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2936 lines
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{
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"yo":{
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"used to express agreement":{
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"examples":[
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"\"So, are you coming with me?\" \" Yo \""
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"all right",
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"alright",
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"aye",
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"ay",
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"exactly",
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"OK",
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"okay",
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"okeydoke",
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"okeydokey",
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"yea",
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"yeah",
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"yep",
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"yes"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"absolutely",
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"assuredly",
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"certainly",
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"indeed",
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"indisputably",
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"positively",
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"undoubtedly",
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"unquestionably"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"nay",
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"no",
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"no way",
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"scarcely"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"adverb"
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]
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},
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"yo-yo":{
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
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"examples":[
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"some yo-yo cut the electricity off while I still had unsaved data"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"berk",
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"booby",
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"charlie",
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"charley",
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"cuckoo",
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"ding-a-ling",
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"ding-dong",
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"dingbat",
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"dipstick",
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"doofus",
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"featherhead",
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"fool",
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"git",
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"goose",
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"half-wit",
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"jackass",
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"lunatic",
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"mooncalf",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"nut",
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"nutcase",
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"simp",
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"simpleton",
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"turkey"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"daredevil",
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"madman",
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dumbbell",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"goon",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"moron",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"pinhead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schlump",
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"schnook",
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"stock",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"butt",
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"dupe",
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"laughingstock",
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"mockery",
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"monkey",
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"chump",
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"loser",
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"schlemiel",
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"shlemiel",
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"character",
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"codger",
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"crackbrain",
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"crackpot",
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"crank",
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"kook",
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"oddball",
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"screwball",
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"weirdo"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"brain",
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"genius"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a stupid person":{
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"examples":[
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"those yo-yos who insist upon using their cell phones while speeding down the highway"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"airhead",
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"birdbrain",
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"blockhead",
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"bonehead",
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"bubblehead",
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"chowderhead",
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"chucklehead",
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"clodpoll",
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"clodpole",
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"clot",
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"cluck",
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"clunk",
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"cretin",
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"cuddy",
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"cuddie",
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"deadhead",
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"dim bulb",
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"dimwit",
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"dip",
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"dodo",
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"dolt",
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"donkey",
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"doofus",
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"dope",
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"dork",
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"dullard",
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"dum-dum",
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"dumbbell",
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"dumbhead",
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"dummkopf",
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"dummy",
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"dunce",
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"dunderhead",
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"fathead",
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"gander",
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"golem",
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"goof",
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"goon",
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"half-wit",
