop",
|
|
"sports car",
|
|
"station wagon",
|
|
"SUV",
|
|
"town car",
|
|
"wagon",
|
|
"woody",
|
|
"woodie",
|
|
"coach",
|
|
"jitney",
|
|
"microbus",
|
|
"minibus",
|
|
"minivan",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"coupe",
|
|
"coup\u00e9",
|
|
"intermediate",
|
|
"limousine",
|
|
"mini",
|
|
"minicar",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"subcompact",
|
|
"V-8",
|
|
"auto",
|
|
"automobile",
|
|
"bus",
|
|
"car",
|
|
"horseless carriage",
|
|
"machine",
|
|
"motor",
|
|
"motorcar",
|
|
"motor vehicle",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"gas-guzzler",
|
|
"land yacht",
|
|
"muscle car",
|
|
"stock car",
|
|
"turbocar",
|
|
"beater",
|
|
"clunker",
|
|
"crate",
|
|
"flivver",
|
|
"jalopy",
|
|
"junker",
|
|
"cream puff",
|
|
"phaeton",
|
|
"roadster",
|
|
"tin lizzie",
|
|
"touring car",
|
|
"hybrid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporting":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"drudging",
|
|
"laboring",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"plugging (away)",
|
|
"slaving",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"striving",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"sweating",
|
|
"toiling",
|
|
"working"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"fiddling (around)",
|
|
"messing around",
|
|
"puttering (around)",
|
|
"bumming (around)",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"goldbricking",
|
|
"hanging",
|
|
"hanging about",
|
|
"idling",
|
|
"loafing",
|
|
"lounging (around or about)",
|
|
"relaxing",
|
|
"resting",
|
|
"screwing around",
|
|
"slacking (off)",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"playing",
|
|
"recreating",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"toying"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to play and run about happily":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moping",
|
|
"pouting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"sulking"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"curvetting",
|
|
"curveting",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"roistering",
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"fooling around",
|
|
"horsing around",
|
|
"clowning",
|
|
"cutting up",
|
|
"joyriding",
|
|
"roughhousing",
|
|
"skylarking",
|
|
"kiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"frisking",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"larking",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"romping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"curtaining",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"occulting",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"brandishing",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"trumpeting",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"telling (of)",
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"displaying",
|
|
"disporting",
|
|
"exhibiting",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flaunting",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"parading",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"showing",
|
|
"showing off",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportswriter":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlight":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the center of public attention":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reality show contestants who become addicted to the spotlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"front burner",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"notice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catbird seat",
|
|
"center stage",
|
|
"limelight",
|
|
"top billing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlighted":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotters":{
|
|
"as in":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouts":{
|
|
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"ducts",
|
|
"aqueducts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipes",
|
|
"eaves troughs",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"rainspouts",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"waterspouts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spouting from the hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"fountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"swooshes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blurts (out)",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"pontificates",
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"takes on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blusters",
|
|
"fulminates",
|
|
"huffs",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drain suddenly spouted water and debris"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belches",
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprang (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anted (up)",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spreading":{
|
|
"exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spreading enthusiasm that got our club rolling again"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"contagious",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"infectious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"perceptible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"irresistible",
|
|
"irresistable",
|
|
"overpowering",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"disarming",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"winsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spread the news!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"propagating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"sprawling",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"dispensing",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"passing (on)",
|
|
"transmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"holding (in)",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"secreting",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"limiting",
|
|
"restricting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applying",
|
|
"laying",
|
|
"laying on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anointing",
|
|
"bedaubing",
|
|
"besmearing",
|
|
"dabbing",
|
|
"daubing",
|
|
"plastering",
|
|
"slathering",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"carpeting",
|
|
"coating",
|
|
"covering",
|
|
"layering",
|
|
"mantling",
|
|
"overlaying",
|
|
"overlying",
|
|
"overspreading",
|
|
"sheeting",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"peeling",
|
|
"stripping",
|
|
"uncovering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"getting about",
|
|
"getting around",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"getting round",
|
|
"leaking (out)",
|
|
"outing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"transpiring",
|
|
"unfolding",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushing (up)",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"secreting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"conveying",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transfusing",
|
|
"transmitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"handing down",
|
|
"handing on",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"infecting",
|
|
"poisoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"coming down (with)",
|
|
"contracting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branching (out)",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"forking",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"separating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"distancing",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"retreating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converging",
|
|
"joining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprightly":{
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sprightly child who often claims to be too tired to move when it's time to do chores"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"every morning the elderly couple sprightly sets out on a walk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"spryly",
|
|
"allegro"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"come out",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"come about",
|
|
"fall out",
|
|
"go (on)",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"hap",
|
|
"happen",
|
|
"occur",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"transpire",
|
|
"interfere",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"intervene",
|
|
"intrude"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"come up",
|
|
"crop (up)",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"surface"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springing (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arising",
|
|
"coming up",
|
|
"cropping (up)",
|
|
"emerging",
|
|
"materializing",
|
|
"surfacing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appearing",
|
|
"coming out",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up",
|
|
"chancing",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"coming about",
|
|
"falling out",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"going (on)",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"happing",
|
|
"occurring",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"transpiring",
|
|
"interfering",
|
|
"interposing",
|
|
"intervening",
|
|
"intruding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprint":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amble",
|
|
"saunter",
|
|
"shamble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"stroll",
|
|
"crawl",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"dally",
|
|
"dawdle",
|
|
"dillydally",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"lag",
|
|
"linger",
|
|
"loiter",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"lumber",
|
|
"plod",
|
|
"trudge",
|
|
"hobble",
|
|
"limp"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"canter",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"belt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"breeze",
|
|
"bustle",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"cannonball",
|
|
"careen",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
|
"hare",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"hie",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"hotfoot (it)",
|
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"hump",
|
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"hurl",
|
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"hurry",
|
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"hurtle",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"leg (it)",
|
|
"pelt",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"ram",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"tear",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"whisk",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"zoom",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"scoot",
|
|
"scurry",
|
|
"scuttle",
|
|
"step (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"gallop",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"scamper",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"trot"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinting":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"scampering",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"trotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"cantering",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"barreling",
|
|
"barrelling",
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"bowling",
|
|
"breezing",
|
|
"bustling",
|
|
"buzzing",
|
|
"cannonballing",
|
|
"careening",
|
|
"coursing",
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"haring",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"hotfooting (it)",
|
|
"humping",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"hurrying",
|
|
"hurtling",
|
|
"hustling",
|
|
"hying",
|
|
"hieing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"legging (it)",
|
|
"pelting",
|
|
"racing",
|
|
"ramming",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"speeding",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"whisking",
|
|
"zipping",
|
|
"zooming",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pattering",
|
|
"scooting",
|
|
"scurrying",
|
|
"scuttling",
|
|
"stepping (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambling",
|
|
"sauntering",
|
|
"shambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"strolling",
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"creeping",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"lagging",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"loitering",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"trudging",
|
|
"hobbling",
|
|
"limping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spritzes":{
|
|
"as in sprays , spits":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in sprays , sprinkles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprouts":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"youths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"kindergartners",
|
|
"kindergarteners",
|
|
"preschoolers",
|
|
"rug rats",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"schoolchildren",
|
|
"schoolgirls",
|
|
"schoolkids",
|
|
"babes",
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"bantlings",
|
|
"infants",
|
|
"neonates",
|
|
"nestlings",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"newborns",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"weanlings",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"hellions",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"jackanapeses",
|
|
"mischiefs",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"rapscallions",
|
|
"rascals",
|
|
"rogues",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"cherubs",
|
|
"cherubim",
|
|
"preteen-agers",
|
|
"preteens",
|
|
"subteens",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"teeners",
|
|
"teens",
|
|
"teenyboppers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads",
|
|
"bobby-soxers",
|
|
"hoydens",
|
|
"tomboys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-agers",
|
|
"ancients",
|
|
"elders",
|
|
"golden-agers",
|
|
"oldsters",
|
|
"old-timers",
|
|
"senior citizens",
|
|
"seniors"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adults",
|
|
"grown-ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"shoots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excrescences",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"boughs",
|
|
"branchlets",
|
|
"limbs",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"florets",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprigs",
|
|
"spurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in roots , germinates":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"breeds",
|
|
"produces",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gleans",
|
|
"harvests",
|
|
"reaps",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"cultivates",
|
|
"cultures",
|
|
"dresses",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"tends"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"plucks",
|
|
"pulls (up)",
|
|
"uproots",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"hays",
|
|
"mows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruce":{
|
|
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"natty",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"snappy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"dressy",
|
|
"elegant",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"spiffed-up",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"\u00e0 la mode",
|
|
"a la mode",
|
|
"chic",
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"fussy",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"combed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"messy",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"uncombed",
|
|
"untidy",
|
|
"wrinkled",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sleazy",
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"scroungy",
|
|
"scrubby",
|
|
"scruffy",
|
|
"scuzzy",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"dowdy",
|
|
"inelegant",
|
|
"unfashionable",
|
|
"unstylish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slovenly",
|
|
"unkempt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in doll up , cosmeticize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticize",
|
|
"doll up",
|
|
"embellish",
|
|
"soup up",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"candy",
|
|
"dress up",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"sweeten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruce (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neaten",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"redd (up or out)",
|
|
"straighten (up or out)",
|
|
"tidy (up)",
|
|
"trim"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"array",
|
|
"classify",
|
|
"codify",
|
|
"dispose",
|
|
"draw up",
|
|
"marshal",
|
|
"marshall",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"organize",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"systematize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarrange",
|
|
"disarray",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"dishevel",
|
|
"disorder",
|
|
"disorganize",
|
|
"disrupt",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"jumble",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"mix (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"muss",
|
|
"rumple",
|
|
"scramble",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tousle",
|
|
"tumble",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruces (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranges",
|
|
"disarrays",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"dishevels",
|
|
"disorders",
|
|
"disorganizes",
|
|
"disrupts",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"jumbles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mixes (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"musses",
|
|
"rumples",
|
|
"scrambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tousles",
|
|
"tumbles",
|
|
"upsets"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"classifies",
|
|
"codifies",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"marshals",
|
|
"marshalls",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"organizes",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"systematizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatens",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"redds (up or out)",
|
|
"straightens (up or out)",
|
|
"tidies (up)",
|
|
"trims"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprung (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anted (up)",
|
|
"balanced",
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"footed",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"met",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"paid off",
|
|
"paid up",
|
|
"ponied up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"recompensed",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spunky":{
|
|
"marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spunky determination to make the best of a bad situation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"gingery",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurn":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balk (at)",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"deselect",
|
|
"disapprove",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"nix",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"pass up",
|
|
"refuse",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"reprobate",
|
|
"repudiate",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"throw over",
|
|
"turn down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condone",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"swallow",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"accede",
|
|
"acquiesce",
|
|
"agree",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"handpick",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"espouse",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"agree (to)",
|
|
"approve"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in repudiation , rebuff":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rebuff",
|
|
"repudiation",
|
|
"repulse",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"denial",
|
|
"disallowance",
|
|
"nay",
|
|
"no",
|
|
"nonacceptance",
|
|
"refusal",
|
|
"rejection",
|
|
"turndown",
|
|
"negative",
|
|
"ban",
|
|
"injunction",
|
|
"veto",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"suppression"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowance",
|
|
"approval",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"acceptance",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"acquiescence",
|
|
"agreement",
|
|
"assent",
|
|
"authorization",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"concurrence",
|
|
"consent",
|
|
"leave",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"permission",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"imprimatur",
|
|
"seal",
|
|
"signature",
|
|
"stamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurning":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"agreeing (to)",
|
|
"approving"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help"
|
|
],
|
|
"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",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"throwing over",
|
|
"turning down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurring":{
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gently spurred the horse with his heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"goading",
|
|
"prodding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chucking",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"jogging",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"nudging",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"drilling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"haling",
|
|
"propelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurt":{
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spurt of economic growth for the first quarter of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"recrudescence",
|
|
"recurrence",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"spree",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"pickup",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"epidemic",
|
|
"eruption",
|
|
"explosion",
|
|
"paroxysm",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spate",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"volley",
|
|
"commotion",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"flurry",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"outbreak",
|
|
"outburst"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden spurt of blood rushed out from the opened wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"fountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"swoosh"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw out or off (something from within) often violently":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eruct",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spout"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurts":{
|
|
"a sudden and usually temporary growth of activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spurt of economic growth for the first quarter of the year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flickers",
|
|
"flurries",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"outbreaks",
|
|
"outbursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recrudescences",
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"renewals",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"jags",
|
|
"sprees",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"pickups",
|
|
"upswings",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"epidemics",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spates",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"volleys",
|
|
"commotions",
|
|
"furors",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"doldrums",
|
|
"slumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden spurt of blood rushed out from the opened wound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"swooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"fountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw out or off (something from within) often violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belches",
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spending":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"forking (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"laying out",
|
|
"outlaying",
|
|
"paying",
|
|
"shelling out"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"acquiring",
|
|
"earning",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"garnering",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"procuring",
|
|
"realizing",
|
|
"securing",
|
|
"winning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"drawing down",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"playing out",
|
|
"using up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"using",
|
|
"bankrupting",
|
|
"cleaning (out)",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"debilitating",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"sapping",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"drying up",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"bolstering",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"fortifying",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"reviving",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"replacing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"fiddling away",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"losing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"trifling (away)",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"consuming",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"impoverishing",
|
|
"overspending",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"overindulging",
|
|
"disbursing",
|
|
"expending",
|
|
"laying out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spawner":{
|
|
"as in conceiver , formulator":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splashes":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at least you have a splash of common sense\u2014which is more than we can say for your mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"slushes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"laves",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"sloshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"guggles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"ripples",
|
|
"trickles",
|
|
"washes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddies",
|
|
"purls",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"swishes",
|
|
"swooshes",
|
|
"whishes",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"runs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baby splashing about in the tub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbles",
|
|
"bubbles",
|
|
"gurgles",
|
|
"ripples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritedness":{
|
|
"as in enthusiasm , eagerness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"ambition",
|
|
"beans",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"brio",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"dynamism",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"esprit",
|
|
"gas",
|
|
"get-up-and-go",
|
|
"ginger",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"gusto",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"oomph",
|
|
"pep",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"starch",
|
|
"vigor",
|
|
"vim",
|
|
"vinegar",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"zest",
|
|
"zing",
|
|
"zip",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness",
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiked":{
|
|
"as in barbed , spiky":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"bladelike",
|
|
"knifelike",
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"spired",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"energized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"filliped",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"gingered (up)",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"juiced up",
|
|
"jump-started",
|
|
"livened (up)",
|
|
"pepped (up)",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stimulated",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"vivified",
|
|
"zipped (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aroused",
|
|
"awakened",
|
|
"awoke",
|
|
"awaked",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"woke (up)",
|
|
"waked (up)",
|
|
"activated",
|
|
"actuated",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"impelled",
|
|
"motivated",
|
|
"motived",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"charged",
|
|
"electrified",
|
|
"galvanized",
|
|
"enkindled",
|
|
"excited",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"fomented",
|
|
"incited",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"instigated",
|
|
"kindled",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"sparked",
|
|
"triggered",
|
|
"turned on",
|
|
"whipped (up)",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"boosted",
|
|
"buoyed",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"infused",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"rallied",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"reactivated",
|
|
"reanimated",
|
|
"reawakened",
|
|
"reawoke",
|
|
"reawaked",
|
|
"recharged",
|
|
"recreated",
|
|
"reenergized",
|
|
"re-energized",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"refreshened",
|
|
"regenerated",
|
|
"reinvigorated",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"rekindled",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restimulated",
|
|
"resurrected",
|
|
"resuscitated",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"revived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burned out",
|
|
"burnt out",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fagged",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"kayoed",
|
|
"knocked out",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"wore",
|
|
"wore out",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"quenched",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"slowed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stunted",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"disheartened",
|
|
"dispirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damped",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"deadened",
|
|
"dulled",
|
|
"killed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splitting (up)":{
|
|
"as in separating , breaking up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"disseminating",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"spreading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"concentrating",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"ingathering",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"conglomerating",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spending money":{
|
|
"as in pocket money , petty cash":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"petty cash",
|
|
"pocket money",
|
|
"chicken feed",
|
|
"chump change",
|
|
"dime",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"pin money",
|
|
"pittance",
|
|
"shoestring",
|
|
"song",
|
|
"two cents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"big buck(s)",
|
|
"boodle",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"fortune",
|
|
"king's ransom",
|
|
"megabuck(s)",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"bankroll",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"wherewithal",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"pelf",
|
|
"riches",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"treasure trove",
|
|
"treasury"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruced (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatened",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"redded (up or out)",
|
|
"redd (up or out)",
|
|
"straightened (up or out)",
|
|
"tidied (up)",
|
|
"trimmed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"arrayed",
|
|
"classified",
|
|
"codified",
|
|
"disposed",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"marshaled",
|
|
"marshalled",
|
|
"ordered",
|
|
"organized",
|
|
"ranged",
|
|
"systematized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranged",
|
|
"disarrayed",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disheveled",
|
|
"dishevelled",
|
|
"disordered",
|
|
"disorganized",
|
|
"disrupted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"jumbled",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"mixed (up)",
|
|
"muddled",
|
|
"mussed",
|
|
"rumpled",
|
|
"scrambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tousled",
|
|
"tumbled",
|
|
"upset"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak up":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiffily":{
|
|
"as in neatly , smartly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiriting (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in kidnapping , abducting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsmanly":{
|
|
"following or according to the rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in wrestling, biting is not sportsmanly , and will result in a forfeit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanlike"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurting":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"swooshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"cascading",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"flushing",
|
|
"sluicing",
|
|
"deluging",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"engulfing",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overflowing",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing",
|
|
"swamping",
|
|
"fountaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"exuding",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"oozing",
|
|
"percolating",
|
|
"seeping",
|
|
"straining",
|
|
"weeping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"trickling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to throw out or off (something from within) often violently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belching",
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"eructing",
|
|
"erupting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"streaming",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"emanating",
|
|
"exhaling",
|
|
"issuing",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"springing",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"emitting",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"casting",
|
|
"flinging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"tossing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottling (up)",
|
|
"containing",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"shutting (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splendiferous":{
|
|
"as in gorgeous , resplendent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive",
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splendid":{
|
|
"large and impressive in size, grandeur, extent, or conception":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splendid mansion in the Georgian style"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"august",
|
|
"baronial",
|
|
"epic",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"glorious",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"grandiose",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Homeric",
|
|
"imperial",
|
|
"imposing",
|
|
"magnific",
|
|
"magnificent",
|
|
"majestic",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"proud",
|
|
"regal",
|
|
"royal",
|
|
"stately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"kingly",
|
|
"lordly",
|
|
"princely",
|
|
"queenly",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"cosmic",
|
|
"cosmical",
|
|
"sublime",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"formidable",
|
|
"impressive",
|
|
"prepossessing",
|
|
"redoubtable",
|
|
"apocalyptic",
|
|
"apocalyptical",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"operatic",
|
|
"overblown",
|
|
"pompous",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"wonderful",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"palatial",
|
|
"palatine",
|
|
"sumptuous",
|
|
"gorgeous",
|
|
"resplendent",
|
|
"splendiferous",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"heavenly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lowly",
|
|
"modest",
|
|
"unprepossessing",
|
|
"average",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"second-rate",
|
|
"abject",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"meretricious",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"insignificant",
|
|
"measly",
|
|
"paltry",
|
|
"petty",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"trivial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"humble",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"unimposing",
|
|
"unimpressive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"of the very best kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the restaurant's chef can always be relied upon to prepare a splendid dinner"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"A-OK",
|
|
"A1",
|
|
"awesome",
|
|
"bang-up",
|
|
"banner",
|
|
"beautiful",
|
|
"blue-chip",
|
|
"blue-ribbon",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"bonny",
|
|
"bonnie",
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"brag",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"bumper",
|
|
"capital",
|
|
"choice",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"down",
|
|
"dynamite",
|
|
"excellent",
|
|
"fab",
|
|
"fabulous",
|
|
"famous",
|
|
"fantabulous",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"first-class",
|
|
"first-rate",
|
|
"first-string",
|
|
"five-star",
|
|
"four-star",
|
|
"frontline",
|
|
"gangbusters",
|
|
"gangbuster",
|
|
"gilt-edged",
|
|
"gilt-edge",
|
|
"gone",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"groovy",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"high-class",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"lovely",
|
|
"marvelous",
|
|
"marvellous",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"neat",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"noble",
|
|
"number one",
|
|
"No. 1",
|
|
"numero uno",
|
|
"out-of-sight",
|
|
"par excellence",
|
|
"peachy",
|
|
"peachy keen",
|
|
"phat",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"primo",
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"prizewinning",
|
|
"quality",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"sensational",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"stellar",
|
|
"sterling",
|
|
"superb",
|
|
"superior",
|
|
"superlative",
|
|
"supernal",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"terrific",
|
|
"tip-top",
|
|
"top",
|
|
"top-notch",
|
|
"top-of-the-line",
|
|
"top-shelf",
|
|
"topflight",
|
|
"topping",
|
|
"unsurpassed",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"wonderful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acceptable",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"passable",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"fancy",
|
|
"high-grade",
|
|
"high-test",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"superfine",
|
|
"classical",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"traditional"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"inferior",
|
|
"low-grade",
|
|
"substandard",
|
|
"unsatisfactory",
|
|
"mediocre",
|
|
"middling",
|
|
"second-class",
|
|
"second-rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"execrable",
|
|
"lousy",
|
|
"pathetic",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"wretched"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving off or reflecting much light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splendid diamond that must have been worth a king's ransom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"brilliant",
|
|
"candescent",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"effulgent",
|
|
"fulgent",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"incandescent",
|
|
"lambent",
|
|
"lucent",
|
|
"lucid",
|
|
"luminous",
|
|
"lustrous",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"refulgent",
|
|
"sheeny",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"shiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ablaze",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"agleam",
|
|
"aglitter",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"coruscant",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"gemmy",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"scintillant",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"shimmery",
|
|
"sparkling",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"burnished",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"shined",
|
|
"superbright",
|
|
"ultrabright"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"darkish",
|
|
"darkling",
|
|
"darksome",
|
|
"dimmed",
|
|
"dusky",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"lightless",
|
|
"murky",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"pitch-black",
|
|
"pitch-dark",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"sunless",
|
|
"tenebrous",
|
|
"unlit",
|
|
"cloudy",
|
|
"shadowlike",
|
|
"shadowy",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"pale",
|
|
"palish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"unbright",
|
|
"unbrilliant"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spills":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she tripped over the toy and had a nasty spill on the stairs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"tumbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"headers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"descents",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"skids",
|
|
"slides",
|
|
"free-falls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split level":{
|
|
"as in ranch , ranch house":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"duplex",
|
|
"ranch",
|
|
"ranch house",
|
|
"saltbox",
|
|
"semi",
|
|
"townhome",
|
|
"town house",
|
|
"tract house",
|
|
"triplex",
|
|
"bungalow",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"casita",
|
|
"chalet",
|
|
"cottage",
|
|
"farmhouse",
|
|
"grange",
|
|
"hacienda",
|
|
"homestead",
|
|
"castle",
|
|
"ch\u00e2teau",
|
|
"countryseat",
|
|
"estate",
|
|
"hall",
|
|
"manor",
|
|
"manor house",
|
|
"mansion",
|
|
"McMansion",
|
|
"palace",
|
|
"villa",
|
|
"hermitage",
|
|
"manse",
|
|
"parsonage",
|
|
"rectory",
|
|
"vicarage",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"hootch",
|
|
"hovel",
|
|
"hut",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"shack",
|
|
"shanty",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"nest",
|
|
"residency",
|
|
"shelter",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"apartment house",
|
|
"condo",
|
|
"condominium",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"tenement",
|
|
"tenement house",
|
|
"walk-up",
|
|
"penthouse",
|
|
"salon",
|
|
"suite",
|
|
"barracks",
|
|
"billet",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"flophouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"lodgment",
|
|
"lodgement",
|
|
"room(s)",
|
|
"rooming house"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splits hairs":{
|
|
"to make often peevish criticisms or objections about matters that are minor, unimportant, or irrelevant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They fussed that the cheese should have been served at room temperature, but to me they were splitting hairs ."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"niggles",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"quibbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"criticizes",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"approves",
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialness":{
|
|
"as in greatness , grandness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"choiceness",
|
|
"distinction",
|
|
"excellence",
|
|
"excellency",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"fabulousness",
|
|
"first-rateness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"marvellousness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"preeminence",
|
|
"primeness",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"sterlingness",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"superiority",
|
|
"superlativeness",
|
|
"supremacy",
|
|
"supremeness",
|
|
"exceptionality",
|
|
"exceptionalness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"importance",
|
|
"notability",
|
|
"faultlessness",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"impeccability",
|
|
"perfectness",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"worth",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"unacceptability",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"unsatisfactoriness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"averageness",
|
|
"mediocrity",
|
|
"ordinariness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"commonplaceness",
|
|
"everydayness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"mundaneness",
|
|
"mundanity",
|
|
"normality",
|
|
"normalness",
|
|
"passibility",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"second-rateness",
|
|
"typicality",
|
|
"typicalness",
|
|
"unremarkableness",
|
|
"usualness",
|
|
"acceptability",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"satisfactoriness",
|
|
"sufficiency"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spangle":{
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in typical Las Vegas fashion, the showgirls' sequined costumes spangled gloriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"winkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trinket , knickknack":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gaud",
|
|
"gewgaw",
|
|
"geegaw",
|
|
"knickknack",
|
|
"nicknack",
|
|
"novelty",
|
|
"ornamental",
|
|
"token",
|
|
"trinket",
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"accessary",
|
|
"accompaniment",
|
|
"bauble",
|
|
"curio",
|
|
"dingus",
|
|
"doohickey",
|
|
"thingamabob",
|
|
"thingamajig",
|
|
"thingumajig",
|
|
"thingummy",
|
|
"whatchamacallit",
|
|
"whatnot",
|
|
"commodity",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"ware",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"entity",
|
|
"substance",
|
|
"article",
|
|
"item",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"object",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sputter":{
|
|
"to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she was so shocked that, for a moment, all she could do was sputter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"chat",
|
|
"chatter",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gabble",
|
|
"gibber",
|
|
"jabber",
|
|
"prattle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blather",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"blither",
|
|
"gab",
|
|
"jangle",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"prate",
|
|
"rattle",
|
|
"run on",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"tittle-tattle",
|
|
"troll",
|
|
"yak",
|
|
"yack",
|
|
"chunter",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"stammer",
|
|
"stutter",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"shriek"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pronounce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritistic":{
|
|
"as in mystical , psychic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"mystical",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"spiritualistic",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"otherworldly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"supersensible",
|
|
"supersensory",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unworldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoilsports":{
|
|
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"if you don't want to play, at least don't be a spoilsport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"grinches",
|
|
"killjoys",
|
|
"party poopers",
|
|
"wet blankets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"goody-goodies",
|
|
"old maids",
|
|
"stick-in-the-muds",
|
|
"defeatists",
|
|
"Jeremiahs",
|
|
"knockers",
|
|
"pessimists",
|
|
"complainers",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cynics",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"soreheads",
|
|
"sourpusses",
|
|
"whiners",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"downers",
|
|
"drips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cutups",
|
|
"jesters",
|
|
"live wires",
|
|
"carousers",
|
|
"celebrants",
|
|
"celebrators",
|
|
"merrymakers",
|
|
"rejoicers",
|
|
"revelers",
|
|
"revellers",
|
|
"roisterers",
|
|
"libertines",
|
|
"playboys",
|
|
"playgirls",
|
|
"rakes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon-feed":{
|
|
"as in hand-feed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand-feed",
|
|
"underfeed",
|
|
"refeed",
|
|
"reprovision",
|
|
"force-feed",
|
|
"overfeed",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"batten",
|
|
"fatten",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"banquet",
|
|
"dine",
|
|
"feast",
|
|
"regale",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"sustain",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"wait",
|
|
"board",
|
|
"cater",
|
|
"feed",
|
|
"provision",
|
|
"victual"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke (for)":{
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asked (for)",
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"called (for)",
|
|
"desired",
|
|
"pleaded (for)",
|
|
"pled (for)",
|
|
"plead (for)",
|
|
"quested",
|
|
"requested",
|
|
"solicited",
|
|
"sought",
|
|
"sued (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applied (for)",
|
|
"begged (for)",
|
|
"claimed",
|
|
"clamored (for)",
|
|
"importuned",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"demanded",
|
|
"enjoined",
|
|
"exacted",
|
|
"insisted (on)",
|
|
"petitioned (for)",
|
|
"pressed (for)",
|
|
"required",
|
|
"requisitioned",
|
|
"invited",
|
|
"invoked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks (of)":{
|
|
"as in talks (about) , airs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"talks (about)",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"proposes",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interrupts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"thrashes (out or over)",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"moots",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"raises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censors",
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"quiets",
|
|
"silences",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spender":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotter":{
|
|
"as in observer , patrol":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"patrol",
|
|
"surveillant",
|
|
"watchdog",
|
|
"custodian",
|
|
"guard",
|
|
"guardian",
|
|
"keeper",
|
|
"lookout",
|
|
"minder",
|
|
"picket",
|
|
"sentinel",
|
|
"sentry",
|
|
"warden",
|
|
"warder",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"watcher",
|
|
"watchman",
|
|
"bodyguard",
|
|
"convoy",
|
|
"defender",
|
|
"escort",
|
|
"honor guard",
|
|
"gatekeeper",
|
|
"hack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spillway":{
|
|
"as in floodway , sluice":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodway",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"sluiceway",
|
|
"millrace",
|
|
"millstream",
|
|
"swash",
|
|
"tideway",
|
|
"torrent",
|
|
"aqueduct",
|
|
"canal",
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"course",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"racecourse",
|
|
"raceway",
|
|
"watercourse",
|
|
"waterway",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"river",
|
|
"rivulet",
|
|
"stream"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialities":{
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my speciality is linguistics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fortes",
|
|
"long suits",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"strong suits",
|
|
"things"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"aptitudes",
|
|
"bents",
|
|
"faculties",
|
|
"flairs",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"knacks",
|
|
"talents",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"inclinations",
|
|
"leanings",
|
|
"partialities",
|
|
"penchants",
|
|
"predilections",
|
|
"predispositions",
|
|
"proclivities",
|
|
"propensities",
|
|
"tendencies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springtimes":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blooms",
|
|
"blossoms",
|
|
"florescences",
|
|
"floruits",
|
|
"flowers",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"heydays",
|
|
"high noons",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"salad days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumns",
|
|
"Indian summers",
|
|
"efflorescences",
|
|
"flowerings",
|
|
"acmes",
|
|
"apexes",
|
|
"apices",
|
|
"climaxes",
|
|
"meridians",
|
|
"peaks",
|
|
"pinnacles",
|
|
"summits",
|
|
"zeniths",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"grandeurs",
|
|
"splendors",
|
|
"belle epoques",
|
|
"belles \u00e9poques",
|
|
"golden ages",
|
|
"silver ages",
|
|
"comebacks",
|
|
"recoveries",
|
|
"revivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"downfalls",
|
|
"bottoms",
|
|
"nadirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirit (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in kidnap , abduct":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"enmesh",
|
|
"immesh",
|
|
"ensnare",
|
|
"entangle",
|
|
"entrap",
|
|
"mesh",
|
|
"rend",
|
|
"wrest",
|
|
"clasp",
|
|
"clutch",
|
|
"fasten (on)",
|
|
"fist",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"latch (on or onto)",
|
|
"secure",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"detain",
|
|
"glove",
|
|
"halter",
|
|
"lasso",
|
|
"rope",
|
|
"bag",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"cop",
|
|
"corral",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"glom",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grapple",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"nab",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"nobble",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snag",
|
|
"snap (up)",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"trap"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"unhand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spas":{
|
|
"a building or room used for sports activities and exercising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a six-month membership in a health spa with the specific purpose of losing weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gymnasiums",
|
|
"gymnasia",
|
|
"gyms",
|
|
"health clubs",
|
|
"health spas"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"coliseums",
|
|
"colosseums",
|
|
"stadiums",
|
|
"stadia"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splatters":{
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house painters accidentally splattered my car with paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"slushes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiled":{
|
|
"as in corked , stoppered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunged",
|
|
"corked",
|
|
"stoppered",
|
|
"stoppled",
|
|
"blocked",
|
|
"choked",
|
|
"clogged",
|
|
"clotted",
|
|
"congested",
|
|
"dammed",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"jammed",
|
|
"obstructed",
|
|
"occluded",
|
|
"plugged (up)",
|
|
"stopped (up)",
|
|
"stuffed",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"gridlocked",
|
|
"packed",
|
|
"furred",
|
|
"silted",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"glutted",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"swamped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleared",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"opened (up)",
|
|
"unblocked",
|
|
"unclogged",
|
|
"unplugged",
|
|
"unstopped",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"hollowed (out)",
|
|
"scooped (out)",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprite":{
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownie",
|
|
"dwarf",
|
|
"elf",
|
|
"faerie",
|
|
"faery",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"gnome",
|
|
"goblin",
|
|
"gremlin",
|
|
"hobgoblin",
|
|
"kobold",
|
|
"leprechaun",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"puck",
|
|
"troll"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpie",
|
|
"nixie",
|
|
"changeling",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"banshee",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"hag",
|
|
"ogre"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splotched":{
|
|
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splotched tan and white puppy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"spotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ink from a leaking pen had badly splotched his shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"space-age":{
|
|
"being or involving the latest methods, concepts, information, or styles":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"space-age technology that totally transformed the news-gathering business"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contemporary",
|
|
"current",
|
|
"designer",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"mod",
|
|
"modern",
|
|
"modernistic",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"new age",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"present-day",
|
|
"red-hot",
|
|
"state-of-the-art",
|
|
"ultramodern",
|
|
"up-to-date",
|
|
"up-to-the-minute"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fashionable",
|
|
"happening",
|
|
"in",
|
|
"modish",
|
|
"nouvelle",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"stylish",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"latest",
|
|
"modernized",
|
|
"updated",
|
|
"futuristic",
|
|
"high-tech",
|
|
"hi-tech",
|
|
"latter-day",
|
|
"recent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"anachronistic",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"age-old",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"antediluvian",
|
|
"hoary",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"venerable",
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"former",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"olden",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"antique",
|
|
"historic",
|
|
"historical",
|
|
"retro",
|
|
"retrograde",
|
|
"kaput",
|
|
"kaputt",
|
|
"obsolete",
|
|
"outmoded",
|
|
"outworn",
|
|
"unmodernized",
|
|
"old-world",
|
|
"discarded",
|
|
"disused",
|
|
"moth-eaten",
|
|
"forgotten",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"ageless",
|
|
"dateless",
|
|
"timeless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antiquated",
|
|
"archaic",
|
|
"dated",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"oldfangled",
|
|
"old-fashioned",
|
|
"old-time",
|
|
"out-of-date",
|
|
"pass\u00e9"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spars":{
|
|
"as in boxes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"strikes",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"battles",
|
|
"clashes (with)",
|
|
"combats",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"duels",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"wars (against)",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"rassles",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"wrestles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking out":{
|
|
"as in speaking up , expatiating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expatiating",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"blabby",
|
|
"chatty",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"gabby",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"loquacious",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"talky",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"eloquent",
|
|
"fluent",
|
|
"voluble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulate",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"speechless",
|
|
"voiceless",
|
|
"tongue-tied",
|
|
"incoherent",
|
|
"incomprehensible"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"singing (out)",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spunk":{
|
|
"the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had the spunk to overcome a severe physical disability"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"constancy",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"grittiness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"intestinal fortitude",
|
|
"pluck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"purposefulness",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"sufferance",
|
|
"tolerance",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brass",
|
|
"cheek",
|
|
"chutzpah",
|
|
"chutzpa",
|
|
"hutzpah",
|
|
"hutzpa",
|
|
"effrontery",
|
|
"gall",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"nerviness",
|
|
"temerity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indecisiveness",
|
|
"irresoluteness",
|
|
"irresolution",
|
|
"vacillation",
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"pusillanimity",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"spinelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsors":{
|
|
"a person who takes the responsibility for some other person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"you'll need a sponsor to recommend you in order to get into the exclusive country club"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"guarantors",
|
|
"patrons",
|
|
"sureties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaperones",
|
|
"chaperons",
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"underwriters",
|
|
"coaches",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"cosponsors",
|
|
"co-sponsors",
|
|
"cosignatories",
|
|
"cosigners"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in funds , finances":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"finances",
|
|
"funds",
|
|
"patronizes",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"underwrites",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"provides (for)",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprees":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went on a spending spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"frisks",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"idylls",
|
|
"idyls",
|
|
"larks",
|
|
"ploys",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"rollicks",
|
|
"romps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"escapades",
|
|
"pranks",
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"brannigans",
|
|
"bums",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"splores",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"antics",
|
|
"monkeyshines",
|
|
"shenanigans",
|
|
"field days",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"merriments",
|
|
"merrymakings",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"self-indulgences",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees , the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benders",
|
|
"binges",
|
|
"busts",
|
|
"carousals",
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"jamborees",
|
|
"toots",
|
|
"wassails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"keggers",
|
|
"keg parties",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgies",
|
|
"revelries",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"bibberies",
|
|
"inebriations",
|
|
"inebrieties",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springs (up)":{
|
|
"to come to one's attention especially gradually or unexpectedly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"comes up",
|
|
"crops (up)",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"comes about",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"goes (on)",
|
|
"happens",
|
|
"haps",
|
|
"occurs",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"interferes",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"intervenes",
|
|
"intrudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specimens":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a particularly handsome specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"beings",
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bods",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"cookies",
|
|
"creatures",
|
|
"customers",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"ducks",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"faces",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"fishes",
|
|
"guys",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"human beings",
|
|
"humans",
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"mortals",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"personages",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"slobs",
|
|
"sorts",
|
|
"souls",
|
|
"stiffs",
|
|
"things",
|
|
"wights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominids",
|
|
"homos",
|
|
"humanoids",
|
|
"brothers",
|
|
"brethren",
|
|
"fellowmen",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"neighbors",
|
|
"celebrities",
|
|
"personalities",
|
|
"selves",
|
|
"somebodies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animals",
|
|
"beasties",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"brutes",
|
|
"critters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"examples",
|
|
"exemplars",
|
|
"exemplifications",
|
|
"illustrations",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"representatives",
|
|
"samples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"classics",
|
|
"loci classici",
|
|
"paradigms",
|
|
"cross sections",
|
|
"microcosms",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"manifestations",
|
|
"signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splatter":{
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house painters accidentally splattered my car with paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprawls":{
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"splays",
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"funnels",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spreads (out)",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"lounges",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"squats",
|
|
"straddles",
|
|
"lies back",
|
|
"reclines",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"flumps",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"basks",
|
|
"kicks back",
|
|
"lolls",
|
|
"relaxes",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"perches",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sits",
|
|
"splays",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"gets up",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splashed":{
|
|
"as in dipped , dunked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"dunked",
|
|
"hydrated",
|
|
"aqueous",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"irrigated",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"rinsed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"awash",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"bedraggled",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"logged",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sodden",
|
|
"soggy",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"waterlogged",
|
|
"water-soaked",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"clammy",
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampish",
|
|
"dank",
|
|
"humid",
|
|
"moist",
|
|
"semimoist",
|
|
"wettish",
|
|
"boggy",
|
|
"miry",
|
|
"seepy",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"squashy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arid",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"unwatered",
|
|
"waterless",
|
|
"bone-dry",
|
|
"hyperarid",
|
|
"ultradry",
|
|
"waterproof",
|
|
"water-repellent",
|
|
"water-resistant",
|
|
"watertight",
|
|
"baked",
|
|
"dehydrated",
|
|
"freeze-dried",
|
|
"droughty",
|
|
"parched",
|
|
"sere",
|
|
"sear",
|
|
"sunbaked",
|
|
"thirsty",
|
|
"wrung"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"swashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"spritzed",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"slushed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"laved",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"sloshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"guggled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"rippled",
|
|
"trickled",
|
|
"washed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddied",
|
|
"purled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"swashed",
|
|
"swished",
|
|
"swooshed",
|
|
"whished",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baby splashing about in the tub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"swashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"bubbled",
|
|
"gurgled",
|
|
"rippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectators":{
|
|
"someone who sees or watches something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a building demolition that drew a crowd of spectators even at 3:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bystanders",
|
|
"observers",
|
|
"onlookers",
|
|
"viewers",
|
|
"watchers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eyewitnesses",
|
|
"witnesses",
|
|
"peepers",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"voyeurs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spelled":{
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"ensorcelled",
|
|
"ensorceled",
|
|
"hexed",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"struck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"voodooed",
|
|
"attracted",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"spellbound",
|
|
"enticed",
|
|
"lured",
|
|
"seduced",
|
|
"tempted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blessed",
|
|
"blest"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denoted",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"imported",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"meant",
|
|
"signified"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connoted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"added up (to)",
|
|
"amounted (to)",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"inferred",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"embodied",
|
|
"epitomized",
|
|
"personified",
|
|
"represented",
|
|
"symboled",
|
|
"symbolled",
|
|
"symbolized",
|
|
"adverted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"instanced",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"touched (on or upon)",
|
|
"designated",
|
|
"indicated",
|
|
"pointed (to)",
|
|
"signaled",
|
|
"signalled",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongers":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sponger who moved in with friends and seems to be in no hurry to get a job and pay a share of the rent"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodsuckers",
|
|
"freeloaders",
|
|
"free riders",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"moochers",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"sponges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"philanthropists",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specially":{
|
|
"in regard to something mentioned explicitly or in detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supplementary material was specially intended to address earlier accusations of cultural bias"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"specifically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concretely",
|
|
"expressly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specially gifted pianist"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spatted":{
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tend to spat over money more than anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"argufied",
|
|
"bickered",
|
|
"brabbled",
|
|
"brawled",
|
|
"controverted",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"fell out",
|
|
"fought",
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"jarred",
|
|
"quarreled",
|
|
"quarrelled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"rowed",
|
|
"scrapped",
|
|
"squabbled",
|
|
"tiffed",
|
|
"wrangled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"dared",
|
|
"defied",
|
|
"clashed",
|
|
"contended",
|
|
"contested",
|
|
"tangled",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"nitpicked",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"objected",
|
|
"protested"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexisted",
|
|
"got along",
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"agreed",
|
|
"assented",
|
|
"concurred",
|
|
"consented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparking":{
|
|
"to give off sparks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"lighting (up)",
|
|
"radiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interesting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"actuating",
|
|
"cranking (up)",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"touching off",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"turning on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicking over",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"electrifying",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"fueling",
|
|
"fuelling",
|
|
"generating",
|
|
"powering",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"launching",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"switching",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"reactivating",
|
|
"recharging",
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"jump-starting",
|
|
"kick-starting",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"catalyzing",
|
|
"speeding (up)",
|
|
"stepping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"braking",
|
|
"checking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"stalling",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"stopping",
|
|
"decelerating",
|
|
"repressing",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"stunting",
|
|
"suppressing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"deactivating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"turning off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"President Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arousing",
|
|
"encouraging",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"firing (up)",
|
|
"impassioning",
|
|
"inciting",
|
|
"instigating",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"revving (up)",
|
|
"stimulating",
|
|
"stirring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"igniting",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"kindling",
|
|
"triggering",
|
|
"activating",
|
|
"animating",
|
|
"driving",
|
|
"energizing",
|
|
"galvanizing",
|
|
"inducing",
|
|
"inspiring",
|
|
"keying (up)",
|
|
"motivating",
|
|
"motiving",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"setting off",
|
|
"vitalizing",
|
|
"abetting",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"fomenting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"whipping (up)",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"taunting",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"tranquilizing",
|
|
"tranquillizing",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specimen":{
|
|
"a member of the human race":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a particularly handsome specimen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"being",
|
|
"bird",
|
|
"bod",
|
|
"body",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"cookie",
|
|
"cooky",
|
|
"creature",
|
|
"customer",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"duck",
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"face",
|
|
"fish",
|
|
"guy",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"human",
|
|
"human being",
|
|
"individual",
|
|
"life",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"party",
|
|
"person",
|
|
"personage",
|
|
"scout",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"soul",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"thing",
|
|
"wight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hominid",
|
|
"homo",
|
|
"humanoid",
|
|
"brother",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"fellowman",
|
|
"neighbor",
|
|
"celebrity",
|
|
"personality",
|
|
"self",
|
|
"somebody"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"beastie",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"critter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"one of a group or collection that shows what the whole is like":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"chose one frog as a good specimen of the breed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"case",
|
|
"example",
|
|
"exemplar",
|
|
"exemplification",
|
|
"illustration",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"representative",
|
|
"sample"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"classic",
|
|
"locus classicus",
|
|
"paradigm",
|
|
"cross section",
|
|
"microcosm",
|
|
"evidence",
|
|
"indication",
|
|
"manifestation",
|
|
"sign"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speared":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she speared a pea with her fork and angrily flung it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spitted",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speckle":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkles":{
|
|
"a light or fine rain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"mizzles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitations",
|
|
"rainfalls",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudbursts",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"downpours",
|
|
"storms",
|
|
"rainstorms",
|
|
"thunderstorms",
|
|
"monsoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fews",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"sprinklings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"mosts",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slathers",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"strews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"stipples",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split (up)":{
|
|
"as in separate , break up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"segregate",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"disseminate",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"ingather",
|
|
"agglutinate",
|
|
"conglomerate",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spike":{
|
|
"as in dart":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dart",
|
|
"javelin",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"pikestaff",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"gaff",
|
|
"halberd",
|
|
"halbert",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"leister",
|
|
"trident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in jump , run-up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"proliferation",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down",
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"energize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"fillip",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"ginger (up)",
|
|
"invigorate",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"juice up",
|
|
"jump-start",
|
|
"liven (up)",
|
|
"pep (up)",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"stimulate",
|
|
"vitalize",
|
|
"vivify",
|
|
"zip (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arouse",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"awaken",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rouse",
|
|
"stir",
|
|
"wake (up)",
|
|
"activate",
|
|
"actuate",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"impel",
|
|
"motivate",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"propel",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"electrify",
|
|
"galvanize",
|
|
"enkindle",
|
|
"excite",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"foment",
|
|
"incite",
|
|
"inflame",
|
|
"enflame",
|
|
"instigate",
|
|
"kindle",
|
|
"provoke",
|
|
"set off",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"trigger",
|
|
"turn on",
|
|
"whip (up)",
|
|
"abet",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"buoy",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"fortify",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"infuse",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"steel",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"reactivate",
|
|
"reanimate",
|
|
"reawake",
|
|
"reawaken",
|
|
"recharge",
|
|
"recreate",
|
|
"reenergize",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"refreshen",
|
|
"regenerate",
|
|
"reinvigorate",
|
|
"rejuvenate",
|
|
"rekindle",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restimulate",
|
|
"resurrect",
|
|
"resuscitate",
|
|
"revitalize",
|
|
"revive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burn out",
|
|
"debilitate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"fag",
|
|
"fatigue",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"kayo",
|
|
"knock out",
|
|
"sap",
|
|
"tucker (out)",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"wear",
|
|
"wear out",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"jade",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"quench",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stunt",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"discourage",
|
|
"dishearten",
|
|
"dispirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"damp",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"deaden",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"kill"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spilled the beans":{
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"gossiped",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"tattled",
|
|
"wagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandied (about)",
|
|
"circulated",
|
|
"noised (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumored",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"hinted",
|
|
"implied",
|
|
"insinuated",
|
|
"intimated",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"reported",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"tipped (off)",
|
|
"babbled",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"confided"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliate":{
|
|
"as in plunder , loot":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredate",
|
|
"despoil",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"maraud",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"ransack",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"sabotage",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"ravage",
|
|
"raven",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wrack",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"graffiti",
|
|
"tag",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"trash",
|
|
"vandalize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"protect",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"salvage",
|
|
"build",
|
|
"rebuild"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spots":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in summer the white coat of the snow leopard is studded with brownish black spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we're in a bit of a spot right now with our mortgage payments"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"dilemmas",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"holes",
|
|
"impasses",
|
|
"jackpots",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"mires",
|
|
"pickles",
|
|
"predicaments",
|
|
"quagmires",
|
|
"rabbit holes",
|
|
"rattraps",
|
|
"sticky wickets",
|
|
"swamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"difficulties",
|
|
"nodes",
|
|
"hot waters",
|
|
"soups",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"plights",
|
|
"quandaries",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"deadlocks",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"logjams",
|
|
"stalemates",
|
|
"standstills",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"crises",
|
|
"crossroads",
|
|
"emergencies",
|
|
"exigencies",
|
|
"junctures",
|
|
"straits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a mark of guilt or disgrace":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"scandalous conduct that will forever be a spot upon the family name"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"brands",
|
|
"onuses",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"stigmas",
|
|
"stigmata",
|
|
"taints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black eyes",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disesteems",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"disreputes",
|
|
"guilts",
|
|
"ignominies",
|
|
"infamies",
|
|
"obloquies",
|
|
"odiums",
|
|
"opprobriums",
|
|
"reproaches",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"corruptions",
|
|
"debaucheries",
|
|
"depravities",
|
|
"immoralities",
|
|
"iniquities",
|
|
"sins",
|
|
"vices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"awards",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"chastities",
|
|
"modesties",
|
|
"purities",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"honesties",
|
|
"integrities",
|
|
"legitimacies",
|
|
"probities",
|
|
"rectitudes",
|
|
"fames",
|
|
"glories",
|
|
"renowns",
|
|
"reputes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had only a spot of stew for dinner, as he wasn't very hungry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the area or space occupied by or intended for something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat grabbed my spot on the couch the minute I stood up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"emplacements",
|
|
"locales",
|
|
"localities",
|
|
"locations",
|
|
"loci",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"sites",
|
|
"venues",
|
|
"wheres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scenes",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"regions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"sectors",
|
|
"heres",
|
|
"theres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"strews"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"drizzles",
|
|
"dusts",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"speckles",
|
|
"stipples",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprightliness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of having abundant or intense activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sprightliness of the young girl made us tired just watching her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiriting":{
|
|
"as in snatching , absconding (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconding (with)",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"capturing",
|
|
"crimping",
|
|
"impressing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"waylaying",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"copping",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"returning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokespeople":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spokesperson for the protesting students presented their demands to the administration"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotted":{
|
|
"marked with spots":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spotted tablecloth clashed with the stripes on the wallpaper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotchy",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"variegated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spangled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"moir\u00e9",
|
|
"moire",
|
|
"veined",
|
|
"chromatic",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"multihued",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"prismatic",
|
|
"rainbow",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"roan"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unspotted"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having blotches of two or more colors":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not surprisingly, the white cow and black bull had a spotted calf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"blotchy",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"piebald",
|
|
"pied",
|
|
"pinto",
|
|
"splotched"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shaded",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotched",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"freckled",
|
|
"marbled",
|
|
"mottled",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"splotched",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"stippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"banded",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"striped",
|
|
"interspersed",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beheld",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"descried",
|
|
"discerned",
|
|
"distinguished",
|
|
"espied",
|
|
"eyed",
|
|
"looked (at)",
|
|
"noted",
|
|
"noticed",
|
|
"observed",
|
|
"perceived",
|
|
"regarded",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"sighted",
|
|
"spied",
|
|
"viewed",
|
|
"witnessed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identified",
|
|
"made out",
|
|
"picked out",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"attended (to)",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"heeded",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"minded",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"watched",
|
|
"examined",
|
|
"inspected",
|
|
"scanned",
|
|
"scrutinized",
|
|
"surveyed",
|
|
"glanced (at)",
|
|
"glimpsed",
|
|
"peered (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarded",
|
|
"ignored",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overpassed",
|
|
"passed over",
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"overlooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewed",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"strewed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketed",
|
|
"drizzled",
|
|
"dusted",
|
|
"studded",
|
|
"dappled",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"spattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splits one's sides":{
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We split our sides every time we saw her comedy act."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cackles",
|
|
"chortles",
|
|
"chuckles",
|
|
"cracks up",
|
|
"giggles",
|
|
"hee-haws",
|
|
"laughs",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"titters",
|
|
"twitters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grins",
|
|
"smiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"weeps",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"sniffles",
|
|
"snivels",
|
|
"groans",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"sighs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruces":{
|
|
"as in dolls up , cosmeticizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticizes",
|
|
"dolls up",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"soups up",
|
|
"tricks",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"candies",
|
|
"dresses up",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"sweetens"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotting":{
|
|
"the act or process of sighting or learning the existence of something for the first time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spotting of a new bird is always a thrill for an avid bird-watcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"detection",
|
|
"discovery",
|
|
"finding",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awareness",
|
|
"espial",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"disclosure",
|
|
"exposure",
|
|
"revelation",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unveiling",
|
|
"creation",
|
|
"invention",
|
|
"exploration",
|
|
"rediscovery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disappearance",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"concealment",
|
|
"hiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"to give the effect of sunlight on water, the artist spotted the lake in his painting with flecks of gold paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spotted both of them as they tried to sneak out the back door"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spying",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the TV networks had spotted reporters all over the state for the election"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechify":{
|
|
"as in speak , talk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"preach",
|
|
"sermonize",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"discourse",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"perorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splinters":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got a splinter from the unfinished wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"spalls",
|
|
"splints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"disks",
|
|
"discs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"splintered the carrots into little sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"slivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"chops",
|
|
"dices",
|
|
"hashes",
|
|
"juliennes",
|
|
"minces",
|
|
"saws",
|
|
"scissors",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"rives",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"gashes",
|
|
"incises",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"slashes",
|
|
"slits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedster":{
|
|
"as in rusher , hustler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"speeder",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeders":{
|
|
"as in rushers , hurriers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers",
|
|
"speedsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke (of)":{
|
|
"as in talked (about) , aired":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"expressed",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"offered",
|
|
"proposed",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"interjected",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"alluded (to)",
|
|
"cited",
|
|
"mentioned",
|
|
"named",
|
|
"referred (to)",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"thrashed (out or over)",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"brought up",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"placed",
|
|
"raised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censored",
|
|
"hushed (up)",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"silenced",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoofs":{
|
|
"a work that imitates and exaggerates another work for comic effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"many viewers thought that the spoof of a television newscast was the real thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"put-ons",
|
|
"ribs",
|
|
"send-ups",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"satires",
|
|
"comedies",
|
|
"farces",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"sketches",
|
|
"slapsticks",
|
|
"squibs",
|
|
"distortions",
|
|
"exaggerations",
|
|
"imitations",
|
|
"impersonations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesques",
|
|
"caricatures",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"imitates",
|
|
"mimics",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"parodies",
|
|
"sends up",
|
|
"travesties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampoons",
|
|
"pasquinades",
|
|
"satirizes",
|
|
"derides",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"apes",
|
|
"copycats",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"parrots",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"emulates",
|
|
"replicates",
|
|
"reproduces",
|
|
"acts",
|
|
"counterfeits",
|
|
"dissembles",
|
|
"fakes",
|
|
"feigns",
|
|
"pretends",
|
|
"shams",
|
|
"simulates",
|
|
"elaborates",
|
|
"embellishes",
|
|
"embroiders",
|
|
"exaggerates",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"pads",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enlarges (on or upon)",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"overdraws",
|
|
"overstates",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"mimes",
|
|
"pantomimes",
|
|
"impersonates",
|
|
"performs",
|
|
"personates",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozles",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"bluffs",
|
|
"buffaloes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"cons",
|
|
"cozens",
|
|
"deceives",
|
|
"deludes",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"fakes out",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"gammons",
|
|
"gulls",
|
|
"has",
|
|
"has on",
|
|
"hoaxes",
|
|
"hoodwinks",
|
|
"hornswoggles",
|
|
"humbugs",
|
|
"juggles",
|
|
"misguides",
|
|
"misinforms",
|
|
"misleads",
|
|
"snookers",
|
|
"snows",
|
|
"strings along",
|
|
"suckers",
|
|
"sucks in",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"tricks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"puts on",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"cheats",
|
|
"chisels",
|
|
"defrauds",
|
|
"diddles",
|
|
"euchres",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"flimflams",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"rooks",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stings",
|
|
"swindles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unveils",
|
|
"disabuses",
|
|
"disenchants",
|
|
"disillusions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sphering":{
|
|
"as in rolling , rounding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerating",
|
|
"balling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"wadding",
|
|
"beading",
|
|
"pearling",
|
|
"pelleting",
|
|
"pelletizing",
|
|
"bunching",
|
|
"clumping",
|
|
"lumping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unrolling",
|
|
"flattening",
|
|
"opening",
|
|
"smoothing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"unfolding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spilling the beans (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"raking up",
|
|
"smoking out",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spawned":{
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"begot",
|
|
"begat",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"brought",
|
|
"brought about",
|
|
"brought on",
|
|
"catalyzed",
|
|
"caused",
|
|
"created",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"drew on",
|
|
"effected",
|
|
"effectuated",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"generated",
|
|
"induced",
|
|
"invoked",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"occasioned",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"prompted",
|
|
"resulted (in)",
|
|
"translated (into)",
|
|
"worked",
|
|
"wrought",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduced (to)",
|
|
"contributed (to)",
|
|
"decided",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"established",
|
|
"fathered",
|
|
"founded",
|
|
"inaugurated",
|
|
"initiated",
|
|
"innovated",
|
|
"instituted",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pioneered",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"advanced",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"forwarded",
|
|
"fostered",
|
|
"furthered",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"enacted",
|
|
"rendered",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"clamped down (on)",
|
|
"cracked down (on)",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dampened",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quashed",
|
|
"quelled",
|
|
"repressed",
|
|
"smothered",
|
|
"squashed",
|
|
"squelched",
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"curbed",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"snuffed (out)",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"abolished",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"extinguished",
|
|
"liquidated",
|
|
"quenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spastic paralysis":{
|
|
"as in quadriplegia , paraplegia":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diplegia",
|
|
"hemiplegia",
|
|
"paraplegia",
|
|
"paresis",
|
|
"quadriplegia",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"infirmity",
|
|
"lameness",
|
|
"debilitation",
|
|
"debility",
|
|
"decrepitude",
|
|
"enfeeblement",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"cerebral palsy",
|
|
"multiple sclerosis",
|
|
"poliomyelitis",
|
|
"palsy",
|
|
"paralysis"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mobility",
|
|
"motility",
|
|
"sensation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifies":{
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"lays down",
|
|
"prescribes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decrees",
|
|
"dictates",
|
|
"ordains",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"adjures",
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"enjoins",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"constrains",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"obligates",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"requires"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adverts (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"names",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"quotes",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"hints (at)",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"points (out)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"signifies",
|
|
"denominates",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"brings up",
|
|
"broaches",
|
|
"interjects",
|
|
"interpolates",
|
|
"interposes",
|
|
"introduces",
|
|
"infiltrates",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"worms",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"spells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"forgets",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spigots":{
|
|
"a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the plumber has installed a new spigot over the kitchen sink"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cocks",
|
|
"faucets",
|
|
"gates",
|
|
"stopcocks",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"valves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hydrants",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"petcocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeches":{
|
|
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"perorations",
|
|
"talks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"monologues",
|
|
"monologs",
|
|
"soliloquies",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"spiels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"languages",
|
|
"lingos",
|
|
"lingoes",
|
|
"mother tongues",
|
|
"tongues",
|
|
"vocabularies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolects",
|
|
"argots",
|
|
"cants",
|
|
"colloquials",
|
|
"dialects",
|
|
"idiolects",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"jargons",
|
|
"parlances",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgins",
|
|
"slangs",
|
|
"slanguages",
|
|
"vernaculars",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"localisms",
|
|
"provincialisms",
|
|
"regionalisms",
|
|
"shibboleths",
|
|
"vernacularisms",
|
|
"terminologies",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearman":{
|
|
"as in lancer , pikeman":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lancer",
|
|
"pikeman",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"crossbowman",
|
|
"Confederate",
|
|
"Continental",
|
|
"Federal",
|
|
"GI",
|
|
"guardsman",
|
|
"militiaman",
|
|
"minuteman",
|
|
"artilleryman",
|
|
"cannoneer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"mortarman",
|
|
"musketeer",
|
|
"rifleman",
|
|
"counterguerrilla",
|
|
"counterguerilla",
|
|
"guerrilla",
|
|
"guerilla",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"paramilitary",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"jarhead",
|
|
"marine",
|
|
"ranger",
|
|
"combatant",
|
|
"noncombatant",
|
|
"commando",
|
|
"raider",
|
|
"lifer",
|
|
"veteran",
|
|
"warhorse",
|
|
"doughboy",
|
|
"footman",
|
|
"foot soldier",
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"infantryman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilian"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sped (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporadic":{
|
|
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sporadic loud noises kept startling everyone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spastic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-and-miss",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"not often occurring or repeated":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so long as the complaints remain sporadic , we're doing fine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"infrequent",
|
|
"isolated",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"rare"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"frequent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiralled":{
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirited":{
|
|
"marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town meeting featured a spirited debate about the proposed ban on skateboarding in the plaza downtown"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fiery",
|
|
"gingery",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppery",
|
|
"spunky"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggressive",
|
|
"ambitious",
|
|
"assertive",
|
|
"high-pressure",
|
|
"in-your-face",
|
|
"militant",
|
|
"pushy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"feisty",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"scrappy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"ardent",
|
|
"fervent",
|
|
"impassioned",
|
|
"passionate",
|
|
"emphatic",
|
|
"obtrusive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bloodless",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"low-pressure",
|
|
"nonassertive",
|
|
"unaggressive",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"unassertive",
|
|
"unenterprising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"halfhearted",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"spiritless"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a team known for its spirited and in-your-face basketball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in snatched , absconded (with)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absconded (with)",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"crimped",
|
|
"impressed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"waylaid",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"took"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"returned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiting":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"annoying",
|
|
"bothering",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"burning (up)",
|
|
"chafing",
|
|
"eating",
|
|
"exasperating",
|
|
"frosting",
|
|
"galling",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"hacking (off)",
|
|
"irking",
|
|
"irritating",
|
|
"itching",
|
|
"narking",
|
|
"nettling",
|
|
"peeving",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"piquing",
|
|
"putting out",
|
|
"rasping",
|
|
"riling",
|
|
"ruffling",
|
|
"vexing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassling",
|
|
"heckling",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"inflaming",
|
|
"enflaming",
|
|
"provoking",
|
|
"rousing",
|
|
"badgering",
|
|
"baiting",
|
|
"bullyragging",
|
|
"ballyragging",
|
|
"deviling",
|
|
"devilling",
|
|
"hagriding",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harrying",
|
|
"pestering",
|
|
"plaguing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"angering",
|
|
"antagonizing",
|
|
"enraging",
|
|
"incensing",
|
|
"infuriating",
|
|
"maddening",
|
|
"rankling",
|
|
"roiling",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"discomforting",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disquieting",
|
|
"distressing",
|
|
"exercising",
|
|
"freaking (out)",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"perturbing",
|
|
"undoing",
|
|
"unhinging",
|
|
"unsettling",
|
|
"upsetting",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"affronting",
|
|
"insulting",
|
|
"miffing",
|
|
"offending",
|
|
"outraging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"conciliating",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"propitiating",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"comforting",
|
|
"consoling",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"quieting",
|
|
"reassuring",
|
|
"solacing",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparsity":{
|
|
"as in scarcity , sparseness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"petiteness",
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spottily":{
|
|
"as in intermittently , fitfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disconnectedly",
|
|
"disjointedly",
|
|
"fitfully",
|
|
"intermittently",
|
|
"unpredictably",
|
|
"accidentally",
|
|
"fortuitously",
|
|
"inadvertently",
|
|
"unconsciously",
|
|
"unintentionally",
|
|
"unwittingly",
|
|
"higgledy-piggledy",
|
|
"topsy-turvy",
|
|
"arbitrarily",
|
|
"capriciously",
|
|
"carelessly",
|
|
"casually",
|
|
"indiscriminately",
|
|
"informally",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"promiscuously",
|
|
"whimsically",
|
|
"aimlessly",
|
|
"anyhow",
|
|
"anyway",
|
|
"anywise",
|
|
"desultorily",
|
|
"erratically",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"helter-skelter",
|
|
"hit or miss",
|
|
"irregularly",
|
|
"randomly",
|
|
"willy-nilly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"methodically",
|
|
"systematically",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"formally",
|
|
"gingerly",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"punctiliously",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"intentionally",
|
|
"purposefully",
|
|
"purposely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkling":{
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"few",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slather",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in drizzling , spitting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"drizzly",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"mizzly",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotching",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"freckling",
|
|
"marbling",
|
|
"mottling",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"specking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"splotching",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"stippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blotting",
|
|
"dyeing",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"banding",
|
|
"barring",
|
|
"streaking",
|
|
"striping",
|
|
"interspersing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spheroids":{
|
|
"as in ellipses , eggs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"ellipses",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ovals",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"globes",
|
|
"orbs",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"globules",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circlets",
|
|
"cirques",
|
|
"ringlets",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rondures",
|
|
"roundels",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"cubes",
|
|
"rectangles",
|
|
"squares"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spacings":{
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spacing of the houses was a little tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"clearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment":{
|
|
"made or done without previous thought or preparation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spur-of-the-moment trip to the zoo"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ad hoc",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"down and dirty",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extemporary",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvisational",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"unscripted",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"spontaneous",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"cursive",
|
|
"informal",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-cocked",
|
|
"ill-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"planned",
|
|
"premeditated",
|
|
"premeditative",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"rehearsed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialistic":{
|
|
"a person who has a lot of training, knowledge, or skill in a particular area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was a specialist in chemical engineering with many years of experience."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consultant",
|
|
"pro",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"adept",
|
|
"artist",
|
|
"authority",
|
|
"cognoscente",
|
|
"connoisseur",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dab hand",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"hotshot",
|
|
"maestro",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"maven",
|
|
"mavin",
|
|
"meister",
|
|
"past master",
|
|
"proficient",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"shark",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"virtuoso",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"adviser",
|
|
"advisor",
|
|
"consigliere",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"counselor",
|
|
"counsellor",
|
|
"addict",
|
|
"aficionado",
|
|
"afficionado",
|
|
"buff",
|
|
"devotee",
|
|
"enthusiast",
|
|
"fan",
|
|
"craftsman",
|
|
"journeyman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"beginner",
|
|
"neophyte",
|
|
"novice",
|
|
"amateur",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"nonexpert",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"dabbler",
|
|
"dilettante"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"involving, related to, or being special skills or knowledge needed to do a particular job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The job requires specialist knowledge."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"authoritative",
|
|
"expert",
|
|
"professional",
|
|
"specialized",
|
|
"technical",
|
|
"esoteric",
|
|
"especial",
|
|
"exclusive",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"special",
|
|
"specific",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"technicalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"generalized",
|
|
"generic",
|
|
"nonexclusive",
|
|
"nonspecific",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"universal",
|
|
"inexpert",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"nonprofessional",
|
|
"unprofessional",
|
|
"self-evident",
|
|
"self-explanatory",
|
|
"straightforward",
|
|
"general",
|
|
"nontechnical",
|
|
"untechnical"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeded (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"fast-tracked",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"whisked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded",
|
|
"propelled",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"spurred",
|
|
"stirred",
|
|
"urged",
|
|
"aided",
|
|
"dispatched",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"expedited",
|
|
"facilitated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delayed",
|
|
"encumbered",
|
|
"fettered",
|
|
"hampered",
|
|
"held back",
|
|
"held up",
|
|
"hindered",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"impeded",
|
|
"interfered (with)",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"reined (in)",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"tied up",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"checked",
|
|
"stalled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"stilled",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"braked",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"retarded",
|
|
"slowed (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoilt (for)":{
|
|
"as in wanted , pined (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near 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)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ante (up)",
|
|
"balance",
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"foot",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"pay off",
|
|
"pay up",
|
|
"pony up",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"recompense",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spade":{
|
|
"as in scoop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"dig in",
|
|
"delve",
|
|
"burrow",
|
|
"claw",
|
|
"grub",
|
|
"mine",
|
|
"quarry",
|
|
"dredge",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"shovel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fill (in)",
|
|
"smooth (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprints":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"trots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"canters",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"legs (it)",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"speeds",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"patters",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"steps (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shambles",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"trudges",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"limps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiky":{
|
|
"as in sour , brisk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearhead":{
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boss",
|
|
"captain",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lead"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"dominate",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"handle",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"oversee",
|
|
"regulate",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"superintend",
|
|
"supervise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bow (to)",
|
|
"comply (with)",
|
|
"defer (to)",
|
|
"follow",
|
|
"obey",
|
|
"serve",
|
|
"submit (to)",
|
|
"yield (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in forefront , vanguard":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting edge",
|
|
"forefront",
|
|
"front line",
|
|
"leading edge",
|
|
"van",
|
|
"vanguard"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spryly":{
|
|
"as in nimbly , agilely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"allegro",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily",
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprucing (up)":{
|
|
"to make neat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"neatening",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"redding (up or out)",
|
|
"straightening (up or out)",
|
|
"tidying (up)",
|
|
"trimming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"arraying",
|
|
"classifying",
|
|
"codifying",
|
|
"disposing",
|
|
"drawing up",
|
|
"marshaling",
|
|
"marshalling",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"organizing",
|
|
"ranging",
|
|
"systematizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disarranging",
|
|
"disarraying",
|
|
"discomposing",
|
|
"disheveling",
|
|
"dishevelling",
|
|
"disordering",
|
|
"disorganizing",
|
|
"disrupting",
|
|
"disturbing",
|
|
"jumbling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mixing (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"mussing",
|
|
"rumpling",
|
|
"scrambling",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tousling",
|
|
"tumbling",
|
|
"upsetting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed-reads":{
|
|
"as in turns over , dips (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browses",
|
|
"dips (into)",
|
|
"leafs (through)",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"skims",
|
|
"thumbs (through)",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"peruses",
|
|
"pores (over)",
|
|
"reads",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"gobbles (up)",
|
|
"slogs (through)",
|
|
"wades (through)",
|
|
"rereads",
|
|
"proofreads",
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"comprehends",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"tumbles (to)",
|
|
"understands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spent":{
|
|
"depleted in strength, energy, or freshness":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he plopped down in his chair, completely spent , and then fell asleep"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"all in",
|
|
"aweary",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"beaten",
|
|
"bleary",
|
|
"burned-out",
|
|
"burnt-out",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"done",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"fatigued",
|
|
"jaded",
|
|
"knackered",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"logy",
|
|
"loggy",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"pooped",
|
|
"prostrate",
|
|
"tapped out",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"tuckered (out)",
|
|
"washed-out",
|
|
"wearied",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"worn",
|
|
"worn-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overfatigued",
|
|
"overtaxed",
|
|
"overworked",
|
|
"broken-down",
|
|
"run-down",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"drowsy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sluggish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"rejuvenated",
|
|
"relaxed",
|
|
"rested",
|
|
"revitalized",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"invigorated",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tireless",
|
|
"vitalized",
|
|
"weariless"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unwearied"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"forked (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"laid out",
|
|
"outlaid",
|
|
"paid",
|
|
"shelled out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"rained",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cached",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"acquired",
|
|
"earned",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"garnered",
|
|
"made",
|
|
"procured",
|
|
"realized",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"won"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"devoured",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"drew down",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"played out",
|
|
"used up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"used",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"cleaned (out)",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"debilitated",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"sapped",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dried up",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"bolstered",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"revived",
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"saved"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"replaced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"dissipated",
|
|
"fiddled away",
|
|
"frittered (away)",
|
|
"lavished",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"misspent",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"squandered",
|
|
"threw away",
|
|
"trifled (away)",
|
|
"wasted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurged",
|
|
"consumed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"impoverished",
|
|
"overspent",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"overindulged",
|
|
"disbursed",
|
|
"expended",
|
|
"laid out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economized",
|
|
"scrimped",
|
|
"skimped",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"hoarded",
|
|
"laid up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spaces":{
|
|
"an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much space will you need for the art project?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elbow room",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"leeway",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the space of a few minutes the room had filled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an incomplete or deficient area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cancellation created a huge space in the dentist's schedule for that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defectiveness",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"insufficience",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"shortfall",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"fullness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an allowable margin of freedom or variation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children should be given some space to express themselves in their schoolwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"leeway",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"wiggle room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"swing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprout":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairn",
|
|
"bambino",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"chap",
|
|
"chick",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"cub",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"kiddie",
|
|
"kiddy",
|
|
"kiddo",
|
|
"moppet",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"whelp",
|
|
"youngling",
|
|
"youngster",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"kindergartner",
|
|
"kindergartener",
|
|
"preschooler",
|
|
"rug rat",
|
|
"schoolboy",
|
|
"schoolchild",
|
|
"schoolgirl",
|
|
"schoolkid",
|
|
"babe",
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"bantling",
|
|
"infant",
|
|
"neonate",
|
|
"nestling",
|
|
"newborn",
|
|
"toddler",
|
|
"tot",
|
|
"tyke",
|
|
"tike",
|
|
"weanling",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"hellion",
|
|
"imp",
|
|
"jackanapes",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"rapscallion",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"urchin",
|
|
"whippersnapper",
|
|
"cherub",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"preteen-ager",
|
|
"subteen",
|
|
"teen",
|
|
"teenager",
|
|
"teener",
|
|
"teenybopper",
|
|
"tween",
|
|
"lad",
|
|
"nipper",
|
|
"shaver",
|
|
"stripling",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"bobby-soxer",
|
|
"hoyden",
|
|
"tomboy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-ager",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elder",
|
|
"golden-ager",
|
|
"oldster",
|
|
"old-timer",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"senior citizen"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"shoot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"excrescence",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"bough",
|
|
"branchlet",
|
|
"limb",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprig",
|
|
"spur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in root , germinate":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinate",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"propagate",
|
|
"plant",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"glean",
|
|
"harvest",
|
|
"reap",
|
|
"crop",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"dress",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"tend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"pull (up)",
|
|
"uproot",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hay",
|
|
"mow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spell out":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"construe",
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"demystify",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"expound",
|
|
"get across",
|
|
"illuminate",
|
|
"illustrate",
|
|
"interpret",
|
|
"simplify",
|
|
"unriddle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"decode",
|
|
"analyze",
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unravel",
|
|
"unscramble",
|
|
"untangle",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"solve",
|
|
"define",
|
|
"specify",
|
|
"annotate",
|
|
"commentate",
|
|
"gloss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"confound",
|
|
"confuse",
|
|
"obfuscate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooned":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketed",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"laded",
|
|
"ladled",
|
|
"scooped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"depleted",
|
|
"drained",
|
|
"eliminated",
|
|
"emptied",
|
|
"exhausted",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"drew (off)",
|
|
"dished",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"decanted",
|
|
"drew",
|
|
"pumped",
|
|
"siphoned",
|
|
"syphoned",
|
|
"suctioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"filled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectrums":{
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complete spectrum of opinions on this hotly debated subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapasons",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliating":{
|
|
"as in plundering , looting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredating",
|
|
"despoiling",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"marauding",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"ransacking",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"sabotaging",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"ravaging",
|
|
"ravening",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wracking",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"graffitiing",
|
|
"graffiting",
|
|
"tagging",
|
|
"desecrating",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"trashing",
|
|
"vandalizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"protecting",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"salvaging",
|
|
"building",
|
|
"rebuilding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Spartan":{
|
|
"providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"accommodations on the windjammer are spartan but clean and comfortable nevertheless"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"austere",
|
|
"no-frills",
|
|
"stark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"unadorned",
|
|
"undecorated",
|
|
"unelaborate",
|
|
"unfancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adorned",
|
|
"decorated",
|
|
"elaborate",
|
|
"fancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"Lucullan",
|
|
"Lucullian",
|
|
"luxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"plush"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeder":{
|
|
"as in rusher , hurrier":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurrier",
|
|
"rusher",
|
|
"go-getter",
|
|
"hustler",
|
|
"scrambler",
|
|
"speedster"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawler",
|
|
"dallier",
|
|
"dawdler",
|
|
"dragger",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"lagger",
|
|
"lingerer",
|
|
"loiterer",
|
|
"plodder",
|
|
"slowpoke",
|
|
"snail",
|
|
"straggler",
|
|
"latecomer",
|
|
"idler",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafer",
|
|
"lounger",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"slug",
|
|
"sluggard"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spritzed":{
|
|
"as in sprayed , sprinkled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"swashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spending moneys":{
|
|
"as in pocket moneys":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pocket moneys",
|
|
"outflows",
|
|
"prices",
|
|
"rates",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"tariffs",
|
|
"tolls",
|
|
"overheads",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"costs",
|
|
"disbursements",
|
|
"expenditures",
|
|
"expenses",
|
|
"outgoes",
|
|
"outlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splendor":{
|
|
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the splendor of the ancient monument awed us into silence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"superbness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"formidability",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"wonderfulness",
|
|
"wondrousness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"princeliness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"ritziness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"remarkableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the quality or state of having or giving off light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the splendor of the huge diamond can scarcely be described"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"brilliancy",
|
|
"candor",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"effulgence",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"lambency",
|
|
"lightness",
|
|
"luminance",
|
|
"luminosity",
|
|
"luminousness",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"lustrousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"refulgence"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"flicker",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"burnish",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"sheen",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"shininess",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"sparkle",
|
|
"twinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"gloominess",
|
|
"somberness",
|
|
"cloudiness",
|
|
"haziness",
|
|
"murkiness",
|
|
"obscureness",
|
|
"obscurity",
|
|
"colorlessness",
|
|
"grayness",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"paleness",
|
|
"shadiness",
|
|
"shadowiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"duskiness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the many splendors of the reign of Tutankhamen are on display in this new travelling exhibition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caution",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"marvel",
|
|
"miracle",
|
|
"phenomenon",
|
|
"portent",
|
|
"prodigy",
|
|
"sensation",
|
|
"wonder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosity",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spectacle",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"corker",
|
|
"crackerjack",
|
|
"crackajack",
|
|
"dandy",
|
|
"jim-dandy",
|
|
"knockout",
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"appearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiced":{
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spice the stew with more pepper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavored",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"savored",
|
|
"savoured",
|
|
"seasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"sauced",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"salted",
|
|
"aromatized",
|
|
"perfumed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeds (up)":{
|
|
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"fast-tracks",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"whisks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stirs",
|
|
"urges",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"expedites",
|
|
"facilitates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"encumbers",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"hampers",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"hobbles",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"holds up",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"interferes (with)",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"ties up",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"stills",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows (down)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinelessly":{
|
|
"as in cravenly , fearfully":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"spunkily",
|
|
"stoutly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splutters":{
|
|
"as in shouts , breathes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"chirps",
|
|
"drawls",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"lips",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"purrs",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"enunciates",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"says",
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"states",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"utters",
|
|
"verbalizes",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"ventilates",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"voices",
|
|
"blabbers",
|
|
"blurts",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"affirms",
|
|
"alleges",
|
|
"asserts",
|
|
"avers",
|
|
"avouches",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"clothes",
|
|
"couches",
|
|
"formulates",
|
|
"formulizes",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"comments",
|
|
"pipes up (with)",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"rips (out)",
|
|
"snarls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in froths , foams":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"expectorates",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sputters",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drivels",
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivates",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"lade",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"deplete",
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"exhaust",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"draw (off)",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"decant",
|
|
"draw",
|
|
"pump",
|
|
"siphon",
|
|
"syphon",
|
|
"suction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"fill"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of metal and wooden spoons should be part of every cook's culinary arsenal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dipper",
|
|
"ladle",
|
|
"scoop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skimmer",
|
|
"dessertspoon",
|
|
"soupspoon",
|
|
"tablespoon",
|
|
"teaspoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splits (up)":{
|
|
"as in separates , breaks up":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"isolates",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"segregates",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"spreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"concentrates",
|
|
"congregates",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"ingathers",
|
|
"agglutinates",
|
|
"conglomerates",
|
|
"unifies",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaker":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chair",
|
|
"chairman",
|
|
"chairperson",
|
|
"moderator",
|
|
"president",
|
|
"presider",
|
|
"prolocutor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwoman",
|
|
"cochair",
|
|
"cochairman",
|
|
"cochairperson",
|
|
"cochairwoman",
|
|
"copresident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"spokeswoman",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"orator"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhetorician",
|
|
"spellbinder",
|
|
"declaimer",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"spieler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spheres":{
|
|
"a more or less round body or mass":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this sphere that we live on is just a tiny speck in the universe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"globes",
|
|
"orbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"globules",
|
|
"eggs",
|
|
"ellipses",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"ovals",
|
|
"spheroids",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rondures",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"nuggets",
|
|
"wads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"cubes",
|
|
"rectangles",
|
|
"squares"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"higher mathematics is a little outside my sphere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"arenas",
|
|
"bailiwicks",
|
|
"baronies",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"demesnes",
|
|
"departments",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"fiefdoms",
|
|
"fiefs",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"firmaments",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"kingdoms",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"precincts",
|
|
"provinces",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"specialties",
|
|
"terrains",
|
|
"walks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"frontiers",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"subjects",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"turfs",
|
|
"turves",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"pursuits",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"kens",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"subfields",
|
|
"subspecialties",
|
|
"sub-specialties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a ball-shaped gaseous celestial body that shines by its own light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"perhaps there is indeed life on planets circling spheres in galaxies far, far away"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"luminaries",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"suns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"galaxies",
|
|
"binary stars",
|
|
"brown dwarfs",
|
|
"brown dwarves",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"fixed stars",
|
|
"gassers",
|
|
"giant stars",
|
|
"lodestars",
|
|
"loadstars",
|
|
"neutron stars",
|
|
"novas",
|
|
"novae",
|
|
"pulsars",
|
|
"quasars",
|
|
"red dwarfs",
|
|
"red giants",
|
|
"red stars",
|
|
"subdwarfs",
|
|
"superclusters",
|
|
"supergiants",
|
|
"supernovas",
|
|
"supernovae",
|
|
"variables",
|
|
"variable stars",
|
|
"white dwarfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in rolls , rounds":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"agglomerates",
|
|
"balls",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"beads",
|
|
"pearls",
|
|
"pelletizes",
|
|
"pellets",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clumps",
|
|
"lumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unrolls",
|
|
"flattens",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"smooths",
|
|
"smoothes",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"unfolds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon-fed":{
|
|
"as in hand-fed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand-fed",
|
|
"underfed",
|
|
"refed",
|
|
"reprovisioned",
|
|
"force-fed",
|
|
"overfed",
|
|
"surfeited",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"fattened",
|
|
"filled",
|
|
"messed",
|
|
"banqueted",
|
|
"dined",
|
|
"feasted",
|
|
"regaled",
|
|
"nourished",
|
|
"nurtured",
|
|
"sustained",
|
|
"served",
|
|
"waited",
|
|
"boarded",
|
|
"catered",
|
|
"fed",
|
|
"provisioned",
|
|
"victualed",
|
|
"victualled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spadeworks":{
|
|
"as in drudgeries , toils":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"donkeyworks",
|
|
"drudgeries",
|
|
"drudges",
|
|
"fatigues",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"labors",
|
|
"moils",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"sweats",
|
|
"toils",
|
|
"travails",
|
|
"efforts",
|
|
"exertions",
|
|
"pains",
|
|
"struggles",
|
|
"troubles",
|
|
"chores",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"responsibilities",
|
|
"routines",
|
|
"tediums",
|
|
"treadmills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"decompressions",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"leisures",
|
|
"relaxations",
|
|
"reposes",
|
|
"rests",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"dalliances",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"recreations",
|
|
"sports",
|
|
"dormancies",
|
|
"inactivities",
|
|
"inertias"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spare":{
|
|
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll have a banana split\u2014and don't spare the whipped cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"skimp (on)",
|
|
"stint (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dole out",
|
|
"mete (out)",
|
|
"portion (out)",
|
|
"ration (out)",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"shortchange",
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"preserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"rain",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economize",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"scrimp",
|
|
"skimp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserve",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"maintain",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"preserve",
|
|
"scrape",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"cut down",
|
|
"retrench",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fritter (away)",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"misspend",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"spend",
|
|
"squander",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"splurge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"waste"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being over what is needed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I had some spare time to kill, so I cleaned up my cubicle a bit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"redundant",
|
|
"supererogatory",
|
|
"superfluous",
|
|
"supernumerary",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accessory",
|
|
"additional",
|
|
"supplemental",
|
|
"supplementary",
|
|
"de trop",
|
|
"dispensable",
|
|
"extraneous",
|
|
"gratuitous",
|
|
"needless",
|
|
"nonessential",
|
|
"uncalled-for",
|
|
"unessential",
|
|
"unnecessary",
|
|
"unneeded",
|
|
"unwanted",
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"shortish",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"sparse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man who is kind and gentle but definitely spare of speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having a noticeably small amount of body fat":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a tall, spare man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"fatless",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"svelte",
|
|
"thin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean-limbed",
|
|
"trim",
|
|
"sylphlike",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"sinewy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"anorectic",
|
|
"anoretic",
|
|
"anorexic",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"emaciated",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"haggard",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"skeletal",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wizened",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"puny",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"brawny",
|
|
"burly",
|
|
"husky",
|
|
"dumpy",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"paunchy",
|
|
"potbellied",
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"buxom",
|
|
"zaftig",
|
|
"zoftig",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"hippy",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spare vegetation that made foraging very difficult"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"sparing",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we promptly replaced the burnt-out lightbulb with a spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backup",
|
|
"substitute",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"replacement",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"replication",
|
|
"reproduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"prototype"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualize":{
|
|
"as in baptize , canonize":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptize",
|
|
"canonize",
|
|
"bless",
|
|
"consecrate",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"sacralize",
|
|
"sanctify",
|
|
"chasten",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"lustrate",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"expurgate",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"dedicate",
|
|
"devote",
|
|
"reconsecrate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrate",
|
|
"desacralize",
|
|
"desanctify",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"desecrate",
|
|
"profane",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"blaspheme",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"cuss",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"execrate",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"punish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokeswomen":{
|
|
"as in spokesmodels":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneous":{
|
|
"done instantly and without conscious thought or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recoiling when a wasp is near is simply a spontaneous reaction"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"instinctive",
|
|
"instinctual",
|
|
"involuntary",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"mechanic",
|
|
"mechanical",
|
|
"robotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conditioned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"Pavlovian",
|
|
"reactive",
|
|
"reflex",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"subliminal",
|
|
"unconscious",
|
|
"unforced",
|
|
"visceral",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"inadvertent",
|
|
"unintended",
|
|
"unintentional",
|
|
"unwilling",
|
|
"unwitting",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"ad-lib",
|
|
"extemporaneous",
|
|
"extempore",
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"improvised",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhanded",
|
|
"off-the-cuff",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"spur-of-the-moment",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unplanned",
|
|
"unpremeditated",
|
|
"unprepared",
|
|
"unprompted",
|
|
"unreasoned",
|
|
"unrehearsed",
|
|
"unstudied",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"chancy",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"impetuous",
|
|
"impulsive",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"rash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calculated",
|
|
"conscious",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"designed",
|
|
"intended",
|
|
"intentional",
|
|
"predetermined",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"projected",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rehearsed",
|
|
"volitional",
|
|
"voluntary",
|
|
"willed",
|
|
"willful",
|
|
"wilful",
|
|
"advised",
|
|
"aforethought",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"forethoughtful",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"meticulous",
|
|
"reasoned",
|
|
"studied",
|
|
"thoughtful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speller":{
|
|
"as in reader , grammar":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grammar",
|
|
"reader",
|
|
"schoolbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"lexicon",
|
|
"vocabulary",
|
|
"wordbook",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"reference",
|
|
"bible",
|
|
"guide",
|
|
"guidebook"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spitting up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfing",
|
|
"gagging",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hurling",
|
|
"puking",
|
|
"retching",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"upchucking",
|
|
"vomiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorging",
|
|
"regurgitating",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"nauseating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spaded":{
|
|
"as in scooped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scooped",
|
|
"dug in",
|
|
"delved",
|
|
"burrowed",
|
|
"clawed",
|
|
"grubbed",
|
|
"mined",
|
|
"quarried",
|
|
"dredged",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"excavated",
|
|
"shoveled",
|
|
"shovelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"filled (in)",
|
|
"smoothed (out or over)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spilled":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"raked up",
|
|
"smoked out",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split-second":{
|
|
"done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a day trader who is used to making split-second decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a devastating accident can cause everything in your life to change in a split second"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearguns":{
|
|
"as in guns , pistols":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbusses",
|
|
"breechloaders",
|
|
"culverins",
|
|
"fieldpieces",
|
|
"firelocks",
|
|
"flintlocks",
|
|
"harquebuses",
|
|
"arquebuses",
|
|
"matchlocks",
|
|
"muskets",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"shotguns",
|
|
"smoothbores",
|
|
"twenty-twos",
|
|
".22s",
|
|
"derringers",
|
|
"forty-fives",
|
|
".45s",
|
|
"gats",
|
|
"handguns",
|
|
"pistols",
|
|
"revolvers",
|
|
"rods",
|
|
"roscoes",
|
|
"sidearms",
|
|
"six-guns",
|
|
"six-shooters",
|
|
"zip guns",
|
|
"AK-47s",
|
|
"assault rifles",
|
|
"assault weapons",
|
|
"automatics",
|
|
"carbines",
|
|
"machine guns",
|
|
"machine pistols",
|
|
"repeaters",
|
|
"submachine guns",
|
|
"tommy guns",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"firearms",
|
|
"guns",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"pieces",
|
|
"small arms",
|
|
"self-loaders",
|
|
"semiautomatics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spewed":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"swooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a volcano spewing out lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belched",
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfed",
|
|
"gagged",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"puked",
|
|
"retched",
|
|
"spit up",
|
|
"spat up",
|
|
"threw up",
|
|
"upchucked",
|
|
"vomited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"regurgitated",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"nauseated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splotch":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bleach left a small white splotch on my shirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"eyespot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"pip",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"spot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmark",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"blob",
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smutch",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"polka dot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"ink from a leaking pen had badly splotched his shirt pocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualisms":{
|
|
"as in occultisms , hoodoos":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hexereis",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"occultisms",
|
|
"alchemies",
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"devilries",
|
|
"deviltries",
|
|
"diableries",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"ensorcellments",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"thaumaturgies",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"auguries",
|
|
"crystal gazings",
|
|
"divinations",
|
|
"fortune-tellings",
|
|
"soothsayings",
|
|
"sortileges",
|
|
"augurs",
|
|
"omens",
|
|
"exorcisms",
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"mascots",
|
|
"periapts",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sciences"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponges":{
|
|
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally told the sponge to move out of their house and to get a job"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloodsuckers",
|
|
"freeloaders",
|
|
"free riders",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"moochers",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dependents",
|
|
"deadbeats",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies",
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"benefactors",
|
|
"philanthropists",
|
|
"supporters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"soaks (up)",
|
|
"sucks (up)",
|
|
"takes up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulps",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"quaffs",
|
|
"sips",
|
|
"slurps",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"swigs",
|
|
"swills"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeloads",
|
|
"mooches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"begs",
|
|
"exploits",
|
|
"uses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spherical":{
|
|
"having every part of the surface the same distance from the center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the planet Earth is not, in fact, perfectly spherical"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"global",
|
|
"globular",
|
|
"round"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annular",
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"disciform",
|
|
"discoid",
|
|
"discoidal",
|
|
"disklike",
|
|
"hooplike",
|
|
"ringlike",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"balled",
|
|
"bulbous",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"rounded",
|
|
"roundish",
|
|
"cylindrical",
|
|
"cylindric",
|
|
"elliptical",
|
|
"elliptic",
|
|
"oblong",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ovate",
|
|
"ovoid",
|
|
"ovoidal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooky":{
|
|
"easily excited by nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spooky horse shying at shadows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excitable",
|
|
"fiddle-footed",
|
|
"flighty",
|
|
"fluttery",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"hyper",
|
|
"hyperactive",
|
|
"hyperexcitable",
|
|
"hyperkinetic",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittery",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"spasmodic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hot-blooded",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"volatile",
|
|
"volcanic",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"edgy",
|
|
"flibbertigibbety",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"uptight",
|
|
"emotional",
|
|
"emotionalistic",
|
|
"hypersensitive",
|
|
"intense",
|
|
"sensitive",
|
|
"soulful",
|
|
"dramatic",
|
|
"histrionic",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"irascible",
|
|
"irritable",
|
|
"perturbable",
|
|
"prickly",
|
|
"testy",
|
|
"touchy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"easygoing",
|
|
"laid-back",
|
|
"relaxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"imperturbable",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"unexcitable",
|
|
"unflappable",
|
|
"unshakable"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"fearfully and mysteriously strange or fantastic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spooky tale of strange hauntings and mysterious reincarnations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"spookish",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"weird"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghoulish",
|
|
"spectral",
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"unaccustomed",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"enigmatic",
|
|
"enigmatical",
|
|
"inscrutable",
|
|
"mysterious",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"common",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"predictable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke out":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualism":{
|
|
"as in occultism , hoodoo":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hexerei",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"occultism",
|
|
"alchemy",
|
|
"bewitchery",
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"conjuring",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"diablerie",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"ensorcellment",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"mojo",
|
|
"necromancy",
|
|
"sorcery",
|
|
"thaumaturgy",
|
|
"voodooism",
|
|
"witchcraft",
|
|
"witchery",
|
|
"wizardry",
|
|
"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",
|
|
"augur",
|
|
"omen",
|
|
"exorcism",
|
|
"abracadabra",
|
|
"amulet",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"fetish",
|
|
"fetich",
|
|
"mascot",
|
|
"periapt",
|
|
"phylactery",
|
|
"talisman"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"science"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks out":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specter":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearheads":{
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bosses",
|
|
"captains",
|
|
"commands",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"leads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"dominates",
|
|
"directs",
|
|
"governs",
|
|
"handles",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"oversees",
|
|
"regulates",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"superintends",
|
|
"supervises"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bows (to)",
|
|
"complies (with)",
|
|
"defers (to)",
|
|
"follows",
|
|
"obeys",
|
|
"serves",
|
|
"submits (to)",
|
|
"yields (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in forefronts , vanguards":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutting edges",
|
|
"forefronts",
|
|
"front lines",
|
|
"leading edges",
|
|
"vanguards",
|
|
"vans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springs (for)":{
|
|
"to give what is owed for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antes (up)",
|
|
"balances",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"foots",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"meets",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"pays off",
|
|
"pays up",
|
|
"ponies up",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"recompenses",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stands"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repudiates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedily":{
|
|
"with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he speedily finished the yard work and left to play ball"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apace",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"chop-chop",
|
|
"double-quick",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleetly",
|
|
"full tilt",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"hell-for-leather",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lickety-split",
|
|
"posthaste",
|
|
"presto",
|
|
"pronto",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"quickly",
|
|
"rapidly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"soon",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"swiftly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immediately",
|
|
"promptly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"vigorously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"laggardly",
|
|
"lingeringly",
|
|
"ploddingly",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"belatedly",
|
|
"delinquently",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spired":{
|
|
"tapering to a thin tip":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spired mountain peaks known as the Teton Range"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"peaked",
|
|
"pointed",
|
|
"pointy",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"tipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"needlelike",
|
|
"spiny",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"spikelike",
|
|
"spiky",
|
|
"spikey",
|
|
"bladelike",
|
|
"knifelike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"rounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"blunt"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprouted":{
|
|
"as in rooted , germinated":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"rooted",
|
|
"bred",
|
|
"produced",
|
|
"propagated",
|
|
"planted",
|
|
"sowed",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"gleaned",
|
|
"harvested",
|
|
"reaped",
|
|
"cropped",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"cultured",
|
|
"dressed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"tended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killed",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"plucked",
|
|
"pulled (up)",
|
|
"uprooted",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"hayed",
|
|
"mowed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spill the beans (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"expose",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"unbosom",
|
|
"uncloak",
|
|
"uncover",
|
|
"unmask",
|
|
"unveil"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confide",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"debunk",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"unclothe",
|
|
"undrape",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"placard",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"communicate",
|
|
"impart",
|
|
"relate",
|
|
"acknowledge",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"concede",
|
|
"confess",
|
|
"own",
|
|
"disinter",
|
|
"rake up",
|
|
"smoke out",
|
|
"unearth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflage",
|
|
"disguise",
|
|
"gild",
|
|
"gloss (over)",
|
|
"varnish",
|
|
"whitewash",
|
|
"becloud",
|
|
"bedim",
|
|
"befog",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"obscure",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadow",
|
|
"shade"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloak",
|
|
"conceal",
|
|
"cover (up)",
|
|
"enshroud",
|
|
"hide",
|
|
"mask",
|
|
"shroud",
|
|
"veil"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"springtime":{
|
|
"a state or time of great activity, thriving, or achievement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a springtime of entrepreneurship in the old Soviet bloc after the fall of the Iron Curtain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"florescence",
|
|
"floruit",
|
|
"flower",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"heyday",
|
|
"high noon",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"salad days"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"autumn",
|
|
"Indian summer",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"efflorescence",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"acme",
|
|
"apex",
|
|
"climax",
|
|
"meridian",
|
|
"peak",
|
|
"pinnacle",
|
|
"summit",
|
|
"zenith",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"belle epoque",
|
|
"belle \u00e9poque",
|
|
"golden age",
|
|
"silver age",
|
|
"comeback",
|
|
"recovery",
|
|
"revival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"shriveling",
|
|
"shrivelling",
|
|
"wilting",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the state or time of being a child":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a man in the winter of his life reminiscing about his springtime and wondering where all the years went"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"childhood",
|
|
"nonage",
|
|
"youth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boyhood",
|
|
"girlhood",
|
|
"toddlerhood",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"juvenescence",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"babyhood",
|
|
"infancy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"middle age",
|
|
"midlife",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"winter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adulthood"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spews":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"swooshes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascades",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"deluges",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"engulfs",
|
|
"floods",
|
|
"inundates",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overwhelms",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses",
|
|
"swamps",
|
|
"fountains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"exudes",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"oozes",
|
|
"percolates",
|
|
"seeps",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"weeps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbles",
|
|
"drips",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"trickles"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a volcano spewing out lava"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belches",
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"eructs",
|
|
"erupts",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"streams",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"emanates",
|
|
"exhales",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"springs",
|
|
"vents",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"emits",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"flings",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"tosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottles (up)",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"shuts (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barfs",
|
|
"gags",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"pukes",
|
|
"retches",
|
|
"spits up",
|
|
"throws up",
|
|
"upchucks",
|
|
"vomits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorges",
|
|
"regurgitates",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"nauseates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in flushes , gushes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinning":{
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrating",
|
|
"pinwheeling",
|
|
"pirouetting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"rounding",
|
|
"spiraling",
|
|
"spiralling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"orbiting",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my head spun as I contemplated all the possible problems this restructuring could cause"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"swimming",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calming",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"steadying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spun the child around until he was hopelessly dizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivoting",
|
|
"revolving",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rotating",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"swiveling",
|
|
"swivelling",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"twirling",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"whirling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screwing",
|
|
"unscrewing",
|
|
"twiddling",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"cranking",
|
|
"reeling",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"circulating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportswoman":{
|
|
"as in sportsman , huntress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportsman",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectres":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoon-feeding":{
|
|
"as in hand-feeding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand-feeding",
|
|
"underfeeding",
|
|
"refeeding",
|
|
"reprovisioning",
|
|
"force-feeding",
|
|
"overfeeding",
|
|
"surfeiting",
|
|
"battening",
|
|
"fattening",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"messing",
|
|
"banqueting",
|
|
"dining",
|
|
"feasting",
|
|
"regaling",
|
|
"nourishing",
|
|
"nurturing",
|
|
"sustaining",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"waiting",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"catering",
|
|
"feeding",
|
|
"provisioning",
|
|
"victualing",
|
|
"victualling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectaculars":{
|
|
"an elaborate, visually exciting show or event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the larger-than-life spectaculars that make Las Vegas attractive to people with little interest in gambling"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"circuses",
|
|
"extravaganzas",
|
|
"pageants",
|
|
"raree-shows",
|
|
"spectacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibitions",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"expositions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spout (off)":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooks":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"undercovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"counterspies",
|
|
"double agents",
|
|
"sleepers",
|
|
"infiltrators",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"spymasters",
|
|
"superspies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"sprites",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrights",
|
|
"alarms",
|
|
"alarums",
|
|
"frightens",
|
|
"frights",
|
|
"horrifies",
|
|
"panics",
|
|
"scares",
|
|
"scarifies",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"startles",
|
|
"terrifies",
|
|
"terrorizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalls",
|
|
"appals",
|
|
"bowls over",
|
|
"dismays",
|
|
"floors",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"shakes up",
|
|
"amazes",
|
|
"astounds",
|
|
"awes",
|
|
"chills",
|
|
"daunts",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"dispirits",
|
|
"emasculates",
|
|
"psychs (out)",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unmans",
|
|
"unnerves",
|
|
"unstrings",
|
|
"discomforts",
|
|
"discomposes",
|
|
"disconcerts",
|
|
"disquiets",
|
|
"distracts",
|
|
"distresses",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"perturbs",
|
|
"unsettles",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"worries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assures",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"emboldens",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"heartens",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"steels"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsorships":{
|
|
"the financial support and general guidance for an undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youth softball league under the sponsorship of local businesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aegises",
|
|
"egises",
|
|
"auspices",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"patronages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"endowments",
|
|
"financings",
|
|
"subsidies",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"fosterages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouse":{
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"domestic partner",
|
|
"bridegroom",
|
|
"groom",
|
|
"hubby",
|
|
"husband",
|
|
"man",
|
|
"mister",
|
|
"old man",
|
|
"bride",
|
|
"helpmate",
|
|
"helpmeet",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"wife"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ex",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"bachelor",
|
|
"bachelorette",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"spinster"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spited":{
|
|
"to disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes, I swear, she keeps doing that just to spite me"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"annoyed",
|
|
"ate",
|
|
"bothered",
|
|
"bugged",
|
|
"burned (up)",
|
|
"burnt (up)",
|
|
"chafed",
|
|
"exasperated",
|
|
"frosted",
|
|
"galled",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grated",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"hacked (off)",
|
|
"irked",
|
|
"irritated",
|
|
"itched",
|
|
"narked",
|
|
"nettled",
|
|
"peeved",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"piqued",
|
|
"put out",
|
|
"rasped",
|
|
"riled",
|
|
"ruffled",
|
|
"vexed",
|
|
"vext"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hassled",
|
|
"heckled",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"inflamed",
|
|
"enflamed",
|
|
"provoked",
|
|
"roused",
|
|
"badgered",
|
|
"baited",
|
|
"bullyragged",
|
|
"ballyragged",
|
|
"deviled",
|
|
"devilled",
|
|
"hagrode",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harried",
|
|
"pestered",
|
|
"plagued",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"angered",
|
|
"antagonized",
|
|
"enraged",
|
|
"incensed",
|
|
"infuriated",
|
|
"maddened",
|
|
"rankled",
|
|
"roiled",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"exercised",
|
|
"freaked (out)",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unhinged",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"affronted",
|
|
"insulted",
|
|
"miffed",
|
|
"offended",
|
|
"outraged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"conciliated",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"propitiated",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"quieted",
|
|
"reassured",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiral":{
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"entwine",
|
|
"twine",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"wind"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arc",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bend",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"swerve",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"veer",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"swirl",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"enlace",
|
|
"interlace",
|
|
"intertwine",
|
|
"lace",
|
|
"bow",
|
|
"bulge",
|
|
"meander",
|
|
"weave",
|
|
"zigzag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"turning around an axis like the thread of a screw":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spiral staircase takes visitors up into the Statue of Liberty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"helical",
|
|
"involute",
|
|
"screwlike",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circular",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"swirly",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"lineal",
|
|
"linear",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in twist , curve":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coil",
|
|
"curl",
|
|
"curve",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"whorl",
|
|
"circuit",
|
|
"circulation",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"orbit",
|
|
"gyration",
|
|
"pirouette",
|
|
"reel",
|
|
"revolution",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rotation",
|
|
"spin",
|
|
"twirl",
|
|
"wheel",
|
|
"whirl",
|
|
"eddy",
|
|
"swirl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spin-off":{
|
|
"something that naturally develops or is developed from something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spin-off of the popular television series"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-product",
|
|
"derivate",
|
|
"derivation",
|
|
"derivative",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descendant",
|
|
"descendent",
|
|
"aftermath",
|
|
"consequence",
|
|
"corollary",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"outcome",
|
|
"product",
|
|
"result",
|
|
"sequel",
|
|
"sequence",
|
|
"upshot",
|
|
"denouement",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouement",
|
|
"repercussion",
|
|
"aftereffect",
|
|
"side effect",
|
|
"side reaction",
|
|
"copy",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"reproduction"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetype",
|
|
"original",
|
|
"prototype",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"determinant",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"source"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiels":{
|
|
"a fast utterance that someone has often said before and that is usually intended to persuade people to buy something, agree to something, etc.":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I listened to the salesman's spiel but still refused to buy anything.",
|
|
"He gave me a long spiel about the benefits of joining the club."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"presentations",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"declamations",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"orations",
|
|
"perorations",
|
|
"speeches",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"diatribes",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"tirades",
|
|
"eulogies",
|
|
"panegyrics",
|
|
"tributes",
|
|
"keynote addresses",
|
|
"keynote speeches",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"salutatories",
|
|
"homilies",
|
|
"sermons",
|
|
"monologues",
|
|
"monologs",
|
|
"soliloquies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprig":{
|
|
"as in spray , twig":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"branchlet",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"bough",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"limb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spout":{
|
|
"a pipe or channel for carrying off water from a roof":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"during the winter, runoff from the spout tends to freeze over and form a dangerous patch of ice on the walkway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drainpipe",
|
|
"eaves trough",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"rainspout",
|
|
"trough",
|
|
"waterspout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drain",
|
|
"flume",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"conduit",
|
|
"duct",
|
|
"aqueduct"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually forceful stream of fluid discharged from a narrow opening":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"kids cooling off under the spout of water from an opened fire hydrant"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spouting from the hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"swoosh"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascade",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"sluice",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"engulf",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse",
|
|
"swamp",
|
|
"fountain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spatter",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"bleed",
|
|
"exude",
|
|
"leak",
|
|
"ooze",
|
|
"percolate",
|
|
"seep",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"weep"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drip",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"trickle"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bluster",
|
|
"fulminate",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"rave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak out",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blurt (out)",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"bloviate",
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"declaim",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"mouth (off)",
|
|
"orate",
|
|
"pontificate",
|
|
"carry on",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"slur",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drain suddenly spouted water and debris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belch",
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"eruct",
|
|
"erupt",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"pour",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"emanate",
|
|
"exhale",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spring",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"emit",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"toss"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottle (up)",
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooning":{
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bucketing",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"lading",
|
|
"ladling",
|
|
"scooping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"depleting",
|
|
"draining",
|
|
"eliminating",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"exhausting",
|
|
"bleeding",
|
|
"drawing (off)",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"decanting",
|
|
"drawing",
|
|
"pumping",
|
|
"siphoning",
|
|
"syphoning",
|
|
"suctioning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"filling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparkly":{
|
|
"as in bright , cheerful":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spill the beans":{
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"wag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandy (about)",
|
|
"circulate",
|
|
"noise (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"disclose",
|
|
"divulge",
|
|
"reveal",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"let on",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"tip (off)",
|
|
"babble",
|
|
"spill",
|
|
"confide"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"shut up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"species":{
|
|
"one of the units into which a whole is divided on the basis of a common characteristic":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a music that is now generally regarded as a distinct species of rap"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"classification",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"genus",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"rubric",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"tier",
|
|
"type"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"subclass",
|
|
"subdivision",
|
|
"subgroup",
|
|
"subspecies",
|
|
"variety",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"race",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"label",
|
|
"title"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a number of persons or things that are grouped together because they have something in common":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the late 1960s there emerged a new species of actor: edgy and not conventionally handsome"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"class",
|
|
"description",
|
|
"feather",
|
|
"genre",
|
|
"ilk",
|
|
"kidney",
|
|
"kind",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"manner",
|
|
"nature",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"sort",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"type",
|
|
"variety"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"model",
|
|
"sample",
|
|
"specimen",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"bunch",
|
|
"category",
|
|
"division",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"grade",
|
|
"group",
|
|
"grouping",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"persuasion",
|
|
"rank(s)",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"suite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"human beings in general":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the future of the species may well depend on our willingness to limit the impact of an ever-increasing population"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"folks",
|
|
"humanity",
|
|
"humankind",
|
|
"people",
|
|
"public",
|
|
"world"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"community",
|
|
"society",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"mob",
|
|
"populace",
|
|
"proletariat",
|
|
"rabble",
|
|
"rabblement",
|
|
"riffraff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spousal":{
|
|
"as in wifely":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"wifely",
|
|
"bridal",
|
|
"prenuptial",
|
|
"affianced",
|
|
"betrothed",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"pledged",
|
|
"promised",
|
|
"espoused",
|
|
"matched",
|
|
"mated",
|
|
"conjugal",
|
|
"connubial",
|
|
"marital",
|
|
"married",
|
|
"matrimonial",
|
|
"nuptial",
|
|
"wedded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spunkily":{
|
|
"as in stoutly , spiritedly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spiritedly",
|
|
"stoutly",
|
|
"determinedly",
|
|
"firmly",
|
|
"gamely",
|
|
"grittily",
|
|
"pluckily",
|
|
"resolutely",
|
|
"adventurously",
|
|
"audaciously",
|
|
"daringly",
|
|
"hardily",
|
|
"venturesomely",
|
|
"venturously",
|
|
"boldly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"courageously",
|
|
"dauntlessly",
|
|
"doughtily",
|
|
"fearlessly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"gutsily",
|
|
"heroically",
|
|
"intrepidly",
|
|
"manfully",
|
|
"stalwartly",
|
|
"stoutheartedly",
|
|
"valiantly",
|
|
"valorously",
|
|
"self-confidently",
|
|
"crazily",
|
|
"foolishly",
|
|
"insanely",
|
|
"brashly",
|
|
"brazenly",
|
|
"foolhardily",
|
|
"heedlessly",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"imprudently",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"incautiously",
|
|
"overconfidently",
|
|
"rashly",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"wildly",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"precipitately"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"cravenly",
|
|
"fearfully",
|
|
"pusillanimously",
|
|
"spinelessly",
|
|
"spiritlessly",
|
|
"timorously",
|
|
"diffidently",
|
|
"mousily",
|
|
"shyly",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"timidly",
|
|
"anxiously",
|
|
"apprehensively",
|
|
"nervously",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"cautiously",
|
|
"heedfully",
|
|
"prudently"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spires":{
|
|
"as in spirals , whorls":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annulets",
|
|
"beckets",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"furls",
|
|
"hanks",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"whorls",
|
|
"wreaths",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"cinctures",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"girdles",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"hoops",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spanked":{
|
|
"as in knocked , smacked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"buffeted",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"pounded",
|
|
"smacked",
|
|
"thumped",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"flailed",
|
|
"flapped",
|
|
"flopped",
|
|
"fluttered",
|
|
"whipped",
|
|
"flicked",
|
|
"flickered",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"fanned",
|
|
"oscillated",
|
|
"swayed",
|
|
"swung",
|
|
"undulated",
|
|
"waved",
|
|
"palpitated",
|
|
"pulsed",
|
|
"throbbed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spilled the beans (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bared",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"discovered",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"let on (about)",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"spilled",
|
|
"spilt",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unbosomed",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"unveiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confided",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"unclothed",
|
|
"undraped",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"placarded",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"betrayed",
|
|
"blabbed",
|
|
"gave away",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"informed",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"communicated",
|
|
"imparted",
|
|
"related",
|
|
"acknowledged",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"conceded",
|
|
"confessed",
|
|
"owned",
|
|
"disinterred",
|
|
"raked up",
|
|
"smoked out",
|
|
"unearthed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaged",
|
|
"disguised",
|
|
"gilded",
|
|
"gilt",
|
|
"glossed (over)",
|
|
"varnished",
|
|
"whitewashed",
|
|
"beclouded",
|
|
"bedimmed",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"eclipsed",
|
|
"obscured",
|
|
"overcast",
|
|
"overshadowed",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaked",
|
|
"concealed",
|
|
"covered (up)",
|
|
"enshrouded",
|
|
"hid",
|
|
"masked",
|
|
"shrouded",
|
|
"veiled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spatter":{
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing car spattered mud on her clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slosh",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"swash"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabble",
|
|
"lap",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog vigorously shook himself, spattering the carpet and walls with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"plash",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"splatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drench",
|
|
"drown",
|
|
"impregnate",
|
|
"saturate",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"sop",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"bathe",
|
|
"douse",
|
|
"dowse",
|
|
"wash",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"slop",
|
|
"slush",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spatter of praise for her work was mixed in with quite a lot of criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ace",
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"dab",
|
|
"dram",
|
|
"driblet",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"lick",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mite",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"ounce",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"scintilla",
|
|
"scruple",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"skosh",
|
|
"smack",
|
|
"smell",
|
|
"smidgen",
|
|
"smidgeon",
|
|
"smidgin",
|
|
"smidge",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"soup\u00e7on",
|
|
"spark",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"splash",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strain",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"suspicion",
|
|
"tad",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"trace"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"minim",
|
|
"minimum",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"semblance",
|
|
"syllable",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"vestige",
|
|
"whit",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"flyspeck",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"granule",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"morsel",
|
|
"mote",
|
|
"nubbin",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"bite",
|
|
"nibble",
|
|
"taste",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"dose",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinter",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"barrel",
|
|
"boatload",
|
|
"bucket",
|
|
"bundle",
|
|
"bushel",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"fistful",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"mess",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passel",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"potful",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"bonanza",
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"overabundance",
|
|
"overage",
|
|
"overflow",
|
|
"overkill",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupply",
|
|
"superabundance",
|
|
"superfluity",
|
|
"surfeit",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spry":{
|
|
"moving easily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an older woman who's still surprisingly spry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"featly",
|
|
"feline",
|
|
"graceful",
|
|
"gracile",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"light-footed",
|
|
"light-foot",
|
|
"lightsome",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"nimble"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrobatic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"loose-jointed",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"adroit",
|
|
"deft",
|
|
"dexterous",
|
|
"dextrous",
|
|
"light-fingered",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"sure-footed",
|
|
"athletic",
|
|
"balletic",
|
|
"coordinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"uncoordinated",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"maladroit"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"clumsy",
|
|
"gawky",
|
|
"graceless",
|
|
"klutzy",
|
|
"lumbering",
|
|
"ungainly",
|
|
"ungraceful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"space":{
|
|
"an extent or area available for or used up by some activity or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"how much space will you need for the art project?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"elbow room",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"clearance",
|
|
"freedom",
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"leeway",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"in the space of a few minutes the room had filled up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapse",
|
|
"season",
|
|
"span",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"split second",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"perpetuity",
|
|
"interim",
|
|
"interlude",
|
|
"intermission",
|
|
"interval"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an incomplete or deficient area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cancellation created a huge space in the dentist's schedule for that day"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gap",
|
|
"hiatus",
|
|
"hole",
|
|
"lacuna",
|
|
"void"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"defectiveness",
|
|
"detriment",
|
|
"disability",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"impairment",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"deficit",
|
|
"imperfection",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"incompleteness",
|
|
"insufficience",
|
|
"insufficiency",
|
|
"lack",
|
|
"need",
|
|
"shortcoming",
|
|
"shortfall",
|
|
"want"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"completeness",
|
|
"fullness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an allowable margin of freedom or variation":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the children should be given some space to express themselves in their schoolwork"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"latitude",
|
|
"leeway",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"wiggle room"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"rein",
|
|
"swing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualist":{
|
|
"a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit\u2014or \"control\"\u2014conveys its messages to the living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channel",
|
|
"channeler",
|
|
"medium",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"spiritist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clairvoyant",
|
|
"mentalist",
|
|
"mind reader",
|
|
"telepath",
|
|
"sensitive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spareness":{
|
|
"as in sparseness , scarcity":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"sparseness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"petiteness",
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spans":{
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauges",
|
|
"gages",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"scales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighs",
|
|
"calibrates",
|
|
"calipers",
|
|
"quantifies",
|
|
"quantitates",
|
|
"lays off",
|
|
"marks (off)",
|
|
"calculates",
|
|
"ciphers",
|
|
"computes",
|
|
"figures",
|
|
"reckons",
|
|
"works out",
|
|
"appraises",
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"conjectures",
|
|
"estimates",
|
|
"evaluates",
|
|
"guesses",
|
|
"guesstimates",
|
|
"judges",
|
|
"supposes",
|
|
"valuates",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"adds up",
|
|
"sums",
|
|
"tallies",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"ascertains",
|
|
"determines",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"dopes (out)",
|
|
"figures out",
|
|
"finds out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in yokes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yokes",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"couplets",
|
|
"duos",
|
|
"dyads",
|
|
"pairs",
|
|
"pair",
|
|
"twosomes",
|
|
"partnerships",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"companions",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"doublets",
|
|
"fellows",
|
|
"halves",
|
|
"matches",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"twins",
|
|
"coordinates",
|
|
"counterparts",
|
|
"equals",
|
|
"equivalents",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"parallels",
|
|
"peers",
|
|
"rivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spaces , stretches":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"spells",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles",
|
|
"cycles",
|
|
"generations",
|
|
"years",
|
|
"dates",
|
|
"vintages",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"periods",
|
|
"times"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke up":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's never been afraid to speak up at town meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spouted (off)",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spenders":{
|
|
"someone who spends money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a spender and she's a tightwad, so naturally they quarrel about money a lot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterers",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"prodigals",
|
|
"profligates",
|
|
"spendthrifts",
|
|
"squanderers",
|
|
"wasters",
|
|
"wastrels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskates",
|
|
"misers",
|
|
"niggards",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"scrooges",
|
|
"skinflints",
|
|
"tightwads",
|
|
"conservers",
|
|
"savers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizers",
|
|
"penny-pinchers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spat up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barf",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"puke",
|
|
"retch",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"upchuck",
|
|
"vomit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"regurgitate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"nauseate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinkle":{
|
|
"a light or fine rain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"decided it was not worth carrying an umbrella for just a sprinkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"mizzle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"rainfall",
|
|
"shower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloudburst",
|
|
"deluge",
|
|
"downpour",
|
|
"storm",
|
|
"rainstorm",
|
|
"thunderstorm",
|
|
"monsoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"received only a sprinkle of suggestions for the name of the school mascot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"few",
|
|
"handful",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"smatter",
|
|
"smattering",
|
|
"sprinkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"atom",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"grain",
|
|
"iota",
|
|
"jot",
|
|
"modicum",
|
|
"molecule",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tittle",
|
|
"whit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majority",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"surplus",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heap",
|
|
"lot",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pile",
|
|
"plenitude",
|
|
"plenty",
|
|
"pot",
|
|
"profusion",
|
|
"quantity",
|
|
"raft",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slather",
|
|
"slew",
|
|
"stack",
|
|
"wad",
|
|
"wealth"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"army",
|
|
"crowd",
|
|
"flock",
|
|
"gazillion",
|
|
"horde",
|
|
"host",
|
|
"jillion",
|
|
"kazillion",
|
|
"legion",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountain",
|
|
"multitude",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillion"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkle the newly seeded lawn with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrew",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprinkled the cake with bits of coconut"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotch",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"freckle",
|
|
"marble",
|
|
"mottle",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"speck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"splotch",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"stipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blot",
|
|
"dye",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"band",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stripe",
|
|
"intersperse",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurred":{
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gently spurred the horse with his heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"goaded",
|
|
"prodded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chucked",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"knocked",
|
|
"nudged",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"bored",
|
|
"drilled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"haled",
|
|
"propelled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spume":{
|
|
"a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spume floating on the ocean"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mousse",
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"scum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specify":{
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"define",
|
|
"lay down",
|
|
"prescribe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decree",
|
|
"dictate",
|
|
"ordain",
|
|
"assign",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"arrange",
|
|
"order",
|
|
"choose",
|
|
"select",
|
|
"adjure",
|
|
"bid",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"enjoin",
|
|
"instruct",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"conduct",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"govern",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"manage",
|
|
"coerce",
|
|
"compel",
|
|
"constrain",
|
|
"force",
|
|
"obligate",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"require"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make reference to or speak about briefly but specifically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"police reports didn't specify the model of car the robbers were driving"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advert (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"instance",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"quote",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"touch (on or upon)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"hint (at)",
|
|
"imply",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"intend",
|
|
"intimate",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"point (out)",
|
|
"signal",
|
|
"signify",
|
|
"denominate",
|
|
"designate",
|
|
"indicate",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interpolate",
|
|
"interpose",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"infiltrate",
|
|
"insinuate",
|
|
"worm",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"pronounce",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"clarify",
|
|
"clear (up)",
|
|
"elucidate",
|
|
"explain",
|
|
"explicate",
|
|
"spell out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"forget",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"slight"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirited (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in kidnapped , abducted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"enmeshed",
|
|
"immeshed",
|
|
"ensnared",
|
|
"entangled",
|
|
"entrapped",
|
|
"meshed",
|
|
"rent",
|
|
"rended",
|
|
"wrested",
|
|
"clasped",
|
|
"clutched",
|
|
"fastened (on)",
|
|
"fisted",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"held",
|
|
"latched (on or onto)",
|
|
"secured",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"apprehended",
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"detained",
|
|
"gloved",
|
|
"haltered",
|
|
"lassoed",
|
|
"roped",
|
|
"bagged",
|
|
"captured",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"copped",
|
|
"corralled",
|
|
"glommed",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grappled",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"nabbed",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"netted",
|
|
"nobbled",
|
|
"rapped",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snagged",
|
|
"snapped (up)",
|
|
"snared",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"trapped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"missed",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"unhanded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponging":{
|
|
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"soaking (up)",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"taking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gulping",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"quaffing",
|
|
"sipping",
|
|
"slurping",
|
|
"swallowing",
|
|
"swigging",
|
|
"swilling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"freeloading",
|
|
"mooching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leeching",
|
|
"begging",
|
|
"exploiting",
|
|
"using"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spalls":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a variety of uses for the spalls left over from their stonecutting operations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"splints"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"disks",
|
|
"discs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shaves",
|
|
"shavings",
|
|
"snippets",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"leafs",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"slices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectator":{
|
|
"someone who sees or watches something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a building demolition that drew a crowd of spectators even at 3:00 a.m."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bystander",
|
|
"observer",
|
|
"onlooker",
|
|
"viewer",
|
|
"watcher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eyewitness",
|
|
"witness",
|
|
"peeper",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"voyeur"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurs":{
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gently spurred the horse with his heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"prods"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"nudges",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"bores",
|
|
"drills",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"hales",
|
|
"propels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the threat of losing its only sports franchise was the spur the city council needed to finally do something about the rising crime rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weak wall that might need a spur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"buttresses",
|
|
"mountings",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"props",
|
|
"reinforcements",
|
|
"shores",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"underpinnings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shorings",
|
|
"columns",
|
|
"pedestals",
|
|
"pilasters",
|
|
"pillars",
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"brackets",
|
|
"cantilevers",
|
|
"girders",
|
|
"bearings",
|
|
"crutches",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"stanchions",
|
|
"stands",
|
|
"stilts",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trusses",
|
|
"bases",
|
|
"foundations",
|
|
"frames"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specific(s)":{
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quinine is a specific for malaria"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a single piece of information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"niceties",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"databases",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"myths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two submissions differ only in certain specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promise you won't split on us, and we'll tell you what happened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"grass (on)",
|
|
"inform",
|
|
"rat (on)",
|
|
"sing",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betray",
|
|
"give away",
|
|
"turn in",
|
|
"backstab",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"double-cross",
|
|
"sell (out)",
|
|
"two-time",
|
|
"blab",
|
|
"tattle",
|
|
"tip (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piping up",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"sounding off",
|
|
"speaking out",
|
|
"speaking up",
|
|
"spouting (off)",
|
|
"talking up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"singing (out)",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"enouncing",
|
|
"enunciating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belting up",
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"dummying up",
|
|
"hushing",
|
|
"shutting up",
|
|
"suppressing",
|
|
"quieting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spilling":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the actor's butler spilled the secret to a tabloid for $40,000"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baring",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"exposing",
|
|
"letting on (about)",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"unbosoming",
|
|
"uncloaking",
|
|
"uncovering",
|
|
"unmasking",
|
|
"unveiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confiding",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"debunking",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"unclothing",
|
|
"undraping",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"placarding",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"betraying",
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"giving away",
|
|
"leaking",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"communicating",
|
|
"imparting",
|
|
"relating",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"conceding",
|
|
"confessing",
|
|
"owning",
|
|
"disinterring",
|
|
"raking up",
|
|
"smoking out",
|
|
"unearthing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflaging",
|
|
"disguising",
|
|
"gilding",
|
|
"glossing (over)",
|
|
"varnishing",
|
|
"whitewashing",
|
|
"beclouding",
|
|
"bedimming",
|
|
"befogging",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"eclipsing",
|
|
"obscuring",
|
|
"overcasting",
|
|
"overshadowing",
|
|
"shading"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaking",
|
|
"concealing",
|
|
"covering (up)",
|
|
"enshrouding",
|
|
"hiding",
|
|
"masking",
|
|
"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spy":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the government spy risked his life every day in the fight against global terrorism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"behold",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"descry",
|
|
"discern",
|
|
"distinguish",
|
|
"espy",
|
|
"eye",
|
|
"look (at)",
|
|
"note",
|
|
"notice",
|
|
"observe",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"regard",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"sight",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"view",
|
|
"witness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identify",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"pick out",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"attend (to)",
|
|
"consider",
|
|
"heed",
|
|
"mark",
|
|
"mind",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"watch",
|
|
"examine",
|
|
"inspect",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"scrutinize",
|
|
"survey",
|
|
"glance (at)",
|
|
"glimpse",
|
|
"peer (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregard",
|
|
"ignore",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overpass",
|
|
"pass over",
|
|
"miss",
|
|
"overlook"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectre":{
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling so terrified that every shadow became a specter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprawl":{
|
|
"to extend outwards from or as if from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The suburbs sprawl for miles beyond the city's downtown."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"splay",
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"climb",
|
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"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"dispense",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"contain",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"concentrate",
|
|
"converge",
|
|
"focus",
|
|
"funnel",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"meet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rest with the arms and legs spread out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"There's no feeling like sprawling out on your bed after a hard day's work."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spread (out)",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"lounge",
|
|
"slouch",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"straddle",
|
|
"lie back",
|
|
"recline",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flump",
|
|
"plank",
|
|
"plop",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"plunk",
|
|
"plonk",
|
|
"bask",
|
|
"kick back",
|
|
"loll",
|
|
"relax",
|
|
"repose",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"perch",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"sit",
|
|
"splay",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"get up",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"stand"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speedsters":{
|
|
"as in rushers , hustlers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hurriers",
|
|
"rushers",
|
|
"speeders",
|
|
"go-getters",
|
|
"hustlers",
|
|
"scramblers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawlers",
|
|
"dalliers",
|
|
"dawdlers",
|
|
"draggers",
|
|
"laggards",
|
|
"laggers",
|
|
"lingerers",
|
|
"loiterers",
|
|
"plodders",
|
|
"slowpokes",
|
|
"snails",
|
|
"stragglers",
|
|
"latecomers",
|
|
"idlers",
|
|
"lazybones",
|
|
"loafers",
|
|
"loungers",
|
|
"slouches",
|
|
"sluggards",
|
|
"slugs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special interest":{
|
|
"a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promised that as governor he would never be beholden to special interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interest",
|
|
"interest group",
|
|
"pressure group"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vested interest",
|
|
"political action committee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiraling":{
|
|
"as in spiral , swirling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrew",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"spiral",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"zigzag",
|
|
"zigzagging",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"indirect",
|
|
"roundabout",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"curvy",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"serpentine",
|
|
"sinuous",
|
|
"tortuous",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding",
|
|
"windy",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"rambling",
|
|
"wandering",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"jagged",
|
|
"uneven"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"straightaway",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"linear"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiling",
|
|
"corkscrewing",
|
|
"curling",
|
|
"entwining",
|
|
"twining",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"winding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arching",
|
|
"arcing",
|
|
"bending",
|
|
"crooking",
|
|
"curving",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"sweeping",
|
|
"swerving",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"veering",
|
|
"wheeling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"whirling",
|
|
"circling",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"looping",
|
|
"enlacing",
|
|
"interlacing",
|
|
"intertwining",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"bowing",
|
|
"bulging",
|
|
"meandering",
|
|
"weaving",
|
|
"zigzagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spuriousness":{
|
|
"the state or fact of being born out of wedlock":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spuriousness of her birth had always bothered her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bar sinister",
|
|
"bastardy",
|
|
"illegitimacy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"legitimacy"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprouting":{
|
|
"as in rooting , germinating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"germinating",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"rooting",
|
|
"breeding",
|
|
"producing",
|
|
"propagating",
|
|
"planting",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"gleaning",
|
|
"harvesting",
|
|
"reaping",
|
|
"cropping",
|
|
"cultivating",
|
|
"culturing",
|
|
"dressing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"tending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"extirpating",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"plucking",
|
|
"pulling (up)",
|
|
"uprooting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"haying",
|
|
"mowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sputum":{
|
|
"as in salivation , expectoration":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expectoration",
|
|
"salivation",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"saliva",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke":{
|
|
"to express (a thought or emotion) in words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"finally spoke her fears"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"brought out",
|
|
"enunciated",
|
|
"passed",
|
|
"said",
|
|
"stated",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"uttered",
|
|
"verbalized",
|
|
"vocalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aired",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"looked",
|
|
"shared",
|
|
"sounded",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"ventilated",
|
|
"voiced",
|
|
"blabbered",
|
|
"blurted",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"posted",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"promulgated",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"published",
|
|
"affirmed",
|
|
"alleged",
|
|
"asserted",
|
|
"averred",
|
|
"avouched",
|
|
"avowed",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"chirped",
|
|
"drawled",
|
|
"gasped",
|
|
"lipped",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"purred",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"spluttered",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"clothed",
|
|
"clad",
|
|
"couched",
|
|
"formulated",
|
|
"formulized",
|
|
"phrased",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"worded",
|
|
"commented",
|
|
"piped up (with)",
|
|
"remarked",
|
|
"ripped (out)",
|
|
"snarled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"stifled",
|
|
"suppressed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give a formal often extended talk on a subject":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the Mayanists have been invited to speak about their latest archaeological discoveries"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"expatiated",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"talked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recited",
|
|
"soliloquized",
|
|
"disserted",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"spouted",
|
|
"filibustered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spraying":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrewing",
|
|
"dotting",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"sowing",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"strewing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanketing",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"dusting",
|
|
"studding",
|
|
"dappling",
|
|
"flecking",
|
|
"speckling",
|
|
"stippling",
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"spattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneity":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple sacrificed some of the spontaneity in their lives when they both got nine-to-five jobs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"spontaneousness",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splashing":{
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rowdy teenagers splashing water at each other in the community pool"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"spritzing",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bus splashed us as it barrelled through the puddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"slushing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow along or against":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water constantly splashing the wooden pilings eventually weakened them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"laving",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"sloshing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to flow in a broken irregular stream":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spilled juice splashed over the counter and onto the floor"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"guggling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"rippling",
|
|
"trickling",
|
|
"washing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"eddying",
|
|
"purling",
|
|
"swirling",
|
|
"swashing",
|
|
"swishing",
|
|
"swooshing",
|
|
"whishing",
|
|
"dripping",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"jetting",
|
|
"rushing",
|
|
"spewing",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"spurting",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"running"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"streaming"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move with a splashing motion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a baby splashing about in the tub"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"bubbling",
|
|
"gurgling",
|
|
"rippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splintered":{
|
|
"as in cracked , split":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cracked",
|
|
"slivered",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"detonated",
|
|
"exploded",
|
|
"collapsed",
|
|
"imploded",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"busted",
|
|
"fractured",
|
|
"fragmented",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"ruinate",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"dynamited",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"eradicated",
|
|
"exterminated",
|
|
"extirpated",
|
|
"obliterated",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"breakable",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"fragile",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"frangible"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unbroken",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"infrangible",
|
|
"unbreakable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"splintered the carrots into little sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"sliced",
|
|
"slivered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipped",
|
|
"chopped",
|
|
"diced",
|
|
"hashed",
|
|
"julienned",
|
|
"minced",
|
|
"scissored",
|
|
"cleaved",
|
|
"cleft",
|
|
"rived",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"gashed",
|
|
"incised",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"slashed",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirals":{
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"corkscrews",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"entwines",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arches",
|
|
"arcs",
|
|
"bends",
|
|
"crooks",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"swerves",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"veers",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"loops",
|
|
"enlaces",
|
|
"interlaces",
|
|
"intertwines",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"bows",
|
|
"bulges",
|
|
"meanders",
|
|
"weaves",
|
|
"zigzags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in twists , curves":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"whorls",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circulations",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"gyrations",
|
|
"pirouettes",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotations",
|
|
"spins",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"eddies",
|
|
"swirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spall":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"found a variety of uses for the spalls left over from their stonecutting operations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"splint",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"disk",
|
|
"disc",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprites":{
|
|
"an imaginary being usually having a small human form and magical powers":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the child insisted that he'd seen a sprite hiding in the garden"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brownies",
|
|
"dwarfs",
|
|
"dwarves",
|
|
"elves",
|
|
"faeries",
|
|
"fairies",
|
|
"fays",
|
|
"gnomes",
|
|
"goblins",
|
|
"gremlins",
|
|
"hobgoblins",
|
|
"kobolds",
|
|
"leprechauns",
|
|
"pixies",
|
|
"pucks",
|
|
"trolls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"little people",
|
|
"kelpies",
|
|
"nixies",
|
|
"changelings",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"banshees",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"hags",
|
|
"ogres"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"told hair-raising stories of sprites and spectral ships"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"bogeys",
|
|
"bogies",
|
|
"familiar spirits",
|
|
"ghosts",
|
|
"hants",
|
|
"haunts",
|
|
"materializations",
|
|
"phantasms",
|
|
"fantasms",
|
|
"phantoms",
|
|
"poltergeists",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"specters",
|
|
"spectres",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"visions",
|
|
"visitants",
|
|
"wraiths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angels",
|
|
"daimones",
|
|
"daimons",
|
|
"familiars",
|
|
"genies",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"jinns",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"djinns",
|
|
"shaitans",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4ngers",
|
|
"doppelgangers",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"fetches",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubi",
|
|
"incubuses",
|
|
"lamiae",
|
|
"lamias",
|
|
"succubi",
|
|
"vampires",
|
|
"zombies",
|
|
"cacodemons",
|
|
"demons",
|
|
"daemons",
|
|
"devils",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"ghouls",
|
|
"imps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splashdowns":{
|
|
"as in crashes , landings":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"landings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blastoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"liftoffs",
|
|
"takeoffs",
|
|
"ascents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spindrifts":{
|
|
"as in sprays , mists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mists",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"mousses",
|
|
"scums",
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"heads",
|
|
"lathers",
|
|
"spumes",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surfs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spawn":{
|
|
"the descendants of a person, animal, or plant":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sometimes I think those little brats are the spawn of Satan himself"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fruit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"issue",
|
|
"offspring",
|
|
"posterity",
|
|
"progeny",
|
|
"seed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brood",
|
|
"hatch",
|
|
"litter",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"child",
|
|
"scion",
|
|
"family",
|
|
"kin",
|
|
"lineage",
|
|
"stock"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancestor",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"forebear",
|
|
"forbear",
|
|
"forebearer",
|
|
"forefather",
|
|
"grandfather",
|
|
"parent",
|
|
"primogenitor",
|
|
"progenitor"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"these artists spawned a whole new movement in painting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beget",
|
|
"breed",
|
|
"bring",
|
|
"bring about",
|
|
"bring on",
|
|
"catalyze",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"create",
|
|
"do",
|
|
"draw on",
|
|
"effect",
|
|
"effectuate",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"generate",
|
|
"induce",
|
|
"invoke",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"produce",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"result (in)",
|
|
"translate (into)",
|
|
"work",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conduce (to)",
|
|
"contribute (to)",
|
|
"decide",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"father",
|
|
"found",
|
|
"inaugurate",
|
|
"initiate",
|
|
"innovate",
|
|
"institute",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"pioneer",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"cultivate",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"forward",
|
|
"foster",
|
|
"further",
|
|
"nourish",
|
|
"nurture",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"enact",
|
|
"render",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"impede",
|
|
"limit",
|
|
"restrict",
|
|
"clamp down (on)",
|
|
"crack down (on)",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dampen",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"quash",
|
|
"quell",
|
|
"repress",
|
|
"smother",
|
|
"squash",
|
|
"squelch",
|
|
"stifle",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"check",
|
|
"control",
|
|
"curb",
|
|
"inhibit",
|
|
"rein (in)",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"retard",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"snuff (out)",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"quench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spot-on":{
|
|
"being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"for an inside mount for window blinds, your measurements had better be spot-on"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"bang on",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"dead-on",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"on-target",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"veracious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"legitimate",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"errorless",
|
|
"faultless",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"impeccable",
|
|
"inerrant",
|
|
"infallible",
|
|
"letter-perfect",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"rigorous",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"stringent"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"defective",
|
|
"faulty",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"imperfect"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"false",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"meeting the highest standard of accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spot-on prediction of the movie's gross on its opening weekend"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accurate",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"delicate",
|
|
"exact",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"hairline",
|
|
"mathematical",
|
|
"pinpoint",
|
|
"precise",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"rigorous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"strict",
|
|
"true",
|
|
"definite",
|
|
"definitive",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"fastidious",
|
|
"finical",
|
|
"finicky",
|
|
"meticulous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approximate",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"untrue",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"careless",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"indefinite",
|
|
"unclear",
|
|
"vague",
|
|
"doubtful",
|
|
"dubious",
|
|
"questionable",
|
|
"unreliable",
|
|
"untrustworthy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"imprecise",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"inexact",
|
|
"rough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splay":{
|
|
"to cause to move outward and apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sat with his legs splayed apart.",
|
|
"She splayed her fingers to show off her manicure."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"diffuse",
|
|
"dispel",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"dissipate",
|
|
"fork",
|
|
"stem",
|
|
"diverge",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"ramify",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"unyoke"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifics":{
|
|
"a substance or preparation used to treat disease":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"quinine is a specific for malaria"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"drugs",
|
|
"medicaments",
|
|
"medications",
|
|
"medicinals",
|
|
"medicines",
|
|
"pharmaceuticals",
|
|
"physics",
|
|
"remedies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cure-alls",
|
|
"nostrums",
|
|
"panaceas",
|
|
"botanicals",
|
|
"patent medicines",
|
|
"prescription drugs",
|
|
"prescriptions",
|
|
"cordials",
|
|
"potions",
|
|
"tonics",
|
|
"miracle drugs",
|
|
"wonder drugs",
|
|
"caps",
|
|
"capsules",
|
|
"pills",
|
|
"tablets",
|
|
"injections",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"embrocations",
|
|
"liniments",
|
|
"lotions",
|
|
"ointments",
|
|
"poultices",
|
|
"salves",
|
|
"syrups",
|
|
"sirups",
|
|
"tinctures",
|
|
"antibiotics",
|
|
"antiseptics",
|
|
"sera",
|
|
"serums",
|
|
"cathartics",
|
|
"purgatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a single piece of information":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"although the speech was long on rhetoric and platitudinous generalities, it lacked specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"data",
|
|
"details",
|
|
"facts",
|
|
"niceties",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"particulars",
|
|
"points"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articles",
|
|
"items",
|
|
"components",
|
|
"constituents",
|
|
"elements",
|
|
"ingredients",
|
|
"members",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"aspects",
|
|
"circumstances",
|
|
"facets",
|
|
"factors",
|
|
"evidences",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"databases",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"knowledges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"fallacies",
|
|
"falsehoods",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"myths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that sets apart an individual from others of the same kind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two submissions differ only in certain specifics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affections",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"attributions",
|
|
"characteristics",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"criteria",
|
|
"criterions",
|
|
"diagnostics",
|
|
"differentiae",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"fingerprints",
|
|
"hallmarks",
|
|
"markers",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"particularities",
|
|
"peculiarities",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"properties",
|
|
"qualities",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"badges",
|
|
"indications",
|
|
"signs",
|
|
"emblems",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"tokens",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"excellences",
|
|
"merits",
|
|
"virtues",
|
|
"eccentricities",
|
|
"idiosyncrasies",
|
|
"oddities",
|
|
"quirks",
|
|
"individualities",
|
|
"singularities"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spreads":{
|
|
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spread the news!"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"sprawls",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispenses",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"passes (on)",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"holds (in)",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"secretes",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils",
|
|
"contains",
|
|
"limits",
|
|
"restricts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"lays on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anoints",
|
|
"bedaubs",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"daubs",
|
|
"plasters",
|
|
"slathers",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"blankets",
|
|
"carpets",
|
|
"coats",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"layers",
|
|
"mantles",
|
|
"overlays",
|
|
"overlies",
|
|
"overspreads",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"surfaces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"peels",
|
|
"strips",
|
|
"uncovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become known":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"comes out",
|
|
"gets about",
|
|
"gets around",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"gets round",
|
|
"leaks (out)",
|
|
"outs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"transpires",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hushes (up)",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"secretes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"conducts",
|
|
"conveys",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"transfers",
|
|
"transfuses",
|
|
"transmits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"surrenders",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"disseminates",
|
|
"propagates",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"hands on",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"infects",
|
|
"poisons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"comes down (with)",
|
|
"contracts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"branches (out)",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"separates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrews",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"disbands",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"distributes",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"sows",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"retreats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"meets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"converges",
|
|
"joins"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a decorative cloth used as a top covering for a bed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"bought a brightly colored spread for summer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bedcovers",
|
|
"bedcoverings",
|
|
"bedspreads",
|
|
"counterpanes",
|
|
"coverlets",
|
|
"haps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"comforters",
|
|
"puffs",
|
|
"quilts",
|
|
"bedclothes",
|
|
"beddings",
|
|
"clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a large fancy meal often accompanied by ceremony or entertainment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"they really know how to put out a good spread"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banquets",
|
|
"dinners",
|
|
"feasts",
|
|
"feeds",
|
|
"regales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chow",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"repasts",
|
|
"tables",
|
|
"blowouts",
|
|
"carnivals",
|
|
"festivals",
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"galas",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"shindigs",
|
|
"festivities",
|
|
"barbecues",
|
|
"barbeques",
|
|
"clambakes",
|
|
"cookouts",
|
|
"fries",
|
|
"luaus",
|
|
"roasts",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"luncheons",
|
|
"smorgasbords"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a wide space or area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a vast spread of land just waiting to be settled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"expanses",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"plains",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"domains",
|
|
"spheres",
|
|
"territories",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"voids",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"latitudes",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"immensities",
|
|
"magnitudes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spread of grades was from 15 to 79 on that quiz"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapasons",
|
|
"gamuts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"scales",
|
|
"spectra",
|
|
"spectrums",
|
|
"stretches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"ambits",
|
|
"amplitudes",
|
|
"compasses",
|
|
"dimensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"realms",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"widths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spread of nearly 100 miles between farms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distances",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"lengths",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"spacings",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"ways"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altitudes",
|
|
"areas",
|
|
"breadths",
|
|
"depths",
|
|
"heights",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"spaces",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"widths",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"extents",
|
|
"casts",
|
|
"ranges",
|
|
"reaches",
|
|
"scopes",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"sweeps",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"flights",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"clearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechlessness":{
|
|
"incapacity for or restraint from speaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speechlessness of our cat never seemed so frustrating as the time that it was seriously sick"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dumbness",
|
|
"muteness",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"stillness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inarticulacy",
|
|
"inarticulateness",
|
|
"voicelessness",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"reticency",
|
|
"taciturnity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"communication",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"eloquence",
|
|
"fluency",
|
|
"volubility",
|
|
"chattiness",
|
|
"garrulousness",
|
|
"loquaciousness",
|
|
"loquacity",
|
|
"talkativeness",
|
|
"talkiness",
|
|
"verboseness",
|
|
"verbosity",
|
|
"windiness",
|
|
"wordiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoliated":{
|
|
"as in plundered , looted":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredated",
|
|
"despoiled",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"marauded",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"ransacked",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"sabotaged",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"ravaged",
|
|
"ravened",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wracked",
|
|
"wrecked",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"spoilt",
|
|
"graffitied",
|
|
"tagged",
|
|
"desecrated",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"trashed",
|
|
"vandalized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserved",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"protected",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"salvaged",
|
|
"built",
|
|
"rebuilt"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinklings":{
|
|
"a small number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sprinkling of fans showed up at the airport"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"fews",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"sprinkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"minorities",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"whits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"majorities",
|
|
"mosts",
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenitudes",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"pots",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"slathers",
|
|
"slews",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"armies",
|
|
"crowds",
|
|
"flocks",
|
|
"gazillions",
|
|
"hordes",
|
|
"hosts",
|
|
"jillions",
|
|
"kazillions",
|
|
"legions",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"many",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"multitudes",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"thousands",
|
|
"zillions"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just a sprinkling of experience with the computer program"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splashiness":{
|
|
"as in flamboyance , flashiness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flamboyance",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"glossiness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"slickness",
|
|
"daintiness",
|
|
"delicacy",
|
|
"flawlessness",
|
|
"perfection",
|
|
"desirability",
|
|
"desirableness",
|
|
"foxiness",
|
|
"lusciousness",
|
|
"nubility",
|
|
"pulchritude",
|
|
"seductiveness",
|
|
"sex appeal",
|
|
"sexiness",
|
|
"shapeliness",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"delightfulness",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"exquisiteness",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"radiancy",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendiferousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"sublimity",
|
|
"superbness",
|
|
"allure",
|
|
"appeal",
|
|
"attraction",
|
|
"fascination",
|
|
"glamour",
|
|
"glamor",
|
|
"aesthetics",
|
|
"esthetics",
|
|
"attractiveness",
|
|
"beauteousness",
|
|
"beautifulness",
|
|
"beauty",
|
|
"comeliness",
|
|
"cuteness",
|
|
"fairness",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"handsomeness",
|
|
"looks",
|
|
"loveliness",
|
|
"prettiness",
|
|
"sightliness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grotesqueness",
|
|
"hideousness",
|
|
"homeliness",
|
|
"plainness",
|
|
"ugliness",
|
|
"unattractiveness",
|
|
"unbecomingness",
|
|
"unloveliness",
|
|
"unsightliness",
|
|
"disagreeableness",
|
|
"dreadfulness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"ghastliness",
|
|
"horribleness",
|
|
"loathsomeness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"offensiveness",
|
|
"repellency",
|
|
"repulsiveness",
|
|
"terribleness",
|
|
"vileness",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"imperfection"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spitting":{
|
|
"as in misty , drizzling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"drizzling",
|
|
"drizzly",
|
|
"misty",
|
|
"mizzly",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"precipitating",
|
|
"rainy",
|
|
"stormy",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dry"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"goring",
|
|
"harpooning",
|
|
"impaling",
|
|
"jabbing",
|
|
"lancing",
|
|
"pecking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"pinking",
|
|
"puncturing",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"skewering",
|
|
"spearing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"stabbing",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"transfixing",
|
|
"transpiercing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"perforating",
|
|
"riddling",
|
|
"bayoneting",
|
|
"bayonetting",
|
|
"dirking",
|
|
"gimleting",
|
|
"piking",
|
|
"poniarding",
|
|
"pronging",
|
|
"quilling",
|
|
"pinpricking",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"pricking",
|
|
"punching",
|
|
"thrusting",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"knifing",
|
|
"slicing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spanning":{
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauging",
|
|
"gaging",
|
|
"measuring",
|
|
"scaling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weighing",
|
|
"calibrating",
|
|
"calipering",
|
|
"quantifying",
|
|
"quantitating",
|
|
"laying off",
|
|
"marking (off)",
|
|
"calculating",
|
|
"ciphering",
|
|
"computing",
|
|
"figuring",
|
|
"reckoning",
|
|
"working out",
|
|
"appraising",
|
|
"assessing",
|
|
"conjecturing",
|
|
"estimating",
|
|
"evaluating",
|
|
"guessing",
|
|
"guesstimating",
|
|
"judging",
|
|
"supposing",
|
|
"valuating",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"adding up",
|
|
"summing",
|
|
"tallying",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"ascertaining",
|
|
"determining",
|
|
"discovering",
|
|
"doping (out)",
|
|
"figuring out",
|
|
"finding out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiler":{
|
|
"as in dark horse , stalking horse":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"stalking horse",
|
|
"competitor",
|
|
"contestant",
|
|
"entrant",
|
|
"entry",
|
|
"favorite",
|
|
"qualifier",
|
|
"crown prince",
|
|
"favorite son",
|
|
"applicant",
|
|
"applier",
|
|
"aspirant",
|
|
"campaigner",
|
|
"candidate",
|
|
"contender",
|
|
"expectant",
|
|
"hopeful",
|
|
"prospect",
|
|
"seeker",
|
|
"claimant",
|
|
"pretender",
|
|
"nominee",
|
|
"running mate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noncandidate",
|
|
"incumbent",
|
|
"officeholder",
|
|
"awardee",
|
|
"honoree",
|
|
"inductee",
|
|
"dropout"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in looter , marauder":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"depredator",
|
|
"looter",
|
|
"marauder",
|
|
"pillager",
|
|
"plunderer",
|
|
"ransacker",
|
|
"sacker",
|
|
"spoliator",
|
|
"demolisher",
|
|
"desecrater",
|
|
"desecrator",
|
|
"despoiler",
|
|
"destroyer",
|
|
"ravager",
|
|
"ruiner",
|
|
"saboteur",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wrecker",
|
|
"graffitist",
|
|
"tagger",
|
|
"defacer",
|
|
"vandal"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"preserver",
|
|
"protector",
|
|
"saver",
|
|
"conservator",
|
|
"preservationist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportfulness":{
|
|
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I find my business partner's sportfulness charming, but I worry that it might lead clients to view him as unprofessional"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"larkiness",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"sportiveness",
|
|
"tricksiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"kittenishness",
|
|
"archness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"whimsicality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"starchiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiling (for)":{
|
|
"as in wanting , pining (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aching (for)",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"craving",
|
|
"desiderating",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"dying (for)",
|
|
"hankering (for or after)",
|
|
"hungering (for)",
|
|
"itching (for)",
|
|
"jonesing (for)",
|
|
"longing (for)",
|
|
"lusting (for or after)",
|
|
"panting (after)",
|
|
"pining (for)",
|
|
"repining (for)",
|
|
"salivating (for)",
|
|
"sighing (for)",
|
|
"thirsting (for)",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"yearning (for)",
|
|
"yenning (for)",
|
|
"adoring",
|
|
"delighting (in)",
|
|
"digging",
|
|
"enjoying",
|
|
"fancying",
|
|
"grooving (on)",
|
|
"liking",
|
|
"loving",
|
|
"relishing",
|
|
"reveling (in)",
|
|
"revelling (in)",
|
|
"admiring",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"cherishing",
|
|
"prizing",
|
|
"treasuring",
|
|
"valuing",
|
|
"favoring",
|
|
"preferring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorring",
|
|
"abominating",
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"detesting",
|
|
"execrating",
|
|
"hating",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"refusing",
|
|
"rejecting",
|
|
"spurning"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spicing":{
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spice the stew with more pepper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavoring",
|
|
"lacing",
|
|
"savoring",
|
|
"savouring",
|
|
"seasoning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"saucing",
|
|
"peppering",
|
|
"salting",
|
|
"aromatizing",
|
|
"perfuming"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spatters":{
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spatter of praise for her work was mixed in with quite a lot of criticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"sparks",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing car spattered mud on her clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"sloshes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"swashes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbles",
|
|
"laps",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog vigorously shook himself, spattering the carpet and walls with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"plashes",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"splatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenches",
|
|
"drowns",
|
|
"impregnates",
|
|
"saturates",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sops",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"steeps",
|
|
"bathes",
|
|
"douses",
|
|
"dowses",
|
|
"washes",
|
|
"waters",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"slushes",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiled":{
|
|
"having undergone organic breakdown":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoiled milk"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rotten"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"impure",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"corroded",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"mildewy",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"moldy",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"putrescent",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"gangrenous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"preserved",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"uncontaminated",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"untouched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undecomposed"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"darkened",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"poisoned",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"touched",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimed",
|
|
"besmeared",
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"blurred",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"dirtied",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"smeared",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"smudged",
|
|
"smutted",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"tarred",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"cheapened",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"degraded",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"discredited",
|
|
"disgraced",
|
|
"dishonored",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"shamed",
|
|
"bastardized",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"debauched",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"depraved",
|
|
"perverted",
|
|
"subverted",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"distorted",
|
|
"twisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"dignified",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"ennobled",
|
|
"enshrined",
|
|
"glorified",
|
|
"hallowed",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"uplifted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"corrupted",
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"disintegrated",
|
|
"festered",
|
|
"fouled",
|
|
"molded",
|
|
"moldered",
|
|
"perished",
|
|
"putrefied",
|
|
"rotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soured",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"turned off",
|
|
"contaminated",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"curdled",
|
|
"fermented",
|
|
"mortified",
|
|
"rusted",
|
|
"crumbled",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"degenerated",
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"dilapidated",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"withered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"grew",
|
|
"matured",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"refreshed",
|
|
"renewed",
|
|
"restored",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"assembled",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"integrated",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemished",
|
|
"bloodied",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"compromised",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"crippled",
|
|
"crossed (up)",
|
|
"damaged",
|
|
"defaced",
|
|
"disfigured",
|
|
"endamaged",
|
|
"flawed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"marred",
|
|
"vitiated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorated",
|
|
"enervated",
|
|
"enfeebled",
|
|
"undermined",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"eroded",
|
|
"scoured",
|
|
"washed out",
|
|
"wore (away)",
|
|
"blighted",
|
|
"tarnished",
|
|
"dented",
|
|
"dinged",
|
|
"dinted",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"gummed (up)",
|
|
"queered",
|
|
"lacerated",
|
|
"wounded",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"hamstrung",
|
|
"lamed",
|
|
"maimed",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mutilated",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"annihilated",
|
|
"banged up",
|
|
"bashed",
|
|
"battered",
|
|
"clobbered",
|
|
"crushed",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"decimated",
|
|
"demolished",
|
|
"desolated",
|
|
"destroyed",
|
|
"devastated",
|
|
"did in",
|
|
"pulverized",
|
|
"razed",
|
|
"ruined",
|
|
"scourged",
|
|
"shattered",
|
|
"smashed",
|
|
"tore down",
|
|
"totaled",
|
|
"totalled",
|
|
"wasted",
|
|
"wiped out",
|
|
"wrecked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cured",
|
|
"healed",
|
|
"helped",
|
|
"rectified",
|
|
"rehabilitated",
|
|
"remedied",
|
|
"edited",
|
|
"remodeled",
|
|
"revised",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"bettered",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"perfected",
|
|
"refined"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctored",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"mended",
|
|
"patched",
|
|
"rebuilt",
|
|
"reconditioned",
|
|
"reconstructed",
|
|
"renovated",
|
|
"repaired",
|
|
"revamped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babied",
|
|
"cockered",
|
|
"coddled",
|
|
"cosseted",
|
|
"dandled",
|
|
"indulged",
|
|
"mollycoddled",
|
|
"nursed",
|
|
"pampered",
|
|
"wet-nursed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catered (to)",
|
|
"humored",
|
|
"contented",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"gladdened",
|
|
"gratified",
|
|
"mothered",
|
|
"obliged",
|
|
"pleased",
|
|
"satisfied",
|
|
"appeased",
|
|
"mollified",
|
|
"pacified",
|
|
"placated",
|
|
"soothed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlled",
|
|
"disciplined",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"neglected",
|
|
"overlooked",
|
|
"slighted",
|
|
"molested",
|
|
"outraged",
|
|
"violated",
|
|
"harassed",
|
|
"harmed",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injured",
|
|
"oppressed",
|
|
"persecuted",
|
|
"tormented",
|
|
"tortured",
|
|
"victimized"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abused",
|
|
"ill-treated",
|
|
"ill-used",
|
|
"maltreated",
|
|
"manhandled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"mistreated",
|
|
"misused"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springy":{
|
|
"able to revert to original size and shape after being stretched, squeezed, or twisted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pillows made with springy foam that bounces right back"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncy",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"rubberlike",
|
|
"rubbery",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"stretchable",
|
|
"stretchy",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"whippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adaptable",
|
|
"ductile",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"moldable",
|
|
"plastic",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"limber",
|
|
"lissome",
|
|
"lissom",
|
|
"lithe",
|
|
"lithesome",
|
|
"willowy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"brittle",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"crumbly",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"flakey",
|
|
"friable",
|
|
"short"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"nonelastic",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"walks with a springy step"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spells out":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears (up)",
|
|
"construes",
|
|
"demonstrates",
|
|
"demystifies",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains",
|
|
"explicates",
|
|
"expounds",
|
|
"gets across",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"illustrates",
|
|
"interprets",
|
|
"simplifies",
|
|
"unriddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphers",
|
|
"decodes",
|
|
"analyzes",
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"undoes",
|
|
"unravels",
|
|
"unscrambles",
|
|
"untangles",
|
|
"resolves",
|
|
"solves",
|
|
"defines",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"annotates",
|
|
"commentates",
|
|
"glosses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"confounds",
|
|
"confuses",
|
|
"obfuscates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscures"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spacing":{
|
|
"the space or amount of space between two points, lines, surfaces, or objects":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spacing of the houses was a little tight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"distance",
|
|
"lead",
|
|
"length",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"way"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"altitude",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"breadth",
|
|
"depth",
|
|
"height",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"width",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"flight",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"clearance"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech form":{
|
|
"as in morpheme , monosyllable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic form",
|
|
"monosyllable",
|
|
"morpheme",
|
|
"expression",
|
|
"term",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"polysyllable",
|
|
"collocation",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"locution",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"archaism",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"euphemism",
|
|
"loanword",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism",
|
|
"vernacularism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splits (on)":{
|
|
"to give information (as to the authorities) about another's improper or unlawful activities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promise you won't split on us, and we'll tell you what happened"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"finks",
|
|
"grasses (on)",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"rats (on)",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"tells (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"turns in",
|
|
"backstabs",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"double-crosses",
|
|
"sells (out)",
|
|
"two-times",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"tattles",
|
|
"tips (off)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearmen":{
|
|
"as in lancers , pikemen":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lancers",
|
|
"pikemen",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"crossbowmen",
|
|
"Confederates",
|
|
"Continentals",
|
|
"Federals",
|
|
"GIs",
|
|
"GI's",
|
|
"guardsmen",
|
|
"militiamen",
|
|
"minutemen",
|
|
"artillerymen",
|
|
"cannoneers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"mortarmen",
|
|
"musketeers",
|
|
"riflemen",
|
|
"counterguerrillas",
|
|
"counterguerillas",
|
|
"guerrillas",
|
|
"guerillas",
|
|
"irregulars",
|
|
"paramilitaries",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"jarheads",
|
|
"marines",
|
|
"rangers",
|
|
"combatants",
|
|
"noncombatants",
|
|
"commandos",
|
|
"commandoes",
|
|
"raiders",
|
|
"lifers",
|
|
"veterans",
|
|
"warhorses",
|
|
"doughboys",
|
|
"footmen",
|
|
"foot soldiers",
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"infantrymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"civilians"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spurns":{
|
|
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"balks (at)",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"deselects",
|
|
"disapproves",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"nixes",
|
|
"passes",
|
|
"passes up",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"repudiates",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"throws over",
|
|
"turns down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows off",
|
|
"disdains",
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"scorns",
|
|
"scouts",
|
|
"shoots down",
|
|
"overrules",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"forbids",
|
|
"prohibits",
|
|
"proscribes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"abstains (from)",
|
|
"forbears",
|
|
"refrains (from)",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disavows",
|
|
"disclaims",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"gainsays",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"abjures",
|
|
"forswears",
|
|
"foreswears",
|
|
"recants",
|
|
"renounces",
|
|
"retracts",
|
|
"takes back",
|
|
"unsays",
|
|
"withdraws",
|
|
"avoids",
|
|
"bypasses",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"contradicts",
|
|
"denies",
|
|
"disowns",
|
|
"negates",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disagrees (with)",
|
|
"disproves",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"rebuts",
|
|
"refutes",
|
|
"backs down",
|
|
"backs off",
|
|
"backtracks",
|
|
"disallows",
|
|
"recalls",
|
|
"reneges",
|
|
"revokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"swallows",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"accedes",
|
|
"acquiesces",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"chooses",
|
|
"handpicks",
|
|
"selects",
|
|
"espouses",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees (to)",
|
|
"approves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in repudiations , rebuffs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rebuffs",
|
|
"repudiations",
|
|
"repulses",
|
|
"declinations",
|
|
"denials",
|
|
"disallowances",
|
|
"nays",
|
|
"noes",
|
|
"nos",
|
|
"nonacceptances",
|
|
"refusals",
|
|
"rejections",
|
|
"turndowns",
|
|
"negatives",
|
|
"bans",
|
|
"injunctions",
|
|
"vetoes",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"suppressions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowances",
|
|
"approvals",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"OKs",
|
|
"okays",
|
|
"acceptances",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"acquiescences",
|
|
"agreements",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"authorizations",
|
|
"clearances",
|
|
"concurrences",
|
|
"consents",
|
|
"leaves",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"permissions",
|
|
"sanctions",
|
|
"sufferances",
|
|
"imprimaturs",
|
|
"seals",
|
|
"signatures",
|
|
"stamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed-read":{
|
|
"as in turn over , dip (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browse",
|
|
"dip (into)",
|
|
"leaf (through)",
|
|
"scan",
|
|
"skim",
|
|
"thumb (through)",
|
|
"turn over",
|
|
"peruse",
|
|
"pore (over)",
|
|
"read",
|
|
"devour",
|
|
"gobble (up)",
|
|
"slog (through)",
|
|
"wade (through)",
|
|
"reread",
|
|
"proofread",
|
|
"decipher",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"study",
|
|
"apprehend",
|
|
"comprehend",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"make",
|
|
"make out",
|
|
"perceive",
|
|
"see",
|
|
"tumble (to)",
|
|
"understand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechifies":{
|
|
"as in speaks , talks":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speaks",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"pronounces",
|
|
"lectures",
|
|
"preaches",
|
|
"sermonizes",
|
|
"bloviates",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"rants",
|
|
"raves",
|
|
"declaims",
|
|
"discourses",
|
|
"harangues",
|
|
"mouths (off)",
|
|
"orates",
|
|
"perorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specious":{
|
|
"tending or having power to deceive":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a specious argument that really does not stand up under close examination"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"deceitful",
|
|
"deceiving",
|
|
"deceptive",
|
|
"deluding",
|
|
"delusive",
|
|
"delusory",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"false",
|
|
"misleading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"artful",
|
|
"crafty",
|
|
"cunning",
|
|
"devious",
|
|
"foxy",
|
|
"guileful",
|
|
"shady",
|
|
"shifty",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"sly",
|
|
"sneaking",
|
|
"sneaky",
|
|
"subtile",
|
|
"subtle",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"trickish",
|
|
"tricky",
|
|
"underhand",
|
|
"underhanded",
|
|
"wily",
|
|
"inaccurate",
|
|
"incorrect",
|
|
"wrong",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"distracting",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling",
|
|
"ambidextrous",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"defrauding",
|
|
"dishonest",
|
|
"dissembling",
|
|
"double-dealing",
|
|
"duplicitous",
|
|
"faithless",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fraudulent",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"lying",
|
|
"mendacious",
|
|
"untrustworthy",
|
|
"untruthful",
|
|
"bogus",
|
|
"counterfeit",
|
|
"fake",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"phony",
|
|
"phoney",
|
|
"sham",
|
|
"spurious",
|
|
"insidious",
|
|
"perfidious",
|
|
"treacherous",
|
|
"ambiguous",
|
|
"circuitous",
|
|
"equivocal",
|
|
"evasive",
|
|
"artificial",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"hypocritical",
|
|
"insincere",
|
|
"left-handed",
|
|
"two-faced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"candid",
|
|
"direct",
|
|
"foursquare",
|
|
"frank",
|
|
"free-spoken",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"plain",
|
|
"plainspoken",
|
|
"straight",
|
|
"clarifying",
|
|
"elucidative",
|
|
"explanatory",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"revelatory",
|
|
"honest",
|
|
"trustworthy",
|
|
"truthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"aboveboard",
|
|
"forthright",
|
|
"nondeceptive",
|
|
"straightforward"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiling":{
|
|
"as in rotten , rotting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decayed",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposed",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"rotted",
|
|
"rotten",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"disgusting",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"vile",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"noxious",
|
|
"putrid",
|
|
"rancid",
|
|
"skunky",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"odiferous",
|
|
"odoriferous",
|
|
"odorous",
|
|
"fetid",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"frowsty",
|
|
"frowsy",
|
|
"frowzy",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"fusty",
|
|
"malodorous",
|
|
"musty",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"rank",
|
|
"reeking",
|
|
"reeky",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"smelly",
|
|
"stenchy",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"stinky",
|
|
"strong"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambrosial",
|
|
"aromatic",
|
|
"fragrant",
|
|
"perfumed",
|
|
"redolent",
|
|
"savory",
|
|
"savoury",
|
|
"scented",
|
|
"sweet",
|
|
"flowery",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"spicy",
|
|
"woodsy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in decay , rotting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"rotting",
|
|
"dark age",
|
|
"nadir",
|
|
"sunset",
|
|
"breakup",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"decomposition",
|
|
"disintegration",
|
|
"dissolution",
|
|
"decadence",
|
|
"declension",
|
|
"declination",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degeneracy",
|
|
"degeneration",
|
|
"degradation",
|
|
"d\u00e9gringolade",
|
|
"descent",
|
|
"deterioration",
|
|
"devolution",
|
|
"downfall",
|
|
"downgrade",
|
|
"ebb",
|
|
"eclipse",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"abasement",
|
|
"debasement",
|
|
"depreciation",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"decimation",
|
|
"demolishment",
|
|
"demolition",
|
|
"desolation",
|
|
"destruction",
|
|
"havoc",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"ruination",
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"de-escalation",
|
|
"deflation",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"downslide",
|
|
"downtrend",
|
|
"downturn",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"sag",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ascent",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"upswing",
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"development",
|
|
"evolution",
|
|
"growth",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering",
|
|
"renewal",
|
|
"restoration",
|
|
"revitalization",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"enhancement",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"supplement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"darkening",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"poisoning",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"touching",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begriming",
|
|
"besmearing",
|
|
"besmirching",
|
|
"blackening",
|
|
"blurring",
|
|
"clouding",
|
|
"dirtying",
|
|
"discoloring",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"smearing",
|
|
"smirching",
|
|
"smudging",
|
|
"smutting",
|
|
"soiling",
|
|
"sullying",
|
|
"tarring",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"cheapening",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"degrading",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"bastardizing",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"debauching",
|
|
"demoralizing",
|
|
"depraving",
|
|
"perverting",
|
|
"subverting",
|
|
"coloring",
|
|
"distorting",
|
|
"twisting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"dignifying",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"ennobling",
|
|
"enshrining",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"hallowing",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"uplifting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"corrupting",
|
|
"decaying",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"festering",
|
|
"fouling",
|
|
"moldering",
|
|
"molding",
|
|
"perishing",
|
|
"putrefying",
|
|
"rotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"souring",
|
|
"turning",
|
|
"turning off",
|
|
"contaminating",
|
|
"defiling",
|
|
"polluting",
|
|
"tainting",
|
|
"addling",
|
|
"curdling",
|
|
"fermenting",
|
|
"mortifying",
|
|
"rusting",
|
|
"crumbling",
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"degenerating",
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"dilapidating",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"withering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"growing",
|
|
"maturing",
|
|
"ripening",
|
|
"refreshing",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"restoring",
|
|
"cleansing",
|
|
"purifying",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"composing",
|
|
"integrating",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"bloodying",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"compromising",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"crippling",
|
|
"crossing (up)",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"defacing",
|
|
"disfiguring",
|
|
"endamaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"vitiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorating",
|
|
"enervating",
|
|
"enfeebling",
|
|
"undermining",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"eroding",
|
|
"scouring",
|
|
"washing out",
|
|
"wearing (away)",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"tarnishing",
|
|
"denting",
|
|
"dinging",
|
|
"dinting",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"queering",
|
|
"lacerating",
|
|
"wounding",
|
|
"disabling",
|
|
"hamstringing",
|
|
"laming",
|
|
"maiming",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"annihilating",
|
|
"banging up",
|
|
"bashing",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"clobbering",
|
|
"crushing",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"decimating",
|
|
"demolishing",
|
|
"desolating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"devastating",
|
|
"doing in",
|
|
"pulverizing",
|
|
"razing",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"shattering",
|
|
"smashing",
|
|
"tearing down",
|
|
"totaling",
|
|
"totalling",
|
|
"wasting",
|
|
"wiping out",
|
|
"wrecking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"curing",
|
|
"healing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"rehabilitating",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"editing",
|
|
"remodeling",
|
|
"revising",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"perfecting",
|
|
"refining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"mending",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"rebuilding",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"reconstructing",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babying",
|
|
"cockering",
|
|
"coddling",
|
|
"cosseting",
|
|
"dandling",
|
|
"indulging",
|
|
"mollycoddling",
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"pampering",
|
|
"wet-nursing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"catering (to)",
|
|
"humoring",
|
|
"contenting",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"gratifying",
|
|
"mothering",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"satisfying",
|
|
"appeasing",
|
|
"mollifying",
|
|
"pacifying",
|
|
"placating",
|
|
"soothing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"disciplining",
|
|
"restraining",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking",
|
|
"slighting",
|
|
"molesting",
|
|
"outraging",
|
|
"violating",
|
|
"harassing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"oppressing",
|
|
"persecuting",
|
|
"tormenting",
|
|
"torturing",
|
|
"victimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"ill-treating",
|
|
"ill-using",
|
|
"maltreating",
|
|
"manhandling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mistreating",
|
|
"misusing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spellbound":{
|
|
"being or appearing to be under a magic spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spellbound audiences never tire of this annual Christmas favorite"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"magic",
|
|
"magical"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cursed",
|
|
"curst",
|
|
"jinxed",
|
|
"possessed",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"fairy",
|
|
"fairylike",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"miraculous",
|
|
"utopian",
|
|
"wondrous",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"captivated",
|
|
"fascinated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrested",
|
|
"bedazzled",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"enchanted",
|
|
"enthralled",
|
|
"fascinated",
|
|
"gripped",
|
|
"hypnotized",
|
|
"mesmerized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enraptured",
|
|
"entranced",
|
|
"thrilled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bewitched",
|
|
"charmed",
|
|
"absorbed",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"involved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split seconds":{
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a devastating accident can cause everything in your life to change in a split second"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microseconds",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"spurts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"forevers",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"lifetimes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualists":{
|
|
"a person who claims to speak with or for the spirits of the dead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spiritualist claims merely to be the agency through which the spirit\u2014or \"control\"\u2014conveys its messages to the living"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"channelers",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"mediums",
|
|
"media",
|
|
"psychics",
|
|
"spiritists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clairvoyants",
|
|
"mentalists",
|
|
"mind readers",
|
|
"telepaths",
|
|
"sensitives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportfisherman":{
|
|
"as in sedan , cruiser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruiser",
|
|
"cruiser",
|
|
"hydrofoil",
|
|
"motor sailer",
|
|
"runabout",
|
|
"sedan",
|
|
"motorboat",
|
|
"powerboat",
|
|
"speedboat",
|
|
"stinkpot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spymasters":{
|
|
"as in superspies":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"superspies",
|
|
"infiltrators",
|
|
"informers",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"counterspies",
|
|
"double agents",
|
|
"sleepers",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"intelligencers",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"operatives",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spooks",
|
|
"undercovers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spineless":{
|
|
"lacking strength of will or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spineless man who let his wife make all the decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"characterless",
|
|
"effete",
|
|
"frail",
|
|
"invertebrate",
|
|
"limp-wristed",
|
|
"milk-and-water",
|
|
"namby-pamby",
|
|
"nerveless",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"weak-kneed",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"weakling",
|
|
"wet",
|
|
"wimpish",
|
|
"wimpy",
|
|
"wishy-washy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"forceless",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"impotent",
|
|
"impuissant",
|
|
"powerless",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"lamblike",
|
|
"meek",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"submissive",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"villainous",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"nebbishy",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"sissy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"infirm",
|
|
"irresolute",
|
|
"vacillating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"righteous",
|
|
"upright",
|
|
"virtuous",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stouthearted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backboned",
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"tough"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"having or showing a shameful lack of courage":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spineless seamen who trembled at the first roar of the cannon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"chicken-livered",
|
|
"chickenhearted",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"dastardly",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"milk-livered",
|
|
"poltroon",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"recreant",
|
|
"unheroic",
|
|
"yellow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffident",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"wary",
|
|
"bashful",
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"feeble",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"unmanly",
|
|
"weak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"cheeky",
|
|
"nervy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"determined",
|
|
"resolute"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"doughty",
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spaciousness":{
|
|
"as in roominess , capaciousness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"capaciousness",
|
|
"commodiousness",
|
|
"roominess",
|
|
"area",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"mass",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"monstrousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"tremendousness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"volume",
|
|
"voluminousness",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"dimension",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"measurement",
|
|
"proportion",
|
|
"size"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spanking":{
|
|
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spanking and speedy little horse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"kinetic",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"mettlesome",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"pizzazzy",
|
|
"pizazzy",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dapper",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"spiffy",
|
|
"agog",
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"awake",
|
|
"open-eyed",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"wide-awake",
|
|
"agile",
|
|
"nimble",
|
|
"spry",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"chirpy",
|
|
"chirrupy",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"sparkly",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"eager",
|
|
"enthusiastic",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"pixieish",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"ebullient",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited",
|
|
"high-strung",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"skittish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"indolent",
|
|
"lazy",
|
|
"unambitious",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"lethargic",
|
|
"sleepy",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"tired",
|
|
"torpid",
|
|
"weary",
|
|
"apathetic",
|
|
"impassive",
|
|
"phlegmatic",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inanimate",
|
|
"lackadaisical",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"languorous",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"listless",
|
|
"spiritless",
|
|
"vapid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to a great degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bathroom tiles were spanking white when she finished cleaning them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"achingly",
|
|
"almighty",
|
|
"archly",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"blisteringly",
|
|
"bone",
|
|
"colossally",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"cracking",
|
|
"damn",
|
|
"damned",
|
|
"dang",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"desperately",
|
|
"eminently",
|
|
"enormously",
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"ever",
|
|
"exceedingly",
|
|
"exceeding",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"extremely",
|
|
"fabulously",
|
|
"fantastically",
|
|
"far",
|
|
"fiercely",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"frightfully",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"greatly",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"highly",
|
|
"hugely",
|
|
"immensely",
|
|
"incredibly",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"majorly",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"mighty",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"mortally",
|
|
"most",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"real",
|
|
"really",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"roaringly",
|
|
"seriously",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"so",
|
|
"sore",
|
|
"sorely",
|
|
"specially",
|
|
"stinking",
|
|
"such",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"supremely",
|
|
"surpassingly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"that",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"too",
|
|
"unco",
|
|
"uncommonly",
|
|
"vastly",
|
|
"very",
|
|
"vitally",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"whacking",
|
|
"wicked",
|
|
"wildly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absolutely",
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"completely",
|
|
"downright",
|
|
"entirely",
|
|
"flat-out",
|
|
"fully",
|
|
"positively",
|
|
"purely",
|
|
"radically",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"totally",
|
|
"utterly",
|
|
"wholly",
|
|
"deeply",
|
|
"profoundly",
|
|
"exceptionally",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"remarkably",
|
|
"considerably",
|
|
"extensively",
|
|
"significantly",
|
|
"substantially",
|
|
"appreciably",
|
|
"discernibly",
|
|
"markedly",
|
|
"noticeably",
|
|
"obviously",
|
|
"palpably",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"visibly",
|
|
"abundantly",
|
|
"plentifully",
|
|
"astronomically",
|
|
"grandly",
|
|
"monstrously",
|
|
"monumentally",
|
|
"excessively",
|
|
"obscenely",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"amazingly",
|
|
"astonishingly",
|
|
"staggeringly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"barely",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"just",
|
|
"marginally",
|
|
"minimally",
|
|
"scarcely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"little",
|
|
"negligibly",
|
|
"nominally",
|
|
"slightly",
|
|
"somewhat"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in knocking , smacking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"battering",
|
|
"buffeting",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"pounding",
|
|
"smacking",
|
|
"thumping",
|
|
"beating",
|
|
"flailing",
|
|
"flapping",
|
|
"flopping",
|
|
"fluttering",
|
|
"whipping",
|
|
"flickering",
|
|
"flicking",
|
|
"flitting",
|
|
"fanning",
|
|
"oscillating",
|
|
"swaying",
|
|
"swinging",
|
|
"undulating",
|
|
"waving",
|
|
"palpitating",
|
|
"pulsing",
|
|
"throbbing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"adverb",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special deliveries":{
|
|
"as in registered mails , certified mails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special handlings",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"snail mail",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirituals":{
|
|
"a religious song":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sang a spiritual at the funeral"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"psalms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"Gloria Patris",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"oratorios",
|
|
"processionals",
|
|
"recessionals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spindles":{
|
|
"as in cuts , quills":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gores",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"impales",
|
|
"jabs",
|
|
"lances",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"pierces",
|
|
"pinks",
|
|
"punctures",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"skewers",
|
|
"spears",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"stabs",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"transfixes",
|
|
"transpierces",
|
|
"bayonets",
|
|
"dirks",
|
|
"gimlets",
|
|
"pikes",
|
|
"poniards",
|
|
"prongs",
|
|
"quills",
|
|
"pinpricks",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"pricks",
|
|
"punches",
|
|
"thrusts",
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"knifes",
|
|
"slices",
|
|
"perforates",
|
|
"riddles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"span":{
|
|
"to find out the size, extent, or amount of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tried to span the distance between the two trees by eye alone"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gauge",
|
|
"gage",
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"scale"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"weigh",
|
|
"calibrate",
|
|
"caliper",
|
|
"quantify",
|
|
"quantitate",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"mark (off)",
|
|
"calculate",
|
|
"cipher",
|
|
"compute",
|
|
"figure",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"work out",
|
|
"appraise",
|
|
"assess",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"estimate",
|
|
"evaluate",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"guesstimate",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"valuate",
|
|
"value",
|
|
"add up",
|
|
"sum",
|
|
"tally",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"discover",
|
|
"dope (out)",
|
|
"figure out",
|
|
"find out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in yoke":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"couplet",
|
|
"duo",
|
|
"dyad",
|
|
"pair",
|
|
"twain",
|
|
"twosome",
|
|
"partnership",
|
|
"team",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"doublet",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"half",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"twin",
|
|
"coordinate",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"like",
|
|
"parallel",
|
|
"peer",
|
|
"rival"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in space , stretch":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"spell",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"while",
|
|
"cycle",
|
|
"generation",
|
|
"year",
|
|
"date",
|
|
"vintage",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"day",
|
|
"epoch",
|
|
"era",
|
|
"period",
|
|
"time"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spluttering":{
|
|
"as in shouting , breathing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"chirping",
|
|
"drawling",
|
|
"gasping",
|
|
"lipping",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"purring",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"spouting",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"articulating",
|
|
"bringing out",
|
|
"enunciating",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"stating",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"uttering",
|
|
"verbalizing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"airing",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"looking",
|
|
"sharing",
|
|
"sounding",
|
|
"ventilating",
|
|
"venting",
|
|
"voicing",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"blurting",
|
|
"bolting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"posting",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"promulgating",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"publishing",
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"alleging",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"clothing",
|
|
"couching",
|
|
"formulating",
|
|
"formulizing",
|
|
"phrasing",
|
|
"putting",
|
|
"wording",
|
|
"commenting",
|
|
"piping up (with)",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"ripping (out)",
|
|
"snarling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in frothing , foaming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foaming",
|
|
"frothing",
|
|
"expectorating",
|
|
"spitting",
|
|
"sputtering",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"dribbling",
|
|
"driveling",
|
|
"drivelling",
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"salivating",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoors":{
|
|
"as in trails , runs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"pursues",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"runs down",
|
|
"tracks",
|
|
"trails",
|
|
"dogs",
|
|
"ferrets",
|
|
"hawks",
|
|
"hounds",
|
|
"guns (for)",
|
|
"harpoons",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"hunts",
|
|
"stalks",
|
|
"culls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakeasies":{
|
|
"as in nightclubs , cabarets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouses",
|
|
"barrelhouses",
|
|
"bistros",
|
|
"bottle clubs",
|
|
"brewpubs",
|
|
"cabarets",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"joints",
|
|
"nightclubs",
|
|
"roadhouses",
|
|
"sports bars",
|
|
"wineshops",
|
|
"barrooms",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"caf\u00e9s",
|
|
"cafes",
|
|
"cantinas",
|
|
"dramshops",
|
|
"gin mills",
|
|
"grogshops",
|
|
"public houses",
|
|
"pubs",
|
|
"saloons",
|
|
"taprooms",
|
|
"taverns",
|
|
"watering holes",
|
|
"watering places",
|
|
"package stores"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spur":{
|
|
"to urge or push forward with or as if with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"gently spurred the horse with his heels"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dig",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"prod"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"jog",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"nudge",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"drill",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"propel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the threat of losing its only sports franchise was the spur the city council needed to finally do something about the rising crime rate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boost",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a weak wall that might need a spur"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brace",
|
|
"buttress",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"prop",
|
|
"reinforcement",
|
|
"shore",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"underpinning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"shoring",
|
|
"column",
|
|
"pedestal",
|
|
"pilaster",
|
|
"pillar",
|
|
"arch",
|
|
"bolster",
|
|
"bracket",
|
|
"cantilever",
|
|
"girder",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"crutch",
|
|
"peg",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"stanchion",
|
|
"stand",
|
|
"stilt",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"truss",
|
|
"base",
|
|
"foundation",
|
|
"frame"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectrum":{
|
|
"the distance or extent between possible extremes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complete spectrum of opinions on this hotly debated subject"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"diapason",
|
|
"gamut",
|
|
"range",
|
|
"scale",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"stretch"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"measure",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"ambit",
|
|
"amplitude",
|
|
"compass",
|
|
"dimension(s)",
|
|
"extent",
|
|
"reach",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"scope",
|
|
"sweep",
|
|
"width"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoons":{
|
|
"a utensil with a bowl and a handle that is used especially in cooking and serving food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an assortment of metal and wooden spoons should be part of every cook's culinary arsenal"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dippers",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"skimmers",
|
|
"dessertspoons",
|
|
"soupspoons",
|
|
"tablespoons",
|
|
"teaspoons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift out with something that holds liquid":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lovingly spooned the homemade stew out of the pot"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"lades",
|
|
"ladles",
|
|
"scoops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"draws (off)",
|
|
"dishes",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"decants",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"pumps",
|
|
"siphons",
|
|
"syphons",
|
|
"suctions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"fills"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks one's mind":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Please feel free to speak your mind if you disagree with anything I've said."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"spouts (off)",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparing":{
|
|
"careful in the management of money or resources":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sparing couple who are trying to save up enough for a house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"provident",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"forehanded",
|
|
"foresighted",
|
|
"foresightful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"penny-wise",
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"improvident",
|
|
"shortsighted",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"indulgent",
|
|
"lavish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"giving or sharing as little as possible":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a government agency that has always been sparing of public information"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"chintzy",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"closefisted",
|
|
"mean",
|
|
"mingy",
|
|
"miserly",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"parsimonious",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"penurious",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pinchpenny",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"stingy",
|
|
"stinting",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tightfisted",
|
|
"uncharitable",
|
|
"ungenerous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"chary",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty",
|
|
"acquisitive",
|
|
"avaricious",
|
|
"avid",
|
|
"coveting",
|
|
"covetous",
|
|
"desirous",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"greedy",
|
|
"hoggish",
|
|
"itchy",
|
|
"mercenary",
|
|
"rapacious",
|
|
"selfish",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"sordid",
|
|
"begrudging",
|
|
"envious",
|
|
"grudging",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"inhospitable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altruistic",
|
|
"selfless",
|
|
"unselfish",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"overgenerous",
|
|
"profuse",
|
|
"beneficent",
|
|
"benevolent",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"humanitarian",
|
|
"philanthropic",
|
|
"philanthropical",
|
|
"compassionate",
|
|
"good-hearted",
|
|
"greathearted",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"magnanimous",
|
|
"openhearted",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spendthrift",
|
|
"splurging",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"wasteful",
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bounteous",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"charitable",
|
|
"freehanded",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"munificent",
|
|
"openhanded",
|
|
"unsparing",
|
|
"unstinting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unfortunately, the explanation of the health insurance plan was somewhat sparing on details"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"exiguous",
|
|
"hand-to-mouth",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"meager",
|
|
"meagre",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"poor",
|
|
"scant",
|
|
"scanty",
|
|
"scarce",
|
|
"skimp",
|
|
"skimpy",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"sparse",
|
|
"stingy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deficient",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"short",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"bare",
|
|
"bare-bones",
|
|
"least",
|
|
"littlest",
|
|
"lowest",
|
|
"mere",
|
|
"minimal",
|
|
"slightest",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"infertile",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"unfruitful",
|
|
"unproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"enough",
|
|
"satisfactory",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"tolerable",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fecund",
|
|
"fertile",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"prolific",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"lavish",
|
|
"luxuriant",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"bursting",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"proliferative",
|
|
"swarming",
|
|
"teeming",
|
|
"thriving",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"surplus"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abundant",
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"bountiful",
|
|
"copious",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"liberal",
|
|
"plenteous",
|
|
"plentiful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll have a banana split\u2014and don't spare the whipped cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nursing",
|
|
"scanting",
|
|
"skimping (on)",
|
|
"stinting (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doling out",
|
|
"meting (out)",
|
|
"portioning (out)",
|
|
"rationing (out)",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"shortchanging",
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"preserving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaping",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"pouring",
|
|
"raining",
|
|
"showering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"husbanding",
|
|
"maintaining",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"scraping",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"cutting down",
|
|
"retrenching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
|
"laying up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"frittering (away)",
|
|
"lavishing",
|
|
"misspending",
|
|
"running through",
|
|
"spending",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"throwing away",
|
|
"splurging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wasting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinelessness":{
|
|
"the quality or state of lacking strength of will or character":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spinelessness that the grown woman has shown in dealing with her overbearing mother"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"frailness",
|
|
"frailty",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness",
|
|
"wimpiness",
|
|
"wimpishness",
|
|
"wishy-washiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"foible",
|
|
"peccadillo",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"immorality",
|
|
"wickedness",
|
|
"corruption",
|
|
"corruptness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"goodness",
|
|
"integrity",
|
|
"morality",
|
|
"rectitude",
|
|
"righteousness",
|
|
"rightness",
|
|
"uprightness",
|
|
"virtuousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"chutzpah",
|
|
"chutzpa",
|
|
"hutzpah",
|
|
"hutzpa",
|
|
"firmness",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"moxie",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"resoluteness",
|
|
"strength",
|
|
"toughness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a shameful lack of courage in the face of danger":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"charged the midshipman with sickening spinelessness under fire"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cowardice",
|
|
"cowardliness",
|
|
"cravenness",
|
|
"dastardliness",
|
|
"gutlessness",
|
|
"poltroonery",
|
|
"pusillanimity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diffidence",
|
|
"faintheartedness",
|
|
"fearfulness",
|
|
"timidity",
|
|
"timorousness",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"cautiousness",
|
|
"wariness",
|
|
"bashfulness",
|
|
"shyness",
|
|
"feebleness",
|
|
"softness",
|
|
"weakness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"audacity",
|
|
"boldness",
|
|
"brazenness",
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"fiber",
|
|
"fortitude",
|
|
"grit",
|
|
"gumption",
|
|
"mettle",
|
|
"pluck",
|
|
"spunk",
|
|
"determination",
|
|
"perseverance",
|
|
"resolution",
|
|
"endurance",
|
|
"stamina",
|
|
"tenacity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bravery",
|
|
"courage",
|
|
"courageousness",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dauntlessness",
|
|
"doughtiness",
|
|
"fearlessness",
|
|
"gallantry",
|
|
"greatheartedness",
|
|
"guts",
|
|
"hardihood",
|
|
"heart",
|
|
"heroism",
|
|
"intrepidity",
|
|
"intrepidness",
|
|
"nerve",
|
|
"stoutness",
|
|
"valiance",
|
|
"valor",
|
|
"virtue"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splaying":{
|
|
"to cause to move outward and apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sat with his legs splayed apart.",
|
|
"She splayed her fingers to show off her manicure."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scattering",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"branching",
|
|
"fanning (out)",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"raying",
|
|
"diffusing",
|
|
"dispelling",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"dissipating",
|
|
"forking",
|
|
"stemming",
|
|
"diverging",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparkle":{
|
|
"to give off sparks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while fireworks that sparkle may be entertaining to look at, they can be highly dangerous when used indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"combust",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flare (up)",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"light (up)",
|
|
"radiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crystal sparkled in the sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscate",
|
|
"flame",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glance",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"glister",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"scintillate",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"spangle",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"wink",
|
|
"winkle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"radiate",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"daze",
|
|
"dazzle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"burn",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"glow"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in glitter , shimmer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"glimmer",
|
|
"glint",
|
|
"glitter",
|
|
"scintillation",
|
|
"shimmer",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"fluorescence",
|
|
"glare",
|
|
"gleam",
|
|
"glow",
|
|
"illumination",
|
|
"incandescence",
|
|
"light",
|
|
"luminescence",
|
|
"radiance",
|
|
"shine",
|
|
"daylight",
|
|
"moonlight",
|
|
"sunlight",
|
|
"sunshine",
|
|
"afterglow",
|
|
"aureole",
|
|
"aureola",
|
|
"aurora",
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"halo",
|
|
"ray",
|
|
"shaft",
|
|
"streak",
|
|
"stream",
|
|
"sunbeam",
|
|
"glisten",
|
|
"gloss",
|
|
"luster",
|
|
"lustre",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"reflection",
|
|
"sheen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"darkness",
|
|
"dimness",
|
|
"dusk",
|
|
"duskiness",
|
|
"gloom",
|
|
"night",
|
|
"shadow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spirit , pizzazz":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brightness",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheerfulness",
|
|
"chirpiness",
|
|
"effervescence",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"pizzazz",
|
|
"pizazz",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"verve",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"buoyancy",
|
|
"jauntiness",
|
|
"springiness",
|
|
"eagerness",
|
|
"ebullience",
|
|
"ebulliency",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"keenness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"animation",
|
|
"briskness",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"jazziness",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"lustiness",
|
|
"peppiness",
|
|
"robustness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"vibrance",
|
|
"vibrancy",
|
|
"vigorousness",
|
|
"vitality",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"pertness",
|
|
"playfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inactivity",
|
|
"lifelessness",
|
|
"indolence",
|
|
"laziness",
|
|
"anemia",
|
|
"bloodlessness",
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"limpness",
|
|
"listlessness",
|
|
"sleepiness",
|
|
"sluggishness",
|
|
"spiritlessness",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"weariness",
|
|
"apathy",
|
|
"impassivity",
|
|
"dullness",
|
|
"dulness",
|
|
"pallidness",
|
|
"tediousness",
|
|
"tedium",
|
|
"vapidity",
|
|
"vapidness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportfishermen":{
|
|
"as in sedans , cruisers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cabin cruisers",
|
|
"cruisers",
|
|
"hydrofoils",
|
|
"motor sailers",
|
|
"runabouts",
|
|
"sedans",
|
|
"motorboats",
|
|
"powerboats",
|
|
"speedboats",
|
|
"stinkpots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculate":{
|
|
"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"conjecture",
|
|
"daresay",
|
|
"guess",
|
|
"imagine",
|
|
"presume",
|
|
"suppose",
|
|
"surmise",
|
|
"suspect",
|
|
"suspicion"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"deduce",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"infer",
|
|
"hypothecate",
|
|
"hypothesize",
|
|
"theorize",
|
|
"believe",
|
|
"conceive",
|
|
"expect",
|
|
"judge",
|
|
"reckon",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"think"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"demonstrate",
|
|
"document",
|
|
"establish",
|
|
"prove",
|
|
"substantiate",
|
|
"validate",
|
|
"ascertain",
|
|
"determine",
|
|
"find out",
|
|
"learn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotless":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spotless white dress"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spick-and-span",
|
|
"spic-and-span",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splitting":{
|
|
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the horse took off at a splitting gallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blistering",
|
|
"breakneck",
|
|
"breathless",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"fleet",
|
|
"fleet-footed",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"galloping",
|
|
"hasty",
|
|
"hot",
|
|
"lightning",
|
|
"nippy",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"rapid-fire",
|
|
"rattling",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift",
|
|
"whirlwind",
|
|
"zippy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"expeditious",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"ready",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"breathtaking",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"strenuous",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"high-speed",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"ultrafast",
|
|
"ultrarapid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"crawling",
|
|
"dallying",
|
|
"dawdling",
|
|
"dillydallying",
|
|
"dragging",
|
|
"laggard",
|
|
"languid",
|
|
"lingering",
|
|
"plodding",
|
|
"poking",
|
|
"poky",
|
|
"pokey",
|
|
"slowish",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"unhurried",
|
|
"deliberate",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"measured",
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"late",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"ultraslow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slow"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set or force apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"split logs for the winter's supply of wood"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"decoupling",
|
|
"disassociating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"ramifying",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"unyoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking down",
|
|
"decomposing",
|
|
"disassembling",
|
|
"disintegrating",
|
|
"dissolving",
|
|
"bifurcating",
|
|
"bisecting",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"dichotomizing",
|
|
"dissecting",
|
|
"fractionalizing",
|
|
"fractionating",
|
|
"halving",
|
|
"partitioning",
|
|
"quartering",
|
|
"segmenting",
|
|
"subdividing",
|
|
"trisecting",
|
|
"fragmentating",
|
|
"fragmenting",
|
|
"fragmentizing",
|
|
"breaking",
|
|
"fracturing",
|
|
"pulling",
|
|
"rending",
|
|
"rifting",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"rupturing",
|
|
"tearing",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"secluding",
|
|
"segregating",
|
|
"sequestering",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"unraveling",
|
|
"untying",
|
|
"untieing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"blending",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"mingling",
|
|
"mixing",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"agglutinating",
|
|
"attaching",
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"cementing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"fastening",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"knitting",
|
|
"sticking",
|
|
"welding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualizes":{
|
|
"as in baptizes , canonizes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baptizes",
|
|
"canonizes",
|
|
"blesses",
|
|
"consecrates",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"sacralizes",
|
|
"sanctifies",
|
|
"chastens",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"lustrates",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"expurgates",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"dedicates",
|
|
"devotes",
|
|
"reconsecrates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deconsecrates",
|
|
"desacralizes",
|
|
"desanctifies",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"desecrates",
|
|
"profanes",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"blasphemes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"cusses",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"punishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spillways":{
|
|
"as in floodways , sluices":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"floodways",
|
|
"sluices",
|
|
"sluiceways",
|
|
"millraces",
|
|
"millstreams",
|
|
"swashes",
|
|
"tideways",
|
|
"torrents",
|
|
"aqueducts",
|
|
"canals",
|
|
"channels",
|
|
"conduits",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"flumes",
|
|
"racecourses",
|
|
"raceways",
|
|
"watercourses",
|
|
"waterways",
|
|
"gutters",
|
|
"troughs",
|
|
"rivers",
|
|
"rivulets",
|
|
"streams"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spins":{
|
|
"to move in circles around an axis or center":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spinning on its axis, the Earth makes one complete rotation every 23 hours 56 minutes 4 seconds"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrates",
|
|
"pinwheels",
|
|
"pirouettes",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"twines",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"circulates",
|
|
"encircles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"swivels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to be in a confused state as if from being twirled around":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my head spun as I contemplated all the possible problems this restructuring could cause"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"swims",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"steadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move (something) in a curved or circular path on or as if on an axis":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spun the child around until he was hopelessly dizzy"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pivots",
|
|
"revolves",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotates",
|
|
"swings",
|
|
"swirls",
|
|
"swivels",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"screws",
|
|
"unscrews",
|
|
"twiddles",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"winds",
|
|
"circulates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rapid turning about on an axis or central point":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the ice skater moved into a tight spin at the end of her routine"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gyrations",
|
|
"pirouettes",
|
|
"reels",
|
|
"revolutions",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rotations",
|
|
"twirls",
|
|
"wheels",
|
|
"whirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"circulations",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"coils",
|
|
"curls",
|
|
"curves",
|
|
"spirals",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"whorls",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"orbits",
|
|
"eddies",
|
|
"swirls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a short trip for pleasure":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a family out for a spin on a beautiful Sunday afternoon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"excursions",
|
|
"jaunts",
|
|
"junkets",
|
|
"outings",
|
|
"rambles",
|
|
"sallies",
|
|
"sashays",
|
|
"sorties"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"journeys",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"voyages",
|
|
"circuits",
|
|
"tours",
|
|
"expeditions",
|
|
"odysseys",
|
|
"safaris",
|
|
"detours",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"peregrinations",
|
|
"treks",
|
|
"walks",
|
|
"pilgrimages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spacious":{
|
|
"more than adequate or average in capacity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"almost all of the guests were able to fit into the spacious living room"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ample",
|
|
"capacious",
|
|
"commodious",
|
|
"roomy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cavernous",
|
|
"voluminous",
|
|
"broad",
|
|
"wide",
|
|
"big",
|
|
"biggish",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"considerable",
|
|
"generous",
|
|
"goodly",
|
|
"grand",
|
|
"great",
|
|
"handsome",
|
|
"hefty",
|
|
"hulking",
|
|
"large",
|
|
"largish",
|
|
"outsize",
|
|
"outsized",
|
|
"overscale",
|
|
"overscaled",
|
|
"oversize",
|
|
"oversized",
|
|
"sizable",
|
|
"sizeable",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"tidy",
|
|
"Brobdingnagian",
|
|
"Bunyanesque",
|
|
"colossal",
|
|
"elephantine",
|
|
"enormous",
|
|
"gargantuan",
|
|
"gigantic",
|
|
"herculean",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"Himalayan",
|
|
"huge",
|
|
"humongous",
|
|
"humungous",
|
|
"immense",
|
|
"jumbo",
|
|
"king-size",
|
|
"king-sized",
|
|
"leviathan",
|
|
"mammoth",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"monolithic",
|
|
"monstrous",
|
|
"monumental",
|
|
"mountainous",
|
|
"pharaonic",
|
|
"prodigious",
|
|
"staggering",
|
|
"stupendous",
|
|
"super",
|
|
"titanic",
|
|
"tremendous",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"extensive",
|
|
"vast",
|
|
"boundless",
|
|
"limitless",
|
|
"unbounded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"confined",
|
|
"cramped",
|
|
"incommodious",
|
|
"limited",
|
|
"narrow",
|
|
"restricted",
|
|
"small",
|
|
"snug",
|
|
"tight",
|
|
"tiny"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spendy":{
|
|
"commanding a large price":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Seattle is generally credited with transforming coffee from a workaday drink to a trendy and spendy beverage"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"big-ticket",
|
|
"costly",
|
|
"dear",
|
|
"expensive",
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"high-end",
|
|
"high-ticket",
|
|
"precious",
|
|
"premium",
|
|
"priceless",
|
|
"pricey",
|
|
"pricy",
|
|
"ultraexpensive",
|
|
"valuable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exorbitant",
|
|
"overpriced",
|
|
"prohibitive",
|
|
"sky-high",
|
|
"steep",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"unaffordable",
|
|
"uneconomic",
|
|
"uneconomical",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"inestimable",
|
|
"invaluable",
|
|
"deluxe",
|
|
"luxurious",
|
|
"sumptuous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"discounted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheap",
|
|
"inexpensive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak out":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's a free country, so anyone can speak out"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipe up",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"sound off",
|
|
"speak up",
|
|
"spout (off)",
|
|
"talk up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"sing (out)",
|
|
"thunder",
|
|
"vociferate",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"enounce",
|
|
"enunciate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belt up",
|
|
"clam up",
|
|
"dummy up",
|
|
"hush",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppress",
|
|
"quiet"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialists":{
|
|
"a person who has a lot of training, knowledge, or skill in a particular area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"She was a specialist in chemical engineering with many years of experience."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"consultants",
|
|
"professionals",
|
|
"pros",
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"adepts",
|
|
"artists",
|
|
"authorities",
|
|
"cognoscenti",
|
|
"connoisseurs",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dab hands",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"experts",
|
|
"fiends",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"hotshots",
|
|
"maestros",
|
|
"maestri",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mavens",
|
|
"mavins",
|
|
"meisters",
|
|
"past masters",
|
|
"proficients",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"sharks",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"virtuosos",
|
|
"virtuosi",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"advisers",
|
|
"advisors",
|
|
"consiglieri",
|
|
"consiglieres",
|
|
"counselors",
|
|
"counsellors",
|
|
"counsels",
|
|
"addicts",
|
|
"aficionados",
|
|
"afficionados",
|
|
"buffs",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"craftsmen",
|
|
"journeymen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"apprentices",
|
|
"beginners",
|
|
"neophytes",
|
|
"novices",
|
|
"amateurs",
|
|
"inexperts",
|
|
"nonexperts",
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"nonprofessionals",
|
|
"dabblers",
|
|
"dilettantes",
|
|
"dilettanti"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special handlings":{
|
|
"as in special deliveries , registered mails":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airmails",
|
|
"airposts",
|
|
"certified mails",
|
|
"registered mails",
|
|
"rural deliveries",
|
|
"rural free deliveries",
|
|
"special deliveries",
|
|
"correspondences",
|
|
"mails",
|
|
"matters",
|
|
"parcel posts",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"snail mail",
|
|
"direct mails",
|
|
"junk mails",
|
|
"mailers",
|
|
"cards",
|
|
"dispatches",
|
|
"epistles",
|
|
"letters",
|
|
"messages",
|
|
"missives",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"postal cards",
|
|
"postcards",
|
|
"printed matters",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"packages",
|
|
"shipments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sponsored":{
|
|
"as in funded , financed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"financed",
|
|
"funded",
|
|
"patronized",
|
|
"set up",
|
|
"staked",
|
|
"underwrote",
|
|
"kept",
|
|
"maintained",
|
|
"provided (for)",
|
|
"supported"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spic-and-span":{
|
|
"free from dirt or stain":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's make the house spick-and-span for our visitors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antiseptic",
|
|
"chaste",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"immaculate",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"spotless",
|
|
"squeaky-clean",
|
|
"stainless",
|
|
"unsoiled",
|
|
"unstained",
|
|
"unsullied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pure",
|
|
"taintless",
|
|
"undefiled",
|
|
"unpolluted",
|
|
"untainted",
|
|
"wholesome",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"germfree",
|
|
"hygienic",
|
|
"sanitary",
|
|
"sterile",
|
|
"abluted",
|
|
"bleached",
|
|
"cleansed",
|
|
"purified",
|
|
"scrubbed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"whitened",
|
|
"milky",
|
|
"snowy",
|
|
"white",
|
|
"flawless",
|
|
"unblemished",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"shiny",
|
|
"sparkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dingy",
|
|
"greasy",
|
|
"grimy",
|
|
"mucky",
|
|
"muddy",
|
|
"unwashed",
|
|
"defiled",
|
|
"germy",
|
|
"polluted",
|
|
"tainted",
|
|
"unsterile",
|
|
"unsterilized",
|
|
"blackened",
|
|
"discolored"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"besmirched",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"grubby",
|
|
"smirched",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spotted",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"sullied",
|
|
"unclean",
|
|
"uncleaned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"recently made and never used before":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spick-and-span waffle iron that our host was obviously using for the first time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brand-new",
|
|
"new",
|
|
"unused"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fresh",
|
|
"mint",
|
|
"pristine",
|
|
"unspoiled",
|
|
"untouched",
|
|
"newfangled",
|
|
"new-fashioned",
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"unprocessed",
|
|
"untreated",
|
|
"unworked",
|
|
"virgin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"soiled",
|
|
"spoiled",
|
|
"stale",
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"beat-up",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"shabby",
|
|
"shopworn",
|
|
"well-handled",
|
|
"worn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hand-me-down",
|
|
"secondhand",
|
|
"used"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spook":{
|
|
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Russia recalled its spooks after the collapse of the Soviet Union"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"spymaster",
|
|
"superspy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Halloween is the night when spooks and goblins are said to roam abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apparition",
|
|
"bogey",
|
|
"bogie",
|
|
"bogy",
|
|
"familiar spirit",
|
|
"ghost",
|
|
"hant",
|
|
"haunt",
|
|
"materialization",
|
|
"phantasm",
|
|
"fantasm",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"poltergeist",
|
|
"shade",
|
|
"shadow",
|
|
"specter",
|
|
"spectre",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"sprite",
|
|
"vision",
|
|
"visitant",
|
|
"wraith"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"daimon",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"genie",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"jinni",
|
|
"jinn",
|
|
"djinni",
|
|
"djinn",
|
|
"shaitan",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"lemures",
|
|
"manes",
|
|
"incubus",
|
|
"lamia",
|
|
"succubus",
|
|
"vampire",
|
|
"zombie",
|
|
"zombi",
|
|
"cacodemon",
|
|
"demon",
|
|
"daemon",
|
|
"devil",
|
|
"fiend",
|
|
"ghoul",
|
|
"imp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affright",
|
|
"alarm",
|
|
"alarum",
|
|
"fright",
|
|
"frighten",
|
|
"horrify",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"scare",
|
|
"scarify",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"startle",
|
|
"terrify",
|
|
"terrorize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appall",
|
|
"appal",
|
|
"bowl over",
|
|
"dismay",
|
|
"floor",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"shake up",
|
|
"amaze",
|
|
"astound",
|
|
"awe",
|
|
"chill",
|
|
"daunt",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"dispirit",
|
|
"emasculate",
|
|
"psych (out)",
|
|
"undo",
|
|
"unman",
|
|
"unnerve",
|
|
"unstring",
|
|
"discomfort",
|
|
"discompose",
|
|
"disconcert",
|
|
"disquiet",
|
|
"distract",
|
|
"distress",
|
|
"disturb",
|
|
"perturb",
|
|
"unsettle",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worry"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assure",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"soothe",
|
|
"embolden",
|
|
"encourage",
|
|
"hearten",
|
|
"inspire",
|
|
"steel"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spruced":{
|
|
"as in dolled up , cosmeticized":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticized",
|
|
"dolled up",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"souped up",
|
|
"tricked",
|
|
"ameliorated",
|
|
"enriched",
|
|
"improved",
|
|
"meliorated",
|
|
"candied",
|
|
"dressed up",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"sweetened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouted":{
|
|
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"water spouting from the hose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spurted",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"swooshed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cascaded",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"flushed",
|
|
"sluiced",
|
|
"deluged",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"engulfed",
|
|
"flooded",
|
|
"inundated",
|
|
"overflowed",
|
|
"overwhelmed",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed",
|
|
"swamped",
|
|
"fountained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"spattered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"exuded",
|
|
"leaked",
|
|
"oozed",
|
|
"percolated",
|
|
"seeped",
|
|
"strained",
|
|
"wept"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dribbled",
|
|
"dripped",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"trickled"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to talk loudly and wildly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a self-important loudmouth who is always spouting about the mess that politicians have made of everything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blustered",
|
|
"fulminated",
|
|
"huffed",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blurted (out)",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"pontificated",
|
|
"carried on",
|
|
"raged",
|
|
"stormed",
|
|
"took on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"whispered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the drain suddenly spouted water and debris"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"belched",
|
|
"disgorged",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"eructed",
|
|
"erupted",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"spewed",
|
|
"spurted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"poured",
|
|
"squirted",
|
|
"streamed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"emanated",
|
|
"exhaled",
|
|
"issued",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spat",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"vented",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"emitted",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"cast",
|
|
"flung",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"launched",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"tossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bottled (up)",
|
|
"contained",
|
|
"restrained",
|
|
"shut (in or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoofed":{
|
|
"to copy or exaggerate (someone or something) in order to make fun of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spoofed overly competitive parents in a mockumentary about tryouts for a national T-ball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"burlesqued",
|
|
"caricatured",
|
|
"did",
|
|
"imitated",
|
|
"mimicked",
|
|
"mocked",
|
|
"parodied",
|
|
"sent up",
|
|
"travestied"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lampooned",
|
|
"pasquinaded",
|
|
"satirized",
|
|
"derided",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"ridiculed",
|
|
"aped",
|
|
"copycatted",
|
|
"monkeyed",
|
|
"parroted",
|
|
"duplicated",
|
|
"emulated",
|
|
"replicated",
|
|
"reproduced",
|
|
"acted",
|
|
"counterfeited",
|
|
"dissembled",
|
|
"faked",
|
|
"feigned",
|
|
"pretended",
|
|
"shammed",
|
|
"simulated",
|
|
"elaborated",
|
|
"embellished",
|
|
"embroidered",
|
|
"exaggerated",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"padded",
|
|
"played up",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"enlarged (on or upon)",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"overdrew",
|
|
"overstated",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"mimed",
|
|
"pantomimed",
|
|
"impersonated",
|
|
"performed",
|
|
"personated",
|
|
"played"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to believe what is untrue":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bamboozled",
|
|
"beguiled",
|
|
"bluffed",
|
|
"buffaloed",
|
|
"burned",
|
|
"burnt",
|
|
"caught",
|
|
"conned",
|
|
"cozened",
|
|
"deceived",
|
|
"deluded",
|
|
"duped",
|
|
"faked out",
|
|
"fooled",
|
|
"gaffed",
|
|
"gammoned",
|
|
"gulled",
|
|
"had",
|
|
"had on",
|
|
"hoaxed",
|
|
"hoodwinked",
|
|
"hornswoggled",
|
|
"humbugged",
|
|
"juggled",
|
|
"misguided",
|
|
"misinformed",
|
|
"misled",
|
|
"snookered",
|
|
"snowed",
|
|
"strung along",
|
|
"sucked in",
|
|
"suckered",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"tricked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kidded",
|
|
"put on",
|
|
"teased",
|
|
"bled",
|
|
"cheated",
|
|
"chiseled",
|
|
"chiselled",
|
|
"defrauded",
|
|
"diddled",
|
|
"euchred",
|
|
"fleeced",
|
|
"flimflammed",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"mulcted",
|
|
"rooked",
|
|
"shortchanged",
|
|
"skinned",
|
|
"squeezed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"stung",
|
|
"swindled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"debunked",
|
|
"exposed",
|
|
"revealed",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"uncloaked",
|
|
"uncovered",
|
|
"unmasked",
|
|
"disclosed",
|
|
"divulged",
|
|
"told",
|
|
"unveiled",
|
|
"disabused",
|
|
"disenchanted",
|
|
"disillusioned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"undeceived"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectral":{
|
|
"of, relating to, or suggestive of a ghost":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"They spotted a spectral figure in the window of the old abandoned house."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ghastly",
|
|
"ghostlike",
|
|
"ghostly",
|
|
"ghoulish",
|
|
"phantom",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"other-worldly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"creepy",
|
|
"eerie",
|
|
"eery",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"spookish",
|
|
"spooky",
|
|
"uncanny",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"cadaverous",
|
|
"wraithlike",
|
|
"bodiless",
|
|
"disembodied",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"formless",
|
|
"immaterial",
|
|
"incorporeal",
|
|
"insubstantial",
|
|
"nonmaterial",
|
|
"nonphysical",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unbodied",
|
|
"unsubstantial",
|
|
"impalpable",
|
|
"insensible",
|
|
"intangible",
|
|
"invisible",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"diaphanous",
|
|
"gaseous",
|
|
"gossamery",
|
|
"tenuous",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"vaporous",
|
|
"wispish",
|
|
"inactive",
|
|
"inert",
|
|
"inoperative",
|
|
"lifeless",
|
|
"quiescent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"macabre",
|
|
"dreadful",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrifying",
|
|
"terrible",
|
|
"terrifying",
|
|
"baleful",
|
|
"fatal",
|
|
"fateful",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"killer",
|
|
"lethal",
|
|
"murderous",
|
|
"pestilent",
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"deathly",
|
|
"mortal",
|
|
"mortuary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"active",
|
|
"alive",
|
|
"animate",
|
|
"breathing",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"living",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jazzy",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"snappy",
|
|
"spanking",
|
|
"sparky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"springy",
|
|
"vigorous",
|
|
"vital",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"zippy",
|
|
"animal",
|
|
"carnal",
|
|
"fleshly",
|
|
"detectable",
|
|
"discernible",
|
|
"discernable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"observable",
|
|
"palpable",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"tangible",
|
|
"visible",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"heavy",
|
|
"massive",
|
|
"solid",
|
|
"bodily",
|
|
"corporeal",
|
|
"material",
|
|
"physical",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spooked":{
|
|
"filled with fear or dread":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Ichabod Crane was so spooked that he left Sleepy Hollow for good"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"afraid",
|
|
"aghast",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"fearful",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"horror-struck",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"hysteric",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scary",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chicken",
|
|
"fainthearted",
|
|
"fearsome",
|
|
"shrinking",
|
|
"shy",
|
|
"timid",
|
|
"timorous",
|
|
"tremulant",
|
|
"tremulous",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"anxious",
|
|
"apprehensive",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"jittery",
|
|
"jumpy",
|
|
"nervous",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"panicky",
|
|
"panic-stricken",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"skittish",
|
|
"uneasy",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"phobic",
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"cowed",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"intimidated",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"coward",
|
|
"cowardly",
|
|
"craven",
|
|
"gutless",
|
|
"lily-livered",
|
|
"pusillanimous",
|
|
"careful",
|
|
"cautious",
|
|
"heedful",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"unadventurous",
|
|
"wary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adventuresome",
|
|
"adventurous",
|
|
"audacious",
|
|
"bold",
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"daring",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"gutsy",
|
|
"plucky",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"venturesome",
|
|
"venturous",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"courageous",
|
|
"gallant",
|
|
"hardy",
|
|
"heroic",
|
|
"heroical",
|
|
"intrepid",
|
|
"lionhearted",
|
|
"manful",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stouthearted",
|
|
"valiant",
|
|
"valorous",
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"composed",
|
|
"confident",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"sanguine",
|
|
"sure",
|
|
"unperturbed",
|
|
"dauntless",
|
|
"resolute",
|
|
"undaunted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fearless",
|
|
"unafraid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to strike with fear":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"affrighted",
|
|
"alarmed",
|
|
"alarumed",
|
|
"frighted",
|
|
"frightened",
|
|
"horrified",
|
|
"panicked",
|
|
"scared",
|
|
"scarified",
|
|
"shocked",
|
|
"startled",
|
|
"terrified",
|
|
"terrorized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"appalled",
|
|
"bowled over",
|
|
"dismayed",
|
|
"floored",
|
|
"jolted",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shook up",
|
|
"amazed",
|
|
"astounded",
|
|
"awed",
|
|
"chilled",
|
|
"daunted",
|
|
"demoralized",
|
|
"dispirited",
|
|
"emasculated",
|
|
"psyched (out)",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unmanned",
|
|
"unnerved",
|
|
"unstrung",
|
|
"discomforted",
|
|
"discomposed",
|
|
"disconcerted",
|
|
"disquieted",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"distressed",
|
|
"disturbed",
|
|
"perturbed",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"upset",
|
|
"worried"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"assured",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"comforted",
|
|
"consoled",
|
|
"solaced",
|
|
"soothed",
|
|
"emboldened",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"heartened",
|
|
"inspired",
|
|
"steeled"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"reassured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoor":{
|
|
"as in track , pug":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pug",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"hoofprint",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"footmark",
|
|
"footprint",
|
|
"footstep",
|
|
"step",
|
|
"trace",
|
|
"vestige"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in excrement , feces":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"doo-doo",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"dung",
|
|
"excrement",
|
|
"excreta",
|
|
"feces",
|
|
"ordure",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"slops",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"dunghill",
|
|
"guano",
|
|
"manure",
|
|
"midden",
|
|
"muck",
|
|
"sewage",
|
|
"sewerage",
|
|
"night soil",
|
|
"stool",
|
|
"coprolite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in trail , run":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"course",
|
|
"pursue",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"run down",
|
|
"track",
|
|
"trail",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"ferret",
|
|
"hawk",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"gun (for)",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"kill",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"capture",
|
|
"drag",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"hunt",
|
|
"stalk",
|
|
"cull"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spills the beans (about)":{
|
|
"to make known (as information previously kept secret)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"divulges",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"lets on (about)",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"spills",
|
|
"tells",
|
|
"unbosoms",
|
|
"uncloaks",
|
|
"uncovers",
|
|
"unmasks",
|
|
"unveils"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"confides",
|
|
"shares",
|
|
"debunks",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"unclothes",
|
|
"undrapes",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"brings out",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"placards",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"promulgates",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"publishes",
|
|
"sounds",
|
|
"betrays",
|
|
"blabs",
|
|
"gives away",
|
|
"leaks",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"talks",
|
|
"communicates",
|
|
"imparts",
|
|
"relates",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"avows",
|
|
"concedes",
|
|
"confesses",
|
|
"owns",
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"rakes up",
|
|
"smokes out",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"camouflages",
|
|
"disguises",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"varnishes",
|
|
"whitewashes",
|
|
"beclouds",
|
|
"bedims",
|
|
"befogs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"eclipses",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"overcasts",
|
|
"overshadows",
|
|
"shades"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers (up)",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"masks",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"veils"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spices":{
|
|
"a sweet or pleasant smell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a cologne for men that captures all of the spice of the sea"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aromas",
|
|
"attars",
|
|
"ottos",
|
|
"balms",
|
|
"bouquets",
|
|
"fragrances",
|
|
"fragrancies",
|
|
"incenses",
|
|
"perfumes",
|
|
"redolences",
|
|
"scents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"essences",
|
|
"odors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"fetors",
|
|
"malodors",
|
|
"reeks",
|
|
"stenches",
|
|
"stinks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"Europe in Columbus's time imported rare and valuable spices from the Indies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavorings",
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"seasonings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sauces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spice the stew with more pepper"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flavors",
|
|
"laces",
|
|
"savors",
|
|
"savours",
|
|
"seasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"salts",
|
|
"aromatizes",
|
|
"perfumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsman":{
|
|
"as in sportswoman , huntress":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntress",
|
|
"sportswoman",
|
|
"hunter",
|
|
"huntsman",
|
|
"nimrod",
|
|
"archer",
|
|
"gunner",
|
|
"birder",
|
|
"falconer",
|
|
"fowler",
|
|
"hawker",
|
|
"hunter-gatherer",
|
|
"trapper",
|
|
"poacher"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirits (away or off)":{
|
|
"as in kidnaps , abducts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"enmeshes",
|
|
"immeshes",
|
|
"ensnares",
|
|
"entangles",
|
|
"entraps",
|
|
"meshes",
|
|
"rends",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"clasps",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"fastens (on)",
|
|
"fists",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"grips",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"latches (on or onto)",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"corners",
|
|
"apprehends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"gloves",
|
|
"halters",
|
|
"lassos",
|
|
"ropes",
|
|
"bags",
|
|
"captures",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"cops",
|
|
"corrals",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gloms",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grapples",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"nabs",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"nobbles",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snags",
|
|
"snaps (up)",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"unhands"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouters":{
|
|
"as in declaimers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimers",
|
|
"rhetoricians",
|
|
"spellbinders",
|
|
"spielers",
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"orators",
|
|
"speakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in geysers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geysers",
|
|
"spits",
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"spritzes",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"spews",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"spouts",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"squirts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spread (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"fan (out)",
|
|
"flare (out)",
|
|
"open",
|
|
"outspread",
|
|
"outstretch",
|
|
"stretch (out)",
|
|
"unfold",
|
|
"unfurl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspread"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compact",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"reduce"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"close",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"fold"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculation":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple lost all their money in real estate speculations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventure",
|
|
"chance",
|
|
"crapshoot",
|
|
"enterprise",
|
|
"flier",
|
|
"flyer",
|
|
"flutter",
|
|
"gamble",
|
|
"throw",
|
|
"venture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bet",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"stake",
|
|
"wager",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"dark horse",
|
|
"long shot",
|
|
"play"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure thing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring":{
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"gambado",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradle",
|
|
"font",
|
|
"fountain",
|
|
"fountainhead",
|
|
"origin",
|
|
"root",
|
|
"seedbed",
|
|
"source",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"wellspring"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencement",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"day one",
|
|
"genesis",
|
|
"get-go",
|
|
"git-go",
|
|
"inception",
|
|
"incipience",
|
|
"incipiency",
|
|
"kickoff",
|
|
"launch",
|
|
"morning",
|
|
"nascence",
|
|
"nascency",
|
|
"onset",
|
|
"outset",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"threshold",
|
|
"baseline",
|
|
"first base",
|
|
"ground zero",
|
|
"square one"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualize",
|
|
"appear",
|
|
"arise",
|
|
"begin",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"commence",
|
|
"dawn",
|
|
"engender",
|
|
"form",
|
|
"materialize",
|
|
"originate",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"start"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"be",
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"exist",
|
|
"live",
|
|
"subsist",
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come on",
|
|
"emerge",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"cohere",
|
|
"shape (up)",
|
|
"continue",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"last",
|
|
"persist",
|
|
"survive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conclude",
|
|
"desist",
|
|
"discontinue",
|
|
"finish",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"terminate",
|
|
"disappear",
|
|
"dissolve",
|
|
"evaporate",
|
|
"vanish",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"die",
|
|
"expire",
|
|
"pass away",
|
|
"perish"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cease",
|
|
"end",
|
|
"stop"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bound",
|
|
"hop",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"leap",
|
|
"vault"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"leapfrog",
|
|
"lope",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"buck",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"capriole",
|
|
"cavort",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"romp",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"pounce",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"skyrocket"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"disenthrall",
|
|
"disenthral",
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"enfranchise",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"loose",
|
|
"loosen",
|
|
"manumit",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"unbind",
|
|
"uncage",
|
|
"unchain",
|
|
"unfetter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bail (out)",
|
|
"deliver",
|
|
"parole",
|
|
"ransom",
|
|
"redeem",
|
|
"rescue",
|
|
"save",
|
|
"disembarrass",
|
|
"disencumber",
|
|
"disengage",
|
|
"disentangle",
|
|
"extricate",
|
|
"unshackle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuff",
|
|
"manacle",
|
|
"shackle",
|
|
"trammel",
|
|
"commit",
|
|
"immure",
|
|
"imprison",
|
|
"incarcerate",
|
|
"intern",
|
|
"jail",
|
|
"lock (up)",
|
|
"conquer",
|
|
"enslave",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"subjugate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"bind",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"enchain",
|
|
"fetter",
|
|
"restrain"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spendthrift":{
|
|
"given to spending money freely or foolishly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spendthrift consumers had amassed a mountain of debt on their credit cards"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extravagant",
|
|
"high-rolling",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"squandering",
|
|
"thriftless",
|
|
"unthrifty",
|
|
"wasteful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserving",
|
|
"economical",
|
|
"economizing",
|
|
"frugal",
|
|
"penny-pinching",
|
|
"scrimping",
|
|
"skimping",
|
|
"thrifty"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"someone who carelessly spends money":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spendthrift managed to blow all of his inheritance in a single year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fritterer",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"prodigal",
|
|
"profligate",
|
|
"spender",
|
|
"squanderer",
|
|
"waster",
|
|
"wastrel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dissipate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cheapskate",
|
|
"miser",
|
|
"niggard",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"scrooge",
|
|
"skinflint",
|
|
"tightwad",
|
|
"conserver",
|
|
"saver"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"economizer",
|
|
"penny-pincher"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spit":{
|
|
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"cape",
|
|
"foreland",
|
|
"headland",
|
|
"ness",
|
|
"peninsula",
|
|
"point",
|
|
"promontory"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakwater",
|
|
"jetty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spit and image of his father"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mirror image",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"spitting image",
|
|
"twin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Chinese copy",
|
|
"effigy",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"saliva",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"spittle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"expectoration",
|
|
"salivation",
|
|
"sputum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gore",
|
|
"harpoon",
|
|
"impale",
|
|
"jab",
|
|
"lance",
|
|
"peck",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"pierce",
|
|
"pink",
|
|
"puncture",
|
|
"run through",
|
|
"skewer",
|
|
"spear",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"stab",
|
|
"stick",
|
|
"transfix",
|
|
"transpierce"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle",
|
|
"perforate",
|
|
"riddle",
|
|
"bayonet",
|
|
"dirk",
|
|
"gimlet",
|
|
"pike",
|
|
"poniard",
|
|
"prong",
|
|
"quill",
|
|
"pinprick",
|
|
"poke",
|
|
"prick",
|
|
"punch",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knife",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specification(s)":{
|
|
"as in proposal , idea":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conception",
|
|
"idea",
|
|
"projet",
|
|
"proposal",
|
|
"specific(s)",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"tactic",
|
|
"technique",
|
|
"way",
|
|
"aim",
|
|
"intent",
|
|
"intention",
|
|
"purpose",
|
|
"counterplan",
|
|
"counterstrategy",
|
|
"diagram",
|
|
"formula",
|
|
"layout",
|
|
"map",
|
|
"pattern",
|
|
"platform",
|
|
"policy",
|
|
"recipe",
|
|
"setup",
|
|
"procedure",
|
|
"protocol",
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"blueprint",
|
|
"design",
|
|
"game",
|
|
"game plan",
|
|
"ground plan",
|
|
"master plan",
|
|
"plan",
|
|
"program",
|
|
"project",
|
|
"road map",
|
|
"scheme",
|
|
"strategy",
|
|
"system"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speckles":{
|
|
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat has a speckle of orange right at her whiskers"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"eyespots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"pips",
|
|
"points",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"birthmarks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"moles",
|
|
"blobs",
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smutches",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"polka dots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to mark with small spots especially unevenly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blotches",
|
|
"dapples",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"freckles",
|
|
"marbles",
|
|
"mottles",
|
|
"peppers",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splotches",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinkles",
|
|
"stipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blots",
|
|
"dyes",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"bars",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"stripes",
|
|
"intersperses",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"studs",
|
|
"bespatters",
|
|
"spatters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculations":{
|
|
"a risky undertaking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple lost all their money in real estate speculations"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"crapshoots",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"flutters",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"throws",
|
|
"ventures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"dark horses",
|
|
"long shots",
|
|
"plays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sure things"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoils":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booties",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"swags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"hauls",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"pilferages",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"darkens",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"poisons",
|
|
"stains",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrimes",
|
|
"besmears",
|
|
"besmirches",
|
|
"blackens",
|
|
"blurs",
|
|
"clouds",
|
|
"dirties",
|
|
"discolors",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"smears",
|
|
"smirches",
|
|
"smudges",
|
|
"smuts",
|
|
"soils",
|
|
"sullies",
|
|
"tars",
|
|
"tarres",
|
|
"abases",
|
|
"cheapens",
|
|
"debases",
|
|
"degrades",
|
|
"demeans",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"bastardizes",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"debauches",
|
|
"demoralizes",
|
|
"depraves",
|
|
"perverts",
|
|
"subverts",
|
|
"colors",
|
|
"distorts",
|
|
"twists"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"dignifies",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"ennobles",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"hallows",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"uplifts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"breaks down",
|
|
"corrupts",
|
|
"decays",
|
|
"decomposes",
|
|
"disintegrates",
|
|
"festers",
|
|
"fouls",
|
|
"molders",
|
|
"molds",
|
|
"perishes",
|
|
"putrefies",
|
|
"rots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sours",
|
|
"turns",
|
|
"turns off",
|
|
"contaminates",
|
|
"defiles",
|
|
"pollutes",
|
|
"taints",
|
|
"addles",
|
|
"curdles",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"mortifies",
|
|
"rusts",
|
|
"crumbles",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"degenerates",
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"dilapidates",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"withers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"grows",
|
|
"matures",
|
|
"ripens",
|
|
"refreshes",
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"cleanses",
|
|
"purifies",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"composes",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"bloodies",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"compromises",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"crosses (up)",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"defaces",
|
|
"disfigures",
|
|
"endamages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"vitiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorates",
|
|
"enervates",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"erodes",
|
|
"scours",
|
|
"washes out",
|
|
"wears (away)",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"tarnishes",
|
|
"dents",
|
|
"dings",
|
|
"dints",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"queers",
|
|
"lacerates",
|
|
"wounds",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"hamstrings",
|
|
"lames",
|
|
"maims",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"bangs up",
|
|
"bashes",
|
|
"batters",
|
|
"clobbers",
|
|
"crushes",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"decimates",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"desolates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"devastates",
|
|
"does in",
|
|
"pulverizes",
|
|
"razes",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scourges",
|
|
"shatters",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"tears down",
|
|
"totals",
|
|
"wastes",
|
|
"wipes out",
|
|
"wrecks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cures",
|
|
"heals",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"rehabilitates",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"edits",
|
|
"remodels",
|
|
"revises",
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"enriches",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"perfects",
|
|
"refines"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"mends",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"reconstructs",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"babies",
|
|
"cockers",
|
|
"coddles",
|
|
"cossets",
|
|
"dandles",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"mollycoddles",
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"pampers",
|
|
"wet-nurses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caters (to)",
|
|
"humors",
|
|
"contents",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"gladdens",
|
|
"gratifies",
|
|
"mothers",
|
|
"obliges",
|
|
"pleases",
|
|
"satisfies",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates",
|
|
"soothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"controls",
|
|
"disciplines",
|
|
"restrains",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"slights",
|
|
"molests",
|
|
"outrages",
|
|
"violates",
|
|
"harasses",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"oppresses",
|
|
"persecutes",
|
|
"torments",
|
|
"tortures",
|
|
"victimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuses",
|
|
"ill-treats",
|
|
"ill-uses",
|
|
"maltreats",
|
|
"manhandles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mistreats",
|
|
"misuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprinted":{
|
|
"to go at a pace faster than a walk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"cantered",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"sprang",
|
|
"sprung",
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"legged (it)",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sped",
|
|
"speeded",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pattered",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"stepped (along)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shambled",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"trudged",
|
|
"hobbled",
|
|
"limped"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spray":{
|
|
"to cover by or as if by scattering something over or on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprayed the lawn with pesticides"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bestrew",
|
|
"dot",
|
|
"pepper",
|
|
"scatter",
|
|
"sow",
|
|
"spot",
|
|
"sprinkle",
|
|
"strew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blanket",
|
|
"drizzle",
|
|
"dust",
|
|
"stud",
|
|
"dapple",
|
|
"fleck",
|
|
"speckle",
|
|
"stipple",
|
|
"bespatter",
|
|
"spatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in twig , sprig":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprig",
|
|
"twig",
|
|
"branchlet",
|
|
"offshoot",
|
|
"outgrowth",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"bough",
|
|
"branch",
|
|
"limb"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in mist , spindrift":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mist",
|
|
"spindrift",
|
|
"mousse",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"head",
|
|
"lather",
|
|
"spume",
|
|
"suds",
|
|
"surf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in spritz , spit":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spouter",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in arrangement , wreath":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arrangement",
|
|
"boutonniere",
|
|
"corsage",
|
|
"garland",
|
|
"lei",
|
|
"wreath",
|
|
"bouquet",
|
|
"nosegay",
|
|
"posy",
|
|
"bud",
|
|
"floret",
|
|
"floweret",
|
|
"flowerette",
|
|
"bloom",
|
|
"blossom",
|
|
"flower"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spa":{
|
|
"a building or room used for sports activities and exercising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a six-month membership in a health spa with the specific purpose of losing weight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gym",
|
|
"gymnasium",
|
|
"health club",
|
|
"health spa"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bowl",
|
|
"coliseum",
|
|
"colosseum",
|
|
"stadium"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spine":{
|
|
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hurt his spine in the accident, but the doctor says he'll be walking again in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbone",
|
|
"chine",
|
|
"spinal column",
|
|
"vertebral column"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"back",
|
|
"spinal cord",
|
|
"vertebra"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splint":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a splint off the board"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"spall",
|
|
"splinter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"disk",
|
|
"disc",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spicy":{
|
|
"hinting at or intended to call to mind matters regarded as indecent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spicy suggestion that earned him a slap in the face"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bawdy",
|
|
"blue",
|
|
"gamy",
|
|
"gamey",
|
|
"lewd",
|
|
"off",
|
|
"off-color",
|
|
"off-colored",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"ribald",
|
|
"risqu\u00e9",
|
|
"salty",
|
|
"suggestive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"leering",
|
|
"barnyard",
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"coarse-grained",
|
|
"crude",
|
|
"earthy",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"filthy",
|
|
"gutter",
|
|
"indecent",
|
|
"lascivious",
|
|
"locker-room",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"obscene",
|
|
"pornographic",
|
|
"porny",
|
|
"prurient",
|
|
"raunchy",
|
|
"smutty",
|
|
"stag",
|
|
"unprintable",
|
|
"unpublishable",
|
|
"warm",
|
|
"X-rated",
|
|
"immodest",
|
|
"indecorous",
|
|
"indelicate",
|
|
"naughty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"G-rated",
|
|
"nonobscene",
|
|
"innocuous",
|
|
"inoffensive",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"prim",
|
|
"prudish",
|
|
"puritanical",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"straitlaced",
|
|
"straightlaced",
|
|
"Victorian",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"nice",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"respectable",
|
|
"seemly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spit up":{
|
|
"to discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the baby finished nursing and promptly spit up"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barf",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"hurl",
|
|
"puke",
|
|
"retch",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"throw up",
|
|
"upchuck",
|
|
"vomit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"disgorge",
|
|
"regurgitate",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"nauseate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spin-offs":{
|
|
"something that naturally develops or is developed from something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spin-off of the popular television series"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"by-products",
|
|
"byproducts",
|
|
"derivates",
|
|
"derivations",
|
|
"derivatives",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descendants",
|
|
"descendents",
|
|
"aftermaths",
|
|
"consequences",
|
|
"corollaries",
|
|
"developments",
|
|
"fruits",
|
|
"growths",
|
|
"issues",
|
|
"outcomes",
|
|
"products",
|
|
"results",
|
|
"sequels",
|
|
"sequences",
|
|
"upshots",
|
|
"denouements",
|
|
"d\u00e9nouements",
|
|
"repercussions",
|
|
"aftereffects",
|
|
"side effects",
|
|
"side reactions",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"facsimiles",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"reproductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"prototypes",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"determinants",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"sources"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritedly":{
|
|
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the two spaniels ran spiritedly into the surf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airily",
|
|
"animatedly",
|
|
"animately",
|
|
"bouncily",
|
|
"buoyantly",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly",
|
|
"high-spiritedly",
|
|
"livelily",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"perkily",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"sparkily",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"trippingly",
|
|
"vivaciously"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"friskily",
|
|
"gamesomely",
|
|
"playfully",
|
|
"skittishly",
|
|
"sportively",
|
|
"briskly",
|
|
"crisply",
|
|
"effervescently",
|
|
"energetically",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"racily",
|
|
"springily",
|
|
"breezily",
|
|
"cockily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"jauntily",
|
|
"agilely",
|
|
"nimbly",
|
|
"spryly",
|
|
"allegro"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"halfheartedly",
|
|
"idly",
|
|
"indolently",
|
|
"lazily",
|
|
"lethargically",
|
|
"slothfully",
|
|
"heavily",
|
|
"inactively",
|
|
"listlessly",
|
|
"tiredly",
|
|
"wearily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"inanimately",
|
|
"sluggishly",
|
|
"tardily"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouses":{
|
|
"the person to whom another is married":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"employees and their spouses are covered by the health plan"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"better halves",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"mates",
|
|
"partners",
|
|
"significant others"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"soul mates",
|
|
"domestic partners",
|
|
"bridegrooms",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"hubbies",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"men",
|
|
"misters",
|
|
"old men",
|
|
"brides",
|
|
"helpmates",
|
|
"helpmeets",
|
|
"ladies",
|
|
"wives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"exes",
|
|
"singles",
|
|
"bachelors",
|
|
"bachelorettes",
|
|
"maidens",
|
|
"maids",
|
|
"spinsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprucing":{
|
|
"as in dolling up , cosmeticizing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cosmeticizing",
|
|
"dolling up",
|
|
"embellishing",
|
|
"souping up",
|
|
"tricking",
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"enriching",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"candying",
|
|
"dressing up",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"sweetening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spring wagons":{
|
|
"as in drays , jolt-wagons":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drays",
|
|
"jolt-wagons",
|
|
"oxcarts",
|
|
"wagonettes",
|
|
"carts",
|
|
"wagons",
|
|
"wains",
|
|
"barrows",
|
|
"hand trucks",
|
|
"pushcarts",
|
|
"trams",
|
|
"trucks",
|
|
"wheelbarrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spleen":{
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vented her spleen and felt much better for having done so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bill's failure to pass in the legislature was due to nothing more than partisan spleen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"mean-spiritedness",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculator":{
|
|
"as in bluffer , sharper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffer",
|
|
"sharper",
|
|
"dicer",
|
|
"bookmaker",
|
|
"handicapper",
|
|
"oddsmaker",
|
|
"tipster",
|
|
"high roller",
|
|
"piker",
|
|
"bettor",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"gambler",
|
|
"gamester",
|
|
"punter",
|
|
"wagerer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouts (off)":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"pipes up",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"sounds off",
|
|
"speaks out",
|
|
"speaks up",
|
|
"talks up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"sings (out)",
|
|
"thunders",
|
|
"vociferates",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"enounces",
|
|
"enunciates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belts up",
|
|
"clams up",
|
|
"dummies up",
|
|
"hushes",
|
|
"shuts up",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"quiets"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spence":{
|
|
"as in larder , buttery":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ambry",
|
|
"buttery",
|
|
"larder",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"pantry",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"cloakroom",
|
|
"coatroom",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"vestiary",
|
|
"wardrobe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparks":{
|
|
"to give off sparks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillates",
|
|
"sparkles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"shines",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"combusts",
|
|
"flames",
|
|
"flares (up)",
|
|
"glows",
|
|
"lights (up)",
|
|
"radiates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause to function":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"interesting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"cranks (up)",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"touches off",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"turns on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"kicks over",
|
|
"turns over",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"electrifies",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"generates",
|
|
"powers",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"switches",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"reactivates",
|
|
"recharges",
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"jump-starts",
|
|
"kick-starts",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"stirs up",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"catalyzes",
|
|
"speeds (up)",
|
|
"steps up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"jams",
|
|
"stalls",
|
|
"sticks",
|
|
"stops",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"represses",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cuts",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"turns off"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"President Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arouses",
|
|
"encourages",
|
|
"excites",
|
|
"fires (up)",
|
|
"impassions",
|
|
"incites",
|
|
"instigates",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"piques",
|
|
"provokes",
|
|
"revs (up)",
|
|
"stimulates",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"ignites",
|
|
"inflames",
|
|
"enflames",
|
|
"kindles",
|
|
"triggers",
|
|
"activates",
|
|
"animates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"energizes",
|
|
"galvanizes",
|
|
"induces",
|
|
"inspires",
|
|
"keys (up)",
|
|
"motivates",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"sets off",
|
|
"vitalizes",
|
|
"abets",
|
|
"ferments",
|
|
"foments",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"whips (up)",
|
|
"angers",
|
|
"enrages",
|
|
"maddens",
|
|
"upsets",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"teases",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"annoys",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"exasperates",
|
|
"galls",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"irritates",
|
|
"vexes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calms",
|
|
"soothes",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tranquilizes",
|
|
"tranquillizes",
|
|
"appeases",
|
|
"mollifies",
|
|
"pacifies",
|
|
"placates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small amount":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"not a spark of interest in the actress's memoirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aces",
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"crumbs",
|
|
"dabs",
|
|
"drams",
|
|
"driblets",
|
|
"glimmers",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"licks",
|
|
"little",
|
|
"mites",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"ounces",
|
|
"particles",
|
|
"peanuts",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"scintillas",
|
|
"scruples",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shadows",
|
|
"shreds",
|
|
"skoshes",
|
|
"smacks",
|
|
"smells",
|
|
"smidgens",
|
|
"smidgeons",
|
|
"smidgins",
|
|
"smidges",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"soup\u00e7ons",
|
|
"spatters",
|
|
"specks",
|
|
"splashes",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"sprinklings",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"suspicions",
|
|
"touches",
|
|
"traces"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"iotas",
|
|
"jots",
|
|
"minima",
|
|
"minimums",
|
|
"minims",
|
|
"modicums",
|
|
"semblances",
|
|
"syllables",
|
|
"tittles",
|
|
"vestiges",
|
|
"whits",
|
|
"atoms",
|
|
"dots",
|
|
"flecks",
|
|
"flyspecks",
|
|
"grains",
|
|
"granules",
|
|
"molecules",
|
|
"morsels",
|
|
"motes",
|
|
"nubbins",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"portions",
|
|
"sections",
|
|
"bites",
|
|
"nibbles",
|
|
"tastes",
|
|
"handfuls",
|
|
"handsful",
|
|
"scatterings",
|
|
"smatterings",
|
|
"smatters",
|
|
"doses",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"chips",
|
|
"flakes",
|
|
"fragments",
|
|
"shards",
|
|
"shivers",
|
|
"slivers",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"splinters",
|
|
"tatters",
|
|
"clippings",
|
|
"parings",
|
|
"shavings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abundances",
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"boatloads",
|
|
"buckets",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bushels",
|
|
"deals",
|
|
"fistfuls",
|
|
"gobs",
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lashings",
|
|
"lashins",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"masses",
|
|
"messes",
|
|
"mountains",
|
|
"much",
|
|
"oodles",
|
|
"passels",
|
|
"pecks",
|
|
"piles",
|
|
"plenties",
|
|
"potfuls",
|
|
"profusions",
|
|
"quantities",
|
|
"rafts",
|
|
"reams",
|
|
"scads",
|
|
"stacks",
|
|
"wads",
|
|
"wealths",
|
|
"volumes",
|
|
"bonanzas",
|
|
"embarrassments",
|
|
"excesses",
|
|
"overabundances",
|
|
"overages",
|
|
"overflows",
|
|
"overkills",
|
|
"overmuch",
|
|
"oversupplies",
|
|
"superabundances",
|
|
"superfluities",
|
|
"surfeits",
|
|
"surpluses",
|
|
"chunks",
|
|
"hunks",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"slabs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splendors":{
|
|
"something extraordinary or surprising":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some of the many splendors of the reign of Tutankhamen are on display in this new travelling exhibition"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cautions",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"marvels",
|
|
"miracles",
|
|
"phenomena",
|
|
"phenomenons",
|
|
"portents",
|
|
"prodigies",
|
|
"sensations",
|
|
"wonders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curiosities",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spectacles",
|
|
"beauties",
|
|
"corkers",
|
|
"crackerjacks",
|
|
"crackajacks",
|
|
"dandies",
|
|
"jim-dandies",
|
|
"knockouts",
|
|
"apparitions",
|
|
"appearances"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiritualistic":{
|
|
"as in mystical , psychic":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"mystic",
|
|
"mystical",
|
|
"occult",
|
|
"psychic",
|
|
"psychical",
|
|
"spiritistic",
|
|
"metaphysical",
|
|
"otherworldly",
|
|
"paranormal",
|
|
"preternatural",
|
|
"supernatural",
|
|
"transcendent",
|
|
"transcendental",
|
|
"unearthly",
|
|
"extrasensory",
|
|
"supersensible",
|
|
"supersensory",
|
|
"celestial",
|
|
"divine",
|
|
"ethereal",
|
|
"heavenly",
|
|
"numinous",
|
|
"spiritual",
|
|
"unworldly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"natural",
|
|
"earthly",
|
|
"mundane"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"springs":{
|
|
"an act of leaping into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the deer gave a sudden spring and disappeared into the woods"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"gambadoes",
|
|
"gambados",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"dives",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a point or place at which something is invented or provided":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the springs of this time-honored tradition run too deep to allow for easy explanation"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cradles",
|
|
"fonts",
|
|
"fountainheads",
|
|
"fountains",
|
|
"origins",
|
|
"roots",
|
|
"seedbeds",
|
|
"sources",
|
|
"wells",
|
|
"wellsprings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beginnings",
|
|
"commencements",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"day ones",
|
|
"geneses",
|
|
"get-goes",
|
|
"git-goes",
|
|
"inceptions",
|
|
"incipiences",
|
|
"incipiencies",
|
|
"kickoffs",
|
|
"launches",
|
|
"mornings",
|
|
"nascences",
|
|
"nascencies",
|
|
"onsets",
|
|
"outsets",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"thresholds",
|
|
"baselines",
|
|
"first bases",
|
|
"ground zeros",
|
|
"square ones"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualizes",
|
|
"appears",
|
|
"arises",
|
|
"begins",
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"commences",
|
|
"dawns",
|
|
"engenders",
|
|
"forms",
|
|
"materializes",
|
|
"originates",
|
|
"sets in",
|
|
"starts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathes",
|
|
"exists",
|
|
"is",
|
|
"lives",
|
|
"subsists",
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes on",
|
|
"emerges",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"coheres",
|
|
"shapes (up)",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"lasts",
|
|
"persists",
|
|
"survives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"desists",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"terminates",
|
|
"disappears",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"evaporates",
|
|
"vanishes",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"dies",
|
|
"expires",
|
|
"passes away",
|
|
"perishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounds",
|
|
"hops",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"leaps",
|
|
"vaults"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"leapfrogs",
|
|
"lopes",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"bucks",
|
|
"capers",
|
|
"caprioles",
|
|
"cavorts",
|
|
"frolics",
|
|
"gambols",
|
|
"romps",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"pounces",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"skyrockets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"disenthralls",
|
|
"disenthrals",
|
|
"emancipates",
|
|
"enfranchises",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"frees",
|
|
"liberates",
|
|
"loosens",
|
|
"looses",
|
|
"manumits",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"unbinds",
|
|
"uncages",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"unfetters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bails (out)",
|
|
"delivers",
|
|
"paroles",
|
|
"ransoms",
|
|
"redeems",
|
|
"rescues",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"disembarrasses",
|
|
"disencumbers",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"disentangles",
|
|
"extricates",
|
|
"unshackles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffs",
|
|
"manacles",
|
|
"shackles",
|
|
"trammels",
|
|
"commits",
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"imprisons",
|
|
"incarcerates",
|
|
"interns",
|
|
"jails",
|
|
"locks (up)",
|
|
"conquers",
|
|
"enslaves",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"subjugates"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binds",
|
|
"confines",
|
|
"enchains",
|
|
"fetters",
|
|
"restrains"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spats":{
|
|
"an often noisy or angry expression of differing opinions":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"like any couple, they have their spats"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercations",
|
|
"argle-bargles",
|
|
"arguments",
|
|
"argy-bargies",
|
|
"battles royal",
|
|
"battle royals",
|
|
"battles royale",
|
|
"battle royales",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"contretemps",
|
|
"controversies",
|
|
"cross fires",
|
|
"disagreements",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"donnybrooks",
|
|
"fallings-out",
|
|
"falling-outs",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"imbroglios",
|
|
"kickups",
|
|
"misunderstandings",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"rhubarbs",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"set-tos",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"run-ins",
|
|
"skirmishes",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"tussles",
|
|
"logomachies",
|
|
"feuds",
|
|
"vendettas",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"contentions",
|
|
"dissensions",
|
|
"dissentions",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"differences",
|
|
"disputations",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"objections",
|
|
"protestations",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"affrays",
|
|
"fisticuffs",
|
|
"fracases",
|
|
"fracas",
|
|
"frays",
|
|
"free-for-alls",
|
|
"melees",
|
|
"m\u00eal\u00e9es",
|
|
"catfights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express different opinions about something often angrily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we tend to spat over money more than anything else"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"altercates",
|
|
"argues",
|
|
"argufies",
|
|
"bickers",
|
|
"brabbles",
|
|
"brawls",
|
|
"controverts",
|
|
"disputes",
|
|
"falls out",
|
|
"fights",
|
|
"hassles",
|
|
"jars",
|
|
"quarrels",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"rows",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"squabbles",
|
|
"tiffs",
|
|
"wrangles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"challenges",
|
|
"dares",
|
|
"defies",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"contends",
|
|
"contests",
|
|
"tangles",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"nitpicks",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"debates",
|
|
"discusses",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"objects",
|
|
"protests"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"coexists",
|
|
"gets along",
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"agrees",
|
|
"assents",
|
|
"concurs",
|
|
"consents"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spines":{
|
|
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he hurt his spine in the accident, but the doctor says he'll be walking again in no time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backbones",
|
|
"chines",
|
|
"spinal columns",
|
|
"vertebral columns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backs",
|
|
"spinal cords",
|
|
"vertebrae",
|
|
"vertebras"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech":{
|
|
"a usually formal discourse delivered to an audience":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the guest of honor gave a short speech in appreciation of the award"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"address",
|
|
"declamation",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"oration",
|
|
"peroration",
|
|
"talk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diatribe",
|
|
"rant",
|
|
"tirade",
|
|
"eulogy",
|
|
"panegyric",
|
|
"tribute",
|
|
"keynote address",
|
|
"keynote speech",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"salutatory",
|
|
"homily",
|
|
"sermon",
|
|
"monologue",
|
|
"monolog",
|
|
"soliloquy",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"presentation",
|
|
"spiel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the stock of words, pronunciation, and grammar used by a people as their basic means of communication":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"wanting to develop a writing system for his people, Sequoya created a system of 86 symbols representing all the syllables of Cherokee speech"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"language",
|
|
"lingo",
|
|
"mother tongue",
|
|
"tongue",
|
|
"vocabulary"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"acrolect",
|
|
"argot",
|
|
"cant",
|
|
"colloquial",
|
|
"dialect",
|
|
"idiolect",
|
|
"idiom",
|
|
"jargon",
|
|
"parlance",
|
|
"patois",
|
|
"patter",
|
|
"pidgin",
|
|
"slang",
|
|
"slanguage",
|
|
"vernacular",
|
|
"colloquialism",
|
|
"localism",
|
|
"provincialism",
|
|
"regionalism",
|
|
"shibboleth",
|
|
"vernacularism",
|
|
"terminology",
|
|
"coinage",
|
|
"modernism",
|
|
"neologism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spielers":{
|
|
"as in speakers , orators":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"orators",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"rhetoricians",
|
|
"spellbinders",
|
|
"declaimers",
|
|
"spouters"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsmen":{
|
|
"as in sportswomen , huntresses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"huntresses",
|
|
"sportswomen",
|
|
"hunters",
|
|
"huntsmen",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"archers",
|
|
"gunners",
|
|
"birders",
|
|
"falconers",
|
|
"fowlers",
|
|
"hawkers",
|
|
"hunter-gatherers",
|
|
"trappers",
|
|
"poachers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoil":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bandits escaped with their lives but not with the spoils"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booty",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"swag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"too much coddling will spoil the child"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"darken",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"poison",
|
|
"stain",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"touch",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"begrime",
|
|
"besmear",
|
|
"besmirch",
|
|
"blacken",
|
|
"blur",
|
|
"cloud",
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"discolor",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"smear",
|
|
"smirch",
|
|
"smudge",
|
|
"smut",
|
|
"soil",
|
|
"sully",
|
|
"tar",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"cheapen",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"degrade",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"discredit",
|
|
"disgrace",
|
|
"dishonor",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"shame",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"bastardize",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"debauch",
|
|
"demoralize",
|
|
"deprave",
|
|
"pervert",
|
|
"subvert",
|
|
"color",
|
|
"distort",
|
|
"twist"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"dignify",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"ennoble",
|
|
"enshrine",
|
|
"glorify",
|
|
"hallow",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"uplift"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to go through decomposition":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the meat has spoiled"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break down",
|
|
"corrupt",
|
|
"decay",
|
|
"decompose",
|
|
"disintegrate",
|
|
"fester",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"mold",
|
|
"molder",
|
|
"perish",
|
|
"putrefy",
|
|
"rot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"turn",
|
|
"turn off",
|
|
"contaminate",
|
|
"defile",
|
|
"pollute",
|
|
"taint",
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"curdle",
|
|
"ferment",
|
|
"mortify",
|
|
"rust",
|
|
"crumble",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"degenerate",
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"dilapidate",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"wither"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"grow",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"ripen",
|
|
"refresh",
|
|
"renew",
|
|
"restore",
|
|
"cleanse",
|
|
"purify",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"compose",
|
|
"integrate",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to reduce the soundness, effectiveness, or perfection of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"know when to stop, for an unnecessary brushstroke can spoil a painted portrait"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"bloody",
|
|
"break",
|
|
"compromise",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"cripple",
|
|
"cross (up)",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"deface",
|
|
"disfigure",
|
|
"endamage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"vitiate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deteriorate",
|
|
"enervate",
|
|
"enfeeble",
|
|
"undermine",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"erode",
|
|
"scour",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"wear (away)",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"tarnish",
|
|
"dent",
|
|
"ding",
|
|
"dint",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"lacerate",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"disable",
|
|
"hamstring",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"maim",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"bang up",
|
|
"bash",
|
|
"batter",
|
|
"clobber",
|
|
"crush",
|
|
"dash",
|
|
"decimate",
|
|
"demolish",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"devastate",
|
|
"do in",
|
|
"pulverize",
|
|
"raze",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"shatter",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"tear down",
|
|
"total",
|
|
"waste",
|
|
"wipe out",
|
|
"wreck"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cure",
|
|
"heal",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"rehabilitate",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"edit",
|
|
"remodel",
|
|
"revise",
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"enrich",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"perfect",
|
|
"refine"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"mend",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"rebuild",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"reconstruct",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to treat with great or excessive care":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when they were newlyweds, the wife tended to spoil her husband, but she soon got over that"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baby",
|
|
"cocker",
|
|
"coddle",
|
|
"cosset",
|
|
"dandle",
|
|
"indulge",
|
|
"mollycoddle",
|
|
"nurse",
|
|
"pamper",
|
|
"wet-nurse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cater (to)",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"content",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"gladden",
|
|
"gratify",
|
|
"mother",
|
|
"oblige",
|
|
"please",
|
|
"satisfy",
|
|
"appease",
|
|
"mollify",
|
|
"pacify",
|
|
"placate",
|
|
"soothe"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"control",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"restrain",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"neglect",
|
|
"overlook",
|
|
"slight",
|
|
"molest",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"violate",
|
|
"harass",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"oppress",
|
|
"persecute",
|
|
"torment",
|
|
"torture",
|
|
"victimize"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"ill-treat",
|
|
"ill-use",
|
|
"maltreat",
|
|
"manhandle",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mistreat",
|
|
"misuse"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinners":{
|
|
"as in plugs , scents":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"scents",
|
|
"stool pigeons",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"appeals",
|
|
"attractions",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"draws",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"pulls",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"seducements",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"entanglements",
|
|
"entrapments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repellents",
|
|
"repellants"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechifying":{
|
|
"as in speaking , talking":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"speaking",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"preaching",
|
|
"sermonizing",
|
|
"bloviating",
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"ranting",
|
|
"raving",
|
|
"declaiming",
|
|
"discoursing",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"mouthing (off)",
|
|
"orating",
|
|
"perorating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlessness":{
|
|
"as in cleanliness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cleanliness",
|
|
"purity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackness",
|
|
"dinge",
|
|
"dinginess",
|
|
"dirtiness",
|
|
"dustiness",
|
|
"filthiness",
|
|
"foulness",
|
|
"griminess",
|
|
"grubbiness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"smuttiness",
|
|
"soilage",
|
|
"sordidness",
|
|
"squalidness",
|
|
"uncleanliness",
|
|
"uncleanness",
|
|
"discoloration",
|
|
"staining",
|
|
"impureness",
|
|
"impurity"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spitting image":{
|
|
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the help of either movie magic or makeup, the actress appeared to be the spitting image of the queen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alter ego",
|
|
"carbon",
|
|
"carbon copy",
|
|
"clone",
|
|
"counterpart",
|
|
"doppelg\u00e4nger",
|
|
"doppelganger",
|
|
"double",
|
|
"duplicate",
|
|
"duplication",
|
|
"facsimile",
|
|
"fetch",
|
|
"image",
|
|
"likeness",
|
|
"look-alike",
|
|
"match",
|
|
"mirror image",
|
|
"picture",
|
|
"replica",
|
|
"ringer",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"twin"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Chinese copy",
|
|
"effigy",
|
|
"portrait",
|
|
"portrayal",
|
|
"companion",
|
|
"fellow",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"equal",
|
|
"equivalent",
|
|
"analogue",
|
|
"analog",
|
|
"parallel"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"antithesis",
|
|
"converse",
|
|
"opposite",
|
|
"reverse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneously":{
|
|
"as in naturally , instinctively":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"instinctively",
|
|
"intuitively",
|
|
"naturally",
|
|
"ably",
|
|
"adeptly",
|
|
"adroitly",
|
|
"competently",
|
|
"deftly",
|
|
"dexterously",
|
|
"efficiently",
|
|
"expertly",
|
|
"masterfully",
|
|
"proficiently",
|
|
"skillfully",
|
|
"easily",
|
|
"easy",
|
|
"effortlessly",
|
|
"facilely",
|
|
"fluently",
|
|
"freely",
|
|
"handily",
|
|
"hands down",
|
|
"lightly",
|
|
"painlessly",
|
|
"readily",
|
|
"smoothly",
|
|
"well"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arduously",
|
|
"hardly",
|
|
"laboriously",
|
|
"strenuously",
|
|
"awkwardly",
|
|
"clumsily",
|
|
"gracelessly",
|
|
"ham-handedly",
|
|
"ineptly",
|
|
"maladroitly",
|
|
"unskillfully",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"painfully",
|
|
"painstakingly",
|
|
"thoroughly",
|
|
"assiduously",
|
|
"diligently",
|
|
"indefatigably",
|
|
"industriously",
|
|
"intensely",
|
|
"intently",
|
|
"mightily",
|
|
"sedulously",
|
|
"tirelessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in impromptu":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"impromptu",
|
|
"automatically",
|
|
"glancingly",
|
|
"haphazardly",
|
|
"abruptly",
|
|
"suddenly",
|
|
"headfirst",
|
|
"headily",
|
|
"hotheadedly",
|
|
"impatiently",
|
|
"impetuously",
|
|
"impulsively",
|
|
"recklessly",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"offhand",
|
|
"offhandedly",
|
|
"cursorily",
|
|
"hastily",
|
|
"headlong",
|
|
"hotfoot",
|
|
"hurriedly",
|
|
"pell-mell",
|
|
"precipitately",
|
|
"precipitously",
|
|
"rashly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deliberately",
|
|
"studiedly",
|
|
"calculatingly",
|
|
"circumspectly",
|
|
"designedly",
|
|
"falteringly",
|
|
"haltingly",
|
|
"hesitantly",
|
|
"hesitatingly",
|
|
"tentatively",
|
|
"leisurely",
|
|
"slowly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splendiferousness":{
|
|
"impressiveness of beauty on a large scale":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the jaw-dropping splendiferousness of the cathedral has attracted pilgrims since the 13th century"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"augustness",
|
|
"brilliance",
|
|
"gloriousness",
|
|
"glory",
|
|
"gorgeousness",
|
|
"grandeur",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"magnificence",
|
|
"majesty",
|
|
"nobility",
|
|
"nobleness",
|
|
"resplendence",
|
|
"resplendency",
|
|
"splendidness",
|
|
"splendor",
|
|
"stateliness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"sublimeness",
|
|
"superbness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"awesomeness",
|
|
"formidability",
|
|
"marvelousness",
|
|
"wonderfulness",
|
|
"wondrousness",
|
|
"dignity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"lavishness",
|
|
"luxuriance",
|
|
"luxuriousness",
|
|
"luxury",
|
|
"opulence",
|
|
"princeliness",
|
|
"richness",
|
|
"sumptuousness",
|
|
"grandiosity",
|
|
"ostentation",
|
|
"pretentiousness",
|
|
"elaborateness",
|
|
"flashiness",
|
|
"gaudiness",
|
|
"ornateness",
|
|
"poshness",
|
|
"ritziness",
|
|
"showiness",
|
|
"swankiness",
|
|
"extraordinariness",
|
|
"remarkableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spacey":{
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"feeling a little spacey in the moments following the freak accident"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spaced-out",
|
|
"spaced",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
|
"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spontaneousness":{
|
|
"carefree freedom from constraint":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her friends loved her for her natural spontaneousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abandonment",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"naturalness",
|
|
"spontaneity",
|
|
"unconstraint",
|
|
"uninhibitedness",
|
|
"unrestraint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"enthusiasm",
|
|
"exuberance",
|
|
"fervor",
|
|
"spirit",
|
|
"warmth",
|
|
"zeal",
|
|
"zealotry",
|
|
"zealousness",
|
|
"carelessness",
|
|
"heedlessness",
|
|
"impulsiveness",
|
|
"impulsivity",
|
|
"indiscretion",
|
|
"insouciance",
|
|
"recklessness",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"unself-consciousness",
|
|
"casualness",
|
|
"offhandedness",
|
|
"excess",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"incontinence",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"intemperance",
|
|
"licentiousness",
|
|
"permissiveness",
|
|
"wantonness",
|
|
"wildness",
|
|
"blank check",
|
|
"carte blanche",
|
|
"free hand"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"embarrassment",
|
|
"reserve",
|
|
"reticence",
|
|
"self-consciousness",
|
|
"uneasiness",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"self-restraint",
|
|
"suppression",
|
|
"carefulness",
|
|
"discreetness",
|
|
"discretion",
|
|
"heedfulness",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"self-command",
|
|
"self-control",
|
|
"self-denial",
|
|
"self-discipline",
|
|
"self-mastery",
|
|
"willpower"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spellbind":{
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrest",
|
|
"bedazzle",
|
|
"catch up",
|
|
"enchant",
|
|
"enthrall",
|
|
"enthral",
|
|
"fascinate",
|
|
"grip",
|
|
"hypnotize",
|
|
"mesmerize"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapture",
|
|
"entrance",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"beguile",
|
|
"bewitch",
|
|
"charm",
|
|
"absorb",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"involve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spells":{
|
|
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the witch cast a spell that turned the prince into a toad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abracadabras",
|
|
"bewitchments",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"conjurations",
|
|
"enchantments",
|
|
"glamours",
|
|
"glamors",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"incantations",
|
|
"invocations",
|
|
"whammies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cantrips",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bewitcheries",
|
|
"magics",
|
|
"mojoes",
|
|
"mojos",
|
|
"necromancies",
|
|
"sorceries",
|
|
"voodooisms",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"witchcrafts",
|
|
"witcheries",
|
|
"wizardries",
|
|
"amulets",
|
|
"fetishes",
|
|
"fetiches",
|
|
"phylacteries",
|
|
"talismans"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden experiencing of a physical or mental disorder":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a dizzy spell that caused me to fall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accesses",
|
|
"attacks",
|
|
"bouts",
|
|
"cases",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"seizures",
|
|
"sieges",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"recurrences",
|
|
"relapses",
|
|
"brainstorms",
|
|
"convulsions",
|
|
"eclampsias",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"spasms",
|
|
"throes",
|
|
"agitations",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"breakdowns",
|
|
"collapses",
|
|
"prostrations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"remissions"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an indefinite but usually short period of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"come rest a spell"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bits",
|
|
"space",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"whiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"seasons",
|
|
"spans",
|
|
"days",
|
|
"epochs",
|
|
"eras",
|
|
"beats",
|
|
"eyeblinks",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"heartbeats",
|
|
"instants",
|
|
"jiffies",
|
|
"jiffs",
|
|
"minutes",
|
|
"moments",
|
|
"nanoseconds",
|
|
"New York minutes",
|
|
"seconds",
|
|
"shakes",
|
|
"split seconds",
|
|
"spurts",
|
|
"trices",
|
|
"twinkles",
|
|
"twinklings",
|
|
"winks",
|
|
"aeons",
|
|
"eons",
|
|
"ages",
|
|
"eternities",
|
|
"infinities",
|
|
"perpetuities",
|
|
"interims",
|
|
"interludes",
|
|
"intermissions",
|
|
"intervals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cast a spell on":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitches",
|
|
"charms",
|
|
"enchants",
|
|
"ensorcells",
|
|
"ensorcels",
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"overlooks",
|
|
"strikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"possesses",
|
|
"voodoos",
|
|
"attracts",
|
|
"beguiles",
|
|
"captivates",
|
|
"fascinates",
|
|
"mesmerizes",
|
|
"spellbinds",
|
|
"entices",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seduces",
|
|
"tempts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to communicate or convey (as an idea) to the mind":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that summertime combination of hot temperatures and equally hot tempers can spell trouble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"denotes",
|
|
"expresses",
|
|
"imports",
|
|
"intends",
|
|
"means",
|
|
"signifies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"connotes",
|
|
"implies",
|
|
"suggests",
|
|
"adds up (to)",
|
|
"amounts (to)",
|
|
"hints",
|
|
"infers",
|
|
"insinuates",
|
|
"intimates",
|
|
"embodies",
|
|
"epitomizes",
|
|
"personifies",
|
|
"represents",
|
|
"symbolizes",
|
|
"symbols",
|
|
"adverts",
|
|
"alludes (to)",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"instances",
|
|
"mentions",
|
|
"refers (to)",
|
|
"specifies",
|
|
"touches (on or upon)",
|
|
"designates",
|
|
"indicates",
|
|
"points (to)",
|
|
"signals",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"declares",
|
|
"proclaims",
|
|
"elucidates",
|
|
"explains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparely":{
|
|
"as in insufficiently , shabbily":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inferiorly",
|
|
"insufficiently",
|
|
"meagerly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"niggardly",
|
|
"scantily",
|
|
"scantly",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"skimpily",
|
|
"stingily",
|
|
"abominably",
|
|
"odiously",
|
|
"vilely",
|
|
"miserably",
|
|
"shoddily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"trashily",
|
|
"unspeakably",
|
|
"egregiously",
|
|
"flagrantly",
|
|
"grossly",
|
|
"naughtily",
|
|
"inappropriately",
|
|
"incorrectly",
|
|
"indecently",
|
|
"reprehensibly",
|
|
"unsuitably",
|
|
"vulgarly",
|
|
"intolerably",
|
|
"unbearably",
|
|
"abysmally",
|
|
"atrociously",
|
|
"awfully",
|
|
"damnably",
|
|
"deplorably",
|
|
"detestably",
|
|
"disastrously",
|
|
"dreadfully",
|
|
"execrably",
|
|
"horrendously",
|
|
"horribly",
|
|
"horrifically",
|
|
"rottenly",
|
|
"terribly",
|
|
"bad",
|
|
"badly",
|
|
"deficiently",
|
|
"inadequately",
|
|
"lousily",
|
|
"poorly",
|
|
"unacceptably",
|
|
"unsatisfactorily",
|
|
"wretchedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acceptably",
|
|
"adequately",
|
|
"all right",
|
|
"fine",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"OK",
|
|
"okay",
|
|
"palatably",
|
|
"passably",
|
|
"satisfactorily",
|
|
"so-so",
|
|
"tolerably",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"appropriately",
|
|
"congruously",
|
|
"correctly",
|
|
"decently",
|
|
"decorously",
|
|
"felicitously",
|
|
"fittingly",
|
|
"meetly",
|
|
"rightly",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"suitably",
|
|
"exactly",
|
|
"faithfully",
|
|
"ideally",
|
|
"precisely",
|
|
"respectably",
|
|
"gratifyingly",
|
|
"satisfyingly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportful":{
|
|
"given to good-natured joking or teasing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sportful brother who loved teasing his little sister"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"coltish",
|
|
"elfish",
|
|
"fay",
|
|
"frisky",
|
|
"frolicsome",
|
|
"larky",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"sportive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coy",
|
|
"kittenish",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"happy",
|
|
"lighthearted",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"energetic",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"spunky",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"devilish",
|
|
"impish",
|
|
"knavish",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"pixie",
|
|
"pixy",
|
|
"rascally",
|
|
"roguish",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"enjoyable",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"pleasurable",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"goofy",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"trifling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"teasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dutiful",
|
|
"responsible",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"grim",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"stolid",
|
|
"no-nonsense",
|
|
"priggish",
|
|
"starchy",
|
|
"stuffy",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"formal",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"sedate",
|
|
"staid",
|
|
"guarded",
|
|
"inhibited",
|
|
"restrained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"sobersided"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splicing":{
|
|
"as in hooking , compounding":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chaining",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"hitching",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"allying",
|
|
"confederating",
|
|
"leaguing",
|
|
"assembling",
|
|
"clustering",
|
|
"congregating",
|
|
"constellating",
|
|
"convening",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"meeting",
|
|
"mating",
|
|
"yoking",
|
|
"recombining",
|
|
"reconnecting",
|
|
"rejoining",
|
|
"reunifying",
|
|
"reuniting",
|
|
"associating",
|
|
"coalescing",
|
|
"combining",
|
|
"conjoining",
|
|
"conjugating",
|
|
"connecting",
|
|
"coupling",
|
|
"fusing",
|
|
"interfusing",
|
|
"joining",
|
|
"linking (up)",
|
|
"marrying",
|
|
"unifying",
|
|
"uniting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"dissevering",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"sectioning",
|
|
"separating",
|
|
"severing",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"sundering",
|
|
"unlinking",
|
|
"detaching",
|
|
"disaffiliating",
|
|
"disconnecting",
|
|
"disjoining",
|
|
"disjointing",
|
|
"dissociating",
|
|
"disuniting",
|
|
"dividing",
|
|
"divorcing",
|
|
"fractionating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"resolving",
|
|
"uncoupling",
|
|
"unyoking",
|
|
"disbanding",
|
|
"dispersing",
|
|
"scattering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spying":{
|
|
"the secret gathering of information on others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"traditionally, anyone caught engaging in spying during wartime was shot or hanged"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"espionage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"counterespionage",
|
|
"counterintelligence",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"cloak-and-dagger",
|
|
"tradecraft",
|
|
"observation",
|
|
"reconnaissance",
|
|
"surveillance",
|
|
"bugging",
|
|
"eavesdropping",
|
|
"wiretapping",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"lowdown"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beholding",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"descrying",
|
|
"discerning",
|
|
"distinguishing",
|
|
"espying",
|
|
"eyeing",
|
|
"eying",
|
|
"looking (at)",
|
|
"noticing",
|
|
"noting",
|
|
"observing",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"regarding",
|
|
"remarking",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"sighting",
|
|
"spotting",
|
|
"viewing",
|
|
"witnessing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"picking out",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"attending (to)",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"heeding",
|
|
"marking",
|
|
"minding",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"watching",
|
|
"examining",
|
|
"inspecting",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"scrutinizing",
|
|
"surveying",
|
|
"glancing (at)",
|
|
"glimpsing",
|
|
"peering (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overpassing",
|
|
"passing over",
|
|
"missing",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spymaster":{
|
|
"as in superspy":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"superspy",
|
|
"infiltrator",
|
|
"informer",
|
|
"stool pigeon",
|
|
"counterspy",
|
|
"double agent",
|
|
"sleeper",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"intelligencer",
|
|
"mole",
|
|
"operative",
|
|
"spook",
|
|
"spy",
|
|
"undercover"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokeswoman":{
|
|
"as in spokesmodel":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodel",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mouthpiece",
|
|
"point man",
|
|
"point person",
|
|
"prophet",
|
|
"speaker",
|
|
"spokesman",
|
|
"spokesperson",
|
|
"front",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"shill",
|
|
"communicator",
|
|
"sayer",
|
|
"talker",
|
|
"agent",
|
|
"ambassador",
|
|
"delegate",
|
|
"emissary",
|
|
"envoy",
|
|
"representative"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spitted":{
|
|
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"gored",
|
|
"harpooned",
|
|
"impaled",
|
|
"jabbed",
|
|
"lanced",
|
|
"pecked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"pierced",
|
|
"pinked",
|
|
"punctured",
|
|
"ran through",
|
|
"skewered",
|
|
"speared",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"stabbed",
|
|
"stuck",
|
|
"transfixed",
|
|
"transpierced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindled",
|
|
"perforated",
|
|
"riddled",
|
|
"bayoneted",
|
|
"bayonetted",
|
|
"dirked",
|
|
"gimleted",
|
|
"piked",
|
|
"poniarded",
|
|
"pronged",
|
|
"quilled",
|
|
"pinpricked",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"pricked",
|
|
"punched",
|
|
"thrust",
|
|
"cut",
|
|
"knifed",
|
|
"sliced"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeded":{
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barreled",
|
|
"barrelled",
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blazed",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bolted",
|
|
"bombed",
|
|
"bowled",
|
|
"breezed",
|
|
"bundled",
|
|
"bustled",
|
|
"buzzed",
|
|
"cannonballed",
|
|
"careened",
|
|
"careered",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"coursed",
|
|
"cracked (on)",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"drove",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"hared",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"hied",
|
|
"highballed",
|
|
"hotfooted (it)",
|
|
"humped",
|
|
"hurled",
|
|
"hurried",
|
|
"hurtled",
|
|
"hustled",
|
|
"jetted",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"motored",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pelted",
|
|
"raced",
|
|
"rammed",
|
|
"ran",
|
|
"run",
|
|
"ripped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"rushed",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"scooted",
|
|
"scurried",
|
|
"scuttled",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"stepped",
|
|
"tore",
|
|
"traveled",
|
|
"travelled",
|
|
"trotted",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"whisked",
|
|
"zipped",
|
|
"zoomed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetled",
|
|
"darted",
|
|
"flitted",
|
|
"scampered",
|
|
"scudded",
|
|
"scuffled",
|
|
"stampeded",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"whizzed",
|
|
"galloped",
|
|
"jogged",
|
|
"sprinted",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"caught up",
|
|
"fast-forwarded",
|
|
"outpaced",
|
|
"outran",
|
|
"outstripped",
|
|
"overtook",
|
|
"arrowed",
|
|
"beelined"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallied",
|
|
"dawdled",
|
|
"dillydallied",
|
|
"dragged",
|
|
"hung (around or out)",
|
|
"hanged (around or out)",
|
|
"lagged",
|
|
"lingered",
|
|
"loitered",
|
|
"poked",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"ambled",
|
|
"lumbered",
|
|
"plodded",
|
|
"sauntered",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"strolled",
|
|
"decelerated",
|
|
"slowed (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawled",
|
|
"crept",
|
|
"poked"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spree":{
|
|
"a time or instance of carefree fun":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"went on a spending spree"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"fling",
|
|
"frisk",
|
|
"frolic",
|
|
"gambol",
|
|
"idyll",
|
|
"idyl",
|
|
"lark",
|
|
"ploy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"rollick",
|
|
"romp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"escapade",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"brannigan",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"splore",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"shenanigan(s)",
|
|
"field day",
|
|
"festivity",
|
|
"merriment",
|
|
"merrymaking",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"self-indulgence",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"recreation"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a bout of prolonged or excessive drinking":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"after a lifetime of self-destructive sprees , the poet Dylan Thomas died at last of an alcoholic overdose"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bender",
|
|
"binge",
|
|
"bust",
|
|
"carousal",
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"jamboree",
|
|
"toot",
|
|
"wassail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowout",
|
|
"kegger",
|
|
"keg party",
|
|
"bacchanalia",
|
|
"orgy",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"revelry",
|
|
"bibbery",
|
|
"bibulousness",
|
|
"drunkenness",
|
|
"inebriation",
|
|
"inebriety",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jag",
|
|
"tipsiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking (about)":{
|
|
"as in talking (about) , reviewing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"talking (about)",
|
|
"agitating",
|
|
"arguing",
|
|
"bandying",
|
|
"batting (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassing",
|
|
"canvasing",
|
|
"debating",
|
|
"discussing",
|
|
"disputing",
|
|
"hashing (over or out)",
|
|
"mooting",
|
|
"talking over",
|
|
"broaching",
|
|
"introducing",
|
|
"propounding",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stirring up",
|
|
"forging",
|
|
"hammering out",
|
|
"talking out",
|
|
"thrashing (out)",
|
|
"wrestling (with)",
|
|
"chewing over",
|
|
"considering",
|
|
"deliberating",
|
|
"weighing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speediness":{
|
|
"a high rate of movement or performance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speediness with which she types is simply amazing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"celerity",
|
|
"fastness",
|
|
"fleetness",
|
|
"haste",
|
|
"hurry",
|
|
"quickness",
|
|
"rapidity",
|
|
"rapidness",
|
|
"speed",
|
|
"swiftness",
|
|
"velocity"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clip",
|
|
"gait",
|
|
"pace",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"tempo",
|
|
"drive",
|
|
"hustle",
|
|
"acceleration",
|
|
"hastiness",
|
|
"precipitation",
|
|
"precipitousness",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"alacrity",
|
|
"dispatch",
|
|
"expedition",
|
|
"expeditiousness",
|
|
"promptitude",
|
|
"promptness",
|
|
"warp speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"languidness",
|
|
"languor",
|
|
"leisureliness",
|
|
"lethargy",
|
|
"torpidity",
|
|
"torpor",
|
|
"reluctance",
|
|
"deliberateness",
|
|
"deliberation",
|
|
"dilatoriness",
|
|
"lateness",
|
|
"pokiness",
|
|
"procrastination"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"slowness",
|
|
"sluggishness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speeds":{
|
|
"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"darlings",
|
|
"faves",
|
|
"favs",
|
|
"favorites",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"pets",
|
|
"preferences"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beloveds",
|
|
"dears",
|
|
"sweethearts",
|
|
"jewels",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abominations",
|
|
"anathemas",
|
|
"b\u00eates noires",
|
|
"bugbears"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to proceed or move quickly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"barrels",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bolts",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bowls",
|
|
"breezes",
|
|
"bundles",
|
|
"bustles",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"cannonballs",
|
|
"careens",
|
|
"careers",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"courses",
|
|
"cracks (on)",
|
|
"dashes",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"hares",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"hies",
|
|
"highballs",
|
|
"hotfoots (it)",
|
|
"humps",
|
|
"hurls",
|
|
"hurries",
|
|
"hurtles",
|
|
"hustles",
|
|
"jets",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"motors",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pelts",
|
|
"races",
|
|
"rams",
|
|
"rips",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"runs",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"scoots",
|
|
"scurries",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"steps",
|
|
"tears",
|
|
"travels",
|
|
"trots",
|
|
"whirls",
|
|
"whisks",
|
|
"zips",
|
|
"zooms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beetles",
|
|
"darts",
|
|
"flits",
|
|
"scampers",
|
|
"scuds",
|
|
"scuffles",
|
|
"stampedes",
|
|
"streaks",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"gallops",
|
|
"jogs",
|
|
"sprints",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"catches up",
|
|
"fast-forwards",
|
|
"outpaces",
|
|
"outruns",
|
|
"outstrips",
|
|
"overtakes",
|
|
"arrows",
|
|
"beelines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dallies",
|
|
"dawdles",
|
|
"dillydallies",
|
|
"drags",
|
|
"hangs (around or out)",
|
|
"lags",
|
|
"lingers",
|
|
"loiters",
|
|
"pokes",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"ambles",
|
|
"lumbers",
|
|
"plods",
|
|
"saunters",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"strolls",
|
|
"decelerates",
|
|
"slows (down or up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crawls",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"pokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking (for)":{
|
|
"to make a request for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she has already spoken for the position, so it should go to her"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"asking (for)",
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"calling (for)",
|
|
"desiring",
|
|
"pleading (for)",
|
|
"questing",
|
|
"requesting",
|
|
"seeking",
|
|
"soliciting",
|
|
"suing (for)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"applying (for)",
|
|
"begging (for)",
|
|
"claiming",
|
|
"clamoring (for)",
|
|
"importuning",
|
|
"urging",
|
|
"wishing (for)",
|
|
"demanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"exacting",
|
|
"insisting (on)",
|
|
"petitioning (for)",
|
|
"pressing (for)",
|
|
"requiring",
|
|
"requisitioning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"invoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouter":{
|
|
"as in declaimer":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"declaimer",
|
|
"rhetorician",
|
|
"spellbinder",
|
|
"spieler",
|
|
"lecturer",
|
|
"orator",
|
|
"speaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in geyser":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"geyser",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"spray",
|
|
"spritz",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"burst",
|
|
"flush",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"spew",
|
|
"jet",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"spurt",
|
|
"squirt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splattering":{
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the house painters accidentally splattered my car with paint"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespattering",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenching",
|
|
"drowning",
|
|
"impregnating",
|
|
"saturating",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"sopping",
|
|
"sousing",
|
|
"steeping",
|
|
"bathing",
|
|
"dousing",
|
|
"dowsing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"watering",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"slushing",
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"squirting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportsmanlike":{
|
|
"following or according to the rules":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"admired by the fans for his sportsmanlike conduct on the ice"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"fair",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"sportsmanly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"just",
|
|
"law-abiding",
|
|
"ethical",
|
|
"moral",
|
|
"principled",
|
|
"scrupulous",
|
|
"honorable",
|
|
"irreproachable",
|
|
"unimpeachable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"immoral",
|
|
"unethical",
|
|
"unprincipled",
|
|
"unrighteous",
|
|
"unscrupulous",
|
|
"vicious",
|
|
"wrong"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dirty",
|
|
"foul",
|
|
"nasty",
|
|
"unfair",
|
|
"unsportsmanlike"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spleens":{
|
|
"an intense emotional state of displeasure with someone or something":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"vented her spleen and felt much better for having done so"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"anger",
|
|
"angriness",
|
|
"birse",
|
|
"choler",
|
|
"furor",
|
|
"fury",
|
|
"indignation",
|
|
"irateness",
|
|
"ire",
|
|
"lividity",
|
|
"lividness",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"madness",
|
|
"mood",
|
|
"outrage",
|
|
"rage",
|
|
"wrath",
|
|
"wrathfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aggravation",
|
|
"annoyance",
|
|
"exasperation",
|
|
"irritation",
|
|
"vexation",
|
|
"acrimoniousness",
|
|
"acrimony",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"biliousness",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"embitterment",
|
|
"empoisonment",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"envy",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol",
|
|
"belligerence",
|
|
"contentiousness",
|
|
"contrariness",
|
|
"crankiness",
|
|
"disputatiousness",
|
|
"hot-headedness",
|
|
"irascibility",
|
|
"irascibleness",
|
|
"irritability",
|
|
"orneriness",
|
|
"pugnaciousness",
|
|
"pugnacity",
|
|
"quarrelsomeness",
|
|
"querulousness",
|
|
"blowup",
|
|
"flare",
|
|
"flare-up",
|
|
"outburst",
|
|
"chafe",
|
|
"dander",
|
|
"dudgeon",
|
|
"huff",
|
|
"pet",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"ruffle",
|
|
"temper",
|
|
"air rage",
|
|
"road rage",
|
|
"delirium",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"warmth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"calmness",
|
|
"forbearance",
|
|
"patience"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"the desire to cause pain for the satisfaction of doing harm":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the bill's failure to pass in the legislature was due to nothing more than partisan spleen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cattiness",
|
|
"despite",
|
|
"hatefulness",
|
|
"malevolence",
|
|
"malice",
|
|
"maliciousness",
|
|
"malignance",
|
|
"malignancy",
|
|
"malignity",
|
|
"meanness",
|
|
"nastiness",
|
|
"spite",
|
|
"spitefulness",
|
|
"venom",
|
|
"viciousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abusiveness",
|
|
"cruelty",
|
|
"abhorrence",
|
|
"abomination",
|
|
"execration",
|
|
"hate",
|
|
"hatred",
|
|
"loathing",
|
|
"animosity",
|
|
"antagonism",
|
|
"antipathy",
|
|
"bitterness",
|
|
"enmity",
|
|
"grudge",
|
|
"hostility",
|
|
"ill will",
|
|
"jaundice",
|
|
"mean-spiritedness",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"despicableness",
|
|
"invidiousness",
|
|
"vengefulness",
|
|
"vindictiveness",
|
|
"aversion",
|
|
"disgust",
|
|
"distaste",
|
|
"horror",
|
|
"repugnance",
|
|
"repulsion",
|
|
"revulsion",
|
|
"bitchery",
|
|
"bitchiness",
|
|
"contempt",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"jealousy",
|
|
"pique",
|
|
"resentment",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"bile",
|
|
"rancor",
|
|
"virulence",
|
|
"vitriol"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"devotion",
|
|
"love",
|
|
"passion",
|
|
"amiability",
|
|
"amicability",
|
|
"amity",
|
|
"civility",
|
|
"cordiality",
|
|
"friendliness",
|
|
"hospitality",
|
|
"adoration",
|
|
"ardor",
|
|
"infatuation",
|
|
"veneration",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"affection",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"kindliness",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"comity",
|
|
"empathy",
|
|
"friendship",
|
|
"goodwill",
|
|
"sympathy",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprucely":{
|
|
"in a strikingly neat and trim manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"sprucely dressed, I set out for my first job interview"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"sharply",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"tidily",
|
|
"trimly",
|
|
"elegantly",
|
|
"fashionably",
|
|
"modishly",
|
|
"stylishly",
|
|
"swankily",
|
|
"carefully",
|
|
"fastidiously",
|
|
"fussily",
|
|
"meticulously",
|
|
"cleanly",
|
|
"immaculately",
|
|
"pristinely",
|
|
"spotlessly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dowdily",
|
|
"inelegantly",
|
|
"slatternly",
|
|
"messily",
|
|
"mussily",
|
|
"untidily",
|
|
"scruffily",
|
|
"shabbily",
|
|
"sleazily",
|
|
"dingily",
|
|
"dirtily",
|
|
"filthily",
|
|
"foully",
|
|
"grubbily",
|
|
"nastily"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sloppily",
|
|
"slovenly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoils (for)":{
|
|
"as in wants , pines (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aches (for)",
|
|
"covets",
|
|
"craves",
|
|
"desiderates",
|
|
"desires",
|
|
"dies (for)",
|
|
"hankers (for or after)",
|
|
"hungers (for)",
|
|
"itches (for)",
|
|
"joneses (for)",
|
|
"longs (for)",
|
|
"lusts (for or after)",
|
|
"pants (after)",
|
|
"pines (for)",
|
|
"repines (for)",
|
|
"salivates (for)",
|
|
"sighs (for)",
|
|
"thirsts (for)",
|
|
"wants",
|
|
"wishes (for)",
|
|
"yearns (for)",
|
|
"yens (for)",
|
|
"adores",
|
|
"delights (in)",
|
|
"digs",
|
|
"enjoys",
|
|
"fancies",
|
|
"grooves (on)",
|
|
"likes",
|
|
"loves",
|
|
"relishes",
|
|
"revels (in)",
|
|
"admires",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"cherishes",
|
|
"prizes",
|
|
"treasures",
|
|
"values",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"prefers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhors",
|
|
"abominates",
|
|
"despises",
|
|
"detests",
|
|
"execrates",
|
|
"hates",
|
|
"loathes",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"refuses",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"spurns"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparkling":{
|
|
"as in bubbly , effervescent":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"fizzy",
|
|
"foamy",
|
|
"frothy",
|
|
"lathery",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"soapy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in radiant , gleaming":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"radiant",
|
|
"gladdening",
|
|
"heartening",
|
|
"heartwarming",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"cheery",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"glad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bleak",
|
|
"cheerless",
|
|
"dark",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dismal",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"gloomy",
|
|
"gray",
|
|
"grey",
|
|
"discouraging",
|
|
"disheartening",
|
|
"colorless",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"lackluster",
|
|
"lusterless",
|
|
"black",
|
|
"desolate",
|
|
"dispiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in scintillating":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"jocose",
|
|
"jocund",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"laughing",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"mirthful",
|
|
"sunny",
|
|
"flip",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"mischievous",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"prankish",
|
|
"whimsical",
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"diverting",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"comic",
|
|
"comical",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"hysterical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"riotous",
|
|
"risible",
|
|
"rollicking",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"sidesplitting",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"bantering",
|
|
"frivolous",
|
|
"jesting",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"joshing",
|
|
"teasing",
|
|
"cerebral",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"highbrowed",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"humorous",
|
|
"jocular",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"witty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"lowbrow",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"hackney",
|
|
"hackneyed",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"humorless",
|
|
"unamusing",
|
|
"uncomic",
|
|
"unfunny",
|
|
"earnest",
|
|
"grave",
|
|
"serious",
|
|
"serious-minded",
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"solemn",
|
|
"somber",
|
|
"sombre",
|
|
"doleful",
|
|
"dolorous",
|
|
"lachrymose",
|
|
"plaintive",
|
|
"sorry",
|
|
"tearful",
|
|
"woeful"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give off sparks":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"while fireworks that sparkle may be entertaining to look at, they can be highly dangerous when used indoors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"sparking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"combusting",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flaring (up)",
|
|
"glowing",
|
|
"lighting (up)",
|
|
"radiating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the crystal sparkled in the sunlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coruscating",
|
|
"flaming",
|
|
"flashing",
|
|
"glancing",
|
|
"gleaming",
|
|
"glimmering",
|
|
"glinting",
|
|
"glistening",
|
|
"glistering",
|
|
"glittering",
|
|
"lustering",
|
|
"lustring",
|
|
"scintillating",
|
|
"shimmering",
|
|
"spangling",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"winking",
|
|
"winkling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beaming",
|
|
"radiating",
|
|
"shining",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"blinding",
|
|
"dazing",
|
|
"dazzling",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"burning",
|
|
"flaring",
|
|
"glaring",
|
|
"glowing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splays":{
|
|
"to cause to move outward and apart":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"He sat with his legs splayed apart.",
|
|
"She splayed her fingers to show off her manicure."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"scatters",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"radiates",
|
|
"rays",
|
|
"diffuses",
|
|
"dispels",
|
|
"disperses",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"forks",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"diverges",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"ramifies",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links",
|
|
"unites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spares":{
|
|
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll have a banana split\u2014and don't spare the whipped cream"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"nurses",
|
|
"scants",
|
|
"skimps (on)",
|
|
"stints (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doles out",
|
|
"metes (out)",
|
|
"portions (out)",
|
|
"rations (out)",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"shortchanges",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"heaps",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"pours",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"showers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"husbands",
|
|
"maintains",
|
|
"manages",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"scrapes",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"cuts down",
|
|
"retrenches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"spends",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"splurges"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an interchangeable part or piece of equipment that is kept on hand for replacement of an original":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we promptly replaced the burnt-out lightbulb with a spare"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"reserves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"backups",
|
|
"substitutes",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"carbon copies",
|
|
"clones",
|
|
"copies",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"duplicates",
|
|
"replacements",
|
|
"replicas",
|
|
"replications",
|
|
"reproductions"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"archetypes",
|
|
"originals",
|
|
"prototypes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splinter":{
|
|
"a small flat piece separated from a whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she got a splinter from the unfinished wall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"flake",
|
|
"sliver",
|
|
"spall",
|
|
"splint"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bit",
|
|
"disk",
|
|
"disc",
|
|
"fragment",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"particle",
|
|
"portion",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"shard",
|
|
"flinders",
|
|
"shiver",
|
|
"smithereens",
|
|
"shred",
|
|
"tatter",
|
|
"clipping",
|
|
"paring",
|
|
"shave",
|
|
"shaving",
|
|
"snippet",
|
|
"leaf",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"slice"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"slab"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"splintered the carrots into little sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slice",
|
|
"sliver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chip",
|
|
"chop",
|
|
"dice",
|
|
"hash",
|
|
"julienne",
|
|
"mince",
|
|
"saw",
|
|
"scissor",
|
|
"cleave",
|
|
"rive",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"gash",
|
|
"incise",
|
|
"rip",
|
|
"slash",
|
|
"slit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splice":{
|
|
"as in hook , compound":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chain",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"ally",
|
|
"confederate",
|
|
"league",
|
|
"assemble",
|
|
"cluster",
|
|
"congregate",
|
|
"constellate",
|
|
"convene",
|
|
"gather",
|
|
"meet",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"yoke",
|
|
"recombine",
|
|
"reconnect",
|
|
"rejoin",
|
|
"reunify",
|
|
"reunite",
|
|
"associate",
|
|
"coalesce",
|
|
"combine",
|
|
"conjoin",
|
|
"conjugate",
|
|
"connect",
|
|
"couple",
|
|
"fuse",
|
|
"interfuse",
|
|
"join",
|
|
"link (up)",
|
|
"marry",
|
|
"unify",
|
|
"unite"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"dissever",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"section",
|
|
"separate",
|
|
"sever",
|
|
"split",
|
|
"sunder",
|
|
"unlink",
|
|
"detach",
|
|
"disaffiliate",
|
|
"disconnect",
|
|
"disjoin",
|
|
"disjoint",
|
|
"dissociate",
|
|
"disunite",
|
|
"divide",
|
|
"divorce",
|
|
"fractionate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"resolve",
|
|
"uncouple",
|
|
"unyoke",
|
|
"disband",
|
|
"disperse",
|
|
"scatter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprigs":{
|
|
"as in sprays , twigs":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sprays",
|
|
"twigs",
|
|
"branchlets",
|
|
"offshoots",
|
|
"outgrowths",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"boughs",
|
|
"branches",
|
|
"limbs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speech forms":{
|
|
"as in morphemes , monosyllables":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"linguistic forms",
|
|
"monosyllables",
|
|
"morphemes",
|
|
"expressions",
|
|
"terms",
|
|
"words",
|
|
"polysyllables",
|
|
"collocations",
|
|
"idioms",
|
|
"locutions",
|
|
"phrases",
|
|
"archaisms",
|
|
"coinages",
|
|
"colloquialisms",
|
|
"euphemisms",
|
|
"loanwords",
|
|
"modernisms",
|
|
"neologisms",
|
|
"vernacularisms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoiled (for)":{
|
|
"as in wanted , pined (for)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near 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)",
|
|
"sighed (for)",
|
|
"thirsted (for)",
|
|
"wanted",
|
|
"wished (for)",
|
|
"yearned (for)",
|
|
"yenned (for)",
|
|
"adored",
|
|
"delighted (in)",
|
|
"dug",
|
|
"enjoyed",
|
|
"fancied",
|
|
"grooved (on)",
|
|
"liked",
|
|
"loved",
|
|
"relished",
|
|
"reveled (in)",
|
|
"revelled (in)",
|
|
"admired",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
|
"cherished",
|
|
"prized",
|
|
"treasured",
|
|
"valued",
|
|
"favored",
|
|
"preferred"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abhorred",
|
|
"abominated",
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"detested",
|
|
"execrated",
|
|
"hated",
|
|
"loathed",
|
|
"declined",
|
|
"refused",
|
|
"rejected",
|
|
"spurned"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spokesmen":{
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spokesman for the cattle industry"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"speakers",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spreads (out)":{
|
|
"to arrange the parts of (something) over a wider area":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"let's spread the puzzle out on the floor and see what we've got"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"fans (out)",
|
|
"flares (out)",
|
|
"opens",
|
|
"outspreads",
|
|
"outstretches",
|
|
"stretches (out)",
|
|
"unfolds",
|
|
"unfurls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"overspreads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"compacts",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"reduces"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"folds"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speciality":{
|
|
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my speciality is linguistics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"thing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"area",
|
|
"arena",
|
|
"bailiwick",
|
|
"business",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"demesne",
|
|
"department",
|
|
"discipline",
|
|
"domain",
|
|
"fief",
|
|
"fiefdom",
|
|
"field",
|
|
"line",
|
|
"precinct",
|
|
"province",
|
|
"realm",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"terrain",
|
|
"element",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"aptness",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"pursuit",
|
|
"racket",
|
|
"vocation",
|
|
"inclination",
|
|
"leaning",
|
|
"partiality",
|
|
"penchant",
|
|
"predilection",
|
|
"predisposition",
|
|
"proclivity",
|
|
"propensity",
|
|
"tendency"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spongy":{
|
|
"giving easily to the touch":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spongy moss covered the ground"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"flabby",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"pulpy",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"squashy",
|
|
"squishy",
|
|
"squooshy"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"doughy",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"droopy",
|
|
"flaccid",
|
|
"floppy",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"limp",
|
|
"slack",
|
|
"yielding",
|
|
"bendable",
|
|
"compressible",
|
|
"crushable",
|
|
"elastic",
|
|
"flexible",
|
|
"kneadable",
|
|
"malleable",
|
|
"pliable",
|
|
"pliant",
|
|
"resilient",
|
|
"supple",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"workable",
|
|
"airy",
|
|
"light"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"inelastic",
|
|
"inflexible",
|
|
"rigid",
|
|
"stiff",
|
|
"tense",
|
|
"unbending",
|
|
"unyielding",
|
|
"resistant",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"strong",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"case-hardened",
|
|
"crush-proof",
|
|
"hardened",
|
|
"indurated",
|
|
"stiffened",
|
|
"tempered",
|
|
"compacted",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"adamantine",
|
|
"rock",
|
|
"rocklike",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"substantial"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"firm",
|
|
"hard",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"able to soak up liquids especially readily":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"generously pour the brandy over the cake, which is so spongy that it will absorb most of the liquid"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbent",
|
|
"absorbant",
|
|
"bibulous",
|
|
"thirsty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"osmotic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"nonabsorbent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spends":{
|
|
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I always end up spending too much money at the mall"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"forks (over, out, or up)",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"outlays",
|
|
"pays",
|
|
"shells out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"rains",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"acquires",
|
|
"earns",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"garners",
|
|
"makes",
|
|
"procures",
|
|
"realizes",
|
|
"secures",
|
|
"wins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make complete use of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the town has already spent its budget for snow removal, and it's only January"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbs",
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"devours",
|
|
"drains",
|
|
"draws down",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"plays out",
|
|
"uses up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"eats",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"bankrupts",
|
|
"cleans (out)",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"cripples",
|
|
"debilitates",
|
|
"disables",
|
|
"enfeebles",
|
|
"saps",
|
|
"undermines",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dries up",
|
|
"empties",
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"bolsters",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"rebuilds",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"restores",
|
|
"revives",
|
|
"conserves",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"saves"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"renews",
|
|
"replaces"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to use up carelessly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spent all his energy on impractical schemes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"dissipates",
|
|
"fiddles away",
|
|
"fritters (away)",
|
|
"lavishes",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"misspends",
|
|
"runs through",
|
|
"squanders",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"trifles (away)",
|
|
"wastes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"splurges",
|
|
"consumes",
|
|
"depletes",
|
|
"exhausts",
|
|
"impoverishes",
|
|
"overspends",
|
|
"shoots",
|
|
"indulges",
|
|
"overindulges",
|
|
"disburses",
|
|
"expends",
|
|
"lays out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"economizes",
|
|
"scrimps",
|
|
"skimps",
|
|
"preserves",
|
|
"protects",
|
|
"saves",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"conserves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiraled":{
|
|
"to follow a circular or spiral course":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a narrow road spiraling up the mountain to the summit"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coiled",
|
|
"corkscrewed",
|
|
"curled",
|
|
"entwined",
|
|
"twined",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"wound",
|
|
"winded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arced",
|
|
"arched",
|
|
"bent",
|
|
"crooked",
|
|
"curved",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"swept",
|
|
"swerved",
|
|
"turned",
|
|
"veered",
|
|
"wheeled",
|
|
"swirled",
|
|
"whirled",
|
|
"circled",
|
|
"encircled",
|
|
"looped",
|
|
"enlaced",
|
|
"interlaced",
|
|
"intertwined",
|
|
"laced",
|
|
"bowed",
|
|
"bulged",
|
|
"meandered",
|
|
"weaved",
|
|
"zigzagged"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"straightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoony":{
|
|
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home",
|
|
"the spoony plot of the new rom-com"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chocolate-box",
|
|
"cloying",
|
|
"corny",
|
|
"drippy",
|
|
"fruity",
|
|
"gooey",
|
|
"lovey-dovey",
|
|
"maudlin",
|
|
"mawkish",
|
|
"mushy",
|
|
"novelettish",
|
|
"saccharine",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"schmaltzy",
|
|
"sentimental",
|
|
"sloppy",
|
|
"slushy",
|
|
"soppy",
|
|
"soupy",
|
|
"sticky",
|
|
"sugarcoated",
|
|
"sugary",
|
|
"wet"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"misty-eyed",
|
|
"moonstruck",
|
|
"moony",
|
|
"nostalgic",
|
|
"starry-eyed",
|
|
"feel-good",
|
|
"fuzzy",
|
|
"melodramatic",
|
|
"soap-operatic",
|
|
"soapy",
|
|
"sudsy",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"insipid",
|
|
"soft-boiled",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vapid",
|
|
"watery",
|
|
"cutesy",
|
|
"twee"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"unadulterated",
|
|
"unvarnished",
|
|
"antisentimental",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"hard-boiled",
|
|
"hard-edged",
|
|
"hardheaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"unsentimental"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spelled out":{
|
|
"to make plain or understandable":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dating applicant spelled out exactly what she wanted in a man"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clarified",
|
|
"cleared (up)",
|
|
"construed",
|
|
"demonstrated",
|
|
"demystified",
|
|
"elucidated",
|
|
"explained",
|
|
"explicated",
|
|
"expounded",
|
|
"got across",
|
|
"illuminated",
|
|
"illustrated",
|
|
"interpreted",
|
|
"simplified",
|
|
"unriddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deciphered",
|
|
"decoded",
|
|
"analyzed",
|
|
"broke down",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"undid",
|
|
"unraveled",
|
|
"unscrambled",
|
|
"untangled",
|
|
"resolved",
|
|
"solved",
|
|
"defined",
|
|
"specified",
|
|
"annotated",
|
|
"commentated",
|
|
"glossed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"clouded",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"obfuscated"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"obscured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spear-carriers":{
|
|
"as in walk-ons , supernumeraries":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"supernumeraries",
|
|
"walk-ons",
|
|
"coactors",
|
|
"co-actors",
|
|
"costars",
|
|
"co-stars",
|
|
"monologuists",
|
|
"monologists",
|
|
"leading ladies",
|
|
"leading men",
|
|
"leads",
|
|
"stars",
|
|
"prima donnas",
|
|
"scene-stealers",
|
|
"actresses",
|
|
"starlets",
|
|
"doubles",
|
|
"understudies",
|
|
"barnstormers",
|
|
"enactors",
|
|
"entertainers",
|
|
"performers",
|
|
"comedians",
|
|
"farceurs",
|
|
"actors",
|
|
"impersonators",
|
|
"mummers",
|
|
"players",
|
|
"thespians",
|
|
"thesps",
|
|
"troupers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spoke (about)":{
|
|
"as in talked (about) , reviewed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"talked (about)",
|
|
"agitated",
|
|
"argued",
|
|
"bandied",
|
|
"batted (around or back and forth)",
|
|
"canvassed",
|
|
"canvased",
|
|
"debated",
|
|
"discussed",
|
|
"disputed",
|
|
"hashed (over or out)",
|
|
"mooted",
|
|
"talked over",
|
|
"broached",
|
|
"introduced",
|
|
"propounded",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stirred up",
|
|
"forged",
|
|
"hammered out",
|
|
"talked out",
|
|
"thrashed (out)",
|
|
"wrestled (with)",
|
|
"chewed over",
|
|
"considered",
|
|
"deliberated",
|
|
"weighed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spattered":{
|
|
"as in bespattered":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"flecked",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"discolored",
|
|
"dyed",
|
|
"marked",
|
|
"stained",
|
|
"stippled",
|
|
"dotted",
|
|
"peppered",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"colored",
|
|
"colorful",
|
|
"pigmented",
|
|
"blotted",
|
|
"brindled",
|
|
"brindle",
|
|
"calico",
|
|
"specked",
|
|
"speckled",
|
|
"streaked",
|
|
"checkered",
|
|
"motley",
|
|
"multicolored",
|
|
"polychromatic",
|
|
"polychrome",
|
|
"varicolored",
|
|
"variegated",
|
|
"shaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"monochromatic",
|
|
"monochrome",
|
|
"monochromic",
|
|
"solid"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a passing car spattered mud on her clothes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"sloshed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"swashed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dabbled",
|
|
"lapped",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"spritzed",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to wet or soil by striking with something liquid or mushy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the dog vigorously shook himself, spattering the carpet and walls with water"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespattered",
|
|
"dashed",
|
|
"plashed",
|
|
"splashed",
|
|
"splattered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drenched",
|
|
"drowned",
|
|
"impregnated",
|
|
"saturated",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"sopped",
|
|
"soused",
|
|
"steeped",
|
|
"bathed",
|
|
"doused",
|
|
"dowsed",
|
|
"washed",
|
|
"watered",
|
|
"slopped",
|
|
"slushed",
|
|
"sprayed",
|
|
"sprinkled",
|
|
"squirted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spittle":{
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"saliva",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"spit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"expectoration",
|
|
"salivation",
|
|
"sputum"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakeasy":{
|
|
"as in nightclub , cabaret":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"sports bar",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split second":{
|
|
"done or occurring without any noticeable lapse in time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a day trader who is used to making split-second decisions"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"immediate",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"instantaneous",
|
|
"straightaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"summary",
|
|
"fast",
|
|
"hit-and-run",
|
|
"prompt",
|
|
"quick",
|
|
"rapid",
|
|
"speedy",
|
|
"swift"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dilatory",
|
|
"tardy",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"sluggish",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"delayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a very small space of time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a devastating accident can cause everything in your life to change in a split second"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beat",
|
|
"eyeblink",
|
|
"flash",
|
|
"heartbeat",
|
|
"instant",
|
|
"jiff",
|
|
"jiffy",
|
|
"minute",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"nanosecond",
|
|
"New York minute",
|
|
"second",
|
|
"shake",
|
|
"trice",
|
|
"twinkle",
|
|
"twinkling",
|
|
"wink"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"microsecond",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"spurt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aeon",
|
|
"eon",
|
|
"age",
|
|
"eternity",
|
|
"forever",
|
|
"infinity",
|
|
"lifetime"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splutter":{
|
|
"as in shout , breathe":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathe",
|
|
"chirp",
|
|
"drawl",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"lip",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"purr",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"spout",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"articulate",
|
|
"bring out",
|
|
"enunciate",
|
|
"pass",
|
|
"say",
|
|
"speak",
|
|
"state",
|
|
"talk",
|
|
"tell",
|
|
"utter",
|
|
"verbalize",
|
|
"vocalize",
|
|
"air",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"look",
|
|
"share",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"blabber",
|
|
"blurt",
|
|
"bolt",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"shoot",
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"blaze",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"declare",
|
|
"post",
|
|
"proclaim",
|
|
"promulgate",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"publish",
|
|
"affirm",
|
|
"allege",
|
|
"assert",
|
|
"aver",
|
|
"avouch",
|
|
"avow",
|
|
"clothe",
|
|
"couch",
|
|
"formulate",
|
|
"formulize",
|
|
"phrase",
|
|
"put",
|
|
"word",
|
|
"comment",
|
|
"pipe up (with)",
|
|
"remark",
|
|
"rip (out)",
|
|
"snarl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in froth , foam":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foam",
|
|
"froth",
|
|
"expectorate",
|
|
"spit",
|
|
"sputter",
|
|
"water",
|
|
"dribble",
|
|
"drivel",
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"salivate",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spikey":{
|
|
"as in sour , brisk":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brisk",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"sharp-tongued",
|
|
"sour",
|
|
"sourish",
|
|
"tartish",
|
|
"acerb",
|
|
"acerbic",
|
|
"acid",
|
|
"acidic",
|
|
"acidulous",
|
|
"acrid",
|
|
"barbed",
|
|
"biting",
|
|
"caustic",
|
|
"corrosive",
|
|
"cutting",
|
|
"mordant",
|
|
"pungent",
|
|
"sarcastic",
|
|
"sardonic",
|
|
"satiric",
|
|
"satirical",
|
|
"scalding",
|
|
"scathing",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"smart-aleck",
|
|
"smart-alecky",
|
|
"smart-mouthed",
|
|
"snarky",
|
|
"tart",
|
|
"incisive",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"poignant",
|
|
"trenchant",
|
|
"cynical",
|
|
"dry",
|
|
"ironic",
|
|
"ironical",
|
|
"wry",
|
|
"facetious",
|
|
"flippant",
|
|
"tongue-in-cheek",
|
|
"acrimonious",
|
|
"bitter",
|
|
"resentful",
|
|
"vitriolic",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"rough",
|
|
"severe",
|
|
"stringent",
|
|
"abrupt",
|
|
"blunt",
|
|
"brusque",
|
|
"brusk",
|
|
"concise",
|
|
"crisp",
|
|
"curt",
|
|
"gruff",
|
|
"pithy",
|
|
"snippety",
|
|
"snippy",
|
|
"succinct",
|
|
"terse",
|
|
"backhanded",
|
|
"insincere"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"amusing",
|
|
"droll",
|
|
"merry",
|
|
"playful",
|
|
"sportive",
|
|
"waggish",
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"mild",
|
|
"bland",
|
|
"good-humored",
|
|
"good-natured",
|
|
"diplomatic",
|
|
"polite",
|
|
"smooth",
|
|
"suave",
|
|
"urbane",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"sociable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spellbinding":{
|
|
"as in mesmerizing , riveting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"galvanic",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotic",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing",
|
|
"riveting",
|
|
"alluring",
|
|
"appealing",
|
|
"attractive",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"captivating",
|
|
"charismatic",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"elfin",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"fetching",
|
|
"glamorous",
|
|
"glamourous",
|
|
"luring",
|
|
"magnetic",
|
|
"seductive",
|
|
"enticing",
|
|
"tantalizing",
|
|
"tempting",
|
|
"exciting",
|
|
"haunting",
|
|
"interesting",
|
|
"intriguing",
|
|
"titillating",
|
|
"beckoning",
|
|
"inviting",
|
|
"winning",
|
|
"darling",
|
|
"delightful",
|
|
"pleasant",
|
|
"pleasing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"repellent",
|
|
"repellant",
|
|
"repelling",
|
|
"repugnant",
|
|
"repulsive",
|
|
"revolting",
|
|
"unalluring",
|
|
"boring",
|
|
"irksome",
|
|
"tedious",
|
|
"tiresome",
|
|
"wearisome",
|
|
"abhorrent",
|
|
"abominable",
|
|
"appalling",
|
|
"awful",
|
|
"distasteful",
|
|
"hideous",
|
|
"horrendous",
|
|
"horrible",
|
|
"horrid",
|
|
"invidious",
|
|
"loathsome",
|
|
"nauseating",
|
|
"noisome",
|
|
"obnoxious",
|
|
"odious",
|
|
"offensive",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"sickening",
|
|
"drab",
|
|
"dreary",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"flat",
|
|
"humdrum",
|
|
"jading",
|
|
"leaden",
|
|
"monotonous",
|
|
"pedestrian",
|
|
"ponderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in enchantment , bewitchment":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bewitchment",
|
|
"enchantment",
|
|
"autohypnosis",
|
|
"automatism",
|
|
"autosuggestion",
|
|
"self-hypnosis",
|
|
"self-suggestion",
|
|
"hypnosis",
|
|
"hypnotism",
|
|
"mesmerism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to hold the attention of as if by a spell":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the tale about pirates and their buried treasure had completely spellbound the children"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arresting",
|
|
"bedazzling",
|
|
"catching up",
|
|
"enchanting",
|
|
"enthralling",
|
|
"fascinating",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"hypnotizing",
|
|
"mesmerizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"enrapturing",
|
|
"entrancing",
|
|
"thrilling",
|
|
"beguiling",
|
|
"bewitching",
|
|
"charming",
|
|
"absorbing",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"involving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spaced":{
|
|
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"that was a seriously spaced-out movie about an alternate reality"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bizarre",
|
|
"bizarro",
|
|
"cranky",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"curious",
|
|
"eccentric",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"far-out",
|
|
"funky",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"kinky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"off-kilter",
|
|
"off-the-wall",
|
|
"offbeat",
|
|
"out-of-the-way",
|
|
"outlandish",
|
|
"outr\u00e9",
|
|
"peculiar",
|
|
"quaint",
|
|
"queer",
|
|
"queerish",
|
|
"quirky",
|
|
"remarkable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"screwy",
|
|
"strange",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"way-out",
|
|
"weird",
|
|
"weirdo",
|
|
"wild"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aberrant",
|
|
"abnormal",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"flaky",
|
|
"extraordinary",
|
|
"fantastic",
|
|
"fantastical",
|
|
"freak",
|
|
"freakish",
|
|
"freaky",
|
|
"phantasmagoric",
|
|
"phantasmagorical",
|
|
"phenomenal",
|
|
"atypical",
|
|
"rare",
|
|
"singular",
|
|
"uncommon",
|
|
"uncustomary",
|
|
"unique",
|
|
"unusual",
|
|
"unwonted",
|
|
"conspicuous",
|
|
"notable",
|
|
"noticeable",
|
|
"outstanding",
|
|
"prominent",
|
|
"salient",
|
|
"striking",
|
|
"atrocious",
|
|
"outrageous",
|
|
"shocking",
|
|
"crotchety",
|
|
"idiosyncratic",
|
|
"nonconformist",
|
|
"nonmainstream",
|
|
"out-there",
|
|
"unconventional",
|
|
"unorthodox",
|
|
"baffling",
|
|
"bewildering",
|
|
"confounding",
|
|
"mystifying",
|
|
"perplexing",
|
|
"puzzling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"average",
|
|
"commonplace",
|
|
"everyday",
|
|
"garden",
|
|
"normal",
|
|
"ordinary",
|
|
"prosaic",
|
|
"routine",
|
|
"run-of-the-mill",
|
|
"standard",
|
|
"typical",
|
|
"unexceptional",
|
|
"unremarkable",
|
|
"usual",
|
|
"workaday",
|
|
"conformist",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"conventional",
|
|
"expected",
|
|
"familiar",
|
|
"knee-jerk",
|
|
"predictable",
|
|
"common",
|
|
"customary",
|
|
"frequent",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"wonted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"suffering from mental confusion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spaced-out representative from customer service who knew less than we did"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"addle",
|
|
"addled",
|
|
"addlepated",
|
|
"bedeviled",
|
|
"befogged",
|
|
"befuddled",
|
|
"bemused",
|
|
"bewildered",
|
|
"bushed",
|
|
"confounded",
|
|
"confused",
|
|
"dazed",
|
|
"distracted",
|
|
"dizzy",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"fogged",
|
|
"mixed-up",
|
|
"muddleheaded",
|
|
"muzzy",
|
|
"pixilated",
|
|
"pixillated",
|
|
"punch-drunk",
|
|
"punchy",
|
|
"raddled",
|
|
"shell-shocked",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"slaphappy",
|
|
"spacey",
|
|
"spacy",
|
|
"stunned",
|
|
"stupefied",
|
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"zonked",
|
|
"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"unconscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"alert",
|
|
"conscious"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"clearheaded"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the mindless ramblings of a spaced-out , over-the-hill hippie"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"blitzed",
|
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"bombed",
|
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"high",
|
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"hopped-up",
|
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"loaded",
|
|
"ripped",
|
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"stoned",
|
|
"strung out",
|
|
"wasted",
|
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"wiped out",
|
|
"zonked",
|
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"zonked-out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"addicted",
|
|
"hooked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstemious",
|
|
"abstinent",
|
|
"clean",
|
|
"temperate",
|
|
"clearheaded",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"level",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"sober",
|
|
"straight"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sparseness":{
|
|
"as in scarcity , spareness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"meagerness",
|
|
"poorness",
|
|
"scantiness",
|
|
"scantness",
|
|
"scarceness",
|
|
"scarcity",
|
|
"skimpiness",
|
|
"slenderness",
|
|
"slimness",
|
|
"spareness",
|
|
"sparsity",
|
|
"stinginess",
|
|
"minuteness",
|
|
"tininess",
|
|
"deficiency",
|
|
"inadequacy",
|
|
"inadequateness",
|
|
"petiteness",
|
|
"diminutiveness",
|
|
"fineness",
|
|
"littleness",
|
|
"puniness",
|
|
"slightness",
|
|
"smallness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bigness",
|
|
"grandness",
|
|
"greatness",
|
|
"largeness",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"enormity",
|
|
"enormousness",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"hugeness",
|
|
"immenseness",
|
|
"immensity",
|
|
"magnitude",
|
|
"mountainousness",
|
|
"prodigiousness",
|
|
"stupendousness",
|
|
"extensiveness",
|
|
"vastness",
|
|
"excessiveness",
|
|
"extravagance",
|
|
"extremeness",
|
|
"immoderacy",
|
|
"abundance",
|
|
"ampleness",
|
|
"bountifulness",
|
|
"copiousness",
|
|
"generosity",
|
|
"healthiness",
|
|
"liberality",
|
|
"adequacy",
|
|
"sufficiency",
|
|
"heaviness",
|
|
"heftiness",
|
|
"weightiness",
|
|
"bulkiness",
|
|
"massiveness",
|
|
"voluminousness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special-needs":{
|
|
"as in disabled , sick":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ailing",
|
|
"diseased",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"incapacitated",
|
|
"sick",
|
|
"unfit",
|
|
"unhealthy",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"unwell",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"differently abled",
|
|
"disabled",
|
|
"exceptional",
|
|
"impaired",
|
|
"blind",
|
|
"hard of hearing",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"halt",
|
|
"lame",
|
|
"paralyzed",
|
|
"quadriplegic",
|
|
"immobile",
|
|
"immobilized"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"able-bodied",
|
|
"abled",
|
|
"nondisabled",
|
|
"unimpaired",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"hale",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"hearty",
|
|
"robust",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"well",
|
|
"whole",
|
|
"wholesome"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaks (to or with)":{
|
|
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we spoke to the mall's leasing agent about opening a shop"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chats (with)",
|
|
"converses (with)",
|
|
"talks (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosts",
|
|
"addresses",
|
|
"boards",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"greets",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"informs",
|
|
"notifies",
|
|
"tells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speargun":{
|
|
"as in gun , pistol":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunderbuss",
|
|
"breechloader",
|
|
"culverin",
|
|
"fieldpiece",
|
|
"firelock",
|
|
"flintlock",
|
|
"harquebus",
|
|
"arquebus",
|
|
"matchlock",
|
|
"musket",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"shotgun",
|
|
"smoothbore",
|
|
"twenty-two",
|
|
".22",
|
|
"derringer",
|
|
"forty-five",
|
|
".45",
|
|
"gat",
|
|
"handgun",
|
|
"pistol",
|
|
"revolver",
|
|
"rod",
|
|
"roscoe",
|
|
"sidearm",
|
|
"six-gun",
|
|
"six-shooter",
|
|
"zip gun",
|
|
"AK-47",
|
|
"assault rifle",
|
|
"assault weapon",
|
|
"automatic",
|
|
"carbine",
|
|
"machine gun",
|
|
"machine pistol",
|
|
"repeater",
|
|
"submachine gun",
|
|
"tommy gun",
|
|
"arm",
|
|
"firearm",
|
|
"gun",
|
|
"heat",
|
|
"piece",
|
|
"small arm",
|
|
"self-loader",
|
|
"semiautomatic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spitefully":{
|
|
"in a mean or spiteful manner":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"spitefully told the orphans that they'd never amount to anything"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bitchily",
|
|
"cattily",
|
|
"despitefully",
|
|
"hatefully",
|
|
"malevolently",
|
|
"maliciously",
|
|
"malignantly",
|
|
"meanly",
|
|
"nastily",
|
|
"viciously",
|
|
"villainously",
|
|
"virulently",
|
|
"wickedly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contemptuously",
|
|
"deprecatingly",
|
|
"disdainfully",
|
|
"scornfully",
|
|
"acrimoniously",
|
|
"antagonistically",
|
|
"caustically",
|
|
"envyingly",
|
|
"hostilely",
|
|
"invidiously",
|
|
"obnoxiously",
|
|
"rancorously",
|
|
"venomously",
|
|
"vindictively",
|
|
"vituperatively",
|
|
"bitterly",
|
|
"enviously",
|
|
"jealously",
|
|
"resentfully",
|
|
"balefully",
|
|
"caddishly",
|
|
"callously",
|
|
"cruelly",
|
|
"evil-mindedly",
|
|
"felly",
|
|
"hard-heartedly",
|
|
"heartlessly",
|
|
"inhumanely",
|
|
"kindlessly",
|
|
"mercilessly",
|
|
"pitilessly",
|
|
"ruthlessly",
|
|
"soullessly",
|
|
"unfeelingly",
|
|
"disagreeably",
|
|
"ill",
|
|
"ungraciously",
|
|
"unkindly",
|
|
"ill-naturedly",
|
|
"inconsiderately",
|
|
"insensitively",
|
|
"thoughtlessly",
|
|
"diabolically",
|
|
"fiendishly",
|
|
"misanthropically"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"affably",
|
|
"agreeably",
|
|
"amiably",
|
|
"cordially",
|
|
"genially",
|
|
"good-humoredly",
|
|
"good-naturedly",
|
|
"graciously",
|
|
"nicely",
|
|
"pleasantly",
|
|
"altruistically",
|
|
"humanely",
|
|
"considerately",
|
|
"feelingly",
|
|
"lovingly",
|
|
"mercifully",
|
|
"sensitively",
|
|
"softheartedly",
|
|
"solicitously",
|
|
"soulfully",
|
|
"thoughtfully",
|
|
"compassionately",
|
|
"sympathetically",
|
|
"angelically",
|
|
"divinely",
|
|
"gently",
|
|
"sweetly",
|
|
"tenderly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"benevolently",
|
|
"benignantly",
|
|
"good-heartedly",
|
|
"kindheartedly",
|
|
"kindly"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spearheading":{
|
|
"to serve as leader of":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially at least, Martin Luther King spearheaded the civil rights movement"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bossing",
|
|
"captaining",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"heading",
|
|
"leading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"dominating",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"handling",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"overseeing",
|
|
"regulating",
|
|
"running",
|
|
"superintending",
|
|
"supervising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bowing (to)",
|
|
"complying (with)",
|
|
"deferring (to)",
|
|
"following",
|
|
"obeying",
|
|
"serving",
|
|
"submitting (to)",
|
|
"yielding (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sportiveness":{
|
|
"a natural disposition for playful behavior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"her high-spirited sportiveness can sometimes distract her and others from serious work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"coltishness",
|
|
"espi\u00e8glerie",
|
|
"friskiness",
|
|
"impishness",
|
|
"larkiness",
|
|
"mischief",
|
|
"mischievousness",
|
|
"playfulness",
|
|
"prankishness",
|
|
"sportfulness",
|
|
"tricksiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyness",
|
|
"kittenishness",
|
|
"archness",
|
|
"devilment",
|
|
"devilry",
|
|
"deviltry",
|
|
"hob",
|
|
"rascality",
|
|
"roguishness",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"devilishness",
|
|
"diabolicalness",
|
|
"knavery",
|
|
"frivolousness",
|
|
"energy",
|
|
"liveliness",
|
|
"spiritedness",
|
|
"sprightliness",
|
|
"spunkiness",
|
|
"vivaciousness",
|
|
"vivacity",
|
|
"gaiety",
|
|
"gayety",
|
|
"jocularity",
|
|
"jocundity",
|
|
"lightheartedness",
|
|
"mirthfulness",
|
|
"whimsicality"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"graveness",
|
|
"grimness",
|
|
"serious-mindedness",
|
|
"seriousness",
|
|
"solemnity",
|
|
"solemnness",
|
|
"sternness",
|
|
"priggishness",
|
|
"starchiness",
|
|
"stuffiness",
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"self-control"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"earnestness",
|
|
"soberness",
|
|
"sobersidedness"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speaking (to or with)":{
|
|
"to communicate with by means of spoken words":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chatting (with)",
|
|
"conversing (with)",
|
|
"talking (to)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accosting",
|
|
"addressing",
|
|
"boarding",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"greeting",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"heralding",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"notifying",
|
|
"telling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakers":{
|
|
"a person in charge of a meeting":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the speaker announced that it was time for the club to move on to another matter"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"chairmen",
|
|
"chairpersons",
|
|
"chairs",
|
|
"moderators",
|
|
"presidents",
|
|
"presiders",
|
|
"prolocutors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chairwomen",
|
|
"cochairmen",
|
|
"cochairpersons",
|
|
"cochairs",
|
|
"co-chairs",
|
|
"cochairwomen",
|
|
"copresidents",
|
|
"co-presidents"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who speaks for another or for a group":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unofficially chose a speaker to broach the subject with the supervisor of the department"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mouthpieces",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"point men",
|
|
"point people",
|
|
"prophets",
|
|
"spokesmen",
|
|
"spokespeople"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spokesmodels",
|
|
"spokeswomen",
|
|
"fronts",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"shills",
|
|
"communicators",
|
|
"sayers",
|
|
"talkers",
|
|
"agents",
|
|
"ambassadors",
|
|
"delegates",
|
|
"emissaries",
|
|
"envoys",
|
|
"representatives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a person who makes usually formal public speeches":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the after-dinner speaker was a career diplomat who regaled us with humorous anecdotes from his travels abroad"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"lecturers",
|
|
"orators"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"rhetoricians",
|
|
"spellbinders",
|
|
"declaimers",
|
|
"spouters",
|
|
"spielers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spilling the beans":{
|
|
"to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We knew they wouldn't spill the beans about the wedding until we were ready to announce it."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blabbing",
|
|
"dishing",
|
|
"gossiping",
|
|
"talking",
|
|
"tattling",
|
|
"wagging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bandying (about)",
|
|
"circulating",
|
|
"noising (about or abroad)",
|
|
"rumoring",
|
|
"blabbering",
|
|
"disclosing",
|
|
"divulging",
|
|
"revealing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"hinting",
|
|
"implying",
|
|
"insinuating",
|
|
"intimating",
|
|
"letting on",
|
|
"suggesting",
|
|
"informing",
|
|
"reporting",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"tipping (off)",
|
|
"babbling",
|
|
"spilling",
|
|
"confiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clamming up",
|
|
"shutting up"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"split one's sides":{
|
|
"to show mirth with an explosive vocal sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"We split our sides every time we saw her comedy act."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"break up",
|
|
"cackle",
|
|
"chortle",
|
|
"chuckle",
|
|
"crack up",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"hee-haw",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"titter",
|
|
"twitter"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grin",
|
|
"smile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"weep",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"sniffle",
|
|
"snivel",
|
|
"groan",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"sigh"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlighting":{
|
|
"as in identifying , focusing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focusing",
|
|
"focussing",
|
|
"identifying",
|
|
"pinpointing",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"featuring",
|
|
"foregrounding",
|
|
"highlighting",
|
|
"illuminating",
|
|
"playing up",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"punctuating",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"overplaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizing",
|
|
"playing down",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"discounting",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"minimizing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"special interests":{
|
|
"a group of people with a common identifying interest that they seek to protect and promote":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"promised that as governor he would never be beholden to special interests"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"interest groups",
|
|
"interests",
|
|
"pressure groups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"vested interests",
|
|
"political action committees"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spouted (off)":{
|
|
"to voice one's opinions freely with force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"piped up",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"sounded off",
|
|
"spoke out",
|
|
"spoke up",
|
|
"talked up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"sang (out)",
|
|
"sung (out)",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"thundered",
|
|
"vociferated",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"articulated",
|
|
"enounced",
|
|
"enunciated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"belted up",
|
|
"clammed up",
|
|
"dummied up",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"shut up",
|
|
"suppressed",
|
|
"quieted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spinster":{
|
|
"as in maid , bachelorette":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bachelorette",
|
|
"maid",
|
|
"maiden",
|
|
"bachelor",
|
|
"single",
|
|
"ex"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"better half",
|
|
"consort",
|
|
"mate",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"significant other",
|
|
"spouse",
|
|
"soul mate",
|
|
"domestic partner"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spotlights":{
|
|
"the center of public attention":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"reality show contestants who become addicted to the spotlight"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catbird seats",
|
|
"center stages",
|
|
"limelights",
|
|
"top billings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"front burners",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"notices"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in identifies , focuses":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"focuses",
|
|
"focusses",
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"pinpoints",
|
|
"accents",
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"features",
|
|
"foregrounds",
|
|
"highlights",
|
|
"illuminates",
|
|
"plays up",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"punctuates",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"overplays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"de-emphasizes",
|
|
"plays down",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"underemphasizes",
|
|
"understates",
|
|
"belittles",
|
|
"discounts",
|
|
"disparages",
|
|
"minimizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"splintering":{
|
|
"to cut into long slender pieces":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"splintered the carrots into little sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"slicing",
|
|
"slivering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chipping",
|
|
"chopping",
|
|
"dicing",
|
|
"hashing",
|
|
"julienning",
|
|
"mincing",
|
|
"scissoring",
|
|
"cleaving",
|
|
"riving",
|
|
"splitting",
|
|
"gashing",
|
|
"incising",
|
|
"ripping",
|
|
"slashing",
|
|
"slitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spheroid":{
|
|
"as in ellipse , egg":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"egg",
|
|
"ellipse",
|
|
"loop",
|
|
"oval",
|
|
"ball",
|
|
"globe",
|
|
"orb",
|
|
"sphere",
|
|
"bead",
|
|
"globule",
|
|
"circle",
|
|
"circlet",
|
|
"cirque",
|
|
"ring",
|
|
"ringlet",
|
|
"rondure",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"roundel",
|
|
"chunk",
|
|
"clump",
|
|
"gob",
|
|
"hunk",
|
|
"lump",
|
|
"nugget",
|
|
"wad"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cube",
|
|
"rectangle",
|
|
"square"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sports bar":{
|
|
"as in nightclub , wineshop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"alehouse",
|
|
"barrelhouse",
|
|
"bistro",
|
|
"bottle club",
|
|
"brewpub",
|
|
"cabaret",
|
|
"dive",
|
|
"joint",
|
|
"nightclub",
|
|
"roadhouse",
|
|
"speakeasy",
|
|
"wineshop",
|
|
"bar",
|
|
"barroom",
|
|
"caf\u00e9",
|
|
"cafe",
|
|
"cantina",
|
|
"dramshop",
|
|
"gin mill",
|
|
"grogshop",
|
|
"pub",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"saloon",
|
|
"taproom",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"watering hole",
|
|
"watering place",
|
|
"package store"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sporting houses":{
|
|
"a building in which prostitutes are available":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had a long career as a madam in a New Orleans sporting house"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bagnios",
|
|
"bawdy houses",
|
|
"bordellos",
|
|
"brothels",
|
|
"cathouses",
|
|
"disorderly houses",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"whorehouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"call houses",
|
|
"cribs",
|
|
"massage parlors",
|
|
"harems",
|
|
"seraglios"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spindle-shanked":{
|
|
"as in spindle-legged":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spindle-legged",
|
|
"racy",
|
|
"reedy",
|
|
"spidery",
|
|
"stringy",
|
|
"twiggy",
|
|
"waspish",
|
|
"weedy",
|
|
"willowy",
|
|
"wiry",
|
|
"lean",
|
|
"slender",
|
|
"slim",
|
|
"spare",
|
|
"thin",
|
|
"angular",
|
|
"bony",
|
|
"boney",
|
|
"gaunt",
|
|
"lank",
|
|
"rawboned",
|
|
"scraggy",
|
|
"scrawny",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"gangling",
|
|
"gangly",
|
|
"lanky",
|
|
"rangy",
|
|
"spindling",
|
|
"spindly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"beefy",
|
|
"bulky",
|
|
"chubby",
|
|
"chunky",
|
|
"heavyset",
|
|
"pudgy",
|
|
"squat",
|
|
"stocky",
|
|
"stout",
|
|
"stubby",
|
|
"stumpy",
|
|
"sturdy",
|
|
"thickset",
|
|
"weighty",
|
|
"muscle-bound",
|
|
"corpulent",
|
|
"fat",
|
|
"fleshy",
|
|
"full",
|
|
"gross",
|
|
"obese",
|
|
"overweight",
|
|
"plump",
|
|
"portly",
|
|
"roly-poly",
|
|
"rotund",
|
|
"round",
|
|
"tubby"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spectacularly":{
|
|
"as in strikingly , richly":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gorgeously",
|
|
"richly",
|
|
"splendidly",
|
|
"strikingly",
|
|
"fancily",
|
|
"ornately",
|
|
"swankily",
|
|
"dapperly",
|
|
"dashingly",
|
|
"gallantly",
|
|
"jazzily",
|
|
"nattily",
|
|
"neatly",
|
|
"pertly",
|
|
"smartly",
|
|
"snappily",
|
|
"spiffily",
|
|
"flamboyantly",
|
|
"flashily",
|
|
"garishly",
|
|
"gaudily",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"loudly",
|
|
"ostentatiously",
|
|
"conspicuously",
|
|
"luridly",
|
|
"shockingly",
|
|
"bravely",
|
|
"brightly",
|
|
"brilliantly",
|
|
"colorfully",
|
|
"gaily",
|
|
"gayly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"boringly",
|
|
"drably",
|
|
"dully",
|
|
"colorlessly",
|
|
"inconspicuously",
|
|
"unobtrusively",
|
|
"unpretentiously",
|
|
"chastely",
|
|
"demurely",
|
|
"modestly",
|
|
"conservatively",
|
|
"plainly",
|
|
"quietly",
|
|
"simply",
|
|
"bleakly",
|
|
"severely",
|
|
"somberly"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speechified":{
|
|
"as in spoke , talked":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spoke",
|
|
"talked",
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"declared",
|
|
"proclaimed",
|
|
"pronounced",
|
|
"lectured",
|
|
"preached",
|
|
"sermonized",
|
|
"blew",
|
|
"bloviated",
|
|
"ranted",
|
|
"raved",
|
|
"declaimed",
|
|
"discoursed",
|
|
"harangued",
|
|
"mouthed (off)",
|
|
"orated",
|
|
"perorated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spirituality":{
|
|
"the group ordained to perform clerical functions in the Christian church":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the archbishop was opposed to the marriage, and the king needed the support of the spirituality if his rule was to be considered legitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"church",
|
|
"clergy",
|
|
"cloth",
|
|
"first estate",
|
|
"ministry",
|
|
"spiritualty"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"diaconate",
|
|
"episcopate",
|
|
"hierarchy",
|
|
"presbytery",
|
|
"clerkship",
|
|
"monkhood",
|
|
"priesthood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"laity"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speakable":{
|
|
"as in communicable , definable":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"communicable",
|
|
"definable",
|
|
"expressible",
|
|
"conceivable",
|
|
"imaginable",
|
|
"thinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"incommunicable",
|
|
"indefinable",
|
|
"indescribable",
|
|
"ineffable",
|
|
"inenarrable",
|
|
"inexpressible",
|
|
"nameless",
|
|
"uncommunicable",
|
|
"unspeakable",
|
|
"unutterable",
|
|
"unsayable",
|
|
"inconceivable",
|
|
"incredible",
|
|
"unbelievable",
|
|
"unimaginable",
|
|
"unthinkable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spasms":{
|
|
"a painful sudden tightening of a muscle":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he suffers terribly from back spasms"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"charley horses",
|
|
"cramps",
|
|
"cricks",
|
|
"kinks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contractions",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"pangs",
|
|
"stitches",
|
|
"twinges",
|
|
"twitches"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a sudden intense expression of strong feeling":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a spasm of love that he had never experienced before"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"agonies",
|
|
"blazes",
|
|
"bursts",
|
|
"ebullitions",
|
|
"eruptions",
|
|
"explosions",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"flares",
|
|
"flare-ups",
|
|
"flashes",
|
|
"flushes",
|
|
"gales",
|
|
"gushes",
|
|
"gusts",
|
|
"outbursts",
|
|
"paroxysms",
|
|
"storms"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowups",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"rages",
|
|
"tantrums",
|
|
"ecstasies",
|
|
"raptures",
|
|
"transports",
|
|
"deliriums",
|
|
"firestorms",
|
|
"frenzies",
|
|
"furors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spittles":{
|
|
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"unaware that spittle was leaking out of his mouth while he slept"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"drools",
|
|
"salivas",
|
|
"slavers",
|
|
"slobbers",
|
|
"spits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"foams",
|
|
"froths",
|
|
"expectorations",
|
|
"salivations",
|
|
"sputa",
|
|
"sputums"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spritzing":{
|
|
"as in spraying , sprinkling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"spraying",
|
|
"sprinkling",
|
|
"dabbling",
|
|
"lapping",
|
|
"plashing",
|
|
"washing",
|
|
"squirting",
|
|
"dashing",
|
|
"slopping",
|
|
"sloshing",
|
|
"spattering",
|
|
"splashing",
|
|
"swashing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specifically":{
|
|
"in regard to something mentioned explicitly or in detail":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"specifically , I object to the second point"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"notably",
|
|
"particularly",
|
|
"specially"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"concretely",
|
|
"expressly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"altogether",
|
|
"basically",
|
|
"by and large",
|
|
"chiefly",
|
|
"largely",
|
|
"mainly",
|
|
"mostly",
|
|
"overall",
|
|
"predominantly",
|
|
"primarily",
|
|
"principally",
|
|
"substantially"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"in the specific case of one person or thing as distinguished from others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the medical study is focused on women, and specifically older women"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"especially",
|
|
"particularly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"individually",
|
|
"personally",
|
|
"restrictively",
|
|
"selectively"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"broadly",
|
|
"widely"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"generally"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adverb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spile":{
|
|
"as in cork , stopper":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bung",
|
|
"cork",
|
|
"stopper",
|
|
"stopple",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"choke",
|
|
"clog",
|
|
"clot",
|
|
"congest",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"jam",
|
|
"obstruct",
|
|
"occlude",
|
|
"plug (up)",
|
|
"stop (up)",
|
|
"stuff",
|
|
"fill",
|
|
"gridlock",
|
|
"pack",
|
|
"fur",
|
|
"silt",
|
|
"flood",
|
|
"glut",
|
|
"inundate",
|
|
"overwhelm",
|
|
"swamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clear",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"open (up)",
|
|
"unblock",
|
|
"unclog",
|
|
"unplug",
|
|
"unstop",
|
|
"excavate",
|
|
"hollow (out)",
|
|
"scoop (out)",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spastic":{
|
|
"lacking in steadiness or regularity of occurrence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"even after the formal surrender, spastic violence erupted in scattered quarters of the city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"aperiodic",
|
|
"casual",
|
|
"catchy",
|
|
"choppy",
|
|
"discontinuous",
|
|
"episodic",
|
|
"episodical",
|
|
"erratic",
|
|
"fitful",
|
|
"intermittent",
|
|
"irregular",
|
|
"occasional",
|
|
"spasmodic",
|
|
"sporadic",
|
|
"spotty",
|
|
"unsteady"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"convulsive",
|
|
"sudden",
|
|
"violent",
|
|
"broken",
|
|
"disconnected",
|
|
"fragmentary",
|
|
"interrupted",
|
|
"aimless",
|
|
"arbitrary",
|
|
"desultory",
|
|
"haphazard",
|
|
"hit-and-miss",
|
|
"hit-or-miss",
|
|
"odd",
|
|
"random",
|
|
"scattered",
|
|
"slapdash",
|
|
"stray",
|
|
"capricious",
|
|
"changeful",
|
|
"changing",
|
|
"flickery",
|
|
"fluctuating",
|
|
"fluid",
|
|
"inconstant",
|
|
"mercurial",
|
|
"mutable",
|
|
"temperamental",
|
|
"uncertain",
|
|
"unpredictable",
|
|
"unsettled",
|
|
"unstable",
|
|
"varying",
|
|
"wavering",
|
|
"changeable",
|
|
"fickle",
|
|
"variable",
|
|
"volatile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"changeless",
|
|
"equable",
|
|
"even",
|
|
"stable",
|
|
"stationary",
|
|
"uniform",
|
|
"unchanging",
|
|
"unvarying",
|
|
"unwavering",
|
|
"methodical",
|
|
"methodic",
|
|
"orderly",
|
|
"systematic",
|
|
"unrelenting",
|
|
"unremitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"constant",
|
|
"continuous",
|
|
"habitual",
|
|
"periodic",
|
|
"regular",
|
|
"repeated",
|
|
"steady"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"specialism":{
|
|
"as in specialty , speciality":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"forte",
|
|
"long suit",
|
|
"m\u00e9tier",
|
|
"metier",
|
|
"speciality",
|
|
"specialty",
|
|
"strong suit",
|
|
"aptitude",
|
|
"endowment",
|
|
"flair",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"knack",
|
|
"talent",
|
|
"fitness",
|
|
"suitability",
|
|
"suitableness",
|
|
"ability",
|
|
"capacity",
|
|
"competence",
|
|
"competency",
|
|
"facility",
|
|
"faculty",
|
|
"makings",
|
|
"potentiality",
|
|
"command",
|
|
"expertise",
|
|
"know-how",
|
|
"mastership",
|
|
"mastery",
|
|
"proficiency",
|
|
"capability",
|
|
"credentials",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"qualification",
|
|
"stuff"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speak (of)":{
|
|
"as in talk (about) , air":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"air",
|
|
"express",
|
|
"talk (about)",
|
|
"vent",
|
|
"ventilate",
|
|
"offer",
|
|
"propose",
|
|
"suggest",
|
|
"interject",
|
|
"interrupt",
|
|
"allude (to)",
|
|
"cite",
|
|
"mention",
|
|
"name",
|
|
"refer (to)",
|
|
"debate",
|
|
"discuss",
|
|
"thrash (out or over)",
|
|
"bring up",
|
|
"broach",
|
|
"introduce",
|
|
"moot",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"raise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"censor",
|
|
"hush (up)",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silence",
|
|
"suppress"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speed-reading":{
|
|
"as in turning over , dipping (into)":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"browsing",
|
|
"dipping (into)",
|
|
"leafing (through)",
|
|
"scanning",
|
|
"skimming",
|
|
"thumbing (through)",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"perusing",
|
|
"poring (over)",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"devouring",
|
|
"gobbling (up)",
|
|
"slogging (through)",
|
|
"wading (through)",
|
|
"rereading",
|
|
"proofreading",
|
|
"deciphering",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"studying",
|
|
"apprehending",
|
|
"comprehending",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"making out",
|
|
"perceiving",
|
|
"seeing",
|
|
"tumbling (to)",
|
|
"understanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"spiling":{
|
|
"as in corking , stoppering":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bunging",
|
|
"corking",
|
|
"stoppering",
|
|
"stoppling",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"choking",
|
|
"clogging",
|
|
"clotting",
|
|
"congesting",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"jamming",
|
|
"obstructing",
|
|
"occluding",
|
|
"plugging (up)",
|
|
"stopping (up)",
|
|
"stuffing",
|
|
"filling",
|
|
"gridlocking",
|
|
"packing",
|
|
"furring",
|
|
"silting",
|
|
"flooding",
|
|
"glutting",
|
|
"inundating",
|
|
"overwhelming",
|
|
"swamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clearing",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"opening (up)",
|
|
"unblocking",
|
|
"unclogging",
|
|
"unplugging",
|
|
"unstopping",
|
|
"excavating",
|
|
"hollowing (out)",
|
|
"scooping (out)",
|
|
"emptying",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"speculators":{
|
|
"as in bluffers , sharpers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamblers",
|
|
"gamesters",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"sprang":{
|
|
"to come into existence":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"actualized",
|
|
"appeared",
|
|
"arose",
|
|
"began",
|
|
"broke",
|
|
"commenced",
|
|
"dawned",
|
|
"engendered",
|
|
"formed",
|
|
"materialized",
|
|
"originated",
|
|
"set in",
|
|
"started"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breathed",
|
|
"existed",
|
|
"lived",
|
|
"subsisted",
|
|
"was",
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came on",
|
|
"emerged",
|
|
"coalesced",
|
|
"cohered",
|
|
"shaped (up)",
|
|
"continued",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"lasted",
|
|
"persisted",
|
|
"survived"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"concluded",
|
|
"desisted",
|
|
"discontinued",
|
|
"finished",
|
|
"halted",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"terminated",
|
|
"disappeared",
|
|
"dissolved",
|
|
"evaporated",
|
|
"vanished",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"died",
|
|
"expired",
|
|
"passed away",
|
|
"perished"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ceased",
|
|
"ended",
|
|
"stopped"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounded",
|
|
"hopped",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"leaped",
|
|
"leapt",
|
|
"vaulted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"hurdled",
|
|
"leapfrogged",
|
|
"loped",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"bucked",
|
|
"capered",
|
|
"caprioled",
|
|
"cavorted",
|
|
"frolicked",
|
|
"gamboled",
|
|
"gambolled",
|
|
"romped",
|
|
"attacked",
|
|
"pounced",
|
|
"shot",
|
|
"skyrocketed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"disenthralled",
|
|
"disenthraled",
|
|
"emancipated",
|
|
"enfranchised",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"freed",
|
|
"liberated",
|
|
"loosed",
|
|
"loosened",
|
|
"manumitted",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"unbound",
|
|
"uncaged",
|
|
"unchained",
|
|
"unfettered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed (out)",
|
|
"delivered",
|
|
"paroled",
|
|
"ransomed",
|
|
"redeemed",
|
|
"rescued",
|
|
"saved",
|
|
"disembarrassed",
|
|
"disencumbered",
|
|
"disengaged",
|
|
"disentangled",
|
|
"extricated",
|
|
"unshackled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffed",
|
|
"manacled",
|
|
"shackled",
|
|
"trammeled",
|
|
"trammelled",
|
|
"committed",
|
|
"immured",
|
|
"imprisoned",
|
|
"incarcerated",
|
|
"interned",
|
|
"jailed",
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"locked (up)",
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"conquered",
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"enslaved",
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"subdued",
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"subjugated"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"bound",
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"confined",
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"enchained",
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"fettered",
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"restrained"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"springing":{
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"to come into existence":{
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"examples":[
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"when it comes to love and romance, hope springs eternally"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"actualizing",
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"appearing",
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"arising",
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"beginning",
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"breaking",
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"commencing",
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"dawning",
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"engendering",
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"forming",
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"materializing",
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"originating",
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"setting in",
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"starting"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"being",
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"breathing",
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"existing",
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"living",
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"subsisting",
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"arriving",
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"coming on",
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"emerging",
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"coalescing",
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"cohering",
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"shaping (up)",
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"continuing",
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"enduring",
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"lasting",
|
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"persisting",
|
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"surviving"
|
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],
|
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"near antonyms":[
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"concluding",
|
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"desisting",
|
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"discontinuing",
|
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"finishing",
|
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"halting",
|
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"quitting",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"disappearing",
|
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"dissolving",
|
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"evaporating",
|
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"vanishing",
|
|
"departing",
|
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"dying",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"passing away",
|
|
"perishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
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"ceasing",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"stopping"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to propel oneself upward or forward into the air":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat sprang and pounced on the mouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bounding",
|
|
"hopping",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"leaping",
|
|
"vaulting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"hurdling",
|
|
"leapfrogging",
|
|
"loping",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"bucking",
|
|
"capering",
|
|
"caprioling",
|
|
"cavorting",
|
|
"frolicking",
|
|
"gamboling",
|
|
"gambolling",
|
|
"romping",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"pouncing",
|
|
"shooting",
|
|
"skyrocketing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to set free (as from slavery or confinement)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"had to spend a night in jail until their lawyer could come to spring them"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"disenthralling",
|
|
"disenthraling",
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"enfranchising",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"loosening",
|
|
"loosing",
|
|
"manumitting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"unbinding",
|
|
"uncaging",
|
|
"unchaining",
|
|
"unfettering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing (out)",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"paroling",
|
|
"ransoming",
|
|
"redeeming",
|
|
"rescuing",
|
|
"saving",
|
|
"disembarrassing",
|
|
"disencumbering",
|
|
"disengaging",
|
|
"disentangling",
|
|
"extricating",
|
|
"unshackling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"handcuffing",
|
|
"manacling",
|
|
"shackling",
|
|
"trammeling",
|
|
"trammelling",
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"immuring",
|
|
"imprisoning",
|
|
"incarcerating",
|
|
"interning",
|
|
"jailing",
|
|
"locking (up)",
|
|
"conquering",
|
|
"enslaving",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"subjugating"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"binding",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"enchaining",
|
|
"fettering",
|
|
"restraining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |