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8782 lines
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{
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"boo":{
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"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
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"examples":[
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"the referee's questionable call was greeted with a chorus of boos"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bird",
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"Bronx cheer",
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"catcall",
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"hiss",
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"hoot",
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"jeer",
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"raspberry",
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"razz",
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"snort"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"smirk",
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"sneer",
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"snicker",
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"snigger",
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"gibe",
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"jibe",
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"put-down",
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"taunt",
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"whistle"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"applause",
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"clapping"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"cheer"
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]
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},
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"as in jeer , hoot":{
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"examples":[],
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"synonyms":[],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hiss",
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"hoot",
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"jeer",
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"bad-mouth",
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"defame",
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"libel",
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"malign",
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"slander",
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"censure",
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"condemn",
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"damn",
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"denounce",
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"reprobate",
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"discredit",
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"disgrace",
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"dishonor",
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"humble",
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"humiliate",
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"shame",
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"mock",
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"put down",
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"ridicule",
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"slight"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"fete",
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"f\u00eate",
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"honor",
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"recognize",
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"acknowledge",
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"cite",
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"commend",
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"compliment",
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"credit",
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"thank",
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"extol",
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"extoll",
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"glorify",
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"laud",
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"praise",
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"tout"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boob":{
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"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
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"examples":[
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"made an embarrassing boob on a chat show that had all of London laughing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"bobble",
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"boo-boo",
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"brick",
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"clanger",
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"clinker",
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"error",
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"fault",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"fumble",
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"gaff",
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"gaffe",
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"goof",
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"inaccuracy",
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"lapse",
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"miscue",
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"misstep",
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"mistake",
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"oversight",
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"screwup",
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"slip",
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"slipup",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"bloomer",
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"blooper",
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"boner",
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"howler",
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"pratfall",
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"foul-up",
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"snafu",
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"misapprehension",
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"miscalculation",
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"miscomprehension",
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"misconception",
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"misconstruction",
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"misdescription",
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"misimpression",
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"misinterpretation",
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"misjudgment",
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"misreading",
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"misstatement",
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"misunderstanding"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"accuracy",
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"correctness",
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"exactitude",
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"exactness",
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"preciseness",
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"precision",
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"strictness",
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"inerrancy",
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"infallibility",
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"perfection"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to make a mistake":{
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"examples":[
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"it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"err",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mess (up)",
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"screw up",
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"slip up",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nod",
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"bobble",
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"botch",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"foozle",
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"mangle",
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"mishandle",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"miscalculate",
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"misconceive",
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"miscount",
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"miscue",
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"misdeem",
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"misgauge",
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"misjudge",
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"mistake",
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"misconstrue",
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"misinterpret",
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"misunderstand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boodle":{
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"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
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"examples":[
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"a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"array",
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"band",
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"batch",
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"battery",
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"body",
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"bunch",
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"cluster",
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"clutch",
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"consort",
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"constellation",
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"crop",
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"group",
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"grouping",
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"huddle",
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"knot",
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"lot",
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"parcel",
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"party",
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"passel"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"assembly",
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"collective",
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"congregation",
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"gathering",
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"muster",
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"organization",
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"circle",
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"clan",
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"clique",
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"coterie",
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"fellowship",
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"gang",
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"ring",
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"round",
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"set",
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"faction",
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"guild",
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"gild",
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"order",
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"school",
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"sect",
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"brigade",
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"crew",
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"outfit",
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"phalanx",
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"platoon",
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"posse",
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"task force",
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"team",
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"alliance",
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"bloc",
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"coalition",
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"confederacy",
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"confederation",
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"federation",
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"league",
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"union",
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"battalion",
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"squadron",
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"bevy",
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"brood",
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"covey"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"individual",
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"single"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a very large amount of money":{
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"examples":[
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"we saved a boodle by buying a house that's off the beaten path"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"big bucks",
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"bomb",
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"bundle",
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"earth",
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"fortune",
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"king's ransom",
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"megabucks",
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"mint",
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"packet",
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"pile",
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"wad"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"heap",
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"pot",
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"bonanza",
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"mine",
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"treasure trove",
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"assets",
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"capital",
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"means",
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"property",
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"riches",
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"wealth",
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"wherewithal",
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"bread",
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"cash",
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"chips",
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"currency",
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"dough",
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"gold",
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"jack",
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"legal tender",
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"lucre",
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"pelf",
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"tender",
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"wampum"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"petty cash",
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"pin money",
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"pocket money",
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"spending money"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"mite",
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"peanuts",
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"pittance",
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"song"
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]
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},
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"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
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"examples":[
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"an IRS agent was caught accepting some boodle from people she was auditing"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"backhander",
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"bribe",
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"cumshaw",
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"fix",
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"sop"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"baksheesh",
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"kickback",
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"payoff",
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"slush fund",
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"incentive",
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"incitement",
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"instigation",
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"motivation",
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"provocation",
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"spur",
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"stimulation",
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"stimulus",
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"boost",
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"encouragement",
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"goad",
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"inducement",
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"allurement",
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"bait",
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"enticement",
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"lure",
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"seduction",
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"temptation",
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"turn-on",
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"flattery",
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"persuasion",
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"decoy",
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"snare",
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"trap"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun"
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]
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},
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"boogie":{
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"as in shuffle , jive":{
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"antonyms":[],
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"examples":[],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"related":[],
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"synonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"book":{
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"a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction":{
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"examples":[
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"I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"tome",
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"volume"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"hardback",
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"hardcover",
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"paper",
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"paperback",
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"paperbound",
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"pocket book",
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"pocket edition",
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"softback",
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"softcover",
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"trade book",
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"trade edition",
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"folio",
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"quarto",
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"guidebook",
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"handbook",
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"how-to",
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"manual",