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"hammerhead",
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"hardhead",
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"idiot",
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"ignoramus",
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"imbecile",
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"jackass",
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"know-nothing",
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"knucklehead",
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"lamebrain",
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"loggerhead",
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"loon",
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"lump",
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"lunkhead",
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"meathead",
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"mome",
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"moron",
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"mug",
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"mutt",
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"natural",
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"nimrod",
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"nincompoop",
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"ninny",
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"ninnyhammer",
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"nit",
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"nitwit",
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"noddy",
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"noodle",
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"numskull",
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"numbskull",
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"oaf",
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"pinhead",
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"prat",
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"ratbag",
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"saphead",
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"schlub",
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"shlub",
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"schnook",
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"simpleton",
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"stock",
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"stupe",
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"stupid",
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"thickhead",
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"turkey",
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"woodenhead",
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"yahoo"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"booby",
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"buffoon",
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"fool",
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"goose",
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"loony",
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"lunatic",
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"madman",
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"nut",
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"zany",
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"loser",
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"gawk",
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"featherbrain",
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"scatterbrain",
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"beast",
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"boor",
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"cad",
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"churl",
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"clown",
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"creep",
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"cur",
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"heel",
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"jerk",
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"skunk",
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"snake",
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"stinker",
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"villain"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"intellect",
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"intellectual",
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"sage",
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"thinker",
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"whiz",
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"wizard",
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"polymath",
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"Renaissance man",
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"sharpie",
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"sharpy"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"brain",
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"genius"
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]
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},
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"as in flip-flop":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flip-flop",
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"equivocate",
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"fudge",
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"hedge",
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"pussyfoot",
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"tergiversate",
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"waffle",
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"weasel",
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"dodge",
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"duck",
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"elude",
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"eschew",
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"evade",
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"shake",
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"shirk",
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"shun",
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"sidestep",
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"skirt",
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"bypass",
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"circumvent",
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"cavil",
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"quibble",
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"straddle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"youth":{
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"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
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"examples":[
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"a big, strapping youth who, even at his relatively young age, knew the meaning of hard work"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"boy",
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"boychick",
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"boychik",
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"boyo",
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"callant",
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"lad",
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"laddie",
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"nipper",
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"shaveling",
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"shaver",
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"sonny",
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"stripling",
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"tad"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adolescent",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"minor",
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"moppet",
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"teenager",
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"tween",
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"youngling",
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"youngster",
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"gamin",
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"guttersnipe",
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"hobbledehoy",
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"imp",
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"squirt",
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"urchin",
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"whippersnapper",
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"schoolboy",
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"toddler",
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"tot",
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"tyke",
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"tike",
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"mama's boy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
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"examples":[
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"rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bairn",
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"bambino",
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"bud",
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"chap",
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"chick",
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"child",
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"cub",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"moppet",
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"sprat",
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"sprout",
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"squirt",
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"whelp",
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"youngling",
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"youngster"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adolescent",
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"minor",
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"kindergartner",
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"kindergartener",
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"preschooler",
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"rug rat",
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"schoolboy",
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"schoolchild",
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"schoolgirl",
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"schoolkid",
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"babe",
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"baby",
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"bantling",
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"infant",
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"neonate",
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"nestling",
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"newborn",
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"toddler",
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"tot",
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"tyke",
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"tike",
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"weanling",
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"devil",
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"hellion",
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"imp",
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"jackanapes",
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"mischief",
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"monkey",
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"rapscallion",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"urchin",
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"whippersnapper",
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"cherub",
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"preteen",
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"preteen-ager",
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"subteen",
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"teen",
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"teenager",
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"teener",
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"teenybopper",
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"tween",
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"lad",
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"nipper",
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"shaver",
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"stripling",
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"tad",
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"bobby-soxer",
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"hoyden",
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"tomboy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"middle-ager",
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"ancient",
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"elder",
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"golden-ager",
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"oldster",
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"old-timer",
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"senior",
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"senior citizen"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adult",
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"grown-up"
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]
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},
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"the state or time of being a child":{
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"examples":[
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"told the young people to enjoy their youth while they could"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"childhood",
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"nonage",
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"springtime"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"boyhood",
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"girlhood",
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"toddlerhood",
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"adolescence",
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"juvenescence",
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"minority",
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"immaturity",
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"juvenility",
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"babyhood",
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"infancy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"majority",
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"middle age",
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"midlife",
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"senectitude",
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"sunset",
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"winter"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adulthood"
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]
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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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"yo-yoing":{
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"as in flip-flopping":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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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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"yoked":{
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"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
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"examples":[
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"yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"catenated",
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"chained",
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"compounded",
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"concatenated",
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"conjugated",
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"connected",
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"coupled",
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"hitched",
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"hooked",
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"interconnected",
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"interlinked",
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"joined",
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"linked"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"articulated",
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"dovetailed",
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"integrated",
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"interlocked",
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"intermeshed",
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"corded",
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"strung",
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"wired",
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"cemented",
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"coalesced",
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"combined",
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"fused",
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"united",
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"welded"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"detached",
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"disengaged",
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"divided",
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"parted",
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"split",
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"cleaved",
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"cleft",
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"ruptured",
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"severed",
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"sundered"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"disconnected",
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"disjoined",
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"disjointed",
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"dissevered",
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"disunited",
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"separated",
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"unchained",
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"uncoupled",
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"unhitched",
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"unlinked",
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"unyoked"
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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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"youngling":{
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"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
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"examples":[
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"she quit babysitting when she got tired of wrangling younglings who weren't even her own"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bairn",
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"bambino",
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"bud",
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"chap",
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"chick",
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"child",
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"cub",
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"juvenile",
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"kid",
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"kiddie",
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"kiddy",
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"kiddo",
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"moppet",
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"sprat",
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"sprout",
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"squirt",
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"whelp",
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"youngster",
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"youth"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"adolescent",
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"minor",
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"kindergartner",
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"kindergartener",
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"preschooler",
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"rug rat",
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"schoolboy",
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"schoolchild",
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"schoolgirl",
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"schoolkid",
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"babe",
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"baby",
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"bantling",
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"infant",
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"neonate",
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"nestling",
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"newborn",
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"toddler",
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"tot",
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"tyke",
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"tike",
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"weanling",
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"devil",
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"hellion",
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"imp",
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"jackanapes",
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"mischief",
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"monkey",
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"rapscallion",
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"rascal",
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"rogue",
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"urchin",
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"whippersnapper",
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"cherub",
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"preteen",
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"preteen-ager",
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"subteen",
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"teen",
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"teenager",
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"teener",
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"teenybopper",
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"tween",
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"lad",
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"nipper",
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"shaver",
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"stripling",
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"tad",
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"bobby-soxer",
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"hoyden",
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"tomboy"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"middle-ager",
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"ancient",
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"elder",
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"golden-ager",
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"oldster",
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"old-timer",
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"senior",
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"senior citizen"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"adult",
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"grown-up"
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]
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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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|
"yogins":{
|
|
"as in gurus , swamis":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gurus",
|
|
"mahatmas",
|
|
"pandits",
|
|
"swamis",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"rabbis",
|
|
"polyhistors",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"masters",
|
|
"mentors",
|
|
"teachers",
|
|
"seers",
|
|
"wise men",
|
|
"pundits",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"savants",
|
|
"scholars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yokel":{
|
|
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkin",
|
|
"chawbacon",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clodhopper",
|
|
"cornball",
|
|
"countryman",
|
|
"hayseed",
|
|
"hick",
|
|
"provincial",
|
|
"rube",
|
|
"rustic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boor",
|
|
"clod",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"gawk",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"oaf",
|
|
"greenhorn",
|
|
"tenderfoot",
|
|
"peasant",
|
|
"peon",
|
|
"backwoodsman",
|
|
"mountaineer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slicker",
|
|
"smoothy",
|
|
"smoothie",
|
|
"metropolitan",
|
|
"suburbanite",
|
|
"urbanite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitan",
|
|
"cosmopolite",
|
|
"sophisticate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"youngish":{
|
|
"being in the early stage of life, growth, or development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a youngish but surprisingly mature audience showed up to watch the serious film"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youthful"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ephebic",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"subadult",
|
|
"teenage",
|
|
"teenaged",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yodels":{
|
|
"as in croons , warbles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"harmonizes",
|
|
"hums",
|
|
"lilts",
|
|
"quavers",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"sharps",
|
|
"slurs",
|
|
"trills",
|
|
"trolls",
|
|
"warbles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"sings",
|
|
"vocalizes",
|
|
"serenades"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"youngsters":{
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a herd of youngsters following their nature guide like ducklings after a mother duck"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yobbo":{
|
|
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"some yobbo has been threatening shopkeepers in the East End"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yob"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yodeler":{
|
|
"as in crooner , warbler":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crooner",
|
|
"harmonizer",
|
|
"hummer",
|
|
"warbler",
|
|
"belter",
|
|
"serenader",
|
|
"caroler",
|
|
"caroller",
|
|
"singer",
|
|
"songster",
|
|
"vocalist",
|
|
"vocalizer",
|
|
"voice",
|
|
"cantor",
|
|
"chanter",
|
|
"chorister",
|
|
"chansonnier",
|
|
"chanteuse",
|
|
"songstress",
|
|
"bard",
|
|
"troubadour"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yodeling":{
|
|
"as in crooning , warbling":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belting",
|
|
"crooning",
|
|
"harmonizing",
|
|
"humming",
|
|
"lilting",
|
|
"quavering",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"sharping",
|
|
"slurring",
|
|
"trilling",
|
|
"trolling",
|
|
"warbling",
|
|
"caroling",
|
|
"carolling",
|
|
"chanting",
|
|
"descanting",
|
|
"singing",
|
|
"vocalizing",
|
|
"serenading"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"youthful":{
|
|
"being in the early stage of life, growth, or development":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it's still a youthful nation with a lot of promise and potential"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescent",
|
|
"immature",
|
|
"juvenile",
|
|
"young",
|
|
"youngish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ephebic",
|
|
"minor",
|
|
"preteen",
|
|
"subadult",
|
|
"teenage",
|
|
"teenaged",
|
|
"underage",
|
|
"embryonic",
|
|
"emergent",
|
|
"callow",
|
|
"green",
|
|
"inexperienced",
|
|
"puerile",
|
|
"raw",
|
|
"babyish",
|
|
"childish",
|
|
"childlike",
|
|
"infantile",
|
|
"infantine",
|
|
"kiddish",
|
|
"undeveloped",
|
|
"unfinished",
|
|
"unfledged",
|
|
"unformed",
|
|
"unripe",
|
|
"unripened",
|
|
"blooming",
|
|
"blossoming",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"flowering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"aged",
|
|
"aging",
|
|
"ageing",
|
|
"ancient",
|
|
"elderly",
|
|
"geriatric",
|
|
"long-lived",
|
|
"old",
|
|
"older",
|
|
"oldish",
|
|
"senescent",
|
|
"senior",
|
|
"full-blown",
|
|
"full-fledged",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"mellow",
|
|
"ripe",
|
|
"ripened",
|
|
"middle-aged",
|
|
"anile",
|
|
"decrepit",
|
|
"doddering",
|
|
"over-the-hill",
|
|
"senile",
|
|
"spavined",
|
|
"tottery"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adult",
|
|
"grown-up",
|
|
"mature",
|
|
"matured"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yowl":{
|
|
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat gave a yowl of anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ejaculation",
|
|
"interjection",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yelp",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"plaint",
|
|
"wail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"gasp",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whisper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beef",
|
|
"bellyache",
|
|
"bitch",
|
|
"bleat",
|
|
"carp",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"complain",
|
|
"crab",
|
|
"croak",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"gripe",
|
|
"grizzle",
|
|
"grouch",
|
|
"grouse",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"grump",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"inveigh",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"kvetch",
|
|
"maunder",
|
|
"moan",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"nag",
|
|
"repine",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"squawk",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"whimper",
|
|
"whine",
|
|
"whinge",
|
|
"yammer",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"object (to)",
|
|
"protest",
|
|
"quarrel (with)",
|
|
"cavil",
|
|
"quibble",
|
|
"fret",
|
|
"stew",
|
|
"worry",
|
|
"blubber",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"sob",
|
|
"bemoan",
|
|
"bewail",
|
|
"deplore",
|
|
"lament"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"countenance",
|
|
"endure",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"tolerate",
|
|
"applaud",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"commend"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crow",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"rejoice"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coyotes yowling at the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"keen",
|
|
"ululate",
|
|
"wail"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"squeal",
|
|
"yawp",
|
|
"yaup",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"yelp"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"youths":{
|
|
"a male person who has not yet reached adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a big, strapping youth who, even at his relatively young age, knew the meaning of hard work"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boychicks",
|
|
"boychiks",
|
|
"boyos",
|
|
"boys",
|
|
"callants",
|
|
"laddies",
|
|
"lads",
|
|
"nippers",
|
|
"shavelings",
|
|
"shavers",
|
|
"sonnies",
|
|
"striplings",
|
|
"tads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"adolescents",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"minors",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"teenagers",
|
|
"tweens",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters",
|
|
"gamins",
|
|
"guttersnipes",
|
|
"hobbledehoys",
|
|
"imps",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"urchins",
|
|
"whippersnappers",
|
|
"schoolboys",
|
|
"toddlers",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"tykes",
|
|
"tikes",
|
|
"mama's boys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rounded up the neighborhood youths and organized them into a softball team"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bairns",
|
|
"bambinos",
|
|
"bambini",
|
|
"buds",
|
|
"chaps",
|
|
"chicks",
|
|
"children",
|
|
"cubs",
|
|
"juveniles",
|
|
"kiddies",
|
|
"kiddos",
|
|
"kids",
|
|
"moppets",
|
|
"sprats",
|
|
"sprat",
|
|
"sprouts",
|
|
"squirts",
|
|
"whelps",
|
|
"younglings",
|
|
"youngsters"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yo-yoed":{
|
|
"as in flip-flopped":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"flip-flopped",
|
|
"equivocated",
|
|
"fudged",
|
|
"hedged",
|
|
"pussyfooted",
|
|
"tergiversated",
|
|
"waffled",
|
|
"weaseled",
|
|
"dodged",
|
|
"ducked",
|
|
"eluded",
|
|
"eschewed",
|
|
"evaded",
|
|
"shirked",
|
|
"shook",
|
|
"shunned",
|
|
"sidestepped",
|
|
"skirted",
|
|
"bypassed",
|
|
"circumvented",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"straddled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"young Turks":{
|
|
"as in rebels , extremists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crazies",
|
|
"extremists",
|
|
"radicals",
|
|
"revolutionaries",
|
|
"revolutionists",
|
|
"agitators",
|
|
"insurgents",
|
|
"insurrectionists",
|
|
"rebels",
|
|
"secessionists",
|
|
"separationists",
|
|
"separatists",
|
|
"lefties",
|
|
"leftists",
|
|
"reds",
|
|
"progressives",
|
|
"reformers",
|
|
"reformists",
|
|
"anarchists",
|
|
"anarchs",
|
|
"subversives"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-roaders",
|
|
"moderates",
|
|
"conservatives",
|
|
"fuddy-duddies",
|
|
"reactionaries",
|
|
"rightists",
|
|
"standpatters",
|
|
"Tories",
|
|
"traditionalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"youthfulness":{
|
|
"as in freshness , prime":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"freshness",
|
|
"prime",
|
|
"youngness",
|
|
"youth",
|
|
"adolescence",
|
|
"immaturity",
|
|
"juvenility",
|
|
"minority",
|
|
"nonage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"age",
|
|
"agedness",
|
|
"ancientness",
|
|
"elderliness",
|
|
"maturity",
|
|
"senectitude",
|
|
"venerableness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yob":{
|
|
"a violent, brutal person who is often a member of an organized gang":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the complaint that English football has been taken over by the yobs , who make the stadiums unfit for families"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bully",
|
|
"gangbanger",
|
|
"gangsta",
|
|
"gangster",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"gorilla",
|
|
"hood",
|
|
"hoodlum",
|
|
"hooligan",
|
|
"mobster",
|
|
"mug",
|
|
"plug-ugly",
|
|
"punk",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"ruffian",
|
|
"thug",
|
|
"tough",
|
|
"toughie",
|
|
"toughy",
|
|
"yobbo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cutthroat",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"assassin",
|
|
"bandit",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"brigand",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"crook",
|
|
"desperado",
|
|
"felon",
|
|
"gunman",
|
|
"highwayman",
|
|
"lawbreaker",
|
|
"mafioso",
|
|
"malefactor",
|
|
"offender",
|
|
"outlaw",
|
|
"perp",
|
|
"perpetrator",
|
|
"pirate",
|
|
"pickpocket",
|
|
"racketeer",
|
|
"robber",
|
|
"swindler",
|
|
"thief",
|
|
"vandal",
|
|
"juvenile delinquent",
|
|
"tearaway"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yokes":{
|
|
"the state of being an enslaved person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a people able at last to throw off the yoke and to embrace freedom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bondages",
|
|
"enslavements",
|
|
"servilities",
|
|
"servitudes",
|
|
"slaveries",
|
|
"thralldoms",
|
|
"thraldoms",
|
|
"thralls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"peonages",
|
|
"serfdoms",
|
|
"dependences",
|
|
"dependances",
|
|
"subjections",
|
|
"subjugations",
|
|
"captivities",
|
|
"enchainments",
|
|
"imprisonments",
|
|
"incarcerations"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipations",
|
|
"enfranchisements",
|
|
"liberations",
|
|
"manumissions",
|
|
"autonomies",
|
|
"independences",
|
|
"sovereignties",
|
|
"sovranties"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"freedoms",
|
|
"liberties"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to put or bring together so as to form a new and longer whole":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"yoked several ideas together to come up with a new theory"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catenates",
|
|
"chains",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"concatenates",
|
|
"conjugates",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"couples",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"interconnects",
|
|
"interlinks",
|
|
"joins",
|
|
"links"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"articulates",
|
|
"dovetails",
|
|
"integrates",
|
|
"interlocks",
|
|
"intermeshes",
|
|
"cords",
|
|
"strings",
|
|
"wires",
|
|
"cements",
|
|
"coalesces",
|
|
"combines",
|
|
"fuses",
|
|
"unites",
|
|
"welds"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"detaches",
|
|
"disengages",
|
|
"divides",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"splits",
|
|
"cleaves",
|
|
"ruptures",
|
|
"severs",
|
|
"sunders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disconnects",
|
|
"disjoins",
|
|
"disjoints",
|
|
"dissevers",
|
|
"disunites",
|
|
"separates",
|
|
"unchains",
|
|
"uncouples",
|
|
"unhitches",
|
|
"unlinks",
|
|
"unyokes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"youth hostel":{
|
|
"as in motor inn , tourist court":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"court",
|
|
"motel",
|
|
"motor court",
|
|
"motor inn",
|
|
"motor lodge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"spa",
|
|
"tourist court",
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"lodgings",
|
|
"rest",
|
|
"camp",
|
|
"campground",
|
|
"apartment hotel",
|
|
"bunkhouse",
|
|
"dorm",
|
|
"dormitory",
|
|
"B and B",
|
|
"bed-and-breakfast",
|
|
"guesthouse",
|
|
"boardinghouse",
|
|
"lodging house",
|
|
"rooming house",
|
|
"auberge",
|
|
"caravansary",
|
|
"caravanserai",
|
|
"hospice",
|
|
"hostel",
|
|
"hostelry",
|
|
"hotel",
|
|
"inn",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"public house",
|
|
"tavern",
|
|
"doss-house",
|
|
"fleabag",
|
|
"flophouse"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yowling":{
|
|
"engaging in or marked by loud and insistent cries especially of protest":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"town meeting is always full of yowling residents who never seem to be happy with anything the town does"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blatant",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"clamant",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"vociferant",
|
|
"vociferating",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"loudmouthed",
|
|
"outspoken",
|
|
"vocal",
|
|
"boisterous",
|
|
"rackety",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"robustious",
|
|
"rowdy",
|
|
"uproarious",
|
|
"cacophonous",
|
|
"dissonant",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"strident",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blustering",
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"brassy",
|
|
"brazen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"noiseless",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"soundless",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"subdued"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefing",
|
|
"bellyaching",
|
|
"bitching",
|
|
"bleating",
|
|
"carping",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"complaining",
|
|
"crabbing",
|
|
"croaking",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"griping",
|
|
"grizzling",
|
|
"grouching",
|
|
"grousing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"grumping",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"inveighing",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"kicking",
|
|
"kvetching",
|
|
"maundering",
|
|
"moaning",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"nagging",
|
|
"repining",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"squawking",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"whimpering",
|
|
"whinging",
|
|
"whingeing",
|
|
"whining",
|
|
"yammering",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objecting (to)",
|
|
"protesting",
|
|
"quarreling (with)",
|
|
"quarrelling (with)",
|
|
"caviling",
|
|
"cavilling",
|
|
"quibbling",
|
|
"fretting",
|
|
"stewing",
|
|
"worrying",
|
|
"blubbering",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"sobbing",
|
|
"bemoaning",
|
|
"bewailing",
|
|
"deploring",
|
|
"lamenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"countenancing",
|
|
"enduring",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"tolerating",
|
|
"applauding",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"commending"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowing",
|
|
"delighting",
|
|
"rejoicing"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coyotes yowling at the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baying",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"keening",
|
|
"ululating",
|
|
"wailing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"shrilling",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"yawping",
|
|
"yauping",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"yelping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yokels":{
|
|
"an awkward or simple person especially from a small town or the country":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a lame comedy about the misadventures of yokels in the big city"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bumpkins",
|
|
"chawbacons",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clodhoppers",
|
|
"cornballs",
|
|
"countrymen",
|
|
"hayseed",
|
|
"hayseeds",
|
|
"hicks",
|
|
"provincials",
|
|
"rubes",
|
|
"rustics"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"clods",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"louts",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"greenhorns",
|
|
"tenderfeet",
|
|
"tenderfoots",
|
|
"peasants",
|
|
"peons",
|
|
"peones",
|
|
"backwoodsmen",
|
|
"mountaineers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"slickers",
|
|
"smoothies",
|
|
"metropolitans",
|
|
"suburbanites",
|
|
"urbanites"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cosmopolitans",
|
|
"cosmopolites",
|
|
"sophisticates"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yogi":{
|
|
"as in guru , swami":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"guru",
|
|
"mahatma",
|
|
"pandit",
|
|
"swami",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellect",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"whiz",
|
|
"wizard",
|
|
"rabbi",
|
|
"polyhistor",
|
|
"polymath",
|
|
"Renaissance man",
|
|
"master",
|
|
"mentor",
|
|
"teacher",
|
|
"seer",
|
|
"wise man",
|
|
"pundit",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"savant",
|
|
"scholar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"turkey"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yodeled":{
|
|
"as in crooned , warbled":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"belted",
|
|
"crooned",
|
|
"harmonized",
|
|
"hummed",
|
|
"lilted",
|
|
"quavered",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"sharped",
|
|
"slurred",
|
|
"trilled",
|
|
"trolled",
|
|
"warbled",
|
|
"caroled",
|
|
"carolled",
|
|
"chanted",
|
|
"descanted",
|
|
"sang",
|
|
"sung",
|
|
"vocalized",
|
|
"serenaded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yowls":{
|
|
"a loud vocal expression of strong emotion":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cat gave a yowl of anger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yells"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ejaculations",
|
|
"interjections",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yelps",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"plaints",
|
|
"wails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"gasps",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whispers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefs",
|
|
"bellyaches",
|
|
"bitches",
|
|
"bleats",
|
|
"carps",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"complains",
|
|
"crabs",
|
|
"croaks",
|
|
"fusses",
|
|
"gripes",
|
|
"grizzles",
|
|
"grouches",
|
|
"grouses",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"grumps",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"inveighs",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"kvetches",
|
|
"maunders",
|
|
"moans",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"nags",
|
|
"repines",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"squawks",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"whimpers",
|
|
"whines",
|
|
"whinges",
|
|
"yammers",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objects (to)",
|
|
"protests",
|
|
"quarrels (with)",
|
|
"cavils",
|
|
"quibbles",
|
|
"frets",
|
|
"stews",
|
|
"worries",
|
|
"blubbers",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"sobs",
|
|
"bemoans",
|
|
"bewails",
|
|
"deplores",
|
|
"laments"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"countenances",
|
|
"endures",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"tolerates",
|
|
"applauds",
|
|
"cheers",
|
|
"commends"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crows",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"rejoices"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coyotes yowling at the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"keens",
|
|
"ululates",
|
|
"wails"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"shrills",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"squeals",
|
|
"yawps",
|
|
"yaups",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"yelps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yowled":{
|
|
"to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bitterly cold winter that had people yowling about their heating bills"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"beefed",
|
|
"bellyached",
|
|
"bitched",
|
|
"bleated",
|
|
"carped",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"complained",
|
|
"crabbed",
|
|
"croaked",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"griped",
|
|
"grizzled",
|
|
"grouched",
|
|
"groused",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"grumped",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"inveighed",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"kicked",
|
|
"kvetched",
|
|
"maundered",
|
|
"moaned",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"nagged",
|
|
"repined",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"squawked",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"whimpered",
|
|
"whined",
|
|
"whinged",
|
|
"yammered",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"objected (to)",
|
|
"protested",
|
|
"quarreled (with)",
|
|
"quarrelled (with)",
|
|
"caviled",
|
|
"cavilled",
|
|
"quibbled",
|
|
"fretted",
|
|
"stewed",
|
|
"worried",
|
|
"blubbered",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"sobbed",
|
|
"bemoaned",
|
|
"bewailed",
|
|
"deplored",
|
|
"lamented"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"countenanced",
|
|
"endured",
|
|
"tolerated",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"applauded",
|
|
"cheered",
|
|
"commended"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"crowed",
|
|
"delighted",
|
|
"rejoiced"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud mournful sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"coyotes yowling at the moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bayed",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"keened",
|
|
"ululated",
|
|
"wailed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"shrilled",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"squealed",
|
|
"yawped",
|
|
"yauped",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"yelped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"young Turk":{
|
|
"as in rebel , extremist":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"extremist",
|
|
"radical",
|
|
"revolutionary",
|
|
"revolutionist",
|
|
"agitator",
|
|
"insurgent",
|
|
"insurrectionist",
|
|
"rebel",
|
|
"secessionist",
|
|
"separationist",
|
|
"separatist",
|
|
"leftist",
|
|
"lefty",
|
|
"red",
|
|
"progressive",
|
|
"reformer",
|
|
"reformist",
|
|
"anarch",
|
|
"anarchist",
|
|
"subversive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"middle-of-the-roader",
|
|
"moderate",
|
|
"conservative",
|
|
"fuddy-duddy",
|
|
"reactionary",
|
|
"rightist",
|
|
"standpatter",
|
|
"Tory",
|
|
"traditionalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yore":{
|
|
"the events or experience of former times":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"my favorite stories are about gallant knights and fair maidens in the days of yore"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"auld lang syne",
|
|
"history",
|
|
"past",
|
|
"yesterday",
|
|
"yesteryear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bygone",
|
|
"flashback",
|
|
"annals",
|
|
"chronicle",
|
|
"record",
|
|
"memoir",
|
|
"antiquity",
|
|
"long ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"by-and-by",
|
|
"future",
|
|
"futurity",
|
|
"hereafter",
|
|
"offing",
|
|
"tomorrow",
|
|
"moment",
|
|
"now",
|
|
"present",
|
|
"today"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yock":{
|
|
"something said or done to cause laughter":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the yuks on this new sitcom are so pathetic that the souped-up laugh track merely adds insult to injury"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boff",
|
|
"boffo",
|
|
"boffola",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"drollery",
|
|
"funny",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"giggle",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"laugh",
|
|
"nifty",
|
|
"one-liner",
|
|
"pleasantry",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"sally",
|
|
"waggery",
|
|
"wisecrack",
|
|
"witticism"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"funning",
|
|
"joking",
|
|
"wisecracking",
|
|
"knee-slapper",
|
|
"panic",
|
|
"riot",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"thigh-slapper",
|
|
"antic",
|
|
"buffoonery",
|
|
"caper",
|
|
"leg-pull",
|
|
"monkeyshine(s)",
|
|
"practical joke",
|
|
"prank",
|
|
"trick",
|
|
"burlesque",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"put-on",
|
|
"riff",
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"kidding",
|
|
"persiflage",
|
|
"raillery",
|
|
"repartee",
|
|
"drollness",
|
|
"facetiousness",
|
|
"funniness",
|
|
"hilariousness",
|
|
"humorousness",
|
|
"comedy",
|
|
"humor",
|
|
"wit",
|
|
"wordplay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make jokes":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"pay no mind to those clowns\u2014they are just yukking it up and don't mean any harm"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banter",
|
|
"chaff",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"gag",
|
|
"jape",
|
|
"jest",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"joke",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"josh",
|
|
"kid",
|
|
"quip",
|
|
"wisecrack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"haze",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rally",
|
|
"razz",
|
|
"rib",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"tease",
|
|
"caricature",
|
|
"lampoon",
|
|
"parody",
|
|
"satirize",
|
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"amuse",
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"divert",
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"entertain"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"youth hostels":{
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"as in motor inns , tourist courts":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
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"courts",
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"motels",
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"motor courts",
|
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"motor inns",
|
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"motor lodges",
|
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"resorts",
|
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"spas",
|
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"tourist courts",
|
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"accommodations",
|
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"lodgings",
|
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"rests",
|
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"campgrounds",
|
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"camps",
|
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"apartment hotels",
|
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"bunkhouses",
|
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"dormitories",
|
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"dorms",
|
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"B and Bs",
|
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"bed-and-breakfasts",
|
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"guesthouses",
|
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"boardinghouses",
|
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"lodging houses",
|
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"rooming houses",
|
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"auberges",
|
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"caravansaries",
|
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"caravanserais",
|
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"caravanserai",
|
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"hospices",
|
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"hostelries",
|
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"hostels",
|
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"hotels",
|
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"inns",
|
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"lodges",
|
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"public houses",
|
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"taverns",
|
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"doss-houses",
|
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"fleabags",
|
|
"flophouses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"yo-yos":{
|
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"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"some yo-yo cut the electricity off while I still had unsaved data"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"charlies",
|
|
"charleys",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ding-a-lings",
|
|
"dingbats",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dipsticks",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"gits",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"mooncalves",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"turkeys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a stupid person":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"those yo-yos who insist upon using their cell phones while speeding down the highway"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"boneheads",
|
|
"bubbleheads",
|
|
"chowderheads",
|
|
"chuckleheads",
|
|
"clodpolls",
|
|
"clodpoles",
|
|
"clots",
|
|
"clucks",
|
|
"clunks",
|
|
"cretins",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"deadheads",
|
|
"dim bulbs",
|
|
"dimwits",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dullards",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dumbheads",
|
|
"dum-dums",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dummkopfs",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"dunderheads",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"golems",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"hammerheads",
|
|
"hardheads",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"lamebrains",
|
|
"loggerheads",
|
|
"loons",
|
|
"lumps",
|
|
"lunkheads",
|
|
"meatheads",
|
|
"momes",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"mugs",
|
|
"mutts",
|
|
"naturals",
|
|
"nimrods",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"noddies",
|
|
"noodles",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"oafs",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"prats",
|
|
"ratbags",
|
|
"sapheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"stupes",
|
|
"stupids",
|
|
"thickheads",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"woodenheads",
|
|
"yahoos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boobies",
|
|
"buffoons",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"loonies",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"zanies",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"gawks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"beasts",
|
|
"boors",
|
|
"cads",
|
|
"churls",
|
|
"clowns",
|
|
"creeps",
|
|
"curs",
|
|
"heels",
|
|
"jerks",
|
|
"skunks",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"snakes",
|
|
"stinkers",
|
|
"villains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"intellects",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"whizzes",
|
|
"wizards",
|
|
"polymaths",
|
|
"Renaissance men",
|
|
"sharpies"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |