dict_dl/en_MW_thesaurus/sp_mwt.json
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{
"spaced-out":{
"being under the influence of a recreational drug":{
"antonyms":[
"sober",
"straight"
],
"examples":[
"the mindless ramblings of a spaced-out , over-the-hill hippie"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abstemious",
"abstinent",
"clean",
"temperate",
"clearheaded",
"cool",
"level",
"steady"
],
"related":[
"addicted",
"hooked"
],
"synonyms":[
"blasted",
"blitzed",
"bombed",
"high",
"hopped-up",
"loaded",
"ripped",
"stoned",
"strung out",
"wasted",
"wiped out",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
]
},
"different from the ordinary in a way that causes curiosity or suspicion":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"that was a seriously spaced-out movie about an alternate reality"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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"
]
},
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"examples":[
"a spaced-out representative from customer service who knew less than we did"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"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",
"zonked",
"zonked-out"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spacy":{
"suffering from mental confusion":{
"antonyms":[
"clearheaded"
],
"examples":[
"feeling a little spacey in the moments following the freak accident"
],
"near antonyms":[
"alert",
"conscious"
],
"related":[
"senseless",
"unconscious"
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spadework":{
"as in drudgery , toil":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spading":{
"as in scooping":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"span-new":{
"being in an original and unused or unspoiled state":{
"antonyms":[
"stale"
],
"examples":[
"I love the smell of a span-new book"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blemished",
"broken",
"bruised",
"damaged",
"defaced",
"defiled",
"disfigured",
"harmed",
"hurt",
"impaired",
"injured",
"marred",
"soiled",
"sullied",
"tainted",
"faded",
"shopworn",
"used",
"well-worn",
"worn",
"contaminated",
"polluted",
"spoiled",
"hand-me-down",
"secondhand"
],
"related":[
"unaltered",
"unblemished",
"unbruised",
"uncontaminated",
"undamaged",
"undefiled",
"unharmed",
"unhurt",
"unimpaired",
"uninjured",
"unmarred",
"unpolluted",
"unsoiled",
"unspoiled",
"unsullied",
"untainted",
"untouched",
"unworn",
"new",
"spick-and-span",
"spic-and-span"
],
"synonyms":[
"brand-new",
"fresh",
"mint",
"pristine",
"virgin",
"virginal"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spangling":{
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"in typical Las Vegas fashion, the showgirls' sequined costumes spangled gloriously"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beaming",
"radiating",
"shining",
"bedazzling",
"blinding",
"dazing",
"dazzling",
"blazing",
"burning",
"flaring",
"glaring",
"glowing"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscating",
"flaming",
"flashing",
"glancing",
"gleaming",
"glimmering",
"glinting",
"glistening",
"glistering",
"glittering",
"lustering",
"lustring",
"scintillating",
"shimmering",
"sparkling",
"twinkling",
"winking",
"winkling"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spared":{
"to avoid unnecessary waste or expense":{
"antonyms":[
"wasted"
],
"examples":[
"she had grown up during the Great Depression, so she was no stranger to sparing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blew",
"dissipated",
"frittered (away)",
"lavished",
"misspent",
"ran through",
"spent",
"squandered",
"threw away",
"splurged"
],
"related":[
"conserved",
"husbanded",
"maintained",
"managed",
"preserved",
"scraped",
"cut back",
"cut down",
"retrenched",
"hoarded",
"laid up"
],
"synonyms":[
"economized",
"pinched",
"saved",
"scrimped",
"skimped"
]
},
"to use or give out in stingy amounts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I'll have a banana split\u2014and don't spare the whipped cream"
],
"near antonyms":[
"heaped",
"lavished",
"poured",
"rained",
"showered"
],
"related":[
"doled out",
"meted (out)",
"portioned (out)",
"rationed (out)",
"pinched",
"shortchanged",
"conserved",
"preserved"
],
"synonyms":[
"nursed",
"scanted",
"skimped (on)",
"stinted (on)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spark":{
"a very small amount":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"not a spark of interest in the actress's memoirs"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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"
]
},
"to cause to function":{
"antonyms":[
"cut",
"cut out",
"deactivate",
"kill",
"shut off",
"turn off"
],
"examples":[
"interesting questions that are designed to spark the reader's brain"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"cut off",
"draw up",
"halt",
"jam",
"stall",
"stick",
"stop",
"decelerate",
"repress",
"slow",
"stunt",
"suppress"
],
"related":[
"kick over",
"turn over",
"charge",
"electrify",
"energize",
"fire",
"fuel",
"generate",
"power",
"push",
"discharge",
"launch",
"release",
"switch",
"trip",
"reactivate",
"recharge",
"arouse",
"excite",
"jump-start",
"kick-start",
"stimulate",
"vitalize",
"ignite",
"incite",
"instigate",
"provoke",
"quicken",
"stir up",
"accelerate",
"catalyze",
"speed (up)",
"step up"
],
"synonyms":[
"activate",
"actuate",
"crank (up)",
"drive",
"move",
"run",
"set off",
"start",
"touch off",
"trigger",
"turn on"
]
},
"to give off sparks":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the broken radio sparked and smoked the instant it was plugged in"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"flash",
"shine",
"twinkle",
"blaze",
"burn",
"combust",
"flame",
"flare (up)",
"glow",
"light (up)",
"radiate"
],
"synonyms":[
"scintillate",
"sparkle"
]
},
"to rouse to strong feeling or action":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"President Kennedy's inspirational speeches sparked a generation of young idealists to enter the public arena"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"soothe",
"subdue",
"tranquilize",
"tranquillize",
"appease",
"mollify",
"pacify",
"placate"
],
"related":[
"fan",
"ignite",
"inflame",
"enflame",
"kindle",
"trigger",
"activate",
"animate",
"drive",
"energize",
"galvanize",
"induce",
"inspire",
"key (up)",
"motivate",
"motive",
"pump up",
"quicken",
"set off",
"vitalize",
"abet",
"ferment",
"foment",
"raise",
"whip (up)",
"anger",
"enrage",
"madden",
"upset",
"jeer",
"taunt",
"tease",
"aggravate",
"annoy",
"bother",
"exasperate",
"gall",
"get",
"irritate",
"vex"
],
"synonyms":[
"arouse",
"encourage",
"excite",
"fire (up)",
"impassion",
"incite",
"instigate",
"move",
"pique",
"provoke",
"rev (up)",
"stimulate",
"stir"
]
},
"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":{
"as in glitters , shimmers":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"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":[
"flashes",
"shines",
"twinkles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"combusts",
"flames",
"flares (up)",
"glows",
"lights (up)",
"radiates"
],
"synonyms":[
"scintillates",
"sparks"
]
},
"to shoot forth bursts of light":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the crystal sparkled in the sunlight"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"beams",
"radiates",
"shines",
"bedazzles",
"blinds",
"dazes",
"dazzles",
"blazes",
"burns",
"flares",
"glares",
"glows"
],
"synonyms":[
"coruscates",
"flames",
"flashes",
"glances",
"gleams",
"glimmers",
"glints",
"glistens",
"glisters",
"glitters",
"lusters",
"lustres",
"scintillates",
"shimmers",
"spangles",
"twinkles",
"winkles",
"winks"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sparse":{
"less plentiful than what is normal, necessary, or desirable":{
"antonyms":[
"abundant",
"ample",
"bountiful",
"copious",
"generous",
"liberal",
"plenteous",
"plentiful"
],
"examples":[
"open land is sparse around here"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"deficient",
"inadequate",
"insufficient",
"lacking",
"short",
"wanting",
"bare",
"bare-bones",
"least",
"littlest",
"lowest",
"mere",
"minimal",
"slightest",
"slight",
"small",
"thin",
"barren",
"infertile",
"sterile",
"unfruitful",
"unproductive"
],
"synonyms":[
"exiguous",
"hand-to-mouth",
"light",
"meager",
"meagre",
"niggardly",
"poor",
"scant",
"scanty",
"scarce",
"skimp",
"skimpy",
"slender",
"slim",
"spare",
"sparing",
"stingy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spartan":{
"providing only the essentials and nothing fancy or luxurious":{
"antonyms":[
"deluxe",
"Lucullan",
"Lucullian",
"luxe",
"luxurious",
"plush"
],
"examples":[
"accommodations on the windjammer are spartan but clean and comfortable nevertheless"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adorned",
"decorated",
"elaborate",
"fancy"
],
"related":[
"plain",
"simple",
"unadorned",
"undecorated",
"unelaborate",
"unfancy"
],
"synonyms":[
"austere",
"no-frills",
"stark"
]
},
"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 considerable amount":{
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"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"
],
"examples":[
"an off-color remark that drew a spate of complaints from TV viewers"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
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"inflows",
"influxes",
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"invoking",
"making",
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"producing",
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"lip",
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"purr",
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"dissert",
"expound",
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"beg (for)",
"claim",
"clamor (for)",
"importune",
"urge",
"wish (for)",
"demand",
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"exact",
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"petition (for)",
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"request",
"seek",
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"avouches",
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"breathes",
"chirps",
"drawls",
"gasps",
"lips",
"mouths",
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"pontificates",
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"mouths",
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"filibusters"
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"clams up",
"dummies up",
"hushes",
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"suppresses",
"quiets"
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"bays",
"bellows",
"calls",
"cries",
"hollers",
"roars",
"shouts",
"sings (out)",
"thunders",
"vociferates",
"yells",
"articulates",
"enounces",
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"sounds off",
"speaks out",
"spouts (off)",
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"related":[
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"perforating",
"riddling",
"bayoneting",
"bayonetting",
"dirking",
"gimleting",
"piking",
"poniarding",
"pronging",
"quilling",
"pinpricking",
"poking",
"pricking",
"punching",
"thrusting",
"cutting",
"knifing",
"slicing"
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"harpooning",
"impaling",
"jabbing",
"lancing",
"pecking",
"picking",
"piercing",
"pinking",
"puncturing",
"running through",
"skewering",
"spiking",
"spitting",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"transfixing",
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"verb"
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"the President claimed that international terrorism was a special threat that required a special way of dealing with it"
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"manifold",
"multifarious",
"myriad",
"assorted",
"heterogenous",
"miscellaneous",
"mixed",
"motley",
"patchwork",
"promiscuous",
"varied",
"popular",
"prevailing",
"prevalent",
"rampant",
"perennial",
"recurrent",
"repeated"
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"related":[
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"solo",
"unaccompanied",
"unattended",
"incomparable",
"inimitable",
"matchless",
"peerless",
"unequaled",
"unequalled",
"unmatched",
"unparalleled",
"unrivaled",
"unrivalled",
"unsurpassable",
"unsurpassed",
"distinct",
"distinctive",
"individual",
"separate",
"nonce"
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"synonyms":[
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"lone",
"one",
"one-off",
"only",
"singular",
"sole",
"solitary",
"sui generis",
"unique"
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"examples":[
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"abominated",
"despised",
"detested",
"disdained",
"disfavored",
"disliked",
"execrated",
"hated",
"loathed",
"unfavorite",
"abandoned",
"forgotten",
"ignored",
"alienated",
"estranged"
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"related":[
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"adored",
"appreciated",
"esteemed",
"relished",
"revered",
"prized",
"treasured",
"preferred"
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"synonyms":[
"beloved",
"cherished",
"darling",
"dear",
"fair-haired",
"favored",
"favorite",
"fond",
"loved",
"pet",
"precious",
"sweet",
"white-headed"
]
},
"of a particular or exact sort":{
"antonyms":[
"nonspecific"
],
"examples":[
"you'll need special permission from the fire department to do that"
],
"near antonyms":[
"general",
"generalized",
"generic",
"nonexclusive",
"universal"
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"related":[
"lone",
"only",
"separate",
"single",
"sole",
"solitary",
"distinctive",
"exclusive",
"individual",
"unique",
"limited",
"restricted",
"differentiated",
"specialized",
"given",
"specified"
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"synonyms":[
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"distinct",
"especial",
"express",
"peculiar",
"precise",
"set",
"specific"
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},
"type":[
"adjective"
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"type":[
"adjective"
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"used by or intended for experts in a particular field of knowledge":{
"antonyms":[
"general",
"nontechnical",
"untechnical"
],
"examples":[
"highly specialized terms that have very specific meanings in legal documents"
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"near antonyms":[
"common",
"generalized",
"generic",
"nonexclusive",
"nonspecific",
"ordinary",
"overall",
"universal",
"inexpert",
"lay",
"nonprofessional",
"unprofessional",
"self-evident",
"self-explanatory",
"straightforward"
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"related":[
"esoteric",
"especial",
"exclusive",
"limited",
"narrow",
"peculiar",
"restricted",
"special",
"specific",
"unique",
"authoritative",
"expert",
"professional",
"specialist",
"specialistic",
"technicalized"
],
"synonyms":[
"technical"
]
}
},
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"a region of activity, knowledge, or influence":{
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"examples":[
"a doctor with a specialty in internal medicine"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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"
]
},
"something for which a person shows a special talent":{
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"examples":[
"singing operatic works is my specialty"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"fortes",
"long suits",
"m\u00e9tiers",
"metiers",
"specialities",
"strong suits",
"things"
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},
"type":[
"noun"
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"specified":{
"as in declared , stated":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
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"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
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"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"
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},
"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",
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"synonyms":[
"adverted (to)",
"cited",
"dropped",
"instanced",
"mentioned",
"named",
"noted",
"noticed",
"quoted",
"referred (to)",
"touched (on or upon)"
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},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
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"specifying":{
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the document specifies precisely how you may use the information it contains"
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"defining",
"laying down",
"prescribing"
]
},
"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":[
"disregarding",
"forgetting",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overlooking",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"slighting"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"adverting (to)",
"citing",
"dropping",
"instancing",
"mentioning",
"naming",
"noticing",
"noting",
"quoting",
"referring (to)",
"touching (on or upon)"
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},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"speck":{
"a small area that is different (as in color) from the main part":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a lizard with specks of white against a green body"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"birthmark",
"freckle",
"mole",
"blob",
"blot",
"mark",
"smear",
"smudge",
"smutch",
"stain",
"spatter",
"splash",
"polka dot"
],
"synonyms":[
"blotch",
"dapple",
"dot",
"eyespot",
"fleck",
"mottle",
"patch",
"pip",
"point",
"speckle",
"splotch",
"spot"
]
},
"a very small amount":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"not a speck of explanation to accompany the book's pictures"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abundance",
"barrel",
"boatload",
"bucket",
"bundle",
"bushel",
"deal",
"fistful",
"gobs",
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"verb"
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"peppering",
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"splotching",
"spotting",
"sprinkling",
"stippling"
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"marked with spots":{
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"solid"
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"marbled",
"moir\u00e9",
"moire",
"veined",
"chromatic",
"colored",
"colorful",
"motley",
"multicolored",
"multihued",
"polychromatic",
"polychrome",
"prismatic",
"rainbow",
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"blotched",
"blotchy",
"piebald",
"pinto",
"roan"
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"dapple",
"dotted",
"flecked",
"freckled",
"mottled",
"specked",
"splotchy",
"spotted",
"spotty",
"stippled",
"variegated"
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"speckled the cookies with colored sugar"
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"dyed",
"stained",
"banded",
"barred",
"streaked",
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"interspersed",
"set",
"studded",
"bespattered",
"spattered"
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"dotted",
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"splotched",
"spotted",
"sprinkled",
"stippled"
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"verb"
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"documents",
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"proves",
"substantiates",
"validates",
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"determines",
"finds out",
"learns"
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"gathers",
"infers",
"hypothecates",
"hypothesizes",
"theorizes",
"believes",
"conceives",
"expects",
"judges",
"reckons",
"takes",
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"conjectures",
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"guesses",
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"supposes",
"surmises",
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"suspicions"
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"verb"
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"to form an opinion from little or no evidence":{
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"I speculate that someone has been using this cabin as a trysting place"
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"documenting",
"establishing",
"proving",
"substantiating",
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"ascertaining",
"determining",
"finding out",
"learning"
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"gathering",
"inferring",
"hypothecating",
"hypothesizing",
"theorizing",
"believing",
"conceiving",
"expecting",
"judging",
"reckoning",
"taking",
"thinking"
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"conjecturing",
"daresaying",
"guessing",
"imagining",
"presuming",
"supposing",
"surmising",
"suspecting",
"suspicioning"
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"verb"
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"existing only as an assumption or speculation":{
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"actual",
"factual",
"real"
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],
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"practical",
"concrete",
"defined",
"definite",
"distinct",
"attested",
"authenticated",
"confirmed",
"demonstrated",
"established",
"proven",
"substantiated",
"tested",
"time-tested",
"validated",
"verified",
"empirical",
"empiric",
"nonspeculative",
"nontheoretical",
"observational"
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"related":[
"alleged",
"assumed",
"presumed",
"presupposed",
"proposed",
"supposed",
"unproved",
"unproven",
"untested",
"debatable",
"moot",
"abstract",
"conceptual",
"intellectual",
"metaphysical",
"nonclinical",
"nonpractical",
"nonempirical"
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"academical",
"conjectural",
"hypothetical",
"suppositional",
"theoretical",
"theoretic"
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"adjective"
]
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"crept",
"poked"
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"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
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"dawdled",
"dillydallied",
"dragged",
"hung (around or out)",
"hanged (around or out)",
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"lingered",
"loitered",
"poked",
"tarried",
"ambled",
"lumbered",
"plodded",
"sauntered",
"shuffled",
"strolled",
"decelerated",
"slowed (down or up)"
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"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"
],
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"barrelled",
"belted",
"blasted",
"blazed",
"blew",
"bolted",
"bombed",
"bowled",
"breezed",
"bundled",
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"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"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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"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"
],
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"fastness",
"fleetness",
"haste",
"hurry",
"quickness",
"rapidity",
"rapidness",
"speediness",
"swiftness",
"velocity"
]
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"a person or thing that is preferred over others":{
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"examples":[
"that kind of old-fashioned horror movie is just my speed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abomination",
"anathema",
"b\u00eate noire",
"bugbear"
],
"related":[
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"dear",
"sweetheart",
"jewel",
"prize",
"treasure"
],
"synonyms":[
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"fave",
"favorite",
"minion",
"pet",
"preference"
]
},
"to proceed or move quickly":{
"antonyms":[
"crawl",
"creep",
"poke"
],
"examples":[
"a bullet train speeding across the lush countryside"
],
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"dally",
"dawdle",
"dillydally",
"drag",
"hang (around or out)",
"lag",
"linger",
"loiter",
"poke",
"tarry",
"amble",
"lumber",
"plod",
"saunter",
"shuffle",
"stroll",
"decelerate",
"slow (down or up)"
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"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":[
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"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"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
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"speed (up)":{
"to cause to move or proceed fast or faster":{
"antonyms":[
"brake",
"decelerate",
"retard",
"slow (down)"
],
"examples":[
"we have to speed up production if we are ever going to make the deadline"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
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"goad",
"prod",
"propel",
"push",
"race",
"spur",
"stir",
"urge",
"aid",
"dispatch",
"ease",
"encourage",
"expedite",
"facilitate"
],
"synonyms":[
"accelerate",
"bundle",
"fast-track",
"hasten",
"hurry",
"quicken",
"rush",
"whisk"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
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"speedboat":{
"a boat equipped with a motor":{
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"examples":[
"speedboats leaving wakes that cause damage to docked vessels and the shoreline"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
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"cruiser",
"hydrofoil",
"motor sailer",
"runabout",
"sedan",
"sportfisherman"
],
"synonyms":[
"motorboat",
"powerboat",
"stinkpot"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"speedy":{
"done, carried out, or given without delay":{
"antonyms":[
"belated",
"late",
"tardy"
],
"examples":[
"I was surprised by and pleased with the company's speedy response to my complaints"
],
"near antonyms":[
"delinquent",
"latish",
"overdue",
"behind",
"behindhand",
"delayed",
"detained",
"dilatory",
"laggard",
"slow"
],
"related":[
"apt",
"quick",
"ready",
"swift",
"willing",
"opportune",
"seasonable",
"early"
],
"synonyms":[
"immediate",
"prompt",
"punctual",
"timely"
]
},
"moving, proceeding, or acting with great speed":{
"antonyms":[
"slow"
],
"examples":[
"a speedy worker but not a very careful one, unfortunately"
],
"near antonyms":[
"crawling",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"laggard",
"languid",
"lingering",
"plodding",
"poking",
"poky",
"pokey",
"slowish",
"sluggish",
"unhurried",
"deliberate",
"leisurely",
"measured",
"dilatory",
"late",
"tardy",
"ultraslow"
],
"related":[
"expeditious",
"prompt",
"ready",
"accelerated",
"hastened",
"hurried",
"quickened",
"rushed",
"breathtaking",
"energetic",
"strenuous",
"strong",
"vigorous",
"high-speed",
"rush",
"ultrafast",
"ultrarapid"
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spell":{
"a spoken word or set of words believed to have magic power":{
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"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"
],
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"denote",
"express",
"import",
"intend",
"mean",
"signify"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spelling":{
"to cast a spell on":{
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"examples":[
"it was as if he had spelled the public into believing his ridiculous claims"
],
"near antonyms":[
"blessing"
],
"related":[
"cursing",
"jinxing",
"possessing",
"voodooing",
"attracting",
"beguiling",
"captivating",
"fascinating",
"mesmerizing",
"spellbinding",
"enticing",
"luring",
"seducing",
"tempting"
],
"synonyms":[
"bewitching",
"charming",
"enchanting",
"ensorcelling",
"ensorceling",
"hexing",
"overlooking",
"striking"
]
},
"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":[
"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"
],
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"denoting",
"expressing",
"importing",
"intending",
"meaning",
"signifying"
]
},
"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 discharge the contents of the stomach through the mouth":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"\"I'm going to spew right here in the car if you don't pull over!\" she wailed to her friend"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"disgorging",
"regurgitating",
"ejecting",
"expelling",
"nauseating"
],
"synonyms":[
"barfing",
"gagging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"puking",
"retching",
"spitting up",
"throwing up",
"upchucking",
"vomiting"
]
},
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
"antonyms":[
"dribbling",
"dripping",
"dropping",
"trickling"
],
"examples":[
"water spewing violently from the broken pipe"
],
"near antonyms":[
"spattering",
"sprinkling",
"bleeding",
"exuding",
"leaking",
"oozing",
"percolating",
"seeping",
"straining",
"weeping"
],
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"gushing",
"jetting",
"pouring",
"rushing",
"spouting",
"spurting",
"squirting",
"swooshing"
]
},
"to violently throw out or off (something from within)":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a volcano spewing out lava"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bottling (up)",
"containing",
"restraining",
"shutting (in or up)"
],
"related":[
"gushing",
"pouring",
"squirting",
"streaming",
"surging",
"emanating",
"exhaling",
"issuing",
"releasing",
"shooting",
"spitting",
"springing",
"venting",
"discharging",
"emitting",
"firing",
"casting",
"flinging",
"heaving",
"hurling",
"launching",
"pitching",
"tossing"
],
"synonyms":[
"belching",
"disgorging",
"ejecting",
"eructing",
"erupting",
"expelling",
"jetting",
"spouting",
"spurting"
]
},
"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":{
"antonyms":[
"fetor",
"malodor",
"reek",
"stench",
"stink"
],
"examples":[
"a cologne for men that captures all of the spice of the sea"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"essence",
"odor"
],
"synonyms":[
"aroma",
"attar",
"otto",
"balm",
"bouquet",
"fragrance",
"fragrancy",
"incense",
"perfume",
"redolence",
"scent"
]
},
"something (as a spice or herb) that adds an agreeable or interesting taste to food":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"Europe in Columbus's time imported rare and valuable spices from the Indies"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"sauce"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"flavoring",
"seasoning"
]
},
"the quality or state of being stimulating to the mind or senses":{
"antonyms":[
"insipidity"
],
"examples":[
"a new hobby will add spice to your life"
],
"near antonyms":[
"flatness",
"tastelessness",
"dullness",
"dulness",
"insipidity",
"monotonousness",
"monotony",
"platitude",
"predictability",
"sameness",
"tediousness",
"blandness",
"thinness",
"weakness"
],
"related":[
"raciness",
"spiciness",
"fieriness",
"hotness",
"acuteness",
"keenness",
"sharpness",
"provocativeness",
"excitement",
"invigoration",
"stimulant",
"stimulation",
"stimulus",
"thrill",
"bitterness",
"mordancy",
"trenchancy",
"flavor",
"redolence",
"savor",
"savour",
"savoriness",
"tastiness"
],
"synonyms":[
"nip",
"piquancy",
"pungency",
"tang",
"zest",
"zing"
]
},
"to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spice the stew with more pepper"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"enhance",
"enrich",
"sauce",
"pepper",
"salt",
"aromatize",
"perfume"
],
"synonyms":[
"flavor",
"lace",
"savor",
"savour",
"season"
]
},
"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":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarded",
"ignored",
"neglected",
"overpassed",
"passed over",
"missed",
"overlooked"
],
"related":[
"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)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beheld",
"caught",
"descried",
"discerned",
"distinguished",
"espied",
"eyed",
"looked (at)",
"noted",
"noticed",
"observed",
"perceived",
"regarded",
"remarked",
"saw",
"sighted",
"spotted",
"viewed",
"witnessed"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spies":{
"a person who tries secretly to obtain information for one country in the territory of another usually unfriendly country":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the government spy risked his life every day in the fight against global terrorism"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"couriers",
"counterspies",
"double agents",
"sleepers",
"infiltrators",
"informers",
"stool pigeons",
"spymasters",
"superspies"
],
"synonyms":[
"agents",
"assets",
"emissaries",
"intelligencers",
"moles",
"operatives",
"spooks",
"undercovers"
]
},
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"I spy a motel off in the distance, so let's spend the night there"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overpasses",
"passes over",
"misses",
"overlooks"
],
"related":[
"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)"
],
"synonyms":[
"beholds",
"catches",
"descries",
"discerns",
"distinguishes",
"espies",
"eyes",
"looks (at)",
"notes",
"notices",
"observes",
"perceives",
"regards",
"remarks",
"sees",
"sights",
"spots",
"views",
"witnesses"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiffed-up":{
"as in formal , elegant":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spiffy":{
"neat, stylish, and attractive":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a spiffy new uniform",
"She looked very spiffy in her new dress."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spikelike":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spikes":{
"as in darts":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in jumps , run-ups":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to give life, vigor, or spirit to":{
"antonyms":[
"dampens",
"damps",
"deadens",
"dulls",
"kills"
],
"examples":[
"he spiked what otherwise would have been a dry economic lecture with some jokes and anecdotes"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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)"
]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"scorpions use their stinger-equipped tails to spike their prey"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spits",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spinal column":{
"a column of bones supporting the trunk of a vertebrate animal":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a diagram of the spinal column"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"back",
"spinal cord",
"vertebra"
],
"synonyms":[
"backbone",
"chine",
"spine",
"vertebral column"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spinal cord":{
"as in back , vertebra":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spindling":{
"as in cutting , quilling":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a sickly, spindling child who spent most of his time indoors"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindly"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spindly":{
"being tall, thin and usually loose-jointed":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spindly , underfed dogs roamed the poverty-stricken village"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
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"gangling",
"gangly",
"lanky",
"rangy",
"spindling"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
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"examples":[
"this promises to be a spiny problem to negotiate"
],
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"easy",
"effortless",
"manageable",
"painless",
"simple",
"straightforward",
"uncomplicated",
"undemanding",
"unproblematic"
],
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"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"
]
},
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"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
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"examples":[
"a hotel bar that's well stocked with spirits"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"had been in a combative spirit all week"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"the theological and philosophical belief that the spirit is superior to the body"
],
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"body",
"flesh"
],
"related":[
"life",
"vitality",
"being",
"essence",
"quintessence"
],
"synonyms":[
"psyche",
"soul"
]
},
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the soul of a dead person thought of especially as appearing to living people":{
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"examples":[
"Hamlet's late father appears to him in the form of a spirit and with the revelation that he was in fact murdered"
],
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"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"
],
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"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":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spiritlessness":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiritual":{
"a religious song":{
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"examples":[
"sang a spiritual at the funeral"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"Gloria Patri",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"mass",
"oratorio",
"processional",
"recessional"
],
"synonyms":[
"anthem",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"psalm"
]
},
"not composed of matter":{
"antonyms":[
"bodily",
"corporeal",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial"
],
"examples":[
"a staunch skeptic and realist, he scoffs at the very notion of ghosts and other spiritual entities"
],
"near antonyms":[
"animal",
"carnal",
"fleshly",
"detectable",
"discernible",
"discernable",
"noticeable",
"observable",
"palpable",
"sensible",
"tangible",
"visible",
"bulky",
"heavy",
"massive",
"solid"
],
"related":[
"metaphysical",
"psychic",
"psychical",
"supernatural",
"impalpable",
"insensible",
"intangible",
"invisible",
"airy",
"diaphanous",
"gaseous",
"gossamery",
"tenuous",
"thin",
"vaporous",
"wispish"
],
"synonyms":[
"bodiless",
"ethereal",
"formless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"insubstantial",
"nonmaterial",
"nonphysical",
"unbodied",
"unsubstantial"
]
},
"of, relating to, or used in the practice or worship services of a religion":{
"antonyms":[
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular"
],
"examples":[
"spiritual songs that have been sung by generations of worshippers"
],
"near antonyms":[
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly"
],
"related":[
"blessed",
"blest",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"solemn",
"liturgical",
"ritual",
"sacramental",
"semireligious",
"semisacred"
],
"synonyms":[
"devotional",
"religious",
"sacred"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun"
]
},
"spiteful":{
"having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it":{
"antonyms":[
"benevolent",
"benign",
"benignant",
"loving",
"unmalicious"
],
"examples":[
"the gossip would utter the most vicious things with a spiteful smile"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"bad",
"bitchy",
"catty",
"cruel",
"despiteful",
"hateful",
"malevolent",
"malicious",
"malign",
"malignant",
"mean",
"nasty",
"vicious",
"virulent"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spits":{
"an area of land that juts out into a body of water":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"at the northeast end of the island is a long spit whose terminal is crowned by a towering lighthouse"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"breakwaters",
"jetties"
],
"synonyms":[
"arms",
"capes",
"forelands",
"headlands",
"nesses",
"peninsulas",
"points",
"promontories"
]
},
"something or someone that strongly resembles another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the spit and image of his father"
],
"near antonyms":[
"antitheses",
"converses",
"opposites",
"reverses"
],
"related":[
"Chinese copies",
"effigies",
"portraits",
"portrayals",
"companions",
"fellows",
"mates",
"equals",
"equivalents",
"analogues",
"analogs",
"parallels"
],
"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"
]
},
"the fluid that is secreted into the mouth by certain glands":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"so dry that he felt as if he had no spit left in his mouth"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"foams",
"froths",
"expectorations",
"salivations",
"sputa",
"sputums"
],
"synonyms":[
"drools",
"salivas",
"slavers",
"slobbers",
"spittles"
]
},
"to penetrate or hold (something) with a pointed object":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"according to the propaganda put out by the war ministry, enemy soldiers were spitting innocent babies on bayonets"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"spindles",
"perforates",
"riddles",
"bayonets",
"dirks",
"gimlets",
"pikes",
"poniards",
"prongs",
"quills",
"pinpricks",
"pokes",
"pricks",
"punches",
"thrusts",
"cuts",
"knifes",
"slices"
],
"synonyms":[
"gores",
"harpoons",
"impales",
"jabs",
"lances",
"pecks",
"picks",
"pierces",
"pinks",
"punctures",
"runs through",
"skewers",
"spears",
"spikes",
"stabs",
"sticks",
"transfixes",
"transpierces"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"splashy":{
"attractively eye-catching in style":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a splashy ad for the new brand of blue jeans"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"flashy",
"jazzy",
"pizzazzy",
"pizazzy",
"snazzy"
]
},
"excessively showy":{
"antonyms":[
"conservative",
"quiet",
"understated",
"unflamboyant",
"unflashy"
],
"examples":[
"a splashy outfit that was definitely out of place in church"
],
"near antonyms":[
"appropriate",
"fitting",
"proper",
"inconspicuous",
"muted",
"restrained",
"subdued",
"toned (down)",
"unobtrusive",
"elegant",
"graceful",
"tasteful",
"modest",
"plain",
"simple",
"unpretentious"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"flamboyant",
"flaring",
"flashy",
"garish",
"gaudy",
"glitzy",
"loud",
"noisy",
"ostentatious",
"razzle-dazzle",
"swank",
"swanky"
]
},
"likely to attract attention":{
"antonyms":[
"inconspicuous",
"unemphatic",
"unflamboyant",
"unnoticeable",
"unobtrusive",
"unremarkable",
"unshowy"
],
"examples":[
"a splashy new restaurant that's currently the in place to go"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"arresting",
"bodacious",
"bold",
"brilliant",
"catchy",
"commanding",
"conspicuous",
"dramatic",
"emphatic",
"eye-catching",
"flamboyant",
"grabby",
"kenspeckle",
"marked",
"noisy",
"noticeable",
"prominent",
"pronounced",
"remarkable",
"showy",
"striking"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"splendidly":{
"in a manner marked by the shining or reflecting of much light":{
"antonyms":[
"dimly",
"dully"
],
"examples":[
"the windjammer's splendidly white sails billowed against a deep blue sky"
],
"near antonyms":[
"darkly",
"duskily",
"gloomily",
"murkily",
"obscurely",
"somberly",
"cloudily",
"shadily",
"shadowily"
],
"related":[
"blazingly",
"burningly",
"flamingly",
"blindingly",
"flaringly",
"flickeringly",
"glaringly",
"glitteringly",
"opalescently",
"pellucidly"
],
"synonyms":[
"bright",
"brightly",
"brilliantly",
"dazzlingly",
"fulgently",
"glowingly",
"incandescently",
"lambently",
"luminously",
"lustrously",
"radiantly"
]
},
"in a pleasing way":{
"antonyms":[
"badly",
"disagreeably",
"ill",
"unpleasantly"
],
"examples":[
"the graduation party went splendidly"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abominably",
"appallingly",
"awfully",
"dreadfully",
"horrendously",
"horribly",
"horridly",
"shockingly",
"sickeningly",
"terribly",
"vilely",
"annoyingly",
"disgustingly",
"distressingly",
"irritatingly",
"vexingly"
],
"related":[
"finely",
"grandly",
"magnificently",
"advantageously",
"helpfully",
"blessedly",
"fortunately",
"happily",
"luckily",
"excellently",
"superbly",
"marvelously",
"sensationally",
"wonderfully",
"attractively",
"beautifully",
"handsomely",
"appealingly",
"appetizingly",
"enticingly",
"invitingly",
"temptingly"
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adverb"
]
},
"spliced":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"split levels":{
"as in ranches , ranch houses":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"splore":{
"a state of noisy, confused activity":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the splore that annually accompanies the Edinburgh Festival"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calm",
"hush",
"peace",
"quiet",
"quietude",
"rest",
"stillness",
"tranquillity",
"tranquility",
"order",
"orderliness"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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"
]
},
"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":{
"as in luxuries , indulgences":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to spend more money than usual on something for yourself":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"You should let yourself splurge once in a while."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"splurging":{
"as in reckless , extravagant":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to spend more money than usual on something for yourself":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"You should let yourself splurge once in a while."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spluttered":{
"as in":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spoilsport":{
"a person who spoils the pleasure of others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"if you don't want to play, at least don't be a spoilsport"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cutup",
"jester",
"live wire",
"carouser",
"celebrant",
"celebrator",
"merrymaker",
"rejoicer",
"reveler",
"reveller",
"roisterer",
"libertine",
"playboy",
"playgirl",
"rake"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"drag",
"grinch",
"killjoy",
"party pooper",
"wet blanket"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spoliation":{
"as in looting , plunder":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"sponge":{
"a person who is supported by or seeks support from another without making an adequate return":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"finally told the sponge to move out of their house and to get a job"
],
"near antonyms":[
"benefactor",
"philanthropist",
"supporter"
],
"related":[
"dependent",
"deadbeat",
"idler",
"flunky",
"flunkey",
"flunkie",
"henchman",
"lackey",
"satellite",
"stooge",
"sycophant",
"toady",
"yes-man",
"cheapskate",
"miser",
"niggard",
"piker",
"scrooge",
"skinflint",
"tightwad"
],
"synonyms":[
"bloodsucker",
"free rider",
"freeloader",
"hanger-on",
"leech",
"moocher",
"parasite",
"sponger"
]
},
"to live by relying on someone else's generosity or hospitality without sharing in the cost or responsibility":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"she's been sponging off of her friends while she tries to land an entry-level job on Wall Street"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"leech",
"beg",
"exploit",
"use"
],
"synonyms":[
"freeload",
"mooch"
]
},
"to take in (something liquid) through small openings":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the ground quickly sponged up the much-needed rain"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"gulp",
"guzzle",
"quaff",
"sip",
"slurp",
"swallow",
"swig",
"swill"
],
"synonyms":[
"absorb",
"drink",
"imbibe",
"soak (up)",
"suck (up)",
"take up"
]
},
"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",
"mulct",
"rook",
"shortchange",
"skin",
"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 cause to believe what is untrue":{
"antonyms":[
"undeceiving"
],
"examples":[
"the newspaper was spoofed by a supposedly plausible claim of a UFO encounter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"debunking",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing up",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking",
"disclosing",
"divulging",
"telling",
"unveiling",
"disabusing",
"disenchanting",
"disillusioning"
],
"related":[
"kidding",
"putting on",
"teasing",
"bleeding",
"cheating",
"chiseling",
"chiselling",
"defrauding",
"diddling",
"euchring",
"fleecing",
"flimflamming",
"hustling",
"mulcting",
"rooking",
"shortchanging",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"sticking",
"stinging",
"swindling"
],
"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"
]
},
"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":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"burlesquing",
"caricaturing",
"doing",
"imitating",
"mimicking",
"mocking",
"parodying",
"sending up",
"travestying"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spooking":{
"to strike with fear":{
"antonyms":[
"reassuring"
],
"examples":[
"the sudden noise spooked her out of her skin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assuring",
"cheering",
"comforting",
"consoling",
"solacing",
"soothing",
"emboldening",
"encouraging",
"heartening",
"inspiring",
"steeling"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"affrighting",
"alarming",
"alaruming",
"frightening",
"frighting",
"horrifying",
"panicking",
"scarifying",
"scaring",
"shocking",
"startling",
"terrifying",
"terrorizing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spooney":{
"appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way":{
"antonyms":[
"unsentimental"
],
"examples":[
"the spoony verses of a lovesick soldier to his girl back home",
"the spoony plot of the new rom-com"
],
"near antonyms":[
"unadulterated",
"unvarnished",
"antisentimental",
"cynical",
"hard-boiled",
"hard-edged",
"hardheaded"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"sporadically":{
"as in sometimes , occasionally":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"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"
],
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"display",
"disport",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flash",
"flaunt",
"lay out",
"parade",
"produce",
"show",
"show off",
"strut",
"unveil"
]
},
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"noun",
"verb"
]
},
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},
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"as in":{
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},
"to engage in activity for amusement":{
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"examples":[
"from sailing to snorkeling, each day we sported at a different activity offered by the beach resort"
],
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"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"
],
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"dallying",
"disporting",
"frolicking",
"playing",
"recreating",
"rollicking",
"skylarking",
"toying"
]
},
"to play and run about happily":{
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"examples":[
"the millionaire's grandchildren sporting on the estate's spacious grounds"
],
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"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":{
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"examples":[
"sported his flashy new car by driving it all over town"
],
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"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":{
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"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spotlight":{
"as in":{
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"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"the center of public attention":{
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"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":{
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"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":{
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"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":{
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
],
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"stood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spreading":{
"exciting a similar feeling or reaction in others":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spreading enthusiasm that got our club rolling again"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"palpable",
"perceptible",
"tangible",
"irresistible",
"irresistable",
"overpowering",
"overwhelming",
"disarming",
"endearing",
"fetching",
"inviting",
"winning",
"winsome"
],
"synonyms":[
"catching",
"contagious",
"epidemic",
"infectious"
]
},
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
"antonyms":[
"contracting",
"decreasing",
"diminishing",
"dwindling",
"lessening",
"receding",
"waning"
],
"examples":[
"dissatisfaction with the new administration is spreading rapidly"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"jumping",
"rocketing",
"skyrocketing",
"surging",
"heightening",
"intensifying",
"redoubling",
"blowing up",
"bulking",
"distending",
"inflating",
"puffing (up)",
"crescendoing",
"cresting",
"peaking"
],
"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"
]
},
"to become known":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"once news of the war's end had spread , spontaneous celebrations broke out everywhere"
],
"near antonyms":[
"hushing (up)",
"suppressing",
"concealing",
"disguising",
"hiding",
"masking",
"secreting"
],
"related":[
"developing",
"transpiring",
"unfolding",
"disclosing",
"revealing",
"spilling",
"telling"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"circulating",
"coming out",
"getting about",
"getting around",
"getting out",
"getting round",
"leaking (out)",
"outing"
]
},
"to cause (something) to pass from one to another":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"living conditions that help to spread chicken pox"
],
"near antonyms":[
"catching",
"coming down (with)",
"contracting"
],
"related":[
"delivering",
"handing over",
"surrendering",
"turning over",
"broadcasting",
"diffusing",
"disseminating",
"propagating",
"handing down",
"handing on",
"contaminating",
"infecting",
"poisoning"
],
"synonyms":[
"communicating",
"conducting",
"conveying",
"giving",
"imparting",
"transferring",
"transfusing",
"transmitting"
]
},
"to cause to be known over a considerable area or by many people":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"spread the news!"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cloaking",
"concealing",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"holding (in)",
"masking",
"obscuring",
"secreting",
"shrouding",
"veiling",
"containing",
"limiting",
"restricting"
],
"related":[
"radiating",
"sprawling",
"diffusing",
"dispensing",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"communicating",
"conveying",
"imparting",
"passing (on)",
"transmitting"
],
"synonyms":[
"broadcasting",
"circulating",
"disseminating",
"propagating"
]
},
"to go or move in different directions from a central point":{
"antonyms":[
"converging",
"joining"
],
"examples":[
"the walls of the old barn spread under the weight of the snow on the roof"
],
"near antonyms":[
"assembling",
"gathering",
"meeting"
],
"related":[
"bestrewing",
"breaking up",
"broadcasting",
"clearing out",
"disbanding",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"distributing",
"scattering",
"sowing",
"distancing",
"receding",
"retreating"
],
"synonyms":[
"branching (out)",
"diverging",
"dividing",
"forking",
"parting",
"separating"
]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"we spread the fertilizer over the lawn evenly until it was fully covered"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
"related":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"dabbing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"slathering",
"smearing",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"laying",
"laying on"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"sprightly":{
"having much high-spirited energy and movement":{
"antonyms":[
"dead",
"inactive",
"inanimate",
"lackadaisical",
"languid",
"languishing",
"languorous",
"leaden",
"lifeless",
"limp",
"listless",
"spiritless",
"vapid"
],
"examples":[
"a sprightly child who often claims to be too tired to move when it's time to do chores"
],
"near antonyms":[
"indolent",
"lazy",
"unambitious",
"inert",
"lethargic",
"sleepy",
"sluggish",
"tired",
"torpid",
"weary",
"apathetic",
"impassive",
"phlegmatic",
"stolid",
"boring",
"dull",
"irksome",
"tedious"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"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"
]
},
"in a quick and spirited manner":{
"antonyms":[
"dully",
"inanimately",
"sluggishly",
"tardily"
],
"examples":[
"every morning the elderly couple sprightly sets out on a walk"
],
"near antonyms":[
"halfheartedly",
"idly",
"indolently",
"lazily",
"lethargically",
"slothfully",
"heavily",
"inactively",
"listlessly",
"tiredly",
"wearily"
],
"related":[
"friskily",
"gamesomely",
"playfully",
"skittishly",
"sportively",
"briskly",
"crisply",
"effervescently",
"energetically",
"jazzily",
"racily",
"springily",
"breezily",
"cockily",
"dapperly",
"dashingly",
"jauntily",
"agilely",
"nimbly",
"spryly",
"allegro"
],
"synonyms":[
"airily",
"animatedly",
"animately",
"bouncily",
"buoyantly",
"gaily",
"gayly",
"high-spiritedly",
"livelily",
"lively",
"perkily",
"pertly",
"snappily",
"sparkily",
"spiritedly",
"trippingly",
"vivaciously"
]
},
"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":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a new issue sprang up at yesterday's meeting of the school board"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"arising",
"coming up",
"cropping (up)",
"emerging",
"materializing",
"surfacing"
]
},
"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)",
"hump",
"hurl",
"hurry",
"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":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late"
],
"near antonyms":[
"ambling",
"sauntering",
"shambling",
"shuffling",
"strolling",
"crawling",
"creeping",
"dallying",
"dawdling",
"dillydallying",
"dragging",
"lagging",
"lingering",
"loitering",
"poking",
"tarrying",
"lumbering",
"plodding",
"trudging",
"hobbling",
"limping"
],
"related":[
"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)"
],
"synonyms":[
"dashing",
"galloping",
"jogging",
"running",
"scampering",
"tripping",
"trotting"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spritzes":{
"as in sprays , spits":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"as in sprays , sprinkles":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"sprouts":{
"a branch of a main stem especially of a plant":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the raspberry bushes began sending out sprouts in early spring"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"excrescences",
"growths",
"boughs",
"branchlets",
"limbs",
"twigs",
"buds",
"florets",
"sprays",
"sprigs",
"spurs"
],
"synonyms":[
"offshoots",
"outgrowths",
"shoots"
]
},
"a young person who is between infancy and adulthood":{
"antonyms":[
"adults",
"grown-ups"
],
"examples":[
"he earned the admiration of the neighborhood sprouts when he showed them how to make a slingshot"
],
"near antonyms":[
"middle-agers",
"ancients",
"elders",
"golden-agers",
"oldsters",
"old-timers",
"senior citizens",
"seniors"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"bairns",
"bambinos",
"bambini",
"buds",
"chaps",
"chicks",
"children",
"cubs",
"juveniles",
"kiddies",
"kiddos",
"kids",
"moppets",
"sprats",
"sprat",
"squirts",
"whelps",
"younglings",
"youngsters",
"youths"
]
},
"as in roots , germinates":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spruce":{
"as in doll up , cosmeticize":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"being strikingly neat and trim in style or appearance":{
"antonyms":[
"disheveled",
"dishevelled",
"frowsy",
"frowzy",
"sloppy",
"slovenly",
"unkempt"
],
"examples":[
"a slim, spruce man in a tailor-made business suit"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"dapper",
"natty",
"sharp",
"smart",
"snappy"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"verb"
]
},
"spruce (up)":{
"to make neat":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"hurriedly sprucing up the hotel dining room before the breakfast crowd began showing up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"discompose",
"dishevel",
"disorder",
"disorganize",
"disrupt",
"disturb",
"jumble",
"mess (up)",
"mix (up)",
"muddle",
"muss",
"rumple",
"scramble",
"shuffle",
"tousle",
"tumble",
"upset"
],
"related":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"synonyms":[
"neaten",
"pick up",
"redd (up or out)",
"straighten (up or out)",
"tidy (up)",
"trim"
]
},
"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":{
"antonyms":[
"repudiated"
],
"examples":[
"offered to spring for dinner for the whole gang"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[
"anted (up)",
"balanced",
"cleared",
"discharged",
"footed",
"liquidated",
"met",
"paid",
"paid off",
"paid up",
"ponied up",
"quit",
"quitted",
"recompensed",
"settled",
"stood"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spunky":{
"marked by a lively display of strong feeling":{
"antonyms":[
"halfhearted",
"leaden",
"spiritless"
],
"examples":[
"a spunky determination to make the best of a bad situation"
],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"synonyms":[
"fiery",
"gingery",
"high-spirited",
"mettlesome",
"peppery",
"spirited"
]
},
"type":[
"adjective"
]
},
"spurn":{
"as in repudiation , rebuff":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[],
"synonyms":[]
},
"to show unwillingness to accept, do, engage in, or agree to":{
"antonyms":[
"accept",
"agree (to)",
"approve"
],
"examples":[
"fiercely independent, the elderly couple spurned all offers of financial help"
],
"near antonyms":[
"condone",
"countenance",
"swallow",
"tolerate",
"adopt",
"embrace",
"receive",
"take",
"welcome",
"accede",
"acquiesce",
"agree",
"assent",
"consent",
"choose",
"handpick",
"select",
"espouse",
"support"
],
"related":[
"blow off",
"disdain",
"rebuff",
"scorn",
"scout",
"shoot down",
"overrule",
"veto",
"forbid",
"prohibit",
"proscribe",
"dismiss",
"ignore",
"abstain (from)",
"forbear",
"refrain (from)",
"deny",
"disavow",
"disclaim",
"dispute",
"gainsay",
"stick",
"abjure",
"forswear",
"foreswear",
"recant",
"renounce",
"retract",
"take back",
"unsay",
"withdraw",
"avoid",
"bypass",
"detour",
"contradict",
"deny",
"disown",
"negate",
"controvert",
"disagree (with)",
"disprove",
"dispute",
"rebut",
"refute",
"back down",
"back off",
"backtrack",
"disallow",
"recall",
"renege",
"revoke"
],
"synonyms":[
"balk (at)",
"decline",
"deselect",
"disapprove",
"negative",
"nix",
"pass",
"pass up",
"refuse",
"reject",
"reprobate",
"repudiate",
"throw out",
"throw over",
"turn down"
]
},
"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":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"gently spurred the horse with his heels"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"chucking",
"jabbing",
"jogging",
"knocking",
"nudging",
"poking",
"boring",
"drilling",
"perforating",
"piercing",
"pricking",
"punching",
"puncturing",
"stabbing",
"sticking",
"driving",
"haling",
"propelling"
],
"synonyms":[
"digging",
"goading",
"prodding"
]
},
"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":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"a spurt of economic growth for the first quarter of the year"
],
"near antonyms":[
"calms",
"doldrums",
"slumps"
],
"related":[
"recrudescences",
"recurrences",
"renewals",
"binges",
"jags",
"sprees",
"boosts",
"increases",
"pickups",
"upswings",
"upturns",
"epidemics",
"eruptions",
"explosions",
"paroxysms",
"deluges",
"floods",
"rushes",
"spates",
"surges",
"volleys",
"commotions",
"furors",
"uproars"
],
"synonyms":[
"bursts",
"flares",
"flare-ups",
"flashes",
"flickers",
"flurries",
"flutters",
"outbreaks",
"outbursts"
]
},
"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":[
"flushes",
"gushes",
"spews",
"spits",
"sprays",
"spritzes",
"geysers",
"spouters",
"blasts",
"bursts"
],
"synonyms":[
"jets",
"spouts",
"squirts"
]
},
"to flow out in great quantities or with force":{
"antonyms":[
"dribbles",
"drips",
"drops",
"trickles"
],
"examples":[
"water spurted from the garden hose just as I was checking the nozzle"
],
"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",
"spouts",
"squirts",
"swooshes"
]
},
"to throw out or off (something from within) often violently":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the pipe suddenly cracked and began spurting water"
],
"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",
"spouts"
]
},
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"babbles",
"bubbles",
"gurgles",
"ripples"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"spiritedness":{
"as in enthusiasm , eagerness":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"spiked":{
"as in barbed , spiky":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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)"
],
"related":[
"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":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"spending money":{
"as in pocket money , petty cash":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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":[],
"related":[],
"near antonyms":[],
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
"related":[
"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"
],
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"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"split level":{
"as in ranch , ranch house":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"related":[],
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"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"
]
}
}