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"catalog",
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"catalogue",
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"cyclopedia",
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"cyclopaedia",
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"dictionary",
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"encyclopedia",
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"monograph",
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"primer",
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"text",
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"textbook",
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"tract",
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"treatise",
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"novel",
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"novelette",
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"pulp",
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"album",
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"almanac",
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"anthology",
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"casebook",
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"chapbook",
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"omnibus",
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"picture book"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
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"examples":[
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"offered to swear on the Book that everything had happened just as he said"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"Bible",
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"Good Book",
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"Holy Writ",
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"Scripture"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"Polyglot"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
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"examples":[
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"older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bulletin",
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"diurnal",
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"gazette",
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"journal",
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"mag",
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"magazine",
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"newspaper",
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"organ",
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"paper",
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"periodical",
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"rag",
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"review",
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"serial",
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"zine"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"annual",
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"bimonthly",
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"biweekly",
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"daily",
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"monthly",
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"quarterly",
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"semimonthly",
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"semiweekly",
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"triweekly",
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"weekly",
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"yearbook",
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"digest",
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"little magazine",
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"fanzine",
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"pictorial",
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"slick",
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"broadside",
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"edition",
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"extra",
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"sheet",
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"supplement",
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"tab",
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"tabloid",
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"newsletter",
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"newsmagazine",
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"newsweekly"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"information not generally available to the public":{
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"examples":[
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"what's the book on the new company president?"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"411",
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"dope",
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"inside",
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"lowdown",
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"poop",
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"scoop",
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"skinny",
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"tip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"dirt",
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"dish",
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"gossip",
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"rumor",
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"story",
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"hint",
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"pointer",
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"information",
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"intelligence",
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"news",
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"tidings",
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"word"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"ancient history",
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"open secret"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
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"examples":[
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"we booked a conference room for the meeting next week"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bespeak",
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"reserve"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"earmark",
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"contract",
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"engage",
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"hire",
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"retain"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to leave a place often for another":{
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"examples":[
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"I'm running late, so I've got to book"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bail",
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"bail out",
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"begone",
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"bug off",
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"bug out",
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"bugger off",
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"buzz (off)",
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"clear off",
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"clear out",
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"cut out",
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"depart",
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"dig out",
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"exit",
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"get",
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"get off",
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"go",
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"go off",
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"move",
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"pack (up or off)",
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"part",
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"peel off",
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"pike (out or off)",
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"pull out",
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"push off",
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"push on",
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"quit",
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"run along",
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"sally (forth)",
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"scarper",
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"shove (off)",
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"step (along)",
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"take off",
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"vamoose",
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"walk out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"set out",
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"start",
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"strike out",
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"abscond",
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"decamp",
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"escape",
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"evacuate",
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"flee",
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"fly",
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"get out",
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"mizzle",
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"run away",
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"scat",
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"scram",
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"skip",
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"go out",
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"light out",
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"step out",
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"abandon",
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"desert",
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"forsake",
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"vacate",
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"emigrate",
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"adjourn",
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"remove",
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"retire",
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"retreat",
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"withdraw"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"abide",
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"dwell",
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"lodge",
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"remain",
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"settle",
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"stay",
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"tarry",
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"approach",
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"close",
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"near",
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"hit",
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"land",
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"reach"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"arrive",
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"come",
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"show up",
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"turn up"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"boomed":{
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"with the strong economy, business is booming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"appreciated",
|
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"ballooned",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"burgeoned",
|
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"bourgeoned",
|
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"climbed",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
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"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"gained",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"mushroomed",
|
|
"proliferated",
|
|
"rolled up",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"snowballed",
|
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"spread",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"waxed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"rocketed",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"surged",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"bulked",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"puffed (up)",
|
|
"crescendoed",
|
|
"crested",
|
|
"peaked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"waned"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cannons boomed throughout the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellowed",
|
|
"growled",
|
|
"roared",
|
|
"thundered"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbled",
|
|
"rolled",
|
|
"rumbled",
|
|
"banged",
|
|
"blared",
|
|
"blasted",
|
|
"pealed",
|
|
"screamed",
|
|
"screeched",
|
|
"shrieked",
|
|
"squalled",
|
|
"bawled",
|
|
"called",
|
|
"cried",
|
|
"hollered",
|
|
"hooted",
|
|
"shouted",
|
|
"whooped",
|
|
"yelled",
|
|
"belled",
|
|
"caterwauled",
|
|
"howled",
|
|
"wailed",
|
|
"yowled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunted",
|
|
"mouthed",
|
|
"mumbled",
|
|
"murmured",
|
|
"muttered",
|
|
"whispered",
|
|
"mewled",
|
|
"puled",
|
|
"squeaked",
|
|
"whimpered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boonies":{
|
|
"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she grew up in a big city, but chose to settle down way out in the boonies"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boondocks",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exurbia",
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"urban sprawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boor":{
|
|
"a person whose behavior is offensive to others":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a loudmouthed boor who embarrassed his family at every social event they attended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hero",
|
|
"heroine",
|
|
"idol",
|
|
"role model",
|
|
"gentleman",
|
|
"lady",
|
|
"angel",
|
|
"saint"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"barbarian",
|
|
"brute",
|
|
"caveman",
|
|
"Neanderthal",
|
|
"savage",
|
|
"loudmouth",
|
|
"vulgarian",
|
|
"lowlife",
|
|
"miscreant",
|
|
"rascal",
|
|
"rogue",
|
|
"roughneck",
|
|
"scab",
|
|
"scamp",
|
|
"scoundrel",
|
|
"villain",
|
|
"wretch",
|
|
"booby",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"schmo",
|
|
"schmoe",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"brat",
|
|
"insolent",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"snip",
|
|
"snob",
|
|
"snoot",
|
|
"snot",
|
|
"dweeb",
|
|
"nerd"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bastard",
|
|
"beast",
|
|
"bleeder",
|
|
"blighter",
|
|
"bounder",
|
|
"bugger",
|
|
"buzzard",
|
|
"cad",
|
|
"chuff",
|
|
"churl",
|
|
"clown",
|
|
"creep",
|
|
"cretin",
|
|
"crud",
|
|
"crumb",
|
|
"cur",
|
|
"dirtbag",
|
|
"dog",
|
|
"fink",
|
|
"heel",
|
|
"hound",
|
|
"jerk",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"louse",
|
|
"lout",
|
|
"pill",
|
|
"rat",
|
|
"rat fink",
|
|
"reptile",
|
|
"rotter",
|
|
"schmuck",
|
|
"scum",
|
|
"scumbag",
|
|
"scuzzball",
|
|
"skunk",
|
|
"sleaze",
|
|
"sleazebag",
|
|
"sleazeball",
|
|
"slime",
|
|
"slimeball",
|
|
"slob",
|
|
"snake",
|
|
"so-and-so",
|
|
"sod",
|
|
"stinkard",
|
|
"stinker",
|
|
"swine",
|
|
"toad",
|
|
"varmint",
|
|
"vermin"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boorishness":{
|
|
"as in rowdiness , brutishness":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brutishness",
|
|
"churlishness",
|
|
"clownishness",
|
|
"loutishness",
|
|
"rowdiness",
|
|
"rusticity",
|
|
"uncouthness",
|
|
"coarseness",
|
|
"commonness",
|
|
"crassness",
|
|
"crudeness",
|
|
"crudity",
|
|
"grossness",
|
|
"indelicacy",
|
|
"indelicateness",
|
|
"lowness",
|
|
"raffishness",
|
|
"rawness",
|
|
"roughness",
|
|
"rudeness",
|
|
"tastelessness",
|
|
"vulgarity",
|
|
"artlessness",
|
|
"gracelessness",
|
|
"inelegance",
|
|
"unsophistication",
|
|
"insensitiveness",
|
|
"insensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtlessness",
|
|
"kitsch",
|
|
"tackiness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"cultivation",
|
|
"genteelness",
|
|
"gentility",
|
|
"polish",
|
|
"refinement",
|
|
"tastefulness",
|
|
"courtliness",
|
|
"urbanity",
|
|
"elegance",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"graciousness",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"sensitivity",
|
|
"thoughtfulness"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boosted":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the child into her car seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"upheaved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised",
|
|
"upreared"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged",
|
|
"submersed"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promotion that boosted the number of interested customers milling about the showroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"added (to)",
|
|
"aggrandized",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"built up",
|
|
"compounded",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"escalated",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"increased",
|
|
"multiplied",
|
|
"pumped up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"stoked",
|
|
"supersized",
|
|
"swelled",
|
|
"upped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boomed",
|
|
"jumped",
|
|
"skyrocketed",
|
|
"spiked",
|
|
"bumped (up)",
|
|
"ratcheted (up)",
|
|
"racheted (up)",
|
|
"blew up",
|
|
"dilated",
|
|
"distended",
|
|
"inflated",
|
|
"drew out",
|
|
"elongated",
|
|
"fleshed (out)",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"prolonged",
|
|
"protracted",
|
|
"stretched",
|
|
"developed",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"complemented",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"strengthened",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"accumulated",
|
|
"amassed",
|
|
"collected",
|
|
"followed up",
|
|
"parlayed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviated",
|
|
"abridged",
|
|
"curtailed",
|
|
"shortened",
|
|
"compressed",
|
|
"condensed",
|
|
"constricted",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrenched"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"de-escalated",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"downsized",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"lowered",
|
|
"minified",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subtracted (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended eating foods that boost the body's immunity to disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuated",
|
|
"amped (up)",
|
|
"amplified",
|
|
"beefed (up)",
|
|
"consolidated",
|
|
"deepened",
|
|
"enhanced",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"intensified",
|
|
"magnified",
|
|
"redoubled",
|
|
"stepped up",
|
|
"strengthened"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadened",
|
|
"enlarged",
|
|
"expanded",
|
|
"extended",
|
|
"lengthened",
|
|
"accelerated",
|
|
"hastened",
|
|
"quickened",
|
|
"emphasized",
|
|
"pointed (up)",
|
|
"sharpened",
|
|
"stressed",
|
|
"augmented",
|
|
"enforced",
|
|
"reinforced",
|
|
"reenforced",
|
|
"restrengthened",
|
|
"supplemented",
|
|
"maximized",
|
|
"enlivened",
|
|
"jazzed (up)",
|
|
"aggravated",
|
|
"exacerbated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreased",
|
|
"diminished",
|
|
"lessened",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduced",
|
|
"subdued",
|
|
"toned (down)",
|
|
"weakened",
|
|
"dwindled",
|
|
"receded",
|
|
"subsided",
|
|
"tapered (off)",
|
|
"waned",
|
|
"alleviated",
|
|
"eased",
|
|
"lightened"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abated",
|
|
"moderated"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the box onto the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"craned",
|
|
"elevated",
|
|
"heaved",
|
|
"hove",
|
|
"hefted",
|
|
"heightened",
|
|
"hiked",
|
|
"hoisted",
|
|
"jacked (up)",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"perked (up)",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"raised",
|
|
"took up",
|
|
"upheld",
|
|
"uplifted",
|
|
"upped",
|
|
"upraised"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascended",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"rose",
|
|
"reared",
|
|
"upended"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descended",
|
|
"dipped",
|
|
"fell",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plunged",
|
|
"slipped",
|
|
"bore",
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"pressed",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"sank",
|
|
"sunk",
|
|
"submerged"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropped",
|
|
"lowered"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the singer's latest release with a round of appearances on all the talk and entertainment shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooed",
|
|
"hyped",
|
|
"pitched",
|
|
"plugged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"publicized",
|
|
"talked up",
|
|
"touted"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertised",
|
|
"barked",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"pushed",
|
|
"acclaimed",
|
|
"hailed",
|
|
"lauded",
|
|
"praised",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"plumped (for)",
|
|
"plunked (for)",
|
|
"plonked (for)",
|
|
"recommended",
|
|
"reviewed",
|
|
"announced",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"broadcasted",
|
|
"published"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman was nabbed trying to boost a couple of bottles of perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriated",
|
|
"filched",
|
|
"heisted",
|
|
"hooked",
|
|
"lifted",
|
|
"misappropriated",
|
|
"nicked",
|
|
"nipped",
|
|
"pilfered",
|
|
"pinched",
|
|
"pocketed",
|
|
"purloined",
|
|
"ripped off",
|
|
"snitched",
|
|
"stole",
|
|
"swiped",
|
|
"thieved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarized",
|
|
"knocked over",
|
|
"robbed",
|
|
"looted",
|
|
"pillaged",
|
|
"plundered",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"carjacked",
|
|
"hijacked",
|
|
"highjacked",
|
|
"picked",
|
|
"rifled",
|
|
"poached",
|
|
"rustled",
|
|
"shoplifted",
|
|
"collared",
|
|
"grabbed",
|
|
"grasped",
|
|
"nailed",
|
|
"seized",
|
|
"snatched",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"mooched",
|
|
"sponged",
|
|
"abducted",
|
|
"kidnapped",
|
|
"kidnaped",
|
|
"shanghaied",
|
|
"spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"bestowed",
|
|
"contributed",
|
|
"donated",
|
|
"gave",
|
|
"handed over",
|
|
"presented"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booster":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocate",
|
|
"advocator",
|
|
"apostle",
|
|
"backer",
|
|
"champion",
|
|
"espouser",
|
|
"exponent",
|
|
"expounder",
|
|
"friend",
|
|
"gospeler",
|
|
"gospeller",
|
|
"herald",
|
|
"hierophant",
|
|
"high priest",
|
|
"paladin",
|
|
"promoter",
|
|
"proponent",
|
|
"protagonist",
|
|
"supporter",
|
|
"true believer",
|
|
"tub-thumper",
|
|
"white knight"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalist",
|
|
"partisan",
|
|
"partizan",
|
|
"stalwart",
|
|
"adherent",
|
|
"cohort",
|
|
"disciple",
|
|
"follower",
|
|
"interpreter",
|
|
"applauder",
|
|
"cheerleader",
|
|
"encourager",
|
|
"fellow traveler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemy",
|
|
"foe",
|
|
"rival",
|
|
"belittler",
|
|
"critic",
|
|
"faultfinder"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversary",
|
|
"antagonist",
|
|
"opponent"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boosts":{
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always liked to give struggling families in the neighborhood a boost"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"frustrations",
|
|
"inhibitions",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"repressions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"deterrences",
|
|
"discouragements"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advancements",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"facilitations",
|
|
"furtherances",
|
|
"nurturances",
|
|
"benefactions",
|
|
"patronages",
|
|
"promotions",
|
|
"sponsorships",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"attendances",
|
|
"attentions",
|
|
"hand-holdings",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"beneficences",
|
|
"charities",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"philanthropies",
|
|
"assuagements",
|
|
"palliations",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"succors"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetments",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"assists",
|
|
"backings",
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hands",
|
|
"legs up",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"supports"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatements",
|
|
"declines",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"decrements",
|
|
"depletions",
|
|
"diminishments",
|
|
"diminutions",
|
|
"drop-offs",
|
|
"falloffs",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"losses",
|
|
"reductions",
|
|
"shrinkages",
|
|
"step-downs"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden boost in sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deductions",
|
|
"subtractions"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"accumulations",
|
|
"assemblages",
|
|
"collections",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"accessions",
|
|
"appendixes",
|
|
"appendices",
|
|
"continuations",
|
|
"extensions",
|
|
"uptrends",
|
|
"upturns",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"run-ups",
|
|
"spikes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretions",
|
|
"accruals",
|
|
"addenda",
|
|
"addendums",
|
|
"additions",
|
|
"augmentations",
|
|
"expansions",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"increments",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"pluses",
|
|
"plusses",
|
|
"proliferations",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"step-ups",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"upticks"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentives",
|
|
"counter-incentives",
|
|
"disincentives"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the President, a tax cut is just the boost that the economy needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"invitations",
|
|
"antecedents",
|
|
"causes",
|
|
"considerations",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motives",
|
|
"occasions",
|
|
"reasons",
|
|
"catalysts",
|
|
"catalyzers",
|
|
"fuels",
|
|
"sparks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"impetuses",
|
|
"impulses",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitations",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"momenta",
|
|
"momentums",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"yeasts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the child into her car seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges",
|
|
"submerses"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"uprears",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"upheaves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"de-escalates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"downsizes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lowers",
|
|
"minifies",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subtracts (from)"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promotion that boosted the number of interested customers milling about the showroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviates",
|
|
"abridges",
|
|
"curtails",
|
|
"shortens",
|
|
"compresses",
|
|
"condenses",
|
|
"constricts",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"cuts back",
|
|
"retrenches"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"booms",
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"spikes",
|
|
"bumps (up)",
|
|
"ratchets (up)",
|
|
"rachets (up)",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"dilates",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"draws out",
|
|
"elongates",
|
|
"fleshes (out)",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"prolongs",
|
|
"protracts",
|
|
"stretches",
|
|
"develops",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"complements",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"strengthens",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"amasses",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"follows up",
|
|
"parlays"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"adds (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizes",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"compounds",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"pumps up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"stokes",
|
|
"supersizes",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"moderates"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended eating foods that boost the body's immunity to disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"lets up (on)",
|
|
"reduces",
|
|
"subdues",
|
|
"tones (down)",
|
|
"weakens",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"subsides",
|
|
"tapers (off)",
|
|
"wanes",
|
|
"alleviates",
|
|
"eases",
|
|
"lightens"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"broadens",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"extends",
|
|
"lengthens",
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"hastens",
|
|
"quickens",
|
|
"emphasizes",
|
|
"points (up)",
|
|
"sharpens",
|
|
"stresses",
|
|
"augments",
|
|
"enforces",
|
|
"reinforces",
|
|
"reenforces",
|
|
"restrengthens",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"maximizes",
|
|
"enlivens",
|
|
"jazzes (up)",
|
|
"aggravates",
|
|
"exacerbates"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuates",
|
|
"amplifies",
|
|
"amps (up)",
|
|
"beefs (up)",
|
|
"consolidates",
|
|
"deepens",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"magnifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"steps up",
|
|
"strengthens"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"lowers"
|
|
],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the box onto the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descends",
|
|
"dips",
|
|
"falls",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plunges",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"bears",
|
|
"depresses",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"sinks",
|
|
"submerges"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"ascends",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rears",
|
|
"upends"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cranes",
|
|
"elevates",
|
|
"heaves",
|
|
"hefts",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"hikes",
|
|
"hoists",
|
|
"jacks (up)",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"perks (up)",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"raises",
|
|
"takes up",
|
|
"upholds",
|
|
"uplifts",
|
|
"upraises",
|
|
"ups"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the singer's latest release with a round of appearances on all the talk and entertainment shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"advertises",
|
|
"barks",
|
|
"merchandises",
|
|
"merchandizes",
|
|
"sells",
|
|
"pushes",
|
|
"acclaims",
|
|
"hails",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"endorses",
|
|
"indorses",
|
|
"plumps (for)",
|
|
"plunks (for)",
|
|
"plonks (for)",
|
|
"recommends",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"announces",
|
|
"broadcasts",
|
|
"publishes"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoos",
|
|
"hypes",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"plugs",
|
|
"promotes",
|
|
"publicizes",
|
|
"talks up",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"antonyms":[],
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman was nabbed trying to boost a couple of bottles of perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buys",
|
|
"purchases",
|
|
"bestows",
|
|
"contributes",
|
|
"donates",
|
|
"gives",
|
|
"hands over",
|
|
"presents"
|
|
],
|
|
"related":[
|
|
"burglarizes",
|
|
"knocks over",
|
|
"robs",
|
|
"loots",
|
|
"pillages",
|
|
"plunders",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"carjacks",
|
|
"hijacks",
|
|
"highjacks",
|
|
"picks",
|
|
"rifles",
|
|
"poaches",
|
|
"rustles",
|
|
"shoplifts",
|
|
"collars",
|
|
"grabs",
|
|
"grasps",
|
|
"nails",
|
|
"seizes",
|
|
"snatches",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"mooches",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"abducts",
|
|
"kidnaps",
|
|
"shanghais",
|
|
"spirits"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriates",
|
|
"filches",
|
|
"heists",
|
|
"hooks",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"misappropriates",
|
|
"nicks",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pilfers",
|
|
"pinches",
|
|
"pockets",
|
|
"purloins",
|
|
"rips off",
|
|
"snitches",
|
|
"steals",
|
|
"swipes",
|
|
"thieves"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booted (up)":{
|
|
"as in primed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primed",
|
|
"educated",
|
|
"indoctrinated",
|
|
"instructed",
|
|
"schooled",
|
|
"trained",
|
|
"tutored",
|
|
"arranged",
|
|
"set",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"battened",
|
|
"gathered",
|
|
"geared up",
|
|
"mounted",
|
|
"armed",
|
|
"equipped",
|
|
"forearmed",
|
|
"furnished",
|
|
"outfitted",
|
|
"provided",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"braced",
|
|
"fortified",
|
|
"girded",
|
|
"girt",
|
|
"steeled",
|
|
"inclined",
|
|
"predisposed",
|
|
"fitted",
|
|
"fit",
|
|
"fixed",
|
|
"groomed",
|
|
"laid",
|
|
"prepared",
|
|
"prepped",
|
|
"readied",
|
|
"drafted",
|
|
"drew up",
|
|
"framed",
|
|
"warmed (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootie":{
|
|
"valuables stolen or taken by force":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"no one knows where Captain Kidd hid his booty , but that hasn't deterred hopeful adventurers from looking for it for the last 300 years"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"swag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"prize",
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"haul",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"treasure",
|
|
"pilferage",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"the part of the body upon which someone sits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an oldie from the disco era that urged you to shake your booty"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backside",
|
|
"behind",
|
|
"bottom",
|
|
"breech",
|
|
"bum",
|
|
"buns",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"buttocks",
|
|
"caboose",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cheeks",
|
|
"derriere",
|
|
"derri\u00e8re",
|
|
"duff",
|
|
"fanny",
|
|
"fundament",
|
|
"hams",
|
|
"haunches",
|
|
"heinie",
|
|
"hunkers",
|
|
"keister",
|
|
"keester",
|
|
"nates",
|
|
"posterior",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"rear end",
|
|
"rump",
|
|
"seat",
|
|
"tail",
|
|
"tail end",
|
|
"tush"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"beam",
|
|
"stern",
|
|
"moon"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozes":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this will be a birthday party without booze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohols",
|
|
"aqua vitaes",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"bottles",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"firewaters",
|
|
"grogs",
|
|
"hooches",
|
|
"inebriants",
|
|
"intoxicants",
|
|
"John Barleycorns",
|
|
"juices",
|
|
"liquors",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"moonshines",
|
|
"potables",
|
|
"rums",
|
|
"sauces",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulants",
|
|
"strong drinks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"aperitifs",
|
|
"bracers",
|
|
"chasers",
|
|
"digestifs",
|
|
"nightcaps",
|
|
"belts",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"nips",
|
|
"pegs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"shooters",
|
|
"shots",
|
|
"slugs",
|
|
"snifters",
|
|
"snorts",
|
|
"tots",
|
|
"whets",
|
|
"cocktails",
|
|
"mixed drinks",
|
|
"ales",
|
|
"beers",
|
|
"brewages",
|
|
"brews",
|
|
"brewskis",
|
|
"home brews",
|
|
"malt liquors",
|
|
"microbrews",
|
|
"mums",
|
|
"nappies",
|
|
"meads",
|
|
"sakes",
|
|
"sakis",
|
|
"wines",
|
|
"barley-brees",
|
|
"barley-broos",
|
|
"brandies",
|
|
"gins",
|
|
"liqueurs",
|
|
"mao-tais",
|
|
"mescals",
|
|
"schnapps",
|
|
"tequilas",
|
|
"vodkas",
|
|
"whiskeys",
|
|
"whiskies",
|
|
"Dutch courages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibs",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"liquors (up)",
|
|
"lushes (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"nips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlegger":{
|
|
"a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrabandist",
|
|
"courier",
|
|
"runner",
|
|
"smuggler"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyote",
|
|
"gunrunner",
|
|
"mule"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boondocks":{
|
|
"the open rural area outside of big towns and cities":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a former city girl who was still adjusting to life in the boondocks"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boonies",
|
|
"country",
|
|
"countryside",
|
|
"nowhere",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"exurbia",
|
|
"backcountry",
|
|
"backwater",
|
|
"backwoods",
|
|
"bush",
|
|
"frontier",
|
|
"hinterland",
|
|
"outback",
|
|
"up-country",
|
|
"wild",
|
|
"wilderness"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"conurbation",
|
|
"megalopolis",
|
|
"urban sprawl"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"plural noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booking":{
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we booked a conference room for the meeting next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaking",
|
|
"reserving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarking",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"engaging",
|
|
"hiring",
|
|
"retaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm running late, so I've got to book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailing",
|
|
"bailing out",
|
|
"buggering off",
|
|
"bugging off",
|
|
"bugging out",
|
|
"buzzing (off)",
|
|
"clearing off",
|
|
"clearing out",
|
|
"cutting out",
|
|
"departing",
|
|
"digging out",
|
|
"exiting",
|
|
"getting",
|
|
"getting off",
|
|
"going",
|
|
"going off",
|
|
"moving",
|
|
"packing (up or off)",
|
|
"parting",
|
|
"peeling off",
|
|
"piking (out or off)",
|
|
"pulling out",
|
|
"pushing off",
|
|
"pushing on",
|
|
"quitting",
|
|
"running along",
|
|
"sallying (forth)",
|
|
"scarpering",
|
|
"shoving (off)",
|
|
"stepping (along)",
|
|
"taking off",
|
|
"vamoosing",
|
|
"walking out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"setting out",
|
|
"starting",
|
|
"striking out",
|
|
"absconding",
|
|
"decamping",
|
|
"escaping",
|
|
"evacuating",
|
|
"fleeing",
|
|
"flying",
|
|
"getting out",
|
|
"mizzling",
|
|
"running away",
|
|
"scatting",
|
|
"scramming",
|
|
"skipping",
|
|
"going out",
|
|
"lighting out",
|
|
"stepping out",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"vacating",
|
|
"emigrating",
|
|
"adjourning",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"retreating",
|
|
"withdrawing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abiding",
|
|
"dwelling",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"remaining",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"tarrying",
|
|
"approaching",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"nearing",
|
|
"hitting",
|
|
"landing",
|
|
"reaching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arriving",
|
|
"coming",
|
|
"showing up",
|
|
"turning up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boosters":{
|
|
"a person who actively supports or favors a cause":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"rah-rah boosters for the sports team will be attending the game and carrying large signs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advocates",
|
|
"advocators",
|
|
"apostles",
|
|
"backers",
|
|
"champions",
|
|
"espousers",
|
|
"exponents",
|
|
"expounders",
|
|
"friends",
|
|
"gospelers",
|
|
"gospellers",
|
|
"heralds",
|
|
"hierophants",
|
|
"high priests",
|
|
"paladins",
|
|
"promoters",
|
|
"proponents",
|
|
"protagonists",
|
|
"supporters",
|
|
"true believers",
|
|
"tub-thumpers",
|
|
"white knights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"loyalists",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"stalwarts",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"cohorts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"interpreters",
|
|
"applauders",
|
|
"cheerleaders",
|
|
"encouragers",
|
|
"fellow travelers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"enemies",
|
|
"foes",
|
|
"rivals",
|
|
"belittlers",
|
|
"critics",
|
|
"faultfinders"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"adversaries",
|
|
"antagonists",
|
|
"opponents"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boomy":{
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a developer who made a fortune during the boomy days of the housing bubble"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booked":{
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we booked a conference room for the meeting next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespoke",
|
|
"reserved"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarked",
|
|
"contracted",
|
|
"engaged",
|
|
"hired",
|
|
"retained"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm running late, so I've got to book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bailed",
|
|
"bailed out",
|
|
"bugged off",
|
|
"bugged out",
|
|
"buggered off",
|
|
"buzzed (off)",
|
|
"cleared off",
|
|
"cleared out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"departed",
|
|
"dug out",
|
|
"exited",
|
|
"got",
|
|
"got off",
|
|
"moved",
|
|
"packed (up or off)",
|
|
"parted",
|
|
"peeled off",
|
|
"piked (out or off)",
|
|
"pulled out",
|
|
"pushed off",
|
|
"pushed on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"quitted",
|
|
"ran along",
|
|
"sallied (forth)",
|
|
"scarpered",
|
|
"shoved (off)",
|
|
"stepped (along)",
|
|
"took off",
|
|
"vamoosed",
|
|
"walked out",
|
|
"went",
|
|
"went off"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"started",
|
|
"struck out",
|
|
"absconded",
|
|
"decamped",
|
|
"escaped",
|
|
"evacuated",
|
|
"fled",
|
|
"flew",
|
|
"got out",
|
|
"mizzled",
|
|
"ran away",
|
|
"scatted",
|
|
"scrammed",
|
|
"skipped",
|
|
"lit",
|
|
"lighted out",
|
|
"stepped out",
|
|
"went out",
|
|
"abandoned",
|
|
"deserted",
|
|
"forsook",
|
|
"vacated",
|
|
"emigrated",
|
|
"adjourned",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"retreated",
|
|
"withdrew"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abided",
|
|
"abode",
|
|
"dwelled",
|
|
"dwelt",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"remained",
|
|
"settled",
|
|
"stayed",
|
|
"tarried",
|
|
"approached",
|
|
"closed",
|
|
"neared",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"landed",
|
|
"reached"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrived",
|
|
"came",
|
|
"showed up",
|
|
"turned up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booth":{
|
|
"as in cabin , bay":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodation",
|
|
"bay",
|
|
"berth",
|
|
"cabin",
|
|
"compartment",
|
|
"cubicle",
|
|
"apartment",
|
|
"cell",
|
|
"chamber",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"room",
|
|
"alcove",
|
|
"niche",
|
|
"nook",
|
|
"recess",
|
|
"snuggery"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogying":{
|
|
"as in shuffling , jiving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"fox-trotting",
|
|
"gavotting",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jitterbugging",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"mamboing",
|
|
"polkaing",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tangoing",
|
|
"tap-dancing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"stepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlick":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polish",
|
|
"fawn",
|
|
"fuss",
|
|
"kowtow",
|
|
"suck (up)",
|
|
"toady",
|
|
"truckle"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drool",
|
|
"gush",
|
|
"slaver",
|
|
"slobber",
|
|
"endear",
|
|
"ingratiate",
|
|
"court",
|
|
"woo",
|
|
"adulate",
|
|
"idolize",
|
|
"worship",
|
|
"blandish",
|
|
"cajole",
|
|
"coax",
|
|
"flatter",
|
|
"overpraise",
|
|
"soft-soap",
|
|
"cower",
|
|
"cringe",
|
|
"grovel",
|
|
"abase",
|
|
"debase",
|
|
"demean",
|
|
"defer",
|
|
"submit",
|
|
"yield"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despise",
|
|
"disdain",
|
|
"scorn",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"brave",
|
|
"challenge",
|
|
"defy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boot camp":{
|
|
"as in basic training , cadetship":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basic training",
|
|
"cadetship",
|
|
"apprenticeship",
|
|
"externship",
|
|
"internship",
|
|
"practicum",
|
|
"training",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"grounding",
|
|
"instruction",
|
|
"schooling",
|
|
"tutelage",
|
|
"candidacy",
|
|
"probation",
|
|
"trial"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenure"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clinic , workshop":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinic",
|
|
"workshop",
|
|
"conference",
|
|
"forum",
|
|
"round-robin",
|
|
"roundtable",
|
|
"seminar",
|
|
"symposium",
|
|
"assembly",
|
|
"congress",
|
|
"convention",
|
|
"convocation",
|
|
"council",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"get-together",
|
|
"huddle",
|
|
"meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozed":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbed",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"liquored (up)",
|
|
"lushed (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"nipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozer":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I like a drink now and then but I'm no boozer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozehound",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boobish":{
|
|
"as in dumb , birdbrained":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"airheaded",
|
|
"birdbrained",
|
|
"brain-dead",
|
|
"chowderheaded",
|
|
"chuckleheaded",
|
|
"clueless",
|
|
"dense",
|
|
"dim",
|
|
"dim-witted",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"dopey",
|
|
"dopy",
|
|
"dorky",
|
|
"dull",
|
|
"dumb",
|
|
"dunderheaded",
|
|
"empty-headed",
|
|
"feebleminded",
|
|
"gormless",
|
|
"idiotic",
|
|
"idiotical",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"imbecilic",
|
|
"knuckleheaded",
|
|
"lamebrain",
|
|
"lamebrained",
|
|
"mindless",
|
|
"moronic",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"obtuse",
|
|
"opaque",
|
|
"pinheaded",
|
|
"simple",
|
|
"slow",
|
|
"slow-witted",
|
|
"soft",
|
|
"softheaded",
|
|
"thick",
|
|
"thickheaded",
|
|
"thoughtless",
|
|
"unintelligent",
|
|
"vacuous",
|
|
"absurd",
|
|
"asinine",
|
|
"balmy",
|
|
"brainless",
|
|
"bubbleheaded",
|
|
"cockeyed",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crazy",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"daffy",
|
|
"daft",
|
|
"dippy",
|
|
"dotty",
|
|
"fatuous",
|
|
"featherheaded",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"foolish",
|
|
"half-baked",
|
|
"half-witted",
|
|
"harebrained",
|
|
"inept",
|
|
"insane",
|
|
"jerky",
|
|
"kooky",
|
|
"kookie",
|
|
"loony",
|
|
"looney",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"lunkheaded",
|
|
"mad",
|
|
"nonsensical",
|
|
"nutty",
|
|
"preposterous",
|
|
"sappy",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"senseless",
|
|
"silly",
|
|
"simpleminded",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"tomfool",
|
|
"unwise",
|
|
"wacky",
|
|
"whacky",
|
|
"weak-minded",
|
|
"witless",
|
|
"zany",
|
|
"fallacious",
|
|
"illogical",
|
|
"invalid",
|
|
"irrational",
|
|
"nonrational",
|
|
"surd",
|
|
"unreasonable",
|
|
"unreasoning",
|
|
"unsound",
|
|
"weak",
|
|
"farcical",
|
|
"laughable",
|
|
"ludicrous",
|
|
"ridiculous",
|
|
"notional",
|
|
"buffoonish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"ill-advised",
|
|
"unconsidered",
|
|
"unreasoned"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"judicious",
|
|
"prudent",
|
|
"sagacious",
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"sane",
|
|
"sapient",
|
|
"sensible",
|
|
"sound",
|
|
"wise",
|
|
"brainy",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"clever",
|
|
"intelligent",
|
|
"smart",
|
|
"logical",
|
|
"rational",
|
|
"reasonable",
|
|
"valid",
|
|
"well-advised"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booing":{
|
|
"as in hissing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"boo",
|
|
"hiss",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"jeer",
|
|
"raspberry",
|
|
"smirk",
|
|
"sneer",
|
|
"snicker",
|
|
"snigger",
|
|
"snort",
|
|
"whistle",
|
|
"gibe",
|
|
"jibe",
|
|
"put-down",
|
|
"taunt"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acclamation",
|
|
"applause",
|
|
"cheer",
|
|
"cheering",
|
|
"ovation",
|
|
"plaudit(s)",
|
|
"rave(s)",
|
|
"r\u00e9clame",
|
|
"clapping",
|
|
"bravo",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"hallelujah",
|
|
"hosanna",
|
|
"hurrah",
|
|
"hooray",
|
|
"hoorah",
|
|
"huzzah",
|
|
"huzza"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in jeering , hooting":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hissing",
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"defaming",
|
|
"libeling",
|
|
"libelling",
|
|
"maligning",
|
|
"slandering",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"damning",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"reprobating",
|
|
"discrediting",
|
|
"disgracing",
|
|
"dishonoring",
|
|
"humbling",
|
|
"humiliating",
|
|
"shaming",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"slighting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"feting",
|
|
"f\u00eating",
|
|
"honoring",
|
|
"recognizing",
|
|
"acknowledging",
|
|
"citing",
|
|
"commending",
|
|
"complimenting",
|
|
"crediting",
|
|
"thanking",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"glorifying",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"books":{
|
|
"a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"tomes",
|
|
"volumes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardbacks",
|
|
"hardcovers",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"pocket editions",
|
|
"softbacks",
|
|
"softcovers",
|
|
"trade books",
|
|
"trade editions",
|
|
"folios",
|
|
"quartos",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"manuals",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"cyclopedias",
|
|
"cyclopaedias",
|
|
"dictionaries",
|
|
"encyclopedias",
|
|
"monographs",
|
|
"primers",
|
|
"textbooks",
|
|
"texts",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"treatises",
|
|
"novelettes",
|
|
"novels",
|
|
"pulps",
|
|
"albums",
|
|
"almanacs",
|
|
"anthologies",
|
|
"casebooks",
|
|
"chapbooks",
|
|
"omnibuses",
|
|
"picture books"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulletins",
|
|
"diurnals",
|
|
"gazettes",
|
|
"journals",
|
|
"magazines",
|
|
"mags",
|
|
"newspapers",
|
|
"organs",
|
|
"papers",
|
|
"periodicals",
|
|
"rags",
|
|
"reviews",
|
|
"serials",
|
|
"zines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annuals",
|
|
"bimonthlies",
|
|
"biweeklies",
|
|
"dailies",
|
|
"monthlies",
|
|
"quarterlies",
|
|
"semimonthlies",
|
|
"semiweeklies",
|
|
"triweeklies",
|
|
"weeklies",
|
|
"yearbooks",
|
|
"digests",
|
|
"little magazines",
|
|
"fanzines",
|
|
"pictorials",
|
|
"slicks",
|
|
"broadsides",
|
|
"editions",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"sheets",
|
|
"supplements",
|
|
"tabloids",
|
|
"tabs",
|
|
"newsletters",
|
|
"newsmagazines",
|
|
"newsweeklies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we booked a conference room for the meeting next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeaks",
|
|
"reserves"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmarks",
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"engages",
|
|
"hires",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm running late, so I've got to book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bails",
|
|
"bails out",
|
|
"buggers off",
|
|
"bugs off",
|
|
"bugs out",
|
|
"buzzes (off)",
|
|
"clears off",
|
|
"clears out",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"departs",
|
|
"digs out",
|
|
"exits",
|
|
"gets",
|
|
"gets off",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"goes off",
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"packs (up or off)",
|
|
"parts",
|
|
"peels off",
|
|
"pikes (out or off)",
|
|
"pulls out",
|
|
"pushes off",
|
|
"pushes on",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"runs along",
|
|
"sallies (forth)",
|
|
"scarpers",
|
|
"shoves (off)",
|
|
"steps (along)",
|
|
"takes off",
|
|
"vamooses",
|
|
"walks out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"sets out",
|
|
"starts",
|
|
"strikes out",
|
|
"absconds",
|
|
"decamps",
|
|
"escapes",
|
|
"evacuates",
|
|
"flees",
|
|
"flies",
|
|
"gets out",
|
|
"mizzles",
|
|
"runs away",
|
|
"scats",
|
|
"scrams",
|
|
"skips",
|
|
"goes out",
|
|
"lights out",
|
|
"steps out",
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"vacates",
|
|
"emigrates",
|
|
"adjourns",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"retreats",
|
|
"withdraws"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abides",
|
|
"dwells",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"remains",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"tarries",
|
|
"approaches",
|
|
"closes",
|
|
"nears",
|
|
"hits",
|
|
"lands",
|
|
"reaches"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrives",
|
|
"comes",
|
|
"shows up",
|
|
"turns up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozers":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I like a drink now and then but I'm no boozer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozehounds",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soakers",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boon":{
|
|
"likely to seek or enjoy the company of others":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I and my boon companions celebrated that afternoon's victory on the gridiron with a night at a local taproom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"clubbable",
|
|
"clubable",
|
|
"clubby",
|
|
"companionable",
|
|
"convivial",
|
|
"extroverted",
|
|
"extraverted",
|
|
"gregarious",
|
|
"outgoing",
|
|
"sociable",
|
|
"social"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"cordial",
|
|
"folksy",
|
|
"forthcoming",
|
|
"friendly",
|
|
"hospitable",
|
|
"affable",
|
|
"genial",
|
|
"gracious",
|
|
"agreeable",
|
|
"amiable",
|
|
"congenial",
|
|
"kindly",
|
|
"neighborly",
|
|
"animated",
|
|
"gay",
|
|
"jaunty",
|
|
"jolly",
|
|
"jovial",
|
|
"lively",
|
|
"peppy",
|
|
"perky",
|
|
"pert",
|
|
"spirited",
|
|
"sprightful",
|
|
"sprightly",
|
|
"vivacious",
|
|
"communicative",
|
|
"expansive",
|
|
"garrulous",
|
|
"talkative",
|
|
"bright",
|
|
"buoyant",
|
|
"cheerful",
|
|
"chipper",
|
|
"effervescent",
|
|
"upbeat",
|
|
"bubbly",
|
|
"exuberant",
|
|
"high-spirited"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"misanthropic",
|
|
"aloof",
|
|
"cold",
|
|
"cool",
|
|
"detached",
|
|
"distant",
|
|
"frosty",
|
|
"remote",
|
|
"reserved",
|
|
"standoffish",
|
|
"mum",
|
|
"mute",
|
|
"reticent",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"taciturn"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"antisocial",
|
|
"insociable",
|
|
"introverted",
|
|
"nongregarious",
|
|
"reclusive",
|
|
"unsociable",
|
|
"unsocial"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a thing that helps":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple's generous donation was a great boon to the charity's fund-raising campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"asset",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pick-me-up",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"sustenance",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"windfall",
|
|
"recourse",
|
|
"refuge",
|
|
"resort",
|
|
"resource"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"inhibitor",
|
|
"liability",
|
|
"obstacle",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"stranglehold"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"drawback",
|
|
"encumbrance",
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"minus"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a softhearted man who finds it hard to deny any boon , whether it be for friend or stranger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolence",
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"indulgence",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"turn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensation",
|
|
"waiver",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"liberty",
|
|
"license",
|
|
"licence",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance",
|
|
"hurdle",
|
|
"impediment",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstacle"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something granted as a special favor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the high school, seniors are given certain boons that make them the envy of underclassmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appanage",
|
|
"apanage",
|
|
"concession",
|
|
"honor",
|
|
"privilege"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courtesy",
|
|
"claim",
|
|
"entitlement",
|
|
"right",
|
|
"birthright",
|
|
"perquisite",
|
|
"prerogative",
|
|
"charter",
|
|
"grant",
|
|
"patent",
|
|
"exemption",
|
|
"immunity",
|
|
"waiver"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burden",
|
|
"duty",
|
|
"obligation",
|
|
"responsibility"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unexpected rain was a boon for the farmers who had been struggling with drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benediction",
|
|
"benefit",
|
|
"blessing",
|
|
"felicity",
|
|
"godsend",
|
|
"good",
|
|
"manna",
|
|
"windfall"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grace",
|
|
"mercy",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"mitzvah",
|
|
"advantage",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"gift",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"support",
|
|
"anodyne",
|
|
"comfort",
|
|
"consolation",
|
|
"solace",
|
|
"bonus",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"lagniappe",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"pleasure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hex",
|
|
"hoodoo",
|
|
"jinx",
|
|
"bother",
|
|
"irritant",
|
|
"nuisance",
|
|
"pest",
|
|
"disadvantage",
|
|
"cross",
|
|
"misery",
|
|
"trial",
|
|
"tribulation"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"affliction",
|
|
"bane",
|
|
"curse",
|
|
"evil",
|
|
"plague",
|
|
"scourge"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookman":{
|
|
"one who is keenly devoted to books":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bookman since toddlerhood, he's never shown much interest in television or video games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibliolater",
|
|
"bibliomaniac",
|
|
"bibliophile"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworm",
|
|
"antiquarian",
|
|
"bibliopole",
|
|
"bookseller",
|
|
"bibliopegist",
|
|
"bookbinder",
|
|
"bookmaker"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootleggers":{
|
|
"a person who imports or exports goods secretly and illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bootlegger of counterfeit electronics"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"contrabandists",
|
|
"couriers",
|
|
"runners",
|
|
"smugglers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coyotes",
|
|
"coyote",
|
|
"gunrunners",
|
|
"mules"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookcases":{
|
|
"as in credenzas , breakfronts":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakfronts",
|
|
"chests",
|
|
"china closets",
|
|
"credences",
|
|
"credenzas",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8res",
|
|
"etageres",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"showcases",
|
|
"taborets",
|
|
"tabourets",
|
|
"vitrines",
|
|
"buffets",
|
|
"cabinets",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"consoles",
|
|
"cupboards",
|
|
"hutches",
|
|
"lockers",
|
|
"presses",
|
|
"sideboards",
|
|
"cuddies",
|
|
"dressers",
|
|
"pie safes",
|
|
"armoires",
|
|
"clothespresses",
|
|
"garderobes",
|
|
"wardrobes",
|
|
"cabinetries",
|
|
"shelvings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogeying":{
|
|
"as in shuffling , jiving":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bopping",
|
|
"fox-trotting",
|
|
"gavotting",
|
|
"jigging",
|
|
"jitterbugging",
|
|
"jiving",
|
|
"mamboing",
|
|
"polkaing",
|
|
"shagging",
|
|
"shimmying",
|
|
"shuffling",
|
|
"tangoing",
|
|
"tap-dancing",
|
|
"twisting",
|
|
"waltzing",
|
|
"prancing",
|
|
"strutting",
|
|
"tripping",
|
|
"treading",
|
|
"dancing",
|
|
"footing (it)",
|
|
"hoofing (it)",
|
|
"stepping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookcase":{
|
|
"as in credenza , breakfront":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breakfront",
|
|
"chest",
|
|
"china closet",
|
|
"credence",
|
|
"credenza",
|
|
"\u00e9tag\u00e8re",
|
|
"etagere",
|
|
"secretary",
|
|
"showcase",
|
|
"taboret",
|
|
"tabouret",
|
|
"vitrine",
|
|
"buffet",
|
|
"cabinet",
|
|
"closet",
|
|
"console",
|
|
"cupboard",
|
|
"hutch",
|
|
"locker",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"sideboard",
|
|
"cuddy",
|
|
"dresser",
|
|
"pie safe",
|
|
"armoire",
|
|
"clothespress",
|
|
"garderobe",
|
|
"wardrobe",
|
|
"cabinetry",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogeys":{
|
|
"as in shuffles , jives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"fox-trots",
|
|
"gavottes",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"jitterbugs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"mambos",
|
|
"polkas",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shimmies",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tangos",
|
|
"tap-dances",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozes it up":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The resort town was filled tourists boozing it up on vacation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibs",
|
|
"boozes",
|
|
"drinks",
|
|
"guzzles",
|
|
"liquors (up)",
|
|
"lushes (up)",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"tipples"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouses",
|
|
"revels",
|
|
"imbibes",
|
|
"nips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstains"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booted (out)":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banished",
|
|
"bounced",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chased",
|
|
"dismissed",
|
|
"drummed (out)",
|
|
"ejected",
|
|
"expelled",
|
|
"extruded",
|
|
"kicked out",
|
|
"ousted",
|
|
"outed",
|
|
"ran off",
|
|
"routed",
|
|
"threw out",
|
|
"turfed (out)",
|
|
"turned out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforced",
|
|
"deported",
|
|
"displaced",
|
|
"dispossessed",
|
|
"evicted",
|
|
"exiled",
|
|
"expatriated",
|
|
"ostracized",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"axed",
|
|
"canned",
|
|
"cashiered",
|
|
"defenestrated",
|
|
"discharged",
|
|
"fired",
|
|
"mustered out",
|
|
"pink-slipped",
|
|
"released",
|
|
"removed",
|
|
"retired",
|
|
"sacked",
|
|
"terminated"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepted",
|
|
"admitted",
|
|
"received",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"took in",
|
|
"welcomed",
|
|
"entertained",
|
|
"harbored",
|
|
"housed",
|
|
"lodged",
|
|
"sheltered"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boot camps":{
|
|
"as in basic trainings , cadetships":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"basic trainings",
|
|
"cadetships",
|
|
"apprenticeships",
|
|
"externships",
|
|
"internships",
|
|
"practicums",
|
|
"trainings",
|
|
"educations",
|
|
"groundings",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"schoolings",
|
|
"tutelages",
|
|
"candidacies",
|
|
"probations",
|
|
"trials"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"tenures"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in clinics , workshops":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clinics",
|
|
"workshops",
|
|
"conferences",
|
|
"forums",
|
|
"fora",
|
|
"round-robins",
|
|
"roundtables",
|
|
"round tables",
|
|
"seminars",
|
|
"symposia",
|
|
"symposiums",
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"congresses",
|
|
"conventions",
|
|
"convocations",
|
|
"councils",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"get-togethers",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"meetings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booze":{
|
|
"a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"this will be a birthday party without booze"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"aqua vitae",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"bottle",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"inebriant",
|
|
"intoxicant",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"liquor",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"sauce",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"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"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bib",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"liquor (up)",
|
|
"lush (up)",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"nip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booby":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what kind of booby goes out into the snow barefoot?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berk",
|
|
"charlie",
|
|
"charley",
|
|
"cuckoo",
|
|
"ding-a-ling",
|
|
"ding-dong",
|
|
"dingbat",
|
|
"dipstick",
|
|
"doofus",
|
|
"featherhead",
|
|
"fool",
|
|
"git",
|
|
"goose",
|
|
"half-wit",
|
|
"jackass",
|
|
"lunatic",
|
|
"mooncalf",
|
|
"nincompoop",
|
|
"ninny",
|
|
"ninnyhammer",
|
|
"nit",
|
|
"nitwit",
|
|
"nut",
|
|
"nutcase",
|
|
"simp",
|
|
"simpleton",
|
|
"turkey",
|
|
"yo-yo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevil",
|
|
"madman",
|
|
"airhead",
|
|
"birdbrain",
|
|
"blockhead",
|
|
"dodo",
|
|
"dolt",
|
|
"donkey",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"dumbbell",
|
|
"dummy",
|
|
"dunce",
|
|
"fathead",
|
|
"gander",
|
|
"goon",
|
|
"idiot",
|
|
"ignoramus",
|
|
"imbecile",
|
|
"know-nothing",
|
|
"knucklehead",
|
|
"moron",
|
|
"numskull",
|
|
"numbskull",
|
|
"pinhead",
|
|
"schlub",
|
|
"shlub",
|
|
"schlump",
|
|
"schnook",
|
|
"stock",
|
|
"featherbrain",
|
|
"scatterbrain",
|
|
"butt",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"laughingstock",
|
|
"mockery",
|
|
"monkey",
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"loser",
|
|
"schlemiel",
|
|
"shlemiel",
|
|
"character",
|
|
"codger",
|
|
"crackbrain",
|
|
"crackpot",
|
|
"crank",
|
|
"kook",
|
|
"oddball",
|
|
"screwball",
|
|
"weirdo"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sage",
|
|
"thinker",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boosting":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the child into her car seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"upheaving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising",
|
|
"uprearing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging",
|
|
"submersing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promotion that boosted the number of interested customers milling about the showroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"adding (to)",
|
|
"aggrandizing",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"compounding",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"pumping up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"stoking",
|
|
"supersizing",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"upping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"booming",
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"spiking",
|
|
"bumping (up)",
|
|
"ratcheting (up)",
|
|
"racheting (up)",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"dilating",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"drawing out",
|
|
"elongating",
|
|
"fleshing (out)",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching",
|
|
"developing",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"complementing",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"strengthening",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"amassing",
|
|
"collecting",
|
|
"following up",
|
|
"parlaying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviating",
|
|
"abridging",
|
|
"curtailing",
|
|
"shortening",
|
|
"compressing",
|
|
"condensing",
|
|
"constricting",
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"cutting back",
|
|
"retrenching"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"de-escalating",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"downsizing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"minifying",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subtracting (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended eating foods that boost the body's immunity to disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"amping (up)",
|
|
"amplifying",
|
|
"beefing (up)",
|
|
"consolidating",
|
|
"deepening",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"magnifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"stepping up",
|
|
"strengthening"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broadening",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"hastening",
|
|
"quickening",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"pointing (up)",
|
|
"sharpening",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"augmenting",
|
|
"enforcing",
|
|
"reinforcing",
|
|
"reenforcing",
|
|
"restrengthening",
|
|
"supplementing",
|
|
"maximizing",
|
|
"enlivening",
|
|
"jazzing (up)",
|
|
"aggravating",
|
|
"exacerbating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"letting up (on)",
|
|
"reducing",
|
|
"subduing",
|
|
"toning (down)",
|
|
"weakening",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"subsiding",
|
|
"tapering (off)",
|
|
"waning",
|
|
"alleviating",
|
|
"easing",
|
|
"lightening"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abating",
|
|
"moderating"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the box onto the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"craning",
|
|
"elevating",
|
|
"heaving",
|
|
"hefting",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"hiking",
|
|
"hoisting",
|
|
"jacking (up)",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"perking (up)",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"raising",
|
|
"taking up",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"uplifting",
|
|
"upping",
|
|
"upraising"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascending",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rearing",
|
|
"upending"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descending",
|
|
"dipping",
|
|
"falling",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plunging",
|
|
"slipping",
|
|
"bearing",
|
|
"depressing",
|
|
"pressing",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"sinking",
|
|
"submerging"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"lowering"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the singer's latest release with a round of appearances on all the talk and entertainment shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhooing",
|
|
"hyping",
|
|
"pitching",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"talking up",
|
|
"touting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"barking",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"pushing",
|
|
"acclaiming",
|
|
"hailing",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"plumping (for)",
|
|
"plunking (for)",
|
|
"plonking (for)",
|
|
"recommending",
|
|
"reviewing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"broadcasting",
|
|
"publishing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman was nabbed trying to boost a couple of bottles of perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriating",
|
|
"filching",
|
|
"heisting",
|
|
"hooking",
|
|
"lifting",
|
|
"misappropriating",
|
|
"nicking",
|
|
"nipping",
|
|
"pilfering",
|
|
"pinching",
|
|
"pocketing",
|
|
"purloining",
|
|
"ripping off",
|
|
"snitching",
|
|
"stealing",
|
|
"swiping",
|
|
"thieving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarizing",
|
|
"knocking over",
|
|
"robbing",
|
|
"looting",
|
|
"pillaging",
|
|
"plundering",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"carjacking",
|
|
"hijacking",
|
|
"highjacking",
|
|
"picking",
|
|
"rifling",
|
|
"poaching",
|
|
"rustling",
|
|
"shoplifting",
|
|
"collaring",
|
|
"grabbing",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"nailing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"mooching",
|
|
"sponging",
|
|
"abducting",
|
|
"kidnapping",
|
|
"kidnaping",
|
|
"shanghaiing",
|
|
"spiriting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"bestowing",
|
|
"contributing",
|
|
"donating",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"presenting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booby-trap":{
|
|
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"booby-trapped the field bordering the army's camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, the bomb squad didn't find any booby traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claymore mine",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"torpedo",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"web"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he noticed the booby trap in the interviewer's question just a little too late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"gotcha",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trip wire",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"lure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booting":{
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"boggling",
|
|
"bollixing (up)",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"buggering (up)",
|
|
"bumbling",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"dubbing",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"mucking up",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"screwing up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"gumming (up)",
|
|
"muddling",
|
|
"piffling",
|
|
"blemishing",
|
|
"blighting",
|
|
"damaging",
|
|
"flawing",
|
|
"harming",
|
|
"hurting",
|
|
"impairing",
|
|
"injuring",
|
|
"marring",
|
|
"mutilating",
|
|
"ruining",
|
|
"spoiling",
|
|
"vitiating",
|
|
"destroying",
|
|
"wrecking",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"mismanaging"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorating",
|
|
"bettering",
|
|
"enhancing",
|
|
"helping",
|
|
"improving",
|
|
"meliorating",
|
|
"rectifying",
|
|
"refining",
|
|
"reforming",
|
|
"remedying",
|
|
"doctoring",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"patching",
|
|
"reconditioning",
|
|
"renovating",
|
|
"repairing",
|
|
"revamping"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookbinders":{
|
|
"as in bookmakers , bibliopegists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bibliopegists",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"antiquarians",
|
|
"bibliopoles",
|
|
"booksellers",
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"bibliolaters",
|
|
"bibliomaniacs",
|
|
"bibliophiles",
|
|
"bookmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlicking":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishing",
|
|
"fawning",
|
|
"fussing",
|
|
"kowtowing",
|
|
"sucking (up)",
|
|
"toadying",
|
|
"truckling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooling",
|
|
"gushing",
|
|
"slavering",
|
|
"slobbering",
|
|
"endearing",
|
|
"ingratiating",
|
|
"courting",
|
|
"wooing",
|
|
"adulating",
|
|
"idolizing",
|
|
"worshipping",
|
|
"worshiping",
|
|
"blandishing",
|
|
"cajoling",
|
|
"coaxing",
|
|
"flattering",
|
|
"overpraising",
|
|
"soft-soaping",
|
|
"cowering",
|
|
"cringing",
|
|
"groveling",
|
|
"grovelling",
|
|
"abasing",
|
|
"debasing",
|
|
"demeaning",
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"submitting",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despising",
|
|
"disdaining",
|
|
"scorning",
|
|
"gibing",
|
|
"jibing",
|
|
"jeering",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"braving",
|
|
"challenging",
|
|
"defying"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boobed":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundered",
|
|
"erred",
|
|
"flubbed",
|
|
"fluffed",
|
|
"fouled up",
|
|
"fumbled",
|
|
"goofed (up)",
|
|
"loused up",
|
|
"messed (up)",
|
|
"screwed up",
|
|
"slipped up",
|
|
"stumbled",
|
|
"tripped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodded",
|
|
"bobbled",
|
|
"botched",
|
|
"bungled",
|
|
"butchered",
|
|
"foozled",
|
|
"mangled",
|
|
"mishandled",
|
|
"muffed",
|
|
"murdered",
|
|
"miscalculated",
|
|
"misconceived",
|
|
"miscounted",
|
|
"miscued",
|
|
"misdeemed",
|
|
"misgauged",
|
|
"misgaged",
|
|
"misjudged",
|
|
"mistook",
|
|
"misconstrued",
|
|
"misinterpreted",
|
|
"misunderstood"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boots (out)":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"bounces",
|
|
"casts out",
|
|
"chases",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"drums (out)",
|
|
"ejects",
|
|
"expels",
|
|
"extrudes",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"ousts",
|
|
"outs",
|
|
"routs",
|
|
"runs off",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"turfs (out)",
|
|
"turns out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforces",
|
|
"deports",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"dispossesses",
|
|
"evicts",
|
|
"exiles",
|
|
"expatriates",
|
|
"ostracizes",
|
|
"reads out",
|
|
"shuts out",
|
|
"axes",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"defenestrates",
|
|
"discharges",
|
|
"fires",
|
|
"musters out",
|
|
"pink-slips",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"retires",
|
|
"sacks",
|
|
"terminates"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepts",
|
|
"admits",
|
|
"receives",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"takes in",
|
|
"welcomes",
|
|
"entertains",
|
|
"harbors",
|
|
"houses",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"shelters"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booby trap":{
|
|
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"booby-trapped the field bordering the army's camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"attack"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, the bomb squad didn't find any booby traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claymore mine",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"torpedo",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"explosive",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"ambush",
|
|
"net",
|
|
"web"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he noticed the booby trap in the interviewer's question just a little too late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch",
|
|
"catch-22",
|
|
"gimmick",
|
|
"gotcha",
|
|
"hitch",
|
|
"joker",
|
|
"land mine",
|
|
"pitfall",
|
|
"snag"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snare",
|
|
"trap",
|
|
"trip wire",
|
|
"web",
|
|
"hazard",
|
|
"peril",
|
|
"risk",
|
|
"bomb",
|
|
"bombshell",
|
|
"kicker",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"bait",
|
|
"decoy",
|
|
"lure"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootleg":{
|
|
"illegally produced liquor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"getting caught with bootleg during Prohibition could have resulted in a jail sentence"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"moonshine",
|
|
"mountain dew",
|
|
"white lightning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bathtub gin",
|
|
"red-eye",
|
|
"rotgut",
|
|
"alcohol",
|
|
"ardent spirits",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"firewater",
|
|
"grog",
|
|
"hooch",
|
|
"John Barleycorn",
|
|
"juice",
|
|
"potable",
|
|
"rum",
|
|
"spirits",
|
|
"strong drink",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"made or sold illegally":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"During the Prohibition era, many people made their own bootleg whiskey.",
|
|
"He was arrested for selling bootleg copies of the album."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"contraband",
|
|
"smuggled",
|
|
"unauthorized",
|
|
"unapproved",
|
|
"unlicensed",
|
|
"unsanctioned",
|
|
"under-the-counter",
|
|
"under-the-table",
|
|
"criminal",
|
|
"felonious",
|
|
"illegal",
|
|
"illegitimate",
|
|
"illicit",
|
|
"improper",
|
|
"unlawful",
|
|
"wrongful",
|
|
"banned",
|
|
"barred",
|
|
"criminalized",
|
|
"disallowed",
|
|
"discouraged",
|
|
"forbidden",
|
|
"interdicted",
|
|
"outlawed",
|
|
"prohibited",
|
|
"proscribed"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"allowed",
|
|
"permitted",
|
|
"authorized",
|
|
"licensed",
|
|
"approved",
|
|
"endorsed",
|
|
"indorsed",
|
|
"sanctioned",
|
|
"abetted",
|
|
"encouraged",
|
|
"promoted",
|
|
"suggested",
|
|
"supported",
|
|
"correct",
|
|
"decent",
|
|
"decorous",
|
|
"proper",
|
|
"seemly",
|
|
"lawful",
|
|
"legal",
|
|
"legitimate"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in smuggle , black-market":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black-market",
|
|
"fence",
|
|
"smuggle",
|
|
"bargain",
|
|
"barter",
|
|
"horse-trade",
|
|
"negotiate",
|
|
"transact",
|
|
"auction",
|
|
"exchange",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"rebuy",
|
|
"resell",
|
|
"swap",
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"distribute",
|
|
"fair-trade",
|
|
"market",
|
|
"peddle",
|
|
"retail",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"supply",
|
|
"vend",
|
|
"wholesale",
|
|
"corner",
|
|
"engross",
|
|
"monopolize",
|
|
"undersell",
|
|
"day-trade",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"speculate",
|
|
"deal",
|
|
"trade",
|
|
"traffic"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"black",
|
|
"blackball",
|
|
"boycott"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booms":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nerve-jangling boom of a car backfiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"cracks",
|
|
"crashes",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"reports",
|
|
"slams",
|
|
"smashes",
|
|
"snaps",
|
|
"thunderclaps",
|
|
"thwacks",
|
|
"whacks",
|
|
"whomps",
|
|
"whumps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunks",
|
|
"whams",
|
|
"clangors",
|
|
"clangs",
|
|
"clanks",
|
|
"clashes",
|
|
"knocks",
|
|
"raps",
|
|
"taps",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"clamors",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"hubbubs",
|
|
"hue and cries",
|
|
"hullabaloos",
|
|
"outcries",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"tumults",
|
|
"uproars"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the strong economy, business is booming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerates",
|
|
"accumulates",
|
|
"appreciates",
|
|
"balloons",
|
|
"builds up",
|
|
"burgeons",
|
|
"bourgeons",
|
|
"climbs",
|
|
"enlarges",
|
|
"escalates",
|
|
"expands",
|
|
"gains",
|
|
"increases",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"multiplies",
|
|
"mushrooms",
|
|
"proliferates",
|
|
"rises",
|
|
"rolls up",
|
|
"snowballs",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"swells",
|
|
"waxes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumps",
|
|
"rockets",
|
|
"skyrockets",
|
|
"surges",
|
|
"heightens",
|
|
"intensifies",
|
|
"redoubles",
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bulks",
|
|
"distends",
|
|
"inflates",
|
|
"puffs (up)",
|
|
"crescendoes",
|
|
"crests",
|
|
"peaks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracts",
|
|
"decreases",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"dwindles",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"recedes",
|
|
"wanes"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cannons boomed throughout the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellows",
|
|
"growls",
|
|
"roars",
|
|
"thunders"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbles",
|
|
"rolls",
|
|
"rumbles",
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"blares",
|
|
"blasts",
|
|
"peals",
|
|
"screams",
|
|
"screeches",
|
|
"shrieks",
|
|
"squalls",
|
|
"bawls",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"cries",
|
|
"hollers",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"shouts",
|
|
"whoops",
|
|
"yells",
|
|
"bells",
|
|
"caterwauls",
|
|
"howls",
|
|
"wails",
|
|
"yowls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunts",
|
|
"mouths",
|
|
"mumbles",
|
|
"murmurs",
|
|
"mutters",
|
|
"whispers",
|
|
"mewls",
|
|
"pules",
|
|
"squeaks",
|
|
"whimpers"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boom":{
|
|
"a loud explosive sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the nerve-jangling boom of a car backfiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"clap",
|
|
"crack",
|
|
"crash",
|
|
"pop",
|
|
"report",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"smash",
|
|
"snap",
|
|
"thunderclap",
|
|
"thwack",
|
|
"whack",
|
|
"whomp",
|
|
"whump"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"thunk",
|
|
"wham",
|
|
"clang",
|
|
"clangor",
|
|
"clank",
|
|
"clash",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"rap",
|
|
"tap",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"clamor",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"hubbub",
|
|
"hue and cry",
|
|
"hullabaloo",
|
|
"outcry",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"tumult",
|
|
"uproar"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the strong economy, business is booming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"appreciate",
|
|
"balloon",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"burgeon",
|
|
"bourgeon",
|
|
"climb",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"mushroom",
|
|
"proliferate",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"roll up",
|
|
"snowball",
|
|
"spread",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"wax"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"rocket",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"surge",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"bulk",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"puff (up)",
|
|
"crescendo",
|
|
"crest",
|
|
"peak"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cannons boomed throughout the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellow",
|
|
"growl",
|
|
"roar",
|
|
"thunder"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumble",
|
|
"roll",
|
|
"rumble",
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"blare",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"peal",
|
|
"scream",
|
|
"screech",
|
|
"shriek",
|
|
"squall",
|
|
"bawl",
|
|
"call",
|
|
"cry",
|
|
"holler",
|
|
"hoot",
|
|
"shout",
|
|
"whoop",
|
|
"yell",
|
|
"bell",
|
|
"caterwaul",
|
|
"howl",
|
|
"wail",
|
|
"yowl"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunt",
|
|
"mouth",
|
|
"mumble",
|
|
"murmur",
|
|
"mutter",
|
|
"whisper",
|
|
"mewl",
|
|
"pule",
|
|
"squeak",
|
|
"whimper"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookmen":{
|
|
"one who is keenly devoted to books":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bookman since toddlerhood, he's never shown much interest in television or video games"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibliolaters",
|
|
"bibliomaniacs",
|
|
"bibliophiles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"antiquarians",
|
|
"bibliopoles",
|
|
"booksellers",
|
|
"bibliopegists",
|
|
"bookbinders",
|
|
"bookmakers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booby traps":{
|
|
"a usually concealed explosive device designed to go off when disturbed":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"luckily, the bomb squad didn't find any booby traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"claymore mines",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"torpedoes",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"explosives",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"nets",
|
|
"webs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a danger or difficulty that is hidden or not easily recognized":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he noticed the booby trap in the interviewer's question just a little too late"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"catch-22's",
|
|
"catch-22s",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"gimmicks",
|
|
"gotchas",
|
|
"hitches",
|
|
"jokers",
|
|
"land mines",
|
|
"pitfalls",
|
|
"snags"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"trip wires",
|
|
"webs",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"perils",
|
|
"risks",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"bombshells",
|
|
"kickers",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"lures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"booby-trapped the field bordering the army's camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mines"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blows up",
|
|
"bombs",
|
|
"ambushes",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps",
|
|
"attacks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozing it up":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The resort town was filled tourists boozing it up on vacation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbing",
|
|
"boozing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"lushing (up)",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"nipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boons":{
|
|
"a thing that helps":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the couple's generous donation was a great boon to the charity's fund-raising campaign"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assets",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"help"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hands",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"pick-me-ups",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"sustenances",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"windfalls",
|
|
"recourses",
|
|
"refuges",
|
|
"resorts",
|
|
"resources"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraints",
|
|
"inhibitors",
|
|
"liabilities",
|
|
"obstacles",
|
|
"obstructions",
|
|
"restraints",
|
|
"strangleholds"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"drawbacks",
|
|
"encumbrances",
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"minuses"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act of kind assistance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a softhearted man who finds it hard to deny any boon , whether it be for friend or stranger"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benevolences",
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"indulgences",
|
|
"mercies",
|
|
"services",
|
|
"turns"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dispensations",
|
|
"waivers",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"liberties",
|
|
"licenses",
|
|
"licences",
|
|
"privileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrances",
|
|
"hurdles",
|
|
"impediments",
|
|
"interferences",
|
|
"obstacles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something granted as a special favor":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"at the high school, seniors are given certain boons that make them the envy of underclassmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appanages",
|
|
"apanages",
|
|
"concessions",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"privileges"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"courtesies",
|
|
"claims",
|
|
"entitlements",
|
|
"rights",
|
|
"birthrights",
|
|
"perquisites",
|
|
"prerogatives",
|
|
"charters",
|
|
"grants",
|
|
"patents",
|
|
"exemptions",
|
|
"immunities",
|
|
"waivers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burdens",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"obligations",
|
|
"responsibilities"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that provides happiness or does good for a person or thing":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the unexpected rain was a boon for the farmers who had been struggling with drought"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"benedictions",
|
|
"benefits",
|
|
"blessings",
|
|
"felicities",
|
|
"godsends",
|
|
"goods",
|
|
"mannas",
|
|
"windfalls"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"graces",
|
|
"mercies",
|
|
"favors",
|
|
"mitzvoth",
|
|
"mitzvahs",
|
|
"advantages",
|
|
"aids",
|
|
"assistances",
|
|
"gifts",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"reliefs",
|
|
"supports",
|
|
"anodynes",
|
|
"comforts",
|
|
"consolations",
|
|
"solaces",
|
|
"bonuses",
|
|
"extras",
|
|
"lagniappes",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"pleasures"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"hexes",
|
|
"hoodoos",
|
|
"jinxes",
|
|
"bothers",
|
|
"irritants",
|
|
"nuisances",
|
|
"pests",
|
|
"disadvantages",
|
|
"crosses",
|
|
"miseries",
|
|
"trials",
|
|
"tribulations"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"afflictions",
|
|
"banes",
|
|
"curses",
|
|
"evils",
|
|
"plagues",
|
|
"scourges"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boorish":{
|
|
"having or showing crudely insensitive or impolite manners":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boorish behavior, such as yelling for service in restaurants"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"churlish",
|
|
"classless",
|
|
"cloddish",
|
|
"clownish",
|
|
"loutish",
|
|
"uncouth"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"coarse",
|
|
"ill-bred",
|
|
"uncultivated",
|
|
"unpolished",
|
|
"unrefined",
|
|
"unsophisticated",
|
|
"tasteless",
|
|
"vulgar",
|
|
"beastly",
|
|
"bestial",
|
|
"doltish",
|
|
"oafish",
|
|
"stupid",
|
|
"discourteous",
|
|
"impolite",
|
|
"mannerless",
|
|
"misleared",
|
|
"rude",
|
|
"uncivil",
|
|
"ungracious",
|
|
"unmannerly",
|
|
"awkward",
|
|
"ungainly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"couth",
|
|
"cultivated",
|
|
"polished",
|
|
"refined",
|
|
"sophisticated",
|
|
"well-bred",
|
|
"classy",
|
|
"courtly",
|
|
"genteel",
|
|
"gentlemanly",
|
|
"ladylike",
|
|
"civil",
|
|
"courteous",
|
|
"polite"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"Book":{
|
|
"a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I bought another new book yesterday, and I can't wait to read it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"tome",
|
|
"volume"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hardback",
|
|
"hardcover",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"paperback",
|
|
"paperbound",
|
|
"pocket book",
|
|
"pocket edition",
|
|
"softback",
|
|
"softcover",
|
|
"trade book",
|
|
"trade edition",
|
|
"folio",
|
|
"quarto",
|
|
"guidebook",
|
|
"handbook",
|
|
"how-to",
|
|
"manual",
|
|
"catalog",
|
|
"catalogue",
|
|
"cyclopedia",
|
|
"cyclopaedia",
|
|
"dictionary",
|
|
"encyclopedia",
|
|
"monograph",
|
|
"primer",
|
|
"text",
|
|
"textbook",
|
|
"tract",
|
|
"treatise",
|
|
"novel",
|
|
"novelette",
|
|
"pulp",
|
|
"album",
|
|
"almanac",
|
|
"anthology",
|
|
"casebook",
|
|
"chapbook",
|
|
"omnibus",
|
|
"picture book"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"offered to swear on the Book that everything had happened just as he said"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"Bible",
|
|
"Good Book",
|
|
"Holy Writ",
|
|
"Scripture"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"Polyglot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"a publication that appears at regular intervals":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"older people in these parts still tend to call a magazine a book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bulletin",
|
|
"diurnal",
|
|
"gazette",
|
|
"journal",
|
|
"mag",
|
|
"magazine",
|
|
"newspaper",
|
|
"organ",
|
|
"paper",
|
|
"periodical",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"serial",
|
|
"zine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"annual",
|
|
"bimonthly",
|
|
"biweekly",
|
|
"daily",
|
|
"monthly",
|
|
"quarterly",
|
|
"semimonthly",
|
|
"semiweekly",
|
|
"triweekly",
|
|
"weekly",
|
|
"yearbook",
|
|
"digest",
|
|
"little magazine",
|
|
"fanzine",
|
|
"pictorial",
|
|
"slick",
|
|
"broadside",
|
|
"edition",
|
|
"extra",
|
|
"sheet",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"tab",
|
|
"tabloid",
|
|
"newsletter",
|
|
"newsmagazine",
|
|
"newsweekly"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"information not generally available to the public":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what's the book on the new company president?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"411",
|
|
"dope",
|
|
"inside",
|
|
"lowdown",
|
|
"poop",
|
|
"scoop",
|
|
"skinny",
|
|
"tip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dirt",
|
|
"dish",
|
|
"gossip",
|
|
"rumor",
|
|
"story",
|
|
"hint",
|
|
"pointer",
|
|
"information",
|
|
"intelligence",
|
|
"news",
|
|
"tidings",
|
|
"word"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ancient history",
|
|
"open secret"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to arrange to have something (as a hotel room) held for one's future use":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we booked a conference room for the meeting next week"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bespeak",
|
|
"reserve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"earmark",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to leave a place often for another":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'm running late, so I've got to book"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bail",
|
|
"bail out",
|
|
"begone",
|
|
"bug off",
|
|
"bug out",
|
|
"bugger off",
|
|
"buzz (off)",
|
|
"clear off",
|
|
"clear out",
|
|
"cut out",
|
|
"depart",
|
|
"dig out",
|
|
"exit",
|
|
"get",
|
|
"get off",
|
|
"go",
|
|
"go off",
|
|
"move",
|
|
"pack (up or off)",
|
|
"part",
|
|
"peel off",
|
|
"pike (out or off)",
|
|
"pull out",
|
|
"push off",
|
|
"push on",
|
|
"quit",
|
|
"run along",
|
|
"sally (forth)",
|
|
"scarper",
|
|
"shove (off)",
|
|
"step (along)",
|
|
"take off",
|
|
"vamoose",
|
|
"walk out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"set out",
|
|
"start",
|
|
"strike out",
|
|
"abscond",
|
|
"decamp",
|
|
"escape",
|
|
"evacuate",
|
|
"flee",
|
|
"fly",
|
|
"get out",
|
|
"mizzle",
|
|
"run away",
|
|
"scat",
|
|
"scram",
|
|
"skip",
|
|
"go out",
|
|
"light out",
|
|
"step out",
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"vacate",
|
|
"emigrate",
|
|
"adjourn",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"retreat",
|
|
"withdraw"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abide",
|
|
"dwell",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"remain",
|
|
"settle",
|
|
"stay",
|
|
"tarry",
|
|
"approach",
|
|
"close",
|
|
"near",
|
|
"hit",
|
|
"land",
|
|
"reach"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"arrive",
|
|
"come",
|
|
"show up",
|
|
"turn up"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookworms":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bookworm who prefers reading to just about any other activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dinks",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"geeks",
|
|
"grinds",
|
|
"nerds",
|
|
"swots",
|
|
"weenies",
|
|
"wonks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-domes",
|
|
"highbrows",
|
|
"intellectuals",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii",
|
|
"academics",
|
|
"bookmen",
|
|
"scholars",
|
|
"gearheads",
|
|
"techies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbricks",
|
|
"goof-offs",
|
|
"slackers",
|
|
"underachievers",
|
|
"lowbrows"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookworm":{
|
|
"a person slavishly devoted to intellectual or academic pursuits":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bookworm who prefers reading to just about any other activity"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"dink",
|
|
"dork",
|
|
"geek",
|
|
"grind",
|
|
"nerd",
|
|
"swot",
|
|
"weenie",
|
|
"wonk"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"double-dome",
|
|
"highbrow",
|
|
"intellectual",
|
|
"brain",
|
|
"genius",
|
|
"academic",
|
|
"bookman",
|
|
"scholar",
|
|
"gearhead",
|
|
"techie"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"goldbrick",
|
|
"goof-off",
|
|
"slacker",
|
|
"underachiever",
|
|
"lowbrow"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boobies":{
|
|
"a person who lacks good sense or judgment":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"what kind of booby goes out into the snow barefoot?"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"berks",
|
|
"charlies",
|
|
"charleys",
|
|
"cuckoos",
|
|
"ding-a-lings",
|
|
"dingbats",
|
|
"ding-dongs",
|
|
"dipsticks",
|
|
"doofuses",
|
|
"dufuses",
|
|
"featherheads",
|
|
"fools",
|
|
"geese",
|
|
"gits",
|
|
"half-wits",
|
|
"jackasses",
|
|
"lunatics",
|
|
"mooncalves",
|
|
"nincompoops",
|
|
"ninnies",
|
|
"ninnyhammers",
|
|
"nits",
|
|
"nitwits",
|
|
"nutcases",
|
|
"nuts",
|
|
"simpletons",
|
|
"simps",
|
|
"turkeys",
|
|
"yo-yos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"daredevils",
|
|
"madmen",
|
|
"airheads",
|
|
"birdbrains",
|
|
"blockheads",
|
|
"dodoes",
|
|
"dodos",
|
|
"dolts",
|
|
"donkeys",
|
|
"dopes",
|
|
"dorks",
|
|
"dumbbells",
|
|
"dummies",
|
|
"dunces",
|
|
"fatheads",
|
|
"ganders",
|
|
"goons",
|
|
"idiots",
|
|
"ignoramuses",
|
|
"ignorami",
|
|
"imbeciles",
|
|
"know-nothings",
|
|
"knuckleheads",
|
|
"morons",
|
|
"numskulls",
|
|
"numbskulls",
|
|
"pinheads",
|
|
"schlubs",
|
|
"shlubs",
|
|
"schlumps",
|
|
"schnooks",
|
|
"stocks",
|
|
"featherbrains",
|
|
"scatterbrains",
|
|
"butts",
|
|
"dupes",
|
|
"laughingstocks",
|
|
"mockeries",
|
|
"monkeys",
|
|
"chumps",
|
|
"losers",
|
|
"schlemiels",
|
|
"shlemiels",
|
|
"characters",
|
|
"codgers",
|
|
"crackbrains",
|
|
"crackpots",
|
|
"cranks",
|
|
"kooks",
|
|
"oddballs",
|
|
"screwballs",
|
|
"weirdos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"sages",
|
|
"thinkers",
|
|
"brains",
|
|
"geniuses",
|
|
"genii"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozed it up":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The resort town was filled tourists boozing it up on vacation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbed",
|
|
"boozed",
|
|
"drank",
|
|
"guzzled",
|
|
"liquored (up)",
|
|
"lushed (up)",
|
|
"soaked",
|
|
"tippled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"caroused",
|
|
"reveled",
|
|
"revelled",
|
|
"imbibed",
|
|
"nipped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstained"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boobing":{
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blundering",
|
|
"erring",
|
|
"flubbing",
|
|
"fluffing",
|
|
"fouling up",
|
|
"fumbling",
|
|
"goofing (up)",
|
|
"lousing up",
|
|
"messing (up)",
|
|
"screwing up",
|
|
"slipping up",
|
|
"stumbling",
|
|
"tripping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"nodding",
|
|
"bobbling",
|
|
"botching",
|
|
"bungling",
|
|
"butchering",
|
|
"foozling",
|
|
"mangling",
|
|
"mishandling",
|
|
"muffing",
|
|
"murdering",
|
|
"miscalculating",
|
|
"misconceiving",
|
|
"miscounting",
|
|
"miscuing",
|
|
"misdeeming",
|
|
"misgauging",
|
|
"misgaging",
|
|
"misjudging",
|
|
"mistaking",
|
|
"misconstruing",
|
|
"misinterpreting",
|
|
"misunderstanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boots":{
|
|
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fans got a real boot out the team's lopsided victory over its longtime rivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bangs",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exhilarations",
|
|
"frissons",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"kicks",
|
|
"rushes",
|
|
"thrills",
|
|
"titillations",
|
|
"wallops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousals",
|
|
"buzzes",
|
|
"electrifications",
|
|
"highs",
|
|
"intoxications",
|
|
"jolts",
|
|
"shocks",
|
|
"surprises",
|
|
"surprizes",
|
|
"delectations",
|
|
"delights",
|
|
"enjoyments",
|
|
"joys",
|
|
"lifts",
|
|
"pleasures",
|
|
"amusements",
|
|
"diversions",
|
|
"entertainments",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"treats"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blows",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boggles",
|
|
"bollixes (up)",
|
|
"botches",
|
|
"buggers (up)",
|
|
"bumbles",
|
|
"bungles",
|
|
"butchers",
|
|
"dubs",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"foozles",
|
|
"fouls up",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"goofs (up)",
|
|
"louses up",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"messes (up)",
|
|
"mucks up",
|
|
"muffs",
|
|
"murders",
|
|
"screws up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"gums (up)",
|
|
"muddles",
|
|
"piffles",
|
|
"blemishes",
|
|
"blights",
|
|
"damages",
|
|
"flaws",
|
|
"harms",
|
|
"hurts",
|
|
"impairs",
|
|
"injures",
|
|
"mars",
|
|
"mutilates",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"spoils",
|
|
"vitiates",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"wrecks",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"mismanages"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorates",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"enhances",
|
|
"helps",
|
|
"improves",
|
|
"meliorates",
|
|
"rectifies",
|
|
"refines",
|
|
"reforms",
|
|
"remedies",
|
|
"doctors",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"patches",
|
|
"reconditions",
|
|
"renovates",
|
|
"repairs",
|
|
"revamps"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boot":{
|
|
"a pleasurably intense stimulation of the feelings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the fans got a real boot out the team's lopsided victory over its longtime rivals"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bang",
|
|
"charge",
|
|
"exhilaration",
|
|
"frisson",
|
|
"jollies",
|
|
"kick",
|
|
"rush",
|
|
"thrill",
|
|
"titillation",
|
|
"wallop"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"arousal",
|
|
"buzz",
|
|
"electrification",
|
|
"high",
|
|
"intoxication",
|
|
"jolt",
|
|
"shock",
|
|
"surprise",
|
|
"surprize",
|
|
"delectation",
|
|
"delight",
|
|
"enjoyment",
|
|
"joy",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"pleasure",
|
|
"amusement",
|
|
"diversion",
|
|
"entertainment",
|
|
"fun",
|
|
"treat"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he booted the answer of what should have been an easy question"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blow",
|
|
"bobble",
|
|
"boggle",
|
|
"bollix (up)",
|
|
"botch",
|
|
"bugger (up)",
|
|
"bumble",
|
|
"bungle",
|
|
"butcher",
|
|
"dub",
|
|
"flub",
|
|
"fluff",
|
|
"foozle",
|
|
"foul up",
|
|
"fumble",
|
|
"goof (up)",
|
|
"louse up",
|
|
"mangle",
|
|
"mess (up)",
|
|
"muck up",
|
|
"muff",
|
|
"murder",
|
|
"screw up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blunder",
|
|
"gum (up)",
|
|
"muddle",
|
|
"piffle",
|
|
"blemish",
|
|
"blight",
|
|
"damage",
|
|
"flaw",
|
|
"harm",
|
|
"hurt",
|
|
"impair",
|
|
"injure",
|
|
"mar",
|
|
"mutilate",
|
|
"ruin",
|
|
"spoil",
|
|
"vitiate",
|
|
"destroy",
|
|
"wreck",
|
|
"mishandle",
|
|
"mismanage"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ameliorate",
|
|
"better",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"improve",
|
|
"meliorate",
|
|
"rectify",
|
|
"refine",
|
|
"reform",
|
|
"remedy",
|
|
"doctor",
|
|
"fix",
|
|
"patch",
|
|
"recondition",
|
|
"renovate",
|
|
"repair",
|
|
"revamp"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootless":{
|
|
"producing no results":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a bootless effort to get tickets to the sold-out game"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abortive",
|
|
"barren",
|
|
"empty",
|
|
"fruitless",
|
|
"futile",
|
|
"ineffective",
|
|
"ineffectual",
|
|
"inefficacious",
|
|
"otiose",
|
|
"profitless",
|
|
"unavailing",
|
|
"unproductive",
|
|
"unprofitable",
|
|
"unsuccessful",
|
|
"useless",
|
|
"vain"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hollow",
|
|
"idle",
|
|
"meaningless",
|
|
"pointless",
|
|
"valueless",
|
|
"worthless",
|
|
"hopeless",
|
|
"impossible",
|
|
"lost",
|
|
"no-win",
|
|
"unattainable",
|
|
"inadequate",
|
|
"insufficient",
|
|
"lacking",
|
|
"wanting",
|
|
"counterproductive"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"meaningful",
|
|
"worthwhile",
|
|
"adequate",
|
|
"sufficient",
|
|
"applicable",
|
|
"feasible",
|
|
"functional",
|
|
"practicable",
|
|
"practical",
|
|
"realizable",
|
|
"usable",
|
|
"useable",
|
|
"workable"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"deadly",
|
|
"effective",
|
|
"effectual",
|
|
"efficacious",
|
|
"efficient",
|
|
"fruitful",
|
|
"potent",
|
|
"productive",
|
|
"profitable",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"virtuous"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookkeepers":{
|
|
"a person whose job is to keep the financial records for a business":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"questioned the bookkeeper about an entry in the accounts"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"archivists",
|
|
"recorders",
|
|
"reporters",
|
|
"transcriptionists",
|
|
"clerks",
|
|
"registers",
|
|
"registrars",
|
|
"scribes",
|
|
"secretaries",
|
|
"annalists",
|
|
"chroniclers",
|
|
"documenters",
|
|
"historians"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogied":{
|
|
"as in shuffled , jived":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"fox-trotted",
|
|
"gavotted",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jitterbugged",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"mamboed",
|
|
"polkaed",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"shimmied",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tangoed",
|
|
"tap-danced",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"stepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogies":{
|
|
"as in shuffles , jives":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bops",
|
|
"fox-trots",
|
|
"gavottes",
|
|
"jigs",
|
|
"jitterbugs",
|
|
"jives",
|
|
"mambos",
|
|
"polkas",
|
|
"shags",
|
|
"shimmies",
|
|
"shuffles",
|
|
"tangos",
|
|
"tap-dances",
|
|
"twists",
|
|
"waltzes",
|
|
"prances",
|
|
"struts",
|
|
"trips",
|
|
"treads",
|
|
"dances",
|
|
"foots (it)",
|
|
"hoofs (it)",
|
|
"steps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booming":{
|
|
"marked by a high volume of sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a booming bass drum"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"clamorous",
|
|
"clangorous",
|
|
"deafening",
|
|
"earsplitting",
|
|
"loud",
|
|
"piercing",
|
|
"plangent",
|
|
"resounding",
|
|
"ringing",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"slam-bang",
|
|
"sonorous",
|
|
"stentorian",
|
|
"thundering",
|
|
"thunderous"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"brazen",
|
|
"dinning",
|
|
"discordant",
|
|
"noisy",
|
|
"obstreperous",
|
|
"raucous",
|
|
"rip-roaring",
|
|
"vociferous",
|
|
"grating",
|
|
"harsh",
|
|
"overloud",
|
|
"sharp",
|
|
"shrill",
|
|
"squealing",
|
|
"strident"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"dead",
|
|
"quiet",
|
|
"silent",
|
|
"still",
|
|
"stilly",
|
|
"ultraquiet",
|
|
"calm",
|
|
"dreamy",
|
|
"peaceful",
|
|
"restful",
|
|
"serene",
|
|
"soothing",
|
|
"tranquil",
|
|
"hushed",
|
|
"muffled",
|
|
"muted",
|
|
"softened",
|
|
"toned (down)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"gentle",
|
|
"low",
|
|
"soft"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"marked by vigorous growth and well-being especially economically":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a booming industry that grows larger every year"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boomy",
|
|
"flourishing",
|
|
"golden",
|
|
"halcyon",
|
|
"healthy",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"palmy",
|
|
"prospering",
|
|
"prosperous",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"successful",
|
|
"thriving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"affluent",
|
|
"moneyed",
|
|
"monied",
|
|
"opulent",
|
|
"rich",
|
|
"substantial",
|
|
"wealthy",
|
|
"well-heeled",
|
|
"well-off",
|
|
"well-to-do",
|
|
"comfortable"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"declining",
|
|
"dying",
|
|
"failing",
|
|
"floundering",
|
|
"languishing",
|
|
"struggling",
|
|
"bankrupt",
|
|
"bankrupted",
|
|
"insolvent"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"depressed",
|
|
"unprosperous",
|
|
"unsuccessful"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to become greater in size, extent, volume, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"with the strong economy, business is booming"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerating",
|
|
"accumulating",
|
|
"appreciating",
|
|
"ballooning",
|
|
"building up",
|
|
"burgeoning",
|
|
"bourgeoning",
|
|
"climbing",
|
|
"enlarging",
|
|
"escalating",
|
|
"expanding",
|
|
"gaining",
|
|
"increasing",
|
|
"mounting",
|
|
"multiplying",
|
|
"mushrooming",
|
|
"proliferating",
|
|
"rising",
|
|
"rolling up",
|
|
"snowballing",
|
|
"spreading",
|
|
"swelling",
|
|
"waxing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"jumping",
|
|
"rocketing",
|
|
"skyrocketing",
|
|
"surging",
|
|
"heightening",
|
|
"intensifying",
|
|
"redoubling",
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bulking",
|
|
"distending",
|
|
"inflating",
|
|
"puffing (up)",
|
|
"crescendoing",
|
|
"cresting",
|
|
"peaking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"contracting",
|
|
"decreasing",
|
|
"diminishing",
|
|
"dwindling",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"receding",
|
|
"waning"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a long loud deep noise or cry":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the cannons boomed throughout the night"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bellowing",
|
|
"growling",
|
|
"roaring",
|
|
"thundering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"grumbling",
|
|
"rolling",
|
|
"rumbling",
|
|
"banging",
|
|
"blaring",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"pealing",
|
|
"screaming",
|
|
"screeching",
|
|
"shrieking",
|
|
"squalling",
|
|
"bawling",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"crying",
|
|
"hollering",
|
|
"hooting",
|
|
"shouting",
|
|
"whooping",
|
|
"yelling",
|
|
"belling",
|
|
"caterwauling",
|
|
"howling",
|
|
"wailing",
|
|
"yowling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"grunting",
|
|
"mouthing",
|
|
"mumbling",
|
|
"murmuring",
|
|
"muttering",
|
|
"whispering",
|
|
"mewling",
|
|
"puling",
|
|
"squeaking",
|
|
"whimpering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"adjective",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootees":{
|
|
"as in bobby socks , anklets":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anklets",
|
|
"bobby socks",
|
|
"kneesocks",
|
|
"support hoses",
|
|
"hosieries",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"hoses",
|
|
"socks",
|
|
"stockings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlickers":{
|
|
"a person who flatters another in order to get ahead":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's such a bootlicker that I don't take any of her compliments seriously"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polishers",
|
|
"brownnosers",
|
|
"fawners",
|
|
"flunkies",
|
|
"flunkeys",
|
|
"lickspittles",
|
|
"suck-ups",
|
|
"sycophants",
|
|
"toadies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"yes-men",
|
|
"apparatchiks",
|
|
"apparatchiki",
|
|
"company men",
|
|
"hangers-on",
|
|
"leeches",
|
|
"parasites",
|
|
"spongers",
|
|
"sponges",
|
|
"henchmen",
|
|
"lackeys",
|
|
"lapdogs",
|
|
"minions",
|
|
"running dogs",
|
|
"satellites",
|
|
"slaves",
|
|
"stooges",
|
|
"admirers",
|
|
"cultists",
|
|
"devotees",
|
|
"enthusiasts",
|
|
"fans",
|
|
"grovelers",
|
|
"idolaters",
|
|
"idolators",
|
|
"worshippers",
|
|
"worshipers",
|
|
"zealots",
|
|
"adherents",
|
|
"camp followers",
|
|
"converts",
|
|
"disciples",
|
|
"followers",
|
|
"me-tooers",
|
|
"partisans",
|
|
"partizans",
|
|
"pupils",
|
|
"votaries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootee":{
|
|
"as in bobby socks , anklet":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anklet",
|
|
"bobby socks",
|
|
"kneesock",
|
|
"support hose",
|
|
"hosiery",
|
|
"hose",
|
|
"sock",
|
|
"stocking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boodles":{
|
|
"a usually small number of persons considered as a unit":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a boodle of teenagers boarded the bus together"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"bands",
|
|
"batches",
|
|
"batteries",
|
|
"bodies",
|
|
"bunches",
|
|
"clusters",
|
|
"clutches",
|
|
"consorts",
|
|
"constellations",
|
|
"crops",
|
|
"groupings",
|
|
"groups",
|
|
"huddles",
|
|
"knots",
|
|
"lots",
|
|
"parcels",
|
|
"parties",
|
|
"passels"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"assemblies",
|
|
"collectives",
|
|
"congregations",
|
|
"gatherings",
|
|
"musters",
|
|
"organizations",
|
|
"circles",
|
|
"clans",
|
|
"cliques",
|
|
"coteries",
|
|
"fellowships",
|
|
"gangs",
|
|
"rings",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"factions",
|
|
"guilds",
|
|
"gilds",
|
|
"orders",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"sects",
|
|
"brigades",
|
|
"crews",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"phalanxes",
|
|
"phalanges",
|
|
"platoons",
|
|
"posses",
|
|
"task forces",
|
|
"teams",
|
|
"alliances",
|
|
"blocs",
|
|
"coalitions",
|
|
"confederacies",
|
|
"confederations",
|
|
"federations",
|
|
"leagues",
|
|
"unions",
|
|
"battalions",
|
|
"squadrons",
|
|
"bevies",
|
|
"broods",
|
|
"coveys"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"individuals",
|
|
"singles"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"something given or promised in order to improperly influence a person's conduct or decision":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an IRS agent was caught accepting some boodle from people she was auditing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backhanders",
|
|
"bribes",
|
|
"cumshaws",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"sops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"baksheeshs",
|
|
"kickbacks",
|
|
"payoffs",
|
|
"slush funds",
|
|
"incentives",
|
|
"incitements",
|
|
"instigations",
|
|
"motivations",
|
|
"provocations",
|
|
"spurs",
|
|
"stimulations",
|
|
"stimuli",
|
|
"boosts",
|
|
"encouragements",
|
|
"goads",
|
|
"inducements",
|
|
"allurements",
|
|
"baits",
|
|
"enticements",
|
|
"lures",
|
|
"seductions",
|
|
"temptations",
|
|
"turn-ons",
|
|
"flatteries",
|
|
"persuasions",
|
|
"decoys",
|
|
"snares",
|
|
"traps"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booths":{
|
|
"as in cabins , berths":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accommodations",
|
|
"bays",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"cabins",
|
|
"compartments",
|
|
"cubicles",
|
|
"apartments",
|
|
"cells",
|
|
"chambers",
|
|
"closets",
|
|
"rooms",
|
|
"alcoves",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"nooks",
|
|
"recesses",
|
|
"snuggeries"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozehounds":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a famous writer and an infamous boozehound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholics",
|
|
"alkies",
|
|
"boozers",
|
|
"dipsomaniacs",
|
|
"drinkers",
|
|
"drunkards",
|
|
"drunks",
|
|
"inebriates",
|
|
"juiceheads",
|
|
"juicers",
|
|
"lushes",
|
|
"rummies",
|
|
"soakers",
|
|
"soaks",
|
|
"sots",
|
|
"souses",
|
|
"tipplers",
|
|
"topers",
|
|
"tosspots"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swiggers",
|
|
"swillers",
|
|
"winos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainers",
|
|
"nondrinkers",
|
|
"teetotalers",
|
|
"teetotallers",
|
|
"teetotalists"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booklets":{
|
|
"a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"there's an instruction booklet next to the computer"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"brochures",
|
|
"circulars",
|
|
"flyers",
|
|
"fliers",
|
|
"folders",
|
|
"leaflets",
|
|
"pamphlets"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"dodgers",
|
|
"flysheets",
|
|
"handbills",
|
|
"handouts",
|
|
"throwaways",
|
|
"advertisements",
|
|
"catalogs",
|
|
"catalogues",
|
|
"shoppers",
|
|
"tracts",
|
|
"paperbacks",
|
|
"paperbounds",
|
|
"pocket books",
|
|
"guidebooks",
|
|
"handbooks",
|
|
"how-tos",
|
|
"instructions",
|
|
"manuals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boob tube":{
|
|
"an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tonight I just want to unwind in front of the boob tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"box",
|
|
"idiot box",
|
|
"television",
|
|
"telly",
|
|
"tube",
|
|
"TV"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"LCD",
|
|
"plasma",
|
|
"home theater",
|
|
"home video"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlegged":{
|
|
"as in smuggled , black-marketed":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black-marketed",
|
|
"fenced",
|
|
"smuggled",
|
|
"bargained",
|
|
"bartered",
|
|
"horse-traded",
|
|
"negotiated",
|
|
"transacted",
|
|
"auctioned",
|
|
"exchanged",
|
|
"merchandised",
|
|
"merchandized",
|
|
"rebought",
|
|
"resold",
|
|
"swapped",
|
|
"bought",
|
|
"picked up",
|
|
"purchased",
|
|
"took",
|
|
"distributed",
|
|
"fair-traded",
|
|
"marketed",
|
|
"peddled",
|
|
"retailed",
|
|
"sold",
|
|
"supplied",
|
|
"vended",
|
|
"wholesaled",
|
|
"cornered",
|
|
"engrossed",
|
|
"monopolized",
|
|
"undersold",
|
|
"day-traded",
|
|
"invested",
|
|
"speculated",
|
|
"dealt",
|
|
"traded",
|
|
"trafficked"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballed",
|
|
"blacked",
|
|
"boycotted"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozing":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he went out boozing with his friends on his 21st birthday"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bibbing",
|
|
"drinking",
|
|
"guzzling",
|
|
"liquoring (up)",
|
|
"lushing (up)",
|
|
"soaking",
|
|
"tippling"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carousing",
|
|
"reveling",
|
|
"revelling",
|
|
"imbibing",
|
|
"nipping"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstaining"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boost":{
|
|
"to lift with effort":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the child into her car seat"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"upheave"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise",
|
|
"uprear"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge",
|
|
"submerse"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make greater in size, amount, or number":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a promotion that boosted the number of interested customers milling about the showroom"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"add (to)",
|
|
"aggrandize",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"build up",
|
|
"compound",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"escalate",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"multiply",
|
|
"pump up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"stoke",
|
|
"supersize",
|
|
"swell",
|
|
"up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"boom",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"skyrocket",
|
|
"spike",
|
|
"bump (up)",
|
|
"ratchet (up)",
|
|
"rachet (up)",
|
|
"blow up",
|
|
"dilate",
|
|
"distend",
|
|
"inflate",
|
|
"draw out",
|
|
"elongate",
|
|
"flesh (out)",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"prolong",
|
|
"protract",
|
|
"stretch",
|
|
"develop",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"strengthen",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"accumulate",
|
|
"amass",
|
|
"collect",
|
|
"follow up",
|
|
"parlay"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abbreviate",
|
|
"abridge",
|
|
"curtail",
|
|
"shorten",
|
|
"compress",
|
|
"condense",
|
|
"constrict",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"cut back",
|
|
"retrench"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"de-escalate",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"downsize",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"lower",
|
|
"minify",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subtract (from)"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make markedly greater in measure or degree":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"recommended eating foods that boost the body's immunity to disease"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accentuate",
|
|
"amp (up)",
|
|
"amplify",
|
|
"beef (up)",
|
|
"consolidate",
|
|
"deepen",
|
|
"enhance",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"intensify",
|
|
"magnify",
|
|
"redouble",
|
|
"step up",
|
|
"strengthen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"broaden",
|
|
"enlarge",
|
|
"expand",
|
|
"extend",
|
|
"lengthen",
|
|
"accelerate",
|
|
"hasten",
|
|
"quicken",
|
|
"emphasize",
|
|
"point (up)",
|
|
"sharpen",
|
|
"stress",
|
|
"augment",
|
|
"enforce",
|
|
"reinforce",
|
|
"reenforce",
|
|
"restrengthen",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"maximize",
|
|
"enliven",
|
|
"jazz (up)",
|
|
"aggravate",
|
|
"exacerbate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"diminish",
|
|
"lessen",
|
|
"let up (on)",
|
|
"reduce",
|
|
"subdue",
|
|
"tone (down)",
|
|
"weaken",
|
|
"dwindle",
|
|
"recede",
|
|
"subside",
|
|
"taper (off)",
|
|
"wane",
|
|
"alleviate",
|
|
"ease",
|
|
"lighten"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abate",
|
|
"moderate"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to move from a lower to a higher place or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the box onto the top shelf"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"crane",
|
|
"elevate",
|
|
"heave",
|
|
"heft",
|
|
"heighten",
|
|
"hike",
|
|
"hoist",
|
|
"jack (up)",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"perk (up)",
|
|
"pick up",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"take up",
|
|
"up",
|
|
"uphold",
|
|
"uplift",
|
|
"upraise"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"ascend",
|
|
"mount",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"rear",
|
|
"upend"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"descend",
|
|
"dip",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plunge",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"bear",
|
|
"depress",
|
|
"press",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"sink",
|
|
"submerge"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"drop",
|
|
"lower"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to provide publicity for":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"boosted the singer's latest release with a round of appearances on all the talk and entertainment shows"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"ballyhoo",
|
|
"hype",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"plug",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"publicize",
|
|
"talk up",
|
|
"tout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advertise",
|
|
"bark",
|
|
"merchandise",
|
|
"merchandize",
|
|
"sell",
|
|
"push",
|
|
"acclaim",
|
|
"hail",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"plump (for)",
|
|
"plunk (for)",
|
|
"plonk (for)",
|
|
"recommend",
|
|
"review",
|
|
"announce",
|
|
"broadcast",
|
|
"publish"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to take (something) without right and with an intent to keep":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the woman was nabbed trying to boost a couple of bottles of perfume"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"appropriate",
|
|
"filch",
|
|
"heist",
|
|
"hook",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"misappropriate",
|
|
"nick",
|
|
"nip",
|
|
"pilfer",
|
|
"pinch",
|
|
"pocket",
|
|
"purloin",
|
|
"rip off",
|
|
"snitch",
|
|
"steal",
|
|
"swipe",
|
|
"thieve"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"burglarize",
|
|
"knock over",
|
|
"rob",
|
|
"loot",
|
|
"pillage",
|
|
"plunder",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"carjack",
|
|
"hijack",
|
|
"highjack",
|
|
"pick",
|
|
"rifle",
|
|
"poach",
|
|
"rustle",
|
|
"shoplift",
|
|
"collar",
|
|
"grab",
|
|
"grasp",
|
|
"nail",
|
|
"seize",
|
|
"snatch",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"mooch",
|
|
"sponge",
|
|
"abduct",
|
|
"kidnap",
|
|
"shanghai",
|
|
"spirit"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"buy",
|
|
"purchase",
|
|
"bestow",
|
|
"contribute",
|
|
"donate",
|
|
"give",
|
|
"hand over",
|
|
"present"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"an act or instance of helping":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she always liked to give struggling families in the neighborhood a boost"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abetment",
|
|
"aid",
|
|
"assist",
|
|
"assistance",
|
|
"backing",
|
|
"hand",
|
|
"help",
|
|
"helping hand",
|
|
"leg up",
|
|
"lift",
|
|
"support"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancement",
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"facilitation",
|
|
"forwarding",
|
|
"furtherance",
|
|
"furthering",
|
|
"nurturance",
|
|
"benefaction",
|
|
"patronage",
|
|
"promotion",
|
|
"sponsorship",
|
|
"advice",
|
|
"care",
|
|
"counsel",
|
|
"guidance",
|
|
"mentoring",
|
|
"attendance",
|
|
"attention",
|
|
"hand-holding",
|
|
"service",
|
|
"beneficence",
|
|
"charity",
|
|
"favor",
|
|
"kindness",
|
|
"philanthropy",
|
|
"assuagement",
|
|
"palliation",
|
|
"relief",
|
|
"succor"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"constraint",
|
|
"frustration",
|
|
"inhibition",
|
|
"interference",
|
|
"obstruction",
|
|
"repression",
|
|
"restraint",
|
|
"deterrence",
|
|
"discouragement"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"hindrance"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something added (as by growth)":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a sudden boost in sales"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accretion",
|
|
"accrual",
|
|
"addendum",
|
|
"addition",
|
|
"augmentation",
|
|
"expansion",
|
|
"gain",
|
|
"increase",
|
|
"increment",
|
|
"more",
|
|
"plus",
|
|
"proliferation",
|
|
"raise",
|
|
"rise",
|
|
"step-up",
|
|
"supplement",
|
|
"uptick"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"accumulation",
|
|
"assemblage",
|
|
"collection",
|
|
"gathering",
|
|
"complement",
|
|
"accession",
|
|
"appendix",
|
|
"continuation",
|
|
"extension",
|
|
"uptrend",
|
|
"upturn",
|
|
"jump",
|
|
"run-up",
|
|
"spike"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"deduction",
|
|
"subtraction"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"abatement",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"decrease",
|
|
"decrement",
|
|
"depletion",
|
|
"diminishment",
|
|
"diminution",
|
|
"drop-off",
|
|
"fall",
|
|
"falloff",
|
|
"lessening",
|
|
"loss",
|
|
"lowering",
|
|
"reduction",
|
|
"shrinkage",
|
|
"step-down"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"something that arouses action or activity":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"according to the President, a tax cut is just the boost that the economy needs"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"encouragement",
|
|
"goad",
|
|
"impetus",
|
|
"impulse",
|
|
"incentive",
|
|
"incitation",
|
|
"incitement",
|
|
"instigation",
|
|
"momentum",
|
|
"motivation",
|
|
"provocation",
|
|
"spur",
|
|
"stimulant",
|
|
"stimulus",
|
|
"yeast"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"inducement",
|
|
"invitation",
|
|
"antecedent",
|
|
"cause",
|
|
"consideration",
|
|
"grounds",
|
|
"motive",
|
|
"occasion",
|
|
"reason",
|
|
"catalyst",
|
|
"catalyzer",
|
|
"fuel",
|
|
"spark"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"counterincentive",
|
|
"disincentive"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boots (up)":{
|
|
"as in primes":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gears up",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"predisposes",
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"lays",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"readies",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"warms (up)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booby-trapping":{
|
|
"to place hidden explosive devices in or under":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"booby-trapped the field bordering the army's camp"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"mining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blowing up",
|
|
"bombing",
|
|
"ambushing",
|
|
"snaring",
|
|
"trapping",
|
|
"attacking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlicked":{
|
|
"to use flattery or the doing of favors in order to win approval especially from a superior":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the kind of office in which people feel they have to bootlick in order to get ahead"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apple-polished",
|
|
"fawned",
|
|
"fussed",
|
|
"kowtowed",
|
|
"sucked (up)",
|
|
"toadied",
|
|
"truckled"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"drooled",
|
|
"gushed",
|
|
"slavered",
|
|
"slobbered",
|
|
"endeared",
|
|
"ingratiated",
|
|
"courted",
|
|
"wooed",
|
|
"adulated",
|
|
"idolized",
|
|
"worshipped",
|
|
"worshiped",
|
|
"blandished",
|
|
"cajoled",
|
|
"coaxed",
|
|
"flattered",
|
|
"overpraised",
|
|
"soft-soaped",
|
|
"cowered",
|
|
"cringed",
|
|
"groveled",
|
|
"grovelled",
|
|
"abased",
|
|
"debased",
|
|
"demeaned",
|
|
"deferred",
|
|
"submitted",
|
|
"yielded"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"despised",
|
|
"disdained",
|
|
"scorned",
|
|
"gibed",
|
|
"jibed",
|
|
"jeered",
|
|
"scoffed",
|
|
"braved",
|
|
"challenged",
|
|
"defied"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booze it up":{
|
|
"to partake excessively of alcoholic beverages":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"The resort town was filled tourists boozing it up on vacation."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bib",
|
|
"booze",
|
|
"drink",
|
|
"guzzle",
|
|
"liquor (up)",
|
|
"lush (up)",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"tipple"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"carouse",
|
|
"revel",
|
|
"imbibe",
|
|
"nip"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstain"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boozehound":{
|
|
"a person who makes a habit of getting drunk":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"he's a famous writer and an infamous boozehound"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"alcoholic",
|
|
"alkie",
|
|
"alky",
|
|
"boozer",
|
|
"dipsomaniac",
|
|
"drinker",
|
|
"drunk",
|
|
"drunkard",
|
|
"inebriate",
|
|
"juicehead",
|
|
"juicer",
|
|
"lush",
|
|
"rummy",
|
|
"soak",
|
|
"soaker",
|
|
"sot",
|
|
"souse",
|
|
"tippler",
|
|
"toper",
|
|
"tosspot"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"swigger",
|
|
"swiller",
|
|
"wino"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abstainer",
|
|
"nondrinker",
|
|
"teetotaler",
|
|
"teetotaller",
|
|
"teetotalist"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boos":{
|
|
"a vocal sound made to express scorn or disapproval":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the referee's questionable call was greeted with a chorus of boos"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"birds",
|
|
"Bronx cheers",
|
|
"catcalls",
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"raspberries",
|
|
"razzes",
|
|
"snorts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"smirks",
|
|
"sneers",
|
|
"snickers",
|
|
"sniggers",
|
|
"gibes",
|
|
"jibes",
|
|
"put-downs",
|
|
"taunts",
|
|
"whistles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"applauses"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"cheers"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in jeers , hoots":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"hisses",
|
|
"hoots",
|
|
"jeers",
|
|
"bad-mouths",
|
|
"defames",
|
|
"libels",
|
|
"maligns",
|
|
"slanders",
|
|
"censures",
|
|
"condemns",
|
|
"damns",
|
|
"denounces",
|
|
"reprobates",
|
|
"discredits",
|
|
"disgraces",
|
|
"dishonors",
|
|
"humbles",
|
|
"humiliates",
|
|
"shames",
|
|
"mocks",
|
|
"puts down",
|
|
"ridicules",
|
|
"slights"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"fetes",
|
|
"f\u00eates",
|
|
"honors",
|
|
"recognizes",
|
|
"acknowledges",
|
|
"cites",
|
|
"commends",
|
|
"compliments",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"thanks",
|
|
"extols",
|
|
"extolls",
|
|
"glorifies",
|
|
"lauds",
|
|
"praises",
|
|
"touts"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookishness":{
|
|
"as in pedantry":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"pedantry",
|
|
"reading",
|
|
"culture",
|
|
"edification",
|
|
"enlightenment",
|
|
"education",
|
|
"erudition",
|
|
"knowledge",
|
|
"learnedness",
|
|
"learning",
|
|
"literacy",
|
|
"scholarship"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"ignorance",
|
|
"illiteracy",
|
|
"illiterateness",
|
|
"functional illiteracy"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booting (out)":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banishing",
|
|
"bouncing",
|
|
"casting out",
|
|
"chasing",
|
|
"dismissing",
|
|
"drumming (out)",
|
|
"ejecting",
|
|
"expelling",
|
|
"extruding",
|
|
"kicking out",
|
|
"ousting",
|
|
"outing",
|
|
"routing",
|
|
"running off",
|
|
"throwing out",
|
|
"turfing (out)",
|
|
"turning out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforcing",
|
|
"deporting",
|
|
"displacing",
|
|
"dispossessing",
|
|
"evicting",
|
|
"exiling",
|
|
"expatriating",
|
|
"ostracizing",
|
|
"reading out",
|
|
"shutting out",
|
|
"axing",
|
|
"canning",
|
|
"cashiering",
|
|
"defenestrating",
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"firing",
|
|
"mustering out",
|
|
"pink-slipping",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"removing",
|
|
"retiring",
|
|
"sacking",
|
|
"terminating"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accepting",
|
|
"admitting",
|
|
"receiving",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"taking in",
|
|
"welcoming",
|
|
"entertaining",
|
|
"harboring",
|
|
"housing",
|
|
"lodging",
|
|
"sheltering"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boob tubes":{
|
|
"an electronic device with a screen and speakers that reproduces images and sound":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"tonight I just want to unwind in front of the boob tube"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"boxes",
|
|
"idiot boxes",
|
|
"televisions",
|
|
"tellies",
|
|
"teles",
|
|
"tubes",
|
|
"TVs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"LCDs",
|
|
"plasmas",
|
|
"home theaters",
|
|
"home videos"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bootlegging":{
|
|
"as in smuggling , black-marketing":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"black-marketing",
|
|
"fencing",
|
|
"smuggling",
|
|
"bargaining",
|
|
"bartering",
|
|
"horse-trading",
|
|
"negotiating",
|
|
"transacting",
|
|
"auctioning",
|
|
"exchanging",
|
|
"merchandising",
|
|
"merchandizing",
|
|
"rebuying",
|
|
"reselling",
|
|
"swapping",
|
|
"buying",
|
|
"picking up",
|
|
"purchasing",
|
|
"taking",
|
|
"distributing",
|
|
"fair-trading",
|
|
"marketing",
|
|
"peddling",
|
|
"retailing",
|
|
"selling",
|
|
"supplying",
|
|
"vending",
|
|
"wholesaling",
|
|
"cornering",
|
|
"engrossing",
|
|
"monopolizing",
|
|
"underselling",
|
|
"day-trading",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"speculating",
|
|
"dealing",
|
|
"trading",
|
|
"trafficking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"blackballing",
|
|
"blacking",
|
|
"boycotting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogeyed":{
|
|
"as in shuffled , jived":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bopped",
|
|
"fox-trotted",
|
|
"gavotted",
|
|
"jigged",
|
|
"jitterbugged",
|
|
"jived",
|
|
"mamboed",
|
|
"polkaed",
|
|
"shagged",
|
|
"shimmied",
|
|
"shuffled",
|
|
"tangoed",
|
|
"tap-danced",
|
|
"twisted",
|
|
"waltzed",
|
|
"pranced",
|
|
"strutted",
|
|
"tripped",
|
|
"trod",
|
|
"treaded",
|
|
"danced",
|
|
"footed (it)",
|
|
"hoofed (it)",
|
|
"stepped"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"booksellers":{
|
|
"as in antiquarians , bibliopoles":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"antiquarians",
|
|
"bibliopoles",
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"bibliopegists",
|
|
"bookbinders",
|
|
"bookmakers",
|
|
"bibliolaters",
|
|
"bibliomaniacs",
|
|
"bibliophiles",
|
|
"bookmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boobs":{
|
|
"an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"made an embarrassing boob on a chat show that had all of London laughing"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"bobbles",
|
|
"boo-boos",
|
|
"bricks",
|
|
"clangers",
|
|
"clinkers",
|
|
"errors",
|
|
"faults",
|
|
"flubs",
|
|
"fluffs",
|
|
"fumbles",
|
|
"gaffes",
|
|
"gaffs",
|
|
"goofs",
|
|
"inaccuracies",
|
|
"lapses",
|
|
"miscues",
|
|
"missteps",
|
|
"mistakes",
|
|
"oversights",
|
|
"screwups",
|
|
"slips",
|
|
"slipups",
|
|
"stumbles",
|
|
"trips"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bloomers",
|
|
"bloopers",
|
|
"boners",
|
|
"howlers",
|
|
"pratfalls",
|
|
"foul-ups",
|
|
"snafus",
|
|
"misapprehensions",
|
|
"miscalculations",
|
|
"miscomprehensions",
|
|
"misconceptions",
|
|
"misconstructions",
|
|
"misdescriptions",
|
|
"misimpressions",
|
|
"misinterpretations",
|
|
"misjudgments",
|
|
"misreadings",
|
|
"misstatements",
|
|
"misunderstandings"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accuracies",
|
|
"exactitudes",
|
|
"precisions",
|
|
"inerrancies",
|
|
"infallibilities",
|
|
"perfections"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make a mistake":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"blunders",
|
|
"errs",
|
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"flubs",
|
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"fluffs",
|
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"fouls up",
|
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"fumbles",
|
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"goofs (up)",
|
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"louses up",
|
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"messes (up)",
|
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"screws up",
|
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"slips up",
|
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"stumbles",
|
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"trips"
|
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],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
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"nods",
|
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"bobbles",
|
|
"botches",
|
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"bungles",
|
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"butchers",
|
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"foozles",
|
|
"mangles",
|
|
"mishandles",
|
|
"muffs",
|
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"murders",
|
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"miscalculates",
|
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"misconceives",
|
|
"miscounts",
|
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"miscues",
|
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"misdeems",
|
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"misgauges",
|
|
"misjudges",
|
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"mistakes",
|
|
"misconstrues",
|
|
"misinterprets",
|
|
"misunderstands"
|
|
],
|
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"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boogey":{
|
|
"as in shuffle , jive":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bop",
|
|
"fox-trot",
|
|
"gavotte",
|
|
"jig",
|
|
"jitterbug",
|
|
"jive",
|
|
"mambo",
|
|
"polka",
|
|
"shag",
|
|
"shimmy",
|
|
"shuffle",
|
|
"tango",
|
|
"tap-dance",
|
|
"twist",
|
|
"waltz",
|
|
"prance",
|
|
"strut",
|
|
"trip",
|
|
"tread",
|
|
"dance",
|
|
"foot (it)",
|
|
"hoof (it)",
|
|
"step"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"bookmakers":{
|
|
"as in bookbinders , bibliopegists":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bibliopegists",
|
|
"bookbinders",
|
|
"antiquarians",
|
|
"bibliopoles",
|
|
"booksellers",
|
|
"bookworms",
|
|
"bibliolaters",
|
|
"bibliomaniacs",
|
|
"bibliophiles",
|
|
"bookmen"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"as in tipsters , oddsmakers":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"handicappers",
|
|
"oddsmakers",
|
|
"tipsters",
|
|
"bluffers",
|
|
"sharpers",
|
|
"speculators",
|
|
"dicers",
|
|
"high rollers",
|
|
"pikers",
|
|
"bettors",
|
|
"betters",
|
|
"gamblers",
|
|
"gamesters",
|
|
"punters",
|
|
"wagerers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boomerang":{
|
|
"to have the reverse of the desired or expected effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the well-meaning gesture boomeranged , since he ended up being offended by it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"backfire"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"collapse",
|
|
"flop",
|
|
"flunk",
|
|
"fold",
|
|
"wash out",
|
|
"flounder",
|
|
"struggle",
|
|
"decline",
|
|
"slip",
|
|
"slump",
|
|
"wane"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"succeed",
|
|
"flourish",
|
|
"prosper",
|
|
"thrive"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"boot (out)":{
|
|
"to drive or force out":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the theater manager booted out the audience members who were making a disturbance"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"banish",
|
|
"bounce",
|
|
"cast out",
|
|
"chase",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"drum (out)",
|
|
"eject",
|
|
"expel",
|
|
"extrude",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"oust",
|
|
"out",
|
|
"rout",
|
|
"run off",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"turf (out)",
|
|
"turn out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"deforce",
|
|
"deport",
|
|
"displace",
|
|
"dispossess",
|
|
"evict",
|
|
"exile",
|
|
"expatriate",
|
|
"ostracize",
|
|
"read out",
|
|
"shut out",
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"defenestrate",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"muster out",
|
|
"pink-slip",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"retire",
|
|
"sack",
|
|
"terminate"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"accept",
|
|
"admit",
|
|
"receive",
|
|
"take",
|
|
"take in",
|
|
"welcome",
|
|
"entertain",
|
|
"harbor",
|
|
"house",
|
|
"lodge",
|
|
"shelter"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |